Chp 10 (A Rip in Time)
Shego was leaning against one of the cabinets in the kitchen of the lair. The Time Monkey had been placed on that cabinet, unsupervised by the trio of idiots that was currently celebrating beating Kim Possible. Shego frowned as she stared at the idol. Her intellectual side was curious about what other research could be pulled now that the idol was whole. Clearly, she and Kim had a close connection with it or else it wouldn't affect them as badly as it seemed to. Being in close proximity to the idol, Shego could feel her energy thrumming within her. She pulled her eyes away when she heard Drakken speak up.
"...This won't be our last victory either, gentleman." Drakken had been saying as he drank heartily from a mug filled with Coco Moo.
Shego perked up from her position on the cabinet, standing with her hand on her hip. "I mean, woo hoo, we beat Kimmie, but we need a plan now. A smart plan." She placed a gloved finger on the idol and tipped it, balancing it precariously.
Drakken scoffed, although he knew Shego was right. He hadn't put much thought into what they would do once they had acquired the idol. Shego quirked an eyebrow at Drakken, making hi sulk away to Monty and Duff, only for him to repeat what Shego had just mentioned. Rolling her eyes, Shego stopped playing with the idol in favor of watching the three men figure out a smart plan.
Drakken started to explain that he had spent the last few month gathering Kim's timeline to figure out when she was the most vulnerable. Shego was shocked by the actual planning that Drakken had done. Normally his schemes were half baked. Shego turned to the idol again, crossing her arms in thought of when Kim could be the most vulnerable. It's not like Drakken was evil enough to stop Kim from being born. The thought made Shego's jaw clench, but the idea vanished from her thoughts when she heard the echo of squeekee reverberate off the lair walls.
"Cool," came the voice of a small child. Shego whipped around to see a young Drakken with a ring stack toy in his hand. The toy turned out to be the device that had reverted Drakken back to his younger self. She stared at him for a moment to gauge his age. From her guess, Drakken had turned himself into a four year old.
Okay, just got dumb, Shego thought. She watched as Drakken shot the device at Monty and Duff, reverting both men back to the same age. Shego had to cover her mouth from laughing at the squeaky voice that came out of Monty.
"Drakken! Why on earth are we toddlers?" the small boy squawked, grabbing drakken by the black t-shirt he was now sporting.
"Because our target is Kim Possible's first day of preschool," Drakken answered with growing laughter.
It took Shego a moment to react to the time they were aiming for. Kim had mentioned something about possibly meeting her when she was younger. Fuck, when did that happen though, Shego thought. If they were following the same path that brought her future self to Kim's past, that might give Shego more information about what was going on. She picked up the idol, feeling the cool weight of the stone in her hands. Holding it, Shego felt like she was holding her entire life in her hands all at once. The hollow eyes of the idol stared back at her, sending a shudder through Shego.
"Shego!" Drakken squeaked, snapping her out of her reverie. "We have to go." He pointed at the idol, his signal to hand it over so they could leave.
"Right…" Shego mumbled as she handed the idol over. She watched as the red swirling portal opened. She was still in awe when the fabric of reality ripped around it. The trio entered first, Shego following behind, wary of what was going to transpire.
KP+KP+KP
On the other side of the globe, Ron was reminiscing about his time back in Middleton. Rufus was sitting in his lap, looking at the scrapbook Ron was holding. Ron had just landed on the picture of their pre-k. With a heavy sigh, he looked away from the photo. There was a ripple in the time stream as the photo went out of focus for a moment. Once it became clear, there were three additional students in the photo on the far left end. They looked to be teasing a very small and scared Kim. Rufus was the first to click into the change, squeaking at Ron while pointing at the difference. Ron glanced at the photo. He didn't remember those three being in the class. They all suspiciously looked like younger versions of Monkey Fist, Drakken, and Duff Killigan.
"What the heck?"
KP+KP+KP
Back at the Possible house, Kim was getting her mission gear on when the shift in time happened. She got dizzy for a moment, conflicting memories fighting for dominance. It made her want to hurl, but she maintained her composure enough to pick out one of the new memories that had crammed itself into her mind. It was from her first day of Pre-K. The new memory contained young versions of Drakken and company. Frowning, Kim finished putting her gear on. She looked at the watch that Rufus 3000 had put on her wrist. It had taken Wade a moment to figure out the basics of operating it, but it was simple enough. Hit the big button and just think of what time she wanted to go to.
Simple,right? Kim thought as she pressed the wrist watch. The blue portal opened up, causing static in the air to crackle. Taking a deep breath, Kim stepped into the portal, eyes closed and thinking strongly of her Pre-K years. There was a tight pull in her chest as she walked through the portal. She felt weightless for a moment before she felt herself get shoved by something. Gravity kicked in and Kim landed roughly on the hard ground.
