Ace of Evil 2 (The Revenge of Ace) by Anfkc
Chapter Six: Planning/Revenge
Character Isle's protective force field has allowed it to survive underneath the ocean. Ace, aware of this, is in jail planning her escape and the renewal of Character Isle. Ironically, Ace's jail buddy is Shego, and when Ace is rescued by none other than a floating, moving island which came from under the sea and rejuvenated once again, she allows Shego to escape with her.
**THE FINALE! Thank you all for reading and commenting and reviewing. Also, I lied. It's really not as long as I thought it would be…sort of. Anyway, hope you liked Ace of Evil 2, The Revenge of Ace! Stay tuned for the return/continuation of the Joy Shock series.
Oh, and also, as a cute little item, I thought of Ace's theme song: Keep the Silence by Depeche Mode. You might think otherwise, but considering how I'm the author, I can argue to make it work…to a degree.
Part One: Planning
"I can't figure it! I just can't figure it!" Kim declared while walking with Ron to lunch, both speaking to Wade. "What does Ace want?"
"You think she'll try some more bank robberies this time?" Ron asked.
"No…no that was just the expenses to support her and the island. But she's after something bigger…I just know it! There's got to be some kind of superior plot behind her sleeve. She's planning something. She's got to be."
"Revenge, maybe." Wade suggested.
"Sure—but there was some kind of plot she never got to do from us interfering—something she still wishes to do now she's escaped from jail."
"And with Drakken and Shego out and on her side, there's no stopping her!" Ron shouted. They both stopped.
Kim gave him 'a look'.
"Sorry. Got a little carried away there…." He chuckled sketchily.
They continued walking.
"Well, if she tries anything, we'll know about it. And we'll stop her." Wade reassured. "We always do."
"Yeah, but we've never faced anyone like Ace before." Ron corrected.
Both Kim and Wade gave him another 'look'. He shut up.
"Well, we know where she is anyway…why can't we just go to the island and re-capture her?" Ron asked.
"Because, she's probably expecting us and keeping her guard up. We'll get her when we need to."
"But wont her guard be up even more when we need to get her?"
Kim made a face. Frankly, she thought maybe they should try and re-capture her when she's weak. Hopefully, she was now. But at the same time, she still felt Ace was just waiting for them to come. She couldn't figure, then, if Ace was even planning anything big. But something deep inside her said she was.
Actually, a few weeks went past without any news from Ace, her drones, or her island. In fact, the first time Kim saw Ace after the escape was from a matter not having to do with Ace at all.
She and Ron were on a mission—some lunatic villain had attempted to wipe out the entire world's technology. He hadn't succeeded, but he was close. Kim and Ron were about to infiltrate his lair with Wade's hacking help, when he realized he wasn't able to get through. He didn't have the ability, better yet the technology. Kim looked to Wade, surprised.
"Then how do we get in?" Ron asked.
Kim sparked an idea. And a bizarre one, at that.
"Wade…I think…I think we're going to have to make the call."
Wade raised an eyebrow. "What call?"
"Think about it…what one person has, dare I say, more technology than you—and the ability to use it?"
Wade was in a cross mood at first, thinking that someone could possibly have more technology and intelligence than him…but soon enough he knew what she was talking about. Wade sighed.
"Can you hack in there? You did that one time."
"Yeah, but I don't know if It'll work this time. You're better off just casually calling her. And I'm not even sure if they'll accept that. As much as it pains me to say it, you're right. She has technology that I've never even seen the likes of before. When I hacked in that one time, I had scanned the base and man, Kim…you really have no idea what kind of equipment she has there!"
"Well make the call. She's our last choice at the moment."
Wade made the call. He attempted to hack in the system, but like he thought, he just couldn't do it. They had it locked so well there was absolutely no tiny crack for him to get through. They left no pieces unprotected. But he was able to send an incoming message to the base, hoping they would read who it's from and accept it. They did. Griffin appeared on Wade's screen, as Wade appeared on the base's screen.
"What." Griffin asked, flatly.
"Kim needs to speak with Ace. Is she around?" Wade asked flatly and not liking the situation as well.
"One moment."
Griffin hit a few buttons on the control panel. Wade disappeared for a moment, and instead Ace appeared. She was in the middle of a social brunch with Drakken and Shego, who were still enjoying their stay at Character Isle like a vacation.
"Yes, what is it?" she asked, chuckling a bit. She seemed to just recover from some joke.
"Kim Possible wishes to speak with you."
Ace raised an eyebrow. Drakken and Shego, overhearing, stopped their laughing.
"Ill patch you through." Griffin said, and he did. Ace appeared on Wade's screen.
"Hold on." He sighed.
Kim and Ace now observed each other. Ron, Drakken, and Shego all tried squeezing through to view the conversation—on the Kimmunicator and Ace's watch, which was very similar to the former.
"Yes…?" Ace asked with just the slightest hint of superiority.
Kim described the 'sitch' to Ace. In a nutshell, she wished for her to help them get through the security system to their villain.
Ace made an expression that could be described as dumbfounded and amused. "Goodness." She spoke afterwards. "This is certainly something. If I do it, am I off the hook?" she joked.
