Kim Possible, Shego, Ron (Buffoon) Stoppable, Drakken and everything else in the universe belongs to Disney (apparently)
Sorry about the long delay, work had kicked into overtime, and it has been hard to write as much as I used to. Not to mention the fact that the chapters seem to be growing. Shees these 2 chapters I post today were SUPPOSED to be one small chapter. Like 4k words….
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The rest of the week went fairly normally. They tested, studied and made friends. Once or twice Shego went to make a snack and found the refrigerator empty. She once again swore she couldn't have emptied the refrigerator, but Kim said she hadn't eaten anything. So she still went out and refurnished it. The two even spent a day scrubbing the bathroom (especially the shower.) They went shopping on Thursday night because Kim wanted something new to wear that weekend with Ron. The two women spent half the night exercising, shopping, getting manicures and eating before heading back to the dorm. It was a very enjoyable day for both.
The following day classes went quickly. Kim was in her room changing when Shego heard the knock at the door. She answered and it was Ron, standing in the doorway. His new clothes were very stylish and accented the muscles he gained from his trip to Japan. "I approve." She thought.
Ron: "Is Kim here?"
"Yeah. She's in her room changing. Come in."
He went in and sat on the couch and started watching the TV. She sat beside him. They sat in silence for a minute with only the T.V. making noise when she decided to try and be nice and make with some small talk.
"So, Ron, Kim tells me you're going to start college soon?"
"Yeah. Hey! You used my name!"
She shrugged. "Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, you and Drakken could never seemed to remember my name before, and even now neither of you ever seem to use it…."
She interrupted him "Well, Ron's not really a hard name to remember… Hey. Wait a second. Did you just lump me in the same group as Drew!?"
"Wait, no! I didn't mean…"
She cut him off again. "Well, it's back to being called the sidekick for you!"
"Aww man!"
Shego walked to her room shaking her head "Shees, I try to be civil to somebody…" Her door shut as Kim opened hers.
"Hey, Ron. How do I look?" She was wearing an outfit she picked out with Monique and Shego…. And Bonnie had been there too and might have helped.
Ron's jaw dropped. "Wow. K.P. I…"
She smiled and used a finger to push his jaw back up. "You're such a sweet talker! Lets go." She grasped his hand and they walked out the door to her car. He only released her hand to open the car door for her.
Kim drove them to the club and they danced the night away. It was wonderful, with the music playing, and them dancing. Monique showed up later and they talked and laughed while resting between dances. It wasn't until they were there for several hours that Kim noticed that they were being watched.
It was a slow dance song, so she put her head on his shoulder and whispered. "Ron, we're being watched."
He was in a daze from having her head on his shoulder but mumbled "You sure, K.P.?"
"Yes. Behind you close to the bar."
Ron turned his head and looked in a very non-subtle kind of way and looked back at Kim. "I'm sure they're only watching cuz we're Bon-Diggity Dancers!"
Kim wasn't convinced, so she kept an eye out. Sure enough, an hour later they were on the dance floor and the same man was watching them again. She got a closer look at him this time. He was a large, burly man. She tried to place his face with a name, but there have been so many large burly men she's beaten up that it's hard to remember them all. Maybe Ron could help. "Ron. We're still being watched!"
Ron turned the way she looked again and saw the man, but he didn't pay any attention to him, he saw an attractive woman standing beside him looking in their direction. He turned back to her and smiled. "You know, K.P., the Ron-Man's looking hot! Be prepared for all kinds of staring-at while you're on the town with me!"
"Ron, that's not what I meant… Oh, never mind."
They took a break from dancing. The couple went over near the bar and ordered something to drink (Soda.) Ron left to use the bathroom and in his absence the large man started getting closer to Kim. She prepared for the worst, whether it was an attacker, or maybe it was just a man hitting on her.
Then he spoke. "Hey there. Is he with you?"
Kim blinked. "You mean Ron?"
He seemed hesitant to speak. "That blond stud's name is Ron? Yeah, I guess so. Is he a relation?"
"No! He's my boyfriend!"
"He's your boyfriend? He's with YOU?" Then he turned to walk away. "What a pity…"
Kim realized he hadn't been watching her, or even both of them. Apparently he had only been watching Ron. Then it registered exactly why he'd been watching Ron all night and she shivered for a second, then she decided to put it out of her mind. Ron came back "Hey, K.P. Sorry about that, the line to the bathroom is really long." He looked around then said "Hey, is that watcher still stalking us?"
She smiled "No, they left."
"See? I told you nothing was wrong! It was probably just some girl who's got the hots for the Ron Man!"
