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Kim Possible: Valkyrie

By LJ58

10

Saehild recoiled as the thick ice encasing the giant Odin abruptly shattered, and he simply stood eyeing her for a moment rather than stumble as she half expected.

"I see," he finally murmured, and slowly reached out to take hold of the brightly glowing spear that she still held. "Almost let it get away from you, didn't you, young Valkyrie," he smiled somberly, the spear simply growing dark and still the moment he reached out for it, taking it from her in one great hand.

"Odin," she bowed. "My sisters…."

The giant warrior turned, and looked around the blighted plain he knew well enough, and saw the many warriors all standing around him encased as he had been.

"Loki's treachery, I've no doubt," he said grimly.

"A….friend distracts him even now, granting me time to reach this realm," she told him. "But I fear he may be no match for…."

Odin's single eyes glowed again for a moment as he seemed to look away, and then smiled.

"Your friend is well, Saehild, which surprises me. Loki is never an easy adversary. Still, he is more than a mortal, isn't he? As you are more than a Valkyrie."

"Lord Odin," she frowned.

"The veil has overwhelmed you. I see that. Let us see your true self," he said, and put a hand over her helmeted head, lifting it away even as he stared directly into her shining green eyes.

"I….. Wait," the redhead frowned, and shook her head as her two halves sought to balance again. "I was…. You're….? Odin? The Valkyrie," she gasped, looking around. "Shego! Where is….?"

Not far away, a faint roar could be heard, and then a green body moved gracefully around the frozen bodies until the dragoness was at her side, lowering her head as her glittering eyes fixed on the giant.

"I see. Yes," Odin murmured as he eyed the pair after Arana joined Saehild. "You are more than you seem, too, little one. And I see now, Saehild, the very reason the Norns once forbade me to curse your ancestor's lineage as I once foolishly cursed her."

Which made Shego growl even more.

"Calm yourself, dragon," Odin smiled. "Your mistress is well. Now, let us free my other daughters," he said, and raised his spear to point it out over the plain around him.

Kim turned, and put a hand over Shego's head.

"Shego," she said. "Return to your true self."

"True self," Odin smiled as the power emanated from him in more controlled waves of gentle heat even as Shego regained her human form before him. "Are you certain you are not getting that backward, Saehild," he chuckled.

"She's really Shego. As I'm really Kim. Kim Possible," she told him, and stood close to Shego, instinctively reaching for Shego's closest hand.

"Of course you are," he said, even as the sound of cracking ice sounded all around them, and then the cries of dozens upon dozens of women were heard.

"Sister," one of the blonde Valkyrie came forward to hug her. "I saw you in my dreams, and knew…. Knew you were coming. Bless the gods, you are real! Bless the gods."

"Uh, yeah," Kim murmured. "Just….uh, can we go home now," she asked Odin quietly.

Odin smiled even as a burst of flame exploded from the ground near him, and a massive, bearded giant easily three times his size appeared before them holding a massive, flaming sword.

Shego tensed even as Kim reached for her sword, but Odin merely stared.

"Sutr," he nodded.

"Odin," the giant murmured in a voice like muted thunder. "I thought I felt your power moving again. It's been millennia since your stepson left you at my door like an unwanted trophy."

"And now," the father of the gods asked.

"I've watched you stand frozen for countless generations, and confess…. Much of my ire is long spent of late. Still, there remains a debt betwixt us, and Asgard," the giant growled. "But your daughter's spirit has soothed even my fierce hate for the moment. You may take your daughters, and go. Muspelheim will not hamper you this time. Until another day," he said, and turned to leave.

"Asgard shall honor this truce," Odin declared. "So long as you do," he added, and the fire giant laughed darkly, and vanished in another burst of flame.

"This is one really strange day," Shego muttered as she and Kim were surrounded on all sides by cheering, happy warrior-women.

Odin looked back at them, and smiled again.

"You, Saehild, have done Asgard, and the gods, a great favor this day. Let us leave this cheerless realm, and speak of your boon," he declared, and raised his spear again.

"Wait, what about…..?"

KP

"What happened," Dr. Director frowned, looking around again in the wake of the abrupt silence.

General Erling walked cautiously over to join her, and looked out at the skyline with her.

"The mountain. It's….gone."

"Whole mountains do not…."

Dr. Director couldn't even finish the protestation. The peak she knew crowned the valley where the erstwhile Team Possible had vanished had vanished itself.

