Seed of Evil
Shego stood on the observer's deck of the Eiffel Tower. She looked over Paris, its lights boldly shining in the dark of night, and she almost kind of regretted her having to leave. She pulled the tiny device she had just stolen out of a black bag and looked at it.
'What does that buffoon want with this tiny thing? Why can't he ever want something really great, instead of this second rate junk?' Shego thought to herself.
"Oh well," Shego sighed, "Later, Paris. Maybe Drakken'll send me this way again." She laughed at herself, trying to be tough and sentimental all at once, but suddenly froze when she had a feeling that someone else was around. She spun around, and walked to the other side of the tower, looking over the edge.
"Nobody, I guess." She said, turning around. This time there was someone behind her. He was dressed in almost all black, with a flowing cape hanging from his shoulders. His skin appeared to be red, and his face had a design painted on it. He had no hair, but instead, had small bone horns protruding from the top of his head.
"It's amazing that a place so primitive can still be so beautiful" the unknown figure stated, smiling grimly.
"Who are you" Shego snapped, putting her stolen device back into her bag.
"Ah, yes. Pleasantries. Very well, I am known as Darth Mythas. And you are?"
"Name's Shego. What do ya want, horn-boy." She said, now more angry than surprised.
Without a hint of emotion he spoke, "You are to come with me."
Shego mocked. "You expect me to just drop what I'm doing and follow you to who knows where. Bite me, freak."
With that, Shego dropped her bag, her fists and feet erupted with green energy, and she charged Mythas. She threw a fast punch, only to have him catch her wrist, and then in one fluid motion, put his hand to her abdomen, and Force push her, which sent her tumbling backwards. She regained her composure and stood up.
"You're tougher than ya look. Alrighty then, let's dance." Shego said, leaping at her opponent, who again caught her incoming punch. She threw another, but he caught it. Mythas then twisted her around, holding her arms in an 'x' across her chest.
"Don't bother fighting me. You don't stand a chance." He whispered in her ear.
"We'll see about that, ugly." Shego growled. Without hesitation, she stomped his left foot, causing him to release his grip, to which she followed by leaping and spin kicking him across his face. He was a little shaken, and Shego took advantage of that. She punched him in his gut and then uppercut his jaw, sending Mythas stumbling backward. She rolled under him, grabbed his leg, and then stood up, which dropped him on his face. Shego spun Mythas buy his leg and tossed him into a metal corner beam. She then mounted his chest and, fists ablaze, and proceeded to pound his face. After about six punches however, Shego again went flying backwards. Mythas stood up haltingly and dusted himself off.
"Very impressive. Now, we will see how good you truly are." He said, removing his cape and throwing it aside.
Shego was shocked that he could stand after what she had just done to him, but instead of gawking, she decided to attack again. She ran forward and sweep kicked at him. Mythas wheel-flipped sideways and, upon landing, kicked Shego in the side, sending across the metal floor about 7 feet. She leapt up, only to have his elbow meet her face with tremendous force, knocking her back to the ground. He grabbed her at the collar of her suit and lifted her to her feet. He put both hands to her chest, and with a grunt, powerfully Force pushed her backwards 4 feet into a large metal beam. He quickly Force pulled her back and met her with a strong backhand fist, which clotheslined Shego, and flipping, she fell to the ground. He walked over to her and reached down to pick her up by the collar again, but she scissored his legs, and twisted, bringing him to the ground. She spun to her knees and grabbed his horns, and then smashed his head into the metal floor. She then quickly stood up and kicked him hard in the groin. He groaned.
"You pig." She snarled, kicking him again, earning another groan. "I think I'm gonna enjoy beating you."
Her fists lit up and she punched him in the back of the head twice. She the grabbed his horns and lifted his head, and tried to knee him in the face, but he caught her knee. He quickly rose to his knees and elbowed Shego in the stomach, then rising to his feet, kneed her very hard in the stomach again . She collapsed to one knee as she spit out a little blood. He grabbed her hair and tilted her head back, his hand drawn to backhand fist her, but she spit blood into his eyes. As he stumbled back wiping his eyes, her whole right arm lit up green, then she reared it back and landed a massive punch to his face, which knocked Mythas almost 10 feet through the air. Shego shrieked in rage, and her whole body erupted with green energy. She ran up to him, and with both hands lifted him by his throat, and then forearmed him in the neck. She then back-elbowed him in the side of his face, and followed with round house kick to his head. This knocked him again to the ground, his momentum causing his head to bounce off the metal of the deck. She gripped his neck with both hands again, and tossed him across the observer's deck about 15 feet.
