Kim Possible: Calm before the Storm
By Tucsoncoyote
Disclaimer: I don't own Kim Possible, the Walt Disney Company does. But I, like about everyone else would like to!
However Dr. Tempest Stormfury is my own creation and I still say you can't have him Disney! (And the going price is still 100 Million dollars!)
Chapter 01: Cool Summer Evenings
Four months later,—on a black Private jet some 30 miles east from Eaglewood Colorado.
He sat cross legged Meditating thinking of the mission ahead. And yet he knew that when he got to where he was going. The air would be cool, and very relaxing. He heard a knock on the door. "Yes?" he answered in a calm tone. A female voice outside the door of his room onboard the jet spoke, "Sensei, we are 5 minutes from Target, Your orders?" the female voice said in a querying tone.
The Man Just replied as he stood and went over to his desk and reached into the drawer to pull out his work clothes.
"Give the orders to the Operatives. Tell them to start in 4 minutes." The Man replied.
"Hai, Sensei" the female Voice replied as the man returned to preparing for the task that was at hand.
The Man in question said nothing more, but finished tying the sash around his White ninja gi. He Reached over and pulled the ninja mask over his head, concealing his features, and as he looked in the mirror all he could see were his piercing ice blue eyes and very little of his face.
He then pulled out of his desk drawer three additional items, one was a set of throwing stars, or shuriken, the second item was a device Looked like a small pistol, that was oddly shaped, and the third was a satchel that contained the final piece to get to his goal.
As he secured the Pistol to his sash, and tucked the throwing stars in a pouch and put the satchel on his back, another female voice came over the intercom. "Sensei, we are about to land." The female voice replied.
Under the mask, the man replied, "Signal to strike, and as he left his quarters he headed to the back of the small jet plane... he then slowly counted to sixty, took a deep breath, and then hit the button quickly so the back door of the plane flew open, just as a cloud of dust obscured the outside dirt area that was in front of him. The Ninja in white, tuck rolled onto the ground before coming up quickly ready to strike in an offensive stance. The goal was within his reach. As he looked around and saw that the threats around him and his jet had been neutralized very quickly. And under the mask he smirked a little. Too Easy he thought as he sprinted to where the "goal" lay.
August 23rd, 2005, 7:49 pm Mountain Daylight Savings Time.—Interior of the new east wing of the Eaglwood Maximum Security Prison –
Shego looked down for what must have been the hundredth time at the orange jumpsuit she was being forced to wear over the last two months, since coming out of the infirmary for her injuries. "Orange is so not my color" she muttered to herself. "It destroys my complexion."
"Oh, quit your whining Shego," said a low, growling, irritated voice from the cell across from hers. "Complaining about your clothes will not get us out of here."
Shego looked over at the blue skinned man sitting in the cell across from her. She had for the last 2 years had a working relationship with him. And in fact the relationship each and every time ended in failure.
Four months ago, Doctor Drakken and his partner in crime, Shego had been in prison for the attempted take over of the world with their now infamous "Diablo toy plan", but true to form a certain irritating teen heroine and her bumbling but trustworthy sidekick had stopped them. And what even made Shego and Drakken blanch even more? The Two teens had started to date.
That was up until two months ago. When Shego and Drakken had busted out of the Salt Lake City Maximum Security prison, by of all people, Gill Moss, A former enemy of the buffoon, Moss himself had cooked up a scheme at taking over the world and needed something that Drakken had plans for.
Namely the same syntho-drones that had stopped Kim Possible during the diablo incident, especially the plans for all the performance upgrades.
Drakken really balked at the idea. He didn't want some young upstart freaky kid who was now a muck monster succeeding where just two months earlier he had failed.
Yet Gill had also stolen other items from other villains. Like the beasts that were from DNAmy. And in the end, when Drakken and Shego refused to help Gill, Gill did the only thing he could do. He unleashed the beasts on the unsuspecting villains. Mauling Drakken in the process and leaving his female Assistant even in worse shape, almost at the point of death.
