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Chapter 6: One Hero Shall Rise...
"So, nerdlinger, I'm guessing your little chat with Dr. Director didn't yield the results I wanted." Shego glared at Wade as she stood inside Global Justice headquarters.
"Not quite...Dr. Director has one last mission for you." Wade explained calmly.
Shego folded her arms across her chest, turned her head to look at Dr. Director and slowly began tapping her foot, waiting to hear this last mission she would have to endure.
"As Mr. Load said, I have one last mission for you Shego. Complete this one and I shall declare your debt to the world repaid."
Shego rolled her eyes and groaned loudly. Dr. Director ignored Shego's annoying ways. Shego refused to look at either Wade or Dr. Director directly.
"My spy inside WEE headquarters informs me that Gemini has plans tomorrow. He is sending his Agent Beta to pick up one certain monster that murdered Agent Possible." Dr. Director told Shego, knowing Shego would have interest in this mission.
Shego didn't disappoint as her eyes widened, her head snapped to look at Dr. Director and her plasma ignited as she clenched her hands into fists.
"What would you have me do?" Shego asked with more enthusiasm than she had wanted to show.
"We want you to follow Agent Beta. Once he has picked up this Devastator, you will follow them to WEE Headquarters. Contact us when Agent Beta reaches Devastator's hideout and again when you get to WEE Headquarters. We will search the hideout and we will also send in a team to assist you in taking down Gemini and Devastator. I will personally lead the team assisting you, but I don't want you rushing in to a battle you won't win."
Shego felt insulted.
"What do you mean 'a battle I won't win'?" She raged.
Dr. Director had no time to deal with Shego's arrogance.
"How many times have you ever defeated Kim in a one-versus-one situation? I'm willing to wager it's less than the number of thumbs I have. Kim was unable to take on that twisted creature by herself and she was my very best! What chance do you think YOU would have alone?"
Shego's plasma intensified as her expression turned into pure hatred. Wade raised an eyebrow as he focused his gaze on Shego and then Dr. Director.
"You cannot defeat Devastator alone, Shego! Swallow your pride and wait for us to arrive when you get to Gemini's lair! That is an order! Or, if you choose to rush in like a fool, you will find that the little screw up you did two years ago will become national news!"
Shego growled furiously as her plasma slowly died down.
'That devious cunt! She's blackmailing me again...' Shego cursed in her thoughts. "Fine..."
"I'll have your car and a disguise with you for tomorrow morning, Shego. Just beware that you will need a very early start so you must leave for WEE Headquarters by four thirty in the morning." Wade calmly explained. "Before you ask why, it is a couple of hours drive to where Gemini is hiding and we don't know exactly when Agent Beta will be leaving. I'll leave one of Kim's old Kimmunicators in the car which will have all the information you need on it."
"Oh whoopee, lucky me." Shego muttered sarcastically.
The next day, Shego had driven over to WEE Headquarters and was waiting for Agent Beta to make his move in his van.
"Come on already." Shego sighed as tapped her fingers on the steering wheel impatiently.
The wait was very aggravating for her, not that it really ever took much to get on Shego's nerves. Drakken had been annoyed that she had to go on another mission for Global Justice but his frustration was tempered with the news that it would be the last time that Global Justice would be calling on Shego, at least for unpaid work. Shego entertained the thought of doing paid work for Global Justice.
'Working for GJ would have some benefits. Money being a damn good motivator, but I'd also get to keep in good shape and maybe end up teaching some of those weaklings a few things about unarmed combat. But I don't think I could go with the whole 'being a hero' thing again, not like Princess did, I had my shot at hero work and I just got tired of it...well, to be fair it was my brothers that I got tired of, not the work really, just hero work didn't pay as well as working for Drew, and that is saying something.'
Shego closed her eyes and massaged her temples before slowly running her hands down her face, and missed seeing a familiar red haired, athletic figure dash fairly close past her car.
'If I did want to become a GJ agent, I'd have to insist on not wearing their stupid outfits. One big fashion no-no for me those disgusting outfits are. I wonder if Drew would go for me joining GJ. I'm sure he'd encourage me to, if only to stop me threatening to use him as a punching bag when he pisses me off.' A small smile appeared on Shego's face.
Moments later, Shego saw Agent Beta's van leave the Worldwide Evil Empire and set to shadowing him to find Devastator's lair.
"Finally, about bloody time too. I hate waiting for what seems like a year for something to happen. Even Drakken wasn't this slow with cooking up doomed plans for taking over the world."