She shook her head and smiled. He had no idea. "Yeah, that's probably it. Lets go back out to the dance floor, Ron Man."
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Shego grunted, sweating as she threw more punches and kicks at the training bag. She tried to work off her annoyance. The annoyance of being alone when she shouldn't be! Ever since she rescued Drakken he's been worked overtime every single night! It's unfair! It's inhuman! The more she thought about it the more annoyed she got. She was here with a punching bag instead being with Drew. She stood for a moment and leaned against the bag breathing heavily. She gained a smile "Well" she thought "If he's too busy to come to me, maybe I can go to him."
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Dr. Drakken worked with his skeleton crew. They didn't like to pay employees overtime so he had few assistants after 5 PM and on weekends. His wiped some sweat off his brow as he completed another chip. He had to blink several times to clear his vision, after starting at microchips all week the circuits were starting to blend together. He had to take a few steps back to let his eyes refocus and take a break. He took a step and bumped into someone.
He turned is head to apologize to whoever he had bumped into, then his jaw dropped "Shego! What are you doing here!?"
"It's Friday night and I was bored. What the hell do they have you working overtime on a Friday for anyways?" She took a step to look at what he had been making.
He panicked and moved to try and stop her. "Shego, you know you're not supposed to be in here! How did you even get in here? This place is Top Secret!"
"Yeah, like they've ever made any place I can't get into or out of." She was grinning as she said it, glad to have displayed her skill once again. She gazed at the handiwork on the table that Drakken had been working on. She sidestepped his attempt to stop her and grasped one of the microchips off the table. What kind of computer crap was he working on this time? He tried to snatch it out of her hand but she easily avoided it.
"Shego, now come on. Those are very delicate, not to mention Top Secret…"
It took her a second to recognize it, than her grin disappeared and she turned on him.
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The alarm in Global Justice Headquarters was going off. Dr. Director was talking to the Chief of Security and the Task Force Commander.
The Chief of Security spoke first. "Ma'am our clone proximity alert started going off at the Middleton Science Center. Apparently it has been set off by the original Shego."
"Are you sure it's not the clone?"
"Ma'am if that's the clone than she's managed to pry the tracking bracelet off the original."
Dr. Director sighed then said. "Ok. If it's Shego then why are you bothering me? Where exactly is she?"
The security chief cleared his throat uncomfortably and continued. "Well, that's just it, Ma'am. She's seems to be down in Project Area C." Dr. Director hit some keys on her computer and the screen started showing the image the security camera in that room gave, with sound. She was yelling at Drakken, and his arms were raised apparently trying to calm her down."
Dr. Director's hand went to her head. Of course she would be in Drakken's area. She should have known. But that place is highly guarded and Top Secret! She turned to the security chief "That place is supposed to be secure! How did she get down there? She's even wearing a tracking device! How did she get past security?"
The security chief answered: "Well, Ma'am, that's the darndest thing. We know she's wearing a tracker and we have even been tracking her location at all times. We even know when she got within a mile of the science center because the alarms we set up to detect the clone started to go off." He paused and scratched his head. "But even with all that I'll be dammed if we can figure out how she got all the way into the facility's Top Secret Lab."
The Task Force Commander finally spoke up. "Should we assemble a team, Ma'am? Maybe call the police for backup?"
She glared at him with her one eye. "You know we can't allow the general public to know what's going on in there! And we can't afford a fight in that lab! She will just have to leave on her own." She knew why the woman was there anyways. She opened her cell phone. "Bob, how's Drakken's time table looking? Three weeks ahead of schedule? I am going to need you to cut back on his hours. 40 hours a week, 48 at the most." The man on the other end complained, then she continued: "Then give him more assistants, just make it happen!" She closed the phone. There, that should resolve that problem. Then it occurred to her exactly what Drakken's project was, and she knew Shego's feeling about that sort of thing. She turned to the Task Force Commander and said "On second thought assemble a team and keep an eye on the situation. Give Lipski a chance to resolve the issue, but be ready to react should she get unruly. But we still can't let the police get involved."
"Yes, Ma'am!" He turned and walked quickly out to assemble his men.
Dr. Director sat down to monitor the situation. Shego's voice was getting louder as she pointed at the camera and yelled. She sighed and hoped that he could calm her down before Global Justice is forced to get involved.
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She held the chip between her finger and thumb and her other hand pointed accusingly at it. "This better not be what I think it is!"
Drakken was trying to calm her. "Now, Shego. Please calm down…"
"Calm down!? You're making mind control chips and you're telling me to calm down!?"
"But Shego, I don't have any choice…"
She was ignoring him, looking at the table. "I can't believe you're making these things! You promised me you'd never try this mind control shit again!"
