Ch 20.
Under the sea (the trilogy)
A/N: Woooooow it has been YEARS. Like literal years! Guys I am so sorry for not updating for so long! School, work, and health issues have long since happened between then and now and even a new Kim Possible series! I finally have the time to do better and update and this is still going to be OG KP storyline based fanfic so guys don't worry. I'll be getting back in the swing! Thanks for staying with me after all this time.
Sasha marched forward as her twin groaned pulling the rickety wagon holding the bouncing little blonde baby. She looked uncomfortable in the small metal box as it bounced back and forward, she began to sniffle and cry. Draco frowned, "Make her shut up!" he turned to Sasha, "Stupid, stupid stupid baby!"
"Snacks first" Sasha ordered. Seeing the Bueno Nacho sombrero peer over the unfinished buildings the little green child's face lit up, "Look it's the hat place! Snacks!". She toddled fast over to the benches they were near earlier searching for the diaper bag Drakken packed. "Where did it go?" she asked in confusion. Looking around she began to stomp her feet, "I want my snack!" Sasha yelled. Maggie, however was done with the little adventure and wanted her parents. The little baby hiccuped as tears streamed down her face. Sasha turned to her "You shut it, Maggie Pies. Crying is stupid" only making the baby cry louder. The twins looked at one another; the baby wasn't fun anymore. They covered their ears and left her to search for something to eat.
The baby heroine cried until she tired herself out. Quiet but still upset she looked around for anyone that could pick her up, eventually the exhaustion caught up to Maggie and she fell asleep in the small wagon. The touring group was just wrapping up the first leg and was being led back to the restaurant area. The guide was at the front speaking with the people, "I do apologize for the earlier alarms. The life support systems in Ocean Drive are still being adjusted to the ocean pressure. While they are in pristine stability, they need to be near constantly monitored and the alarms sound when its time to rotate the staff and something is slightly ajar with its measurements". The group only muttered among each other and dispersed to the food court. The guide sighed and sat down. It was the first tour she ever had to do for the place and it seemed like everyone was quizzing her on every corner of the dome. 'That's what I get for showing around scientists and doctors' she thought spitefully. She tapped her heel on the bench nonchalantly, on one tap missing the bench and lightly tapping the wagon. The guide sat up looking behind her, she spotted the sleeping baby in the wagon, "Um" she whispered picking the baby girl up. Being roused from her nap, Maggie started to fuss. The tour guide looked around bouncing the baby softly.
"Excuse me" she called once most of the group was sitting, "We have a missing child, is anyone missing a blonde haired, green eyed little girl?". Most of them replied no or were shaking their heads. "Oh no" she whispered to herself- who in the world brings a baby down here?! She walked quickly to a nearby emergency phone at the end of the food court dialing an extension number with her free hand, she eyed the baby while she waited for somebody to pick up.
The parents looked all over the facility. "They're. Not. HERE!" Shego roared. Her hands were glowing a bright neon green as she faced her husband, who was now cowering behind the heroes, "Drakken! I ask you to do one thing, just ONE! Watch. The. Kids. And even you couldn't do that right!"
Drakken backed farther away, "Now S-shego no need to get angry...we'll find them soon enough. They're toddlers- they couldn't of gone very far". He made a squeak when she came closer, "We'll find them! I promise we will" he replied quickly.
"ONE job Drakken" she shouted, punching a flaming hole into one of the walls, " They were right there, and you lost them- I-Just how can you lose two kids with super powered hands!?"
Kim walked over pulling Shego back from him, "No use frying . We have to work together and he's worth more alive right now... you can get him later. Come on, they could of gone this way", she took off towards the exit with the three of them following behind.
As Ron brought up the rear someone called out to him, "Uh Stoppable, correct?" Ezra spoke, "Does...does this kind of thing happen often? Just a minute ago you all were fighting and.."
Ron shrugged with a short laugh,"Yeah, you see when you have an arch enemy things tend to get mixed in business and personal things. Like often. Like so often you wouldn't believe how arch the nemesis thing can get". He ran off after the others calling, "Hey, hey wait! Oh come on don't leave me behind. Guys!?"
"Oh who would leave such a sweet thing like you alone?" the guide cooed to Maggie, "I hope you're just lost and not abandoned". She waited by the bench hoping that security would come by soon, the tour group was getting restless; they came up asking more questions about the dome and what would be the next stop on the tour. The woman tried her best to answer politely and calmly while trying to keep the baby from fussing again.
One of the guards finally walked up to the food court, looking none too happy to be called over. He was an older man near his fifties with deep lines from decades of frowning; he scowled seeing the tour guide holding a baby- this was not going to be something he wanted to do. She nearly sprinted up to him, "Oh thank goodness you're here" she beamed, "I have to continue the tour, C-can you take her to the security station and call out a bulletin for a missing kid or something?"
The man's scowl deepened, "I'm not a babysitter, Laura. Call me when something important comes up", he crossed his arms looking at her, "You're a woman, taking care of a baby should be second nature to you."
