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Wil: Opps, your right. Keep nitpicking please, it may help to keep my mind in the game.

Sorry for the delay, had to go over the outline again. Got kind of off track but it's back on course now. Please R&R


Chapter 7 – Drew Lipski, is That You?

Dr. Drakkenwas fuming with anger as he sat on the hard bench of the transport that the Consortium had sent to pick him up. "Monkeys!" he was thinking, "They had the unmitigated gall to send monkeys for me!" He understood of course that monkeys, after all, were expendable. But still it was very undignified to be sitting here, blindfolded and with his hands tied behind his back. He could tell by the many turns that the aircraft was making that they were taking the 'scenic view" to wherever it was they were going.Not once since the ride had started two hours ago had he stopped thinking about what he would do to Shego once he got his hands on her. No matter how angry he was each time his thoughts turned to Shego the anger suddenly drained out of him replaced by another emotion, one he had been hiding for years, one that he had sworn he would never reveal to anyone. The popping of his ears brought him back to reality and the sound of the landing gear being deployed confirmed his suspicion that they had finally reached their destination.

"I should have been planning ways to get out of this situation," he thought absently as he was roughly brought to his feet and herded down a ramp and out of the aircraft. His blind fold was soon removed and as his eyes adjusted to the light again he saw he was standing in front of a single wooden chair that was bathed in light, across from him seated at a large table were the primary members of the new Consortium. Drakken felt his anger return when he noticed that the center seat, the seat that was rightfully his, was currently occupied by Montgomery Fiske.

To the left of Monkey Fist were Duff Killigan, Señor Senior Sr., Señor Senior Jr., Professor Dementor and Andria Lynn; to his right were Fukushima, Aviarious, Falsetto Jones, Amy Hall and Frugal Lucre. At a slightly smaller table to one side of the chamber were representatives from the Yakusa, The knights of Rodigan and the Russian mafia. Monkey Fist was the first to break the silence, "Sit down Drakken. As you might imagine there are a few questions we have to ask."

For the next two hours Dr. Drakken was asked question after question, it was clear that the group in front of him thought that since Shego had crossed over to the 'good guys' it stood to reason that he must have crossed over too. Monkey Fist suddenly slammed the table in front of him with a hairy hand, his face showed just how exasperated he was as he shouted, "THIS IS GETTING US NOWHERE. MONKEY NINJA'S, COME TO ME" Drakken was soon surrounded by small simian forms dressed in black. "I assume you remembered to bring the device," he stated calmly. He was answered with a loud chattering as the Monkey Ninja's turned and fled the room.

Soon the sound of a heavy machine being dragged into the chamber could be heard and Drakken turned to see what was being brought in. "M-M-My Brain Drain Machine" Dr. Drakken stammered in fear, he knew just how much pain could be inflicted when someone was placed into the machine's lone seat and he had a sneaking suspicion just who that person was to be. Twenty minutes later the guards outside the chamber were shivering with fear as they heard the screams that echoed through the halls through the door of the chamber.

It had been quite a morning for Kim Possible. After a quick light breakfast followed by an exhausting workout Kim had shanghaied Ron into a private fashion show as she tried on all of the new items she had bought the day before. Ron had looked a little miffed at first but when she stated showing him the 'private' wardrobe items she had bought she could tell by the slack-jawed look on his face that all would be forgiven, luckily she had shown him the 'special items last or they would still be at it.

After the 'fashion show' and the 'cool down' period for Ron Kim had received a phone call from Monique. Her 'rents had given her the go ahead to visit for the weekend as soon as they heard it was with Kim, Mrs. Renton had given Felix the okay also so Kim and Monique had spent an hour on the phone planning the activities for the upcoming weekend.

Kim and Ron were sitting in the kitchen over their respective choice of beverages when Sheila appeared in the doorway. One look at Sheila was all it took to realize that there was something terribly wrong; her normally green tinged face was pale and she was griping the doorframe in an attempt to keep herself on her feet, an attempt that was doomed to failure. Ron instantly jumped to his feet and ran to where Sheila was slumping toward the floor. With a feet forward slide that would have been the envy of a baseball player stealing second base Ron reached Sheila just as her head would have hit the floor but instead landed softly in his lap. "Sheila" Kim cried as she also jumped to her feet.

