Some Author's Notes: Welcome to Chapter Ten and thanks for reading this far! Plot, plot, plot! Guess what's gonna be in this story? For those of you that always comment, you have my thanks! Encouragement goes a long way! For those of you wondering, the story has officially crossed into DC universe, although it's hardly canon. Also, be on the lookout for side stories of Ron in Yamannouchi and Hakkah in Go City!
Still completely don't own Kim Possible. Might have to wage war on Disney.
------------------
Peace and quiet. That was the definition of the week. It was a week off from school thanks to teacher workdays, and Kim was enjoying every minute of the break. Kim's mother had a medical conference out of town and the rest of the family had left with her. Hey, even Tranz decided to go easy and let both her and Shego enjoy the week off.
Like the rest of the week so far, that Wednesday was quickly ending. It was ten at night and Shego was zoned out into the television, followed in mentality by Kim, who had been resting her head comfortably in Shego's lap.
Monique was over, spending the week with Kim and company since there was nothing better to do. She was sitting cross-legged on the floor, watching television with the other women.
It was a horror film, and its movie charms were working over all three of them, constantly making them jump from their spots or stifle a quick scream. Most noted was Shego, who tried extra-hard to make sure no one saw her fear of the film.
The only one not subject to the movie's magic of fear was Tranz, who had been sitting on the floor with Monique. The majority of the movie completely unaffected him, only certain parts invoking a certain emotion from him, complete humor. How could people, Kim and Shego especially, be scared of some horror and gore movie? From all he'd shown them, Tranz would figure that they'd be laughing at the cheesy effects to.
Trying their best to restrain themselves until the movie was over proved difficult, down to a point where Kim and Shego leapt in the air, to what Tranz swore was five feet. He would have made a comment if not embarrassed over Monique burying her head in his shoulder.
"Why would you do this to yourselves?" Tranz asked as the movie's credits rolled. "Well," Shego began, "people like to scare themselves for fun." "Okay," Tranz said nodding, "What would compel the two of YOU to do this to yourselves? Demons not enough for you?"
"There's a difference between scary things and scary things that can actually get you," Monique stated.
Kim was prepared to comment when a noise was heard, a familiar crackling noise that meant something was forcing its way through the barrier over Kim's house.
"Demon," Kim, Shego, and Tranz said simultaneously. Tranz got up, prepared to dispatch it when Kim and Shego waved him down. "We'll get it," Kim told him as she and Shego walked to the door. "You sure," Tranz commented, "It is your week off after all." "Relax," Shego said. "This'll be over in no time," she added as they walked out the door.
Tranz returned to the television, making note of Monique, who was going for the window. "I wouldn't look out there," Tranz said over a low roar from the demon and noises associated with battle. "But I've never seen a demon before," Monique replied excitedly, eager to take a look at the fight.
"Seriously," Tranz said, staring into the television. "You won't like what you see. Besides, it should be over soon enough."
Monique sat down and nudged Tranz a bit forcefully before grabbing the remote and changing the channel to wrestling, as a small crash was heard. "Shouldn't we…" Monique began to say before Tranz replied, "Just ignore it."
She bit her lower lip while complying to Tranz, trying to get into her favorite sport as a smash was heard outside. "So," Tranz quickly said to keep Monique off the battle outside. "These guys get paid to pretend to fight?" "Y-yeah," Monique replied as a sickening thud was heard outside.
"Look, are you sure we should just ignore them out there," She finally said as her patience boiled thin. "Just relax," Tranz stated, "If there was a problem, I'd go outside to help."
A few minutes of silence and the door opened. Kim and Shego entered and sat down with a huff before laughing, proud of their accomplishment without Tranz.
"We had our fill," Shego said cheerfully, forgetting Monique was in the room and knew nothing of the sort. "Fill of what," Monique chimed as Tranz, ignoring her, said, "You banished the body," the boy never taking his eyes off the television as if this was all normal. "Of course," Kim replied before adding, "We would have saved you some, but the barrier wasn't exactly going to let us bring some to you." "That's fine," he said, "I'm full anyways."