Drakken replied: "Now, these aren't for me, Shego!. Technically they belong to the government…"
"And that's supposed to make me feel better!? I should just destroy all of these things, and then the entire lab!"
"Now, Shego, please calm down! We don't want security to come in…"
"Let them come! Better yet, call the police! And the news! Lets see what the public would think of Global Justice mass producing mind control chips!"
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Dr. Director sat watching the monitor. She flinched at Shego's words, there is no way in hell the general public needed to find out what kind of top secret projects Global Justice is working on. She picked up her phone, but didn't dial just yet.
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Drakken was trying to calm her down: "Shego, please understand. This is part of my parole… and I'm sure Global Justice has good intentions…"
She couldn't imagine any good purpose for mind control. She wanted to destroy the chip in her hand, then the whole lab. But seeing him there, trying his best to reason with her did something to calm her blood. For some reason she wanted to believe his words. She wanted to trust him, even against her better judgment. Though it pained her, she tossed the chip onto the table. "You know what? Forget it! I'm leaving!"
"Shego.. wait… please.."
She turned her back and stormed out, walking past the surprised guards who stammered "Hey, you're not supposed to be in there!" She ignored them and kept walking, to leave a very shaken Drakken behind.
Dr. Director sighed as she put the phone down. Crisis averted. She made a note to give Drakken a raise, and then find out exactly how that woman got into the lab.
Shego had to work off her nerves, so she did what she usually did, she worked out. But this time she had to get active, so she found herself running the track that wound around the university. She ran in a haze, thinking about her conflicting emotions. Her hatred of the mind control chips, the trust she wanted to feel for Drakken, the betrayal she felt when she learned he was making them again… She didn't even notice who was on the tennis court as she ran past it, and didn't hear her name yelled until the third time.
It was Bonnie's voice: "Shego! Over here!"
She turned her head and started to slow down. She turned her head to see Bonnie wearing a skimpy tennis outfit. She was standing next to Brick Flag who wore shorts and a tennis shirt. They were playing doubles against another couple, but the playing had stopped when Bonnie walked off the court.
Shego had been running in a daze, but snapped out of it when Bonnie approached her. "Tennis on a Friday evening?"
Bonnie smirked "It was rumored that I'm not the best tennis player on campus, so you know I had to prove them wrong…"
Brick walked up behind her and interrupted "Bonnie likes to exercise before she goes to the dance clubs, she thinks it makes her look better."
Bonnie didn't react, except to elbow him, then said: "You're one to talk, girlfriend, why the marathon? Oh, wow, you're really sweaty! How long have you been running?"
Shego shrugged. She really didn't know. "I'm not sure. My mind has been on other things."
The other couple seemed impatient to restart their game, but Bonnie just gasped when Shego said this. "Boy troubles, right?" When Shego didn't reply Bonnie grabbed her arm. "Oh, I know just the thing to get your mind off your problems. Shopping!!" She started to lead Shego toward the parking lot where her car was.
Brick: "But, Bonnie, The game…"
"Is canceled! This is an emergency!"
Shego didn't really feel like shopping, or talking for that matter. But she found herself allowing Bonnie to lead her on. Bonnie first took her to the Gymnasium showers. But Shego hadn't brought any clothes to change into, and told this to Bonnie.
"Don't worry, girl. I'm sure I have something here you can wear."
Shego's eyebrow raised. "You do? Exactly how much clothing can you squeeze into a gym locker?"
Bonnie laughed. "I have three lockers, of course. I had three in school too! How do you think I could get through a day with your roommate and that idiot friend of hers always spilling food, drinks all over me while fighting mutants and still always look my best?"
Shego corrected her jokingly "Idiot boyfriend actually."
Shego showered (Bonnie did too) and they changed. Bonnie had a nice looking pair of jeans and a dark shirt ready for Shego and changed into some light colors herself. Then they hit the mall.
Shego allowed herself to be drug along with Bonnie, but she didn't really shop. She barely spoke, and certainly didn't share any of her problem with the other girl. And to her credit, Bonnie never asked. Finally, after the fifth store Bonnie turned more serious. "Girl, I can see you're having relationship troubles. Now, I don't know what he did, and I really don't care. I can see you still love the man, or you wouldn't be as down as you are. Just answer this one question for me: Do you think he loves you?"
Shego was taken aback by her directness. Then she thought, remembering the look on Drakken's face as he tried to calm her down, the desperation in his look as he tried to placate her. The worry that showed his face as she walked out. He had even reached out toward her as she was leaving the lab. She said in a low voice. "Yes. I think he does"
"Do you think he would do anything to hurt you?"
