I don't own these characters; Disney does. I do own Cali and Medea.
A/N: There are some references to things that happened in "In the Middle" chapters 4 and 19. I don't think you need to go reread them, but just if you wanted to know.
10: Classics 211 — How to Rehash and Relive New Issues
Kim was certain her parents were not expecting a conference call at five in the morning and probably were not happy to get one, but they had answered. Shego's parents were much more awake and alert. It probably had something to do with it not being five in the morning in Greece. Kim had no idea why they were there and Shego had not shared. The trio was cuddled together in bed after a long nap, which was brought on by a few hours of lovemaking. They would get back to that as soon as they were done delivering the good news.
"All right, everyone here?" Kim said to be sure.
"You might want to make this fast. Your father wants to go look at the sky and you know how he gets about the stars," Ann warned them.
Kim was tempted to tell him to go ahead because she was not sure how he would receive the news. While he tolerated the relationship now, he probably would not like or approve of a wedding, for show or otherwise, between the three of them. Hopefully, her mother would keep him in check if he showed disapproval. But, more than that, she hoped he would be happy for her, for them.
"This will only take a second," Kim assured them.
"Then tell us what you need to tell us, dear," Isabel requested in a sweet tone that made Shego grimace. Kim patted Shego's thigh to keep her focused. Shego glanced down for a moment, losing all focus briefly as she lost herself in the soft feel of Kim's hand. Thankfully, she quickly came back to herself.
"We're getting married," the trio announced in unison.
"Oh, my god, yes!" Kane, of all people, shouted. That was followed by a sound of rattling and shattering. "Dammit!"
"Sit down before you break something important, dearest," Isabel scolded her husband, who was muttering in the background now. "Anyway, this is wonderful news!"
"It is! Who proposed?" Ann inquired.
"We all did," Bonnie answered.
"All? My firefly actually asked you both to marry her?" Isabel asked incredulously.
"Of course, I did, Mommy!" Shego huffed, clearly insulted, as if she had not been against the idea months ago.
"Shego asked first and then things snowballed. We're all wearing two rings," Bonnie explained while Kim caressed Shego's thigh to keep her calm. It worked for the moment, earning a gentle purr from the former villain.
"We have to look at locations and dresses!" Isabel cheered.
"And photographers and caterers!" Ann chimed in.
"The guest list!" Isabel said.
"Flowers!" Ann added.
The trio chuckled. "You two do realize this our wedding, not yours, right?" Shego asked with a light laugh.
"And your our daughters! We want to help!" Ann proclaimed.
"Help, but we do want to plan our own wedding," Kim gently insisted.
"Of course, dear!" Isabel chirped.
"Oh, I wanna help, too!" Kane proclaimed like an eager toddler.
Again, the trio laughed. "And we would love your help," Bonnie cooed.
They could practically hear him preening at that, so they were not surprised by the sound of a slap echoing through the air. Kane yelped and they laughed again. Shego shook her head.
"Look, we just wanted to let you all know first. Now, we'd like to go—" Shego was cut off.
"Back to sleep!" Kim declared while Shego gave her best angelic smile.
Kane laughed. "I'll bet. I'd like to sleep, too."
"Ew! Daddy!" Shego pretended to complain. Her parents were way too open for that to actually bother her.
"We are still on the phone," Ann reminded them.
Kane laughed loudly and farewells were said between everyone. The trio hung up and Shego tossed the phone across the room before diving on Bonnie. The lawyer yelped as Shego pinned her to the bed while Kim busied her hands with Shego's naked body. The room filled with loud, lusty moans.
-8-8-8-8-
"We should start looking at venues before the moms start chiming in," Shego suggested as the trio moved about the kitchen. They were trying to replenish their energy reserves and then they were going to go back to bed to continue celebrating. Cali trotted to get their attention while they were there.
"Baby, make sure you make your necessary calls. Monique will be upset if you don't," Bonnie reminded the redhead.
"I think we should both make that call. You're her shopping buddy, after all," Kim pointed out.
"And we have to all call Joss," Shego spoke up.
"We should do that now before we end up distracted. Also, I have some venues saved from when I was helping Ron and Yori with their wedding. We could have Wade do a search for us about popular sites to give us better ideas," Kim proposed.
Her lovers nodded and agreed. They went to the living room with their food and made their calls. Joss practically screamed her head off and demanded to be kept inform and up to date with everything. The trio agreed with smiles and Joss then let them go, saying she knew they had better things to do. The conversation lasted about a minute. Kim's conversation with Ron was even shorter than that since he was still on his honeymoon.
"I can't believe he took Yori to Disney World. I will not have something like that happen with us," Shego proclaimed.
"She wanted to go," Kim argued. Ron was not being cheap or even unimaginative or immature. "She's never been and she's heard a lot about it. She wanted to see it for herself and they have honeymoon packages. He thought it was a nice surprise for her."
"Tropical locations only," Shego stated, making a slicing motion with her hand that made this final.