Her entire body still radiating with energy, Shego started walking toward Mythas, fists still clenched tight.
"It's over horn-boy." She said, getting even closer.
Still on the ground, he wiped the blood from his lips and nose, and then smiled menacingly.
"What's so funny, Mythas" She said, wearing an evil grin of her own as she grabbed the leather of his collar and pulled him off the ground a little.
"You just don't know how right you are." He laughed.
Before Shego knew what hit her, she was on the ground about 3 feet from her foe. He pointed his fingers and she again felt the pain she had just experienced as bolts of electricity flew from his fingers into her body. He stopped for a moment only to point his other hand at her and again fired a fan of electricity that caused her to squirm, cringe, and scream.
Mythas again stopped, "To be honest, I could have finished you when we first started this little scuffle of ours. You are a most interesting creature, Shego. You have great power, and yet you don't have any true idea how to manipulate it. But I have a remedy for that."
He pointed an open palm at Shego, and using the Force, lifted her off the ground. Shego no longer was wearing a look of determination, but one of fear, seeing her opponent's true power. He then clenched his hand a bit, causing Shego to choke. He laughed as she all but clawed at her throat, trying to get some air.
{Cease your foolishness. Bring her back, NOW} Reignos' voice echoed inside Mythas' head.
"But sadly," Mythas stated, "we have no more time to play." He released his grip and gently pushed Shego's shoulder, launching her backwards into a beam as she gasped for air, and then with blinding speed ran and jump kicked her in the abdomen, knocking the wind out of her, and then, as she bent over, elbowed her in the back of her neck, leaving her unconscious.
Mythas lifted Shego over his shoulder and then pulled his black cape to his hand. He closed his eyes for a moment and within a matter of seconds, a Tyderian shuttle was next to the Eiffel Tower with the 'mouth' of the shuttle open. He jumped several feet to the ramp, walked on board, and as soon as the ramp closed up, the shuttle took off into space.
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Ron was walking down the senior hallway at school. He stopped at and opened his locker, pulled a few books out and closed it. As he turned to head to his first class of the day, there was Mike Warden and Todd Aeric, two of the sophomores who had been causing him trouble all year long.
"Hi Ronnie. How's it going?" Mike asked in a sarcastic tone.
Ron was going to cower, but then a calm came over him again, the same calm he felt at the LA warehouse.
"Tell ya what, Mike. I know your not here for my well being, you never are. So I'll make ya a deal. I tell you that it's going great, and you and your roadie can take a long walk in any direction AWAY from me. No problems, and I don't have to look at you. It's win-win." Ron said as he lightly glared at Mike.
Mike was shocked to say the least, but this was Ron Stoppable. He wasn't going to let him get away with a remark like that.
"Look at that, Todd" The blonde jock said with a chuckle, "Ronnie Stoppable's gettin' tough with us. Funny."
Todd replied with a laugh "Yeah, Mike. Real funny."
Mike continued, "Well, Ronnie, I'd really like to, but . ."
Ron interrupted, with a glare "I said get stepping, Warden. I'm really not in the mood to mess with you today."
Ron's words fired Warden up. "Whatcha gonna do about it, Stoppable" Mike said as he went to push Ron into the locker wall.
With out a word or a thought, Ron speedily grabbed Mike's imposing arm. Ron was smaller, but he wasn't by any standard weak. He gripped Mike's wrist and twisted it to the side, causing Mike to wince a little. Then Ron threw Mike's arm to away from himself.
"I said I don't want to mess with you. So get out of here." Ron said, sterner than before.
Mike looked into Ron's eyes, and then started backing off. "You're no fun any more, Stoppable" With that Mike and Todd turned and walked away, complaining to each other about what had just taken place.
Rufus came out of Ron's pocket and gave Ron a tiny high-five. Ron smiled as he dusted himself off, picked up the books he had dropped, and turned to walk to class, but stopped when he saw Jared, Rick and Kim standing at the end of the hallway with all three of their jaws almost on the floor. Ron laughed to himself and walked up to the three.
