They Say Everyone Has a Twin Chapter 15 revised, a kim possible fanfic

The Trinity Sitch – Book 1: They Say Everyone Has a Twin

Chapter 15

Rufus didn't know what to think. He had dealt with cats before, to the point that all the kitties who lived near Kim's or Ron's house now gave him a wide berth. His status as a rodent aside, primitive carnivore minds knew when the prey was more dangerous than it was worth.

Two things were working against him now, though. For one, these two cats had never met him before, so they had no idea what they were up against. Two, these cats seemed to be far smarter than any he'd ever encountered before. He waited as long as he could stand in the wall of the kitchen. He even waited past Ron calling for him and the subsequent rumble of the departing starship. He was on his own. Cautiously he poked his head out. Had the kitties decided enough was enough and wandered off for more interesting pass-times? No, despite his senses being nowhere near as keen as a born hunter's, he could detect that tell-tale whiff of cat in the air. They were about, just waiting to spring.

What to do? He didn't dare leave his hiding place, not just yet. He could scamper as fast as the eye could follow but a healthy cat in her prime was faster still. They were designed to catch prey such as him. He looked about the room, squinting, as a naked mole rat's sense of sight was not as developed as a human's. Then he saw it, a plan beginning to come together in his mind.

Seven heroes stood their ground as twelve deadly robots marched toward them, devastatingly powerful weapons trained on them. Murky and Gary formed up in front of Jimmy, who, despite the bandage on his head, assumed a ready stance. Dona dropped into a stance like a sprinter about to explode out of the blocks beside Kim. Ron rolled over and snapped upright, assuming an awkward Monkey Kung-Fu position, making strange sounds vaguely reminiscent of old martial arts movies, his arms up at unusual angles. Neil remained behind them, feet apart.

Despite Drakken's bravado, Shego was looking carefully at the seven fighters. There was 'Blondie' and his friend Jimmy, whose head was still bandaged from her earlier attack. Then there was that "Dona" chick who was with Kimmie and of course the sidekick was there with her. Was that one chapter she watched first to be believed? Were those two actually together? The ending didn't make it clear - a kiss could signify many things and the movie had ended with that very scene - nothing more. It hardly seemed that if something had gone wrong with their relationship that they would still be fighting side by side. How could there be that kind trust if a deeper relationship had failed?

Trust.

There was that word.

Then she got a clear look at Neil!

Five years earlier:

Tears streamed down her pale green face, part tears of rage, part tears of sorrow. Her right first shot forward, but didn't connect to anything. An elbow clad in black once more found her chin, sending her backwards. She rolled sideways as the large man in black tried to tackle her.

"How can you do this to me?" She choked through the tears. "I thought you loved me!" She blocked another blow with her blazing fist, despite the fact she knew her meta-plasma would do no good.

"I did, but you don't leave me a choice! After what you did to your brothers? and to me?" He rasped, catching his breath before charging her again.

Shego reacted, her training taking over. Broken love or no a man twice her size and every bit as fast as her was attacking. For some reason her plasma bursts had absolutely no effect on him. She sidestepped his advance, grabbing him by the throat as he passed. Her clawed gloves could have ripped his larynx out at that moment but she still couldn't bring herself to do it. He had been with her since she was fourteen, since just before the meteor. He had been with her for the past four years, first as her friend, finally becoming something more. Much more. He had been with her despite her descent into darkness.

All of that was over now. She couldn't kill him but she had him in her control, at least in that split second. Despite the weight difference she had a momentary advantage. She spun him to the ground and she fell backwards, opposite him, her elbow coming down hard. Bones splintered and crushed.

She got up and ran away, tears flowing freely from her face, leaving Neil Argus screaming on the floor of her hideout.

There he was, right in front of her. All that separated them was the line of Valkyrie-bots and Kim Possible. He looked up, as if he knew she would be there. What was that look in his eyes? Hatred? Of course he should hate her. Instead of killing him outright that day over five years ago, she had practically crippled him. The same man she once professed an undying love had been left maimed by her. He had a right to hate her, but that was not what she saw in his eyes.

Pity?

Was he pitying her?

Rage welled up in her as the fire in her fists came to life. How dare he pity her?

She leaped from her vantage point on the Valkyrie, sailing over Kim.