"You just want to be able to sit naked on a beach," Bonnie teased.
"And you wouldn't? Tiny umbrella drinks and you two naked and exhausted right next to me. Oh, it sounds like heaven," Shego purred and quivered at the thought. "Can we go now?" she asked in an eager, childlike voice.
"Not yet. There are still phone calls to be made. Are you going to call your grandmother?" Kim suggested.
"Oh, yeah! I totally have to tell her if Mommy didn't already blow it!" Shego grinned.
Bonnie and Kim laughed. Before Shego made that call, they called Monique, who squealed so loudly that Kim thought her eardrums would shatter. She began rattling off dresses and designers, but the lovers saved themselves from a long conversation by pointing out how much they really wanted to celebrate. She yelped and let them go.
"Call your grandmother," Kim ordered as she passed on the phone to Shego and then took a huge bite of her sandwich. Her lovers ate their food as Shego dialed.
"Hey, Grandma, it's Shona," Shego said with a large grin.
"Hey, Shona," Isabella greeted her.
"Good news, Grandma, I'm getting married!" the former villain shouted.
"To your girlfriends?" Isabella asked.
"Of course, Grandma!"
"I just want to be sure. Sometimes, you kids do weird things. I'm sure you inherited that behavior from your mother. Don't let your mother ruin this either. She's had more than enough chances to have a wonderful ceremony of her own, but she and Kane always insist on going back to that damned chapel in Vegas to renew their vows and other sorts of weird things. Sentimentality is not cute."
Shego laughed. "Aw, Grandma, you know you think Daddy's super adorable and you love how he takes care of Mommy."
"I admit to nothing. Keep an old lady posted. It's wonderful there'll finally be a real wedding around here. It only took five generations."
"What, wasn't your mom married to your dad? Didn't they need to do that for him to get citizenship?"
Isabella snickered. "My father died a Korean citizen through and through. The man refused to speak English to us and his grandkids. We have never had a real wedding in this family, actually. Yes, plenty of people are legally married, but no one has had a real wedding. You'd be carrying on a tradition in the sense that it will be three people, so it's not totally real, but close enough. I'm so happy for you, Shona."
"I know, Grandma. I'll keep you posted."
"I know you will. Now, go have celebratory sex, like you know you want to."
Shego laughed and then bid her grandmother goodnight. She then finished her sandwich while Kim contacted Wade. He congratulated them and before he even finished that word, he had sent off a list of venues based on things Kim had already liked from searching for Ron's wedding.
"Oh, and before you disappear for a while, I thought you guys might want to know Cali's DNA results. I mean since things have finally settled down and before you get lost in this new excitement," Wade said.
"Please and thank you," all three of them replied.
Wade chuckled. "Well, Cali is a mix of gray wolf and ocelot mostly. Her strange calico coat seems to be from her having a wolf's coat pattern, but the ocelot's coloring and hair length. She's bigger than an ocelot, but clearly nowhere near the size of a wolf. Her big paws and ears are from her wolf's blood."
"What about her being able to turn into a cat-human?" Bonnie inquired.
"Now that is tricky. Not seeing any kind of human DNA in there. There are some mutations that I can't figure out yet, which could be what makes her transform. It makes sense for the mutations to be there since Dementor has a background in animal mutation. I'll keep looking, just for my own curiosity, but she's healthy. Do you want to know what I estimate her lifespan at?"
"What? No! She's sitting right here," Bonnie objected, petting Cali's head. The cat tilted her head, probably completely confused on what was going on. They just all knew dogs and cats did not live that long.
"Yeah, Wade, you don't need to tell us about that. Thanks for everything," Kim stated. It never occurred to her that Cali might only have the lifespan of the average cat or dog and she did not want to think about it now. However much time they had with Cali would be spent loving her.
"No problem and, just to keep you from worrying, Cali should have decades ahead of her. Bye, now," he said before disconnecting.
"Well, that's a relief," Kim sighed and Bonnie nodded.
Shego scoffed and reached out to roughly shove Cali's head. "This little hairball will probably outlive the lot of us." Cali snorted and shook her head. The other two women smiled and laughed.
"Hey, baby, are you going to call your brother? Johnnie is trying, so maybe you should meet him a little way," Kim pointed out.
Bonnie nodded. "You're right. I want to tell him in person, though." So, she called Johnnie and set up a meeting with him. They would have lunch together tomorrow.
"Well, food done and family for the most part has been informed. Time to go back to bed," Shego announced with a grin.
Her girlfriends did not object. Kim made sure Cali had food and water before making her way back to the bedroom. They all shed their clothes and went right back to adoring each other.
-8-8-8-8-
Bonnie was not sure if she had ever witnessed her brother rise to his feet as quickly as he had when she entered the diner that where he had agreed to meet her. His blue eyes lit up as he smiled and hugged her as soon as she was close. She did her best not to flinch and returned the embrace after reminding herself that it was unlikely he would hurt her now. He was trying and she was trying. It was just her body still remembered how he was a long time ago. His smile turned into a grin as they slid into the small booth.