"Hardly." Kim smiled back.
Ace gave a low chuckle. "Let me at it. Have that associate of yours send me through."
Kim asked for Wade to do so. He sent everything to Ace's watch, which projected out and above in holograms, but still worked like a computer. Drakken and Shego watched in amazement.
Ace looked around the system, thought for about two seconds, and then started pressing and moving holograms. Within seconds she got them through. She sent the hacked system back to Wade. He glumly said, "Thanks." Then sent it all back to Kim. She and Ron were then able to stop their villain and his scheme.
Afterwards, Kim still wondered if Ace was planning something big. One side of her remembered Ace saying she was happy with just her island—that she had everything she wanted. But the other side of her, the side that was used to fighting the typical villain, told her the battle wasn't over.
'Is she planning something or isn't she? Should we capture her now or later? Will there even be a later?' Kim thought. After a while, she just figured, they would have to wait. If Ace was planning something, they would act soon.
For Ace, Griffin, and Number Four, they had all the time in the world. But they were planning, and at that very moment, too. The three of them sat around a great circular table. Ace wore her usual military attire; No. 4 wore a dark blue dress bordered by jewels such as amber, emeralds and sapphires, looking like an Egyptian princess; Griffin wore a proper mahogany robe and a brown tie. Griffin was currently speaking, sharing his ideas.
Drakken and Shego could not hear them. They were in a locked room, which was guarded by drones. As relaxing as they found the island, and as much as everything almost felt like a vacation, certain things just seemed a little…sketchy.
They were villains, they knew about evil schemes and the works. But how everything was set up around the island and how everything was so mysterious and unclear, the two of them were beginning to get slight feelings about Ace and the island. They were beginning to get the idea that certain things weren't as they seemed to their naked eyes.
As Drakken and Shego stood around outside the room in which Ace, Griffin, and Number Four were 'planning', they softly conversed about their doubts and their fears.
"I'm afraid of asking if we could even leave the island." Drakken had confessed.
"What do you mean?" asked Shego.
"Well, we've been staying her ever since our escape. I like the comfort and the protection very much…but I'm afraid all that has kept me…kept the both of us from getting suspicious about what's really going on around here. I'm actually getting the feeling that Ace doesn't plan on letting us leave the island."
"That's ridiculous. What makes you say that?"
"I don't know…I just have a sense."
"I don't know about that, Dr. D…but I do know what you mean when you say our comfort has distracted us. Something weird is going on around here, and I have a notion to figure out what."
"Do you figure it's just a villainous plot?" Drakken asked.
"If you mean a villainous plot like the ones we attempt, then no. But if you mean something very sinister beyond anything we or any other villain has done, then yeah I'd say so. I know what it looks like to plot a scheme. It isn't that normal around here."
"What do you mean?"
"Like, we try and take over the world, right?"
Drakken nodded.
"Here…it's like they want to nuke the world."
Drakken froze. Shego was right in that sense—taking over the world was one thing; it was an attempt for power and recognition. But nuking the world was an entirely different manner…it wasn't even villainous, or evil...it was just…unthinkable. Killing billions of lives and for what? Drakken shivered. He couldn't imagine that was what Ace was planning. But if it was…Dr. Drakken couldn't think straight.
About an hour later the three; Ace, Griffin and No.4, finished their little meeting and dispersed. Shego approached Ace when she went her separate way. She proposed the idea of leaving the island, hoping to god Drakken was wrong. When Shego finished, Ace raised an eyebrow and seemed pretty taken aback.
"Oh…well I'm certainly displeased you do not find my island comforting enough! But, if you feel the need to face the rest of your world, please by all means...of course you have the right to leave whenever you wish, yet do know the both of you are most welcome at any time."
'Your world?' Shego thought.
"Well…thank you. I'm sure we will visit again soon." Drakken answered for his sidekick, since she was silent.
Dr. Drakken had no intention of returning. He didn't like the ambiguity of how Ace ran things.
With a formal goodbyes and a few exchanged words and thanks from Ace, Drakken and Shego left for the last time, and returned to their own Caribbean lair. Drakken sighed of relief when they reached it, and exclaimed a big "Home Sweet Home!" Shego rolled her eyes. But, she too was relieved to be off that island. Though, she still felt it wouldn't be the last they'd seen of Ace…
The sooner the two villains got settled, the sooner it was for them to get back on track. Almost immediately they were back to their usual actions—Drakken began plotting his next 'take-over-the-world' scheme, and Shego stole parts, lounged in her favorite chair, relaxed, read The Villainster and other magazines, filed her nails….and things just seemed back to normal. Drakken and Shego were back and better than ever! Refreshed from free from jail, nothing could stop them!
Well…all except for Kim Possible, of course. As they were back to their usual actions, it was natural for their arch teen foe to pick up their trail.
Weeks and weeks slowly went by. Everything, as usual, seemed going well for them. The plan was going well. But, as usual, Shego had her doubts, however much she hid them from Drakken.
He had built another doomsday device, thinking this one would work surely for it was his "best doomsday device ever!" to take over the world.
