Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible or Doctor Who. Disney owns Kim Possible, and Doctor Who is owned by the BBC.
Wow. That took a long time for me to upload this next chapter. I am sooooo sorry for the long delay since the last chapter. Lesson learnt - do not promise when each chapter will be exactly posted. Just explain why chapters might be delayed.
Hopefully, I shouldn't take so long over the next couple or so entries for now anyway! So, without any further delays…
Time Sitch
A Kim Possible/Doctor Who crossover
Chapter 11
Wednesday morning, 24 September 2003, before another day at school
Kim sat at the table in the family kitchen, slowly eating her cereal, deep in thought.
She was still contemplating on the events of last night. Wondering how Drakken had gotten hold of a device to teleport himself and Shego to different locations. Kim was also wondering about how much the Doctor knew about the pieces of technology connected to or involved in the robberies.
She felt she had been off-form recently. Yes, not the first time Drakken and Shego had ever escaped from her. But to do so consistently and for Kim to not be anywhere near close enough to working out their plan; that wasn't good.
Kim was still unhappy about how silent the Doctor had been about certain things yesterday. He had to have his own reasons for wanting to investigate Area 51. Perhaps he knew there was more to it than just Drakken's normal evil activities. What was the big deal with whatever information the Doctor was holding back?
She heard footsteps walk towards the kitchen entranceway from the corridor outside the room. A tall, fairly lean person walked in, wearing his usual shirt-and-tie combo he had on everyday for work. It was Kim's father, Dr James Possible.
"Good morning, Miss Possible", James greeted to her.
"Hi, dad", Kim simply responded, just as she finished her cereal.
Kim's father took a proper look at his daughter as he poured coffee into his mug. "Is something up?" he asked.
Kim sighed, and then replied, "I don't know."
James then quickly said, "If this is one of those 'boy issues', then you need to speak to your mother. I can't help you on that matter."
"It's ok, dad. It's nothing to do with any boys", Kim said.
James's face relaxed in relief, and he sat down next to his daughter. "In that case, tell me what your problem is."
"Well, it's kind of more than one thing", Kim began. "Firstly, Drakken and Shego managed to escape - again - while me and Ron were on our mission yesterday."
"Don't be too harsh on yourself, Kimmie-cub. Everyone has a bad day here and there."
"This was the third time in a row, dad. I've never failed to stop them this many times until now."
"Ok, I can see why you're frustrated", James admitted. "But still, as I always say, 'Anything is possible for a Possible'. Which means it's only a matter of time before you stop Dr Drakken from achieving his evil schemes."
"Well that's the second thing", Kim said. "I don't know what Drakken is up to. Not one smidget of evidence to hint at what his plan is."
"That is also a problem. But again, you are a Possible. You'll figure out his plans before Ron can order a large Naco from Bueno Nacho."
Kim seemed to have overlooked all of her father's encouragements up to this point, and carried on lamenting. "And thirdly, the new substitute history teacher is ticking me off!"
James raised an eyebrow at that statement. "I thought you said you and Ron liked him?"
"Well, I mean, I do… and I don't… ish."
James continued to look puzzled. "You need to learn to be less vague, Kimmie."
"Undeniably, he's a good teacher… wait, scratch that; he's a fantastic teacher! Already, Ron has raised his history grade in a couple of days."
"So what's the problem?" James asked.
"He's said very little about his background, his life, what he does other than teaching…"
"Kimmie-cub, back in my day, students didn't get to know their teachers personally until they started university. I don't think you have anything to worry about."
"It would be useful to at least understand his motivations if he's going on missions with me and Ron."
"I can see why that would be helpful… wait a second! You're taking your teacher with you on your missions?!"
"Well, he's very persuasive… I think", Kim said with hesitation. "He's good at getting his own way anyway. I've not really been given the chance to say no to him."
"Next thing you know, Jim and Tim will be starting to go with you on your missions…"
"Dad, the Tweebs have been on a mission with me already, remember? You know, when you and mum went off to a 'spousal counter' thing, and mum told me I would have to take my brothers with me."
James paused to recall from his own memories for a moment. "Oh yeah, so you did… Still that's not the point. I know Ron goes with you on your adventures, but you need to be careful who else is involved in your missions."
"Do you think that someone like my teacher could hurt me?" Kim asked.
"Strangely, no", James answered. "In fact, I'm more worried they'll be the ones that get hurt on your missions, even if unintentionally."
"I get the feeling the Doctor has his own exploits himself", Kim said. "He seemed to know what to do on the mission me and Ron went on yesterday evening…"
"So he calls himself 'The Doctor'?" James said. "What is his full name?"
"I don't know! That's why he can irk me sometimes; he's revealed very little about himself in reality."
"Now I see what you mean", James said. "He does make himself a bit anonymous."
"What's this about Kim's history teacher?" said another voice. A woman - not too dissimilar in appearance to Kim - walked into the kitchen. Like Kim, she had red hair, as well as being of a similar body build. This was Kim's mother, Dr Ann Possible.
