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Here is the 12th chapter of this crossover! Apologies for a fairly long wait. Still pretty busy. By have been working slowly - but consistently - on the story. And finally, the moment has arrived. Where all the main characters meet... Enjoy!
Time Sitch
A Kim Possible/Doctor Who crossover
Chapter 11
"So this is where we're supposed to meet the big bad blue?" Ron inquired.
"Apparently so, according to the coordinates Drakken gave us", Kim answered, looking at her Kimmunicator.
"It's just that all I can see is a big cliff face in front of me", Ron commented.
Kim and Ron had arrived at the location Drakken had given them to go to, which had been shown at the end of the video message he had sent to them.
And Ron was right. The only noticeable thing about where they were at that moment was the side of a cliff.
"You know what? Drakken's lair is probably within the confinements of this rocky cliff", Kim said. "We'll probably need to make ourselves noticeable", she added as she started to walk to the stony wall face.
"Come on Kim", Ron said. "That would be too obvious. Surely not even Drakken would build his base in such a clichéd villains' hiding spot…"
As he said that, the face of the cliff started to open upwards, leaving a large opening for the heroes to walk into. Kim simply strode in, while Ron took a moment to look on in bewilderment.
"Duh. I should have known how Drakken does things, shouldn't I?" Ron said. Rufus nodded in agreement with what his owner had said.
Ron followed after Kim into what was probably the entrance of Drakken's lair. As he entered a large chamber area, the entry behind Ron closed off again.
Already waiting for the teen duo was Shego, standing impatiently with her hands on her hips. On each side of her was one of Drakken's goons.
"Took you two doofuses long enough to get here", said Shego in an audacious manner.
"You should treat your guests with more respect", Kim replied back cheekily.
"Less talking, more following", was all Shego said, as she started to walk towards the exit of the entrance chamber. Kim and Ron followed her, while the two henchmen waited for them to pass by so they could walk behind them.
As they all walked along, there was complete silence from all of them. The only sounds that were audible were the echoes of their footsteps in the cavernous design of the corridors.
Rufus slowly peaked his head out from the pocket on Ron's mission pants, and looked around at his surroundings. Rufus noticed that Shego was leading the small group, and he couldn't help but gulp, in fear of not knowing if she wouldn't just suddenly decide to attack the teenage heroes.
They were eventually drawing closer to what appeared to be the entrance to another room. Ron couldn't help noticing the doors in front of them were a bit on the tall side.
"Did Drakken really need the doors to be that big? What does he expect to take into that 'room' or whatever it is?" he asked.
"Beats me", was all Kim could answer, not really thinking about the doorway at that moment.
Shego continued towards the entrance, while everyone else stopped a few metres behind. The green and black cladded villainess pushed the doors wide open, before indicating to the others to enter in.
Kim and Ron walked in first. At first glance, the room looked like it was some sort of laboratory mixed with high-tech console equipment. The next thing they noticed was that there was also a desk - to the side of the room - with a computer resting on top, as well as a sofa alongside it. A place to discuss evil schemes? Then again, it was probably more like Drakken to pick a random idea and not listen to anything Shego had to say.
On the far side of the 'laboratory', Kim and Ron noticed a large set of curtains. It was obviously hiding something, judging by the blinds draping over whatever the large object was.
"Your guests have arrived, Dr Drakken", Shego called over to that side of the room. It was then that the teenagers noticed that a few metres away from the curtains was a fireplace, with three seats surrounding it. Two of them were plushy armchairs, and one was a bare wooden chair.
As Kim and Ron walked over, a familiar body shape stood up from the armchair to their right. He turned around, only exhibiting a goofy grin on his face.
"Aha, Kim Possible", said Drakken. "So good of you to join us. I know I'm not the only one who's grateful for you accepting my invitation." He then stood aside to bring the heroes' attention to the person sat on the flimsy wooden seat.
A person who was tied tightly to the chair with rope by the wrists and foot.
"Doctor", gasped Kim, as she recognised who the person was.
"Doctor? Hey, Doc, are you ok?" Ron asked vainly. But as suspected, the Doctor didn't respond back. His eyes just turned towards the teen heroes, with a look of anguish and bitterness.
Kim and Ron were taken aback. They might have seen him holding back certain emotions a couple of days ago, but this was still a change from the Doctor they had gotten to know. And yet - like with other things to do with this man - they didn't know why the Doctor was in this emotional state. Kim and Ron had been abducted by Drakken in the past, and to them it was just annoying and embarrassing. So there had to be something more behind the Doctor's capture.
