Remember me?  I wrote "Evil Geniuses for a Better Tomorrow".  I guess you could call this a sequel, in that it refers to EGBT at several points.  Please review.  I only got six for the last one.  (Of course, as long as it's still on the site, you could very easily change that.J)  Bear in mind, however, that EGBT was humor, and could very easily be read as a new episode of the show.  This one, however, is much darker.  I'm not sure if the ending will be happy or sad.  Time only knows.  (Sorry 'bout that.  I just finished "Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time", and the song that plays in the credits will be stuck in my head forever.)

                        CHAPTER ONE

            Life was going nicely for crime-fighting cheerleader Kim Possible, and her best friend/sidekick, Ron Stoppable.  The super villains had been relatively quiet lately, so Kim and Ron could concentrate on things like homework.  Well, okay, maybe Kim was the only one who was focusing on homework. 

            Unfortunately, this was all about to change.  It began when Kim closed her locker door to find Steve Verruckt leaning against the lockers.  Steve was one of a lucky few students in school who were considered to be both intelligent and cool.  In Steve's case, this was due to the fact that he kept his intelligence to a minimum when he didn't need it.  Like last year, when he was partnered with Kim in biology.  They had been assigned to do a project on worms.  Kim had written a nice little report on earthworms; Steve had used his computer to make an animated diagram of the life cycle of a blood fluke, thereby landing both of them an A+ for the course.

            "Hey Kim.  Got a minute?"

            "Sure.  What's the sitch?"

            "I'm afraid I may have found a breaking point in your relaxation binge."

            "Oh, believe me.  After Barkin took over Latin class, a little action is just what I need."

            "Well, I recently had to attend a funeral for one of my relatives."

            "Oh.  I'm sorry."

            "Actually, I didn't really know him.  In fact, I didn't even know he existed.  I think he was my father's uncle's brother's fourth cousin, once removed."

            "Talk about an obscure relative."

            "Yeah.  But here's the weird part: when we got there, the body was gone!"

            "What?"

            "The coffin had been ripped in half, and my father's uncle's brother's fourth cousin, once removed was gone!"

            "Any ideas as to where it might have went?"

            "No.  And the guards are in no condition to talk about it.  Apparently, whoever stole the body hit them pretty hard to get to it."

            "All right, Steve.  We're on it."

            "Thanks."

            At the crime scene, Kim did a quick interview of the guards who had been watching the body at the time of the theft.  The results, owing to their traumatized condition, were less than satisfactory.

            "I…there were…two…"

            "Watch out!  They're evil!  Pure evil!"

            "I…remember…green…and…pain…"

            "Well," Ron said, "that was helpful."

            "I'm gonna see if there are any more clues."  Kim put on her spectrometer sunglasses and scanned the room.  As she scanned the door, she noticed something.  On her way in, she had seen that the door had been ripped from its hinges.  What she had missed were five small gashes in the door frame.  "What could've done that?"  She pulled out her Kimmunicator and pointed it at the door frame.  "Wade, I want a full analysis of this spot."

            Wade did a few abnormal things with his fingers on his computer keyboard, before finally finding something.  "Whoa!  These gashes test positive for sulfuric hydrochloride."

            "What?"

            "It's a kind of plasma, invented in the late 80's, designed to corrode and burn everything it touches."

            "All right.  Now, all we need is a list of anyone who has bought this stuff recently.'

            "Don't bother.  It's top secret formula is known only to the man who invented it.  And guess what his name is?"

            Kim thought for a while.  "I give up.  What?"

            "Oh, come on.  You always come up with the answer right before I tell you."

            "No, this time, I really am drawing a blank."

            "Fine, I'll tell you.  Ready for this?  It was invented by a Drew Lipsky."

            Kim nearly dropped the Kimmunicator.  "Drakken?  What could he possibly want with a dead body?"

                *      *      *

            "Okay, Dr. D?  I have to ask you: what could you possibly want with a dead body?"

            The blue-skinned scientist attached a long IV tube to the arm of the motionless man on the table.  "You'll see soon enough.  Let's just hope Kim Possible doesn't show up until after I'm finished."

            "There you go.  You just jinxed the entire plot."

            "No I didn't, Shego!"

            "Fine, whatever.  But I refuse to work with this smelly thing until you tell me why you had me steal it."

            "Okay, fine, you win.  I wanted him because…"

Because why?  Why does Drakken want the body of Steve Verruckt's father's uncle's brother's fourth cousin, once removed?  Review, and I'll post the next chapter, in which you'll find out.