And soon enough, the day came to test their plan. And as they figured, however much Drakken somehow seemed surprised as he always does, Kim Possible and her sidekick, Ron Stoppable, came to stop them. It was just so routine for them. Shego figured this plan would be like all the others—they would try, Kimmie would come, and they would be stopped and possibly arrested.
The usual fight came—Shego and Kimmie, battling for victory, conquest, and triumph; and, but of course, fighting for the hopes to hurt the other.
At one point, Shego attempted a bash at Kimmie, only to be caught by the heel, thrown around a couple of times, and released right into the wall, back first…nearly inches from the ceiling. And let it be known, Drakken had a thing for lairs with high ceilings.
Damn that battle suit. It was just too strong sometimes.
Shego fell, yelling in the process. She was about to hit the ground, most likely forming a pretty good injury. But, instead, to her surprise, Shego was caught perfectly in tough, snug arms. Shego, her head naturally fallen back from the fall, looked up to her see her savior: it was Griffin, Ace's sidekick-guy.
"Griffin?!" Shego asked, completely taken aback.
"Nice to see you again, Miss Shego." He spoke, setting her down gently.
"Wha…what are you doing here?" she asked, afraid to think of the possibilities.
Just then, Ace and No.4 appeared. They entered through the large open door that led to the lair's main entrance, coming out of the shadows. Ace, with her hands behind her back, looked around, revolving her head in all different directions, as if she was inspecting the place. No. 4 just walked in, casually, before stopping and putting a hand on her hip. She gave Shego a glance.
Shego shivered at the memory of her and No. 4 relaxing and socializing on the beach.
"Quite the lair, Shego. It's very nice." Ace said.
"Uh…yeah. So why are you—"
Ace raised her eyebrow. Griffin and No. 4 stared at her with serious, blank expressions.
Shego thought she and Drakken had left Ace and her drones for good…she never figured why they would come to them. But, after a few moments of silence, Shego sighed, and closed her eyes with grief. She finally realized.
"Ugh…today?"
"Today." Ace said.
Shego went back to the iniquitous scene, where Dr. Drakken was struggling to keep a remote control away from Kim Possible, as the sidekick was attempting a small distraction with the dim-witted henchmen.
In sight of his sidekick, Drakken yelled in excitement. "SHEGO! HELP!"
But before anything else could have been done, Kim kicked the control out of Drakken's hand.
"NO!" he yelled.
Shego thought her boss did a lot of unnecessary yelling.
Drakken stopped once he saw the troublesome trio step out from behind his sidekick.
"Ace!" Kim said, getting into a fighting stance. 'What was she doing here?' she thought. Kim figured: Was now the time to capture her? When, if ever, will Ace be getting her revenge? Her legendary scheme?
It took Dr. Drakken a few silent moments to realize, despite the horror of seeing the one person he never wished to see again. Then, he gave a dejected kind of expression.
"Oh no…today?" he grumbled.
"Today." replied Shego, Ace, Griffin and No. 4 in unison.
Kim raised an eyebrow.
"Today?" she repeated, curiously.
"Today…was the day." Shego sighed, directed at Drakken.
"Oh…um…well…" Drakken began to explain.
"Ah, no matter. I know how the life of a hard-working super villain may be." Ace said, approaching out of the dark.
"Oh…I'm s-sorry, I was planning my newest take-over-the-world plan, and I guess I was so caught up in them that I just completely spaced!" Drakken groaned. Then he out of habit blamed Shego. "Why didn't you remind me?" he accused.
"What?! Excuse me, but I was too preoccupied helping you with your stupid plan!" she snapped back.
Dr. Drakken did one of his crazed fits.
"What's going on? What's today?" Kim asked frantically.
"Today…" Ace began. "Was the day I suggested to meet up with Dr. Drakken and Miss Shego to join together and help plot one of their…take-over-the-world schemes, as it is called? I had planned the date back at the island…but it is very natural to forget. I had but mentioned it." She told Kim. She then turned to Drakken, who was still in a fit.
"Please, please, there is no need. It is perfectly understandable." Ace spoke. Then, she directed to Shego: "Considering our presence, we might as well help out with what we can, no?"
Shego smiled. "Well…no harm in that."
No. 4 sprang into action immediately, without any command from Ace. She attacked Kim Possible. As they battled, Ace shook her head and Griffin watched with serious observation. He knew exactly what Ace was thinking, and he knew better than to comment. Shego watched as well, partially surprised. She never saw No. 4 fight before.
"What a rebel." Ace sighed, also giving a low chuckle. "But…what can you do?"
Griffin waited patiently for orders, unlike his associate; Ace noticed this anticipation. She sighed.
"Alright, Griffin. What do we got?"
Griffin turned his head to Ace in slight surprise, as if he wasn't paying attention. After a moment of 'coming back down to Earth', he fully turned his whole body to her, and opened up his jacket like a watch salesman of the Black Market. But instead of watches, there were weapons. He held the jacket open for Ace to choose from. She bent down to inspect each ray, gun, and whatever else there was. Narrowing her eyes, Ace considered each one.
"Magnoray, Hydroray, Sonaray, Convistray, Jynoray, Klondikray, Renoray, umm…"
Shego raised her eyebrow. She had never, ever in her life heard of any of these types of rays. And she lived with a mad scientist, for crying out loud. She figured they all must have all been Ace's invention.