"I'm glad you wanted to meet up," Johnnie stated the obvious.
"Yeah, I'm sorry we don't do it more often, but I've been really busy with work and Kim," Bonnie replied. They were supposed to be getting closer, but she had tapered down on meeting with him since "the incident." Because of that, she was back to being a little uncomfortable around him and he seemed a little awkward.
"How is Kim?" He was aware that the hero had been horribly injured, but he did not know all of the details. He had spoken to Kim, she still liked him quite a bit, but she was never really forthcoming with what happened to her. She mostly just tried to help him figure out how to get Bonnie to speak with him. Little by little, he hoped it worked.
"She's almost back to normal. She's teaching her classes again, but she has to use Shego's brothers whenever she has to do a demonstration. She doesn't even need a cane anymore."
Smiling, he nodded. "That's wonderful. I'm glad she's doing better. Maybe I'll stop by and see her one day."
"I'm sure she'd like that."
"And you? You're cool with it, right?"
Bonnie nodded and smiled. Their conversation paused as a waiter came over. With their orders out of the way, they turned their attention back to each other.
"So, what did you want to talk about?" Johnnie asked, a shaky smile on his lips.
It was a little sad to know the time between when they last saw each other and now had put that distance back between them. But, his nervousness made her a little happy. It let her know that he was very aware he had a long way to go on the road of forgiveness with her. But, one day, she hoped there would be forgiveness and they would both be comfortable with each other.
"I'm getting married," she answered casually.
His mouth damn near went through the table. "Wha-what? To who?" he stammered.
She chuckled. "To my girlfriends, silly. See." She held up her left hand to show off her two shining engagement rings. Her brother's jaw remained in his lap.
"Oh, my god. Those are beautiful," he whispered and then looked directly in her eyes. "Congratulations."
She smiled. "Thank you."
"So, when did this happen?"
"A couple of days ago. Shego proposed and it all clicked from there. We're going to start looking at venues and talk dates tonight."
He nodded. "That's good. What do you want? A small ceremony or large?"
"We'll probably end up going small. Kim will probably only invite immediate family because they know about us. I will probably only invite you and my boss. We really only have to worry about Shego's giant family and the fact that they all will probably want to come." And she meant all, not just parents, brothers, and such, but everyone who was remotely related to Shego.
He gave her another nod. "So, her family all knows about you?"
"Yeah, as far as I can tell. They all seem cool about it. I don't know if she'll want to invite all of them, but she might."
"Then you want a small wedding." He pointed to her. "Do you know what kind?"
She shrugged. "We haven't discussed that yet, but I think I'd like a beach wedding. I'm sure I could convince Shego to the same. I'm not sure about Kim."
An amused smile lit up his face. "C'mon, that's your baby. You can convince her of pretty much anything. She loves spoiling you."
Bonnie laughed at the truth in those words. She was certain that if she and Shego wanted a beach wedding, Kim would agree. But, she wanted Kim to have her dream wedding, too. Before she ended up thinking too hard on it, their food arrived.
"How's Brick doing?" Bonnie asked.
"He's good. We're thinking about getting a dog, but we want to have a house first," he answered.
"You should get a cat."
He shook his head. "Brick would kill me for even suggesting a cat. He's so butch."
She had to laugh at that. "Ah, to be a lesbian. Even the butchest of us enjoys having a cat."
He arched an eyebrow. "And just who is the butchest amongst you?"
Bonnie only laughed because she had no idea. She felt like they were all equal parts butch and femme. Sometimes, she felt like they were different versions of the same person, which could be why they got along so well or it could have come from being together for so long.
"Beyond thoughts on pets and moving, what have you been up to?" she asked.
"Nothing much. I've gone back to school to get a better job."
Her brow furrowed a little. "I thought you got promoted."
"I did, but it's still not enough money to do much. I mean, after rent and bills, there's not a lot left over. I want to do better."
"Well, I wish you luck on getting a better job."
Smiling, he nodded a little. "That's why we're making all of these grand plans. I have to get a decent job first, but once I start making more money, we should be able to move and everything. What about you? How's work going?"
A smile spread across her face. "Work's going well. My boss is pretty fair and I'm rather good at."
"Ego much?" he teased with a chuckle.
"It's not bragging if it's true." She had come to enjoy her work without Lyle around and without Heather bothering her. Plus, her boss, Charlie Darrow, seemed to respect her now. Things were definitely looking up.
He conceded that with a shrug. "You make me wish I'd followed my dream."
"Well, I had Kim pushing me, which is why I'm all about marrying that girl. Have you and Brick considered marriage?"
A demure smile settled or his face and he shook his head. "We're not the marrying type. We're happy as we are."
"But, would be happier with a dog?"
Chuckling, he nodded. They continued conversing about everyday things. They made plans to meet up again next week. She left lunch smiling. Maybe there was not as much distance between them as she thought and maybe the road to forgiveness was not as long as he thought.
