"What do you mean this is your house?" Lexxy said in surprise.
"I mean, this is my house, you know, the place where I live" Drake answered.
"What? But what would Drakken be doing in your house?"
"Who's Drakken?"
"My parents' enemy" she replied. "Anyway, back to the current stich, your house?" she said, not quite over her shock.
"Look, let's just go inside and check. Maybe Drakken or whatever his name is broke into it or something" Drake said and headed for the front door. "My parents are out for the night anyway"
"How do you know that?"
"It's Friday. My parents are always out on Fridays"
"Why's that?"
"Beats me. All I know is that my mom never too happy when they do" he replied and turned the knob. It was locked. "That's odd…" he said.
"Come on" Lexxy said and went around the house.
"Where are you going?"
"To the backdoor"
Drake stared at her. "Why? I mean, I don't know that much about crime fighting or anything but wouldn't now be a good time to try the roof?"
"You want to go to the roof of your own house?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, no" he answered bluntly.
"Then, there's no more problem" she replied dismissively and continued on her way. "Besides, the roof is too predictable. Daddy always says to go wherever no one would expect which, in this case, is the back door" she said as they found it.
"But my mom locks the back door" Drake pointed out.
"We shall see, won't we?" was the reply. Lexxy tried the knob and the door opened. "Told you"
Drake couldn't help but smile. "Whatever" he muttered as he led the way into their kitchen. "So, what do we do now?" he asked. "Lex? Lexxy?" He turned around.
"Oh my gosh, Drake, is that you? You look so cute!" Lexxy was practically exclaiming as she stared at a photo hanged on the wall. A boy, probably four or five was standing in the middle of the picture, wearing a pink floral dress, complete with ruffles and ribbons. And that would have been totally fine if it wasn't for the fact that he was standing with his legs spread into a V and his little head under it, showing… well…
Drake quickly pulled his friend away from the picture while blushing deeply. "That wasn't…. I mean… it isn't…. I was… that's just… I…" he stammered. "That dress… isn't… wasn't… it…my…"
Lexxy grinned, staring at him. "I don't even wanna ask how you got into it"
"I knew I shouldn't have let mom keep that pic" he muttered, turning the frame to make it face the wall.
Lexxy giggled, making him blush even more. "So not the drama, Drake. All of us have got our own embarrassing moments"
"Yeah, but this is definitely over the line, having a girl you really like see you, not only in a pink dress, but in other parts as well, kid or no kid"
Lexxy smiled. "Drake, no big. It doesn't matter. Besides, you made up for it by saying you like me, twice in one night might I add" she said. "You're really sweet, you know?"
And just when Drake thought he couldn't go any redder, he did. "I… um… well… thanks"
The cheerleader smiled again. "I would really love to continue this discussion but we've got a mission to finish and my parents to save. You don't mind if we'll search your house, right?"
He shook his head. "As long as we find whoever broke into it and get him out before my parents arrive" he said. "And as long as we're off the topic about me too" he added silently as Lexxy walked out of the kitchen.
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"Very good, Kim Possible. But I expected no less from the daughter of the creator" Drakken said to the heroine as she figured out his new robots. "So now you know, you have no chance of defeating me!"
"Wanna bet?" Kim said, after recovering from the slight surprise. Her eyes scanned around the room before landing on the control in Drakken's hands. "Ron, grab that remote!"
"On it, Kim" Ron replied and ran to Drakken while Kim fought back the cyberdrones, including Shego who had decided to join the fight.
"So, tell me, Kimmie, what have you and your sidekick been up to?" Shego said, her hands glowing green. "I heard you stopped ruining lives"
"I've gotten more important things to deal with" Kim replied, kicking two cyberdrones at once and avoiding Shego's hands.
"Oh, you mean like that idiot?"
"Ron's not an idiot, Shego"
"Could have fooled me" she responded, firing a green blast which was evaded. In return, she received a kick from an irritated wife.
Meanwhile, Ron was chasing Drakken who was clutching the remote control.
"Give me that remote!"
"No! It's mine!"
"Give it to me!"
"I won't!"
"Come on, hand it over!"
"Get your own, buffoon!"
Ron threw himself at him, making them both fall on the ground. He reached for it.
"Got it!" Ron said, standing up. "Heads up, Kim!" he shouted and threw the remote. Kim looked up, did a backward somersault while slamming Shego into a nearby machine with both legs and caught it just as a laser came her way. She threw the remote at its range, blasting it to bits.
Ron stared to Drakken victoriously. "How's the buffoon now?"
The evil scientist rolled over to face him but, to Ron's puzzlement, smiling. "You are. Cyberdrone, get him!"
And before Ron could reply, he was hoisted from the ground.
"Hey! Hands off the shirt, I just had that dry cleaned!" he said while struggling to break free from the cyberdrone's grip. "KIM!"
"Sorry but she's a little busy right now" Drakken said, pointing to the red-haired mother who was being cornered by the remaining five cyberdrones.
"I don't get it, why aren't they stopping?" Kim asked, both in confusion and panic at being outnumbered. Two cyberdrones went closer to her and grabbed hold of an arm each.
"Do you really think I'm that much of an idiot? After what you did last time, Kimberly Ann? There is no more command signal. I've redesigned the technology so it only follows my voice. That means you will not be capable of destroying any of my new toys! Right Shego? Shego!"
