Chapter 11:

Another rejection. Hs mood plummeted. It seems that no matter what he did he couldn't get the old man from Springfield to take him seriously. Not even The Coon took him seriously and he'd heard chatter amongst the members of the Villain League that The Coon would be better suited to their cause.

It was an insult since The Coon wasn't trying to be a villain. He was trying to be the world's greatest super hero and by happy accident became one of the most feared villains in the country.

Go big or go home. Go big or go home. He desperately tried not to give in to the urges to give up and slink away in disgrace. He wanted the world to know him. He had minions and decent villains backing him and had a new admiral since Katherine took a break from working. He hardly saw her, but Scott Malkinson was proving to be a worthy new addition that responded well to training and got along with the other minions including Fire Hazard. What more did he have to do to prove himself? Go big or go home.

"You need to let people know what you're doing." Scott Malkinson now Admiral Damnation suggested. "You have control of the local media. Use it."

He paced nervously. It was a good idea. He didn't know why he didn't think of sending out press releases before. "We still need to do more than just get rid of the old mayor and let the fat racoon suffer."

"You don't need Burns' permission to act." Fire Hazard interjected. "Just do something on your own."

"I-I still need Burns' money." He was nothing without the financial backing he received from Burns even if the old man was starting to irritate him as much as he clearly irritated Fire Hazard and Black Kitten the latter remaining absent from service.

"He's still backing us." Admiral Damnation reminded him. "Just do your own thing like Fire Hazard said."

"Don't bother calling Burns either." He had a feeling Black Kitten would agree if she were at the meeting. Both Fire Hazard and Admiral Damnation agreed they should leave Burns out of the next phase. He won't know anything until it's done.

"We prepare for the next stage." Chaos announced as minions gathered on the ground floor. "We're marching on Denver as soon as I find Black Kitten. I need all the help I can get with this one!"

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To her surprise the project was just what she needed. She even managed to work on it without her adoptive family knowing. She used Professor Chaos' old lair as a workshop which was littered with tools, metal parts, boxes, bubble wrap that hadn't been discarded and blueprints of her designs. She wasn't much of an artist, but she had basic designs for what the bots should look like and how they should function. She still didn't know exactly what Fire Hazard had planned, but she wasn't wasting her talents stealing precious gems.

Classical music reverberated around the room and she worked quickly to assemble to parts she ordered online. A quick glance at YouTube and she taught herself how to weld. Working with her hands and building things calmed her down. She wasn't as anxious.

"How's it going?" She wished Fire Hazard wouldn't sneak up on her especially not while she was using sharp tools.

"I'm working with dangerous equipment here don't do that!" She quickly gathered any tools and metal pieces that had fallen on the floor. She had a robot laid out on the work bench in front of her. It was the first prototype she was to build and had yet to assemble it.

"Sorry." Fire Hazard handed her a tray of coffees. Four double espressos. It was just what she needed.

"I'm not finished the first prototype." She downed two coffees before attaching arms to a metal torso. "I still need to test it when it's done before I even build the rest and I need more parts."

"Just take the money from old man Burns." Fire Hazard left her to finish her work.

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"Get off my property!" Not even her adopted daughter was happy to see him on the house.

"Please!" He whined. Tears – probably fake – streamed down his flabby cheeks. "I can't take this anymore!"

"What do you want me to do about it?" She wasn't in the mood to deal with this crap. She actually enjoyed the free time forced retirement had given her. "I'm not the mayor anymore."

"Please come back!" He wailed. She was stunned. Despite his efforts to have her removed from office he actually wanted her back as mayor of South Park. She had a feeling it was only because the laws Chaos passed were making him suffer.

"Forget it kid, I'm retired."She didn't know how she would take her job back from a ten-year-old. She didn't even want to continue a career in politics anymore because no one not even her political rivals took her seriously after she lost her last election to Mitch Conner.

"Did you lose weight?"Katherine asked as his grovelling started to get pathetic.

"T-two pounds."Cartman sobbed. "Please, Chaos isn't fit to be mayor."

"Move along kid."Barbrady shooed him away as he and Officer Alexander McDaniels returned from their shift for dinner.

"Beat it Fat Ass before I kick your balls in."Katherine slammed the door in his face since Cartman wasn't welcome at their manor house.

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She worried about her. Katherine still seemed exhausted and overwhelmed. She wished the kids had told her before sending her in as a spy. She sighed. Kat's room was a mess. Every now and again she picked up after her kids and they were in the process of redecorating Katherine's room so the manor would feel more like home since her adoption was finalised.

"For the love of god!"She hated standing on leggo bricks especially when she had no shoes on. She often told her kids to pick them up and not to leave them on the stairs.

She was about to throw the leggo brick she stood on in frustration before realising it wasn't leggo at all. "What the hell?"

She held a decent sized ruby in the palm of her hand and noticed the gem was real and not a plastic toy. A quick search of Katherine's room yielded more gems and a black satchel bag full of stolen jewels including a pearl necklace similar to one Barbrady had given her for their anniversary the previous year.

"George!"She had a feeling that Katherine may have been responsible for a string of robberies Barbrady and Alexander were investigating and after learning about Katherine's role in Professor Chaos' Legion of Doom it started to make sense.

She found more jewels in Katherine's backpack and a leather bound book with a skull adorning the cover. "George!"

She was concerned because Katherine didn't need to steal. Her new living arrangements were permanent and she had a family that wanted her. She started to feel guilt as she showed her husband the stolen items. She wondered if the kid was still angry and upset because she had sent her into foster care.