-8-8-8-8-
The trio was surprised their mothers came over so quickly with materials. Bonnie was barely in the door while Kim and Shego were just dismissing their last students, but Isabel and Ann were in the living room. There were brochures and pamphlets all over the place. The moms smiled at the trio as they entered the apartment.
"Mommy, what the hell are you doing here?" Shego barked, glaring at her mother as if she had committed some horrible crime.
"Firefly, look at all of these gorgeous locations!" Isabel grinned, spreading her arms over the mess.
"There are local places, too, equally lovely," Ann insisted, picking up several pamphlets and fanning them out to show the trio.
"Guys, we only just started looking at venues," Kim pointed out.
"Well, what's a few more?" Isabel asked, smile still as wide as all outside.
"This is a few?" Bonnie wondered aloud as her eyes scanned the large mess. She would hate to see what the moms considered "a lot."
"Who let you in?" Shego demanded.
Of course, Cali chose that moment to fall into view from her spot on a shelf. Shego glared at the feline, who seemed more interested in rolling in all if the paper than anything else. Shego gave up with a sigh as soon as Cali acknowledged them with some brief leg rubbing.
"Come on, look," Ann urged them, waving them over.
"Hold on, that's not what we do when we come home," Kim answered gently. The mothers glanced at each other and then glanced down in embarrassment. They had to unwind a little, especially after being ambushed.
The trio decided to go about their nightly routine, if only to give their mothers the idea that they had semi-violated their space. By the time they returned to the living room, they half-expected to find it empty. But, their mothers were still there, waiting patiently. After getting some snacks, they joined the moms.
"Now, I was hoping you'd decide to do a tropical location," Isabel said, gathering up several brochures.
"What? What if I want to have snow?" Shego stated.
Isabel's face actually fell. Shego had never seen such a sight in her life. She did not know how to react to it, so she kept her mouth shut. Tension rose in the room, the air pressure was intense, crushing. They all glanced at each other, wondering what would happen next.
"Firefly, for this occasion, I wish to call a truce," Isabel said in a low, almost small voice.
Shego blinked. "A truce?"
"To our thing. I don't want to fight for the sake of fighting. I truly want to help you all have a wonderful wedding without an argument or a contest of wills over every little thing. I want all of your responses to be genuine and I want to be able to know when I should take a step back," Isabel explained.
"Uh… a truce… Well, I guess we can do that. Um…" Shego seemed confused, eyes searching the floor for something to focus on. This had never happened before and Shego was not even sure how she was supposed to act with her mother if they were not antagonizing each other. She tried to think back to a long time ago when things had been different. Could she act like that.
Bonnie put her hand on Shego's shoulder. "I think I'd like a tropical location because I want warm weather and a beach."
"So, you want to do a destination wedding?" Kim asked.
"But, there are so many lovely places right here or close to here," Ann stated, holding up almost ten little pamphlets. The top one showed an amazing lakeside resort.
"Your father wanted me to mention that money is no object. He wanted to come, but he's in Italy, trying to tell as much of his family as possible about you getting married," Isabel reported with a smile.
Shego groaned. "They're all going to want to come now."
"Of course, they are. Did you really think they wouldn't hear about this or expect invitations?" Isabel pointed out.
"It'll be a little hard to have a small wedding with every Han and Go on Earth trying to show up," Shego countered.
"You wanted a small wedding, sweetheart?" Kim asked with stunned, wide eyes. Shego liked to do things big, after all.
Shego shrugged. "I didn't want everyone and their mother there. Besides, you both already said you weren't going to invite a lot of people. I don't want both sides of my huge ass family showing up when you're only going to have immediate family there."
Isabel took out a notepad from her jacket pocket. "I'll take care of it."
"Maybe we should just narrow down the venue and then discuss a guest list. After all, the where might affect the who," Kim pointed out.
They accepted that, even though it was not really the case. Wherever they decided to have the wedding, they all knew they would move heaven and Earth to get the people that they wanted there, especially after Kane decided that money was no object for this event. Still, they needed to focus on one thing at a time rather than just argue or discuss every little aspect of a wedding that was barely official yet.
They went through the different brochures, showing everything that seemed appealing to everyone. Ones that all three soon-to-be brides liked went into one pile while the leftovers went into a trash bag. Cali kept herself busy by playing in the leftover ones because she could not figure out what a wedding was, so she had nothing to offer her humans.
It would become a trend for them all to meet up at least twice a week to discuss wedding plans. When Kane returned from Italy, he occasionally joined them. Usually, Isabel gave him chores, though. He price-checked, haggled, and double-checked things for them. On more than one occasion, at least one brother or more begged to help. It felt like a whole family affair, except for one person.
-8-8-8-8-
Kim waved from the top of the stairs as her father stepped into the school. Yori had gone to lunch with her husband while Shego was out with both sets of twins to find a good fire works company; of course, Shego wanted pyrotechnics at the wedding. Jim and Tim had insisted that they could handle it, but Shego argued they should just enjoy the event rather than work at it. Besides, she did not want to chance the Possible twins doing something beyond what she wanted, which was highly likely.