Even the high, mountain air was once again clear, and no hint of the bitter odor on the wind remained.

"What the hell just happened," she rasped.

The general was still staring, and simply shook his head.

"Dr. Director," Will Du's voice came over the channel as a burst of static suddenly cleared, and he could be heard again. "Are you there? Are you receiving?"

Betty dashed back to the mike, and took it from the radio operator.

"Will! What happened up there? What do you see?"

"Ma'am, I'm at a loss, but…. There was a massive burst of light, and we were almost grounded by the force of….something exploding. Then it was just gone. The entire valley, and the surrounding peaks with it. Just gone."

"What about Possible? Or Stoppable? Do you have any sign of them?"

"None, ma'am. We saw nothing. Before, or after," he reported dryly.

Betty Director nodded, then remembered to speak, and ordered him, "Stand down, Will. Come in, and report directly."

"But, Dr. Director. The mission….?"

The head of GJ just stared blankly for a moment, and shook her head.

"You have your orders," she said, wondering if Kimberly was really gone this time. Still, she found herself hoping that wherever they gone, and whatever they had done, their world was now safe again.

KP

"….Ron," she questioned, even as she, Shego, and even Ron appeared on a huge, rainbow bridge as Odin stood before them.

Nearby, a huge, somber-faced sentry stared back at them before he turned to look out at an endless expanse beyond what proved to a bridge to a massive, gleaming city that looked made of solid gold.

"Welcome, Saehild, to Asgard," Odin gestured. "Frozen in time with us when Loki unleashed his mischief. Finally freed by your courage, and bravery."

"Uh, KP," Ron asked uneasily, staring around in genuine awe. "Not that I'm complaining, but what happened to horn-head, and all the ice?"

"Loki has been taken in hand, young monk," Odin nodded at him, "And rest assured that I will see him well punished for his daring in this matter."

"Uh, thanks," Ron sputtered.

"So, we can go home," Kim asked as Shego remained close at her side, just staring herself, unable to fathom a single comment. "I mean, that old lady said I just had to free the Valkyrie, and that's done now, right?"

There was a raucous, almost thunderous cheer behind them, and on the great walls surrounding the city, they could now see hundreds of men and women in armor all raising swords in their direction.

"The warriors of Asgard," Odin told her. "They salute you, Saehild. You, and your dragon. You have freed them from a long, ageless sleep, and given them back their future. I brighter one, if what I suspect has come to pass," he grinned.

"Uh, no big," she sputtered. "Now, home," she asked again.

The tall, burly warrior with one eye stood before them, and smiled as the growing sounds of feasting, and violent celebration filled the shimmering, golden towers beyond the gleaming bridge upon which they stood.

"You are welcome, Saehild, to join us. You have every right, as a true Valkyrie," Odin told her as Kim, Shego, and Ron stood upon that bridge that seemed to hang in space, and was surrounded by a virtual sea of stars.

Kim felt the draw for a moment, and a longing to cross that span, and join the chaos of celebration beyond filled her every cell. She felt the lure of its call in every cell of her body. Then she eyed Shego, and violently pulled back, and shook her head.

"Thanks for the offer, but….I belong on Earth. With my family, and friends. With Shego," she said, turning to smile at the woman.

The white-haired god smiled knowingly as he nodded at her.

"I have foreseen two destinies for you, my daughter. But only you may choose. Do you wish to return, I will not bar your way. But know this, Asgard, and Valhalla, may be forever lost to you if you turn your back now."

"I'll take that chance," she nodded at him firmly.

"Courageous and daring to the end. So be it, Kim Possible of Midgard. I shall send you back to find your destiny. Let none say Odin is an ungrateful father," he smiled. "Just always know, you have Asgard's thanks, and our eternal favor. Until our final Ragnarok," he nodded to her. "Still, I owe you a boon, and none may say that odin is a thankless god either. Speak your wish, and I shall see it done," he said, and tapped Gunghir down on the bridge at his side.

Kim smiled, and looked over at Shego.

"For myself, nothing. I promised Shego she would be free after this, and in no one's power. I want that...for her. Oh, and if you could do something about the Valkyrie's mounts? I know they must be missing…."

"Already done, little Valkyrie," he chuckled. "But you prove again you have a good heart. I return you to Midgard, with your companions, and your desires. May you ever find your own destiny as glorious as Valhalla," he said, and lifted Gunghir over them.