"How about a basic Freeze-ray or Heat-ray?" Griffin suggested with a low chuckle.
Ace gave him an amused look, and then went back to her weapons-browsing.
Shego didn't get the joke. Must have been a science thing.
"Gah, the Hydroray I suppose." Ace suggested.
"Really?" Griffin asked.
Ace raised her eyebrow. "No? Too outlandish?"
Griffin shrugged. Ace nodded.
"Mm…yes, I suppose. Oh! Maybe if I cross it with the Sonaray! Ah, yes…that'll work nicely."
Ace took the two handheld rays from Griffin's jacket.
"But won't that collide with the circuit of the Hydroray?" Griffin asked.
"Griffin, you should know me better by now…you know I can do the impossible!"
Griffin chuckled.
Shego rolled her eyes. 'Ugh. Science. That's Drakken's area…not mine." But, as she viewed Ace and Griffin in their witty conversations; as Ace put parts of the taken-apart ray in her mouth like she usually does, and fixed things like a pro, and Griffin helped out, keeping the conversation light and sharp despite Ace's seriousness, she sensed a certain closeness between them. She could see it in their words, in their body language…she noticed they weren't just 'boss' and 'drone'….they were friends.
In about two minutes, the 'Hydrosona-ray 1.0' had been finished.
This whole time, Shego noticed that No. 4 was still fighting Kim. She had to give her props…she couldn't remember ever keeping up a fight with the teen foe for that long.
While Ace was checking over a few things on the ray, she successfully caught eye contact with Dr. Drakken. With a simple nod of her head, she motioned for him to come over to them.
After he scurried towards his three out of four associates, Ace called: "NUMBER FOUR!" and the beautiful, prideful drone obediently did a backwards handspring from Kim Possible, leaving her exposed into the open from the group of villains she joined.
"I'd cover your ears if I were you." Ace mumbled, before firing the thing in Kim's direction.
It was completely unexpected, and neither Drakken nor Shego had time to cover their ears. But, before Shego could even make out what Ace had said, she felt gloved hands pressed tightly over her ears.
The ray sent slow moving visual, seismic-like waves towards Kim Possible. Drakken screeched loudly when it went off, holding his hands over his ears in extreme pain. Nobody bothered to cover his ears.
Shego surprisingly looked back to see Griffin, extending his arms over the sides of her head, still covering her ears…still protecting her.
As soon as the waves hit Kim Possible, they sent her flying back to hit the stone wall. Drakken continued to cry in pain, attempting to block out the sound but failing.
Sighing, as if it was a burden she would rather not do, No. 4 walked over to Dr. Drakken and put her titanium-plated hands over Drakken's ears. He appeared to calm down a bit, seeming grateful to the drone. He caught eye contact with Shego…with Griffin still shielding her. He felt a certain pang of something he couldn't make out.
The waves continued on, hitting the wall and making it crumble. And Kim screeched as well, rocks falling on top of her. Ace's expression was serious and deviant…until she slowly formed a sly smile of satisfaction.
Ace stopped the ray. Griffin and No. 4 let go of their grasps in unison.
Shego looked away from Drakken and back to Griffin.
'Why did he do that?' she thought. 'Just like how he caught me before…'
She shook her head. She was probably just thinking into it too much. 'Griffin was a loyal, kind, protective…WOAH.' Shego had to stop herself, though she knew she would have contradicted herself later on anyway. 'What the hell am I doing?' she asked herself, mentally.
"By the way, it's Andrea." No. 4 spoke.
"Huh?" Shego shook off the thought as she redirected her attention to the drone next to her.
"You once asked me if I actually had a name, other than Number Four. I do. It's Andrea." She smiled.
Ace walked up to the pile of rocks which lay atop Kim Possible. She stuck her hand in this pile, felt around, and pulled out a limp, unconscious teen hero, held at the collar of her shirt.
"Drakken? What do you make of this?" she called. He spun around.
"Would you wish for her disposal?" she asked him.
Drakken widened his eyes. And when Shego paid attention, she did so as well.
"Is she…" Drakken spoke softly, unable to say it. First Shego's suggestion about nuking the world, now this…it was too much. His thoughts for Ace were heightened.
"Hmm? Oh, no…she still must have some life left in her somewhere." Ace reassured her. Actually, as Ace swung her limp body around, she started to feel a little…anxious.
She didn't even notice Ron's body lying on the floor, which was caught in the ray's damage as well.
"Um…well maybe it would be best to um…"
Ace attempted to find Kim's pulse. She could not find it.
Drakken, Shego, Griffin, and Number Four were all silent. Ace gave a guilty expression.
"Er…"
After a moment of silence, after Ace finished staring at Kim's lifeless face…
"Don't know your own strength, do you Ace?" Number Four shouted from across the room. The four still waited. Then,
"Yeah you know what GRIFFIN?!" Ace shouted, a little unnerved. He casually sauntered over, jogging a bit in the end. They could all hear Ace panicking.
"She couldn't be dead…no the Hydrosona ray wouldn't have done so." She uncomfortably reassured Drakken and Shego, trying to throw in a chuckle.