Kim sat on the branch of one of the large trees that stood idly near WEE Headquarters. She was spent; being cooped up inside Devastator's lair for a number of days with no real room to properly exercise and then having to push herself to her very limits to get to her destination had sapped her of virtually all her energy. Add on to that the fact that she had nearly got herself mowed down by an oncoming freight train when she had slipped and fell off the one she had hitched a ride on, having got to the single track section that Devastator had told her to jump off the train when it got there, and ended up half on the opposite track. It took her a while to pick herself up and by that time her train was long gone, not having had to stop to proceed onto the single track section and one coming towards town was approaching. With some effort, she managed to move herself off the track and lay in the 6 foot gap between both sets of track as the freight train clattered past.
Kim checked her watch to see the time, followed by setting the alarm to go off in four and a half hours time. She would need to grab as much rest as she could as she sensed that she would be in for the fight of her life when taking on Gemini, Professor Dementor, The Mathter and however many henchmen would be there. She allowed her mind to wander, thinking about the events that had taken place since her first contact with Gemini's creation and just how things might have panned out had her second attempt at stopping it without Wade's EMP upgrade.
"This is something I will need to do for myself and for Ron. I've allowed myself to slip into dark ways ever since Ron went MIA. No more...I'm Kim Stoppable and I can STILL do anything, even bring myself back from the murderous side of crime fighting that I've done. I've been living a life of cruel actions and in some way, I'm just as bad as the villains are...I've never felt any remorse for the blood I've spilt, I've never cried over killing someone blatantly breaking the law." Kim muttered quietly.
Kim had never given much thought on her dark side ever since Big Mike had sent her over the edge but now after spending those few days cut off from her colleagues, friends and family, she had thought about it and started to feel guilty over what she had become. This was typical of her really; do something wrong, realise it later then feel guilty about it. Only normally it was Ron she would have blown off for some reason or another before they had gotten married, like that fateful Spring dance when she had locked him in the janitor closet. Recently, however, there had no Ron around so she had never felt guilty about the lives she had taken. It was part of her job and she had always felt justified when she had killed someone.
"Now I'm going to be facing three villains from my past. Gemini, Dementor and the Mathter, all three of them I've faced before and all three foiled every time. They wanted me dead...but I this time I shall not pay in kind. I shall not kill them...even if it may seem like the best thing to do." Kim shook her head, her long red hair swaying slightly. "Killing Gemini would only end up upsetting Dr. Director, and probably cause me to spend the rest of my days in a GJ cell. The Mathter, albeit the lamest villain I've ever known and technically NOT my villain, is really just more of a victim of Gemini's plan and Professor Dementor, the villain I've defeated the most over the years, even he despite being the roughest and most violent of the villains, even he doesn't deserve death just yet."
Kim sighed and rubbed her forehead before settling down to grab some much needed rest.
'This day shall see the rebirth of Kim Stoppable. After all, I'm the girl who can do anything.'
Shego had been following Agent Beta for nearly an hour now. She has suspected that he might suspect he was being followed judging by his erratic decisions on turns to make. Either that or he just did this normally to throw any followers off while he made his way to the lair of the monster that had slaughtered poor Kimmie. Shego was very determined to keep on Agent Beta's trail and finally Agent Beta pulled up outside an old warehouse. Shego parked her car out of sight and set out on foot to sneak around. She had decided it best to call GJ before setting foot near the lair.
"Hey nerdlinger!" Shego hissed quietly as she switched the Kimmunicator on.
"Uh...wha? What's up Kim?" A groggy and sleepy Wade asked absentmindedly.
"It's Shego you moron! Kimmie is dead, remember?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah, sorry Shego...I guess I'm so used to Kim contacting me on her Kimmunicator. What's up?" Wade said with a touch of embarrassment.
"Can you get a GPS lock on me? I'm very near to where Agent Beta parked up. I'm guessing the large warehouse he went into hides Devastator's lair."
Shego heard the sounds of keys being tapped in very quick succession as Wade brought up the Kimmunicator's signal to see where Shego was.
"Got it Shego. I'll let Dr. Director know immediately, thanks for doing this by the way."
Shego shrugged her shoulders nonchalantly and grunted; she wasn't going to let on that she agreed to do this partly because she was really missing Kim and Ron now both of them were dead and this was her way of allowing their legacy to continue on.
Shego ended the call and placed the Kimmunicator back in the pocket of her outfit and decided to have a snoop around the warehouse. She quickly and stealthily moved into the old warehouse only to find it empty. This didn't surprise her in any way, just aggravated her slightly. She started to look around for any sign of a secret entrance until she heard the sound of an unlocking door and the groaning of metal gears. She whipped around to see the floor retract near the middle of the warehouse and what looked like some kind of lift appear out of the gap. Shego dashed for cover in the shadows, hoping she would remain out of sight of Agent Beta and Devastator.