Yet over the 2 months after they were rescued by Kim Possible, the two villains never talked about it. And luckily for Shego, with her meta-energy power, her healing ability was very quick. What would have taken over six months for a normal person who was injured like Shego, took her only two months to have her body repair. It was amazing that Drakken was still hobbling around on crutches... while Shego was in fact back to normal, without any sign of injuries.
"At least I have enough fashion sense to complain," Shego said bitterly as she sat down on the hard jail cell bed that had been provided for her. Maybe I should find a way to break myself out of here and just leave him. I'm twice as evil as he is, she angrily thought to herself, but she knew she wouldn't. Drakken paid her too well, and she didn't like being her own boss. No, as her angry thoughts continued, she would stay with him and wait for the right moment and then they would leave together and would go back to… to what? Trying to take over the world only to have each and every plot foiled by that fashion reject of a teen cheerleader; Kim Possible. Shego felt the hatred she held for the so called teen hero hit her like an explosion.
Then she looked around. That hadn't been her hatred. It had been a real explosion. Looking at the wall at the back of her cell Shego could see a star filled sky.
Shego looked to her right. Sure enough there was a rather large hole in the wall, more then enough room to just walk through. Okay, she thought to herself as she stood up looking at the new hole in the wall. This is definitely way weird. She continued her thought. "S-Shego," Drakken began to speak a bit nervously as he too saw what was happening. "Something weird is happening here, isn't it?" Shego looked over her shoulder at the Evil Scientist and growled a little bit under her breath "Get a grip blue boy. It's not like... " But her words were cut off as she heard a voice speak up at this point. "Weird? No, no, no, My Dear Miss Shego, Not weird at all." The Voice Said. "But Very Convenient." Shego Gasped when she heard that voice, yet she quickly spun around and looked as a Tall, Well built man standing before her.
A Ninja dressed in white.
The Ninja had his hands behind him, looking at her with solid intent. Shego stepped back and found herself pressed against the bars. It wasn't that she was afraid, was she? Shego's hands lit with a green glow of Meta energy. "Who are you?" she asked.
"Who I am is of no Concern of yours Miss Shego," The Ninja Began, "But whom I work for is perhaps someone who is interested in your talents." Was the reply from the ninja in white, in a semi-soothing tone, as he extended his hand towards the young woman? "I've heard so much about you." He then looked over his shoulder at the blue skinned evil genius sitting on the cot with his Leg propped up on the cot in the adjoining cell behind her, "and you must be Dr. Drakken." He added... He then turned his attention back to Shego. "Pity, such wastes of Good Talent like yours on such arrogant buffoonery like his," the ninja added. As he glanced over at the blue skinned scientist looking at him not more then 20 feet away from where he stood. The ninja chuckled a little under his mask at Drakken.
"Arrogant B-Buffoonery! I'm an Arrogant Buffoon?" Drakken sputtered with a note of anger in his voice, "Now See Here! I'm not a Buffoon!" He said as He reached over to grab his crutches and tried to hobble over to the cell door that separated him from freedom, but halfway across, he just tripped over his leg in the cast and he fell to the floor face first...
"Ow…." Was all Drakken could say as the Ninja looked at him and laughed. Drakken then was able to push himself back up off the floor and hobble to the cell bars to look at his assistant and the intruder looking at him.
Again the White clad ninja looked over at Drakken and again shook his head and chuckled before he spoke. "Oh but you are my dear fellow, else why are you sitting in jail right now, while your assistant and I are having a discussion on her next job? Don't you find that rather inconsiderate interrupting business negotiations with your assistant?"
"I hate to be a wet blanket here, "Shego cut in Looking at the ninja, "But shouldn't ya know, be worried about the guards busting in here, pistols drawn, ready to take you down?"