The thought almost made her laugh. Drakken? Hurt her? She couldn't picture the man deliberately hurting her. "No, he'd never do that."
Bonnie smiled knowingly "Well, then give him the chance to make up for whatever stupid thing he's done!" Then she handed Shego an outfit. "And try this on! I think it would look great on you."
Bonnie's words hadn't really said anything she didn't already know, but they did make her feel better. She even started to smile while she took the outfit Bonnie was holding out at her. By the time the two had been in the mall for an hour they were smiling and carrying several bags in each hand.
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(Inside a scientific lab… not the Middleton lab)
Agent Theta stood amidst the rubble in a lab looking at the list Gemini gave her. She walked over to a shelf full of devices, studied them, picked one up and placed it in a box and put it beside the others in the craft she had driven through the wall of the building. Then she looked at her watch.
At this moment she heard the sirens outside. Police (Global Justice police) lights started flashing in the windows. A loud voice sounded out of a bullhorn: "Come out with your hands up!" She merely grinned as she kept working.
The Global Justice troopers were surrounding the lab. She wouldn't escape this time! Then, suddenly, the doors of a nearby garage opened and several heavily armed vehicles emerged. The Global Justice forces didn't really notice them until they opened fire.
Two of the GJ vehicles blew up in flame, scattering all the nearby soldiers. Everyone's attention went to the offending vehicles, which opened up with automatic machinegun fire. The soldiers dove for cover and fired back with minimal success against the heavily armed vehicles.
Agent Theta chuckled as she put the last box inside the hovercraft. She could hear the men yelling outside amidst the gunfire. Global Justice's little trap had backfired, and the hunters had become the hunted. It was so easy to trap an army when you know exactly where and when they will arrive.
She heard a man barking orders and vehicles start to rev their engines amidst the gunfire. The Global Justice vehicles could be heard speeding away as Gemini's forces gave chase.
Theta smiled, thinking Payback is a bitch. She looked at the list once again before leaving. She wished she could join the forces chasing after Global Justice, but she had more important work to do.
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The next morning Shego was eating her breakfast in the tiny kitchen area while blithely ignoring the couple who still slept on her couch. Then Kim's little device started going off. She picked it up and Wade's face appeared on the screen. "Hey, Shego, is Kim there?"
"Yeah, the two lovebirds are sleeping on my couch."
"Could you wake them?"
Shego smiled. "You bet I can!" She walked up to stand over the two and yelled down "Get the hell off my couch!" causing the couple to jump.
Kim groggily said "Shego…." Then she saw the woman smiling down at her and holding her Kimmunicator out. She took it: "Hey, Wade. What's the sitch?"
Wade's voice came out with some static, as if he were a television channel barely coming in. And when he did come in, it wasn't clear. "Kim, It looks like several downtown stores" …static…. "Their parking lots turned into" static "grassy fields!"
"Something wrong, Wade?"
"Seems to be hackers, Kim. Nothing I can't handle…." Static…
"Would it be better to call on my Cell Phone?"
Static…"Don't think so, Kim. The problem"...static…"happening everywhere."
Kim dismissed the static for now to focus on her mission. "Grass?"
"Yes." …Static… "It's making it impossible for people to park and businesses to operate!" …static… "Also some of the grass is tall, but in other places it shortens…"
Ron was listening and asked "Like a fairway?"
Kim said the name they were all thinking "Duff Killigan!"
Wade agreed "I was thinking the same thing. Here's his location."…static…"I also have a ride on the way to pick you up."
"Thanks, Wade! Guess I better get changed."
During the brief conversation Shego had inspected the damage done to her couch... Ron had spent the night drooling on it again. If the man couldn't at least keep his drool contained on Kim he shouldn't sleep on her furniture! When she saw a particularly big puddle of spittle she decided to say something to Kim about it. "Hey, Kim..."
Kim was already walking to her room to change: "I need to change, Shego, can we please talk in my room?"
"Sure"
She followed Kim into her room and Kim walked to full-length mirror on the wall. She hit a button on the frame of the mirror and a section of the wall slid out revealing what looked like a small room, her suit (hanging up) and various gadgets hanging on hooks. The hidden room was big enough for Kim to step into and change in. She stepped in and started changing as she asked Shego "What did you want to say?"
Shego, though, had completely forgotten about the couch. Her jaw dropped when she saw the small changing room Kim had. "When the hell did you get this installed!? I don't even have a walk-in closet!"
"Oh, Wade had it installed when he brought the suit here."
Shego stormed out while Kim got dressed muttering something about making some calls to some friends and getting a closet installed. Kim, meanwhile, finished dressing and went out to meet Ron.
