Chapter 26 - The Fight (Round Two)
(10:50pm, Go City Astronomy Research Lab)
Kim, Ron, and Rufus gathered at a large hole blown in the wall of the northwestern corner of the facility.
Kim was the first to see large burn marks on the side of the wall.
"I'm going to identify to see if it's consistent with all of Shego's other break-ins." the redhaired heroine said while taking out her mascara brush and compact mirror, which also served as a mini-computer and burn mark analyzer.
Ron and Rufus watched as Kim gathered the ashes and put them against the scanner of the compact-mirror computer. The burn mark analyzer part of the gadget began to scan it.
Shego's name, indeed, came up on the small screen.
"And Shego was her name-o!" Kim grinned.
However, Kim also noted something strange with those marks. Rufus observed them as well and squeaked, "Really big!"
"What's wrong, KP?" Ron asked.
"Something's not right, Ron! The burn marks Shego made here are twice the size she would normally make at other secret lab break-ins!" Kim said, putting her finger around the size of the marks.
"Maybe Drakken gave her a lot of cereal?" Ron wondered.
"She's not the type that goes for a balanced and nutritious breakfast!" Kim said with a slight grin on her face.
Kim then added, motioning Ron and Rufus to move forward, "Come along, Ron! Those two have to be around here somewhere!"
Ron and Rufus followed her.
Team Possible made their way downstairs to the center of the facility. It was a large area, but was dimly lit. Kim and Ron were barely able to see anything.
Kim and Ron were talking with Wade on the wrist Kimmunicator.
"According to my heat signatures, Drakken should be close!" Wade said while analyzing the room.
"Understood, Wade!" Kim said on the Kimmunicator before turning her attention to her BFBF.
"Keep your eyes peeled, Ron. Drakken could be lurking anywhere with his goons...and Shego!"
"I got your back, KP!" Ron exclaimed loudly and does a series of poorly-executed karate moves. Rufus even took out a small pair of binoculars.
"Ron, do you know the meaning of keeping quiet during a mission?" Kim snarled at Ron's loud voice. Calming down, she added, "We don't want to give Drakken the slip again!"
The lights, however, went out. Kim, Ron, and Rufus were trapped in a sea of darkness!
"Outage! Scary!" Rufus squeaked, hiding in his master's pocket.
"I don't think that was a power outage, Rufus..." Kim said upon hearing a familiar evil laugh.
The lights then flickered back on.
Kim looked up for the source of the laughter and found it.
"And look who's back to make an encore performance!"
Drakken was right there, standing on a platform in triumph. Lightning flashed from the windows, making his appearance this time more dramatic than usual.
"Kim Possible!" the mad scientist chuckled with glee, "You are just in time to witness my grand plan in action!"
"Drakken!" Kim sneered.
Rufus also growled as well.
"That was the most cliche of all entrances, Drakken" Ron said.
"What do you mean this time, buffoon?" Drakken asked with a slight sneer.
"Just wait until you say 'grand plan in action' and then...BOOM...a flash of lightning in the background!" Ron exclaimed. "Though that flash of lightning lacked a little more of the drama."
"Would you just please shut up, sidekick!" Drakken growled before turning to his archnemesis. "Anyways...where was I?" He was trying to remember where he was in his monologue before Ron cut him off.
"Something about your plan?" Kim asked, sighing.
"Oh yes! You're probably wondering why I am at the Go City Astronomy research lab." Drakken boasted, his evil smile returning.
Kim shrugged her shoulders and said, "Stealing technology, I bet?"
"Exactly...I..." Drakken said before grunting in frustration at Kim's nonchalant remark. "Urgh...you'll see the fruits of my evil plan in due time!"
"Second time's the charm, isn't it, Drakken?" Kim replied with a smirk.
Drakken snarled at Kim's smirk, "That sass!" His own evil grin returned, focused more on his evil plan and something else he has up his sleeve.
"I have a surprise for you and that...buffoonish boyfriend of yours!"
"Come on, you using Shego against me is going to be the same ol'-same ol'." Kim snickered at first. She had faced Shego hundreds of times before in Drakken's previous schemes, so she scoffed at Drakken's own words.
But Drakken wasn't exactly bluffing.