As Ron got closer, his friends' shock turned to smiles as they moved to meet him. Kim was the first to congratulate him, which she did with a big hug on his neck.
"Man, Stoppable." Rick exclaimed as Kim let Ron go, "I knew ya had it in ya"
"Yeah, you should come out for the team." Jared said with a chuckle, giving Ron a firm handshake.
"But hey man, we got to get to the principal's office. Warden's parents called and wanted to know why he has been so exhausted after practice." Rick said, causing all four to laugh.
"Yeah" Jared finished as he and Rick turned to walk away, "And were gonna be lookin for YOU to help us out from now, eh Ron?"
"Most definitely" Ron replied with a smile as the two walked off. Ron turned his attention back to Kim.
Kim's look said that she was still in shock. " R . .whe . .wha . . Ron, where did that come from?" Kim said excitedly.
"Not sure, KP. I wasn't scared at all. I was just . . calm. Like when we went to talk Sara and Aaron. You know, I think I'm actually really liking this whole Jedi idea." Ron replied.
"That makes two of us." Kim said as they began walking towards her locker. "I mean, the Republic is gonna try and stop that Reignos guy from taking Earth anyway, right? And just think," She continued with a smile. "We still get to do the hero thing"
"Then I guess the next step is telling our parents." Ron said leaning against the locker next to Kim's.
"Well, it's only Monday, so we got four more days. Let's all have dinner at my house on Wednesday and we'll tell them then." Kim said as she shut her locker.
"Sounds like a plan, KP" Ron said. Well, I guess I'll see you in Trig fourth hour then. Tell me one thing though."
"Yeah" Kim asked.
"How come you didn't take third hour with me?" Ron asked.
"Ron, you know I can't stand Home Ec." Kim said. They both laughed. "Tell ya what, I'll walk you to class instead."
Ron chucked, "I guess it'll have to do." and they turned and walked off to Ron's class.
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The lights came on in the large, uninviting room Shego had been in almost exclusively since she was knocked out by Darth Mythas in Paris. Shego sat up and looked over at her hands and then at her feet. They were still shackled to the wall and floor near the metal bench which she had been using as a bed. She looked down at her self, her outfit was torn and tattered all over. She reached up and felt her face searching for something, but she didn't find it.
There wasn't much in the room. A drain in the middle of the room directly below a pair of shackles suspended from the ceiling, and a pair of shackles connected to the floor. The only other thing in the room was a weapons rack which appeared to be designed for guns of some sort. But instead of guns there were about fifteen 3 foot long bamboo-like rods. She pulled at her left arm shackle a bit. It wouldn't give an inch. She sighed a sigh of defeat and was just about to lie back down when the door hissed open and in walked her tormentor, Mythas.
Before he could say a word, Shego asked weakly, "Why are you doing this to me."
"That is not for you to understand," Mythas replied coldly, " . . . yet."
As soon as he finished his words, four figures in red robes and hoods came in, this brought tears to Shego's eyes. She turned her head so as not to look at Mythas.
Mythas walked up to her and gripped her chin roughly, making her look at him.
"Your feelings betray you, Shego. But you cannot defeat me." He said, then letting her go as she spit at his face.
The four guards unshackled her and went to move her. Shego's fist glowed weakly as she began to fight back. She grabbed one guard by the throat and punched him, knocking back into the wall. She rolled back and kicked two of the other guards into the wall. She went to attach the fourth guard, but before she could, she was electrocuted by Mythas' Force lightning, which caused her to collapse to the floor. The guards picked themselves up and went over to Shego's no longer glowing body. They lifted her and brought her to the center of the room, and shackled her hands and feet. Having done this, the guards walked over to the weapons rack and each grabbed a rod, and then moved into position around Shego.
Mythas' face grimaced and he Force gripped one of the guards, lifting him off the ground.
"NO longer than an hour, and keep her conscious. When you are finished, sedate and take her to the bacta regeneration pod, let her heal, and then bring her back here and let her rest. And if any of you DARE touch her face, I will PERSONALLY rend you limb from limb, as I did your predecessors." Mythas barked angrily, letting the struggling guard drop to the ground.
Mythas backed up and looked over Shego's less than modestly covered body. She was about to spit at him again, when suddenly her eyes met his, and she saw, for a moment, a glimmer of compassion in his gaze. Without a word, however, he turned to leave.
"Please . . ." Shego weakly began to plead.