"Told you you would collide with the Hydroray's circuit…" Griffin mumbled.
"Shut up!" she snapped in a whisper. "Now is she dead or no?" Ace panicked.
Griffin sighed. "She's alive…barely."
"Well then do something about it!" she ordered.
Turning back to the three, Ace yelled; "She's okay!"
Everyone sighed in relief.
Then, Shego wondered about Ron. "Hey…where's the sidekick?" she asked, looking around.
Ace mumbled something unintelligent while she frantically looked around for Ron Stoppable.
After a minute or two, Number Four found him. He was motionless, belly flat on the floor. Even little Rufus lay limp.
"He's cold." She shouted.
"What?!" Ace responded.
"No, not that kind of cold. He has a slight pulse…but he's going fast, and his skin is cold-ish."
Again, Ace mumbled something unintelligent.
"Alright, take them. Take them both. We'll bring them to Moreau."
And with that, Drakken and Shego watched as Griffin carried both Ron and Kim out their lair, following Ace, with No. 4 right behind him. Before they all left, No. 4 turned around, winked, waved, and disappeared out the door. Drakken and Shego just stood there, motionless, strangely hoping to god their arch foes would be alright.
There would be no joined planning that day.
Part Two: Revenge
Kim and Ron woke up many long hours later in their separate bedrooms. Kim hazily went downstairs, almost tumbling, just to be caught by her parents.
"Woah, take it easy there Kimmie-cup." Kim's father whispered.
"D-dad? What happened?" she asked, rubbing her head.
"You were hurt during a mission, I'm guessing." He said.
"Yeah…but…how did I end up here? Where's Ron?"
"You and Ron were brought home by some woman and two of her friends. I believe she said her name was…Ace, was it?" Kim's mom said.
Kim widened her eyes.
Naturally, when Ron asked basically the same questions and received the same answers, he responded in the same manner.
"Ace?" Kim asked.
"Yes. Do you know her?" Kim's father asked.
Sometimes it wasn't always the best idea to keep parents out in the dark about new villains, Kim figured.
She still (though dazed) tried to figure why Ace would bring her and Ron back home. What had happened? What was that weapon? Why didn't she just kill them while she had the chance?
"Because they still have not observed what's to come!" Ace responded, when Griffin asked her the same exact question Kim asked herself. Griffin was silent as he let Ace continue. They were back at the base.
"They will be there to witness, naturally."
"And you wish them to?"
"Of course. She expects it, I can tell." Ace said. "And I would like her to see she had guessed correctly in her predictions."
"She knows our plan?"
"No…but she knows we have one."
"Well yes, obviously."
Ace descended from the platform. On the base's large screen, was the live event of Kim Possible being cooed by her parents. They were spying on her.
Kim did not speak; she thought. Lying on her bed, she knew she had never faced a villain like Ace before. There was a plan—she knew of it now, though she did not know why. But what the plan was was a complete mystery. It wasn't a take-over-the-world plot. Ace had her island, that's all she cared for when it came to power. But what else could she want? The island had the best technology, for one thing, the best defense system, though the island was so remote Kim doubted anyone ever attacked better yet find it.
And Ace was such a glorious person! She always had that aura of victory and war and power and mystery and pride and for what? What was she so prideful for? What was it she knew she would get away with?
Build an army of drones to attack the world? No.
Destroy the world's technology so she was the only one with it? No.
So then what? What was she after? WHAT WAS SHE AFTER?!
The question mentally killed Kim. For all she knew, the world would be gone by tomorrow.
She didn't know.
Ron didn't know.
Wade didn't know.
And she was pretty sure Drakken and Shego wouldn't know.
And Ace just had so much glory! What for? Was it from her past, or for the future? Glory of her success, or for what's to come? Glory! Always about Glory! Glory! Glory! Glory!
Kim stopped. It hit her:
Ace had glory. It revolved around her like the moon does the earth. It was inevitable—just as inevitable it would be for Ace to want more glory. Kim remembered what Ace had once told her—
"I never wanted to rule the world. I just wanted to prove to the world that I could if I wanted to."
That was it! It was all about the glory! The recognition!
So now that Kim knew her motive, all she needed was the actual plan.
How would Ace get her recognition? How does one obtain national glory? Knowing Ace, it wouldn't just be the news or something media-related. Knowing Ace, it would be big.
'And what better way to obtain recognition than to get the attention of all the powerful leaders of the world?' Ace thought.
Back at the base, Ace thought over her fool-proof plan. All the leaders of the world are to meet secretly in a few days—and Ace planned to attack that conference. Not attack per se, but more…crash their little party. The conference took place in three days. Things were hectic around the base. It was all that was talked about. Ace, Griffin, and No. 4 would be attending. Ace would meet a few more of her…associates when the get to that conference. But at Character Isle everything…literally every tiny little detail was being corrected so no tiny one would be missed. So that things would work out. So that Ace would have victory. And she would. It was impossible for her not to. They didn't have to worry about anything else. It was inevitable now. They were ready.
At her locker the next morning, Kim contacted Wade on her computer. She told him and Ron, who was with her, of her predictions about Ace. They considered, and thought it to be a very promising belief.