"Dad, I'm so happy you came. Let's go get something to eat," Kim suggested, taking her father by the arm and gently pulling him out of the building.
"Hey, Kimmie-cub, why don't we just go upstairs?" he countered, pointing back inside the building.
"Uh, no, I want something from the deli down the street." It was not exactly a lie, but she also did not want her father to see upstairs because it was littered with items about the wedding. Since he had not said a word about it or volunteered to do a thing in it, she could only assume he was not in favor it. She hoped to change that.
They quietly strolled to the deli on the corner and ordered sandwiches. Kim then took a seat at one of only three small tables by the window. James followed suit.
"All right, Kimmie, what's this about?" he asked as he unwrapped his sandwich. He did not seem suspicious or upset, only curious.
"You know what it's about, Dad. Why are you acting like this in regards to the wedding? Everyone else is stoked and then there's you. We get calls from Joss, begging to help put this together and she's in a different state. Nana even asked what she could do and she's in a different state and is not as close to any of us as you are. You're right here in both senses of the phrase and we've got nothing. Not even a word of encouragement. What's wrong?" she begged.
Frowning, he glanced away. "Kimmie, I still think you're making a mistake with Shego." And there it was, hanging out there in the wind, all pink and exposed. It did not bother her as it would have before, though. She was over it.
"That's your opinion, Dad. I love Shego and Bonnie loves Shego, so Shego is staying. Hasn't Shego proven she's here for the long haul and not a threat?"
"Have you ever considered that Bonnie loves you so much that she'll do anything to keep you, including claim to love Shego and agree to this three-way wedding?"
She arched an eyebrow. "That's the best you can do? Bonnie's not scared to make her opinion known and she's definitely not scared to say so if something is bothering her. It might take some persuasion, but she'll always tell. She's happy with the way things are. I know you have a problem with Shego, but she's not that bad and we're getting married."
"Kimmie, she tried to hurt you before."
"Yeah, but she's changed, Dad, and besides, that was kinda our thing." Kim shrugged. It seemed weird to say, but in the beginning when Shego was Drakken's sidekick, they got to know each other through trying to hurt each other. Soon, the fighting became a game. Sometimes, it felt like playing around with a friend.
"Your thing?" he echoed.
"Yes, our thing. I mean, that's what we do, even now. I mean, we're not trying to hurt each other, per se. But, we fight, we make fun of each other, and we enjoy it."
He sighed. "That sounds…" He just shook his head.
She knew he thought Shego was a bad influence on her and she doubted that just helped. She also doubted she could ever really change his mind about Shego. Part of her understood. Shego used to be a villain and probably one of the few could really hurt her. He could not let that go, which made sense. He was her father, after all.
Before she could express those thoughts, he had to go out of his way to prove how stubborn and against Shego he really was. "Don't you care about this mockery you're making on marriage?"
Kim gave him a deadpan look. "Really, Dad? The whole 'marriage is between a man and a woman' speech when I already know you love Bonnie and would jump for joy if she changed her last name to Possible?"
He shook his head again. "Not a man and a woman, but two people in love. How can you even consider doing this, knowing that you love one more than the other?"
Now, she scowled deeply. "Don't put words in my mouth, Dad, and don't tell me my own feelings about the women I love. I love them equally and we work. If other people have similar relationships and they can make if work, screw everybody else."
He took a deep breath before trying another angle. "Kimmie, think about this. If it got out, it could affect you as a hero."
She scoffed. "I'll be a hero no matter what. Nothing about this bothers me or anyone else for that matter. You're the only one with a million and one reasons why this is such a bad idea. Why? Because of Shego or because of multiple partners?"
"Both, really. Kimmie, I feel like you've forgotten who Shego is and what she's done," he huffed. He probably really only had a problem with Shego and then just felt like she somehow talked Kim into an unconventional relationship. Not that any of it mattered because Shego was there to stay and her father would have to learn to deal with her.
"Dad." Kim gave him a leveled look. "She's changed and that's that. She's happy with the person she is now and she's not going to go back to the dark side because it's got nothing to offer her. And, you might think it's impossible to fall in love with more than one person at a time, but you're talking to the woman that can do anything and her partners are equally amazing. As a scientist, you should be able to respect the fact that there are just some things beyond your understanding, but you accept them just the same. My relationship with Bonnie and Shego should top your list."
James was silent and took large bites of his sandwich to avoid talking. While Kim had anticipated the topic of conversation, it still troubled her enough that she could not touch her sandwich. She watched her father eat.
"Kim, on an intellectual level, I do get what you mean. I've had this discussion many times with your mother. But, in my heart, I want what's best for you and I want you to be happy. I honestly worry Shego will break your heart. I never worry about that with Bonnie," he explained.