"Full of what," Monique shouted, getting everyone's attention. "She didn't see anything?" Kim asked Tranz. "Not a thing. I told her not to worry about it." "Girl," Monique told Kim, losing the little patience she had left after Tranz not letting her watch, "What the heck's going on? What did you get your 'fill' of? What couldn't you bring Tranz? I thought that barrier only stopped demons!"
Finding the right words for Monique proving difficult, Kim sighed relief as Shego said, "Me, Kimmie, and Tranz have to eat demons after we slay them to keep our strength up and keep ourselves from becoming demons ourselves, yadda, yadda, yadda."
"Not the way I would have put it," Tranz said, "but basically she's right." "Oh," said a surprisingly calm Monique. "Is that all?" The trio nodded at her and she nodded back before fainting.
"Why do people faint when we tell them these things," Tranz asked both women, getting shrugs in return. "Well," Tranz said while scooping up Monique, "I suggest we turn in for the night. I'll put her to bed and you two can do whatever." "Right, right," Kim said as Shego commented, "I still can't believe you gave her your bed." "It's only for the week," Tranz answered, "Besides, it's not like I sleep as long as either one of you."
------------------
The next day brought Kim's turn to make breakfast between the three women, seeing as how Tranz's idea of breakfast consisted of a dead demon. She silently cursed herself while cooking, knowing that she didn't cook as well as her mother, but as far as Tranz was concerned, 'people food' was 'people food'.
During breakfast, Tranz lost himself in the paper and Kim giggled at the sight, him currently looking so similar to her father.
"Hey, you guys know that blue guy, Dr. Drakken," Tranz brought up over the silence of breakfast. "Dr. D," Shego said, "What about him?" "It says here that he pleaded insanity during his trial and that he's being committed for psychiatric help." "It's about time," Shego muttered, and Kim found herself agreeing. The man was a nutcase, and that was putting it lightly.
Before anymore breakfast conversation could continue, a familiar beeping was heard that shocked Kim a bit before she remembered it was her Kimmunicator. It had just been so long since she'd used it, or needed to know something that Tranz couldn't answer, after all, they were neck-deep in his element now.
Grabbing her device, Kim saw the beaming face of Wade on the monitor, saying, "Guess who's back in business?" Confused, she asked, "What do you mean by that?" "I mean, Kim, that Global Justice gave me access to all kinds of top-secret tech! Doctor Director filled me in on the situation and figured I'd be your best support in an emergency. Heh, demons, boy Kim, you sure don't know how to live a normal life." "So not the drama Wade," Kim replied on instinct.
Politeness kicking in, she aimed the Kimmunicator at Tranz and introduced him, a bit shocked to hear Wade saying that they'd met once before, although it was an emergency. All the while, Kim was musing over having Wade back, especially for something as insane as demon hunting.
"Oh," Wade said, "That reminds me. Global Justice grabbed some satellite photos that might give us an idea of what WEE is up to. They found a few of Gemini's henchmen studying some ruins and were able to get some hi-def photos. Dr. Director figured Tranz might know something."
He went at his computer in a blur, quickly pulling up images to Tranz, who had taken ahold of the Kimmunicator and was staring intently with the three women over his back trying to get their own look.
As images flashed by, Tranz didn't see anything that leapt up at him as important until they reached the next photo. "Wait, go back to that last one," Tranz requested, sure he saw something. As he got his wish, his blood ran cold and he backed away, dropping the Kimmunicator and accidentally running into the women behind him.
Kim grabbed up her device and looked at the picture that had Tranz about to freak. It was a crude drawing on a wall of twelve figures surrounding a giant creature with nine heads. It looked like they were doing battle with it.
"What's this supposed to mean," she asked as Tranz got to his senses, even though it looked like he'd just turned white with fear.
"I uhm…er…that is to say…" Tranz shook his head clear of the nonsense for a moment before finally focusing his mind back on business. "Wade," he said, ignoring Kim's question for a moment. "Are there any pictures of say…a fang-shaped sword?" "Well yeah," Wade answered, "There's a weird looking sword in one of the pictures." "I…see…"
Tranz started to turn around, eager to spend some time by himself to think things over. If what he thought was true, then the world was in for a heap of trouble.
