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Some action in chapter seven! And a scene with the Doctor as well. Enjoy! As always, thoughts and reviews are appreciated!
Time Sitch
A Kim Possible/Doctor Who crossover
Chapter 7
The time was 11pm, and the Middleton Institute of Science and Technologies was closed for the night. Most people had gone home for the day quite a few hours ago, but the janitor had just locked up everything before leaving himself.
This provided the perfect opportunity for two certain evildoers to break into the institute without the prying eyes of security anywhere. It seemed a bit absurd that they wouldn't have security on duty around this time of night. Although crime rates were pretty low - if you excluded the few super-powered maniacs or mad scientists that decided to rock up in Middleton - so perhaps to the institute, it seemed a waste of money to hire guards.
Besides, the president of M.I.S.T. decided that if they needed help, they would just need to call Team Possible. After all, they had grown quite the reputation of 'being able to do anything', and overcoming the odds.
The only problem was that no one was around late at night to call them if anyone broke into the institute buildings.
Which is exactly what happened on this occasion.
One of the many buildings on campus was dedicated to the study of 'Mechanics & Technology'. A lot of glass was used in its design, just like many of the modern builds.
On the roof, just above the top floor, a laser beam fired at one of the windows that was in place on the ceiling. The laser beam was controlled with precision, so that it cut a large round hole, big enough for one person at a time to enter through it.
Two well-known nemeses of Team Possible dropped through the hole. Shego first jumped in, landing with finesse on the floor with minimum sound. Her boss, Doctor Drakken, was less than delicate in his approach. He sat on the edge of the entrance that had been cut in the glass roof. But as he tried to cautiously slide off the edge, he lost balance and came crashing down to the ground face-first.
"As graceful as ever", Shego commented sarcastically.
"I'm a super evil genius, not a cat burglar", Drakken responded.
They started walking down the corridor they found themselves in. They were looking for a contraption known as the 'Hand of Omega', which their new co-worker - 'Missy' - had told them about. Apparently, it was meant to be in a bronze-coloured metal box, and Missy had discovered that it had been found at the site of M.I.S.T. when she had lost it.
As they searched in every room and laboratory, looking for this metal chest, Shego started talking to Drakken. "Do you think we can trust this 'Missy'?" she asked.
"Sorry, I didn't catch that" said Drakken, as he came out of a storage room. "Is this to do with our guest?"
"Yes. There's something that I don't feel right about that lady", Shego said.
"What do you mean?" asked Drakken.
"Well she knows quite a bit about the devices she wants us to steal", Shego said.
"Well that is to be expected when your own race is the one that invented them", Drakken stated.
"What I mean is that she seems to precisely know what their purposes are, but not really going into detail about her own plans for them."
"Well it's simple, surely", Drakken said. "She got lost, so she needs to build a new time machine to get back to her home."
"Did she get herself 'lost' as conveniently as the two items that were lost in specific places?" Shego asked.
"Are you saying you're suspicious of our guest?"
"Well she seemed to know to come to our base to find the black cube thing, despite 'losing' it and then having it stolen from the research centre", Shego pointed out. "And now she's managed to pinpoint two locations where this Hand-of-whatsitsname could be without any obvious clues."
Drakken pondered in thought for a moment, and then shook his head at Shego. "I think you're just jealous that she has the potential to be a greater villain than you would ever be."
Shego facepalmed herself with that comment. That was exactly what she wasn't thinking about right now. Sometimes Drakken could be so dense with her.
"Besides", continued Drakken, "if she was planning to hatch an evil scheme behind my back, it's common knowledge that no one double-crosses with the mighty Doctor Drakken!"
"Actually, you've had it happen to you quite a few times", Shego stated. "It's kind of a major trait with bad guys."
An angry frown appeared on Drakken's face, and he gave a low growl. "The point is that she's aiding us in our world domination goals, and she wouldn't be foolish enough to mess with us."
"For someone that has more competence than you, Dr D, I wouldn't put it past her", Shego said.
Drakken was almost tempted to retaliate against Shego after another of her aggravating comments. But this time he held back; he wanted to concentrate on finding the 'Hand of Omega'.