Ron cringed, but Kim and Shego simply stared up at him as the tall god unleashed a fraction of his power, and then…..

KP

The blurry vision passed as Kim abruptly found herself standing in a familiar chamber again, wearing her own mission clothes again, and looked around as she focused on the world around her as she reordered her thoughts.

She frowned as she looked upon a museum display she had last seen what felt an eternity ago, and gasped as she realized the sword was apparently back in that weird-shaped rock, standing before a suit of very familiar armor.

Shaking her head, she lifted her Kimmunicator, about to call Wade, when she noted the digital readout.

She frowned as she realized it was only about eleven of the very night just before the moment that Shego had first shown up to try to steal….

She turned back to the sword, still eyeing it when she heard something just behind her.

She spun around, and saw Shego, wearing her usual uniform, just standing and watching her.

"Shego," she murmured, not bothering to lift her fists as usual.

"Kimmie," Shego murmured.

"Did you….?"

"Did we….dream all that," the comet powered woman blurted out, looking numb just then.

Kim eyed the sword, and looked back to the green-skinned woman.

"So, what now," Kim asked her instead of answering.

"Tell me. You know what I mean?"

"Arana," Kim said quietly, and she didn't miss the way Shego shivered at the intimate sound of that name.

"Saehild," Shego murmured in a faint whisper, and Kim smiled.

"So, no dream," Shego asked as she regained her composure.

"I don't think so," she told her.

"Yet, we're back at the start? Before all that….craziness happened?"

"Maybe this was Odin, and Asgard's way of giving us a chance to make our own way without GJ being all over us from the start," she suggested.

"Yeah. There is that," Shego murmured, and eyed the sword. "So, what now," she echoed Kim's first query.

"I…..don't know. What do you think?"

Shego eyed the display.

"I'm thinking I don't want to touch that damn butter-knife again," she spat.

"Well, I was looking at it... I got this feeling. I don't think it's the same as before," Kim told her.

"No?"

"No. Look close. Really close," she told her.

Shego walked around the display, eyeing it carefully.

"It's not the same," she realized. "But….?"

Kim frowned, and slowly pulled up her sleeve after Shego glanced at her again. Or rather, her arms.

Faint, but still visible, the runic image of a small sword was still imprinted upon her bare skin.

Shego now eyed her right arm, and Kim lifted it without questioning her, and then lifted the sleeve.

"The other marks….are gone," Kim murmured.

"So's the collar," Shego said quietly, gesturing at her neck.

"The question is…?"

She lifted her hand, and focused, "Victory," Kim called half-aloud.

Both women startled as the sword appeared, and Kim was suddenly clad in Norse armor once again.

They eyed one another as Kim sheathed the sword, and the armor, and sword vanished again.

"Definitely no dream," they both said as one.

"So, what now," Shego asked her again.

"Do you still….change?"

"I….haven't tried. I mean, you're always the one that made me do that," she reminded her.

Kim frowned.

"Am I?"

"You…?"

"I'm just saying, did I make you change, or did you just help because you….wanted to help?"

Shego sputtered now.

"Listen, Princess, there is no way….."

"What we shared," Kim cut her off. "That was special, Shego. I think, it was real."

"That…. Wait, what are you talking about now," Shego scowled.

"I still feel you. Here," she said, touching her own chest over her heart.

"Kim….."

"So, you tell me," Kim cut her off. "What now?"

Shego scowled, and shook her head several times.

"I…..don't know," the comet-powered thief complained.

"Maybe….we could get together? Later? Talk. See how things….go?"

Shego stared hard at the redhead, and frowned.

"I…. Back there, when we charged horn-head…..? Did you think we had any chance?"

"Honestly," Kim smiled. "I didn't have a clue. But I knew I had to try, and I had to save you. You were worth the risk," she smiled at the green-skinned woman.

"You could have been killed," Shego murmured.

"We could have both died," Kim nodded.

"Okay. Look, there's…. I have a lot to think about. Okay. I'll…. I'll see you later. You going home after this gig?"

"Once they transfer the display back to Norway, I'm done," she nodded.

"See you then," Shego asked. "Maybe I'll have figured this out myself by then."

"I'll be waiting," Kim smiled at her.

Shego found herself smiling back, and nodded.

"I'll look forward to it," she admitted.

"Hey, I'll walk you out. Just so no one gets the wrong idea," she told Shego.

Shego paused, looking back at her, and grinned.

"That might be best. So, uh, you're sticking with the hero biz, then?"