Followed by Kim, Ron had picked up Sheila and gotten her to the couch in the den, Kim saw that the color was returning to her face as a low moan escaped her lips. Suddenly Sheila's eyes snapped open and she snapped to a sitting position yelling "Doctor D.,… Drew!" As Sheila's eyes started to focus again she noticed that she was sitting on the couch in the den and a bewildered Kim and Ron were on the floor at the side of the couch. "What happened?" Sheila asked. A worried Ron explained Sheila's collapse in the kitchen as Sheila closed her eyes and placed the balls of her hands against her temples. After Ron finished Sheila said, "I remember walking down the stairs, I was thinking that I would have to call Drew and try to explain why I wasn't coming back when I heard a scream in my head… that's the last thing I remember."

Kim had her Kimmunicator out and was talking to Wade, After explaining the situation Wade had directed Kim to point the Kimmunicator at Sheila so he could do a quick scan. As the faintly yellow beam played across Sheila's body she was shaking her head trying to get her thoughts in order. She watched as a worried Kim was staring into the screen of the device as a voice issued from the small speaker, "Well.. a slightly elevated heartbeat and a strong presence of adrenalin in her system, but otherwise there doesn't seem to be anything wrong that I can find Kim." Sheila was replaying the moments in her head trying to remember exactly what had happened, suddenly her eyes cleared and she swung her feet off the couch and stood. "It's Dr. D." she said, "Something has happened to him, I could feel it."

"Ron" Sheila said, "I need to get to Mexico as soon as possible, can I use the jet?" Ron and Kim looked at each other for a moment before they both stood; "Let's go" was Ron's only comment as he turned to leave the room with Kim walking by his side. It was at that moment that Sheila realized that she was never going to be alone again; she now had friends, friends that would be at her side with no reservations and no questions. With a new confidence in her step Sheila followed the two teens to the garage without another word.

As soon as they landed outside the lair Sheila knew that there was something wrong, none of the automatic defenses had kicked in and they were able to land just outside the entrance without any challenge at all. As they approached the entrance Sheila broke into a run as soon as she noticed that the doorway stood open to the world. A quick look through the maze of corridors and numerous rooms only confused the trio further; while there was no one there it did not look to be deserted, just vacant. There was still power and the lights were still on in several of the rooms, syntho-drones stood around immobile as they waited for instructions that never came. The only sign that anything was amiss was when Sheila noticed that a large piece of equipment was missing from the main lab; there were scrapes on the floor that clearly showed that it had been hastily moved out toward the entrance, Sheila could not remember exactly what had been removed and suggested returning to Dr. Drakken's office which they had looked into earlier and found empty.

Sheila sat at the desk in the office only to find herself looking at a blank screen on the computer; a quick scan by Wade showed that the computer had been wiped of all information. Looking through the desk for a hardcopy of the inventory Sheila was surprised when she found a small silver frame in a drawer that looked like it had been forced open. The picture in the frame brought a sharp intake of breath from Sheila, it was a picture of her, it showed a younger Shego sitting in a swivel chair with her feet up on the console in front of her while she was filing her nails. Staring at the photo for a few seconds brought memories to the surface, memories of seeing the frame before, Sheila now recalled several time when she had burst into one of Dr. Drakken's offices over the years only to have Drakken reach up, remove the frame from his desk, and place it carefully into a drawer.

As Sheila was staring down into the frame she felt a hand placed gently on her shoulder, looking back she saw the face of Kim, once her enemy, now her friend, with a knowing look on her face. "You didn't know did you?" Kim said. "No, I never even suspected." Sheila replied. As Sheila looked back at the photo in her hand her thoughts were interrupted by Ron who had been talking to Wade on his Kimmunicator, "Wade thinks he may be able to get something from the computer" he said as he plugged his Kimmunicator into the computers USB port. After a few seconds wade's voice floated up from the device, "Okay Ron, got it. I should be able to get something from what was left; I'll know in a few minutes and get back to you." Ron removed the device and placed it back into his pocket.

Sheila had found her room just as she had left it and after packing a small satchel the three left the compound, Sheila had given the syntho-drones instructions to protect and maintain the area using non-lethal force if necessary and closed the door behind them as they left. About halfway back to Go City the sound of Ron's Kimmunicator broke the silence that had settled over the trio, "Yea Wade," Ron said, "What's the sitch?"