"Already upon deaf ears, Shego. I do not enjoy this for a second, but it must be done."
"Why?" She began to sob.
He coldly replied, "As I said before, that is not for you to understand, yet."
"I'm going to kill you" Shego cried, weeping as he began walking out of the room.
The door had almost closed behind him when Mythas heard the first blunted snap and a muffled yelp from Shego. He walked on, down the corridor, and past two Stormtroopers into an elevator. He turned his head slightly in wince, hearing Shego's screams as the elevator doors closed.
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After a big dinner, Kim and Ron gathered their parents together in Kim's living room. They proceeded to tell them everything that had been happening. They covered from the artifact and Dr. Drakken to the warehouse in LA. They even had Wade hack into their big screen TV so that he could help them tell the events as accurately as possible. It was getting to be late, so Kim and Ron were trying to wrap things up.
"Well, I suppose it all makes sense." Mr. Possible said as Kim sat next to him. Ron had sat down next to his mom and dad.
"Are you two sure that you want to do this?" Mrs. Stoppable asked.
"Well, were still thinking about it, but recently me and Ron both have been leaning that direction." Kim responded.
"OK." Mrs. Possible said, "We'll support your decisions, whatever they may be. But I'd like to ask these Jedi a few more questions."
Mr. Possible and the Stoppable's nodded in agreement.
"Well, you guys'll get your chance. They're coming back this Friday, and they'll want a decision. Me and Ron still have some thinking to do, but we might really want to do this." Kim said with a weak but sincere smile.
Mr. Possible stood up from the couch, walked over and put his hand on his daughter's shoulder.
"Kimberly Ann Possible, we love you. And we will support you one hundred percent. We'll always be proud of you."
Kim hugged her father's neck tightly "Thank you, daddy."
"Mr. Possible is right, Ronald. We're behind you, and we'll help you any way that we can." Mr. Stoppable said, outing his arm around his son.
"Well," Mrs. Stoppable said with a chuckle, "It is getting to be late. I think it's time we head home. Possibles, we'll be seeing you on Friday."
"Bye Ron," Kim said with a smile, "Call me and we'll talk a little more, K?"
"Will do, KP" Ron said with a wave as he and his parents walked out the door."
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Reignos sat on his chair in his darkened throne room. Mythas entered and stood at the door, waiting for his master to acknowledge him.
Without looking, Reignos asked, "Yes, Lord Mythas."
"Master, I wish to inquire on behalf of the prisoner. I understand that the torture will fuel her hatred, but why must we use such barbaric methods of torment? We are more than capable to persuade her using our means."
Reignos chair spun around and Reignos stood to his feet. He walked over to Mythas and put a hand on his shoulder, allowing Mythas to see the glisten of his cold red eyes.
"It is all coming to head, my apprentice. Then, when her hatred is culminated, I will reveal my intentions." He said with a dark smirk, which quickly faded back into an icy stare. "Is that all?"
"Yes, my master." The Zabrak responded.
"Then leave" Reignos all but snapped, returning to his throne.
"Yes, my master." Mythas said. He bowed slightly, then turned and walked out.
'Your weakness will NOT falter me, my apprentice.' Reignos said in his mind, as he sat back into his chair.
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Shego awoke as the lights of her prison cell turned on and the door opened. Six armed Stormtroopers and two officers in black uniforms walked in, one of them holding a pair of handcuffs. Shego had been beaten so much in the last week, she could care less about why they were here.
"What now? Am I going to be your toy now?" She scoffed, weakly but not without her trademark sarcasm.
"You have been granted an audience before Lord Mythas." One of the black-uniformed officers spoke. "We will escort you there, try anything, and you will not get this chance again. So, please cooperate."
"Sure. But it's not like I don't get to see his ugly face enough." She said, sarcasm still thick in her tone.
After that, not a word was spoken. Two of the troopers had to help her walk, which they did until they reached the lift. From there, Shego was forced to walk on her own, which she did well enough. They came off the elevator, and they walked down large corridor filled with many men and women in uniform going about their work, and then Shego saw it; a large doorway which opened into a gigantic room. In the center was a chair, led up to by a set of steps. And behind it was a single, large screen.
Mythas walked from the shadows into view. He could sense the anger swelling inside of Shego just because of his presence. He walked over to her and looked over her barely standing body in the loose fitting red gi-like outfit a couple of officers had changed her into the night before. She smirked as he went to touch her face.
