I don't own these characters; Disney does. I do own Trin, Shin (the non-cute one), and Tatsu. Shin (Kim and Shego's child) belongs to Blackbird. Ryuijin and Mirage are owned by YogurthFrost. This story is based on a concept and several pictures by YogurthFrost.

5.5: Graveyard

Jessica was babysitting Shin again. Neither of them minded and Shin suggested that they leave the house to get a hotdog, which was a comfort food for the child. Jessie had no problem with that, so they went to a burger place that Shin was familiar with because the familiar brought the child comfort, too. They had their favorite hotdogs and shared a basket of fries.

"You're starting to eat like your cousin," Jessie noted as Shin took a huge bite out of her chilidog that was covered in shredded cheese and onions. Of course, the little girl had picked up the idea of eating chilidogs with those toppings from her cousin.

"It's good!" Shin insisted with her mouthful.

Jessie shook her head. "You're lucky you don't have to worry about what it does to your breath."

Shin made a sour face. "It makes your breath stinky. I smelled Ryujin's after he ate four. I couldn't believe he ate four." Awe sparkled in her emerald eyes.

Jessie smiled. "I'm happy he found someone to be impressed with his chilidog eating skills. Do your moms let you eat chilidogs?"

Shin, ever the honest child, shook her head. "No, but they let me eat them with Ryujin. Just not all the time, so that makes it a treat." She smiled.

Jessie had to smile in return. "All right. I'll be sure to let them know you had one today, so they know you had a treat."

The child nodded in agreement. "When do you think Mom and Momma will be back?"

"As soon as they can, cutie. You know they're not going to stay away from you longer than necessary."

Shin beamed at that and nodded her approval. She then focused on her chilidog. She ate slowly, undoubtedly thinking about her mothers. Jessie offered her a smile, even though she knew if was a meaningless gesture. Shin's mind was a million miles away for the moment. Jessie picked at her own food until something outside caught her attention.

"Mom?" Jessie could not believe her eyes, or other sensors for that matter.

Outside, wandering up the street was her mother. Of course, Vivian was in disguise, which was an easy thing to do thanks to Vivian's mastery of nanotechnology. She wished her mother had been more original than to use what she looked like twenty-five years ago. But, she seemed to be pulling it off, which was good because it meant that there was no massive panic or angry mob after her.

Jessie was torn between getting up and bolting over to her mother and staying with Shin to comfort the child. She ended up slitting the difference, grabbing the little girl and rushing out of the restaurant. She did not even bother to throw down money for the meal since she still paid for things despite hanging out with members of the Elect.

"My hot dog!" Shin cried, reaching out for the delicious food.

"Mom!" Jessie called as she trotted up to Vivian.

Vivian turned around as her daughter caught up to her. She looked a little amused by Jessie holding Shin tucked underneath her arm, like a little green book. Shin certainly was not amused.

"Jessie! What happened to hot dogs?" Shin inquired, but she was ignored.

"Mom, what are you doing out here?" Jessie asked.

"I was just looking around. I wanted to see what your home was like," Vivian replied.

"Come with me," Jessie ordered, not giving her mother much choice in the matter. She grabbed Vivian with her free hand and dragged her mother to the restaurant where she and Shin were eating. The blond scientist did not resist her.

Shin was placed back in her chair and then Jessie grabbed another chair for her mother to sit in. Jessie flopped down in her seat and did a quick scan of the food to make sure no one had tampered with it for the short time that they were gone. Thankfully, everything came up clear because Shin dived right back into her chilidog.

"So, not only did Shego end up with the Emperor's wife, but also Drakken's missing experiment," Vivian commented, glancing over at the little girl.

Shin froze at the mention of the emperor and her creator. Jessie instantly reached across the table and held onto the child's hand for several long seconds. Shin took a deep breath and then managed to remain calm. Jessie withdrew her hand and Shin went back to eating. Jessie turned her attention to her mother.