"Can you scan for anything that might have stood out to Ace?" Kim asked Wade.
"Well, I can try…but considering that it's a pretty vague inquiry…hold on…hey, Kim! Check this out: a secret meeting is supposed to be held in exactly three days for the world's most powerful leaders."
"And Ace is planning to crash it!" Ron stated.
"Most likely." Wade said.
"But we'll be there to prevent that from happening!" Kim exclaimed.
"But doesn't it seem too easy?" Ron said.
"What do you mean?" asked Kim.
"Well…do you really think that Ace's BIG PLAN is just to crash some meeting?"
"It's with all the leaders of the world, Ron."
"Yeah, but, knowing what villains usually try and do, it just seems so vague and simple."
"Well you said yourself that Ace wasn't like our other villains."
"Yeah…she's smarter. Not simple, Kim! I never said simple!"
Kim sighed.
"Do you think she'll try something there?" Wade asked.
"Like?" asked Kim.
"Like try and kidnap or kill one of the leaders?" Ron suggested.
"Or brainwash all of them?" Wade recommended.
"Nah, that's seems very Drakken-ish." Kim said.
"Well she did work with him and Shego. Maybe some of his Drakken-ness rubbed off on her." Ron said.
"Drakken-ness?" Kim questioned.
"Well you said Drakken-ish!"
"GUYS! Look—we'll go to the conference, stop Ace before she tries anything, and that's that. She'll be in jail again before she can blink."
Both Kim and Ron shrugged, figuring Wade was right. There was really nothing to worry about. They've never let any villain win ever before…Ace was no different.
Even though Kim still had a doubt deep inside her…
Three days later; at the conference….
Mr. Taylor; a petite yet slightly husky man with thick geeky glasses and a good voice (for speaking and also for singing, as most people did not know) of English accent stood at the head of the conference, helping people file in. Once everyone arrived; those like the US President, England's Prime Minister, and presidents and kings and queens of other countries were seated (and more people were there than everyone thought there would be—it was quite crowded), he addressed them all:
Ladies and gentlemen, settle down, settle down; it is now the time where we will attend to certain worldly issues…Mr. Shrub, Mr. Blair, Mr. Russet? Any of you, maybe, care to give us our first matter?"
Everyone—the leaders of France, Italy, Russia, Germany, China—all leaders turned to these three men who were quite 'upscale' in the world.
"Well, there has been the issue with….."
'Blah, blah blah, blah blah blah….'was all that Mr. Taylor heard. He let the all the leaders dispute for a few hours. His job was simply to settle them if things got out of hand. People knew him—but he really wasn't of all too much importance.
Hours and hours went by. Everyone after a while seemed to be concerned with something involving trading rights between France and some other country…England, maybe? He didn't really know anymore. It's not like he was paying attention or anything…
Mr. Taylor glanced at a few random leaders who were pretty quiet in the heated discussion. Germany, Poland, Hungary, Norway, a few English officials and dozens of others…Mr. Taylor nod his head, and they did the same in understanding.
A few more hours went by. Things seemed to settle down on their own. More issues were now being pressed.
"There is one issue I'd like to point out that's I believe to be quite worthy of discussion, my good people—and that is the issue of Character Isle."
Everyone went silent as they looked to the surprising speaker—Mr. Taylor. Who was he to address issues? But the topic was interesting enough for certain countries…
"Ah, yes-but of course! The matter of Character Isle!" The leader of Hungary spoke, Mr. Solyom.
Some leaders argued: "What is this Character Isle?" "Why is it being brought up if we have never even heard of this!"
"You are all soon to know the island and its ruthless dictator." Spoke the head of Germany, Ms. Merkler. "Their leader—Ace—has been quite the new wave around the world. Its surprising your countries have not yet heard of her and her associates."
"Is this Character Isle a country?" asked Blair.
"Yes." answered Merkler, flatly.
"And in what ways is this Ace threatening?" somebody asked.
Mr. Solyom then went into a long, thrilling description of Ace and the island…and the drones, and the bank robberies, and the escape from jail…
The meeting became awkwardly silent. Then, after a long period of stillness,
"That is impossible." Mr. Russet spoke. He seemed to be the one man distinguished from the rest, who took participation in this issue. "Artificial humans…force fields…a secret nation in the middle of the ocean…technology beyond the likes of humankind have ever seen…it's preposterous!"
"Oh but it isn't." Mr. Taylor spoke. "You see, to have all you gentlemen and ladies understand the importance of Character Isle; I believe it is best if we are confronted with Ace herself."
Again, the meeting grew silent. Then,
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean to say is that a conference with this nation's leader is at hand…she is a nation, no? And as members of the meeting I propose we have a temporarily new member for today."
"What…you want us to accept this Ace as a part of the meet?" a voice called out, chuckling in disbelief.
"No. Simply a chat—right now."
"What…do you mean right now??"
"I mean that Ace wishes to speak…right. Now."
"She is in the building?" one asked.
"Yes." Mr. Taylor replied.
A buzz of chaos aroused between the group.
"This is madness! Who are you to call upon a guest to the conference?" Mr. Russet yelled.
"A very devoted follower."