Unfortunately, Shego blocked his exit, now intent on learning what scares a guy like Tranz. "Spill," was all she said.
Defeated in his attempt to escape, Tranz sat down at the table, followed by the women, Kim setting the Kimmunicator down, propped up so even Wade could get a look at him. "Okay," he finally said. "I'm going to explain what that was…but beforehand, I have to explain to you a secret I've been keeping from you." He sighed deeply, taking the small moment to himself before, "I'm going to have to tell you the legend of the Devil Kings."
Devil Kings. The two words together seemed to beckon both Kim and Shego, like the term was familiar, even though they didn't know anything of the subject. Still, something in them knew what he was talking about, and they could feel the seals that he had earlier performed on their backs beginning to grow in temperature.
"Long ago," Tranz said, "The six dragons of legend had forced demons into their own realm and set up the Great Barrier to keep them at bay. Then they founded the six clans of demon hunting. Time passed and they went on in age, they, fully aware that they were going to die, left the clans to die in peace, fearing that the clans would give into temptation and devour their flesh to gain unfathomable power. Unfortunately, for reasons no one understands, their souls refused to die out when they returned to the Source of all souls. They absorbed a great deal of power from the Source and were expelled, quickly splitting apart and inhabiting twelve individuals from birth. Six belonged to, and always shall belong to the six Dragon Clans. The other six belong to demons. Due to the amazing powers they tend to have and their vicious, mostly uncontrollable natures, they were called the Devil Kings."
Tranz took a couple of breaths, letting his story sink into everyone's minds before continuing.
"No one knows why it's always six of us versus six of them. It can't be balance, simply because the demon Devil Kings live far longer and develop their powers greater than their human counterparts. Another confusing aspect is that the power goes from one being to the next in the event of death. In other words, when a Devil King dies, its power quickly searches out a new host, most preferably a newborn for more unexplained reasons. Now…" His voice trailed off as he swallowed hard. "Remember when I told you girls that the seals on your backs were for precautionary purposes?" Kim and Shego looked at each other and nodded. "Well…that's because I am one of the Devil Kings and in sharing my spiritual essence with you in our ritual, I gave you…my power as a Devil King. Those seals are the same ones I have to hold back my powers."
Tranz stopped the story there, preparing himself for a verbal assault of hurt trust and the like, but got nothing. He looked up to the women and saw their faces, a look of expectation in them. Puzzled, he said nothing until Shego broke his silence. "Well?" "Well what," he replied. "Well aren't you telling us this stuff to tell us the important thing?"
Tranz blinked in disbelief. He looked over to Kim, who looked more eager for information than angry that she had some raging beast inside her. "You guys aren't mad," he asked finally. "Not really," Kim replied, staring at him. "Yeah, Drakken's done way worse," Shego offered. "The unexpected it part of this game, I figure," Kim said, with Shego following, "Now get to that important part, the part that makes us as scared as you looked."
"Right," Tranz slowly said. He was still amazed that they weren't miffed at him or anything. Then again, these were some amazing women he was dealing with.
"One day," he continued, "After it was apparent that our demon curse was not enough, the heavens sent down a new threat. It was a frightening monster of unimaginable power that ravaged the land, devouring the souls of demon and human alike. It was never given a name out of fear. It was like giving it a name would solidify it in our hearts and minds more than it already was. So it was called The Beast. It took all twelve Devil Kings to wage war against it and even they weren't enough. The greatest damage done to it was taking one of its fangs. All that could be done was to trap it into a world by itself, similar to that of the Demon World, except alone, it would have nothing to feed on and hopefully go dormant. The plan worked, mostly. Unfortunately, one of the Devil Kings retrieved the fang of The Beast and had it fashioned into a sword of unimaginable power. With that sword, it was said that he could carve mountains and part the heavens. It was said that his sword had enough power to destroy the Great Barrier that held demons at bay. It was even said that with that sword, he had the power to control all, destroying anything that opposed him. He took his sword and waged war against the other Devil Kings, eager to defeat and devour them, but eventually lost to a concentrated effort by all eleven of the others. The sword was then hidden away, locked in place by very powerful seals. The temple the sword was kept in was thrown into the depths of the world, and only with four hidden keys could one even hope to get to the sword. As a part of legend, it was said the locked sword could only be drawn by a demon with human blood running through its veins, so as to keep powerhungry demons from grasping it. Still…there are loopholes…"
He finally stopped his story with a shiver running down his spine. Each time he said the word Devil King in his story brought him flashes of the demon Devil Kings, and the mightiest one of them all. The thought that any one of them with that sword, and their powers could be so great that it wouldn't make sense to send any amount of resistance against them.
