About two weeks had passed since Kim had been given a second chance at life.

The revolution was growing.

In addition to Kim, Charri, Jonathan and Victor, there were several other recruits. All were tested by Jonathan before being let in on the secret.

Mia was a psi. She had dark brown, wavy hair and clear blue eyes. Her powers, like Jonathan's, were too weak to entail recruitment. She had a mild form of telekinesis-- she could add extra force to a physical blow. Her powers were incapable of effecting anything outside of herself. Mia was, however, skilled in the martial arts.

Yavin owned a small, easily concealed stungun, and was an expert in its use. He also was somewhat adept computerwise. He had short, unevenly cropped jet black hair and hazel eyes.

Ruby was a friend of Charri's, and decent in martial arts. Her hair color fitted her name well; it was a brilliant red, and she had deep green eyes.

Mikka wasn't all too happy with being left out, but Charri and Kim both stood firm on that issue.

---

Quite unknown to the conspirators, a certain villaness was waiting nearby.

I would think that Kimmy, of all people, would realize that age isn't necessarily the only measure of skill... heck, her supplier of gadgets was ten years old and a supergenius, and her twin brothers weren't far behind in the intelligence scale.

However, things seemed to be going mostly according to plan.

The two Glows with whom she had spoken a few weeks earlier should be putting the next stage of her plan into action very soon...

---

Mikka was alone at home. Charri and the other revolutionaries had gone off to practice or something, leaving Mikka behind.

She couldn't remember ever being this angry.

She shredded, tore and broke anything she could find around the apartment that she decided was expendable using her psi powers.

"I'm not just a kid!" she yelled. "I'm stronger than you! I'm more powerful than you could ever... ever... ever hope to be!"

She flung the wastebasket at the door just before it opened to reveal a small patrol of Glows.

---

Beven had never really believed the talk of the Great Shego being some type of goddess.

True, some of the Special Forces thought of her as such (particularly those of the Imperial City, where it was rumored that a temple had been built in her honor) but Beven had always considered her merely human. An incredible human, but human nonetheless.

Now, however, he was beginning to reconsider.

She had appeared to his sister and him just two weeks ago, leaving an enigmatic message.

"In exactly two weeks time, at 2:00, you will go to this address." She had handed Beven a slip of paper with the address printed on it. "Bring a small patrol of Special Forces with you. You will find a psi of immense power. Take her to the Imperial City. Take only the psi, no one else."

But the strangest instruction came at the end. "Leave this at the apartment, in plain view, mind you." She had handed Beven a strange device. "Do not turn it on yourself. Just leave it at the apartment."

She had turned and left, leaving Beven and Gwen too shocked to ask any questions.

What else was there to do but follow them and see what happened?

Of course, they'd be thought insane if they'd actually told their superiors the full story about how Shego had suddenly appeared. They instead spoke of a tip given to them by an anonymous source.

The aforementioned superiors were suspicious of the veracity of said tip, but the possibility was enough to warrant authorizing a small force to move out to capture the psi.

And now, here she was.

Beven wondered briefly why she had thrown the wastebasket as he stepped aside to let it crash to the ground. The young psi girl looked shocked, then composed herself, lifting up the couch to fling at the Special Forces squad. Mori, a female Forces member, reached out her arms and a pair of yellow glowing appendages extended from her hands-- an elongated, extra pair of arms, which grabbed the couch and pushed it down. The psi girl fought, but she was too distracted to notice Beven rushing quietly towards her until it was too late.

Beven's hands became suffused with a pale blue glow, and he touched them to the sides of the psi's neck. She groaned as she collapsed to the floor, her energy drained. Beven nodded to the rest of the squad, trying to contain the familiar hyper feeling that always came after he absorbed another's energy.

As the other squad members carried the psi out, Beven left the odd device on the table, just as he'd been instructed. He then posted the official notice stating that a psi had been taken from the home on the door.

---

It had been a most productive training session, Kim reflected. With a bit more work, Kim could easily see them getting into the Imperial City.

She was so caught up in her own thoughts, she lagged a bit behind the rest as they trailed up to the Stoppables' apartment.

So it was Charri who saw the abduction notice first.

Predictably, she freaked out.

"They took Mikka!" she yelled. "How'd they find out? I should've been there!"

"Calm down," Victor said. "It's not your fault. You couldn't have stopped them."

"This is rather abnormal," Mia said. "They usually speak with the parents before taking psis to be tested..."

Victor was looking the paper over. "Oh, no..." he said.

"What?" Kim asked, a note of dread in her voice.

He handed the paper over, a grim expression on his face, and he pointed to a few lines.

We find that the psi in question has demonstrated enough ability to demonstrate an actual danger to the populace if the power is not channeled into Imperial work. Therefore, aforementioned psi is now officially in custody of the Imperial Self, to be trained to eventually serve in the Psi Forces.

Charri snatched the paper from Kim and skimmed over it. "No..." she said, pain clear in her voice. "She's gone forever!"

"Calm down, Charri," Victor said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "It'll be all right. We'll get her back."

"You're right," Charri said, her expression suddenly becoming deadly calm.

"The Imperials will be very, very sorry."

---

500 years ago

Hego woke up in a cold sweat. What a terrible dream!

He got out of bed and ambled out into the hallway. He'd definitely feel better after having a cup of cocoa.

He was surprised to see his brothers out of their rooms as well. "What are you doing up?" Hego asked groggily.

"Nightmare," said the twins simultaneously. Mego nodded in assent. Hego beckoned for everyone to follow him, and after he'd set the water to boil, he asked the twins about their dream. "I'm told it's rather therapeutic to talk about nightmares," Hego explained.

The twins complied. Both Hego and Mego seemed equally shocked.

"Why..." Hego started.

"I had the same dream!" Mego exclaimed.

"We've got to call Shego!" Hego said, grabbing the phone.

"Erm... don't you think Sis will be a bit grumpy if we wake her in the middle of the night?" one of the Wegos asked.

"If my hunch is correct, she'll be up too," Hego replied, dialing the number.

---

Present day

Shego smiled to herself. The next piece of the puzzle was in place.

Kim's hand would be forced. She'd have no choice but to go after Mikka now.

She pulled the hood of her cloak over her head with a metallic hand and walked away.