The ninja chuckled yet again. "You truly amaze me Miss Shego, such talk from a lady. As for the prison guards? They've been dealt with already."
Drakken growled loudly when he heard the newcomer make such a comment. "I AM NOT A BUFFOON!" Drakken yelled at the ninja. "You've got to be working for Professor Dementor, or maybe DNAmy!" He added loudly.
"DN who?" the ninja asked as he looked at Shego.
"You know. Creepy lady; all about the cute and cuddly; the one Drakken fell for," Shego said, glancing over her shoulder at Drakken's cell.
"Hmm, never heard of her." the ninja said, "But knowing Drakken, He probably did fall for her." He added with a touch of humorous sarcasm in his voice, again chuckling at Drakken.
"Did not. I'm an evil manipu…"
"Enough!" the white clad ninja said in a slightly irritated tone as he turned his attention back to Shego. She turned to look at him. He was of average height, didn't look that formidable as far as she could see. "Shego, come with me."
"As if." Shego snorted in a bit of a retort.
"Oh really?" the mysterious ninja said with a little sarcasm in his tone, "Besides I just I just freed you from your prison cell, my dear Miss Shego, and this is the thanks I get for it?
"Hello! I could have gotten out of prison on my own I didn't need your help!" Shego said.
"And then what? Break out your boss who's an idiot, and try to take over the world yet again?" the ninja added with a little more sarcasm in his tone. "He can barely even walk let alone cook up a plan to take over the world the ninja chuckled looking at the evil genius behind bars, with his leg set in a cast.
"I am NOT AN IDIOT!" Drakken Bellowed.
Shego thought for a moment should I go with this guy. Or save Dr. D. when he will probably be have another whacked scheme that will be a failure.
"Shego Tell that Ninja, I am NOT AN IDIOT!" Drakken yelled again.
"Oh, Zip it Drew Lipsky!" Shego shot back icily to her boss, as she continued to ponder what she would do.
Upon hearing that that name, the ninja's eyes went a little wide with surprise but he maintained his composure. Then raising his right eyebrow slightly spoke under his mask, "Lipsky's your boss?" He said in a bit of a mocking tone? "How Utterly Charming."
Drakken continued to Rant, "Look, whoever you are, I am NOT Drew Lipsky, I am Dr. Drakken, Evil Genius!"
But the ninja ignored Drakken's protests as he could see that Shego was still being indecisive at this point so he decided to put a little pressure on her and see if she would succumb to his logic.
"Look, you can either stand right here or wait for the guards to wake up, or you can help my boss take over the world. It's as simple as that." The ninja said,
"Oh great, another take over the world dude, I've already got one of those," said Shego tossing a thumb back over the shoulder. "What makes your boss any different if I might add?" she said in a sarcastic tone.
"If I may be so bold to point out," The ninja in white replied, "Your other choices aren't very encouraging."
Shego got a little Irritated when he said that, "Hey, No dodging the question, smart guy." Shego replied.
"Oh but I'm not going to dodge the question," The ninja said, "Actually you are. I mean I can easily walk out of here and leave you to explain why there is a hole in your cell wall to the first guard that wakes up and comes by, or you can leave with me. You're not really in a position to bargain while I have plenty of bargaining options. "Trust me, when Tempest Stormfury makes an offer its best not refuse it." The Ninja said, "Besides he has quite a liking to your skills Shego."
"I don't know." Shego said in a thoughtful tone, "Usually it's a package deal." She paused for a moment. "But…"
"But what Shego, Don't you owe Stormfury a bit of thanks for freeing you?" asked the ninja his tone slightly more sarcastic at her. But Shego was still indecisive.
"I see. I guess I will have to resort to more drastic measures," the ninja said as reached into a small satchel located on the side of his outfit.
Shego Warily eyed him as she knew about ninjas. They usually carried some sort of knock out gas, or knock out fluid. But what happened next completely surprised her.
