DISCLAIMER: Kim Possible" and all characters within (c) The Walt Disney Company and its related entities. Kim Possible created by Mark McCorkle & Bob Schooley. All rights reserved. (These sentences are owned by Sobriety). I don't do this story with the goal to make money, but if you want to sue, I've enough money to counterattack.
SUMMARY: Kim disappeared four years, and nobody knows what she did. Now she is back, and everything will be different…or not? Kigo.
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Hello hello, dear reader! Here is your new chapter, full of teasing, full of flash back! I hope you will enjoy it!
To speak about the whole story, I will have finished putting it on my computer before tonight I think, and I will post the chapter at a rhythm of one per week! It should stop at the 17th chapter, so you should have the end by middle April…And maybe I will have find a betareader at this time to redo the story ^^.
KP FF: After College, from a picture and an idea of Sapphicspencil
Chapter 12
They had spent a calm evening with Cathy and Lucie, and they were again in Kim's room, ready to go to bed.
Let's be honest: I don't hate sleeping beside her. Shego thought.
Well, it's mainly because you didn't have someone to do that in a really long time. Her mind commented.
Hey! Her, she didn't mind what I look like: she doesn't care.
Yeah, as if you didn't already thought that about people who just wanted to be laid…
Well, I'm pretty sure she is not like that…And she didn't really pushed me until now.
Yes. And it's not like we want to be laid by her, isn't it? Her mind snickered.
-"Humm…Shego?" Kim asked.
-"Huh?"
The life went back to Shego's blank stare.
-"You were just staring blankly at my bed. Is everything fine?"
Shego just leaned on the bed before answering:
-"Yeah, everything is fine. I just spaced out a little." She added: "Come here." While pointing the space near her.
-"I can? Really?" The redhead seemed ecstatic.
-"Don't put too much thoughts on it, lie there and tell me how you become the head of a gang."
Kim pouted.
-"You don't want anything else from me?"
-"Do you want to sleep on the floor, Pumpkin?" Shego deadpanned.
-"Hey, it's my room and my bed…"
-"Do you really think I give a fuck?"
Kim sighed and switched off the light. Shego heard some rustlings sounds before Kim sneaked under the cover until she rested against Shego's side.
-"So, it happened in my office…"
-"Kim!" Shego interrupted.
-"Yes?" Kim asked, innocently.
-"Why are you naked?"
-"Are you sure I'm naked?" Kim's voice was the very picture of innocence.
-"Yeah, I'm sure. My hand is resting on your breast, so I'm…"
Shego stopped right there. She could feel the smile which radiated from the redhead face, threatening to split her head in two.
-"Fuck you, Possible, I…"
Kim interrupted her with a purr.
-"You're sure about that?"
-"Yes! I mean, no!...I mean…" Shego didn't know anymore what to say.
Kim laughed and embraced the green-skinned woman.
-"That's fine, I was just teasing."
Shego relaxed in the embrace, and Kim began to talk.
Ten months ago:
Kim sighed. She was seated behind her desk, in her office of the "Entre L" with a bunch of bills in front of her. It had been almost two months since she had got rid of the gangs of her quarter, and she was beginning to wonder if that had been a good idea.
Sure, they were not racketeering the shops or selling drugs, but without a boss, it seemed vandals, small fries and little dealers were everywhere.
In each dark street, there were people selling strange products; the number of act of thievery and of hold-ups had increased alarmingly, and new graffiti and broken glasses could be found every morning.
Kim had tried to stop them, but there were too much targets, not only one big target to attack to scare the others.
And with the gang's war raging in other quarters, the cops didn't seemed to have time to take care of such small fries.
Well, it's a little because of me…I should really find a way to stop that. Kim was thinking when someone knocked at her door.
-"Yes?"
Sophie entered the room.
-"Someone wants to meet you. He said it was important, and he is waiting outside."
-"What does it look like?"
-"Well…Hmm, remember the men who came to see you a night, like a month ago? Same look, same black suit."
Kim groaned.
-"Grr…Okay, I'll take care of him."
Kim went downstairs, crossed the dance floor and came outside. The man was here, waiting.
-"Miss Possible?"
-"What do you want?" Kim asked, not willing to be polite.
-"I have a proposition, and I wanted to know if I could borrow some of your time to explain it."
Kim stared at him. He was…asking? If he could BORROW her time? Quite different of what she was expecting. He wasn't pushing her, and she did have some free time, so she took her decision.
-"We can go discuss in my office."
-"Well…I wanted to explain it while walking in the quarter, if you don't mind."
Once more time surprised, Kim accepted.
-"So, who are you exactly?"
-"Oh, sorry. I'm Kaneth. Kaneth Naer."
Seeing the blank expression of the redhead, he smiled.
-"I should have guessed my name wouldn't ring a bell. Well, it's not really important. Let's walk, I will expose my ideas."