She blinked, not expecting him to give such an honest response. "Dad, you have to trust Shego, like Bonnie and I do. We have faith in her that she'll be there for us. You have to have faith in her, in me, and one way to do that would be to get to know her by spending time with her. You should get to know her and you'll see that she's a different person than who you think she is. You could do that by helping with the wedding."
James sighed, but he nodded. "You're right. I know this means a lot to you, but this thing with Shego just bothers me. I hope you're right about her."
Kim smiled brightly. "I am."
He nodded. "So, what do you need me to do?" Her smile grew.
-8-8-8-8-
News of the trio's upcoming wedding spread like wild fire, reaching the ears of old friends and enemies. Most did not believe it because it sounded so outrageous. Medea believed every word of it, including rumors that Shego or Kim (depending on who was telling) was somehow going to get a private island to hold the wedding on. She snarled, pacing her loft apartment that was in Upperton to keep her close to what she desired.
"That should be me getting married to Shego! She loves me! She's always loved me! I just wasn't ready yet, but I am now and I won't allow those bitches to stand in the way of my destiny," she declared, throwing her fist up.
She knew she could not fight them on her own, though, especially not with that damned weird cat on their side. Not to mention, she had been roughly keeping track of Kim's adventures before her accident and she did not like some of the places the little hero had visited, places that could provide her with wards, counter-spells, and all other sorts of magic. Then there were the charms that they had placed all around the building. She had done her research, but she knew that she needed more. She needed allies.
She had complied a list of enemies for the trio and was not surprised by the length. Only one name appeared for all three and he was the easiest to find. Doctor Drakken had been rotting in prison after a failed kidnapping of Bonnie Rockwaller, which had been thwarted by none other than Shego and Kim Possible. She imagined he wanted revenge just as badly as she did.
While working on a plan to break him out of jail and how she was going to get her lover back, she researched him and discovered he was a scientist, a mad genius by some accounts. She hoped his inventions came in handy in taking down that Fortress they called a school. It was now covered in fetishes that protected it from a lot of magic. She hoped science could overcome what magic could not and vice versa.
Breaking into the prison to get Drakken was not very difficult as she could teleport with ease. The problem was making sure he did not freak out when she appeared in his cell. She needed to go because she wanted to make sure she pulled the right guy out the first time to avoid people learning of the plan. Unfortunately, she did not know how excitable Drakken was.
The scientist let out a screech that sounded a little like, "GHOST!" and practically dived under his cot when she came into the tiny cell. She hoped if someone heard him, they should he was just crazy. She did not say anything, but she needed to get a good look at him. The cerulean skin was enough for her and she stole Drakken away, replacing him with a crude magical doppelganger that would be fine as long as no one expected it to speak. She figured it would buy them some time.
"What's going on?" Drakken demanded in a mumble as they made their getaway, flying on her broom. His jaw appeared to be wired shut, so that explained the mumbles. That also explained why he had not screamed when she entered his room.
"This is a jailbreak. My name is Medea and I want to help you get revenge," she explained this because she did not want him to do anything crazy. She needed some concentration to fly the broom, after all.
"Revenge?" he echoed through his teeth.
"Against Shego and Kim Possible."
Drakken did not ask any more questions after that, even though he seemed confused on what was going on. Revenge seemed to be all he needed. She smiled internally, even though she was only going to let him have his revenge against Kim. Shego was all hers, after all.
They went to her loft and in the much better lighting of the apartment, she was able to see his dozens of injures. He was bruised from head to toe. How he got them in solitary confinement was a mystery to her, but she supposed that it was not important.
"We don't have much time, so let me go get my spell book to heal your injuries," Medea said.
"Spell book?" he echoed in a dazed tone. "What are you?" He studied her, squinting at her, as if trying to determine if he knew her.
Rolling her eyes, she laughed a little. "I'd have thought that obvious when we were making our getaway on a broom. I need my spell book to heal you."
"You're a witch?"
"Again, I'd have thought that was obvious. Now, I need to prepare a potion."
"Can't you just wave your hand or something?"
She laughed again. "No, my magic doesn't work that way. I need my spell book for most serious spells, like healing someone. It'll only take a few minutes."
Drakken did not say anything; more than likely because his jaw hurt from the little bit of talking he had already done. She went about her business, glad to not have to explain her magic to him. He sat quietly on the sofa and waited for her to mix the potion. It took almost an hour, but when it was ready, she handed it to Drakken.
"Drink it," she ordered as he made a face at the cup.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Just drink it."
"What flavor is it?"
"Vengeance."
He looked at her as if to tell her that vengeance was not a flavor. She took the moment that he opened his mouth to force the mug to his lips. He sputtered and coughed as the bitter liquid burned its way down his throat. She forced the cup up to make sure he drank all of it. Sneering, she wondered if she had made a mistake as his bruises vanished. She snapped her fingers and got rid of the wiring in his mouth.
"Are you crazy?" he demanded, shouting at the top of his lungs.
"No, but you're healed if you didn't notice," she pointed out. She hoped that the screaming was not the norm for him or she might have to cast a silencing spell on him. Maybe she should put the wiring back in place, just in case.