"One, anything or anyone lost is your job; making sure they get back to their rightful place as well as security. Two, you sit in a booth all day looking at monitors- like one baby would distract you that much. And three," she lectured, "No woman is alone in making a child, it not second nature to anyone and I have a mind to report you to human resources for that comment"
He rolled his eyes, "Look doll, it ain't rocket science. And this little 'job' of yours is to yak all day- not a job if you ask me. Now go on back to your little group and get movin' go on now". Laura bit her tongue trying not to tear into the man when something out in the distance exploded. The guard smirked at her, "Looks like a real problem needs my attention so if you don't mind, the men are off to work"
As he left, the group swarmed Laura asking what was going on, what exploded, if they were going to drown and so on. "Ladies and gentlemen we're having difficulties at the moment. If you would please follow me to the designated safety areas calmly and quickly" she announced over their concerns and led them towards a building. The building was made of reinforced concrete with shatterproof windows and pressurized doors. She led them into it safely, the lights turned on inside revealing areas for beds, food, medications and more. " This was also on the tour, but better late than never" Laura spoke to them. Clearing her throat she went back into tour guide mode, " As safety has always been a top priority, Ocean Drive created 'safe house' buildings every four blocks in case of the unthinkable. Each building can house up to 500 people for the maximum of two weeks surviving any flooding. If there were a breech, a distress signal will sound and the secure military will escort individuals to the nearest safe house"
Meanwhile the guard found the remains of the busted building. He scratched his head- it looked like a goddang bomb blew in it! "Hell, did a tank explode?" he muttered. He heard giggling from one of the blackened rooms. Odd curiosity led him to peer over into the room and found two oddly colored children playing in the debris. Goddamned kids, "Hey!" he barked coming up to them, "You brats get out of here! Are you stupid of something?". They ignored him, finding an unscathed piece of wood to bother. He marched over snatching up the little girl- he did not get paid enough to deal with the spawns of idiots. He wished there was a competency form people had to fill out before breeding. "Are you deaf!? Get the hell out!"
In the next moment he was holding his jaw. The little goblin child kicked him! "Back off idiot!" she yelled at him, "Big brat!". He smirked dropping her on the floor, putting his foot on the child's stomach pinning her down.
"Brat?" he laughed, "The only brats here are you two demons. Dumbass kids- grow up or get out. We don't need lil shits running around" he seethed. This wasn't even worth his time he thought. He felt the other one try to tackle him, but he just shoved him off. The guard was ready to just leave when he noticed an odd green glow then another explosion.
The hero-villain group split searching the area for the missing kids. Looking up frustrated, Shego saw a plume of black smoke. She climbed a building to get a better look, then hopped from building to building until she reached the smoking one. She scaled down silently as she began to walk inside. A badly burnt man stumbled trough a hallway, "They don't pay me enough to deal with stupid brats" he almost bumped into her, "And now some green chick...wonderful"
She chuckled in amusement then grabbed him, "Now, let me tell you; I recognize those burns. So, buddy boy tell me: WHERE ARE THEY?!" she held up a glowing hand very close to his already burnt face. He staggered back pointing down the hall. Shoving him into a wall, she stalked down the hall finding two very angry toddlers punching burning holes in walls. She picked up one in each hand walking out of the building, "You better of had fun because you two are so grounded forever, " she growled, "And Dr.D is not going to make this up anytime soon."
Ron looked around , "Hey where'd everyone go?" he frowned smacking his face, "We split up, the place is deserted, no to go nacos, no kid,no group. You know, this gets old real fast, real old". He kicked the dirt getting an unhappy squeak out of Rufus. There was no one, just some weird giant block of concrete. He thought that maybe he should regroup with Kim and try to find the baby together. He tried hard not to think of all the bad things that could happen, then again it wasn't that hard when a loud alarm sounded making Ron cover his ears.
Next to him the building's door swooshed open as the tour group filtered out along with the guide. Laura shifted the baby on her hip. Ron looked over recognizing Maggie immediately. He rushed over to the guide "Hey, hey, that's my kid!" he called. The second he got close, Maggie squealed happy to see her dad again. She reached out when he scooped her up for a big hug, " Sweet, you found her. Wait. How can a baby even move that fast?" he looked at Maggie, "Are you a ninja?"
Maggie bounced in his arms. "Excuse me, so this is your baby?" Laura asked looking Ron up and down, "Just how in the world did you lose an infant? That is pretty concerning you know, since, like, we're under the entire ocean?"
"I know I know, its a long story, ma'am. Oh yeah, there are like two toddlers somewhere too. Look away for like a minute and they disappear"
"Your toddlers?" Laura questioned
"Heh heh, no" Ron replied shaking his head, "Someone else's. Yeah you should hope they get found so-" his face dropped seeing the smoke, "Ah...that's a bad sign. H-hey miss tour guide lady, its fine if I hang out with you guys? You know until everything's back in the chill zone?"
