Disclaimer: I do not own Kim possible of any of the characters in it, Disney does. Kale is mine though.
Chapter 7:Future History part 1
Argent was dimly aware of a commotion in his cell, of his being moved onto a gurney, and a little while later the sound of what he recognized as medical equipment. A smattering of conversation made it's way though the haze in his mind "...nd him li... ry pal...los...re ood...thoug.." He felt a small pain in his arm and then he drifted off again.
Several hours later with Argent being monitored by a nurse who had instructions to inform Dr. Director as soon as he woke up Kim paced back and forth outside the room with a worried look on her face . Shego and Ron came in from checking on Kale who was staying with his grandparents while they were in the GJ facility. "So how's our boy from the future doing?" quipped Shego, a look of distain on her face. Seeing Kim being so worried about the man in the next room she softened her tone "Sorry Princess, I just don't trust that man regardless of what Wade and Drew have found."
Kim looked at her friend and sadly smiled "I know, but I feel bad for him. If we hadn't wanted to talk with him when we did he may not have been alive for much longer. He lost a lot of blood in the fight with you and then the fight in the cafeteria caused him to reopen that wound. He was nearly 4 pints low when we got him back to medical. He was so pale..."
Ron interjected "But you got him here in time Kim,you saved his life so don't be so hard on yourself. We still don't know exactly why he did what he did so I have to agree with Shego. Let's let him regain consciousness so we can at least talk to him about what we have found out and see what he has to say."
"Well we should not have to wait long if he heals anything like I do, and looking at the new DNA work up they did I'd say that he should. I still want to know how he has these abilities, and if he is even aware of them. I didn't see any sign of use during the fight with Ed and the look on his face told me that if he had been aware of them they would have been in play." Shego stated looking at a chart.
They had been alerted to the fight by control and after Betty had barked that order into the mic Argent had been compliant. Shego had almost felt sorry for Ed before she heard that Argent had assailed him for 'impugning' Kim and hers' honor.
Looking at the footage, all of them had been slightly impressed with the concise moves and no wasted movements. The big man had never stood a chance. The medics said nothing was broken but the soft tissue damage was severe enough to keep the erstwhile mechanic off his feet for at least a week and no heavy lifting for a while. She knew she had to get a better sense of this man's fighting style but from what she had seen she was sure her mother would need to be called in to see if she recognized him from somewhere. The styles he used were to unique to have been learned anywhere else, at least not with the precision with which he executed them.
A half an hour later her prediction came true as Dr. Director came into the room. "They said he has woken up and is a bit confused as to why he is in the infirmary, so if you would follow me I think it's time we all got some answers."
Argent looked up as the four individuals ushered into the room, the older woman he recognized as Dr. Director was first,next were his mom looking tired and his dad, man that thought felt weird, was right beside her. Shego was the last in and she just stared at him indifferently setting some papers on the table while leaning up against the wall. Dr. Director was the first to break the silence "So feel better after that little outburst in the mess hall?"
Argent hung his head slightly "I am sorry about my outburst, I hope that ..Ed is not to seriously hurt, I lost control of my temper and I should know better then that. He was just so irritating and kept insulting both Kim and Shego, I tried to let it slide but for some reason it twisted me the wrong way. I am also sorry that I made everyone so concerned for my health, I really should have said something to the nurse about the loss of blood but I felt I deserved to be treated with some hostility after what I had done."
As he looked around he realized who he was missing seeing " So I take it Kale is being well looked after?"
"Of course he is! What kind of question is that!" Shego was outraged at the audacity of the man in front of her, so much so that she didn't realize that she had ignited her hands until Kim asked her to calm down.
Kim turned to Argent " Yes, he is at his grandparents house while we are here."
Argent's eye's grew wide again "Grandparents? But whose?" he asked,bewildered looking from Kim to Ron.
Dr. Director held her hand up as Kim went to speak "Why do you want to know something like that?" she asked him flatly.
"Well I know it can't be mom..err I mean Kim's parents because they were in a fatal car crash when she was 12. I read it in the news archives, well the one or two accounts I could find. The world network system crash of '17 really did a number on the records. I suppose by that line of thought I would surmise Ron's parents but I never had any contact with them." Argent stated looking off to one side somewhat lost in thought.
The air of utter plainness in the way Argent said that took everyone a little off guard. "you never knew any of your parent's or grandparents?" Shego looked at him to see if she could see anything that would tell her if he was lying, she could see none in the way he just looked at her when he stated "No."
Ron piped up "what about aunts or uncles?"
"I never had any contact with any of my father's family, as far as anyone could tell after he vanished there was no other surviving family. On my mother's side it was the same way, after she passed away giving birth to me there was no trace of any surviving family. I was adopted by my mom's best friend Brianna Gooding. The funny thing was that she made sure that I kept the last name Possible, I think as a tribute to my mom. When I was two she was lost on a mission she had been forced to undertake for GJ. Her mother took me in as one of her own. Looking back at my life I truly believe I am nothing but bad luck to anyone who gets close to me." Argent said his voice wavering as he recounted this part of memories he tried his best to not think about.
Lost in thought and not paying attention to the looks he was receiving from the people around him, especially Shego who had slumped into a chair, he continued "She insisted that I call her Aunt Isabel and she raised me as best she could. When I turned five she started training me in the martial arts., she always said I took to it like a bird to flight aways calling me her little drake. When I wasn't training or doing schoolwork I would visit with my 'uncles' Martin, Jules, and the twins, Nick and Travis. We had so much fun when they were not on missions. I think watching them protect Go City, well that and Martin always spewing those corny heroic lines were what first got me interested in the hero business. Of course they had those amazing abilities and all I had was my determination and growing skills. I talked them into letting me go on my first mission with them when I was 12. They were fighting that old kook ...Avarious, I think his name was, anyway I was supposed to stay in the Go Jet while they took care of him. That did not sit well with me and I stole my way into the lair. I was snooping around when I came upon the scene of Team Go chained to a wall with Avarious laughing and holding this staff with an orb saying that now that he had their powers he would rule the world or some such nonsense. Well I saw my uncles in trouble and I wasn't going to stand for it so I quietly came up behind him and as he turned and saw me I hit him with a jumping roundhouse to his chin. He went flying and I was able to catch the staff, that was when things got a little weird for me for a bit. I didn't realize that the powers he had stolen were in the staff so when I held it and thought about being strong enough to get the guys off the wall suddenly I was glowing blue and felt I could throw the Go Jet around. Apparently they had been through this kind of thing before and helped me get them down and explained that in order to get them back their powers I should break the staff so I swung it at the floor and watched it shatter. I watched as the powers flowed out of it like a rainbow looking for a storm, after a few seconds the ribbons of color found it's respective mark and uncle Martin quipped "Yup, he's definitely a Possible."