"So…" Kim said, piecing things together. "Gemini's men are seen studying that temple…so they want the sword…" "And you figured out that Gemini's soul is infected with the soul of a demon," Shego added. "So he could free the sword!" They both exclaimed before realizing that if the legends were true, and Gemini did get his hands on the sword, they were all doomed.
"So what's the plan," Monique asked after a way to uneasy silence. It was like the life had been sucked out of them, like the fight had already been over before it was fought. That couldn't fly, not with this kind of situation.
"Gemini obviously wants to track down the keys," Kim said. That was obvious, as was the next thing she said, "We have to find out some way to get to them first. Wade, anything you can do on your end?"
Wade thought about it a minute, "Sure thing Kim. I can start research and see if there's anything about that legend on the internet. Anything to give us clues. Do you want me to inform Dr. Director of the situation?" "Please and thank you," Kim said nodding to the boy. "No problem Kim," Wade said before his eyes widened for a moment.
"Whoa, hit on the site Kim." "Is it Gemini?" Kim quickly asked. "No, it's actually Senor Senior Senior." Tranz played with his fingers in the air as he tried to say the name in his mind. Who in their right mind goes by that kind of a name? "He's the one who put the hit out. He's challenging you Kim. He says he'll fire ICBMs if you don't come to his island hideout."
"ICBMs," Kim scoffed. He was bluffing, he had to be. Mass destruction wasn't his type of game. "Yeah Kim," Wade replied as he typed into his computer. "I've got coordinates. You going?" "Yeah," Kim sighed. "I'd better."
Kim then turned to Shego and Tranz. "Either one of you wanna come," She asked with a delightful smile. "No thanks," Tranz said. "This is the kind of stuff you did BEFORE I got here. You should be able to handle this on your own."
"Yeah," Kim quickly countered. "But without Ron…without Ron…" That tinge of pain in her stomach kicked in again as she thought about Ron's departure. He hadn't even said goodbye, he'd just said he was leaving and up and left. She really missed her goofy sidekick.
"I'll go with ya Princess," Shego said, getting out of her seat. She knew that Ron leaving was bugging Kim, even though Shego couldn't find a true use for Ron other than emergency projectile.
Wade quickly said, "Alright, I'll have a ride waiting for you at Middleton Airport."
------------------
The ride was quick enough. Wade had called in a favor from the Air Force, of all places, and after receiving thanks from a general, who was praising her on breaking into a POW camp and rescuing him, had gotten her ride from an experimental VTOL jet that had been designed for unmanned missions.
The island was, as Kim expected, lush and green, with all kinds of flora that, if she'd had some free time, she'd have loved to collect and study, but it was mission time now.
"So," Shego said as they stalked through the dense jungle, eager to find Senor Senior Senior's hideout, "How many other potentially life-threatening things have you done that I don't know about?" "Huh," Kim replied, trying to stay quiet. "You know, you broke into a POW camp, Pumpkin." "No big, I just had to avoid a dozen or so guys with automatic weapons." "Think about what they'd have done to you if they'd caught you Princess." "I try not to Shego, anyways…"
They jumped out of the way of a large, metallic, spinning object and Kim made a small laugh. "Spinning tops of doom. I didn't think he still had those…not good for jungles though…" She looked at it, tangled in the brush and laughed again before looking at Shego. "What?" "Spinning tops of doom?" Shego asked skeptically. No one in their right mind buys stuff like that… "Ron suggested them to him and he bought a few…come to think of it, the only reason he went villain was because of Ron…" "Remind me why you hang out with your sidekick again, Kimmie?"