"It's what I do," Kim chuckled at her.

Shego made a noncommittal grunt, and glanced at her again as Kim led her to the nearest exit, disarming the alarm to open the door for her.

"Guess I need to figure out what it is I do before we….figure out where to go next," she admitted.

"I trust you," Kim smiled. "I've seen how good your heart still is," the hero told her.

"And cue the sappiness," Shego sighed indignantly, though she was smiling as a car pulled up outside the museum.

Both women looked toward the car, but then dismissed it as Kim turned back to Shego.

"For luck," Kim said softly as she leaned back from kissing Shego's cheek.

Shego froze, but found herself smiling again as she eyed the shorter redhead.

"I could use it," she smiled.

"Just remember, Arana was real, too, and we always made our own luck in the end," Kim advised her.

"So, if you still have the sword…..?"

"Well, I don't command you any longer. But, maybe….? Go ahead, and try," she suggested with a grin of her own. "Arana," she called her.

Shego felt that faint, intimate shiver again, and grinned.

She turned, and stretched out her hands, and suddenly kept stretching.

Even as Director Smythe climbed out of his car, he gaped as one of the women outside his museum suddenly transformed into a huge, green dragon. She surged to her hind legs, grinning down at the smaller redhead, and gave a rumbling sound of mirth.

"I'll see you back home," Kim told her, and Arana's wings unfolded, and propelled her into the dark skies over the city.

"M-M-Miss P-Possible! What was that? Tell me I didn't just see a…..a d-dragon! Do you know a real dragon?"

"Oh, Mr. Smythe, what brings you down so late?"

"I just couldn't sleep thinking about the exhibit, and I had to reassure myself it was…. What was that creature," he exclaimed.

"Maybe you're just seeing things, sir," she smiled. "I assure you, there was no dragon here," she lied smoothly. "I was just outside talking to a friend while I was making a circuit to ensure no one was around that might try anything."

"B-But…..?"

"Sir, the exhibit is safe, and I'm going to ensure it stays that way. Isn't that what's important?"

The director gaped at her as he just stared at her, and slowly turned.

"I...haven't been sleeping well of late," he complained, and staggered back down the steps toward his car. "I'll just go…. Go….. I'll just go," he said, and all but ran the last few feet to his car.

Kim resisted the urge to laugh, and then looked up into the sky, and smiled.

"Later, Shego," she murmured, and went back into the museum, ensuring she rearmed the alarm on the door before heading back to the exhibit.

Even as she studied the exhibit again, still thinking of Shego/Arana, she lifted her arm even as her Kimmunicator abruptly chirped.

"Go, Wade."

"Uh, Kim, are you okay?"

"Why wouldn't I be," she asked.

"Well, I'm not sure. I just got this weird feeling, and then I heard Shego might be in London. I was worried she might be targeting the exhibit."

"No. She just came by to see me," Kim replied with a grin.

"She did what," Wade frowned. "I don't understand," the young genius exclaimed.

"Later, Wade. Was that all?"

"No. No. Ron just called, and said he had just arrived back in Middleton."

"Okay. And….?"

"Well, he had kind of a strange message."

"Did he? Well, you know Ron. What did he say," Kim asked her friend.

"Well, it's….stranger than usual. He asked me to ask you if he should still expect trouble, or if it was really gone?"

Kim laughed at that one, and couldn't help but grinning.

Apparently, Ron was still in the know, too. Probably because he was a mystic warrior in his own right.

"Tell him that we should be fine. Of course, there is always new trouble on the horizon. He should know that."

"Something weird is going on again, isn't it," Wade complained.

Kim didn't say a word as she just grinned at her longtime friend.

"And you're not going to tell me, are you?"

Kim laughed again.

"You're better off not knowing. But if I think you do, I'll let you know. Thanks, Wade. You know I couldn't manage without you. I'll talk to you and Ron when I get back."

"Wait, what about Shego…?"

"Later," she told him. "Just know that Shego isn't a threat. In fact, I think she may finally be retiring."

"Retiring," the young teen exclaimed. "Shego?"

"Trust me," she grinned, and shut off the Kimmunicator.

She looked around the dimly lit chamber again, and then eyed her left sleeve without lifting it again.

"Destiny," she murmured. Then smiled as she thought of Shego again. "Well, dad always said anything was possible for a Possible," she smiled.

She couldn't wait to see just how this new destiny unfolded.

To Be Continued…..