A/N: Standard Disclaimers Apply

A/N: slyther, Sean Malloy, thanks for your kind words. And to answer your question Sean… Nah.. why spoil it?

A/N: From this point until the plot dictates, there will no longer be separate Kim and Titans scenes. So, on that note…

ACT THREE, scene one

"Monique!" Kim finally exclaimed. She let out a disgusted snort and pushed her Chimerito away, much to Rufus' delight. "Okay, we get it, John's way cute. And he's funny. And he's got a killer butt. But that's all you've talked about for two whole days."

"Some subjects are worth going over in detail, Kim," Monique said. "I haven't learned anything about him other than he's from Gotham, and he speaks fluent French."

"He speaks French?" Kim asked amazed.

"Girlfriend, I have the great luck to be taking French Three with him, and I can see he doesn't need it a bit. And he wore a tight Under Armor style shirt today and omigosh," Monique swooned dramatically.

Ron kept to himself. He watched the girls go on endlessly about John the New Kid. He seemed okay, but the way all the cheerleaders talked, all the girls in the hall talked, and even tall, beautiful Amelia all wanted their chance with the newcomer. He looked to his friend and then to his pet rat.

"It's just not fair, little buddy," Ron said quietly. "Some dudes get all the darn luck."

Ron slid out of the usual booth and smiled at Kim and Monique. "Well, girls," he announced as Rufus scampered back into his pocket, "Rufus and me, we gotta get our homework done. See ya."

Monique glanced to Kim, shocked. "Did Ron just say 'homework'? Is he all right?"

"I think so," Kim said. Ron never ditched her before. The red head watched as her best friend walked out of Bueno Nacho without looking back.

…..

"Titans, move!"

Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire split apart quickly, narrowly avoiding Dr. Light's attack. Cy and Star quickly returned fire, but Light's shields held. The villain's face contorted into a mask of pure rage. The room dimmed noticeably.

"He's absorbing the ambient photons!" Cyborg yelled.

"Say that again, in English?" Beast Boy whined.

"Dr. Light is preparing to attack!" Starfire snarled as she swooped by. The beautiful Tamaranian balled her fist and hammered Light as hard as she could. Dr. Light flew across the room, hit the wall hard and dropped in a heap. Star turned to her friend. Her eyes glowed harshly.

"Quickly! We must find this Dr. Dragon and stop his nefarious scheme!"

"It's Drakken!" Drakken bellowed. His arms were filled with the small perfectly ground mirrors. "Drak- Ken, you orange ninny!"

"Dude, how lame is that?" Beast Boy mused. "He could be long gone, but he actually stops because Star mispronounced his stupid name?"

The elfin Titan transformed into a ring-tailed lemur and pounced on the blue faced evil scientist. Drakken stumbled, weaved back and forth, and nearly dropped all the precious mirrors as Beast Boy scampered on the villain. Cy folded his arms and grinned triumphantly.

"You go, BB," he said, smiling.

Suddenly a yellow laser blast hit Beast Boy squarely in the chest. The lemur was thrown off Drakken, but the green boy landed hard. Cy and Star turned to find a fully recovered Dr. Light.

"That actually hurt," Light snarled, his eyes glowing.

"Titans! Go!"

Light and Drakken looked to the rafters. Raven's soul self swooped down and Robin leapt from the mystical gateway, his staff at the ready. The villains' jaws dropped and they traded worried glances. Star used the distraction to tend to BB while Cy joined the others.

"Hello," Raven said darkly. "Remember me?"

Dr. Light took a frightened step back, but stopped. He snorted. He chuckled. He laughed mirthlessly. His eyes narrowed as Raven, Robin and Cy advanced and held up his hand.

"Foolish children!" Light roared. "Do you not think that I, of all people, would fail to recognize a hologram?"

The room went white.

…..

Shego tapped her fingers against the conference table and stared blankly across the room. The Council of Evil once again turned into a shouting match, each member supporting his or her own agenda for world domination and the defeat of Kim Possible. The green tinged woman propped her head up with one hand as she leaned over the table.

The self-absorbed villains even failed to notice Gemini's absence.

"Okay," Shego finally said, "everyone sit down."

No one heard her over the bickering.

She sat up and swooped her hair away from her face, slowly stood and summoned her power. She hurled a green ball of energy into the center of the argument. It exploded and all eyes were on the black and green clad beauty.

"Right. Now that I have your attention, maybe you will all stop behaving like rowdy four-year olds!" Shego scanned the room, making eye contact with everyone. "Now sit down!"

She stared them all back into their chairs.

"I've listened to all the blah, blah this," Shego said. She snapped her thumb and fingers together mimicking a puppet. "And the blah, blah that. Boring. Been there, done that. Right now, there is a vacuum from GJ's destruction. We need to act fast to capitalize on it. But what we do not freaking need is any of this pointless arguing!"

Shego slammed her fist into the table.

"We don't need 'Mystical Monkey Whatever' or the 'Big Gizmo.' What we need is an army."