A few more murmurs of confusion and turmoil spilled through, before Mr. Russet spoke again:
"You? To Ace? GET THIS MAN OUT OF HERE!"
Just then, about 60% of the group stood up in strange, military-like positions.
"I wouldn't be the only one." Mr. Taylor said.
Mr. Russet raised his eyebrows, looking around to the people he once thought were human…
"Gentlemen…!" Mr. Taylor announced. "I give you…ACE!"
The large two doors of the room opened up in the very back of the room. Everyone turned their heads (everyone except for the ones standing up in immobile positions) to see her enter. She was in the front; Griffin was to her right with some kind of large gun swung over his back, and Number Four was to her left, a hand on her hip, walking like a model. They walked very proud, and things seemed to almost go in slow motion; their feet, walking at irregular intervals of time, hitting the ground, long coats swaying and muscles stretching all the way up to the head of the room to face the group members. It took seconds, but felt like minutes. Ace's expression was indescribable. It was just so…stern.
"Good evening." She spoke.
The meet shouted in uproar. The members who had stood up held tightly in captivation each of the remaining members, as Ace spoke:
"Thanks to Mr. Taylor especially, I suppose you all can now see your comrades were simply spies for the time being…to help me commence my plan. Those who hold you now are drones, and let it be known before any fools try and test their strength or intelligence; I highly recommend doing so, that is if you wish to be remarkably harmed."
"What is your plan?" somebody called.
Ace was about to speak, then she heard another voice:
"Yeah, Ace—what is your plan, exactly?" spoke Kim Possible, now standing in the open door frames. Ron stood next to her.
Ace narrowed her eyes to slits. Kim was an enemy, yes, but was not her arch enemy. Humanity was.
Actually…Kim wasn't even an enemy at all. She was more like a nuisance.
Before anyone could react, Kim was grabbed from behind by one of Ace's drones—Mr. Taylor. Though he was short, of course Ace had to make them out of titanium, so he was strong.
"You can't just come in here and try to take over!" yelled Mr. Russet.
"Did I ever say I was to take over?" Ace calmly replied.
"Well then what the hell do you call all this?"
"Reinforcements."
"Reinforcements?! Are you mad?"
"Perhaps," Ace joked. "But am I mad to find a way to get the attention of all the world's leaders?"
"Oh, what, by infiltrating our conference and holding us against our will?"
For about ten long minutes, Ace and Mr. Russet began quite the heated argument. And within each growing minute, Ace just got angrier and angrier…
"ENOUGH!" Ace said at one point. "You wouldn't know about society's ignorance to the depressants of modern day if the answer lay right in FRONT OF YOU!"
Really? Had it come to this—a philosophy?
The discussion had become tenser and more meticulous as the minutes passed. From questionable first impressions to the "depressants of modern day"….
Now Ace had her enemy…and Mr. Russet was quite the man to attack her verbally, not accepting the island and of her power...and her sanity.
And Kim just stood there…listening…hoping Ace would finally uncover her plan of glory…but she wasn't even close. She was still too enraged from the argument with Mr. Russet.
"AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT RULING A NATION IF YOUR ISLAND WAS EVEN ONE!" he furiously raged back.
That was it. Ace cracked.
"GRIFFIN!?!?!?!?"
He opened up his jacket.
"Magnoray, Hydroray, Sonaray, Convistray, Jynoray, Klondikray, Renoray…"
"Do all we have is RAYS!?!?!?" she shouted to him.
Ace and Mr. Russet were over their limit. It was almost scary to watch. And Kim, noticing Ace asking for a weapon…
"No there's the megagun, the kindogun,"
"GAH! Damn it all, Griffin. Just hand me my bazooka." Ace demanded. Griffin took that large gun off his back, and handed it over to Ace. She snatched it, and aimed at Mr. Russet, about to fire it.
At that moment things just got a little fanatical. Surprisingly, Kim was able to break free for Mr. Taylor with her laser lipstick, aiming it at his face (and unknowingly almost burnt out his microchip-brain). She immediately kicked the bazooka out from Ace's hands.
And boy, was she mad. She looked at Kim like she would stop nothing at murdering Kim—and she would make it painful and make her suffer terribly; beg for mercy…it really was scary.
Without orders, for he knew Ace would wish him to do so anyway, Griffin pulled out two guns and started firing.
And then Kim made a very large mistake.
She kicked one of the guns out of his hand—and it fell inches next to Mr. Russet.
Kim kicked the other gun out of Griffin's hand.
Besides the chaos and the sound of struggle and yelling, all was silent. There were no gun shots.
Until Mr. Russet reached for the handgun, aimed it at Ace, and pulled the trigger.
It happened so fast……
After that, everything just went in slow motion again—Kim turned around quickly, but not quickly enough…for Ace stood upright, with a bullet wound to the head.
Ace fell to the ground.
"NO!!!!!" Kim yelled; she reached out to Ace's fallen corpse, as if she could bring back her life in that way.
Instead of retreating to Ace's body, she turned to Griffin and Number Four for some reason. They were acting weird. If they're so loyal to Ace, then why weren't they reacting? They just seemed to not even care!