"Ready to go, K.P.?"
She smiled "Sure, Ron." They walked outside to the sound of a helicopter engine and Shego talking on the phone.
She did pause for a second, though, and looked up at them: "Have fun with Killigan, Kimmie, tell him I said HI."
Kim waved at her and she and Ron walked outside. A helicopter was hovering over their building. It dropped down a rope ladder. The two climbed up, but Kim didn't recognize the pilot. (Which is strange, she usually remembered everyone she's helped.) So she said "Well, I really appreciate the ride Mr…"
The pilot was friendly "Stevenson. Paul Stevenson. Channel Four news."
Kim and Ron looked at each other. Neither remembered doing anything for Channel Four. So Paul continued "Well, Ms Possible, several years ago my career was on the skids. I was on the verge of being fired when I stumbled across one of your good deeds. Suffice it to say, I started keeping track of your heroics and telling the American People. And they loved it!"
Kim and Ron said "Oh! So you're the one who started putting us on TV?"
"Yes. So, when this Wade person asked if I could give you a ride, I told him that I'm more than happy to help. You saved my career!"
A short flight later they were arriving at the scene of the crime. Ron gasped at the sight of the Smarty Mart (and neighboring stores and houses) completely overrun with grass and weeds (Some areas of weeds seemed over ten feet tall). The helicopter lowered and landed for a moment allowing the two to get out, then he quickly took flight again, before he could become part of the action.
The two worked their way through the taller weeds. First they climbed over a few 'obstacles' which were cars overrun when the grass quickly grew, then they approached the greener, lower cut fairway.
Ron (as always) looked at the brighter side. "It's not too bad, K.P. with the new model of grass-killer mowers, which they sell at 20 percent off, Smarty Mart should be up and running again by Monday.
Before Kim could reply Duff Killigan (Driving up on an evil-looking golf cart) appeared from out of the weeds and interrupted. "I donna think so, laddie. You see, this is my special blend of blade-proof grass. You won't get more than a few feet before it wraps around the blades and burns out the motor."
Kim said "Grass that can't be cut?"
Ron: "It's evil!"
Kim continued "But if the grass can't be maintained isn't it useless on a golf course?
Duff smiled as he turned his cart to face the teens and smiled at them from behind the wheel. "Not in this case, lassie. It is self-maintaining. It will never grow any taller and even if it is somehow cut it will grow back to its original height."
With that said he pushed a button and the cart had armor spring form around it (like the Batman car) with several guns sprouting from the roof.
Kim looked surprised. "You're using guns now?"
"Na exactly, lass." He started firing and the cart shot his exploding golf balls. Kim started dodging the golf balls while Ron ran. (Duff was mostly ignoring the sidekick anyways.) Kim was dodging the balls with ease and Duff was growing frustrated. He grew especially angry when she caught some of the projectiles with her suit's projectile catcher and threw them back at him. They exploded against the armor on the cart and Duff's ears rang for a moment. He shook it off while Kim gained a smile.
"That's eight tries so far. Looks like you won't make par for this course."
"Very funny, lassie. Maybe I should let my caddies adjust my score." A compartment in the cart spit out several cubes that unfolded into robots wielding golf clubs (Ugh painted in plaid.)
Kim faced off against the robots and Ron snuck out of a tall patch of grass behind Killigan's armored golf cart. He pulled out Rufus "You know what to do, little buddie?"
Rufus nodded enthusiastically.
Ron released his friend to crawl up into the engine compartment then he ran to join Kim's side in battle.
Kim was dodging the golf clubs the robots swung at her easily. They were obviously programmed for golf rather than fighting. They swung their clubs at her clumsily. She easily avoided their attacks, her suit giving her the advantage in both speed and strength. She grabbed one club and ripped it from the robot wielding it, taking its arm along with it. She dodged another's swing and kicked, breaking its knee (and totally ruining its golf game. Cuz we all know that the swing is in the hips.) She ducked under another wild swing and kicked that one in its chest, knocking it backward. She rushed toward it before it could get up and struck it with the club she still held, breaking both.
Ron watched the battle and noticed that the robots had accomplished one thing. They had distracted Kim enough so her back was toward Duff Killigan. He concentrated a moment and the Lotus Blade appeared in his hand in the form of a bat. He rushed to get between Kim and the mad golfer.
Duff was watching the fight with much distaste. Not only were his robots losing, but their form was terrible! He had TOLD those idiots at Evil Elite HQ that a golf swing is all in the HIPS!! Not only that, but the girl was ripping his robots apart. Literally.