"Again, Shego, your feelings betray you. You are in no shape to fight me. But you may try of you wish."
She knew his words were true, so she did nothing.
"You have endured well, Shego. There were times when I thought that you would not make it, and yet here you stand before me. There is a reason for our keeping you. There is war about to take place, and we believe you will be instrumental in helping us destroy our enemies. But I sense much rebellion in you, so I believe a little more," Mythas stopped for a moment frowning, "re-education is in order. Perhaps then you will understand your place."
He continued talking, but Shego wasn't listening. She was only focusing on how she could get out of her shackles and beat him into a pulp. Just as Mythas was going to have the officers drag her back to her cell, a faint blue beam shot from the shadows into Shego. She could feel the energy return to her, stronger than ever. She didn't hesitate. Her fists and feet lit up, and she immediately broke her bonds and now that she was free, her captors were going to pay. She spun around and brought a hard right across the two officers' faces knocking several feet out of the room's open door. She began leaping around erratically, dodging blaster fire from the Stormtroopers, and she gracefully took out all six very quickly. She then turned her attention to Mythas, who was starting to walk in her direction.
"This fight's mine, horn-boy" Shego said, grinning evilly from ear to ear.
"We will see" He said pompously.
Mythas put his hand forward and Force pushed Shego, but to his dismay, she blocked it.
"How. . ." He said in disbelief.
She retaliated with a fierce elbow to his jaw, knocking him back into the steps at the base of Reignos' throne. Her whole body began to glow with green fire-like energy as she charged at him again. She grabbed his throat and tossed him across the room, but he rolled in recovery and quickly stood up. He began to glow with red, electric energy, rage burning in his eyes. He ran at her and threw a hard punch, but Shego caught his arm. She punched him his stomach, and then his face. She followed by jumping, scissoring his neck, and frankensteinering him, smashing his head into the floor. She leapt to her feet, and kicked him in his head, sending him across the room. She began to stalk him menacingly as he crawled across the floor till he was up against a wall. He turned and fired Force lightning at her, causing Shego to throw her head back in pain, but she soon returned her angry gaze back to him, despite the fact that he was electrocuting her.
Seeing the look on his face, she said, "It's amazing how being BEATEN mercilessly builds up a tolerance to pain, isn't it."
She straddled his chest and began beating him. Her punches began to draw blood from his bruising face, but she didn't stop. He tried for his saber, but knocked it from his hand before he could activate it. He was now helpless against her. She picked him up by his cape and stood him up. She then punched him several times in the gut, and then spun kicked him into the wall behind him. She moved with great speed to him and grabbed his throat with her left hand, and began forearming him in his face with her right arm. She then let him drop to the ground, he now being almost unable to move.
"Well done, Shego." Reignos' deep voice came from the shadows.
Shego spun around with an evil grin and spoke, "Master Reignos."
Mythas face drained of blood, "Emperor, what is this madness she speaks?"
Reignos walked over to where Shego and Mythas were. He pulled a lightsaber from his belt and handed it to Shego.
"I have been helping Shego endure your insane torturing, teaching her the ways of the force telepathically." Reignos said as Shego activated the red lightsaber Reignos had given her.
"You don't get it, do you?" Shego asked evilly, "I told you I was going to kill you," she said staring at Mythas, obviously the only thing on her mind.
"You desired her slavery." Reignos continued, "I offered her freedom"
"You betrayed . . ." Mythas began, but he was cut short when Reignos Force gripped him.
"Who betrayed who?" He demanded. "I will NOT be held back from MY true kingdom because of YOUR petty limitations! I now have an apprentice who is worthy of me, one that will help me to rule this universe, and not simply just conquer it. I WILL have absolute dominion over ALL that I see!"
Reignos dropped Mythas, who exhaustedly collapsed back against the wall.
"Destroy him, Shego. And take his place, your rightful place, at my side." Reignos commanded.
Shego turned to her torturer. She gripped her saber tightly, and she scowled at Mythas.
"Your failure is complete." She said a little psychotically. "And now, you're mine."
"Shego, you're not thinking straight. He has corrupted your mind, do not give in to him" Mythas pleaded, hoping to bring Shego to reality.