Wade: "I wasn't able to get much from the computer but I think you'll find what I did get very interesting."

Ron: "So spill already Wade, what were you able to find out."

Wade: "I was able to get a lot of e-mail headers from files, I didn't get the e-mails themselves but the senders ID's were still available. In the last two weeks there has been a flood of communication between Dr. D. and just about every bad guy that Team possible has ever been involved with. It was either a reunion or something big is in the works, something really big."

Kim: "Couldn't it just be keeping in touch Wade?"

Wade: "Not likely Kim, about two weeks ago the e-mails jumped from once a week to several a day, there was also indications of a lot of video conferencing going on. From the looks of it Drakken and the others were planning something that involved all of them. I'm printing out a list of all of the names that I was able to figure out at Ron's house right now. It'll be waiting for you when you get there."

Ron: "Thanks Wade, can you keep an eye open for any sign of Drakken for us? We didn't like the looks of things back there, it could mean nothing but Sheila's convinced that Dr. D's in trouble and that could mean trouble for us."

Wade: "Already on it Ron, I started a search while you guy's were still on your way there. Oh I was able to find out what that device was that was missing was, it was Drakken's Brain Drain machine. Since most of Drakken's stuff uses enormous amounts of power I've also started a search for unusual uses of power. I'll let you know as soon as I find anything."

Kim: "As usual Wade, You rock!"

Wade: "Hey Kim, it's what I do. But thanks. Talk to you guy's soon, bye."

As the screen blanked Kim shifted in her seat to look back at Sheila who was sitting in the backmost seat. "Don't worry Sheila, if anyone can find out what happened and locate Drakken its Wade." Sheila just shook her head; in her hands was the small silver frame she had found in Drew's desk, in her head was a flurry of thoughts and emotions that she had hoped she would never have to deal with.

Back at the house Ron was looking over the list that Wade had transmitted to his printer while Kim and Sheila were sitting on the couch in Ron's office. Kim had her arm placed over Sheila's shoulder that Sheila found surprisingly soothing, the two had been talking for the last fifteen minutes and Sheila had just come to realize just how much she really cared for her former employer. "Hey Sheila" Kim said with a chuckle in her voice, "Look at it this way, it took me almost thirteen years to realize what I really felt for Ron, you've been able to beat my time by almost ten years." Looking up at Kim with a small smile Sheila had been about to answer when they were interrupted.

BEEP-BEEP-DA-BEEP.

Kim immediately reached into her pocket and pulled out her Kimmunicator, hitting the button she said, "Go Wade, What's the sitch"

Wade: "I've got something that you may want to look into. There was a huge power surge from a supposedly uninhabited area in Nevada a few hours ago. When I started looking into it I found a police report of a man found wandering around in a daze near Walker Lake in Sothern Nevada. He was brought to a hospital in Hawthorn Nevada and the only thing he seems to remember is his first name, he said his name was Drew."

Kim: "We're on our way Wade, can you contact the authorities and let them know that Team Possible is interested in this guy. It may help smooth the way."

Wade: "You've got it Kim; I'll let them know to expect you."

Ron had overheard the conversation and was already folding the list and placing it in his pocket, "I'll fill you guys in on this list on the way there, let's go." Once again the trio found themselves jetting over bleak landscape but this time with a little hope to see them through. Ron had been going over the list during the flight, it seemed to be a rouges gallery of all of the foe's they had come up against since they started going out as Team Possible, the only name that seemed to be missing was Ed Lipski (aka Motor Ed) which they found interesting since he was related to Drakken. As they landed in the parking lot of the Hawthorn Hospital they found two squad cars waiting for them. The police were very helpful in getting them into the hospital and they were soon talking to the doctor that had examined the wanderer.

"Well" the doctor was saying, "Aside from some strange minor burns on his temples he seems to be in good shape. The memory loss troubles me a little, I can't really find any reason for it, I can't find any injuries that would account for it. Other than some chaffing around his wrists and those superficial burns I mentioned I couldn't find any other injuries at all." During the talk Sheila started to get the feeling that they were on a wild goose chase, not once did anyone mention anything peculiar about the patient, Sheila was sure that if the patient had blue skin it would have been mentioned. After thanking the doctor the three entered the room, as they neared the bed that had been indicated, the person in the bed turned his head to see who was approaching. All three members of Team Possible stopped in their tracks and just stared, there in the bed was Drew Lipski, Not Dr. Drakken but Drew Lipski, not a tinge of blue could be seen on the face that was looking back at them. "Hello," came the unmistakable voice from the bed," Do I know you?"