He remembered that Halloween that she had used the battle armor against him. She had caught his explosive golf balls and let them explode in her fist with a smug smile on her face. Well, he'd figured that she would use some form of that suit against him again someday. And he had prepared for it. But he noticed her back was turned toward him while she finished off his caddies. Well, maybe he could just send her to the clubhouse now…
Ron reached Kim's side right as Duff fired his golf balls. He got in a stance and swung the bat (Lotus Blade). He knocked the golf balls back at the cart and yelled "Four!"
Duff's enraged voice answered back as the balls exploded against the armor: "You canna yell 'Four' when you're swinging a bat!"
He was about to fire another volley at the heroes when the guns suddenly retracted back into the cart, along with the armor. Duff looked around the cart in confusion, then he noticed the little pink rat the boy always carries around. "Bah!" he said and slapped at it. Rufus sidestepped the blow easily. Duff swung at the animal again and succeeded only in knocking over his drink and a cup of pens he used to keep score on his games. Rufus managed to nip at his hand and he jerked it back and tried to slap the rodent again and slapped down onto a pencil. Duff yelled: "Gah!" and shook his hand. Then he tried to hit the animal again. Rufus ran down under the seat where Duff couldn't hit him and nipped at the man's ankles. Duff jerked his feet up instinctively and wound up kneeling on his seat while Rufus growled at him from underneath. Duff just couldn't hit the animal inside that confined area. When Rufus crawled up between the seat and the center console Duff tried to stick his hand down the small space and grab the beastie. "AAHH!" he jerked his hand and wiped off a small amount of blood where Rufus had bit him again. He'd had enough! He reached over and threw the door open and jumped out, slamming the door shut behind him. Separating himself from the biting rodent.
Kim ducked under the swing of the last robot. She grabbed it's arm as it swung, spun it and broke the arm off as she threw it. She ran up and stomped the robot before it could attempt to get up. She looked up to see Duff jump out of his cart and slam the door. She turned to Ron "What's wrong with him?"
Ron grinned "I'm guessing rodent problems."
Kim smiled "Give it up, Killigan. You can't win."
"That's where you're wrong, lass." He pulled more of his golf balls out of his pockets and dropped them, squaring off to hit them.
Neither Kim or Ron reacted, they both knew where this was going. Duff Killigan hit both balls at Kim in quick succession. Kim coolly caught one in each hand while she grinned in confidence. She tightened each fist and waited for the explosions.
Ron cheered "All right, K.P. You caught both! I guess he's out!"
Duff Killigan corrected him "Na, Lad. More like a hole in one." Suddenly Kim straightened out, jolting with electricity. She dropped to the ground, sparks flying everywhere. Ron rushed to her side, but there was nothing he could do without getting electrocuted himself. But then it stopped.
Ron ran to her "You all right, K.P.?"
She seemed shook up but ok. (Except her hair was frizzed). "Yeah, Ron. I'm ok." But when she got back up the suit was heavy again. She tried to power the suit and a small voice emanated from it "Power depleted." Then it went dead entirely.
Duff smiled "That's right, Lass. You won't beat me the same way twice. You used a suit like that before. But it won't work on me now!" He rushed at her holding his golf club over his head for a severe blow. Kim's suit was depleted, but she was not helpless. Ron watched her take two running steps toward the charging Killigan and her foot connected with his jaw. The man crumpled.
Ron went up to secure the man while Kim watched him. "Great kick, K.P.!"
Then they both heard clapping coming from nearby. Then Kim and Ron heard Shego's sarcastic voice "You beat up a guy wearing a skirt. Great job!"
Kim grinned, turning to say something sarcastic to her roommate. Then her blood froze. This wasn't Shego! Kim and Ron panicked as the clone of Shego and a man wearing ninja apparel appeared out of the tall grass where they had apparently watched the entire fight.
The clone's applause slowed to a stop "Bravo. Really. I mean it. Even that last kick looked really… What's the word?..."
Ron, getting beside Kim volunteered "Hard?"
The clone turned more serious and answered. "Slow." She got into a fighting position and started moving toward Kim. "Remember our last fight?"
Kim did remember. She tensed as the clone walked casually toward her. The mood had made a drastic change from the leisure fight with Killigan to a lethal atmosphere. She took a fighting stance, even though she knew she didn't have a chance without her suit. She just hoped it could recharge fast enough to save her.