But his black-haired wife wasn't paying attention. She was looking one of the monitors. "Looks like we have company"
"Huh? What do you mean?" Drakken asked, striding over to her. He watched as two shadows walking about in his room. It was too dark to make out any of their faces but Kim could very well make out the outline of one of them, which happened to be a teenage girl with long hair.
"Oh please no!" she gasped. She turned to Ron, who was gaping at the screen. "Ron ,you don't think-"
"Lexxy! It has to be! What is she doing here?" he whispered then spotted someone else walking with her, his expression turned stern. "Hold on, hey, is that who I think it is with our daughter?"
Kim was about to reply when Drakken turned to them, looking rather surprised. Shego followed. "Your daughter? You guys have a daughter?! Wait, you married?!" he exclaimed. "I can't believe you two ended up together and actually married!"
"Oh come on, do you really have to act that surprised?" Ron said, crossing his arms and frowning touchily. "I mean, are Kim and I really not that much of a match?"
"Frankly, no" Drakken replied then looked at Kim. "I can't believe that you married that buffoon"
"Hey!"
Drakken laughed. "This is perfect. This is just too perfect." He grinned evilly, looking back at the screen. "Kim Possible's-"
"Well, actually, that's Stoppable now" Ron corrected.
Kim stared at him. "Ron!"
"Fine! Kim Stoppable" Drakken paused. "You know that doesn't sound too good" he remarked.
Shego rolled her eyes and turned back to the monitor. "She's not alone, you know. There's someone else with her, looks like another sidekick." She strained to get a closer look. "Can't see his face though"
Kim glared at him. "Don't you even think of doing anything to hurt them" she warned, narrowing her eyes.
"Oh? And why not? You're going to stop me?" Drakken said mockingly. He turned to two cyberdrones. "Bring them to me" he ordered. The androids left at once.
---
"Well, this is the last room" Drake said as they arrived in front of the door. "It's my dad's study" he said and opened it.
"Don't" Lexxy said as he was about to switch the lights.
"Huh? But it's too dark to see anything"
"I know. But if we don't want to get caught by whoever's in here, we have to work in stealth"
"Otherwise known as the dark" he muttered, obviously unhappy with the condition they have to work with. "Just out of curiosity, why can't you just say dark?"
"Because that's what is it" she replied. "And it sounds way cooler" she added with a smile.
Drake thought for awhile. "Good point"
Lexxy rolled her eyes. "Come on, we better start search- whoa!" she said, taking a step but unfortunately, slid on something. She closed her eyes impulsively and waited…
"Lex… you can open your eyes now" she heard Drake's voice seconds later.
"Huh?" She opened her eyes and realized that she was in Drake's arms, their faces were barely inches away. She blushed.
"You might want to be careful, there are papers all over the floor" he said, smiling. Lexxy looked down. It was true. Even though there was barely any light in the room, except for the one coming out from the door, she could see faint outlines of papers.
"How nice to you to say so" Lexxy replied sarcastically.
Drake grinned sheepishly. "Sorry. Forgot"
Lexxy raised an eyebrow. "And you expect me to believe that, why?"
"What does that mean?"
"You're still holding me"
It was Drake's turn to blush. "Oh" he said and released her. Lexxy smiled at him then looked around the room. "No offense, Drake but your dad's kinda messy, isn't he?"
"I know. It's always like this whatever house we stay in"
For a few minutes, they searched the room.
"I don't get it. Where on earth could they be?" Lexxy said, starting to worry. "We've searched everywhere. How could they just get lost? I mean, you can't just disappear into thin air, right? Oh, where are they? I can't believe this is happening. How am I supposed to find them now? How-"
"Whoa, Lex. Calm down" Drake said, blocking her path to prevent her from walking any more and holding her shoulders. "We'll find them, ok? Don't worry" he comforted.
She sighed and leaned into his arms unconsciously. "I know. But this is the first time I've experienced anything like this. My mom won't let me do missions because she's too scared something might happen, guess that's why she and dad stopped. The only thing that happened lately I've considered being a mission was babysitting the tweebs for a weekend." She smiled slightly. "Daddy always said that I'll have my chance of experiencing something like this when I'm ready." She looked at Drake. "Do you think I am now?"
Drake smiled at her. "Positive"
She grinned and Drake let go. "I know this may not be the best time to say this but, you're really lucky, you know?"
"Of what?" she asked.
"Your parents. Specifically, a dad likes yours"
"What does my dad have to do with anything?"
Drake sighed. "It's just that…"
"What?"
"My dad spends all his time locked up in this room. I don't know what he's doing but I feel like whatever it is, it's more important than his own son"
Lexxy stared at him. "Oh, Drake, don't say that…"
He looked away. "Look, this isn't the time to talk about my dad. I shouldn't have raised that topic. We still need to find your parents" he said and started searching through the books on the shelf with his back on Lexxy who was still looking at him, frowning slightly. She made a move towards him when-
"Hey, Lex, look at this" he said, indicating her to come closer. He was staring at a book. It was quite noticeable, being the only blue book amidst all the brown ones. Lexxy strained to read its title.
"'World Domination for Dummies'" she read. "What kind of book is that supposed to be?" she said, looking at oddly.
"More importantly, what's it doing in my dad's shelf?" Drake said. The teens stared at each other before the red-haired cheerleader reached for it, aiming to pull it out. But she barely tipped it over when the whole shelf rose and reveal a metal wall with a hand lock. And before they had a chance to comment, it suddenly opened to reveal two pairs of glaring red eyes.