Kim faced Mr. Russet, sending him daggers. Her eyes seemed to cry, "What did you DO?!?!"
His face went from utter guilt to COMPLETE horror, gradually. He seemed to be looking behind Kim.
After a few moments of realizing his gaze, Kim turned around.
Ace had risen from the ground…and from death…like a ghost, or a zombie. It looked like she had a…headache. A headache didn't even come close to a bullet wound. Neither Griffin nor Number Four helped her.
Ace continued to make faces at the dizziness and slight pain. She rubbed her head. She sighed when she felt the bullet wound.
And Kim noticed—no blood….
Mr. Russet looked like he saw a ghost (to be cliché)….and actually, he kind of did.
"You're….you're a drone?!? Well, then where's the real Ace?"
It made sense that Ace would send a clone-drone of herself…just in case something like this happened. She was smart enough to think ahead. Kim figured she should have predicted this. It was a very 'Ace' thing to do.
"I am Ace." The drone said.
"Very funny." Kim turned to Griffin. "Where's the real Ace?" she seemed to threaten.
Ace made an annoyed kind of smile, and waved to Kim.
"She's right there." Griffin said.
It took a minute for Kim to realize.
"Wait………….ACE HAS BEEN A DRONE ALL THIS TIME?!?!"
Ace continued to groan, touching her wound. "Guilty." She managed to say.
"Ugh, Griffin if you will?" she asked him.
Griffin starting taking some small tools from who knows where, and began 'working' on Ace's forehead, attempting to remove the bullet. Number Four watched.
"Wait whoa what?!" Ron asked, joining Kim. "Ace was really a drone? Wait I'm confused…if Ace built the drones and Character Isle, then who created Ace?"
"Ron I don't think Ace built all those drones and the island. I think it was just made to look like she did."
"No, actually I built the drones and the island." Ace spoke, while being nearly operated on.
"Then who built you?" Kim asked.
Ace seemed to focus on Griffin working on her, but also, her eyes wandered but for a second…
Ace had glanced almost too quickly for Kim to catch it, but she did—Ace had glanced at Number Four.
'Number Four?' Kim thought.
"No…it can't be…" Ron said.
"Believe it, kid." No. 4 replied.
"You're Ace?!?!" Kim asked.
"No. She's Ace." No. 4 replied again, indicating to the Ace drone. "I'm Andrea, also known as Number Four. But I did create Ace, and Character Isle was my idea. I just put Ace here in charge, because, well, it's who she is. Just because it was my idea doesn't mean I own it, you know."
"Wait so what's your plan—why did you attack the world leaders?"
"This wasn't my plan it was Ace's plan."
"Ooooooookaaaay, that's it I'm confused." Ron stated, rubbing his head.
Number Four nod her head. "Yes, I get confused sometimes, too."
"But you are in charge of Character Isle…and Ace…and the drones and…EVERYTHING!"
"No, they were my ideas! That's totally different! Ace controls it all!"
"WAIT I AM SO COMPLETELY CONFUSED. Are you still a drone, then?" Ron asked.
"No, I'm human."
"CAN SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHATS GOING ON HERE?!" Mr. Russet asked. Kim, Ron, and Number Four shushed him.
"Well what do you mean when you "put Ace in charge because it's who she is" and all that? And of course you own your own ideas! Who can tell you otherwise? Ace?" Kim asked.
"No…the man upstairs…or should I say woman." Number Four pointed to the ceiling.
"But this building doesn't have an upstairs." Ron stated.
Number Four smacked her forehead.
Speaking of foreheads, Ace and Griffin were still working on that.
"What, you think fate tells you to do all this stuff?" Kim asked.
"Fate? No...where the heck did you get that from? No I meant the writer of this story."
"What story?"
"This one."
"Which one?"
"Ace of Evil 2, The Revenge of Ace!"
"What are you talking about?"
Number Four looked to the ceiling. "Can you please let her know what I'm talking about?"
"Who are you talking to?" Kim asked.
"I think she's cracked." Ron suggested.
"Look, never mind." Number Four finally said, giving up. "The End, okay? There, now everyone just go home. I need a break from all of this…." She said, obviously getting a headache.
"What end?" Ron asked.
"Uggghhh!!!"
"Yeah, yeah, I think she's cracked." Kim said.
"Mm-hmm." Ron agreed.
Number Four walked off, while Griffin followed. Ace seemed unconscious. Apparently, as a drone, she was turned off.
Kim watched them walk off.
"Aren't you going to stop them?" Ron asked.
"Nah…"
"Why not."
"Ask the woman upstairs."
"What upstairs?! What woman?!" Ron pouted.
Kim's Kimmunicator beeped. Kim answered it, seeing Wade.
"What's the sitch, Wade?"
"Finished with Ace?" he asked.
"Yeah…I think so."
"Well good…because now we have a new problem."
"Oh no I'm afraid to ask…" Kim said through her teeth.
"Remember our old friend Joy Shock?" he said.
Kim froze. This was going to be a looooooooong day.
[End]
A/N: Haha, like my ending? I didn't really know how to end…but somehow I feel like this just 'worked'. All hail the all mighty power of the writer?!
And now back to Joy….
Stay tuned!
-Anfkc