Kim's eyes snapped open, expecting to see Middleton from ten years ago, but she was in a dingy and dimly lit room. Looking around, Kim was confused. She went to check her Kimmunicator, only to remember that Wade had mentioned Kim might not be able to reach him while she was time travelling. She checked the watch, just to see if by miracle she could figure out where or when she was.
As she was trying to figure it out, there was a soft laugh that came from somewhere in the room. Kim snapped to attention, getting into a fighting stance. She looked around, seeing the silhouette of someone sitting down.
"I forgot how cute I could be when I am confused," the figure said.
"What?" Kim asked, remaining on the defense.
There was a quick snap and the light got brighter in the room. Kim blinked rapidly to get used to the change. When her eyes adjusted, Kim stared at the person in front of her. She should be used to it, but her memory was fuzzy and still in war with itself, so she couldn't register that she was staring at an older version of herself.
If one could have predicted that in one of Kim's futures she would look almost exactly like Betty Director, she wouldn't have believed them. Yet, there she was, well not her, but a version of her. A version of her that had short hair, a eye patch, and a god awful navy blue mission suit. It was a shock to Kim's system, but she needed to get to the proper time.
"When am I?" Kim asked, her defensive stance relaxing only slightly.
"Hmm, what's that goofy mole rat watch say?" the older Kim asked with a smirk.
"I…" Kim glanced at the watch again. It was flickering with different numbers. "It doesn't say exactly."
"Then you, my dear young self, are in an alternate timeline. That's not good for any of us," Older Kim said, the smirk fading away to concern. She got up, approaching Kim swiftly, which caused Kim to tense up. "Oh please, you act like you can take an older version of yourself on. I'm not going to hurt you." There was an almost Shego-like eye roll accompanied with the comment.
Kim was taken aback by the look, but when her wrist was reached for, she didn't resist. She watched as her older self looked at the watch. The fingers wrapped around her wrist felt callused and worn. Kim gulped as Director Kim gently started tapping on the watch. Kim was feeling somewhat dizzy again, her memories trying to bleed in with the new ones being created from her past. She let out a wince of pain that had her older self give her a concerned look.
"Sorry… I'm not being rough, am I?" Director Kim asked.
"No," Kim mumbled back, "Head hurts… something...uhm… changed in my past and I think it's trying to mess with my real memories."
Director Kim hummed in response as she finished messing with the watch. "Do you know how to use this thing properly?" Kim shook her head. "Ugh… of course, beefy rat boy didn't tell you how to use it before he dipped, right?" Kim nodded. "Remember Back to the Future? Think of this watch as the Delorean. Put in a time, hit the button, go through portal. I would be careful though. If you ended up here… then you might end up in other times that are parallel to your own."
Kim nodded, looking at the watch with confusion before putting in the year and time she needed to go to, hoping it put her in the right universe as well. She was about to hit the button, but she got curious about when and where she was. "What future is this?" She blurted out. Director Kim had taken up her seat again, head tilted curiously at the younger girl.
"That is hard to explain with such a vague question," was the response.
"Does… Does Shego exist in this time?" Kim stuttered. She didn't want to assume that Shego existed in all her possible lives. The confused look that her older self gave Kim made her heart drop to her stomach.
"Shego?" Director Kim parrotted. The woman had heard the name before, but she couldn't put her finger on it. "I'm sorry, I'm not sure who that is. Is she important to this at all?"
Kim nodded meekly, eyes welling up with tears. Yet, she shook off before her older self could say anything. When she entered the portal again, the tug in her chest hurt more. She opened her eyes as she went through the time stream, jaw dropping in awe at the light blue expanse. At the end of the portal, which felt like a tunnel she was falling down, Kim could see Shego leaning against a car with binoculars pointed at the preschool that she had gone to.
"Ugh, how long can it take to crush the spirit of a four year old?" Shego muttered to herself. She heard the whoosh of the portal opening behind her, which received a heavy sigh.
"Y'know this is low, even for you," Kim snapped when she exited the portal. She almost lost her balance with how hard her feet hit the sidewalk. She wiped her eyes quickly, hoping the tears wouldn't be noticable.
Shego rolled her eyes as she turned around. "No, not my idea," She retorted. "I would go lower." There was an evil grin accompanied with the statement, but the gusto of it was knocked out of Shego when she noticed that Kim's eyes were a little bloodshot from what she assumed to be crying.
"You like time travel, eh?" Kim clapped back, the pain from her memories being a jumble that ignited a deep resentment for her girlfriend. "Allow me to knock you into the next century." She could feel the tears welling up again, this time with that anger. She lunged at Shego, making the woman drop the binoculars.