"We don't mention those people around, Shin. She's Kim and Shego's daughter, as I am your daughter," Jessie informed her mother. Shin looked interested, clearly following the conversation, but respectfully staying quiet.

"And, yet, your demeanor now is much like your ma's personality. So, you babysit when they go out for battles?" Vivian asked curiously.

"They need someone to watch her and I'm not a soldier. They don't want her fighting," Jessie answered.

"Oh, you mean like I did with you?" Vivian snapped.

Jessie frowned. "I didn't say that. Don't put words in my mouth. Besides, I wanted to help because I love you, Mom. I wanted to be a part of what you were doing. You gave me the means to help when you upgraded to nanotechnology and so I volunteered. I wanted to be Mirage."

"Then why did you to stop helping?" Vivian pled.

"Because being out in the world showed me so many things, wonderful things. So many things that you told me about, and showed me, and I felt, but only experienced when I left. I made friends, including this one." Jessie reached over and ruffled Shin's hair.

Shin giggled and then her gaze drifted to Vivian. "You're Jessie's mom?" she asked in a polite, quiet tone. She smiled at the scientist, which Vivian responded to.

Vivian smiled and nodded. "Yes, this is my little girl."

Shin's smile grew. "Jessie says you're really nice and smart."

"You talk about me, Jessie?" Vivian asked in shock.

"General things and always good. Shin and I have having two mothers in common, so when she talks about her mothers, I tell her about mine. We have a lot of fun together. It's like having a little sister," Jessie said with a smile.

Vivian chuckled. "Had I known you wanted a baby sister, I'd have obliged you."

Jessie shook her head. "I liked having you to myself. This little sister goes back to other mothers at the end of the day." She smiled at Shin, who smiled back.

Vivian nodded. "So, what do you two do together?"

Shin lit up; they were on a subject that she could handle. They both began talking about what they did when their loved ones were out fighting. Vivian hung on to their every word, smiling softly.

-8-8-8-8-

Shego clutched the body of the fallen Kigo-one, taken out by someone from her own side. She held the girl to her, tears sliding from her eyes without a thought. Her heart was heavy and then anger, righteous indignation flared in her belly.

Her glow erupted all over her body, blazing like an out of control fire. She took off after Try-Acid like a bat out of hell, actually propelling herself forward with her powers to move faster and burning the ground as she did so. She rocketed past Kim, who had been fighting Try-Acid until he retreated and Bebes blocked her path. Shego was also blocked, but she bowled through them. Unfortunately, more Bebes came to block each time she went through them.

"Shego!" Kim called, but the green-skinned woman ignored her. Kim knew that something happened to make Shego so outraged. She scanned the area for where Shego was to find what had occurred. She noticed some clones that were lifting what looked a body.

"Kim, that's the clone Shego fights," the Toltec reported.

"Dammit," the hero growled and she charged over there.

Kim fought off the clones, who were fleeing anyway. Junior must've called a retreat. When they were gone, Kim got a good look at Kigo-one. The Toltec scanned the girl to tell Kim what her own eyes and common sense had already concluded. Still, she lifted Kigo-one into her arms and searched for a medic.

"Medic!" Kim called though the clouds of dirt and ash. "Medic!" Her voice was lost to the noise of the enemy's retreat. "Medic!"

"Kim …" the Toltec said, but wisely did not finish that sentence.

"Medic!"

Shego particularly appeared next to Kim as the battlefield cleared. She pointed to Trin in the distance and Kim rushed to get to the blond. Shego was right behind her.

"Trin save her!" Kim begged as she presented Kigo-one to her sister.

"Save her fucking now, Doctor Blondie!" Shego roared, taking the doctor by the collar.

Trin turned her attention to the fallen warrior. A golden eyebrow arched, but she felt for a pulse, even with their leader's hands still on her collar. Blue eyes glanced at Shego, but ultimately Trin turned to Kim, who was getting out of the Toltec for a better look.