"Because Ladies," a voice from the brush said, "All superheroes need sidekicks. It says so in the Big Book of Villainy." Senor Senior Senior walked into view and grinned at the surprised look on Kim's face. "Miss Possible," he said, "You're looking as vibrant and beautiful as ever. Ah, and Shego, the rumor was that you had left Drakken's employ and I was looking to hire you. It seems Miss Possible got to you first."
"You couldn't pay me well enough," Shego said, igniting her hands with plasma, preparing to mow down the elderly villain when Kim put her hand in front of Shego, stopping her, while asking, "Where's Junior?"
Senor Senior Senior's face fell as he looked to the ground. "That is part of why I called you here. Forgive the threat with the missiles, there never were any. I'm simply afraid that the Code of Villainy doesn't allow for a villain to openly ask their enemy for help."
"Why would I help you," Kim demanded to know. "Miss Possible, my island home was invaded. I believe you've heard of Gemini and his Worldwide Evil Empire." Kim nodded while excitement slowly crept into her. It seemed searching for Gemini might be easier than she thought. "His flunkies broke in and used some type of creature to turn my staff into…I don't know…vapors I believe and it then ate those vapors. It even grabbed Junior. I barely escaped and knew of only one person who could help."
Kim was about to offer her assistance when Shego cut her off. "Why would Gemini be interested in you, huh?" "My dear Shego," he said, "They are looking for an artifact, some sort of key that I must have acquired during my villainous career."
There could have been more to the conversation, but a low growl was heard from behind Senor Senior Senior, followed by a quick thrust of claws through his abdomen. His face showed no pain, only shock. Puzzling still was the lack of blood, even though he'd just taken a fatal blow. Black vapors started to pour from the wound, slowly growing, overtaking his body. His last words were, "Please do something, Miss Possi—" and he faded away.
The unwanted guest then inhaled the smoke that used to be a very powerful, misguided a villain. It stood eight feet tall, and it was hunched over. It looked very much like a raptor in Kim's opinion, but she had trouble making out any distinguishing markings on it. It wasn't like she had time though, as the creature quickly leapt at her.
Dodging its first move was easy for her and she quickly let her eyes swirl black, bringing out the Shadow Eye in her, Shego following suit, and they both attacked, or made an attempt to.
It was fast and kept in close proximity to the two fighters and something hit them. They weren't used to fighting so close to each other while on the same side. They were used to being able to flank their opponent and attack at different angles and paces, but the way it moved forced them to fight together, so close that they had to be careful not to hit each other.
Getting frustrated with getting nowhere, Shego lunged at it, extending her two-foot blades and lighting the plasma within them. A few slashes proving useless against its speed and she had to roll out of the way to avoid its jaws, as it snapped at her.
Kim jumped in, tackling it and wrestling it to the ground, trying her best to avoid its sharp claws and fangs, before finding herself struggling to hold back its squirming body. It eventually worked itself free and went in for the kill, attacking Kim as she tried go get up.
Shego intervened the only way she knew how, with herself. She winced in anticipation of pain as the creature's jaws made it to her body, sinking its fangs into her flesh, but there was nothing. Nothing but a black mist coming from her that seemed a little too familiar. It let go, satisfied on its blow while Kim stood still, frozen in fear, watching Shego fade away, "Kim," being the last thing she uttered before she lost her body to the vapor and was inhaled by the creature.
"Shego's gone," raced through Kim's mind as she was now alone with the creature. "She sacrificed herself…for me…Shego's gone…Shego's gone…it took her from me…"
About to act, to claim some sort of vengeance for her lost love, Kim took a step and felt her heart. It was beating strong, almost to a painful degree. She decided to ignore it and took another step, getting the same painful heartbeat. She clutched her chest as she fell to her knees, trying to fight the pain in her chest for her own good. After all, losing Shego aside, she was still in the same location as that creature.
It leapt at her and she barely found the strength to get out of the way. What was happening to her? It felt like there was something inside her, trying to get out, fighting through some type of wall or barrier…or maybe a seal?