Shego was stunned for a moment before raising her arms into a defensive position. Kim threw a punch, cutting off whatever snide remark Shego was going to say. Backstepping, Shego avoided the hit. She slid to the right as Kim bounced forward with her knee up. There was a different ferocity in Kim's movements. As Shego continued to dodge Kim's assault, she was focusing on the turmoil that was held in olive green eyes. Being lost in those thoughts, Shego got knocked back by a swift kick to the chest.
Kim smirked as she flipped her way to Shego. She used the momentum to get up in the air, bringing her foot down towards the woman. Shego grunted as she landed ungracefully, looking up at the last second to roll out of the way from Kim's foot. Up until this point, Shego hadn't been using her plasma. She growled out in frustration, clapping her hands together over her head and igniting the flames. Shego leapt at Kim, their right hands locking when Kim blinding blocked the glowing fist.
"What the fuck?" Shego gasped. She knew there was heat radiating from her hands. She tried to pull her hand away by cranking the heat up a bit, but Kim stared her in the eyes as she held on.
"What's the plan this time?!" Kim growled, finally letting her emotions focus into words. "Wipe out my history by attacking a younger me?"
"I don't know what the three stooges have planned," Shego said as she brought her other hand to Kim's side. "You'd have to ask them about it."
"Well, I'm asking you. And I'm asking as your girlfriend, not someone you fight for a fucking job!" Kim burst out. Tears were starting to stream from her eyes causing the plasma to fizzle out as Shego stared at Kim in confusion.
"I…" Shego began, but a commotion from the school yard caught her attention.
Drakken, Monty, and Duff were running away from the school. The trio looked scared at what they had just experienced as Drakken turned them back into their adult selves. In the few moments that it took Shego to look at the trio, Kim felt a wave of nausea wash over her as her memories corrected themselves to the past. Before she became too weak to do so, Kim threw Shego away from her.
Shego tumbled forward, getting in the way of Drakken. She looked over at Kim, who was bent over and holding her head. Drakken stuttered to a halt, causing Monty and Duff to collide with him. Monty gasped when he saw Shego out of position.
"Oh no, she's here!"
"The little brat?" Drakken questioned.
"The big brat," Monty corrected.
They looked around, not seeing Kim. Shego frowned as she had just looked away for a moment to make sure the three dufuses were fine. I forget she can move fast, she thought as she scanned the area.
"Alright!" Kim's voice travelled from above the group. She was standing atop one of the signs in the strip mall across from the preschool. "Free swim in the time stream is over."
Shego growled when she looked at Drakken, "Mission failed then?"
"We're regrouping…" Drakken grumbled as he sulked away.
Shego overheard Duff say something about having a nap, which caused her to roll her eyes. She returned her gaze to Kim, who seemed ready to pounce at any second/ Monty was pulling out the idol when Kim finally reacted.
"Drop it~!" Kim barked, leaping from the sign.
The red rip in reality appeared beneath the group engulfing them back into the time stream. Shego looked up, seeing Kim nose diving towards the pavement. Their eyes locked and she knew that when they got to the end of this, it would be a pain to get back on Kim's good side.
As the portal closed, villains vanishing with it, Kim tried to brace herself for impact with the pavement. She was able to catch herself with her arms out, but the recoil that went through her arms cause one of her wrists to give out. Kim smacked her face into the pavement with a little less force that was previously predicted. She sat up, rubbing her cheek. "That's gonna swell…" she grumbled. Looking at the wrist that was in the most pain, it looked like she had just sprained it, instead of breaking it.
The familiar sound of the time stream opening caught Kim's attention as she sat sulking in the parking lot. She turned her head to see Rufus 3000 approaching her. He seemed rather eager as he glanced around the open area. "Kim Possible, have you stopped the Supreme One?" the giant mole rat asked.
"That's a negative…" Kim said as she pulled out some gauze to wrap her wrist with. "They got away with the time monkey."
Rufus 3000 looked at Kim, some concern washing over his face. He reached into the pocket of his armor and handed Kim a cookie. Kim took it, thanking him. She smiled weakly as she nibbled on the cookie.
"I must return to the future. I will do a scan of the time stream to figure out where the Supreme One is headed next," Rufus 300 stated as he opened the portal. "Oh, can I drop you off in the early 21st century?"
Kim looked at the cookie before she glanced over at the preschool, "No thanks... I'll just wait here in the good ol'days." She made her way to the preschool, leaning against the fence in a shaded area. She watched as her younger self interacted with a much younger Ron. She could feel the memories shifting to the new ones that had been created. It gave her a decent headache, enough that she closed her eyes as she leaned her head against the cool metal of the fence.