Kim and Ron noticed there was still one other individual sitting on the other armchair. The seat was facing away from them, so they couldn't tell who it was. It wasn't helped by the fireplace, which caused a shadow-like effect to envelope the person.
"Ah, I bet you're wondering who this is", Drakken said to the teenaged duo. "I shall let her introduce herself." He then turned to the other person, saying, "If you could, please."
The woman stood up from her chair, and turned towards Kim and Ron. They took a moment to focus on her, and noticed first what she was wearing. A 19th century dress; the brooch under her throat; the black ankle boots; they all seemed familiar. And then they looked up at her face…
"Doctor Magister?!" Kim and Ron both exclaimed.
"Hello, children!" she greeted. "I believe we've met before. Although last time we didn't have this gentleman all tied up to a wooden chair." She indicated over to where the Doctor was bound by ropes to his seat.
"Ok, there needs to be some serious explaining to do here", Kim said demandingly.
"Impatience won't get you anywhere", Drakken stated to annoy Kim even more.
"You think that's stopped us before?" Kim said, as she walked towards the mad scientist.
'Doctor Magister' stepped in-between Kim and Drakken, and said to the red-haired teenager, "I wouldn't worry about using brute force, Miss Possible. I'll be reasonable person and explain everything to you."
As she finished speaking, a wide grin appeared on her face. Kim wasn't sure whether to take it as purely comical, or if there was more of an ominous feel to it.
"I just realised", said Doctor Magister. "Both of you have been standing up since you entered the room. Please, why not take a seat?" she said, indicating to the two chairs she and Drakken had sat on earlier.
"I think we'll be just fine", Ron replied, crossing his arms. "We heroes need to be ready for anything."
"If you insist, Ron", said Doctor Magister.
A quick reaction of surprise hit Ron, and then he turned to Drakken. "See, what's so hard about remembering somebody's name?"
"Err… I have so many people on my evil contacts list", was the excuse Drakken came up with. "It's hard to remember a sidekick's name."
Ron wasn't convinced. But before he could reply back, Kim interjected to ask a question.
"So, Doctor Magister, what's your business with Drakken and Shego?"
"Come on, Kim! You've skipped the fun part", Doctor Magister replied.
"I didn't exactly come for fun", Kim stated.
"That's because you don't know what the fun part is!" said Doctor Magister.
Kim's eyebrows lowered, and she stared at the 'scientist', as she began to move.
"You see, Kim", 'Doctor Magister' began, as she walked towards where the Doctor was tied up, "I'm not actually who you think I am."
"What do you mean?" Kim asked demandingly.
The older woman stopped in her tracks, rolled her eyes, and turned to face Kim. "Oh come on, child. You've got a brain." She then raised her hands in the air, saying, "I'm not Doctor Magister."
The two teenagers stood in complete silence, before Kim asked, "So… err… who are you really?"
Another smiled appeared on the woman's face. "You can call me Missy. But most people know of me as 'The Master'."
"Isn't 'master' a title given to men?" Ron asked. "I mean, if you'd prefer to be called that, I'd be totally fine with it…"
"You know what they say; about 'leaving the past behind and all that'. Well that's what I'm kind of doing. I used to be 'the Master'. Bu now I'm Missy. But still basically the Master."
"Ok, now you've confused me", Ron said.
"I do apologise", said Missy. "I'm not very good at explanations. So how about we let the Doctor do the talking…"
She went over to where the Doctor sat, and clamped her hands on his shoulders.
"Go on, old pal. Be a good friend and tell them about me", Missy said in a teasing manner.
The Doctor raised his head slowly. Kim and Ron could see in his eyes that he was battling anger, as well as sad sorrow. He didn't initially answer to Missy's request.
"Come on, Doctor. You know you don't want to try my patience. Even now, I'm still quite happy to hurt those you swore to protect..."
Rage was starting to boil within the Doctor, taking over where some of the sadness had been evident before.
But Kim had originally intended to get the Doctor talking anyway, if it had been a normal day at Middleton High. So as much as she felt bad for taking advantage of the situation, now was the perfect chance to get answers from him.
"It's ok, Doctor", said Kim, hoping she sounded reassuring. "Whatever you've not wanted to tell me and Ron, I'm sure we can handle it. And personally, I think it's about time you've told us some things."