The ninja walked around to face Ron. The man threw a few throwing darts at him to start off. Ron's sword turned into a shield and the darts bounced off. The ninja smiled under his mask and spoke in a heavy accent. "Ahh, the Lotus Blade. The fabled sword of myth belonging only to the chosen one." He pulled out a katana. "Let us put it to the test!" The ninja started with a quick thrust, then started to swing skillfully. Ron dodged the first blow, and began blocking and dodging the rest. Ron was fast, but his skill was nowhere near a match for the masked man. Ron moved away from Kim, not wanting her to be the indirect target of the man's thrown weapons. He took several running steps, then suddenly, without even looking back, threw himself to the ground, rolled, then got back up again running. The ninja who had thrown several poisoned darts at his back started for a second in surprise that he had missed the boy. Then he smiled and gave chase, this was promising to be a fun fight.
Kim attacked the clone with kicks while the clone blocked and dodged. She had lit up the plasma in her hands, but Agent Theta had not used the power to increase her speed or strength. The fight mirrored Kim's old fights against Shego.
Agent Theta fought against Kim almost fairly. She had been training since she joined Gemini's little army and felt her skills were at their peak. She needed just for this sort of fight to know how much she's improved, and she wanted to prove that she could beat this hero in a fair fight. But, deeper down, this fight had more significance. The redhead has been fighting Shego for years, and if Theta couldn't beat her without a power advantage then there is no way she could defeat her original. Her recent bout of training had prepared her for this fight, or so she thought. She dodged Kim Possible's attacks while looking for an opening and she thought… for a normal person this girl is fast!
Kim noticed the woman was not using her power to its fullest and pressed her advantage. Kim threw several punches, forcing the clone backward, and started to think that she might have a chance. If she could knock the woman out before she took this fight seriously then Kim might win! She threw quick punches and kicks while the clone could do little but block.
The clone ducked under a roundhouse kick and decided to attack. She ducked and charged forward, trying to put a palm strike in Kim's back. But Kim knew that opening, Shego had used against her too many times, and now her roundhouse kicks were always followed by another attack (even though she was blind to that side when she did it.) She kicked, missed, and felt her backhand hit something in the follow-thru. She turned to look and she saw the clone's head turning back toward her, recovering from the blow to the face. She pressed her advantage, not giving the clone time to think. The clone had no time to react, being forced to defend once more. She blocked and dodged Kim's fast attacks until she saw another opening. After Kim forward kicked she stepped into a wide roundhouse punch. Theta stepped inside the punch grabbing at the swinging arm, and stepped right into Kim's thrusting knee. (Kim knew about that little weakness also, thanks to a certain green-hued roommate.)
The clone took her knee in the gut, then Kim's wide punch hit her hard in the face. The clone was stunned for a moment so Kim, without thinking, used a move she normally would use against Shego, a hard forward kick. (Instead of going for a knockout blow.) The clone flew backward and skidded in the grass. Kim instantly knew her mistake and tried to close the distance, but it was too late. The clone was pissed and the flames on her hands flickered out.
The clone was taking a beating at this girl's hands, but kept her calm. But when she got struck in the face for the second time that was it! The hard kick and the indignity of being thrown by it only to land on her ass only added to her anger. She got up, the flames flickering out as she drew her flames inward. "This bitch is toast!"
Ron barely dodged another throwing dart as he ran. He had tried, for a moment, to engage the man with the Lotus Blade. When he did spin and turned to fight the ninja his mind flashed, just for an instant, whether he was prepared to take another's life with the sacred blade… but the ninja's skill quickly put his fears to rest. The man easily knocked aside Ron's clumsy attack. Ron had trained for the entire summer, but this man had trained his entire life. This was not a contest Ron would win, so he did what he did best. He ran from the man and waited for opportunity to strike, the Ron Factor. As he ran he would duck and dodge and occasionally jump, all without turning his head. He kept managing to dodge lethal attacks to the amazement of the man chasing him.
Theta charged toward Kim, covering the distance between them in a blink. She sidestepped what was probably a super-fast kick and hit the girl before her foot could be retracted, knocking her several feet away. She let Kim get back to her feet, even though it seemed like it took forever. It was worth it to see the look of fear on her face.
Kim rose to her feet instantly. She fought the panic she was feeling, she hadn't even seen the clone move! She assumed a defensive stance while looking down at the Kimmunicator in her wrist. Nothing. She tapped it a few times hoping it would speed up the suit's recharge while keeping her eyes on the clone, not that watching her would be much of a help anyways. The clone's image blurred again and Kim just struck blindly, hoping to hit her. She felt her foot hit something solid.
The clone stood there holding her outstretched foot "Nice try." She elbowed Kim's knee causing her to cry out and slump to the ground. Kim tried to stand back up but the clone hit her viciously across the face, knocking her back down.
Ron, who was trying to watch over his friend cried out seeing her go down. He started to run toward her when he felt great pain in his arm. He stumbled and fell The ninja walked up to stand over him grinning through the mask. Ron raised the Lotus Blade at him, or at least tried to.