As the ninja reached into the pouch, Shego's mind tensed like a spring thinking there was danger, and her hands began to glow yet again.
"Oh don't worry.I never hurt a lady," said the ninja with warmth in his voice, as he pulled out a large stack of Money in his hand, all of the money was of course American Dollars. "How much money are you willing to work for?"
"How much what?" asks Shego lowering her arms, as she saw the ninja hold out before him a large stack of Cash in the form of hundred dollar bills, and a few thousand dollar bills interspersed, but Shego kept the energy flowing through her hands.
"How much is it going to cost my boss, Stormfury? A hundred thousand dollars perhaps? Maybe Two hundred thousand? Name your price."
Shego looked at him. "Now this language I speak. Two-fifty for one mission, not a penny less."
"Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars?" the ninja said with a smirk in his voice "My, my, Stormfury is getting off cheap for your help!" he added now laughing a little at how Shego told him how much she would work for. But Shego quickly realized her mistake and corrected her error.
"What is that what I said? No. I meant two hundred and fifty thousand dollars." Shego said with a smirk.
"Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars? Stormfury was thinking more along the lines of one hundred and twenty five thousand." The ninja replied.
"No way I want Two Hundred and Fifty thousand straight!" Shego eyes were blazing and her hands glowed. "Or you can tell your boss Stormfury 'No Deal.'"
Drakken at that point spoke up. "She works for me and ME Alone!" Drakken growled. "And two hundred and fifty thousand dollars is more then enough for any month!"
"But I'm Referring to Eachmission she's going on for my boss, as per Stormfury's orders. And Two hundred thousand per mission is more then enough, even in my boss' eyes," the ninja shot back rhetorically to Drakken, his eyes narrowing at how cheap the villain was. "You just pay her monthly, and she does your dirty work, while you, Doctor Drakken, lounge around playing with that insipid poodle of yours. 'Commander Tinkles', is it?"
"PUDDLES!" Drakken Shot back again anger flaring in his voice, "It's Commodore Puddles!"
"Whatever," the ninja snorted in a bit of a sarcastic tone. "Besides I know who you are now, Drew Lipsky" the white clad ninja said with a smirk in his voice, "And in fact you don't pay her enough, where as my boss Tempest Stormfury would! You want 250 thousand Miss Shego? Fine! 250 thousand per mission it is!" the ninja said getting a bit irritated, as he was liking Drakken less and less with his incessant ranting.
Shego hands stopped glowing. She thought, well this is my kind of boss. Two Hundred and Fifty thousand per mission? Hmm that is true I do Drakken's dirty work a lot, I am the one who gets beat up by Kimmie, and he does only pay me every month that paltry sum. Hmmm, Maybe I should accept.
"It's a deal!" Shego said quickly to ninja standing there before her, as she snatched the money from the Ninja's hand and counted it to herself.
Drakken's Mouth dropped in shock and his face went slack. "Shego! You can't be serious!" Drakken roared back. "You're not leaving are you?"
"Oh but I am serious Dr. D. Just watch me! "She said with an evil grin on her face. "After all, money talks and you know me, I follows the money."
Shego walked by the white clad ninja and left through the hole. As soon as Shego was out of earshot of the two men the ninja in white crossed his arms and Said in a mocking tone, as Drakken hobbled back to the cell bunk that was attached to the wall.
"Hate to say this Drakken, or should I say Drew Lipsky, but you snooze, you lose." The ninja said as he turned, but as he got the opening in the cell wall he stopped and looked over his shoulder, chuckling under his mask at the poor Evil Genius with the broken leg, still locked in his cell, . "Poor Drew Lipsky, first a failure at Middleton Institute of Science and Technology , and now he can't even keep the loyalty of his hired help, much less take over the world."
Drakken face suddenly was in shock. "H-how could you know that I was in college? And that you know my real name?" Drakken said to himself as literally fell backwards onto the prison cell bed. "I don't even know you!"