A lot of the anger disappeared from the Doctor's face. He still held a serious, grave look; he probably didn't want to put the teen heroes in harm's way. He sighed deeply, before starting to talk.
"The Master... Missy... we were friends a long time ago."
"How long ago?" Ron asked innocently.
"Good, Ron!" Missy exclaimed. "Going straight for the juicy details! I like that!"
"Hey, I was just curious about how long you both have known each other", Ron said.
The Doctor paused for a moment, before answering Ron's question. "... Almost 900 years."
Kim's eyes slowly widened. However, as he scratched his right ear, Ron said back to the Doctor, "Sorry, my hearing must have been off. How long again?"
"As he said, 900 years", Missy interjected. " Although for me, it's probably more like over 1000 years now."
Ron now showed shock on his face. It then changed quickly to one of confusion. He asked Missy, "Hang on. How can you have known him for 1000-plus years when he's only known you for 900?"
Missy chuckled. "Don't skip too far, darling. You've still got some more surprises to come. Don't want to spoil the fun too early."
"Whether it's 900 or 1000 years, my question is how can you two have known each other for so long?" Kim asked the Doctor.
The Doctor was a little hesitant to answer. Seeing this, Missy stepped alongside him and said, "It's simple. We're aliens!"
There was a moment's silence before Kim said, "You must be having a laugh, surely."
"You both look pretty human to us", Ron added.
"Or you look just like us", Missy pointed out. "The Doctor will back me up on my statement."
Kim and Ron looked towards the Doctor, waiting in expectancy for the explanation. The Doctor gave another quiet breath, before talking again.
"We're the last of the Time Lords", he began. "A species from a planet called Gallifrey."
"Never heard of them", Ron said.
"That's because we're not from here..." the Doctor said, before being interrupted by Shego.
"Well, duh, you just said you came from a different planet."
The Doctor turned his attention to Shego, and sharply replied, "I'll rephrase what I said. Missy and I shouldn't be here. Somehow, both of us have been dragged from our reality into yours."
"You may have been dragged here, Doctor. But trust me, I noticed the hole in our reality and took full advantage of it", Missy bragged.
"So you're from a different universe?!" Ron exclaimed.
"Dear, if we were 'just' from another universe, we would still part of your reality", Missy stated.
Another pause from Ron, and then he said, " OK, this really is some really wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff."
Missy chuckled, and then started teasing the Doctor. "Did you hear that? He's using your line. It must be music to your ears. Don't you think he'll make a good companion?"
The Doctor didn't reply. He simply gave Missy a cold, hard stare.
"I've forgotten that you're not much fun", Missy said offhandedly.
Ron, Rufus, Drakken and Shego now all looked confuddled. Kim was also trying to process the concept of multiple realities, that this was more than just 'multiversal' travelling (which was a heck of a concept in itself).
Kim decided to swiftly move onto other questions, knowing that she needed more answers.
"So was this 'hole' in the walls between our realities your doing?" Kim interrogated.
"If it were, I'd be very proud of myself", Missy replied. "Alas, it is not."
"I wouldn't put it past you", the Doctor mumbled.
"I promise. I just stumbled upon it, like you did Doctor." Missy then moved a finger across her chest to symbolise an 'x' shape. "Cross my heart and hope to die", she then said jesterly.
"So who created the hole then?" Kim suddenly asked forcibly.
"Look darling, I don't know how you go about your missions, but I'm sure even you know that you don't just find out who the villains are by aimlessly stumbling around the place", Missy said.
Kim didn't have a reply to that. But right on cue, Ron commented, "You'd be surprised on a few occasions."
Kim crossed her arms, and said, "We haven't really established who you are."
Missy also crossed her arms, and then placed a finger on her chin to create a mock-thinking pose. "Well, I've already told you my name, what race I am, where I come from... What more could I add?"
Kim went straight to her simple, but direct, question. "Who are you?"
"The Master is a dangerous, manipulating person, who will stop at nothing to get what they want", the Doctor quickly answered, starting to sound more desperate.
"Who, me?" Missy said with a mocked-up shocked expression. "What would make you think that?"
"I suppose putting the humans through hell as 'Harold Saxon' was just a coincidence then?" the Doctor said.
"True, I don't have a great track record", Missy said. "But I'm a different person now to what I once was. I had goals and reasons for wanting to take over the universe and gain power."