They began to walk, joining the shopping street of the quarter. They were silent, Kim waiting for Kaneth to say something. Suddenly, he spoke:
-"What a shame." He said, while pointing the graffiti on the walls. "And to think that not so long ago, there weren't any. The quarter was shining and flourishing."
-"So what? Want me to invest to bring the quarter to what it was before."
-"Not really. Do you know why this is happening to this place?"
-"Well, no. Not really. It's a recent development. The quarter was calm just some months ago."
-"Didn't it happen after you pushed the gangs out of the quarter?"
Kim thought about that, and answered:
-"Well, it began one or two weeks after, but I don't think it's linked: I pushed them out, like you said, and it doesn't seem they want to come back."
Kaneth sighed.
-"I see…So, you really don't know how it works."
-"What do I don't know?"
-"Let me explain: you think all the crimes are linked to the gangs, like all the "little" ones which are destroying the quarter, right?"
Kim nodded.
-"In fact, it's the contrary: when a gang controls a quarter, it doesn't want any problem with the cops. So, it takes care that all these little problems don't happen: it scares the hooligans, the breaker, the thieves…Yes, it bring other illegal activities, but they are generally confined inside buildings."
-"So basically, you're saying that when I kicked the gangs out, I opened the Pandora's Box."
-"Yes."
-"I see. And what is your position in this situation?"
-"Well," He smiled, "I'm the hope, left in the box."
Kim stopped, surprised. Then she understood.
-"You're here to convince me to let the gangs come back in the quarter."
Kim began to back away and Kaneth blocked her path.
-"No, no! Wait! You're misunderstanding."
Seeing she seemed to be willing to listen to him, although her glare was anything but friendly, he sighed and began to explain.
-"I'm not from a gang. Well, I was but due to some events that happened during the current war, I was…well, let's say fired. But they decided it was not enough, and…well, there are some person who could be after me…"
Kim's glare shifted slightly: it now was saying: "Why should I care?" Kaneth saw the change, and quickly went back to his explanation.
-"When I was fired, it was my whole group which went down with me. I'm young, I inherited the position from my father two years ago; and without any help in my gang, I could do nothing to prevent my fate. With the running war, we have nowhere to go. But, everybody has heard of the situation of your quarter: the gangs have no authority here."
-"Let me put this straight: you want me to let your gang take over the quarter from where I kicked out other gangs, and let my reputation protects you?"
-"Well, your point of view is a little biased and we could work on the details but basically, yes, that's what I have in mind."
Kim, surprised by the fact he didn't deny it, reacted nonetheless angrily.
-"Three words: Why should I?"
-"Well, for one thing, because of that." Kaneth said while pointing graffiti. "With a gang, you will avoid these types of problems."
-"That's all?"
-"No. In fact, the criminality rate should drop drastically if a gang reigns on the quarter." He took a break, then added: "And there is still the matter of the other gangs: the war won't last forever and the gangs you offended won't forget you. And, even if they forget, they would still conquer the quarter, just to affirm their power."
Kim began to think. She didn't like the idea to let a gang in the quarter but Kaneth had a point: alone, she stood no chance against the gangs. Even if she could survive, it would be difficult to protect everyone else.
-"What do you plan to do exactly?" She asked, hesitantly.
-"I want to start back some of the previous businesses: the receiving, the sales of illegal products, the illegal gambling, and contributions for the shops…"
-"You'll keep extorting money from the shops?"
-"Yes. After all, we will make sure there are no more thieveries, degradations…Let's say it will be a security fee."
He stopped, then added.
-"Listen, Miss Possible: we're in a situation where none of us can loose, and where we can win a lot: if you accept, we will have a defense against the gang and you too, and this quarter will be back to the calm and peace. If you refuse, we will just have to move in another place, and you'll be still in the current situation…"
Kim stayed silent.
-"Miss Possible?"
-"Next week."
-"What?"
-"We will meet next week at my club. I will give you my answer."
-"Fine. See you in a week."
-"Oh, and a last thing: bring all of your men too."
-"All of them?"
-"All of them."
Back to present:
-"So, I guess you gave him a positive answer."
Kim, nestled against the thief, smiled.
-"Well, you'll learn that the next time. Now, we should sleep."
-"Kimmmmmiiiie." Shego whined.
-"Hey, it's really late. And stop whining, you're creeping me."
Shego sighed.
-"Do we have something to do tomorrow morning?"
-"Hum, no…"
-"So, we can sleep until noon. So, spill how you became a gang's head."
-"But…"
-"And you'll spend more time in bed with me."
Kim stopped, and a smirk reached her face.
-"I thought you didn't want to sleep against me because you didn't like it."
The answer was mumbled, and Shego's skin became a darker shade of green.
-"Didn't say…n't like it…not so bad…"
Kim giggled.
-"You're so cute when you are blushing."
She sat up and, watching Shego from above, began to down her face toward the one of the other woman, whose blush intensified.
When their heads were only separated by some centimeters, Shego turned hers.
-"Don't do that, Pumpkin."
-"Why?"