"Oh But you do know my boss Tempest Stormfury, Drew, you do, for you see my boss Stormfury wanted to give you a rather interesting message to a certain couple he knows."
"What couple are you referring to?" Drakken said blinking his eyes as he said that. But it seemed that Drakken wasn't going to get a straight answer from the ninja.
"When you do again get out of jail, Drew, Tell JT and Ann, I said Hi." He added. Before he stepped through the hole and disappeared.
Meanwhile outside Shego thought to herself as she headed towards her new boss' black business jet, conveniently parked in the Exercise yard. This 'Stormfury' better be more evil than Drakken or I'm going to go insane. No amount of money was worth what Drakken has put me through.
It was just then the ninja in white appeared on her right, and he spoke, "My boss will be waiting for us when we arrive." She looked over to her right and then asked, "And where is it that we are going?"
"Japan." The Ninja Replied calmly as he started to walk ahead of her. Then as he got to the jet he bowed humbly to her as Shego stepped aboard the jet, and as the ninja climbed aboard the black business jet and closed the door behind them and signaled for the plane to lift off, the Ninja in white thought to himself…
White Knight takes Black Queen. Checkmate in 10 moves.
Kim Possible sat on a bench in Middleton Park next to Ronald Adrian Stoppable. The summer night air was cool, but she stayed warm by keeping herself pressed close to him.
"Ronnie, what are you thinking?" she asked him softly gazing up at his face.
Ron turned to look down at his long time friend. "I don't know. I guess I'm just wondering how this happened. I mean, just four months ago we were friends and you were going out with that syntho-dude Erik, and now look at us." He squeezed her hand a little and turned to look into her warm green eyes. Bending his face close to hers he kissed her forehead.
"You missed," said Kim smiling and kissing him on the lips in return. "You never did have great aim."
Ron smiled dazedly, still amazed that he and his best friend who was now his girlfriend of four months. "Yeah. I guess that's why I'm just the side kick," he said wistfully.
"Only when saving the world," said Kim smiling and she leaned in to kiss him again. Just before their lips touched Kim heard the all too familiar beep of her Kimmunicator. She pulled it out of her pocket and looked up at Ron out of the corner of her eye with an impish smile playing across her lips. "What's the sitch Wade?" she asked looking at the eleven year old super genius who was calling her.
"Break in at the prison. Shego's escaped," said Wade.
"Shego? What about Drakken?"
"Nope, whoever blasted out the wall only wanted Shego, and Drakken's not talking."
"We're on it. Can you line up a ride?"
"Already done," says the pre-teen Super-genius boy smirking.
"Thanks Wade, you're the best," said Kim as she turned off the Kimmunicator.
"Hey, I thought I was the best," said Ron looking at her.
"You are," said Kim giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. "But we have to keep feeding that eleven year old super genius ego Wade has. We don't want him to become a super villain now do we?"
"No, I guess not," said Ron. The two of them stood up and ran off toward the airfield still holding hands.
Authors' Notes: I do apologize to my readers for the delay in posting this first chapter up as it seems that health isn't my strongest suit. In the last month while writing and tweaking the story to get the best effect for the reader, well I had some health problems, that did put me in the hospital, but it also gave me time to work and re-work the story a bit, but now that I'm feeling a bit chipper, well let's just say I'll try and update every couple of weeks to once every 30 days or so. After all this is just the beginning and as the story moves further along, pieces of the puzzle will fit in but right now, feel free to teview and comment (and yes flames are welcome ). After all a good writer can always repair and improve on his work. (Or as I like to say; if at first you don't succeed, try, try again!)
Next Chapter: In a Fog -- Why did Shego go with the ninja in white? Who is this Stormfury character? And what does the Cryptic Message given to Drakken by the Ninja in white, have to do with the story? And who is this NEW mysterious woman and why is she so worried about Shego? Stay Tuned!