She raised the humming saber over her head, "I know EXACTLY what I am thinking!" she screamed as she brought the lightsaber down, and in a flash and with a hiss, Mythas was no more.
"Exceptional, Shego." Reignos said as the few Stormtroopers dragged Mythas' remains out of the room. "And I presume you have something that you have wanted to take care of for some time, which you wish to deal with now?"
Hearing his words, Shego eyes began to glow green, and she answered darkly, "Yes."
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Kim, Ron, and their parents were in the Possibles' living room, talking about the two teens' situation. They talked until Kim's eyes suddenly lit up, and a big smile crossed her face.
"What is it, Kimmie?" Mrs. Possible asked her daughter.
"They're here!" Kim exclaimed as she shot up and ran to the door. She opened the door, and sure enough, there stood Sara and Aaron, in the same brown robes that they were wearing that fateful night.
The rest of the group walked up behind Kim to greet the two Jedi.
"Mister and Misses Possible, Mister and Misses Stoppable, my name is Sara Skywalker, and this is Jedi Master Aaron Katarn. I am sure Kim and Ron have told you much, and I'm sure you have many questions. So . . ." Sara started.
Mrs. Possible interrupted her by grabbing Sara's wrist and pulling her inside. "So, let's have dinner first. You two are our guests. We'll figure this all out after that."
Aaron laughed as he followed Sara inside, and sat down next to her at the Possibles' table. Mr. Stoppable and Mr. Possible sat down across from the two and the two moms, Kim and Ron brought food to the table, and sat down in their respective families. They all just kinda stared at each other for a moment, before Ron reached and scooped some corn onto his plate.
"Well," he said with a chuckle, "Let's eat." And so they did, unaware of the evil was taking place all too close by.
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Drakken heard a door open behind him. He didn't bother looking up from his work.
"Shego! You've been gone for a week. Where have you been?" He demanded.
There was no response, so He turned around to see why she didn't answer. He saw someone standing in the shadows, and he assumed it was her.
"You got the Personal Holographic Appearance Changer, didn't you? ANSWER ME!" he yelled.
The figure in the shadows stepped into the light, making their features visible. It wasn't Shego, but in fact was a man. He was tall, nearly seven feet tall, and obviously built, with blue skin and red, almost glowing, eyes. He had long black hair, which matched the trenchcoat-like outfit he was wearing and the glove on his left hand, and hanging on his belt were four lightsabers.
"Guards!" Drakken yelled, which brought about twenty muscle-bound guards that surrounded the tall man.
A grin crossed the man's face as he grabbed a lightsaber from his belt.
"Get him!" Drakken commanded.
The guards charged the mysterious stranger. In a flash, a red blade came from the lightsaber hilt and the man proceeded to rip into the guards as if they were nothing. Within seconds, all of the guards were in pieces on the floor, and the smell of burnt flesh began to fill the room. The blade retracted into the hilt which was replaced to his belt. The blue-skinned man glared with his deep red eyes and began to slowly advance towards Drakken.
"Wh . . Who are you" Drakken asked fearfully. As he asked this question, he saw Shego's glowing green fists walking up behind his attacker.
"Shego get him. GET H . . ." Drakken began, but was cut short when he suddenly began choking and floating off the ground.
"Hello, Dr. Drakken." Shego said with hate in here voice. She lowered her glowing hand and Drakken dropped to the floor, breathing heavily.
The stranger lifted and pointed his palm at Drakken, and fired an orb of red energy, which hit Drakken, knocking him against the wall, and effectively immobilizing him.
"Finish this Shego; I have sensed the presence of . . . a problem." the tall man spoke in a deep voice. With that he, turned and walked from the room, leaving Shego and Drakken alone.
Shego walked up to Drakken and grabbed the lightsaber that was on her belt. She grabbed him by his collar and pulled his face close to hers.
"Ya know, I've wanted to tell you this for a long time. I DESPISE you. But I never felt like acting on that hatred; until now. Ya see, I've been working as your lackey for too long, but now I can rectify that mistake. You know that fun little item you had me wade through hell for, I found out what it does. And now you get to, first hand."
She put the hilt of the saber to his belly and activated it. With a hiss a red beam shot through Drakken.
Drakken gasped and weakly squeaked out a, " sh . .she . .g . .g . .go."
"Goodbye, dear doctor" she said sarcastically as she callously pulled the saber from his belly, and then with a single swing, decapitated Dr. Drakken.
