This is War

"I'm not your friend
I won't pretend
That I came here for peace"

Our Lady Peace – "Wipe That Smile Off Of Your Face"

Felix woke to the sound of voices in the other room. He rolled over and yawned before looking around. He was rumpled and smelly and his neck hurt from lying in one position for so long. His stomach growled, reminding him that it still existed.

"Mom?" he called, propping himself on his elbows, straining to see what was going on through the partially open door.

He blinked sleepily as a young man swiftly came through the door and pointed a gun at Felix's head.

"The prototype," he said sternly. He looked like an agent of some kind.

"Who are you? I think I should know who is robbing me," Felix said, pushing himself into a sitting position.

"Will Du of Global Justice. And you, Francis Damsey are suspected of creating the largest network of villains since McMahn." The gun didn't waver. Felix could see his mother slumped over on the small couch in the suite's living room.

"Network? You think I'm amassing a network? Look, I just want to be left alone," Felix said, still not quite awake.

"Dr. Drakken, Shego, and Monty Fisk are already visibly helping you. I can trace some of your actions to Senior Senior Sr., DNAmy, Duff Killigan… you have ties to all the main players here," Will said, his face contorting with hatred.

"Senior? I've done some work for his company… a long time ago," Felix started, staring down the gun barrel. "I saw that DNAmy wrote a synopsis of one of my theories… it's in a couple of science journals… I don't know the last one."

"You were in a charity golf tournament with him to raise funding for medical research," the agent said, his free hand clenching into a fist. "Not only do you have access to all of the major players in this game, they all owe you. Either for your work, your mother's work, or your father did them favors."

Felix looked from the aluminum briefcase to his mother in the other room. "You were going to kidnap me in my house. But Shego got to me first."

"That plasma-throwing bitch," Will sneered, "What did you do to make her loyal? Money? Or did you snog her into submission?"

Will's eyes were glassy, crazed… Felix opened his mouth to stall the crazed agent when the toilet in the bathroom flushed.

As if in slow motion, Monique emerged and Will Du turned and grabbed her before she knew what was going on.

"Are you doing this one on the side? Monique Jenkins… I'm sure you fit into the network somehow. No matter. Ask Francis to give me the prototype," Du sneered into her ear as he held her tightly in front of him. He caressed her cheek with his gun and smirked when she whimpered.

"Let her go… the case is over here. You can take it. I'll even come with you," Felix said slowly, reaching for the briefcase.

"No. No no no no no no no. No. I take the case and she comes too," the crazed agent said tightening his already steel grip on Monique.

"Okay… calm down. Here's the case," Felix rolled over and stretched to retrieve the silver case. After what seemed like an hour, but was only a minute, he held the case out to Will Du.

"You pathetic coward. You won't even fight for your product," the agent spat as he snatched the case from Felix's hands. "You know why you're on GJ's shit list? I'll tell you why. You have all the makings of a great thing. But no, you're not a hero. You're not a hero at all. When things go down, you hide, or cower. You disgust me," the GJ agent pressed the briefcase into Monique's shaking hands. "You hold onto this tightly."

Felix watched in silent horror as Monique was taken out the window and into a waiting GJ hovercraft. That was the state that Shego found him several minutes later.

OOO

"You know, Kim, I think we should've brought more food," Ron said thoughtfully. "Maybe we should- MONKEY!" Ron nearly dropped his Bueno Nacho bag. He and Kim started running after the ninja monkey… which was carrying a full ice bucket to… Felix's room?

When the two heroes entered the suite, Ron did drop the greasy take out bag. Monkey Fist was bent over Dr. Renton, giving her an icepack for her head. Shego scooped Felix in her arms and carried him to the couch. Felix's face was blank.

"Felix?" Kim asked, approaching the couch. Shego had already knelt beside him and was checking him for injuries.

"He took Monique," Felix said softly.

"Who did?" Shego asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Do you know a Will Du?" he asked.

"He's a GJ agent. Top agent, from what I hear," Kim said. "Wait, did Will Du kidnap Monique?"

"He did everything. He thinks I'm a criminal mastermind. He looks like he's on drugs," Felix said. "He took the case and Monique." He pulled at the buttons of his shirt.

Kim pulled out her communicator. Wade had been eerily silent this entire time. "Wade?"

"Kim? I've been a little busy. Global Justice has been sending me so much work… what can I help you with?" the young man asked tiredly. His normally neat room was now cluttered with files and other paperwork.

"Global Justice? Have you gotten word of anything unusual? Especially with Will Du?" Kim asked, concerned.

"Actually, yes," Wade lowered his voice, "They're all going nuts… I think it has to do with some sort of experimental drug… it's a sort of stimulant. They captured one of Dementor's labs and a whole crate of this stuff broke open in the middle of headquarters. Now Dr. Director is sending out agents everywhere. Most of these cases don't even… I mean… they're all conspiracy theories."

"Wade, I need you to track down Will Du for me," Kim asked.

"He's at GJ headquarters. But be careful if you're going in. He just recalled every active agent. You're going to have to fight your way in," Wade frowned.

Kim glanced up from the small image of Wade to see Felix almost frantically clawing at his shirt.

"Calm down, dude, it's okay, we'll get her back," Ron said, trying to calm him down.

"Felix! Stop, you're going to rip-"

Felix practically tore open the shirt and fumbled with the Velcro and laces of his back brace. Shego aided him by grabbing the plastic shell and lifting it over his head and setting it down behind the couch. Felix continued the strange strip-show. He was sweating, no wonder, he was wearing so many layers. After the undershirt, he unwrapped a wide Ace bandage until he finally reached behind his back and pulled… something out.