"Hi, dear", greeted James. "Kim seems to have some dislikes about this 'Doctor'. Although I'm still confused whether it's a personal thing or not."
"I have nothing against him per say", Kim said. "I just feel like he's hiding some things that surely I would need to know."
"Well whatever he does and doesn't tell you, make sure you give him the respect he deserves", Kim's mother declared. "Mrs Stoppable has told me how Ron has become much more enthusiastic about studying history and how much he's improved in the subject. You don't want to lose a teacher as good as…" Ann paused as she waited for Kim to give her a name.
"The Doctor", Kim said. "That's what he calls himself."
"Yes, the Doctor", Ann said, finishing her sentence. "Although I do understand why you'd want to find out his actual name…"
Before anyone else could say anything, an explosion went off from somewhere else within the house. Instantly, they all knew who it had to be caused by.
"Jim! Tim!" Ann called out, in a stern but not too aggressive manner.
Two short-ish boys, both with spiked-up brown hair and blue eyes, peeped through the entranceway to the kitchen. These were Kim's brothers, referred to by Kim as 'the Tweebs'. The noticeable difference between them was that Jim wore a green shirt and tan pants; while Tim wore a red shirt and blue pants.
"We're working on a gas-fuelled-engine remote control car", Jim said first.
"We have definitely not just made a mess in our room because of the remote controlled car exploding or anything like that", Tim added in quickly.
Both James and Ann looked at their twin sons skeptically. "Well I'm sure your room will be very clean then when I go upstairs to check it in a few minutes", Ann said in a hinting manner.
Jim and Tim looked at each other with worried expressions on their faces. They then sped back to their room, most likely to clean up the mess before their mother or father could see it.
"Haha, boys with their toys", James said to himself, smiling.
"You better get going, Kimmie", Ann then said to Kim. "You don't want to be late for school."
"Yeah, I guess I should", said Kim, as she left the table and picked up her bag from the corner of the room.
"And don't get too hepped up with this Drakken business, or with who your teacher may or may not be", James added. "I'd rather have my Kimmie-cub in a happy mood for school."
"I'll try my best", Kim said. She quickly pecked both her father and mother on the cheek, before dashing out of the house and closing the door behind her.
"That young lady certainly takes her responsibilities as a vigilante seriously", James commented, as he opened the newspaper that was on the table.
"With how much dedication she puts into her hero work, I sometimes wonder if her missions take a toll on Kimmie", Ann said.
James chuckled. "Have you not seen Kim after babysitting duties for other children? I think she finds her missions less tiring than that. I think our daughter is doing just fine."
"Still, I think she's taking it hard not managing to catch Dr Drakken or his companion in the last few attempts", Ann pointed out. "You know what Kim is like when she thinks she's failing."
"And her obsession with who this 'Doctor' is won't be helping things", James added.
"Let's hope no other problems pop up for Kim", Ann said.
"Oh, you know our Kim", James said. "If there's any trouble in her way, she will take the challenge head on."
"You still look a bit troubled from yesterday", Ron said to Kim, as they walked along the sidewalk, on the way to school.
"Yeah. But I think you probably already know what's on my mind", Kim said.
"Well I'm guessing Drakken and Shego is one of those things", Ron said. "I'd like to think I feel just as annoyed about that as you are."
"And we still don't know what they're really up to", Kim lamented.
"Maybe Drakken plans to build a laser drill and a magma cannon to melt Wisconsin and rename it Drakkenville", Ron suggested.
"He's tried to do that already; that was the one with the cheese building."
"Oh yeah… the one that was 100% pure Wisconsin Swiss", Ron said. "Maybe he's going to invent a brain-switching machine."
"Please, don't bring back the memories of us switching bodies!" Kim said.
"Oh yeah, forgot Drakken had already done that too. Perhaps he's making a cloning device…"
"Such an old, clichéd villain-like thing to do", Kim commented.
"Well, I have nothing else", Ron said. "Absolute zilch. I don't know what else you expect me to guess, Kim."
"Drakken and his evil schemes is not the only thing I'm thinking about", Kim stated.
Ron held a puzzled look for a moment, and then realisation appeared visibly on his face. "Are you still miffed about the Doctor's lack of communication skills?"
"You could say that", Kim replied. "Specifically not explaining things we need to know to us, and not telling us who he really is."
"You're that suspicious about him?" Ron asked.
"I suppose a little bit. I do believe the Doctor is trying to keep us safe for some reason; which I think is unnecessary", Kim answered. "I'm saving most of my suspicions for Drakken and Shego. But the Doctor needs to explain to us what the wrist contraption that he recognised was."
"And then see if he also knows anything about the other pieces of technology that Drakken has stolen?"
"Exactly. I think after last night, we know there's more to the Doctor than meets the eye."