She deactivated her lightsaber and replaced it to her belt, turned, and walked out, unsympathetically stepping on the bodies of the dead guards on her way out. She let out a dark cackle as she disappeared into the shadows.
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Kim and Ron's families sat in the living room discussing with Sara and Aaron everything that was going to take place, and guiding the conversation toward Kim and Ron and the Jedi. They talked about the Republic colonization of Earth, the Force, the Republic's history, and how the Republic came to be exploring so far away from home. They were just getting into the role of the Jedi Order in the history of the Republic, when there was an unexpected interruption.
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Kim pulled her Kimmunicator out of her backpack which was under the couch end table.
"Hey Wade, what's the sitch?" Kim asked.
"Kim, you need to get to Drakken's mountain lair." Wade said with an air of urgency.
"What happened? Wade, what's wrong." Kim asked, now concerned.
"Something happened to Drakken. One of his guards contacted me; he said it was brutal." Wade said quickly.
"Wade, Sara and Aaron are here." Kim said.
"I know Kim, but the guard wants to talk to you. He was crying, Kim. I think this one's for real. Drakken's goons couldn't hope to act that well."
Kim turned to her family, who had stopped to listen, and said, "Something bad happened with Drakken. We need to go check it out."
"Go ahead" Sara said, "We have much to talk about. We'll talk about you, Ron, and Coruscant when you return."
"Cool, we'll be back soon" Kim said. She and Ron bolted out the door, where a helicopter quickly landed, picked them up, and took off.
"Well" Mr. Possible said, restarting the conversation, "If this Coruscant is as far away as you say. How can you make it there in any reasonable amount of time?"
Sara answered, "The Republic only had what is called hyperspace travel. But about 20 years ago, an imperial scientist named Kalor Xeks designed a ship for intergalactic travel. That ship was called the Terrofin, named after the Sith Lord who was Emperor of the Imperial Sovereignty at that time. The ship could travel up to 35 times faster than ships with hyperspace capability. Within moths, ships were popping up on both sides with Tetraspace capacity, and the Senate charged us Jedi with heading up diplomatic missions that would span the universe. Hence why we are here."
"OK, so what is hyperspace?" Mr. Possible inquired.
Sara smiled and answered his question. She and Aaron continued answering the parents' questions until Kim and Ron came back; they were almost white as ghosts. Without prompting, Kim said, "Drakken's dead."
Kim explained what they had seen, which Aaron identified immediately as lightsaber burns.
After about twenty minutes or so, however, the conversation returned back to the Republic, the Jedi, and Kim and Ron. Sara and Aaron talked over all the considerations of being Jedi, and then asked Kim and Ron for an answer.
"Do you believe that you a willing to accept the responsibilities of being a Jedi" Aaron asked.
Kim and Ron replied in unison, "We do."
"Wonderful" Sara said. "Well then, we'll need to get you to Coruscant as fast as possible. We'll need you to be ready in three nights."
"That soon!?" Kim and Ron said simultaneously.
"They'll be ready" Mrs. Possible said with a soft smile and a tear, putting her arm around her daughter and hugging her.
They all stood up and walked to the door.
"We will be back in 3 days at 11pm. Until then." Aaron said, turning and walking out the door.
Sara gave a small bow and followed him.
Ron looked at Kim and with a snicker said, "I guess we got some packing to do."
Kim laughed and said as the Stoppables said goodbye to her parents and turned to leave, "Guess so. I'll see you tomorrow, Ron."
"Bye KP" He said as he got into his car and then drove his parents home.
Kim turned back to her family, "So, Mom. Wanna help me start packing?"
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Kim and her family stood outside her house with the Stoppables as a cloaked craft landed in the middle of the street. A ramp lowered, making the inside of the ship partially visible. They looked on in awe until they saw Sara and Aaron walking down the ramp. Sara and Aaron, however, were not in their Jedi robes, but Sara was dresses in a white military uniform and Aaron was wearing rugged, battle-worn clothes. Accompanying them down the ramp were three other Jedi who were dressed in Jedi attire.
"Hey, kids. You two ready to jump on outta here?" Aaron said as he grabbed a couple of the teens' bags and started carrying them back to the ship.
Sara stayed next to the families, as did the accompanying Jedi, who were removing their hoods when Kim asked, "What's with his change of tone?" obviously talking about Aaron.