He raised his hand, ready to really lay into her more than likely, but stopped. Scrunching up his face, he moved his hand and then his arm. He felt his jaw and his cheeks. A crooked smile settled on his face as he tested his limbs.
"What did you say your name was again and what do you want to do to Kim Possible and Shego?" The question got a smile out of her.
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"I want these flowers for the centerpieces," Bonnie declared, holding up a picture. The trio was in the living room, sitting around on the sofa. Cali was with them, wandering from person to person and rolling around a loving lap. Occasionally, one of them would absently rub her head.
"No! Stop showing us these damned things," Shego huffed, swiftly snatching the picture from Bonnie and tearing it up.
"Shego!" Bonnie and Kim scolded her.
"What? We keep telling her we don't want these damned flowers for the centerpieces or anything else and she keeps shoving these things in our faces," Shego growled.
"I like them!" Bonnie argued.
"Bonnie, baby, please, stop with the flowers. This is serious and we don't want those flowers," Kim stated.
"But, they're cute!" Bonnie whined.
Her girlfriends only glared at her. The wedding was driving them crazy. There seemed to be so many of the details they could not seem to agree on, that seemed to start an argument, that occasionally led to tears, but did always lead to steamy, delicious makeup sex. Of course, they could only hope the wedding did not lead to their divorce as they had trouble all agreeing on everything.
"Oh!" Cali transformed, leaning over Kim's shoulder. She pressed her large hand against Kim's back and leaned over even more. "I like that! What's that?" she inquired, tumbling over Kim's shoulder while turning back into a cat. She purred landed in Kim's lap.
Just as the hero was about to answer, the building shook violently. The ladies all looked at each other and frowned. Cali rolled off of Kim as the hero rose to her feet. They turned to the window to see missiles flying toward the window. The missiles clashed against their shield. The sound thundered and the building rocked a little.
"What the fuck is going on?" Shego growled.
"Obviously we're under attack," Kim pointed out with a deadpan expression.
"Who in their right mind is attacking us?" Bonnie wondered aloud.
"Let's go find out." Shego went the window and gazed out into the neighborhood. She gasped when she spied the cause of the disturbance. "Drakken!"
"Drakken?" the younger pair echoed as if they did not know who he was and joined Shego for a closer look. There was Drakken, same blue nut-job that they had seen a long time ago, somehow out of prison and sitting pretty in one of his many death machines.
Bonnie scrunched up her face in disbelief. "How'd he get out of jail?"
"The better question is, how's he going back? Because he'll be lucky if I only break his arms and legs for disturbing us while we have wedding decisions to make!" Shego roared as she opened the window and wasted no time leaping out.
Kim smirked. "I could use a light workout to see if I'm back up to par. Come on, Cali, let's show Drakken what happened to the last death machine to come to our building and disrupt our lives." Cali grinned.
"Baby, wait, are you sure you're ready for this?" Bonnie asked.
"I was born ready," Kim answered, already out the window. "Besides, it's just Drakken." Cali followed her.
"Those sounds like famous last words!" Bonnie shouted after them, moving to man the cameras and defend the building if anything got by her lovers.
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"Drakken, how the hell did you get out of jail?" Shego growled as she ignited her hands. She focused her attention on the hovercraft that was built like a tank with amazing weapons that any air force would envy.
"It's none of your concern after you left me to rot!" he hollered. Unleashing a clawed arm at her that she dodged, causing it tear into the sidewalk. "Do you have any idea what I've been through? What they've been doing to me in prison? Do you?" he screamed.
"Do you really think I give a fuck? You tried to kill me!" Shego snarled, throwing a plasma blast at him.
"You tried to leave me!"
"No, I didn't and you tried to hurt my girlfriend!"
"Mine too!" Kim pointed out as she landed on the hovercraft.
"Kim Possible!" he shouted in surprise, just like old times.
"And me!" Cali declared, landing next to Kim, purposely putting all of her weight into it. Kim was launched into the air while the hovercraft into a nose drive.
"Who are you?" Drakken screamed as he tried to right the shaking aircraft. His cold black eyes glared at Cali, who gave him a toothy grin.
"Family housecat," Kim answered as she landed in the seat next to him and punched him right in the face. Once upon a time, she would not have been so directly violent with him, but this was the man that had tried to kill Shego off of an assumption that she was going to work for someone else and had kidnapped Bonnie to use as bait against the both of them.
Drakken groaned and his head snapped to the side. He lost control over the craft and Shego fired several plasma blasts at the bottom to help it in crashing. Just as it was about to collide with the school building, Drakken jerked the controls and made the hovercraft lurch to the side, missing the building.
"I'll teach you!" Drakken declared, pressing a button and the whole vehicle became electrified.
Cali screeched and leaped off of the thing as if her tail was on fire. Kim snarled and hit Drakken again, following through with knuckles, wrist, and elbow. Blood shot from his now broken nose. He put both hands on his face, which she was hardly interested in for the moment. She grabbed the controls and steered the craft right into the building, leaping out before their defenses tore it to pieces. Shego caught her with ease as she landed.