She nodded slowly and directed the visiting group to the escape pods. "Right.. as seeing that Ocean Drive is still working on completing the rest of the city, the tour unfortunately must end here" she announced in her most professional voice, "Of course thank you for your interest in our project and hope you all consider both endorsing and maybe funding our cause. Now as we are deep underwater, I must lead you to the decompression chambers or the next hour or two before we can surface"
She led them to the available chambers, they were cylindrical in form and roughly the size of a sequoia. They were a pale green with a circular door. A timer countdown was displayed over each door that was occupied. Ron stood in front of the chambers with Maggie, "These look pretty mean. Like straight out of a B- grade sci-fi. Cool, but super scary"
"Well it is necessary" Laura informed, "Rather not have our guests return surface side with a severe case of bends, or die"
He was quiet for a few moments, "Yeeeeahh...dying would so destroy a productive day". He rummaged through his pockets, groaning. Rufus popped out holding out the kimmunicator. "Thanks buddy" he smiled. Ron pressed the button, "Hey Kim? Found the Maginator. No sign of the mini troublemint twins, save for a fire... I think. So anyway we're gonna wait by the decon- the unpressuring rooms for now"
"Got it" Kim replied as she searched on top of a building. The red head flipped down to the ground and took off in a direction for any sign of the toddlers. Kim skidded to a stop seeing a man half singed in a security uniform. He was running off in the opposite direction muttering and laughing crazily. After a beat she headed the direction he came from, "Ugh, Shego" she muttered.
Shego frowned trudging from the building, "No combat training, no stealth missions, no Bubble Guppies- nothing! And your father? Oh he's not sliding away from his punishment. Everyone is confined to their rooms for a loooong time!" she ranted. The two struggled in her grip. She gave a slight glare at them, but continued to walk on.
Kim came upon Drakken looking for the twins, mostly in dumpsters and boxes. "You can't seriously be looking for the tweevils in the trash?" she asked.
Drakken turned to her scowling, "Well they're very, very small and find their way in unthinkable places" he huffed, "You try wrangling two super-powered, hyperactive twins to nap"
She rolled her eyes with a sarcastic scoff, "Yeah been there, done that. Still have the scars"
"Dare I even ask?" Drakken replied
"Not a pet that ever stayed alive" she commented
"And the 'tweevil' comment?" he continued
"That's the name the tweebs gave them" she replied
He smacked his forehead, "Now you can't just keep inside jokes, that's just rude" he crossed his arms in a huff, "Regardless we still need to find them"
Kim hummed just when Shego landed with two fussy toddlers in each hand, with a very unhappy face. Drakken was about to say something but looking at his wife looked down to the rubble around them.
The silence-save for the baby protests- was enormous. Kim coughed to break the silence, "Oh...kay, well we have all the kids, so let's head to the decompression chambers? You know, all in one piece?"
Shego huffed taking a big stride ahead of them towards the center. Drakken followed meekly behind, not even trying to ask her anything. Kim shrugged and trailed along.
Ron and Rufus were keeping Maggie occupied while trying to answer the guide's questions and trying to persuade her from calling CPS on him and Kim.
Laura's eyes quirked, "Riiiiight, and you and your wife go around the world fighting crime and supervillians and you just happened to take your infant daughter hundreds of miles under the ocean?"
He laughed nervously, "Yeah, I know it's twisted. We tried to get anyone in our fams to watch her for this mission, but somehow everyone was busy with something or busy with college so we had no choice. Then you know the explosions, the scattering and things so it ha been a real trial"
She sighed rubbing her temples, "Sure, sure just keep an eye on that poor dear from now on"
He gave a small salute when the trio walks in, Maggie made a giggled squeal once she saw her mother. Kim gave a huge grin and kissed her baby's cheek and in return her face became squished by tiny baby hands.
"Well it seems all is well now" Drakken chirped, "We should be taking our leave". He cleared his throat then took a dramatic stand, pointing to Kim, "You just think you're all that, Kim Possible but you're not! I will have the upperhand next time! HAHAHAHAHA! Come Shego, let's make our escape!"
"Oh that would not be possible without damaging your bodies," Laura noted, "We all will need to go into the decompression chamber for a few hours. Then we take the stairs on the other-side of the chamber to the submarines and back to the surface"
A beat passed, "Oh...well, shall we? I guess we can play go fish while we wait" he said in an embarrassed voice.
"I'm hungry!" Sasha yelled as they walked into the chambers.
Letta smiled looking up at Tim, "Where'd you find this little nook of fanciness?". She scanned the restaurant; Wine colored walls, a large chandelier giving a nice light accompanied by individual candle lights on each table, there was a small live band on the stage playing soft music. It was way too fancy for two college students like them.
Tim shrugged, "Eh, I've been doing some IT side-work and this was one of the places. Their register system was like something from the 1800s I swear. So they were grateful bout it"
"Makes you wonder why a place this lush had a bad data system" she smiled before eyeing the menu. She kept her face in that smile while internally wondering which organ she could sell to even pay for this dinner.
"I think the owner said it was his ex. Either the ex wife or the ex mistress, don't remember, but one of them put one mean virus on them" he answered, "So we have a free meal coming to us tonight so don't freak out over the price like I know you are"
Letta sighed gazing back up to her boyfriend, "You know me way too well, you know"