She began to scratch at her back, feeling a burn that she'd felt during Tranz's story, only now it was scorching hot and glowing red. She could see it, a glow coming from her back, even through her outfit as she screamed, rising to her feet as she felt incredible power rushing over her.
The creature took note of her explosion in power and something compelled it to leave, quickly leaving her to her overwhelming surge of power. It was amazing and even euphoric to a degree. There was just something enticing and heavenly to the release of power in her body, like it had been held down for so long.
It finally died down, the seals on her back doing their job and forcing down the Devil King in her, letting her mind get back to business. She had to destroy that monstrosity. If not for Shego, than for any of its future victims.
Pushing her way through jungle, her mind considered that maybe the creature was working for Gemini. If that was the case, then those men in Senor Senior Senior's complex were doomed, because right now, she felt like ripping out their intestines and strangling those henchmen with them.
Finally making it through the jungle, she saw a gigantic mansion and thought of its former owner's overdone tastes for a moment before hiding. Outside was a large VTOL carrier and a few men in red jumpsuits standing outside. They were talking about something and she strained her ears to pick up the conversation.
"So," the first one said. "The Reaver came back. I'm guessing it finally caught up to that Senior Senior guy." The other two laughed before the second one added, "Yeah, I wish I could have seen it." He then stood up and tried his best imitation of Senor Senior Senior and said, "How dare you eat me, the Codes of Villainy won't stand for this!"
The act brought an uproar from the men as the third thought about it and added, "Funny thing was when it came back, it looked scared or something. I didn't think anything scared these things more than the boss."
A fourth man entered with a small metal box in his hands. He looked excited and he quickly said, "We found it! Gemini will be pleased." The others nodded as six more men left the building, boarding the carrier.
This was her only chance. She leapt into the open and attacked, finding it easy to dispatch the two men that hadn't boarded yet. It felt vindicating to smash into them and she was sure she'd broken something in both of them, but it didn't matter. She hefted one into the air with one hand and made a fist with the other, prepared to punch in his face.
"Please spare me," He shouted, eager to keep his head. "That thing didn't spare Shego!" She screamed, tears beginning to stream down her face. "Please, I don't wanna die," he pleaded as the others quickly abandoned him, finding themselves frightened of the woman. "Senor Senior Senior didn't want to die. Junior didn't want to die. Shego didn't want to die! They all died thanks to that thing of yours!"
Eager to find a way to spare his life, the man quickly spilled what he knew. "The Reaver didn't kill them!" That caught her attention. "Gemini wants a lot of power for something. He told all the teams to take one of those things. They turn people into energy. If…if you kill it instead of me, you could bring them all back!" He cringed, shaking in fear for a while until Kim dropped him and turned her attention to the carrier that was now taking off.
It hadn't even finished closing its bay door and it was already ten feet in the air. Of course, for Kim, that jump wasn't a problem.
She quickly jumped and rolled in on the door as it finally closed. She laid eyes on seven men sitting down, now staring at her, all frightened.
The two men in the cockpit looked back to see Kim beating the hell out of the poor men in the cargo hold.
"She's gonna ruin everything," The first said. He pressed a few buttons, opening the bay door in the back of the carrier. Then he pulled a release, bringing down the Reaver from a small cage that completely constrained its movements. The cage bottom separated from the cage top, which went back to the ceiling.
"What are you doing," the second one shouted. "I'm letting the Reaver take care of this while we make a getaway," the first one said to the second, who had a look of confusion and said, "If Gemini finds out we lost a Reaver after it harvested an entire island, he's gonna have our heads!" "If Gemini finds out we lost the key," the first one said, "We'll get worse!"
The second one nodded in understanding as the Reaver charged Kim, both falling out of the open bay door which closed on their exit. He only prayed the key was enough to spare them Gemini's wrath.
It wasn't a long way down, but to Kim, it seemed like it was taking forever as she fought the creature, desperate to avoid a blow from it. She didn't know if it was a lethal blow that did you in, or if even a glancing blow could spell her doom. She just had to avoid it to save Shego.