Drakken knew he had schemes in the past, which each one he claimed would 'really work'. But he believed this was the real deal this time. He kept thinking of all the possibilities of having a time machine to achieve his plans. He could start small; perhaps start with the defeat of his greatest enemy, Kim Possible.
And with a time machine at his disposal, who said he had to takeover the world once. Each time, he could go further into the past and repeat the process all over again, with the added resources he had gained from previous conquests.
He kept daydreaming to himself, repeatedly thinking about how this couldn't go wrong. Eventually, Shego cut him out of his trance.
"Oi, Dr D, wakey wakey. I thought you were the one so intent on finding this supernova-making device", she said to Drakken.
"Oh, right, yes, must stay focused", said Drakken. He went in front of Shego, and they both continued the search.
After an hour of investigating the entire building, Drakken and Shego came out of the lift, which had taken them to the basement and then brought them back. They both looked huffed and bothered, with Shego leaning against the wall while Drakken tended to his back.
"Well that was a complete waste of time", Shego said.
"Oh stop griping, Shego. If it's not here, then it's definitely got to be at the other location", Drakken said.
"…Do you know where the other location is?" Shego asked.
"I forgot to ask", Drakken replied.
"Great. Now we've got to take a detour back to base so Missy can tell us where to go next", Shego said.
"I think I need some sleepy-byes before we can carry on with our search, Shego", Drakken said with a big yawn. "Every healthy villain must have at least 7 hours of sleep every night, you know."
"So much for prioritising finding the device, Dr D", Shego said teasingly.
"Not another word, Shego", Drakken retaliated. "Now let's make our escape before a certain crime fighting duo come to take us down."
Shego had just walked over to the stairs to start the walk back to the top floor, when she suddenly stopped in her tracks, and looked up the flight of steps.
With her eyes having grown wider, Shego said, "I think we're already a little too late."
Standing there at the top of the first flight of stairs was Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, Kim with her hands on her hips while Ron had his arms crossed.
"Do you realise how inconsiderate you are to us on a school night?" Kim asked rhetorically. "My parents are not going to be best pleased when they find out I had to stop you two from trespassing buildings at midnight."
"Kim Possible!" Drakken shouted to Kim. "How could you have known we were here?"
"Oh, we have a kid genius who can hack into security cameras in the area and relay your location to us. No big", Kim said.
"Hey, Dr D, maybe if we got a child genius of our own, maybe we wouldn't be so easily detected at times like this", Shego said, half-jokingly and half taking pot-shots at Drakken's planning savvy.
"That isn't our concern at the moment", Drakken said. "What we need to concentrate on is getting rid of Kim Possible and her fool of a sidekick." [He wasn't going to mention that he also didn't want to be outwitted by someone a lot younger than him if they were to take in a child genius.]
Kim somersaulted over the two evildoers, and landed in a crouching position behind them, before setting herself into a stance to prepare for the inevitable showdown.
"You won't escape so easily, Shego", Kim said first.
"Bring it on, Kimmie", Shego responded, lighting up her hands with bright green energy.
The two of them launched at each other, flailing with many punches and kicks. As customary, Drakken did not involve himself in the combat whatsoever. The fighting side of villainy was usually left to Shego.
But that still left one individual to deal with. Ron Stoppable.
"Now I know what you're thinking", Ron said to Drakken. "'What's this guy gonna do? He hasn't got the skills to stop me.' Well that's where you're wrong, Drakken. Using the technique of my Ron-ness, I shall use my combat abilities to stand against you and your escape to freedom…"
'I can't do with this bonehead messing with me again', Drakken thought. He took out a laser blaster out of the inside of his blue double-breasted coat, and aimed it at Ron.
There was a pause from Ron, before he said, "Or I could move out of the way of that thing and not get fried by it…"
Drakken suddenly started chasing after Ron, with the blonde-haired teenager quickly transitioning from a 'slowly-shifting-aside' movement, to running-away-like-mad. And unlike in the laboratory in the scientific research centre, there was only one way Ron could run this time: up the stairs.
As Ron and Drakken disappeared out of sight, Kim and Shego continued to battle each other on the ground floor.