"Yes, well that is a trait I have yet to break him of." Sara jokingly responded." Aaron and I have been close since childhood. But when we were nearly adults, he chose a different path than I. I, being of the Skywalker family, naturally stayed on Coruscant to train as a Jedi Knight; He became a Republic bounty hunter. His speech patterns he picked up before he returned and finished his training." With a laugh she continued, "At least he acts the part when we do missionary visits."
"Who are your friends?" Mrs. Possible asked.
"Ah, these are the Jedi missionaries we spoke of. They will be mediating the colonization of the Republic here. We also have a fleet in orbit. That will deter the Sovereignty, allowing us to establish a headquarters in this sector of the universe. Allow me to introduce K'Trine Vaas, who will be acting Jedi Master once we establish an academy here on Earth."
"It is an honor to meet you. And it is a great honor to meet you, Kimberly and Ronald. Ku hwana na chad tak puura." The green-skinned Twi'lek said.
"What was that?" Ron asked.
"That is an ancient Twi'lek blessing. Basically, it means she has wished you well in your travels and studies." Sara answered.
"Cool!" Ron said in response.
"May I also introduce Kale Windrunner and Marii Setch Wak. They are the Jedi council's ambassadors and will begin teaching you Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable the tricks of the trade, so as to get you well on your way to becoming great diplomats in this galaxy. They along with Master K'Trine will form the beginning of a Jedi Enclave in this sector."
"A pleasure." The tall male terran said, which was concurred with a nod from the young female Zabrak.
As they finished the introductions, Aaron walked up to the bunch.
"Everything's set to go. We're ready to roll on out as soon as you two kids are ready." He said.
The families shared their goodbyes, and after about 30 minutes, Kim and Ron were ready to go. They waved to their families as they walked up the ramp. Kim stopped and ran back down and gave her parents one last big hug.
"I'll send one of those hologram message things as soon as I get to Coruscant." She said, a single tear running down her cheek. Her dad wiped the tear away and looked Kim in the eyes.
"You're our pride and joy, Kimberly Ann. But you have a great adventure ahead of you, and a great responsibility upon your shoulders. So you do your best, we couldn't ask any more of you." He said as he wiped a few tears from his own cheeks. "Now you go and have fun"
"I love you daddy" Kim said, giving her father a big hug and kiss on the cheek. With that, she ran back to the ship and boarded, to which the ramp soon after closed, and the cloaked ship quickly disappeared in the night sky.
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Kim and Ron, who were being accompanied by a tall black protocol droid, walked onto the bridge of the Phoenix.
"Man, and I thought the outside made this place look big." Ron said as he and Kim walked up to where Aaron and Sara were talking.
"The Phoenix is one of the ten flagships of the Republic fleet. And of the ten, she is the biggest at nearly 31 kilometers in length and a crew of almost 21,00, not to mention all the landing craft and such that she carries as well." Sara said in response.
"You guys get situated okay?" Aaron asked.
"Oh yeah." Kim said, "We've got more than enough room in there."
"My apologies for our lack of space. We took on a full crew due to the uncertainty of this area, we weren't sure what to expect." Sara said.
"No big." Kim replied. "Me and Ron'll deal. We'll be fine in one room."
"Very well, then. Commander, are the Tetraspace coordinates set." Sara asked a short, brunette, terran female.
"Yes, grand admiral. We are ready on your command." She replied.
"Proceed." Sara commanded.
Aaron and the two teens walked up to one of the large bridge windows, "Next stop" he said, "Coruscant."
The large vessel turned a little, adjusting its heading. As soon as it stopped, a faint blue glow surrounded the enormous ship and in a flash, it shot off into space, heading for the Republic nerve center, the planet of Coruscant.
DISCLAIMER: Force push, lightning, grip and other fun Force abilities, Stormtrooper, and Twi'lek are property of George Lucas and LucasArts. The Stoppables are property of Disney.
ALSO, huge thanks to ClassicCowboy for taking the time to beta read for me thus far. And props to CJRayn, for taking a red pencil to my unfinished product and helping me fish out any inconsistencies and such things.
Oh, and thanks to you guys for reading this far. Sorry for the long wait on this one. Research papers and such have been keeping me occupied. I'll try and finish the next chapter a bit quicker. Anyway, as always, R&R please and thank you.