"Not exactly, Kim Possible! As she is about to happily demonstrate."
Drakken turned his back on Team Possible and called out in the room. "Oh Shego! We got some unwelcome guests out here! Would you mind dealing with them?"
"Sure can, Dr. D!" Shego grinned, making her entrance while somersaulting in mid-air.
She landed on her feet. A bright bolt of lightning outside the facility revealed the new battlesuit Drakken made for her, followed with a loud thunder roar.
Kim's eyes widened with surprise and shock. "No way!"
"It can't be!" Ron whimpered, intimidated by the design and sleek mix of green and black on Shego's battlesuit.
Rufus screamed and stammered.
Drakken grinned at the shocked looks of Team Possible.
"I'm afraid it is!" the blue-skinned scientist replied, "Shego's battlesuit, meet Kim Possible! Kim Possible, meet Shego's battlesuit!"
Kim's shock over seeing Shego's new outfit turned that into determination.
"I'm not scared by it!" she decreed, performing a karate stance.
"My toy that Dr. D gave me is enjoyable so far, Princess!" Shego snickered. "But I think you'll be my best test subject yet!"
"Now that we're done with the introductions to Shego's new threads, don't forget what we came here for!" Drakken replied, more confident than usual. He snapped his fingers and his henchmen appeared to either side of the two villains. Lightning flashed through the windows, punctured with thunder.
"You with the mirror thing and me with the 'family heirloom'?" Shego asked her boss.
"Exactly!" Drakken clarified. He then gave the order "Henchmen, ATTACK!"
The henchmen then charged with their staffs glowing. Kim somersaulted over the first two, knocking them out. She threw a third henchman over her shoulder and grabbed the electrical staff from that henchman and knocked out a fourth henchman with the staff. She kicked a fifith in the stomach.
Ron, in the meantime, was flapping his arms around and ran around the facility, screaming like a chicken. The henchmen tried to grab him but often butt into each other, knocking each outher out.
"Henchmen...they just aren't what they used to be anymore!" Drakken muttered.
"Fortunately, you got me around!" Shego exclaimed, firing up her hands while lightning flashed outside.
"Distract Possible for as long as you can and get the comet stone!" Drakken instructed her, "I will handle the mirror to my laser!"
"At least you're more competent this time!" Shego replied before running to Kim.
Shego stood there in a karate stance.
"Come and get me, Princess!"
"With pleasure!" Kim replied. She tried to kick Shego, but it missed.
"How did you...?" Kim gasped at the missed kick.
"State of the art, Kimmie!" Shego said, grinning, "You like it?" A flash of lightning brightened the sky.
Kim attempted to punch her in the chest but Shego, again, dodged the attack.
"So not! Green and black was so last year!" Kim insisted.
Kim tried to kick Shego again with a sweeping kick, but Shego utilized the jet pack to move out of the way. The storm continued to intensify outside.
Kim recovered herself on the floor.
"A flight pack?! That's no fair!" the redhead complied.
"Aww...that's too bad!" Shego mockingly apologized, "Because I don't fight fair anyways!" She activated her glowing hands and fired several plasma blasts at Kim.
Thanks to her cheerleading kills, Kim managed to dodge them all.
"Okay, you getting a battlesuit? Now I've seen everything! But can you dodge this?"
Kim ran up to Shego and performs a high-flying kick in the air at her. Shego simply smirked and activated her defense shield, blocking the kick.
Kim jumped off the shield and landed on her feet, in complete shock that Shego had dodged all her moves.
"How did you even get that?" she questioned.
Shego replied with a smirk, "Where else do you even think? I have an appetite for destruction so Dr. D gave me a nice little upgrade!"
Lightning continued to flash in the sky.
Shego also noticed a sign that said where the Team Go Comet Research Lab was located and also a crane with a wooden crate.
She kicked Kim in the stomach and began to run to the hallway. Kim felt the kick and slid onto the floor.
"I'd love to stay and chat, Kimmie, but the Doc has his plans to do!" Shego replied, firing a plasma blast and continuing to run in the hallway.
The blast melted the chain, causing the crate to fall and blocking the pathway between Kim and the hallway.
"This...is getting very annoying!" Kim grunted as another lightning flash illuminated the sky with thunder following.