Kim swung a high karate kick towards Shego's upper body, but Shego ducked just before she was struck by Kim's leg. Shego then punched straight into Kim's belly - while the teenager was off-guard - the midriff acting as a target to the villainess. Kim tumbled to the floor, but recovered quickly to pick herself up again.
"A bit off the pace, Kimmie? Is it time for beddie byes?" Shego said mockingly.
"I'm just starting to wake up", Kim answered back.
Shego began firing energy beams at the red-haired teenager. But Kim easily dodged each shot, utilising her athletic abilities and cheerleading skills to great effect. After many somersaults and flipping, Kim jumped onto a nearby wall, and then pushed herself from it to lunge at Shego.
Shego had kept on firing her energy beams, but Kim moved so swiftly that she managed to land on top of the green-coloured nemesis without so much as a scratch.
Kim instantly grabbed for both of Shego's arms, pushing them away so the villainess couldn't fire any more of the green energy beams at her. So Shego decided to change back to using brute force. She managed to push back at Kim's hold on her. As soon as Shego reclaimed control of her right arm, she swung a punch at Kim's left cheek, causing her to be knocked over to the ground.
Just before Shego could land a fist-slam on her, Kim rolled over, so that Shego only hit the marble floor. Kim got herself to her feet, while defending herself against Shego's continuous attacks.
As they continued to fight each other, Kim suddenly remembered about Ron having run off to escape from Drakken. She decided she had better catch up with them. It wouldn't be a surprise to her to find Ron in a sticky situation, just about to be pulverised.
Kim went into a frenzy of punching, so that Shego couldn't get another strike in. As soon as Kim was sure Shego was purely concentrating on defending herself, the red-haired teenager gave a sole-planted kick to Shego's chest, which flew her across the corridor. Shego crashed against the wall, and flopped onto the ground. Although still very slowly getting back up, it gave Kim enough time to start sprinting up the stairs to catch up with Ron and Drakken.
The further up the stairs Kim got, the louder the sound of a laser blaster and Ron screaming got. It sounded like Ron had ran up all the way to the top floor. He wasn't so clear thinking when it came to high pressure situations; i.e. if the enemy was constantly shooting at him and he needed to escape. The complete opposite to how Kim usually dealt with situations like that, but she also understood his reaction.
Kim arrived at the top floor, and turned a corner to see Ron backing against the end of a corridor, while Drakken had his blaster aimed at him.
"There's no Kim Possible to save you this time, buffoon", Drakken announced, clearly not having noticed Kim coming up behind him.
"Could you at least remember my name, even if you're about to pulverize me?" Ron requested, buying him some more time.
"What do I care? It's not going to matter soon, anyway", Drakken said, taking aim at Ron with an evil grin.
Kim suddenly kicked Drakken in the back, before he could take a shot at Ron. He flew flat onto the floor, losing his grip on the gun and dropping it.
Kim landed onto Drakken's back to keep him held down, and grabbed both of his wrists to stop him from squirming away.
"I would appreciate it if you wouldn't try to destroy my best friend like that", Kim said.
Drakken's head turned a little to reveal a smirk on his face. "I would suggest you watch your own back, Kim Possible", he said.
Kim looked behind her to see Shego having just arrived from climbing the stairs. The green-cladded villainess starting firing energy beams at the teenager again, this time putting Kim on the back foot.
Kim leapt off Drakken, and dodged each shot as she jumped towards Ron. As she got to him, Kim grabbed his hand, and quickly ran into the cover of another room.
Before Drakken and Shego could pursue them, a hovercraft controlled by a shadowed figure appeared into view above the two villains, just in line with where they had initially cut the hole in the glass ceiling.
"Our ride is here, Shego", Drakken said. "I think it's time to make our exit."
"Come on, Dr D. I was wanting to finish off the job", Shego protested.
"Our job here is done", Drakken said. "Forget about Kim Possible just this once. You will have other chances to defeat her."
A long line of thick rope dropped down from the hovercraft, with Shego taking hold of it first. As the rope began to rise with Shego going with it, Drakken took the bottom end, and called out to Kim, "Kim Possible, you think you're all that, but you're not."