"NOW" Jimmy shouted as the Valkryor leveled their weapons on them. There was a sudden flash of light surrounding Dona, Gary and him. The bandage just dropped off his head as the wound closed upon itself. Hair sprang forth, covering the area that had been burned and cut away from it. His blue and white body suit darkened, the details taking new shapes. A violet colored haze surrounded him as bits and pieces of cast off junk leaped from all around them, sticking to his body as their molecules broke down and flowed. In almost an instant he was clad head to toe in black pentronium flex armor.

White light flashed around Gary as his skin turned to silvery metal. The metal flowed down his hands, forming two short swords.

Dona's battle suit did not change, but a slender bladed sword appeared in her hands.

Gary was on the lead Valkyrie bot in a heartbeat. The swords flashed by in a blinding motion and the bot simply fell apart, cloven into three separate parts.

Murky fired the grapple cable of his suit into the nearest bot and yanked with all his might. The bot wavered a moment but regained its stance, grabbing the cable and hauling him off his feet.

Kim waited for the usual attack from Shego but it didn't come. Instead, her nemesis sailed over her head, tackling a surprised Neil. What in the world? Shego never passes up an opportunity to fight!

Time for plan B!

There was a deafening blast as one of the bots fired its weapon. Blue light shot from the cannon-hand, impacting Gary full on the chest. There was a blinding flash of light.

Gary Garrett, the Golden Warrior, Silver Knight of the Effurien, Paladin of the Glass Wind Blade just stood there, a sly smirk on his face.

Moments later the bot lay in more pieces than the last one.

Drakken was furious. He knew it took the bots a few minutes to generate the Ion blast, but by going into hand-to-hand combat they were using their resources in other ways. Also, he was certain the armor skin he had created by copying the Valkyrie's armor would hold, yet, here was a swordsman slashing his latest creations into just so much junk. How was this happening?

No matter. The plans for his creations had been uploaded to the fighter ship. It was time for a strategic withdrawal!

If Kim had time to watch Shego fight, she would have been shocked. Usually she couldn't keep her mouth shut, her jibes punctuated by grunts of exertion. Her attack on Neil was a study of silent determination. She threw everything into the attack, including her power, forgetting that there was something about the man that made him immune to her powers.

As they fought, Shego noticed something.

He was pivoting on both of his ankles! Her attacks had been designed to cause him to put weight on his left foot. The damage she had done to it should have put him in agony after just a few minutes. Bones could heal only so well and when they are crushed like that some had to be removed. She had secretly kept an eye on him for some time. She knew how long it took for him to be able to even walk unassisted. He shouldn't have been able to run, let alone fight like this.

He took her moment of distraction and turned it in his favor. He grabbed both of her wrists mid-swing and lifted her into the air. Rage overcame her and green fire lit up the cavern, traveling down her arms and his, the plasma pulsing brighter and brighter until it was spent. Still, she screamed and raged at the large man holding her.

She looked into his steel-blue eyes. They bored right into her green eyes, looking right into her soul just as they had nine years ago. Her eyes had been brown then, before that thrice cursed meteor changed hers and her brother's lives forever. Suddenly she slumped, all the fight going out of her. She just looked at those eyes!

With powers restored, the extra-universal quartet made short work of the bots. They quickly learned the nature of the battle. Murky and Jimmy didn't have the offensive capabilities to punch through the armor, so they served as the distraction while Gary and Dona brought their blades to bear. Gary had the power and strength the metal skin of the Knight gave him, while Dona had the mystical might of the Sword of the Fury. Pentronium could stop a normal blade, a bullet, even a high-powered laser blast, but not the weapons the duo brought to bear. Gary had once carried Dona's blade and had only grudgingly accepted that it had chosen her as its new master.

As the last bot fell the engines of the Valkyrie sprang to life. In an instant the red fighter ship rocketed over their heads into the darkening sky.

Shego twisted suddenly in Neil's hands, but could not wrest herself from his grasp. "DOCTOR DRAKKEN!" She screamed. She suddenly drew up her feet and kicked out, finally wrenching free. She ran to the mouth of the cavern, screaming at the ship, which was now just a distant point of yellow light from the three blazing engines.

"I…can't…believe…he…left…me!" she said as she sank to her knees.

Ron looked around the suddenly quiet lair. "Where's KP?"

A/N Revised 2-26-06