The Doctor, Kim, and Ron all looked at Missy, anticipating what she was going to say next.
"But now... I think I'm just mad" Missy said, with a wicked grin growing on her face.
"You have changed", the Doctor said. "The Master I knew would have been very meticulous, even as a mad man." The Doctor stuttered for a moment. "Now you are just the embodiment of madness."
"Hey, I'm not completely mental", Missy said. "I do sometimes have to have plans."
"Before you start to do the villain's trick of revealing everything there is to know about your evil schemes; why does the Doctor keep referring to you in a masculine manner?" Ron asked. "As if, you know, you were... once a man...?" Ron faltered over his last few words.
"I'm sure you and Kim will spend some quality time with the Doctor soon", Missy replied. "Why not ask then?" She gave a twisted smile to Ron, before beginning to walk over to the area of the room covered by the curtains.
"Speaking of evil schemes", Kim said, " what plan have you and Drakken devised together?"
"I'll show you", Missy replied. She pulled down the large curtain sheets, to reveal a bulky contraption.
"What is that?" Kim asked.
"I like to call it a 'dimensional reality manipulator'", Missy stated proudly.
"Oooo, I like that name", Drakken said excitedly.
"Don't wet your pants over it", Shego said.
"I'm afraid to ask what it does", Kim said.
"Well how about Drakken tells you what our plan is, before I explain what this gizmo does", Missy suggested.
"With pleasure", Drakken said, as he was bowing. He then walked in front of the two teenagers, and stood facing them.
"It's very simple", Drakken began saying. "This creation can enable multiple personnel to travel through time and space, anywhere and whenever they so wish."
"And let me guess", Kim said. "You're going to use it to..."
"HANG ON HANG ON, let me finish!" Drakken quickly shouted to stop Kim going any further. He then continued, "With this dimensional reality manipulator, I will go back in time, and ensure that the world in the present day will be under the control of Dr Drakken!" he ended with a bellow.
"What a wild discovery", Kim said sarcastically.
"Huh, even Kimmie is getting wise to your repetitive plans, Dr D", Shego pointed out.
A mixture of anger and annoyance were visable on Drakken's face. He looked more comical than threatening, however.
Missy came up alongside Drakken, and placed a hand on his left shoulder. "Don't you worry, Drakken boy. That's a perfectly good plan."
"At least someone has respect for me", Drakken said.
"The only trouble is that that's not a time machine", Missy then said impassively.
Drakken's eyebrows raised, and the only thing he could utter was, " Whaaa...?", before Missy spoke up.
"Alright, my pet", she called out. "Hold down the blue guy for me."
Drakken and Shego hadn't noticed one of the henchmen had disappeared alongside the big contraption. He now suddenly appeared from its shadow, and grabbed both of Drakken's arms.
"What?! What is the meaning of this? Let me go!" Drakken demanded. He struggled in vain against the strong grip from the henchman.
Shego lighted up her hands, ready to take down the rogue goon and Missy.
At that same moment, the other henchman - clearly not taking orders from Missy - started running over to the action. But before he could arrive, Missy pointed a thin cylindrical device at the goon - similar to the Doctor's sonic screwdriver - and vaporised the man to dust with the laser shooting out from it.
Kim and Ron stumbled backwards in complete horror. They knew their own villains were potentially dangerous - particularly Shego - but none of them had gone this far and broken that moral code. None of their villains had ever killed anyone, even if they had intended to at one time or another.
Missy then pointed her weapon towards Shego, causing the green-skinned villainess to hold off her attack. "I wouldn't think about it if I were you", Missy said. "I'm sure you would like to live a full life, and not be killed by some old, fuddy-duddy lady."
Shego remained silent, but was clearly feeling resentment towards Missy. The green energy vanished from Shego's hands, and she didn't move from her spot.
"The same goes for you and Ron", Missy said to Kim, now pointing her weapon at them.
Kim was still in shock over the killing of one of Drakken's henchman. "You just took a life!" she shouted back.
"I'm sorry if that disturbes you", Missy said unsympathetically. "Your enemies obviously just don't have the guts to kill."
Kim was now in rage over the uncaring nature Missy had for her own actions. The Doctor them spoke up and said, "Like I said, Missy will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. You're lucky to have your own arch-nemeses not cross that line."
Kim turned back to the female Time Lord and asked, "What's your game, Missy?"