The ninja said "You've been hit with a paralyzing dart. You've lost the ability to use that arm, and Lotus Blade along with it. Pity, you were doing well until your friend distracted you." Ron got back to his feet and tried to make it to Kim with the amused ninja watching.
The clone allowed the power to stop flowing through her veins. The world sped up around her as she walked up to stand over Kim.
Kim struggled to her feet, putting most of her weight on her good leg,. Her other leg wasn't broken, just hurt, throbbing and she was dizzy and lightheaded from the blow to her head. She saw Ron take a few running steps toward her and get kicked in the back by the ninja. "Ron!"
The clone snapped her fingers. "Hey, Hey! Over here!" Kim turned to look at her and limped toward her with anger in her eyes. This only made the clone smile wider. "Ohh the little hero still has some fight left in her."
Theta took a step toward Kim. Kim, putting her weight on her good leg, swung her fist. The clone had seen that coming though and sidestepped the blow, and her claws flashed.
Ron was getting up again, not even paying attention to the ninja now, just trying to get to Kim. For him time slowed when he saw clone's claws come out and slash toward his friend. He was filled with energy and sprung back to his feet again, surprising the ninja behind him.
Kim saw the glint in the clone's eyes before she saw her hand slash toward her. She twisted her body, pushing off with her hurt leg. She felt a burning pain as the clone's claws slashed across her ribs. But the slash was not deep, her action had saved her life. She cried out and slumped to the ground, her hands going to her ribs. She looked down and the suit was not repairing itself (no power) and the trails of blood where the claws had slashed her skin.
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Rufus was trapped inside the cart. Trapped since Killigan slammed the doors on him. He had tried to find a way out and failed. He climbed up on the dash, watched Kim and Ron defeat Killigan. Then he watched the following fight with a growing sense of desperation. When Kim went down for the second time he ran down and jumped on the gas pedal. The cart shot forward.
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Kim struggled to her feet again, holding one of her hands over her ribs. Then she heard tires squeal and the clone had to jump out of the way when the cart came bearing down on her. Though it caused her great pain she snagged the door handle as it passed by, jerked the door open and jumped inside on the driver side. Rufus jumped out of the way as she grabbed the wheel with one hand and slammed her foot on the gas. She jerked the cart and the ninja was forced to jump out of the way else he would have been hit. Ron acted quickly, jumping in the same way Kim did. He slammed the door shut while her foot stomped on the gas. She jerked the wheel, turning the cart to the road leading away from the villains.
Some throwing daggers crashed through the rear window but the thick glass caused their trajectory to change and they missed their targets. Kim jerked the wheel as she ducked down, Ron ducked down as well. Rufus stomped on a button he had seen Killagen use and the armor plating covered the cart once again. The weapons sprouted also but Kim didn't care about them, she wasn't in a mood to fight anymore, she sped up as the cart raced down the highway. Ron was starting to get a tingling feeling in his arm, he turned to look at the villains attempting to chase them on foot. "Ahh.. Kim, the villains are that way…"
"I know, Ron. That's why I'm going this way!"
Ron didn't question her reasoning, though, and started inspecting her for injury. Before he could do much looking though they were passed by a half dozen tanks and helicopters going the other way. They were charging toward the clone.
Ron looked back at the army heading away from them "Wow!"
Kim answered him "Yeah, they can track the clone, remember? I hope they get her this time!"
Ron shook his head. "With that much firepower I don't see how they won't." Then he looked back at her. Specifically her hand covering her ribs and the blood seeping between her fingers. "Kim! You're bleeding! We need to get you to a hospital!"
Kim sighed knowing he was right "Yeah, but mom's going to be worried sick."
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Agent Theta started to chase the golf cart down the street. The thing was damn fast for a golf cart. It sped up more and armored up. She looked back at Agent Alpha. "They're getting away!"
His voice revealed no emotion. "I know, child."
She scowled at him, thinking of all the hardware they had hidden in the tall grass, waiting to ambush the imminent Global Justice forces "We have enough firepower here to take out an army! We CAN'T be letting them get away!"
He still looked calm. "They are not our targets, Theta. Kim Possible was a target of… convenience. Nothing more. Our real quarry is Global Justice and will be here soon enough."
In the silence they heard Duff Killigan start to groan as he woke up. She turned to Alpha "So, what do we do with him?"
Alpha shrugged "He made a promise to us that he could make Kim Possible powerless. And he succeeded. It was we who failed to finish her and the boy." Theta was about to respond when they both heard the oncoming army and Killigan was forgotten.