The heads of Kim and Ron peaked out of the room they had ran into, looking in the direction of the escaping criminals. "He's overused that line so many times. I think Drakken needs to refresh his set of catchphrases", Ron commented to Kim.
Kim and Ron left the room completely to take a proper look at the hovercraft. As Shego, and then Drakken, climbed into their transport, Kim saw a mysterious figure controlling it. She couldn't see much of this person, but Kim could tell that they were wearing a long dress, and they had some sort of hat on top of their head.
The hovercraft started to fly away, quickly disappearing out of sight. Only Kim and Ron remained in the silent building.
"We don't even know why they broke into this building", Ron said. "Very inconsiderate of them not telling us of their plans", he joked.
"Speaking of 'them'", said Kim, "I swear that that person driving the hovercraft looked familiar. I'm just not sure who exactly."
Ron nodded in acknowledgement. "You and me both, Kim", he said.
The Doctor had been staring at his laptop for some time.
Well, if truth be told, he wasn't sure it was his laptop.
Or if it was, it must have been given as a gift to him at some point. Because there was no personal information relating to the previous owner. Unless he'd wiped off all that sort of stuff.
Whoever it used to be owned by, he felt guilty for using it now. The one consolation was that it was definitely not owned by the closest people in his life: Donna; Martha; Sarah Jane; Rose…
'Ok, enough with memory lane', the Doctor thought to himself, giving his attention back to what was on the laptop screen.
The Doctor had returned to the TARDIS after his trip with Kim and Ron to the scientific research centre, and had decided it was time to do some investigating into a few things.
Since he'd arrived at Middleton - in a reality that wasn't the Doctor's - the TARDIS had recharged enough of its power for the Doctor to link the ship's systems to the satellites around the globe. In other words, he could now access the internet of the year 2003.
Still not enough power in the TARDIS to leave this place and go back to his own reality. But even if the TARDIS had recharged fully, the Doctor wouldn't want to leave right now anyway. He seemed to get a kick from solving mysteries, saving the universe, and everything else in between.
The first thing he looked up was Kim Possible. Or more specifically 'Team Possible'; just 'looking up for Kim Possible' sounded like he was stalking her. The word 'gross' came to the Doctor's mind, something a typical teenager might say.
What the Doctor had wanted to find out was everything about Kim Possible's exploits and adventures. The only thing he knew about her field of work was based on the news from the papers he had read, and being around Kim and Ron for a short time. Not much had been revealed by them.
However, he did know that Kim had a website. It was the main way for people to contact her for missions. And with the Doctor's sonic screwdriver alongside his own computer skills, he had managed to find out quite a bit about 'Team Possible'.
First thing he had found were old versions of the website. The slogan for the first build of the homepage - which seemed to date back to when Kim was in middle school - was written, "I can do anything!"
'Bit braggy much', the Doctor had thought to himself. Then again, the bio that Kim had written at that time suggested she was just looking to be a baby-sitter and help people with normal mundane jobs.
"So how did Kim get into the crime-fighting scene?" the Doctor had asked himself. He had used his sonic screwdriver on the laptop, to see if whatever server this website was connected to could also lead him to other information to do with Kim's missions.
It had been pretty tough to break through the firewalls, but eventually the sonic screwdriver had managed to get him into a whole collection of files, which stored mission updates. As well as more personal stuff. Including a file labelled, 'Kim's Diary'. He decided to leave that specific document alone; it probably had a lot of private things he wouldn't want to intrude on.
He had noted that the server storing all this data was looked after by Wade, the child genius he had briefly spoken to on the way to the scientific research centre. A closely trusted ally by Team Possible, it seemed.
The Doctor had quickly read all the mission files that had been recorded up to recently. Kim had first started the 'saving-the-world' thing - also in middle school - when a billionaire had trapped himself in his own security laser beams system, which had been set up to guard his vault.
Since then, Kim had acquired her own roster of villains. Two of her biggest enemies were Dr Drakken and Shego, both of which the Doctor had found out about in the news regarding with the break-in of the research centre.