Agent Beta appeared out of the lift and slowly trudged his way out of the warehouse. Devastator slowly followed behind before stopping. Devastator noted that something seemed very odd, like there was another figure here, wanting to remain hidden. It scanned the warehouse slowly before turning it's head to face exactly where Shego was hiding. Shego could feel the nervous energy coursing through her body as she started to grow uncomfortable and scared with each passing second.
'Please don't let that thing come over here and look for me.' She begged in her mind.
Devastator resumed walking towards the exit, but not taking it's eyes off of where Shego was hiding. As Devastator reached the doors, it stopped and nodded at Shego before exiting and leaving her alone.
Shego found her hands trembling as nervous sweat began slowly rolling down her face. That thing had known she was there, but it didn't make any attempt to silence her...just strangely nodding it's armour clad head at her. She lay on the floor for a few minutes before deciding to head back to WEE Headquarters.
Devastator contemplated on what had happened as it had left the lair. Someone was there, in the warehouse above the lair.
'Most likely a GJ agent, and judging by the smell, a female and I would guess it was Shego...she has a unique smell. Well, my lair has served its purpose now, so losing it to a Global Justice raid doesn't matter to me anymore. Kim getting over to WEE is what matters.'
Kim was shocked awake as her alarm beeped incessantly at her. She clumsily prodded it hoping she would stop the noise and eventually she managed to, not before nearly falling out of the tree. Kim groaned and rubbed her eyes before running both hands down her face, trying to keep awake. Satisfied that she was now awake enough, she climbed down out of the tree and carefully made her way over to WEE. She saw Agent Beta's van pull up inside the complex and watched Agent Beta climb out and open the back of the van. Devastator stepped out of the van and indicated for Agent Beta to go away, which he promptly did. Devastator looked around and noticed Kim, who gave a thumbs up to acknowledge it. Devastator pointed Kim to the far side of the complex and indicated to go in through there before Devastator set off to find it's masters.
Kim made her way to where she had been pointed to go and found a window. She grabbed her trusty laser lipstick and cut a hole in the glass...only to find that where there should have been a hole, the window was now covered in red lipstick. Kim slapped her hand on her forehead and had a real sense of déjà vu.
"Wrong lipstick."
She pulled out the right lipstick this time and proceeded to cut through the glass again. Once she got inside, she set about finding the flight of stairs that Devastator had told her to go to. She was slightly surprised by the lack of personnel that seemed to not be around the hallways but she wasn't going to complain about it, it would make her job that much easier.
With a bit of luck, she managed to find the stairs relatively quickly. Kim ran up the stairs and followed the hallway to the gantry that overlooked the main hall where she could hear Gemini and Devastator in conversation. She peered over the edge of the banister rail and watched and waited for the time to strike.
Devastator entered the main hall, anticipating for not a hugely long conversation before action. There was still a strange feeling within Devastator's armour welding that something was still happening and Devastator could only guess that it wouldn't be good when it finally happened.
"My masters, I have arrived."
"Yes, you have done very well Devastator." Gemini congratulated his creation.
"Yes, I agree, but I must admit your methods of killing KIM POSSIBLE VERE RATHER BRUTAL!" Dementor screamed.
"There were no restrictions to my methods of slaying Mrs. Stoppable, only that the entire world must see it." Devastator reminded the short German.
Dementor waved off the comment.
"Anyway, now we move onto the final phase of my grand plan." Gemini stated darkly, his face twisting into a cruel, evil expression.
"Yes...about that..." Devastator trailed off.
"Yes?" Gemini raised an eyebrow.
"I cannot allow you to destroy me! I shall continue you live, not held in check by some morons who seek to use me then destroy me!" Devastator snarled.
"Gemini! You did factor in this did you? You must have thought about the possibility of betrayal?" Mathter panicked, knowing just what Devastator was capable of.
"Relax, I have." Gemini replied calmly.
Gemini pulled a controller out from his outfit and pressed the button. A couple of the walls lowered and over twenty of Gemini's agents marched out and surrounded Devastator.
"Do you forget that I am invincible?" Devastator laughed.
"Oh, they are merely meant to keep you busy for just long enough." Gemini smiled.
"Then I have a surprise for you as well." Devastator began to laugh maniacally.
The trio of villains heard the sound of metal punching through stone from above. All 3 looked up and saw a sight they never imagined they would see again.
"KIM POSSIBLE!" They all shouted as Kim released her grappling gun and landed on four of Gemini's agents, knocking them down.
