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Chapter Two: More Questions than Answers.

The following day, Kim went back to the library to meet Shego, arriving ten minutes early she sat down on a bench to wait. A man sat down next to Kim a few minutes later, but she paid him no mind.

"Life is certainly full of mysteries isn't it."

Kim looked around at the man. He was leaning forward and had a ball cap pulled low over his face.

"Are you talking to me?" She asked slowly.

"Yes I am, Kellie." He responded

"How do you know that name?" Kim said her eyes narrowing.

"I was familiar with your parents- Sallie's too." The man replied.

"You're Cyrus?" Kim asked and when the man didn't respond she continued, "What did you mean by 'Life is full of mysteries?'"

"I have found that life often presents us with questions faster than we can obtain answers." The man said pensively, "And questions can spawn mysteries."

Kim nodded "Do you have any advice?"

"Advice?" The man asked, sounding mildy surprised.

"Yeah, you seem like you understand life and quite frankly, my life just became much more complicated."

"Well, firstly, you should only trust Sallie and the family that raised you." The man started speaking quicker, "Arrow has people everywhere." He suddenly stood, "I've told you too much. Trust no one save Sallie and the family that raised you."

And before Kim could open her mouth he was gone. Once again the name Arrow had come up. Lock and Loretta had both mentioned Arrow as well. They had said it was an organization and nothing else. It seemed that the key to mystery lay with finding out just what or who Arrow was.

Kim was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't notice Shego sit down next her.

"What's got you thinking, Princess?" And just like the night before, Kim jumped. Shego chuckled and stood, "Shall we?"

Kim stood and followed Shego to the parking lot. As she stepped onto the asphalt, a thought struck and she decided to voice it.

"Should I call you-"

"No!" Shego interrupted, "Our parents went to great lengths to hide us. It's best we don't throw away everything they worked for."

Kim nodded, then stared when Shego stopped in front of black and green car that was worth more than her entire house. Kim composed herself and put her hands on her hips.

"Did you steal that, Shego?" She asked

"No, this is actually mine."

Kim climbed into the car while Shego slid in behind the steering wheel. She started the car. Once on the road, Kim told Shego about her encounter with the mysterious man.

"He called you Kellie?" Shego asked when Kim had finished.

"Yeah, that's how I knew he meant business." Kim responded. "I think he was Cyrus."

"That reminds me, last night somebody was spying us."

This startled Kim, "Who?"

"It was a man, but I couldn't make out any more through the dark."

Kim wondered vaguely of the man from the bench was the same man.

"Tell me about your daughter." Betty was losing her patience.

"You're wasting your time, Betty."

Betty whipped her hand across the prisoner's face with a loud smack and Key just laughed.

"Hit me all you like, it won't do you any good."

Betty raised her hand, then lowered it. Hitting Key again would only give the woman what she wanted. Betty decided to change tactics.

"What if I told you I have a guess of who your daughter is?"

"I would say that you were likely wrong because this suspect would be found in a secret-" Key's eyes widened in horror, but Betty was smiling triumphantly, "I shouldn't have said that."

"So that was your plan? To hide her in plain sight by having her adopted. Well Key, today more answers than questions."

Betty walked away intending to look into adoptions following the car bomb.

Behind her, the former villainess began to weep.

Shego brought the car to a stop outside a secluded Café. Shego got out of the car and looked around.

"I don't think we were followed." She reported as Kim climbed out of the car. Shego led the way into the café and to a booth near the corner.

"What do we know?" She asked when Kim had sat down.

"Well, Doctor Director is involved somehow and is connected to Arrow." Kim said

"We also know that we were placed in orphanages to conceal our identities." Shego added, "Not to mention the man from the bench."

"And we know what our parents told us." Kim finished. "And from what I've figured, Arrow is the key to understanding all of this better."

"How so?" Shego asked

"First, like we've established Betty is the daughter of Angela Director who was the head of Arrow; second, the man I believe to be Cyrus mention Arrow as well."

A silence fell between them for a few minutes while they both sorted out their thoughts. Kim began tracing some of the lines in the wood table with finger while she mused. Finally, she looked at Shego and spoke.

"I think we need to go to the hideout."

Shego consider a moment. "Yes, but separately." Shego agreed.

Kim slid out of her seat and stood up. "First thing tomorrow after breakfast we find the hideout."

Shego slid out of her seat and followed Kim out of the restaurant.

Paper files, of course it was paper files. Betty thought with a bitter smile. The time frame she had wanted was after all a little over eighteen years ago. Before her sat two piles, one files she had looked at and the other ones she still hadn't looked at.

She set the file she was currently pouring over down and rubbed her single eye wearily. She placed the paper on the 'already looked at' pile and grabbed the next one.