Drakken ejected just as the hovercraft exploded and tried to fly off with a jetpack. Shego ended that idea with a well-aimed shot of plasma. He was high enough in the air where the fall would injure him severely but would not kill him, so they just let him drop. They all winced when the sound of bones breaking and the impact reached them.
"That probably hurt," Shego commented. "Or so I hope anyway."
"What the hell was that all about? How did he even get out of jail?" Kim wondered aloud while Cali slowly crept over to the fallen doctor, just to make sure he was not going to get back up again.
"Yeah, he's not capable of doing it on his own," Shego concurred, nodding and staring at her former employer. She scratched her chin. "Who would break him out of jail?"
"Good question."
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Bonnie sat at the computer, looking at the cameras. She smiled as her lovers took Drakken down. She turned around, ready to meet her loves when they came from the door, but she did not make it that far. Gasping, she was stared down by hard blue eyes.
"Medea," Bonnie whispered.
Medea grinned like a great white shark. "Hello, Bonnie. Nice to see you again."
"How did you get in?" Bonnie demanded, backing up a little, even though she knew that it would not do any good. "We've got charms."
"Oh, yes, I know. I had to study up on them and I've figured out how to bypass them. Now, to bypass you," Medea declared and her eyes flashed.
Bonnie's nostrils flared and she stood her ground, crouching slightly, ready to get into her defensive stance. "You don't scare me."
"I don't want to scare you," Medea hissed.
"Why are you even doing this? You had your chance with Shego and didn't want to come out of the closet. What the hell is the problem? You didn't want her and now she doesn't want you," Bonnie pointed out.
"I love her and she loves me! I wasn't ready to come out as a teenager, but as an adult life is different."
Bonnie scoffed. "Different how?"
"It's none of your business. Now, stop trying to stall me because I will destroy you before they come back."
"And do you really think that Shego will like you if you murder me?"
"She'll never know."
"I doubt that," Bonnie stated with a smirk.
The confidence in her tone and face made Medea turn around, probably thinking her girlfriends were behind her. Bonnie used that chance to rush Medea and hit her with a kick that certainly would have made her girlfriends proud of her. Medea grunted and fell back while Bonnie kept on coming.
"Bitch!" Medea roared, blood pouring from her lip as she threw her hand out and stopping Bonnie with her magic.
Bonnie growled. "I'm not going down without a fight!" She tried to move forward, but she was frozen.
"You're going down right now, though. Whore," Medea spit.
Bonnie tensed, wanting to punch Medea in the face with all of her might. Medea grunted and had to take a step toward Bonnie. She wiped blood from her nose and smirked at her captive.
"Struggle all you want, but I have you now," the witch stated and let loose an evil chuckle that turned into a choking noise as a ribbon wrapped around her neck.
"Funny, I was just going to say the same to you," Kim commented, speaking in Medea's ear and she tightened the ligature she had around the witch's throat. Medea gagged and Bonnie fell to the floor.
"How?" Medea croaked, putting her hands to the ribbon and feeling as if it was burning her flesh.
"I got this a while ago on a trip to what most people would consider the middle of nowhere and some holy men thought this would fight against harmful magic pretty well. They said it would stop the darkness within. Who knew they were right," Kim said with a smirk.
Medea gagged as Kim held her tight. Cali went to help Bonnie up. Shego came around to the front of Medea and grabbed her hands.
"They came in pairs," Shego said as she began tying up Medea's hands.
Medea snarled and lurched forward as if trying to attack, only to stumble off balance. Kim actually let her go while Shego moved out of the way and she fell on her face. Coughing, more blood poured out of her damaged lip. Shego leaned down and grabbed her by the hair.
"You're a fucking moron, you know? You broke Drakken out of jail and didn't think he'd give you up the second things got tough? He's out there screaming for you to come and heal him like you did before. Stupid," Shego snorted and shoved Medea's head into the floor.
"AH! Release me!" Medea ordered, hissing in pain. Suddenly, she hollered in agony, a sign that she was trying to use her magic.
"Calm down. You try to use your powers and the bonds will just burn more," Kim warned her, tying Medea's feet with the ribbon in her hand.
"Let her try. Hopefully, the pain will make her pass out and we don't have to put up with this shit anymore," Shego remarked.
Kim shrugged. "You're right about." She made sure that the ribbons were good and tight around the witch, who continued to cry out in pain.
Shego went over to Bonnie to make sure that she was all right. Kim made sure that Medea could not move, even though she tried to. Medea was held for a while longer than Drakken, who was picked up by regular authorities. Global Justice took Medea because the trio figured they would be better equipped to hold her. They made it clear she was not to be treated like a lab rat or there would be consequences. After they got assurances that Medea would be held as a prisoner and not as something else, they cleaned up the apartment and then went back to planning their wedding.
After all, that was practically normal. They had a wedding to get to, after all.
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Next time: a wedding.