Joss squirmed nervously under the glare of Mrs. Go, but she took some refuge in the fact that she wasn't alone in the glare of doom. For sitting right next to her was Amanda, getting the same exact glare. The fact that Mrs. Go had set out some drinks for her two unexpected guests did little to put them at ease. After a few more minutes of the mother's glare, Joss found her opening her mouth to explain. "It's like this ma'am, see Ol' Doc Director wanted me to keep an eye on mah cuz. I dinna mean to trespass on yer land ma'am, but I do 'ave a job t' do and I was just doin' it."
Anastasia took a few minute to process what Joss had just spat out, mostly sifting through the accent and trying to figure out how someone related to Kim could possibly be that skin tone. That's when she noticed it. If she hadn't been looking closely, she'd not have seen it, but there was a slight line of color offset, like where a tan line would be on a shirt. Standing up, she walked over to refill her coffee. "I see... so then, your father coming here would be a slight inconvenience, wouldn't it?"
Catching the look between the ranger and Joss in a pot, she smirked playfully even while she marveled at how pale that girl could get considering the paint job done on her skin. Taking a sip of her coffee she let them compose themselves from the near panic before continuing. "Now, I could perhaps keep your being here... off the table of things to bring to Kim's attention. If you're willing to help. I might just not mention to her father that you two seem rather intimate..." Anastasia offered while sipping her coffee, watching them from over her cup.
"There 'as t' be a catch..." Joss muttered as she watched the dominating woman, all the while knowing that she was over a barrel on this one.
"Just a small one young Joss," Ana corrected, while she settled back at the table. "You see, I am going off incomplete data as far as Kimberly's DNA is concerned, and I'd like to have a close blood relative of hers to compare genetic information to. Now you seem to look a lot like Pollyanna explained a younger version of Kimberly to look like..."
"Lemme see if I got this straight, ya'll wanna pluck mah DNA and use it to check what's changed with Kim?" Joss asked, with a slightly confused look. "Not t' nitpick yer logic or anythin'... but don't ya'll need t' have a sibling or parent fer that type of work?"
"Ideally, yes, and I plan to ask her parents for that as well, but there is another reason for asking you," Anastasia explained as she set her coffee cup down gently on the coaster she'd been using. "Polly mentioned that you were possibly exposed to Kimberly's plasma before it was contained. I would like to ensure that you do not hold traces of the mutation in your DNA as well."
Joss glanced down at her hands curiously, wondering if they were going to start glowing some unnatural color anytime soon. She didn't think that there was anything wrong with her, but she didn't know, and that reminded her rather sharply just how young and inexperienced she was in this world. "Ya think that I might..."
"Yes I do..." Anastasia stated when Joss trailed off. "All I would need is just a few strands of hair, and some blood. I promise it'll only take a few minutes, and then we'll know for certain deary."
Swallowing the lump in her throat, Joss rubbed her hands nervously as she thought over exactly what she was being told. She might have plasma powers like her cousin, and all she would have to do was trust the woman that had spawned Shego with a small amount of her hair and blood to find out for certain.
"I... I... need t' think about it..." Joss stated nervously as she rubbed her arm. "I barely know ya and all, and I've not seen signs of bein' powered..."
"Joss..." Amanda began with a worried tone as she watched the younger woman. "I think you can trust her, but it's not my place to say..."
"It would be best to not wait Joss, but I understand that you are under a lot of pressure..." Anastasia stated calmly while spreading out her tools. "If it would make you feel better, you can watch everything I do. And your girlfriend could stay with you as well."
Joss's eyes bugged out, as she waved her hands in front of herself defensively. "We're not... I mean... we're friends... and der's nothin' wrong wit' homosex-ye-alls an' all.. but we're not... that is... she and I..."
"I am so glad I'm recording this right now... because then I can re-watch this scene until I can figure out what you're saying..." Anastasia cut in with a huge smirk on her face. "Now then... what say I give you ten minutes to decide while I start some laundry..."
Before Joss could answer, the nudist scientist was out of the room, and the door shutting. Turning to look at Amanda sheepishly. "Listen... I dinna mean to offend ya... but I dunna know what is goin' on in my head..."
Amanda smiled warmly at the girl and simply hugged her close. "Shh... just focus on the testing now Joss..."
Joss closed her eyes and gave a small, pleasant smile as she sighed heavily. "Thank you..."
In another room, while the girls were hugging and talking quietly about their plans an evil woman smiled as she loaded up the washer and watched them on one of her televisions. It was so cute to see baby lesbians developing, especially when one of them was still in denial. She doubted that Kim had transferred the plasmic power to the girl, since one of the side effects was increased irritability, but she would feel better if she knew for certain.
Stuffing in the rest of her towels, she sighed as she saw that Joss seemed to be coming over to the more rational side of her brain. Now all she would need to do is put her through a few standard tests, and everything would be fine...
Once again, in the depths of the mountains surrounding Middleton, a voice rang out through the silence. "Serum's done Drakey-wackey!"