It looked like a ruler had a baby with a centipede. It was flat and segmented into several parts. Each segment had two 'legs' on either side.

"I had it. Inside the case is a plastic model," Felix said shaking. "When he finds out… he's going to kill her."

OOO

"It's much smaller than the original," Alicia said, holding her son's invention in her hands. It was only three inches wide and no more than eight inches long. It was an amazing piece of work; she wondered how he had been able to put such a thing together.

Kim and Ron were checking their gear on the other side of the room. Shego hadn't left Felix's side since he freaked out earlier.

"Kim, Ron?" Felix said, turning towards them, "I want to go too."

"I don't think so, Felix, it's dangerous and you don't have your chair anymore," Kim said.

"I don't need it," he said, gesturing towards the device.

"Is that safe?" Ron asked.

"Should be," Felix said seriously.

"Look Felix, I know you feel responsible but you're not-" Kim started, but a look from Felix caught her words in her throat.

"What, Kim? Not a hero? Not like you? I'm not going to let you guys go in alone. You need all the help you can get," he said. Alicia bit her lip.

"He's right Princess. You need all of us. Call in all of your favors. We have to stop Global Justice," Shego said, standing up.

By the time the 'party' was gathered, Felix had briefed Mrs. Dr. Possible on the prototype and instructed her on how to attach it. Shego, Kim and Ron were going over printouts of GJ's headquarters while the twins were 'upgrading' their equipment.

A scream from the bedroom made everyone pause in their duties. Alicia ran to her son's side and grabbed his hand. "Felix?"

"I- it doesn't go on very well… that… it burns," he tried to give her a reassuring smile, but he could only manage a grimace. He gave her a thumbs up when he successfully moved his foot of his own volition.

"Felix," Dr. Possible started, "Put the braces back on. They'll support you better than your legs will."

Felix only nodded and put them back on. The two women left the room as he changed into more appropriate clothes.

Alicia would be happier if her son's first (relatively) unaided steps weren't towards a battle, but she found herself smiling nonetheless when he took a few hesitant steps out of the bedroom. He was wearing all black; a 'wifebeater' (she internally winced at the phrase and decided that 'muscle shirt' was less offensive) and a pair of cargo pants with the flat-soled sneakers he always wore. Ron passed Felix an extra pair of gloves and a backpack.

Kim pulled out her communicator and checked on their ride. "We should get going," she said, holstering it in her belt.

OOO

Monique blinked the tears from her eyes. Screw saving face, she was scared shitless. She would have gracelessly wet herself had she not been in the bathroom when DOA- "Drugged Out Agent" snatched her. Now here she was, tied to a chair in a secret Global Justice base crying her eyes out. Oh and of course this was the same day that she got a call that her dead boyfriend was not only alive, but was actually older, smarter and possibly dating (or married to!) someone else.

She sniffed and looked across the room to watch her captor pace unsteadily. Will Du was on one bad trip right now. Monique recalled seeing a friend of hers go through something similar once… but Mr. DOA not only had a gun, he was highly skilled in martial arts and had literally an army of drugged out friends downstairs. Du kept glancing towards the office overlooking the hangar floor where they currently occupied. Inside the office, she could just barely make out a form looking down at them.

Monique squirmed a little to make herself at little more comfortable. Though a small dog interrupted her thoughts as it ran towards her.

"Oh no, you are not marking me as your territory!" Monique shouted at the little Chihuahua.

"Pepe! Come back here!" a rather flustered man ran by with a leash wrapped around his arm. He was a burly sort rather unremarkable except for the Greek letter theta on his chest. "You can't pee in here, Pepe. Come on, I'll take you for walkies," the henchman said clipping the leash to the small dog's collar.

"What the hell is going on!" Monique shouted after the henchman and dog. The only answer she got was some more inane ramblings of her captor. She didn't know if she should laugh or cry, so she decided to close her eyes and wait until Kim and Ron showed up. They would come, wouldn't they?

OOO

"Shhh… it's okay Betty, let big brother take care of you," Sheldon Director said soothingly as he brushed the hair from her twin sister's face.

"Just think, it just took some careful placement of my special drug and a small pressure detonator… Your agents would have set off the explosion no matter how careful they were. Of course Wil Du's vendetta against Kim Possible's friend is just a bonus. Defeating her will just make this week perfect." He smiled down at Dr. Betty Director. His sister was so much easier to deal with in this state.

"Omega! Report!" he shouted out in the hall as he left his sister's room.

"We have word that Kim Possible and her team are on their way," the henchman reported.

"Team?" Gemini frowned, his plan hadn't accounted for more than the two teenaged brats.

"Yes, according to our source, Shego and the crippled boy are coming along as well."

"Prepare something special for Miss Go. But everything still goes to plan. All we need now is the brain chip from Drakken's lab… then we can use the exo-spine to control our enemies!" Gemini laughed his quota of evil laughter.

"But sir, if we have the drugs… why do we need the device?" Omega asked timidly.

"Because the GJ agents are proving quite difficult to control, dear henchman," the villain said waving his bionic hand in the air.

OOO

Shego glanced back at Felix. He was hunched over the security panel, trying to crack the back entrance open. She nearly groaned when she caught herself looking at his arms… what was she, fourteen? She closed her eyes and did a quick relaxation exercise to regain her focus.

"Shego, give me a hand," he whispered. She looked around them and quietly joined him. Kimmie and Ronnikins were playing lookout, leaving her the closest one.

"What?" She asked in a barely audible whisper.

"I've almost got the door open but… I'm stuck," he said.

She gave him a look that screamed 'are you serious!' He just shrugged. Shego signaled the others to get ready and Felix cut the security on the door. She hauled him to his feet and the rescue party was inside.