"She's dead," Trin reported the obvious.

"No! You fucking save her, Trin! This is our fucking daughter, Trin! You fucking save her!" Shego commanded in a roar.

"Can't you use the green serum?" Kim implored.

"For the gaping hole in her chest?" Trin asked incredulously.

Shego grabbed the blond roughly by the throat. "You fucking fix her, goddamn it!"

"Shego!" Kim screamed while Shadow Hand stepped up to grab the western ruler.

"Let me go," Shego said in a deathly calm tone.

"You can't kill our top doctor over a girl that's dead already," Shadow Hand pointed out.

"She's my daughter! I can't give up on her and you can't give up on your niece!" Shego countered.

Trin sighed. "Set up an examination table."

People moved at the speed of light to do what the blond ordered. Kim put the body down as soon as the table was prepared. They stripped off what armor they could, which was not much since most of it was melted onto the girl's body, and Trin conducted an examination with Shego and Kim breathing down her neck.

"As much as I would like to save her, but the blast completely destroyed her heart. Her heart is gone. She's gone," Trin stated the obvious.

"Trin, please," Kim whimpered with tears in her eyes.

"Sis, there's nothing I can do. The blast destroyed her heart, not to mention her lungs and a huge section of her spine. You two keeping me here is just keeping me from helping someone who can be saved because this girl shares your DNA. What about the soldier that bled for you and the freedom of everyone else? Should that person die while I'm forced to work on a girl that is already dead?" Trin demanded.

Shego glanced away while Kim put her head down. Trin took that as being dismissed and moved to direct the medics. Shego and Kim looked down at the daughter they did not know.

"We have to tell Shin," Kim whispered as she wiped away tears.

Shego opened her mouth to object, but changed halfway through. "She probably would like to say goodbye, right?"

"They might have a history," Kim said.

"We'll see," Shego sighed.

"I wish we knew …" The redhead was not sure how to finish that statement. There were so many things she wished that they knew. She wished they knew Kigo-one as a person, she wished that they knew her relationship with Shin, and she wished that they knew how to save her before things got to this point.

"I know, Princess. I know," Shego whispered.

Kim was not sure what to say, so she just hugged Shego around the waist. Shego returned the embrace and they mourned the child that had tried to kill them, they mourned for the child that had not been allowed to live her own life, and they mourned for the child that had not been given the choice to have her own life. They could not believe the pain of losing a child that was theirs only in blood and had been little more than a weapon, a tool, and a pawn for Junior.

"Junior's a dead man for this," Shego decided. Of course, she had planned on killing him for plenty of other things before this.

-8-8-8-8-

"I don't understand why the Emperor called a retreat," Try-Acid huffed. He and Hyperion were waiting in a conference room for Junior and Drakken and Hench.

"Really? Have looked at your body?" Hyperion replied in a somewhat haughty tone.

Try-Acid growled, showing that he was aware that his body was somewhat falling apart. Hyperion paid him no mind. Seconds later, the men that they were waiting on entered the room. Junior was the only one that sat down.

"Gentlemen, that was pathetic. Thankfully, one of the weakest links was eliminated," Junior said with a smile. "Good job, Try-Acid."

"My pleasure to follow that order. Kigo-one was a disappointment, right, Father?" Try-Acid asked, his attention pinned on Drakken.

"Yes, she was, Adam. She was a waste of DNA material," Drakken agreed.

"While we don't have to worry about her, there are still problems to address. The Bebes need to react more than they are. They need to be faster. The clones need more work all around. They were almost useless. Fix those issues," Junior ordered with a snarl. The look in his eyes told them that they were walking a very fine line with the Emperor right now. Of course, that was always the case when someone worked for Junior.

"Yes, sire," Drakken and Hench said at the same time.

"How?" Junior demanded.

"We can feed them both battle information to them and make sure they know how Shego and her misfits fight," Drakken offered.