-"Because I don't want to do that…"Shego answered.
Kim pouted.
-"But wouldn't you like that?"
Shego didn't answer. Kim finally sighed, and went back to nestle on the side of the green woman.
-"So, I thought about the proposition for a week, and when the day of the meeting came…"
Ten months ago:
Kim was a little tense. No, screw that: she was bordering the nervous breakdown. She would have to take a decision which could change all she had been until now, in just some hours. She was about to debate about her decision again – only the three hundred twenty seventh time, told her mind – when she was interrupted by a knock at the door. She went to open it herself: tonight was the night off of the club, and she was alone.
The room quickly filled with people. When all of them were inside, she closed the door and motioned to Kaneth to follow her. He obeyed, taking two other people with him.
They went up to Kim's office, and settled around the desk.
-"Why the two other?" Kim asked.
-"Oh, right. I present you Fred, my lieutenant who had always stood by my side, and Virginie, our secretary, lawyer and logistic assistant."
They greeted her, and Kaneth kept talking.
-"They are always taking decisions with me about the gang. In fact, we learned about your rebellion by Virginie. So, what is your answer to our proposition?"
-"I considered it all the week, and I came to a conclusion: you're right about the atmosphere of the quarter. So, to improve it, I will allow your gang to stay here. But there will be conditions…"
-"Conditions?" Virginie asked. "You want to make a contract?"
-"Yes, something like that."
Kaneth asked:
-"We don't have too much of a choice. So, what are your conditions?"
-"I will allow you to start back your activities: gambling, receiving and sales of illegal products are fine. But I don't want any drugs on the market in this quarter: I discover one, you're wiped. I don't want any thievery either, nor hold-ups, and if you can stop the graffiti, even better. Last thing, I don't want any prostitution and racket."
Fred was about to say something but Kaneth stopped him.
-"Can we have a little time to talk about that between us before answering?"
-"Yes. I will be downstairs, chatting with your men."
Kim left them and went into the main room. The people gathered there seemed bored, some chatting, some just watching around.
She sighed, and asked loudly:
-"Anybody here who have experience in bar work?"
Head turned toward her as the conversations died. Two hands rose: one hesitantly, owned by a young man and one with assurance from a middle aged man.
-"What did you do?"
-"Hum, I did a little of service during holydays…"
-"You?" Kim asked the other.
-"I worked behind the bar for some years…"
-"Okay." She threw a key to the old one, and dragged the young one while saying to everyone else: "Your bosses are thinking about my proposition: in the meantime, the bar is open."
One half hour later, when Fred went down to warn her they had finished, he was surprised to find her serving drinks and taking orders. Seeing him, Kim stopped, quipped something to the barman and went to him.
-"Have you finished?"
-"Yes." Fred hesitated a little, then asked: "What were you doing?"
-"Well, they were bored, so I decided I should do something about that. And since they don't seem like the type who love to dance…" She shrugged.
Fred just shocked his head, stunned.
Kim sat behind her desk, waiting to hear their counter proposition. Kaneth spoke first:
-"We are accepting your conditions on gambling, receiving and illegal products. For the drugs, it will cost us, but we thought it was a no-negotiable point for you, so we dropped it." He stopped when Kim agreed, then continued: "For the thieveries and hold-ups, we can only promise to you there won't be any from our men. For the prostitution, well, you can't really prevent it. So, we would like to propose one brothel in the quarter, with strict regulation. And, sorry about that, but we are not willing to concede the racket. But we can discuss about the amount asked, if you really want."
Kim closed her eyes and began to think about their terms. Nobody spoke and finally after five minutes, she opened them and told them her proposition:
-"I'm fine with the thieveries and hold-ups, and you agreed for the drugs. I'm not really convinced about the brothel, but I'm willing to give a try. For the racket, if you don't drop it, I want to fix the price: ten percent of the benefits of the businesses. No more. Oh, and one last thing: I want fifty percent of your benefits!"
-"What?" The trio screamed.
-"My name will protect you, and I won't really have any control on what you will do in my quarter, so I want a compensation. But for that amount, if another gang tries to obliterate you, I will defend you. And remember, only if you are attacked, not the one attacking."
Kaneth smiled sadly.
-"We don't have too much choice, isn't it?"
-"No."
He sighed.
-"Okay. Virginie, prepare the contract, please, I will announce the new to the members." But before leaving, he stopped and asked: "What will you do with the money?"
Kim smiled.
-"Oh, I have some projects…"
Back to present:
-"You're incredible, Pumpkin, you know that? There are people who try to set up a gang all their life without succeeding and you, you snap your fingers and, tadaaam, it's done."
-"Yeah, well, I didn't really had to do much, everything was there."
They stayed silent, before Shego asked:
-"Want me to come with you when you will meet with the others gang's head?"
-"Yes, thanks. And now, time to sleep: I want my beautiful dreams."
-"I won't even ask what you will dream of…" Shego muttered.
-"You're sure?"
-"Sleep!"