Opening her eyes after a few moments, Kim looked over to see her younger self at the other end of the playground. From the distance she was at, the younger Kim seemed to be talking to someone, but Kim couldn't make out who it was. Her vision was starting to get blurry. She wasn't sure what was happening, but it didn't make her feel very good. There was a soft flash of green and a giggle from the area that Kim was looking in. Kim knew what was happening, that was Shego interacting with her past self. The green princess. Kim felt tears well up in her eyes as she opened the time stream and rushed into it.
KP+KP+KP
In the not to distant past, the reddish portal from the Time Monkey opened up just outside of Kim Possible's home. Shego exited the stream first, feeling nauseous as she stepped out. She looked around recognizing the area as she had been to it a dozen times before. Shego covered her mouth as she felt the bile rise up her throat. She moved away from the portal, rushing to some bushes as she heaved. For the many times she had gotten drunk and thrown up, Shego like that better than this feeling. She looked up from the bushes to see Drakken, Duff, and Monty exiting the stream. They seemed to be bickering about their next course of action.
"Where are we?" Monty asked.
"Aye… Smells like Middleton," Duff replied.
"Exactly, we have arrived on the day Kim Possible started her website," Drakken said with a smile. The smile faded for a moment when he looked around for Shego.
Shego wiped her mouth, spitting out the rest of the bile. She did her best to ignore the bile on her taste buds. She moved away from the bushes, standing up as straight as she could even though she wanted to fold in on herself.
"Shego, are you okay?" Drakken asked. He looked her over quickly, noticing that she was paler than usual.
"M'fine," Shego muttered as she tried to focus on something else. "You were saying about Kimmie's website?"
"Ah yes… Can you go and let us know when it has become live?" Drakken requested.
Shego nodded, gathering the strength to approach the Possible house. She took the normal route. She tried to make it not so obvious that she knew her way to Kim's window. It was the same as it was in the future. She perched herself just under the window, as the tree would give her away.
Inside the room, sat Kim, typing away on a brand new computer. She was about the age of twelve or thirteen. She was on the phone, talking to someone unknown to Shego as she wasn't paying attention to what Kim was saying. She was examining the room that she had grown familiar with and the girl that would eventually be her enemy and lover. Kim's room looked the same, the main difference was her bed was adorned with Cuddle Buddies. It made Shego chuckled a little bit, before she cringed inside. At this time, Shego was in high school and saving Go City with her idiot brothers. Those were things she wish she could forget.
Shego leaned against the outer wall of the house, listening to Kim's conversation. She poked her head over the window sill to get another look at Kim. The girl had braces and her hair in a high pony. The top she wore was a light purple and the matching skirt was a darker purple. Shego raised an eyebrow at this outfit. She was so used to Kim being in mission clothes or pajamas. It was interesting to see the girl's past. Sighing, Shego finally heard the final click and Kim asking the other person on the phone to check the website. She hopped down from the roof, heading back to the trio that were hidden in a cluster of trees and bushes.
"She just set up the website," Shego said. She was curious as to what Drakken's plan was this time. He seemed to have the majority of them in this partnership.
"So, what is your plan, Drakken," Monty asked. "Do enlighten us."
"When young Kim Possible goes on her first mission, we will make sure she fails. Her spirit will be crushed." Duff, Monty, and Shego all rolled their eyes.
"We alrea'y tried ta crush 'er spirit," Duff countered, "Can we na simply crush 'er?"
"I'm with the mad golfer on this one," Monty added.
Drakken pouted as he hit the Rejuvinator, turning himself into a pre-teen. He tried desperately to explain the brilliance of his plan before Shego interrupted him. "Laaammmeee," she groaned, grabbing the device and returning Drakken to his actual age.
"Shego~! Have you forgotten what we said about hurtful words?" Drakken stuttered.
"Look, you are better off with their approach," Shego reasoned, "If you can figure out a way to crush Kimmie, her spirit won't really be an issue." Although she was in her element with the evil plans, Shego still had that sinking feeling in her stomach about everything that was happening.
Monty perked up at the support from Shego, taking the opportunity to gather the idol from within his gi. He opened the time stream, smirking as he explained that he would be heading to the 3rd Century Satsuma Province. Drakken was wary of Monty heading to such a specific destination, curious if it was another monkey temple. Monty just smiled and headed into the time stream, the portal closing behind him.
"Oi… Wha was the lass's first mission?" Duff piped up.
"Something about an eccentric billionaire collector," Drakken replied.
Shego wasn't paying attention when Monty replied to Drakken now when Duff asked his question, she was staring off at Kim's window. She wondered where the girl was, since it didn't seem she had caught up with them in this time yet.
Yah, I'm not dead, just trying to take my time with the next few chapters as some have pointed out I was relying too much on the episode. Next part is going to be the rest of Pre-teen era and the beginning of future mixed in with my own add ons for drama.