"Yes! I'm back and I'm taking you three down!" Kim cracked her knuckles and dropped into a battle stance.
"ATTACK YOU IDIOTS! KILL THEM!" Dementor shouted at Gemini's men.
Devastator reacted first and knocked four of them down. Kim, meanwhile, had another three take her on. No-one noticed one of Gemini's agents leave as the three villains joined the fight.
Shego had arrived back at WEE Headquarters and was waiting for Dr. Director and her team to arrive before storming the complex. She sat idly in the car, filing her nails absentmindedly when she heard the sound of someone running.
"Shego! Shego!" The voice called.
Shego looked over and saw one of Gemini's agents running towards her. Shego dropped the nail file and ignited her plasma.
"Stop! I'm GJ's spy! You have to get in there!"
Shego's plasma died down. She then noticed the man looked as white as a sheet, like he had seen a ghost.
"What? Why?" She asked curiously.
"SHE is back! She's not dead! Kim Possible is alive and she is fighting with Devastator against Gemini, Professor Dementor and The Mathter." The GJ spy explained.
"Kimmie is...alive?" Shego's jaw dropped in shock.
"Yes. You have to get in there and help them!"
"Fine. You contact Wade and tell him everything while I lend them a hand." Shego jumped out of the car and tossed the Kimmunicator to the spy.
"Let me throw some numbers at you!" Mathter called as he pulled out an array of numbers.
He tossed a 4 and a 5 at Devastator, who just stood there as the numbers pinged off the thick armour.
"No! No variables! Never mind, I'll get my point across to you." Mathter pulled out some small balls and threw them at Devastator. "My decimal points!"
The balls landed on Devastator's armour and melted with nothing happening to the armour again.
"No! There are just too many variables! I guess I'll just need to add a new element to this equation!" Mathter pulled out his Calcu-laser.
He aimed and fired it at Devastator. The beam that normally erased anything it touched once again failed to do anything.
"Arrgh! No! Brackets! Even my Calcu-laser is useless!" Mathter moaned and stamped his foot on the ground in anger.
Devastator charged Mathter and sent him flying into the wall, followed up by sending 5 of Gemini's agents into Mathter afterwards.
Kim, meanwhile, swept 2 of the agents off their feet and then executed a roundhouse kick on Dementor.
"Let me give you a hand." Gemini said as he fired a small missile from his robotic hand at Kim.
"You know, that is just so lame." Kim said as she dodged the missile.
"No, it's still fresh after all these years." Gemini replied.
Kim was about to do a hand spring into and flying kick when Dementor recovered and knocked her off balance causing Kim to fall flat on her face.
"You are so out of shape Kim." Gemini mocked the fallen hero.
Electricity crackled and sparked from Gemini's robotic hand as he was about to send an electric shock through Kim's body while would take her out of action for a while.
Kim groaned as she watched her impending fate, only for a bright green fireball to slam into Gemini and knock him to the ground. Kim slowly sat up and watched another green fireball hit Dementor with the same effect.
"It can't be." Kim whispered.
"Hey princess. Glad to see you didn't kick the bucket." Shego smirked as she came into view.
"Shego! What are you doing here?" Kim called as she tried to get to her feet.
"Pulling your sorry ass out of the fire." Shego helped Kim to her feet and then hugged her close. "How'd you survive?"
Kim turned and started to fight again with a renewed vigour now that Shego had joined them.
"That was a clone you saw being murdered."
"You agreed to be cloned?" Shego asked as she threw more plasma balls at Gemini's agents.
"Nope. I was out cold when Devastator cloned me." Kim replied, punching another agent.
Gemini made it to his feet and groaned. He looked around and saw most of his allies out of action.
'Damn this.' He thought.
"Surrender Gemini." Kim demanded.
Gemini pulled out a strange device and grinned as he saw it was ready.
"I think not yet Kim. For you see, it is ready!"
"What is ready?" Shego asked.
"Now you shall all see how I shall destroy 'Devastator'!" Gemini activated the device.
All 3 turned to look at Devastator, who noticed the armour plating started to glow reddish brown colour and start to crack and splinter. Kim's jaw dropped as she watched and armour slowly fall apart to reveal and humanoid figure inside.
"For you see, Kim Possible, I shall show you the culmination of my greatest project ever! THE RON FACTOR!" Gemini shouted as the last of Devastator's armour fell to pieces.
"It can't be!" Shego's eyes widened at the sight.
"Ron!" Kim couldn't believe what she saw.
Ron Stoppable stood surrounded by small pieces of armour that used to be on his very being.
"What happened? Where am I?" Ron asked. "Kim?"
To Be Continued...
Be honest, how many of you expected this?