"Then do it and, while you're at it, improve Try-Acid's defenses. How can he an elite warrior when Kim Possible almost defeated him by tackling him," Junior pointed out.

"Of course, I will. I won't let that busybody hurt my son if I can help it," Drakken proclaimed. "Come, Adam. We'll fix those malfunctioning orbs and then work on how to bring down Kim Possible."

"Of course, Father," Adam obeyed and the pair left, fully confident that they could destroy Kim and would.

-8-8-8-8-

Shego's forces gathered everything that they needed from the battlefield and returned to the safety of Isabella. There were some Bebes that were picked up for Wade to study and a couple of fallen clones that Junior's retreating troops did not take with them. They all chalked it up as a win, but Shego and Kim left quickly, feeling strange loses over the dead clones, especially Kigo-one.

The couple returned to their home, finding Jessie and Shin on the way there. Vivian was still with the pair, which earned Jessie a stern look from Shego. Kim grabbed Shin into a hug, holding her tightly.

"Are you two all right?" Jessie asked because of their long faces. The stress lines around their eyes and mouths told stories that their mouths would not be able to share.

"The battle was just harder than we expected," Shego replied, her voice rough and tired.

"What happened? Should I go see Ryujin?" Jessie inquired in a shaky voice.

The western ruler shook her head. "That might not be a good idea. He's helping bring the wounded in. He's physically fine, though. You should see him later." While they had not told him about the clone dying, she knew how news traveled. She considered that a sensitive lad like Ryujin might feel some sorrow over the loss of his cousin.

Jessie nodded, but they all knew that she was going to go to Ryujin as soon as she could. Shego and Kim each took one of Shin's hands and walked off, not even bidding Jessie farewell. Shin looked up at her mothers and her eyes began clouding with worry.

"Where we going?" Shin asked, her voice low now, as if she were scared that she might frighten her parents away.

"We need to talk with you for a second," Shego answered, trying her best to sound normal. She knew that she failed miserably when large emerald eyes only got wider.

Shin held their hands tighter. "I'm scared. You're acting weird."

"We know, baby, but this important," Kim replied. "I'm sorry we're scaring you."

Shin gulped and nodded. They walked in silence for a while, going into the building that housed Trin's office. Shin smiled, probably thinking that they were going to visit her Aunt Trin, but when she looked up at her mothers and saw that their expressions had not changed, her smile vanished. They came to a door and stopped. Both adults kneeled before Shin.

"Mom, Momma, what's going on?" Shin asked, her voice shaking. She refused to let go of their hands, even though her eyes were starting to water and she wanted to wipe her eyes before the tears fell.

Kim took a deep breath. "Now, baby, we know you don't like talking about the time before you came to live with us, but we need to tell you about Kigo-one."

Shin nodded, but sniffled. "You're not gonna send me back, right? I don't wanna go back. Nobody was nice to me there and … and … and they hit me. And … nobody gave me hugs or read me stories or cooked with me …" Her bottom lip trembled as tears slid down her cheeks. Her mothers immediately grabbed her into an intense embrace.

"Don't worry, Peewee, we're not sending you anywhere," Shego promised in hard tone, letting their daughter know that she meant it.

"We just want to give a chance to say goodbye to Kigo-one if you need to," Kim explained.

"Goodbye?" Shin echoed with a sniffle.

"Yeah, goodbye. You see, earlier at the battlefield, Kigo-one was fighting against us," Kim said.

"We were made to fight," Shin whispered. "Did Kigo-one get hurt like me? Aunt Trin could fix her up like me. Make her owies go away like she did for me, right? Make all of the bad thoughts stop. Aunt Trin could do that," she insisted.

Kim could not help the sorrowful smile that worked its way onto her face. It was touching to see how much faith the child had in Trin. It was unfortunate that faith was about to be shaken, maybe even shattered by reality.