Drakken groaned inwardly as he walked towards the giggl... no cackling, no villain giggled, they cackled. "Excellent... now all I have to do is hit them with darts to inject it into them, and I will have my little kitties."
"Yeppers honey-bunny," Amy squealed while hugging Drakken tightly as she danced around merrily. "It's perfect!"
"And they're not going to trigger my allergies, right? That is an important part..." Drakken asked pointedly as she finally let him free. He was seriously having second thoughts about having relations with this nut job. But if she remained useful and malleable she would be an excellent lackey, and possible wife, she wasn't that homely after all, and he would need offspring to continue his rule.
"I don't believe they will, I added in the special enzymes of the hypoallergenic kitties, so that should do it..." Amy answered with a bliss filled smile as she looked at the serum against the light. "So, when can we test it out? Huh?"
Drakken blinked as the heavy-set woman bounced like a super hyper puppy, it was doing very weird things with the majority of her girth, but it was somewhat endearing. "Uh... I have a satellite scanning for her plasma signature... should have something by the end of the week..."
"YAY! Does that mean we can go on a date then?" she asked with eyes sparkling with hope and something else that he wasn't certain about, but he hoped it was good.
Giving her suggestion serious consideration, he tapped his chin in thought and let a dopey smile spread across his face. He didn't see why he couldn't spend some time with her while the satellite searched their automated routes. "That sounds lovely... say isn't that Cuddle Buddy show you were interested in tonight?"
Amy hugged the skinny man in a rather painful bear hug. As his spine was realigned very loudly and painfully, Drakken could only reflect on the fact that her new perfume really smelled great. Amy for her part was just glad that her pheromone perfume seemed to be working nicely, very nicely by the reaction she was feeling.
For her her, everything was going her way. She's getting her man, she was going to the Cuddle-thon, going on a date, and soon she'd have her own biologically engineered kitties of her own to pet and cuddle with. Oh sure, she'd have to share with Drakey-Wacky, but she was certain that a little play time with the Siberian Tiger Catgirls she was making for him, he would be putty in her hands.
After all, who could resist such cute and cuddly catgirls?
In Middleton proper, the adults were piled into the Possible's van ready to go find their daughters. The boys were staying with Wade, Ron was currently protecting the city of Middleton with Yori, and the villains were laughing harder than they ever had before.
Carmen Ann Possible found herself distracted by the feeling that she should know the name New Haven Naturist Resort for some reason. It had to be something about her past that she couldn't remember right away, and for some reason she had the feeling she knew this Anastasia Go person as well. She thought about calling her former college roommate Ivy Sinclair, to see if she knew anything, but didn't have the time to do so before they left.
"Dunna worry Annie, our girls are smart and self-sufficient," Slim drawled out reassuringly while patting her on the shoulder gently. She gave him a thankful smile, cause she knew he was trying to help, even if he wasn't close to her real worry.
She knew that the girls were both more than capable of taking care of themselves, and that they're with someone that cares for Kim, and Kim cares for Joss, so they weren't going to be attacked. So she was easily able to establish that they were not in danger. She would have preferred if Joss had gone with Kimberly directly, but she understood the reasoning behind the delayed departure.
What she was more concerned about was the feeling she should know the resort they were going to, and that her daughter was being effectively turned into a mutant on par with Shego. And while she personally didn't care if her daughter was a mutant, especially if she was taking responsible precautions like getting training to control the after effects, she knew that there were many in the world that couldn't understand that a mutant was neither a hero, nor a villain.
She knew her daughter would always pick the hero's path, but she also knew that her daughter would like to be able to retire one day from all the hero business and settle down in a nice steady job like exobiology or marine biologist. Okay, so maybe they weren't the 'normal' that most people considered retirement options, but no Possible had ever been able to simply comply with such opinions.
Beyond that, there was already rumors flying around about her daughter and the woman she had gone off with being more than 'best enemies' and as a woman of the world herself, she could accept her being a lesbian, but she wanted grandchildren and her sons, if she was to be perfectly honest about things, they weren't going to be getting women anytime soon. She could only hope and pray that they at least get one person each, rather than trying to share one person. She'd heard enough of them talking to actually have to worry about that.
She knew that the two of them could and did get along when their goals didn't conflict, and when Shego had been visiting under the pseudonym of Miss Go, she'd kept a close eye on all of the hugging, and touching the older woman did while around her daughter. She knew there was something there, but didn't call them on it, as it was a private matter, and she wasn't sure her daughter was ready to admit the truth.
The other thing that she was concerned about was the nagging feeling that she should bring the photo albums from Kim's youth. All twenty-five volumes of it were currently sitting in the back of the van with her clothes, just in case she needed to show them to Kimmy's potential mother-in-law... DOCTOR! She meant doctor, since this Anastasia Go was a specialist that Kimberly was seeing about her recent mutations, not a mother-in-law... well not yet.
A mother did have to have her priorities after all, and embarrassing her children ranks just below that nagging feeling in the back of her mind.