Fukushima was sitting next to a very angry Monkey Fist on their way back to England, "How was I to know that using that confounded machine on him would make him useless to us" he was ranting, "If I had known I would have taken everything of his from the lair instead of just that infernal device of his." There had been a long discussion after Dr. Drakken had been subjected to the Brain Drain machine. They had discovered that Drakken was completely innocent of scheming against them but unfortunately they had also discovered that the machine not only read the thoughts of the subject but it erased them as well. Dr. Drakken and all his inventions were now unavailable to the Consortium and that was quite a loss. Professor Dementor also claimed to be an evil genius but the devices he came up with were no match for the things that Drakken could design and build. Seeing they had no chance of utilizing Drakken anymore they had just left him strapped in the chair to die and left. Duff Killigan had been the one to discover that Drakken had somehow gotten out of the chair and apparently wandered off. Killigan had forgotten his favorite putter and had gone back for it about three hours later and made the discovery, a search of the area had found no sign of Drakken.

Kim had no problem convincing the doctors at the Hawthorn Hospital to let her make arrangements to have their patient transferred to Middleton Memorial Hospital. As soon as they found out that the eminent Dr. Anna Possible was willing to take the case the transfer was done in record time. The fact that the red headed teen making the arrangements was Dr. Possible's daughter and leader of Team Possible only served to speed thing along even faster. Sheila had not left Drew's bedside since they had arrived.

Drew had been reluctant to be alone with her at first, after all she had green skin and that was kind of weird wasn't it? But after he saw the way she smiled at him and heard the gentle way she talked to him he quickly changed his mind. After a talk with her mother, that was quickly set up by Wade, Kim told Ron and Sheila that they should tell Drew nothing other than they were friends and were here to help him. Whether it was old memories or just the way she was talking to him was not known but Kim and Ron soon saw that Drew was captivated with Sheila, she sat at the side of his bed and held his hand and every time he was asked a question Drew would look at Sheila first before answering.

Sheila insisted that she stay with Drew while he was being transferred to Middleton so Ron and Kim flew back home alone. Kim packed a few things for Sheila and then they flew to Middleton to talk to her mother before Drew's arrival. Anna met Ron and Kim at the hospital, after a small but heartfelt reunion between mother and daughter Kim stated telling her mother of the circumstances behind the current situation. While listening Ann could not help but notice with a small smile that Ron, who had always been there but had seemed to always be a step back and slightly behind Kim, now stood confidently at her side. The transport from Nevada arrived just as Anna was finishing reading the report from the doctors that had examined Drew when he had been admitted in Nevada. The fact that Drew had remembered his first name and still had his speech and motor skills was promising; she had already notified her staff to call in experts on memory loss and was confident that she would be able to help.

The following 48 hours were surprising ones for everyone, Kim and Ron had decided to stay in Middleton for a while and had talked about where they would stay. It was finally decided that Kim would stay at her parent's house while Ron, worried about Mr. Possible's reaction, would stay in his old room at his parent's house, Kim had been the hardest to convince that this was the best course of action. The first surprise was when James Possible had arrived at the hospital; he had known Drew at college and was concerned for his one time friend. When he met Kim and Ron in Anna's office he hugged his daughter and shook Ron's hand then said, "I assumed the two of you would be staying for a while so I took the time to get Kim's room ready for the two of you." It took a moment for Kim to realize exactly what her father had said but when she looked over at Ron she saw by the deep red blush on his face that he had understood the comment at once. James had simply made the statement, then turning to his wife, had started asking questions about Drew's condition as though nothing out the ordinary had happened.

The second surprise had been that Sheila had refused to leave Drew's side; she had insisted that she be allowed to remain in the room with him for the present. Seeing how much Drew had come to trust and rely on Sheila, Anna had reluctantly agreed to the arrangement and had a second bed placed in the room Drew was to occupy. One surprise seemed to follow when James had stopped in to see Drew; Drew had looked up and said, "Jim? Jim Possible? Is that you?" Anna had been delighted to hear that some of Drew's older memories had remained; she raised her prognosis for recovery from fair, to good.