"Aunt Trin tried munchkin, but she couldn't make Kigo-one's owie go away. Do you get what we're trying to say, Peewee?" Shego asked.

Even though Shin shook her head, her tears indicated that she did understand. "But, Aunt Trin can fix everybody …"

"Not everybody, sweet pea," Shego whispered and rubbed the child's back.

Shin sniffed and wiped her eyes. "I don't mean to cry. Don't know why I'm crying. She wasn't nice to me, not like you or Jessie or Ryujin. She never hugged me or anything, but she might not have known what hugs were. She wasn't mean like the Emperor either. She didn't hit me or push me around. She didn't yell at me like our creator."

"It's okay. We understand," Kim replied. After all, she and Shego were experiencing confusing emotions, too. They did not know Kigo-one, but she was their blood and they felt a loss with her death.

"Can I say goodbye?" Shin requested.

"Of course," Shego answered.

Shego opened the door and Shin took both of her mothers' hands before they entered the room. The room was dark for the most part and there was an examination table. A body lay covered on the table and the family stepped over to it.

"Is this Kigo-one? Is she taking a nap?" Shin asked, even though she knew that was not the case. There was so much hope in her voice, denial of the plain and simple truth.

"No, she's not taking a nap. She …" Shego turned to Kim for support to avoid saying the wrong thing.

"She's in a better place now, Shin," Kim said.

"She died," Shin said blandly. "We were around death a lot, even though we really didn't know what it was. The creator wanted us to kill people, especially you. We were supposed to make you dead. Instead, she got dead." She squeezed their hands harder and sobbed. "I'm happy it wasn't you!"

Shego and Kim fell upon their daughter again with tight embraces. Shin bawled, out of sorrow, elation, and everything in between. Her parents joined her with soft cries of their own.

"I'm happy it wasn't you," Shego admitted. "I just wish we could've saved her, too. I wish we could save them all."

Kim's embrace shifted, making sure she was touching Shego now, too. They were silent for a long moment. Eventually, Shin reached out and touched the cover over Kigo-one.

"I wish you could've been fixed by Aunt Trin. Then, you coulda met our moms and been in our family, but I'm glad you didn't kill Momma like you were supposed to. At least you don't have to follow the Emperor anymore. Goodbye, Kigo-one," Shin whispered. "May we leave now, please and thank you?"

"Of course. Let's go," Kim replied.

The family returned home. Shego and Kim took turns on having hot showers to make sure Shin was not alone. They cooked and ate dinner, watched a movie, and retired to bed rather early. They all went to Kim's bed that night, but no one fell asleep.

"Momma, Mom, I think I feel bad that Kigo-one is gone," Shin eventually said, her voice still low and somewhat confused.

"It's okay to feel bad. Do you want to talk about her or how you feel?" Kim asked.

Shin nodded. "I'm not sure how I feel. I'm all jumbled inside. We were the only kigos that were awake and … I dunno. I just feel weird. She wasn't … close to me, I guess. She wasn't like you, like I said before. She wasn't kind to me, but she wasn't mean. She didn't hit me, but she didn't help me when I got hit. I dunno …"

"It's okay, Peewee. Take your time," Shego said, petting Shin's head.

Shin's brow wrinkled. "I'm sad. Should I be sad?"

"Yes. It's all right to be sad when someone you know dies," Kim assured the child.

Shin nodded. "I didn't know … I didn't think dying … death was so … I dunno … I mean, can she come back?"

Kim leaned down and kissed their girl's forehead. "No, sweetie, I'm sorry. Once you die, you're gone."

Shin sniffled. "But, you said she went some place better. Where is she? Where do you go when you die?"

Olive eyes looked over at Shego. They were entering territory that they had not discussed as parents. Kim was not even sure if Shego had a religion that she wanted to pass onto Shin. Making matters worse, Kim knew that she was one of the last Christians on Earth. Most religions, especially the big ones had died out a long time ago.