She took one glance at it and paused. The file was for a 'Kimberly Kellie' age six months old being adopted by James and Ann Possible. Betty frowned, Kimberly's full given name was Kimberly Ann Possible with no mention whatsoever of Kellie in it. Kellie was listed as a middle name. It couldn't be a coincidence could it? She had known that Lock had a wife, but it was unknown whether or not they had had children. Betty set the file aside in a separate pile, making a mental note to meet with the teen heroine. This file provided her with more questions to which she did possess the answers.

The following morning found Kim packing a backpack. Her kimmunicator beeped and Wade appeared on the screen.

"What's the sitch, Wade?" Kim said automatically.

"Doctor Director wants to meet with you."

Kim turned away from her backpack, "Do you know what about?"

"All she said is that she had some questions for you."

Kim didn't like the sound of that. Especially, in light of the revelations of the past few days. Betty had access to all of Global Justice's resources and could have found something. Still, one thing didn't make sense. How could have she found out about them?

"Tell her I'm busy." Kim instructed

Wade seemed confused, but nodded all the same. "Sure thing Kim, but if I may, why?"

Kim zipped the backpack closed and slung it over a shoulder.

"I can't tell you. It's safer if you don't know for now." Kim picked up the kimmunicator and ended the call. She set the device down on her desk before she turned and left the room.

"How dare she blow me off!" Betty fumed. "All I wanted was a simple meeting.

Kim Possible was beginning to become impossible to work with. According to Wade, Kim's kimmunicator hadn't been moved from the room which meant wherever the redheaded heroine was going she didn't want to be tracked. Where was she going? To meet Shego perhaps? That was likely. Her spies had seen the two together, speaking in urgent whispers.

She began to kneed her forehead what were those two doing together? If they were plotting to take over the world or pull some elaborate heist then what she had feared was going to come to pass. Still, she could tap into her resources in Arrow to get aid against them. No, she couldn't risk Shego or Kimberly catching wind of Arrow. If the government found out she hadn't dissolved Arrow like she had promised then they would likely take more than her job from her.

She blinked once and straightened up Arrow? Why was she thinking about them? Her shoulders sagged and she shook her head. Her primary focus needed to finding out what Kimberly and Shego were up to. She pulled communicator with a small, orange arrow on one side of it. She turned the device on and it crackled for a split second before Betty pressed the call button. It was answered on the fifth ring

"What is it now, Ma'am?" A young male voice asked.

"A report and more spies." Betty responded curtly.

"We've got our people looking for them, but so far nothing." The voice reported, "As per your request, you will have more spies. If you are right then we can't afford to have them running around."

Betty ended the communication and turned off the radio before slipping it back into her desk. She smiled grimly, she would know Kimberly's secret no matter what.

Padlock statuette in one hand and the crystal in the other, Kim brought them together. She carefully slid the crystal into the keyhole of the lock. Instantly, the color in the crystal began to move, swirling and coiling. When the copper finished flowing it resembled a frequency detector. Grateful for the hoodie concealing her distinctive red hair, Kim set off through Middleton.

She followed the ever waving copper line as she crossed streets. The line led her through a mall and into a park. Kim knew this park well, she had been coming to park for as long as she could remember. Across the park she spot a figure focused on something in its hand as it made its way across the park. Kim glanced down at the crystal in her hand and continued on her way.

She ended up In front of the statue of the city founder. It was a large statue that occupied a small concrete plinth in the center of a square near the back of the park. The square was ringed with trees.

"Hello, Cupcake."

Kim managed not to jump this time which still received a laugh much to the redhead's chagrin.

"How did you know it was me?" Kim turned to face the villainess only to see blonde that was about her age, "Oh, sorry!"

"It's me." The blonde girl laughed as Kim blushed in embarrassment, "Holo-disguise."

While Kim attempted to compose herself Shego continued speaking, "I haven't managed to locate the hideout yet, but it won't stay unfound for long."

They searched for the better part of an hour before Kim paused at the drinking fountain for some water. It made no sense. The line on the tracker was all over the place almost as if… Why hadn't she thought it before. The hideout was directly below them, but how to get into it? Her gaze fell on the metal grate that rested below the drinking fountain. The edge of the grate disappeared beneath the fountain but was definitely large enough that a grown man would fit in the shaft below. She knelt and peered inside the shaft. Like all large drains there was a metal-rung ladder. She called Shego over and the villainess joined her by the grate.

"Maybe." Shego stated as she bent to get a drink of water. She grimaced, "Ugh, these never have good water."

She straightened up, "This isn't the entrance."

Kim took a step back, "What!"

"There are no secret buttons or anything on this drinking fountain." The disguised villainess explained.