They both hit the ground hard, but didn't have time to register the pain.
The next few minutes were spent with Kim's desperate attempts to find some way to attack the Reaver without it getting ahold of her, in which case, it'd be all over. As she avoided its powerful jaws, part of her wished Ron was still here. His dumb luck would have been useful right about now.
Falling back against the wall of the mansion, Kim's arms turned white and she revealed her fans, cursing herself for not doing it sooner. She then found it easier to swat away the creature's advances.
It whipped its tail out and tripped her and before she could get to her feet, it bit into her side, ripping out, leaving a gash of black mist in her.
This was it. She was done for. As she eyed her body beginning to vanish, she desperately wished Tranz had gone with her and Shego. At least things would have been simpler. Now her mission was a failure. Her rescue of Shego was a failure. She was a failure.
No. She wasn't a failure. She was the girl that could do anything, even beat this. She stood to her feet and felt that burn on her back again, that power working against the seals on her back. She didn't fight it. She beckoned it. She willed it. The power in her obeyed.
She eyed the black mist that her body was turning into. Her left arm was gone with a chunk of her side. Her face was giving way to the shadows and it was spreading to her leg.
Backed by the power of the Devil King in her trying to break free, she grasped the fan in her right hand tightly and charged, attacking with one last, desperate slash, followed by a dozen of her spirit doubles following suit.
The Reaver couldn't dodge all the blows and felt cold steel going through its flesh on five separate occasions. It collapsed in pieces and black mist poured from its dead body like a geyser. People began to form out of it, but none Kim had ever seen before.
"Probably Senor Senior Senior's staff," she thought before she checked her own body. It was back to normal, as if she hadn't just been turning into a cloud a few moments ago.
"Kim Possible?" came the voice of Senor Senior Junior, who was thoroughly puzzled. "Last thing I remember, I was being eaten by a very large lizard," he said in a puzzled tone. "Please say it's dead. After all, I cannot be eaten. I am too sexy to eat, no?"
"No," she said dryly. In her current mood, she would probably just knock him out if he didn't stay quiet.
"Pumpkin," she heard from the crowd. "Shego!" She quickly shouted and jumped into the crowd, desperate to find Shego, who was waiting on the ground, with a look of confusion that rivaled even Junior's.
Emotion got the best of Kim. She leapt into Shego and hugged her tightly, letting tears run down her eyes. She didn't say anything, she just cried. She'd almost lost Shego thanks to one of Gemini's minions. She would never let it happen again. She'd master the Devil King in her to do it. This mission had been way too close. Still, that was later. Now all she wanted to do was cry in Shego's arms, who allowed it, stroking Kim's hair, every now and then saying, "It's okay Princess. It's okay."
Shego looked into the sky as Senor Senior Senior's workers began to get over their confusion and reunite themselves with people they knew, even Junior managed to find Senior and they hugged each other for a moment.
"Gemini's really serious about this one," she said to herself as she consoled Kim.
------------------
Deep in the headquarters of the Worldwide Evil Empire, Gemini looked over his reports. He had his first key. It had been simple enough, even though Kim Possible had apparently interfered. "Oh well," he said to himself as he eyed the next to locations, Jump and Go Cities. "So I lost all that energy from those fools. No matter. I got my prize and soon, I'll have the other keys. DELTA!"
His yell summoned a man with the delta symbol on his red jumpsuit who saluted. "Tell me Delta," Gemini hissed. "Any intel on the location of the last key?" "No sir, Gemini. We have no idea where it is."
Gemini glared at the man for a moment before pressing a button on his desk, summoning a chair next to Delta. "Delta," he said in a powerful voice. "Have a seat."
Delta complied, only to have a hole open up beneath him and swallow him into the darkness. His screams alerting the rest of Gemini's men that Delta was no longer amongst them.
"Find me that last key!" Gemini shouted, bringing his men's minds back to their work.
------------------
Ending Notes: Welcome to the end of Chapter Ten! Thanks for reading! Now the story gets rolling! What's in store for the group of demon hunters? Wait for the soon coming next chapter to find out! In the meantime, ask yourselves who those other Devil Kings are!