"No one really knows where you go when you die, but some people have certain beliefs as to where you go," Shego chimed in. "Your mom believes that when you die, you go to a better place where its nice and warm and you can meet your family again when they die."

Shin smiled. "I like that. Will Kigo-one be fixed when she gets to the better place?"

"She will, baby," Kim promised.

That seemed to be enough for Shin. She cried a bit and then fell asleep. Kim smiled a bit and kissed Shin's forehead again. Olive eyes then focused on Shego. She reached out and caressed the pale green cheek, which was surprisingly soft. Shego tilted her head to the touch.

"Sweetheart, don't torture yourself over this. It wasn't your fault," Kim tried to assure the western monarch.

Shego offered a small, sorrowful smile. "I like it when you call me sweetheart."

"Then I'll do it more often. In private since I'm sure you'd hate for me to do it in public," Kim replied with a smile of her own. "What happened wasn't your fault. You didn't make her. You didn't put her out there and you certainly didn't kill her."

"But, I didn't save her. I should've saved her. I should've saved our daughter," Shego sniffled and tears slid down her cheek.

Kim wiped away the tears as they fell. "Sweetheart, don't do this to yourself. Try-Acid killed her and Drakken made sure she wouldn't listen to us. Remember, Trin pulled all kinds of chips from Shin that Drakken was using to control her. Even when she didn't have the chips anymore, Shin had headaches and complained about having bad thoughts. Drakken wanted to make it impossible for us to turn these kids around."

Shego nodded. "I know, Princess, but she was our daughter. I should've helped her. Shin shows us that there's good in those kids despite whatever bullshit Drakken and Junior did to them. If only we got her …"

Kim pushed herself up and carefully leaned over Shin to kiss Shego gently on the lips. "Unfortunately, we can't save everybody, Drakken's handiwork included. Yes, it's upsetting, but it's not your fault. You didn't kill her."

The older woman was silent briefly. "I can't believe you're the one consoling me. I've been fighting this war for twenty years while you're been here for two. You've really grown."

"I know I have. I'm sharing a bed with you, commanding my own team, and thinking about the future of my family. And we will have a future, sweetheart. Today, we made Junior retreat with his top warriors out there. We're close. You're close."

"You were right the first time. We're close. Junior knows it. Hopefully, he panics and makes a mistake."

"What're you going to do when this is all over?"

"I haven't thought about that in a long time."

A soft smile settled on Kim's face. "How about you get some sleep and dream about it? Dream about a world with no Junior."

Emerald eyes actually drifted shut. Kim continued caressing Shego's cheek until Shego was clearly asleep. Kim sighed and a few tears escaped her eyes.

"How can it hurt so much to lose someone we never had and didn't know?" the redhead muttered.

-8-8-8-8-

Trin called a meeting of the Elect, which Wade was fine with because he had things to share and was about to call a meeting himself. Shego and Kim left Shin with Jessie while Betty tagged along with them and Vivian tagged along with her. Shego cut Vivian a look as they walked toward the conference hall.

"Just because I'm letting you wander around doesn't mean I trust you," Shego told the scientist.

"You trust my daughter, though," Vivian pointed out.

"You're clearly two different people," Shego countered.

"Look, I want to help. My daughter is on your side and, well, she's learned a lot from all of you and now I'm learning things from her. Forgiveness would be the first thing and learning not to blame you for things. Besides, she wants to build something with this boyfriend of hers and I spent time with your daughter yesterday. You're vastly different to what I expected. I can help. I know things about your enemy," Vivian pointed out.

"Because you are my enemy."

"I was your enemy. I'm ready to move forward. You should do the same. You didn't kill my beloved and I don't want to kill you anymore."

Shego snorted and rolled her eyes. "That's a hell of an apology. It didn't even have a sorry in it. You basically politely told me to stop bitching and man up."

"Isn't that how people get you to do anything?" Kim teased, bumping the pale woman with her hip.

"Don't encourage the enemy," Shego scolded the redhead.