"If that's not then wha—"

Shego cut her off with a hand, "Someone's coming." She pulled a simple looking silver watch out of her pocket, "Put this on. It's a Holo-disguise."

Kim accepted the watch and quickly put it on. She pressed one of the buttons and felt a tingle that ran through her entire body. When the tingling subsided she discovered that she now looked a Hispanic girl with short dark hair that curled under her ears.

They waited a few minutes, then, an young man walking his dog entered the square. They watched him the entire time he was there. He didn't stay long, after a few minutes he and his dog continued their walk.

"I'm officially confused." Kim said, switching off the Holo-disguise. She made to take it off but found Shego's hand blocking her.

"Keep it." The villainess removed her hand, "We'll do one last sweep before leaving."

"Okay." The redhead reluctantly agreed.

They set off in opposite directions each determined to find the hideout. After a few minutes, Kim plopped down on a bench and looked toward the where still disguised Shego stood. Looking intently at the plaque at the base of the statue. Kim arched an eyebrow, stood, and joined her.

Shego pointed "See the symbol above the words?"

She saw it, the symbol was the founder's seal. The seal was in the design of a gothic winged key with ribbon wrapped around the middle.

"You think it's a clue?" Kim asked.

"It's possible." Shego shrugged.

Kim read through the short soliloquy in case there was something only she or Shego would understand, but it yielded nothing. What weren't they seeing? Kim glanced up at the founder's face, his small grin almost mocking her like he knew something she didn't.

Kim glanced at her watch and was surprised see that nearly three hours had passed, "I should probably go home."

Shego checked her watch as well, "I need to get going as well. Same time tomorrow?"

Kim nodded, "We'll meet here in front of the statue."

Shego agreed and they parted ways. Notwithstanding they hadn't managed to locate the lair Kim was in pretty good spirits which instantly dissipated the moment she entered her house. For seated on the couch was Betty Director and two agents.

"Hello, Kimberly." Betty said pleasantly.

"What do you want?" Kim said, trying sound casual.

"I have few questions for you." Betty replied. She pulled out a folder and held it out to Kim, "What can you tell me about this?"

"Hold that thought, gotta use the bathroom." Kim hurried up the stairs and into her room. She quickly grabbed the box from her birth parents and put the crystal and statuette inside it. After hiding the box in her closet she slipped into the bathroom, closed the door silently and flushed the toilet. Betty was clever and Kim acknowledged that. Betty knew that the best way to talk to someone who was avoiding you was direct contact. Kim exited the bathroom and returned downstairs.

"Where were we?" She asked after she had reentered the living room.

"You were about to look at this folder and tell me what you know." Betty responded almost instantly as she pointed to the folder on the couch.

Kim opened the folder. Inside was a single piece of paper. It was a adoption record stated a Kimberly Kellie was adopted by James and Ann Possible.

"The name Kellie isn't listed anywhere which surprised me." Betty said casually, "Not even your birth certificate."

Kim swallowed nervously, thinking as quickly she could– she needed to be very careful with what she said.

"It's my adoption record." She said finally.

"So you knew you were adopted?" Betty asked.

"Yeah, my mom told a long time ago." Kim answered

"And since then you never wondered about your birth parents?" Betty was a wearing an almost triumphant smile.

"Well yes, but there wasn't much to go off of." Kim said.

Betty suspected her. It was the only explanation for the one-eyed woman's visit.

Betty regarded Kim for moment before abruptly changing topic,

"You ever hear of a duo call Lock and Key?" The smiled broadly as Kim gave a small start at the mention of the names, "So you have heard of them. Could this be because you're related to them?"

"No, my mom told me about them." Kim said, readying herself for an attack.

"You're a terrible liar Kimberly." Betty said with a smug smile, "Take her."

Kim shot up from the couch, but too late she felt a prick of pain in her arm an immediately sank to her knees. She glanced at arm at the dart that swam in and out of focus momentarily before keeling over unconscious.

Shego couldn't wait to tell Kim the epiphany she had just had. She turned onto Kim's street and stopped as the teen heroine's front door opened. Betty Director, looking so smug that it all Shego could do to not throw a ball of plasma at her, came out followed a pair of guards. One had something on his shoulder and when he passed near a street light she could see it was—

"Kim." Shego breathed as an airship materialized out of nowhere.

The aircraft was sleek, but it wasn't a Global Justice craft. It instead had a rustic orange arrow going through three black loops. As Shego watched Kim was loaded on board and it took off shortly after. Shego pulled out a tracking device and sped toward the aircraft. She hurled the tracker and stuck fast to the craft an instant before the airship vanished.

Shego stared up at the sky.

"I will find you." She whispered revving her motorcycle and driving off into the night.

Cyrus stepped out of the shadows, his mouth a grim frown. Arrow had Lock's daughter.