"You know me, KP. I do like the Doctor as our history teacher", Ron began saying. "But even I know that you need to be straight with him to get any answers from him."
"No more nice Kim", Rufus interjected as he popped out from Ron's shirt.
"Don't you worry, guys. I know what I need to do", said Kim. "There won't be any more hesitations. I'm going to make sure the Doctor explains the whole sitch to us."
Kim and Ron arrived at Middleton High, and walked through the main entrance of the building. The school was already full of bustling students, getting ready for another day of work and lessons. As the two crime-fighting teenagers walked towards their lockers, Monique came over to them.
"Hey guys. Have you heard what's up with the Doctor?" Monique asked.
"He has serious issues with social skills at times, as Kim and I found out from our trip yesterday", Ron said.
"The Doctor went on one of your missions?!" Monique exclaimed. "I'm not gonna lie, that's sounds weird. But you have got to tell me all about it later…"
"What were you going to tell us, Monique?" Kim then asked abruptly, wanting to change the subject quickly.
"Apparently, the Doctor's not turned up yet, and it's five minutes until lessons start", Monique said.
"Perhaps he's just running a little late. Not every teacher can be as 'perfect' as Mr Barkin", Ron said sarcastically.
"Yeah, but most teachers would contact in advance to warn the school if they were late or ill", Monique stated. "But there's been nothing from the Doctor apparently. Mr Barkin is in a flight of panic, as he doesn't have anyone else to take over the Doctor's history classes today."
"Did you get this info from the senior staff?" Kim asked.
"No… but Tara claims to have found this out", Monique admitted.
"Well it's probably just another rumour being spread around the school", Kim said. "I'm sure the Doctor will arrive soon, if he isn't here already. He's probably still in a bad mood from yesterday and doesn't want people to see him yet."
"Why? What happened?" Monique started asking.
"I'm not going to answer those questions right now", Kim said, as she and Ron arrived at their lockers. "I'm trying to distract myself away from last night's mission as it is."
As Kim opened her locker door, the computer inside it powered up, revealing on the screen monitor - as usual - Wade sitting at his desk, surrounded by his own computer and other gadgets.
"Hey Wade. What's the sitch?" Kim asked.
"A pre-recorded video message was sent to your website earlier this morning, Kim", Wade said. "I think you may want to watch it."
Before Kim could say anything else, the image on the screen changed to the video Wade had mentioned. Unfortunately, it showed a familiar face Kim really didn't want to see at that moment.
"Hello Kim Possible", said the blue-skinned mad scientist, who was not holding back his sneer.
"Dr Drakken", Kim said, bordering on having a growly tone in her voice.
"You may be wondering why I have decided to waste my time sending this little message to you", began Drakken. "Well, to put it simply, I want to invite you and your colleague to my place."
"If there isn't a party on, which includes balloons or Cheetos, then I'm going to be majorly disappointed", Ron said.
"If that isn't of any interest to you yet, what if I sweetened the invitation by offering to tell you everything about my most successful scheme ever?" Drakken added.
"It's got to be a trap", said Monique.
"That fact is pretty obvious", Kim said.
"When you receive this video message, you must not hesitate. You must immediately come to us", Drakken demanded.
"Oh yeah?" Rufus said.
"If you do not, Papa Drakken and Auntie Shego are not going to be happy", Drakken said in a parent-like mocking tone.
"Pffft, if we've learnt anything from our previous escapades, it's that we mustn't fall for Drakken's traps…" Ron commented to Kim.
"Besides, we've captured your precious 'Doctor', and he will remain as our prisoner for the foreseeable future", Drakken suddenly added. "So unless you want the Doctor to be subjected to my experiments, then I suggest you get yourselves over to my lair."
Drakken stepped aside from the view on the screen, to reveal a familiar skinny man, still dressed in his dark brown suit. He was tied by his waists and ankles to the chair he was sitting on, and his head was bowed down as if he had lost all hope.
"Doctor", both Kim and Ron gasped in horror.
"Oh no", was all Rufus could say.
"See! I told you the Doctor was missing", Monique said.
Drakken appeared back on screen to give his final few lines. "I will send you the coordinates for where you can find me. I am sure you will gladly accept my invitation. Until then, have a good day", Drakken said as he presented an evil smile at the end of the last sentence. A second later, the screen changed once again to show a map of Middleton, and a small symbol showing where Kim and Ron could find Drakken's hideout.
After a moment's pause, Kim said to Ron, "We need to go and find Drakken."
Ron simply nodded. Both he and Kim then started running for the exit.
"But what about your lessons?" Monique called out to them. "You know Mr Barkin is gonna be mad when he finds out you two ditched school, even if to save a man's life."
"Don't you worry about us, Monique", Kim said. "We'll take care of ourselves when we get back. But clearly saving the Doctor is more important, no matter what Mr Barkin thinks."
And with that, Kim and Ron sprinted away. As they exited the school building, Monique said quietly (more for her sake than anything else), "Just be careful guys."