"I'm not the enemy," Vivian repeated.

"She's serious. She spoke about this with me and Jessie all night. I thought Jessie would have told you about it, but you know now and that's the important thing. We have Junior on the ropes and Vivian might put us over the top," Betty pointed out.

Shego arched an eyebrow. "I heard we and us in there. Are the Rebels with us until the end now?"

Betty nodded. "We're in this for the long haul. We have Junior. The Rebels are in this. So much so that after this meeting, me and you will talk to my inside guys."

"You had men on the inside?" Vivian gasped.

Betty waved her beloved off and Vivian let the discussion drop. They arrived at the conference room and Trin was waiting outside. She stopped Shego and Kim from going inside.

"I want to talk to you two in private before anything else," Trin informed them, closing the conference door. She did not even cut Vivian a glance when she walked in.

"This bad news, isn't it?" Shego asked.

"I am not a judge of news. The clone you almost killed me over –" Trin started, only for the green-skinned woman to grab her by the throat again.

"Daughter. Our daughter, your niece," Shego growled.

"However you wish to call her was wired for your destruction. She was chipped just as much as Shin. Her brain was healthy, though, and this is why she wouldn't have been like Shin. Shin had a lot of brain damage when she came in and the green serum helped heal that, but the information stored in those areas was gone from the trauma, like her intense urge to wipe you both off of the planet," Trin explained quite calmly as the hand around her neck loosened.

"What are you saying?" Shego asked.

"That, unless that girl got the right amount of brain damage, which would also have to fall just short of killing her, she wouldn't have been your daughter beyond biology. She was a weapon, the perfect weapon that you didn't want to hurt and that could hurt you beyond the physical."

"So, we should just write her off and our other kids?" Kim asked with a severe frown.

Trin sighed. "No, but that brings me to the whole reason to call this meeting. The others that were unfortunate losers on the battlefield were quite different from Shin and …" She waited for one of them to fill in the name.

"Kigo-one," Kim supplied.

"Right. She and Shin are completely biological, totally organic. The chips to control them weren't part of them and they were brainwashed into fighting you. They were fully and totally people, but Drakken manipulated their wiring completely to turn them into weapons. The others, while clearly biological, are really nothing more than computers wearing your DNA," Trin reported.

"Why would he make them different? That's weird," Shego said.

"Incredibly so. I don't know why the change. I have more, but I feel everyone should know, but I wanted you two to understand that they're just wasting your genetic material now and not even bothering to produce people anymore." The blond motioned to the conference room door.

Shego and Kim went inside, followed by Trin. They looked to see that everyone else was already there. The doctor turned to Wade to start her slideshow. He smiled in obliged.

"So, for those of you who don't know, the enemies in that high tech armor are clones of Kim and Shego brought to us by Doctor Drakken. The first two were actual people. We've all met Shin and Kigo-one was killed in battle by Try-Acid from the wound for unknown reasons. The others, though, are a little more complicated," Trin said.

"There was another Shin and she died?" Ryujin gasped.

The mere mention of clones got everyone's attention. Not everyone knew that Shin was a clone, so that was shocking in and of itself. Tim glanced over at Kim and reached out for her hand, getting a smile from her as she squeezed his hand. He patted her shoulder and then reached out for Shego right after. She also squeezed his hand.

There was a bit more movement with Bonnie and Joss going over to hug the leading couple. Tara and Monique did the same. Ryujin, Hana, and DNAmy were right behind them. Even Shin (the non-cute one) went in to give the couple a hug. Kim and Shego thanked everyone for the support. Briefly, their eyes drifted over to Jim, who was basically standing in the far corner.

Jim did not say a word. He looked worse for wear with dark circles under his eyes and lines on his face that they knew did not come from battle. Something was going on with him and despite how he treated them, they wished that they could console him, even though he could not be bothered to do the same for them. He did seem to be watching the whole group with longing in his eyes.