"I would also like to know what you think you're doing", demanded Drakken.
"Well, I had a thought about it, and decided that your idea wasn't fun enough", Missy said to Drakken.
"Traitor!" Drakken yelled.
"You really have underestimated Missy", the Doctor said.
"I think Drakken just keeps forgetting that every villain has a tendency to stab each others backs", Shego stated in an annoyed manner.
"I don't think now is a good time to berate me for my trusting abilities", Drakken said.
Ron suddenly interjected, "Is that a hand in the centre of that thing?" He had been looking at Missy's contraption while the others had been throwing words at each other.
Indeed, a hand was levitating within a large cylinder casing, which led downwards and stopped a few feet from a familiar black cube.
"That's the object Drakken and Shego stole on that night at the scientific research centre", Kim exclaimed.
"Uh oh", Rufus said.
"It's called the Eye of Harmony", the Doctor said begrudgingly. " It suspends the moment when a star is turning into a black hole, and it powers up pieces of Time Lord technology."
"Wait, how is that possible in that small thing?" Ron asked.
"Us Time Lords are good at making things bigger on the inside", Missy said obscurely.
"Wait... What..." Ron said. But he was quickly interrupted by Kim. She needed to know what the machine in front of them was and did.
"And what's that hand?" Kim asked.
"The Hand of Omega", Missy replied. "Literally a hand cut off from someone, by a guy named Omega. Gruesome, eh? Anyway, he then placed it into a stellar manipulator."
"What does it do?" Kim asked cautiously.
"It contains the power to set the Eye of Harmony working", the Doctor answered. "With both of them combined, Missy can now travel anywhere in time and space."
"I could", Missy said. "But when I said I wasn't interested in Drakken's idea, that was what I was reffering to."
"So if you're not going to use it as a time machine, what is it for?" Kim asked interrogatively.
"That I'll let you find out as a surprise", Missy teased. "Not even the Doctor knows."
Kim and Ron looked at the Doctor, and he looked back at them. They all had the same face of confusion and worry about Missy's unknown plan. Even Drakken and Shego were now watching in dreaded anticipation of what this woman might do next.
Missy took a small wrist object out of one of her dress pockets. The Doctor recognised it quickly.
"That's a vortex manipulator..." the Doctor said, who seemed to start to look disconcerted.
"That was the wrist thing Drakken was wearing yesterday", Kim added.
"It is", was all Missy replied, as she worked at the control panel of the dimensional reality manipulator. She turned it on, and blue energy started falling down from the Hand of Omega to the black cube holding the force of the Eye of Harmony.
As the energy hit the cube object, the sides of it fell down one by one. Instantly, a bright ball of light started to grow outwards, but as if it was fighting back from expanding too quickly.
As it filled up the breadth and width of the 'containment' of the dimensional reality manipulator, it stopped growing; but it still continued to shine brightly, as well as making a loud humming noise. The physical presence of this new 'matter' seemed to wooble, as well as contract and expand constantly 'on the spot', as if like a star.
Missy took her stance in front of the large contraption, still holding the wrist device in her right hand.
"Missy..." the Doctor said. "Master... What are you doing?"
Missy turned around and replied, "I'm just playing a game of 'throw-the-vortex-manipulator-at-the-target'."
The Doctor's eyes widened rapidly, and his speech became more desperate. "Are you mad?! Throw that in there, and it'll do enormous damage to this universe! You'll kill billions upon billions of innocent lives!"
"This coming from a man who's put his companions at great peril, and has been willing to sacrifice his own race to win a war", Missy replied.
Kim, Ron and Rufus became increasingly more confused as they became more scared at the situation unfolding before them. Right now, this woman could potentially be ending the world as they knew it, and Missy was mentioning more things about the Doctor they didn't know and still didn't fully understand.
Missy raised her arm, and prepared to throw the vortex manipulator into the heart of the dimensional reality contraption.
"Please, listen to me! Don't do it! I beg you!" the Doctor cried out.
"I don't think death is what you have to worry about, Doctor", Missy said.
The Doctor looked on helplessly, while everyone else waited anxiously for Missy to go through with her madness.
Missy glanced at each person in the room. "Enjoy yourselves", she said. And with that, she threw the vortex manipulator.
"No!" the Doctor screamed. But it was in vain.
As the wrist device was flung into the energy matter, a blinding flash enveloped the room.
And then everything went blank.