There were surprised in store for Sheila too when her brother Mego and the twins showed up a couple of hours later. Ron had talked to Mego a few times lately and found that he was not a bad sort at all. Mego had been happy to hear that Ron had been able to work out a deal for Sheila and asked Ron to let him know if there was every anything he could do to help. As soon as Ron had told him how sad Sheila was feeling about Drew's condition Mego had immediately come to the hospital to let Sheila know that he and the twins were there for her.

One of the surprises turned out to be a break for Team Possible. Kim and Ron had decided to give Sheila some time alone with her brothers and were leaving the hospital when a nurse stopped them on their way out, "Ms. Possible, I have a call for you" "For me?" Kim had replied as she accepted the phone from the nurse at the desk. She knew immediately who the call was from as soon as the voice answered her "Hello" "Hey Red" the voice had said, "I just heard about Drew, Seriously, is he going to be okay?"

"Ed Lipski?", Kim replied, "Is that you?", the voice on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment before Kim heard a hesitant reply, "Yeah Red, it's me, but hey, I was just worried about Dr. D. ya know. I don't want you like tracing the call or nothing ya know." Kim waited for a moment before replying, "No big Ed, Drew's family right? I can't fault you for checking up on family, it just wouldn't be right." "Hey that really righteous of you Red, Seriously. So like is the dude going to be okay?" Kim's mind was working about a mile a minute at the moment and it took her a few seconds to answer Ed's question, "Uh… We're not really sure at the moment Ed. Physically he seems to be fine but he appears to have lost some of his memory, we're not even sure how it really happened but maybe you can help us figure that out."

The line went silent again for a moment before Kim heard Ed Lipski's reply, "Well Red, like you said it a family thing right, so if I can help you get whoever or whatever did this to Uncle Drew I can't say no now can I, Seriously." Kim was startled for a moment after hearing Dr, Drakken referred to as 'Uncle Drew' but recovered quickly and replied "I think I can arrange it so you can come to the hospital and visit Drakk… uh… Drew if you want. After you visit maybe you, Sheila, Ron, and I can sit down and figure out what happened. Does that sound okay to you?" "Sheila? Who's Sheila Red? Is she kind of like a doctor or something?" Kim suddenly remembered that Motor Ed wasn't aware of recent happenings and quickly explained "Uh.. no Ed, Sheila is Shego's real name, she's here with Drakken right now." Ed's worried voice answered almost immediately "You mean that scary green lady is there with Uncle Drew, Seriously? She's not the one who did this to him is she?" Kim tried to formulate exactly how to answer this for a moment but decided it could wait till their meeting "Yes she's here, but no, she defiantly had nothing to do with whatever happened. She's worried Ed, that's why she's here. As a matter of fact we brought her here" Again Kim heard nothing but silence for a moment, "Okay Red, Like you never lied to me or anything right so I guess it's okay, seriously. I'm not really in the neighborhood right now, but I can get there sometime tomorrow morning. If that's okay then I guess we have a deal right. No cops or nothing okay?" Kim felt they were about to get a break so she answered with relief evident in her voice, "Deal Ed, No Police, No GJ, just us. Just come to the hospital and see Drakken, I'll make sure they're expecting you, Sheila can explain thing to you if we're not here when you arrive. See you then."

After ending the call Kim turned to Ron to explain. Ron simply held up his hand and said, "Don't bother KP, I followed the conversation in you mind. Pretty cool actually. I think your right, Ed might be the link we need to figure out exactly what's been going on." Kim and Ron left the hospital and after a quick stop at the mall for a change of clothes for Ron wnt to Kim's parent's house to get settled in. Anna and James Possible got back to the house just as Ron was putting the finishing touches on the dinner he had insisted on preparing and after a long after dinner conversation to bring Kim's parents up to date on Kim's 'Training' everyone retired to an exhausted sleep after a particularly tiring day. There were no muffled screams from Kim's room that night, Ron was adamant about that much to Kim's dismay, but Ron could of sworn he heard some strangely familiar sound coming from down the hall during the night, strangely Kim didn't seem to hear anything at all.

Next: Motor Ed and the 'Plan'