Tim noticed his brother watching them. He motioned over to Kim and Shego with his hand, beckoning Jim over to join in. Jim pushed off of the wall, almost as if he was about to come over, but then he settled back into the same spot. Tim and Kim sighed over their brother's stubbornness.

"So, wait, you're saying these new clones are more complicated than a clone that's actually your kid that wants to kill you?" Wade asked Trin, getting the meeting back on track.

"Oh, yes. The others are all mostly robot. They are human in form, but their brains are seriously underdeveloped and that's been supplemented by computer hardware. They actually seem to have infant brains, which has been rewired and transformed with computer parts. They can't think for themselves like we can. There's several problems with their development," Trin explained.

"They weren't allowed to properly grow and develop," Vivian chimed in.

"What are you even doing in here?" Shadow Hand inquired.

"She's helping," Shego snorted. She knew from that moment on he would watch Vivian like a hawk.

"What do you mean they weren't allowed to develop?" Kim asked the blond scientist.

"Drakken couldn't figure out how to accelerate the aging to create the army that he wanted, so he had a batch of clones that were mostly toddlers and living in tubes to learn whatever he wanted them to know and pumping them full of whatever he was using to keep them alive. He only had two ready and it was soon apparent that Shin was far from ready for war. The Emperor – Junior – wanted to use them when the Bebes were down after your first attack on the Hive and wanted them to be better than Shin, so he charged Hench with figuring out how to age the clones faster to get them to be closer to adulthood," Vivian informed them.

"Well, whatever his team did, it really made no sense to even waste it on the clones. They could've made robots, who would've been more stable and less likely to die. They have weak bones and muscles. They only reason they all didn't have heart attacks when they got out onto the battlefield is that someone wisely gave them pacemakers," Trin told everyone.

"So, they're fielding zombies?" Hana asked with a craned eyebrow.

"Close to it. Robot zombies," Trin replied.

"Then why clone Kim and Shego at all?" DNAmy wondered.

"Drakken probably had other plans for them before Junior decided to use them," Shego guessed.

"Junior didn't need them until you took out the Hive the first time," Vivian reminded them.

"My point is the clones are no difference than the Bebes. They're robots wrapped in a clone skin," Trin stated.

"They couldn't be … de-roboticized?" Kim asked with some worry in her voice.

"No, they couldn't. They not physically developed for the bodies they're in. They wouldn't be able to live without all of the robot parts. They're not even alive. They're zombies, like Hana said. They're creatures," Trin replied. "I'm sorry, but that's just what they are. They're not Shin." Kim nodded to show that she understood.

"Is that all?" Wade asked.

"For the moment. I thought that was important for you all to know," Trin answered.

"It was important for me. I won't feel bad knocking them out of the air now," Joss said.

"I wish things were different, though," Ryujin sighed.

"That makes two of us, kid," Shego commented. "But, Wade, you got something for us, too?"

"Well, I just want to go over some scans of the new Bebes and the armor we pulled off the clones," Wade explained. His presentation was just as quick as Trin's, just showing them everything that he learned about both of those.

"I can help you crack the Bebes and the armor and help you develop defenses against them," Vivian offered.

Wade looked at Shego, who nodded. Wade shrugged, but he accepted the nod, but he refused to tell Vivian that she could help him. The meeting was over with that. Shego looked at Betty, who motioned for the western ruler to stay. Shego nodded, but she did look at Kim.

"I'm going to go get Shin," Kim said.

Shego smiled. "I'll be along in a bit. Take Shin to the park and I'll meet you there."

"All right. Don't be too long," Kim said. Shego nodded and Kim left after giving the older woman a kiss on the cheek. Vivian followed the redhead.

"All right, Betty. Who are we about to contact on the other side?" Shego inquired.

Betty smiled. "Jack Hench." Shego's mouth practically went though the floor.

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Next time: they prepare for war against Junior with Vivian helping.