There was also DNAmy: a wacky scientist who had the tendency to create mutated animals using combinations of genetics.
Duff Killigan: a Scotsman banned from pro golf, who referred to himself as 'the World's Deadliest Golfer'.
Señor Senior Sr, and Señor Senior Jr: father and son. The father committing felony using classical villainous traits of old. And the son not wanting any part of the crimes his father committed.
And Monkey Fist: formerly known as Lord Monty Fiske. Was a British explorer before he gained an obsession with Monkey Kung-Fu. Although a dangerous enemy to Kim, it seemed to be acknowledged that Monkey Fist was Ron's own arch-nemesis.
There were many more villains in Team Possible's roster. But those were some of the main ones the Doctor had highlighted. They weren't quite as menacing as his own line of aliens and monsters the Doctor had battled over hundreds of years. But no matter who the villain was, the Doctor was always cautious to never underestimate how dangerous they could be.
Overall, Kim Possible had plenty of experience in the mission field already, and was a formidable hero in her own right. She was someone who the Doctor wouldn't want to mess with in a fight. Unless he had his sonic screwdriver and had plenty of escape routes. The Doctor was good at running. He probably could match - if not beat - both Kim and Ron at that.
Now sitting on the console chair in the TARDIS, with the laptop on his lap, the next person the Doctor wanted to look up was Doctor Magister. The Doctor wanted to check up for any records of her on every database on the planet. He certainly had suspicions about her. The way she had spoken towards him was worrying; particularly when claiming that she knew him. Which he was still really confused about.
The Doctor had retained certain pieces of information when Wade had shown him, Kim and Ron the scientist's résumé, including education, work, and place of birth. Inputting this data onto his laptop, the Doctor then adapted the settings on his screwdriver, before buzzing it at the direction of the screen.
Suddenly, hundreds of pages flickered on and off in just a few seconds. But the Doctor could find no record of Doctor Magister. Anywhere. Not even a birth certificate.
Just to make sure - in case his sonic screwdriver was just having a bad day - the Doctor decided to search up manually all the websites of the universities that Doctor Magister had apparently 'worked' at. But the Doctor still found nothing.
The Doctor leaned back in his chair in absolute bewilderment. Who was this person that was naming herself 'Doctor Magister'? And then a thought came to the Doctor's head. It was perhaps a wild shot in the dark; but what if whoever this person was also broke through the barriers of reality? Maybe she came from his…
He would usually say that it was absurd. And to be honest, it was still absurd in his mind. Maybe this woman simply came from a parallel universe in this reality. A parallel world to Kim and Ron's world. But that still brought up the question of how she managed to do that. There would need to be a hole that broke the Time Vortex, or whatever equivalent there was of it in this reality.
Basically, it still meant bad news, whether she came from a parallel universe or from a completely different reality.
On the other hand, it could simply be that 'Doctor Magister' managed to wipe all trace of her original identity on this Earth, and created a new one to cover up her past. But that didn't explain how she knew who the Doctor was.
"I need to keep searching for answers", the Doctor said to himself, as he got up from his seat. He started walking around the console, half-thinking for answers and half-contemplating on the events of the day just gone.
The Doctor decided to turn on the local radio. He had managed to connect all radio transmissions to the TARDIS as well. Which included all the radio stations. The Doctor had decided it would be useful to get some updates on incidents happening in the local area.
Just as the Doctor turned on the radio, a news report immediately caught his attention.
"A break-in took place at the Middleton Institute of Science and Technologies just after midnight, with many saying that it happened at the building for the Study of Mechanics and Technology. Police are still unsure about who had broken into the premises, but some believe that this could have been the work of the infamous Doctor Drakken. His usual partner in crime, the former vigilante known as Shego, was also likely with him. But a mysterious third figure was also controlling a hovercraft-type of transport. No one knows who this person was. Unfortunately, they escaped despite Team Possible's best efforts to stop them…"
At that point, the Doctor turned off the radio. He wasn't sure whether this was connected to 'Doctor Magister', but Drakken and Shego were definitely connected to the burglary at the scientific research centre.
"Well, guess who's got some investigating to do…" said the Doctor.