Agent Alpha does not feel fear, he does feel pain however. He was currently driving in the dead of night to the only place he thought could help him while keeping him safe. He couldn't go to a hospital since the others might find him. He really did not want to go to his current destination but he had no choice, at his current rate of blood loss he would pass out at any second. An Adrenaline rush could only take him so far.

Soon he was upon the place. He had no time for doubts. Worst comes to worst they wouldn't let him die. He knocked at the door. It opened with a smile then the face became one of pure horror.

"No hospitals. Please. It's not safe." He managed to squeeze out before collapsing on the doorstep.

"Josh!? Josh!" Kim said while checking on his blood covered body. He needed to help, now "Mom dad I need help!"

Her parents rushed downstairs and saw the young boy covered in his own blood, it looked like Josh.

"We have to get him to a hospital. James call an ambulance."

Kim grabbed her dad's arm. "No! He said it's not safe there. Who or whatever did this to him could still be out there. Can't you help him mom? You're a doctor!"

"I'm a neurosurgeon Kim, this seems like emergency trauma care at a bare minimum."

"MOM!"

"I can try my best dear, no promises though. I only know a bit more than the basics. I'll get the first aid kit. Help your father put some plastic on the couch and set him down gently. We don't want to break or tear anything more that we haven't looked at yet."

James kissed her head before they got to work. "Don't worry Kimmie cub. We'll do our best."

When Ron heard the call he rushed over, for some reason Kim was distraught but told him to be sure to bring Bonnie. As soon as he tapped the door once it flew open and he was pulled into a hug, he was flustered until he saw the look on her parent's faces and Josh on the couch wrapped in bandages. The room clearly held a somber mood.

"Oh my god." Bonnie said covering her mouth. She disliked Kim on a personal level at times, on a human level this was beyond disturbing. "Come here Kim." Bonnie pulled Kim into a hug and they stood rocking and crying.

Ron didn't even bother thinking up a joke about the sight, he walked over to Kim's parents. "Is he gonna make it? He looks pretty bad off, he should be in a hospital."

Ann shook her head "He said the hospitals weren't safe so I just tried my best. All we can do now is let him rest and hope for the best. He seems stable so...that's as much of a plus as we're going to get."

"Let me guess, he didn't say what attacked him before he passed out." Ron took a longshot, If Kim knew who or what did it they would be handling it already.

"I always knew you were smart Ronald." James said with a smirk. He came to the same conclusion earlier.

Ron had another smart thought, Josh may not have said anything but maybe if he had any enemies or something….He pulled out his communicator and called Wade.

"Hey Ron what's...Jesus Ron did Bonnie get hurt again? That look on your face says it all."

"Nah, not Bonnie. This time it's Kim's significant other." Ron turned his camera towards the couch. He decided against asking Wade to scan him. If his wounds were fatal there was nothing they could do about it anyway.

"What attacked him? A pack of wolves?"

"It seems human, given that he thinks they could find him in a hospital but wouldn't track him to Kim Possible's house. I wanted you to see if you could look up info on Josh. See if he had anyone that would want to kill him."

"Alright give me a minute….huh." wade had aa confused look on his face.

"Good huh or bad."

"I'm not sure. But based on every record including government ones I can pull up Josh Mankey does not exist."

Kim stopped crying long enough to hear him say that "Well he clearly exists, can't you check again? He's right in front of us!"

"Kim I'm sorry, I already checked three times. According to this there has never even been a Josh Mankey born before."

"He could be going by a nickname, short for Joshua or something." Ron threw out casually. Simple problem, simple answer.

"I thought of that. Josh exists in the school records but if you go very deep into his government records they all turn up nothing."

"Thanks for trying Wade, keep us posted if you find anything." Ron hung up after their goodbyes.

"Seems like your friend left us with more questions than we had to start with Kimmie cub."

"Yea…." Kim looked down and knelt next to Josh while grabbing his hand. Things kept getting more bizarre by the second.

Josh breathed in and out quickly before stirring awake. He felt his chest then looked down to see he was covered in bandages. He sat up to take in his surroundings. Definitely not a hospital, it looks like Kim's living room, but where is she? His gaze fell downwards and he saw Kim laying on the floor. She looked drained, he took a wild guess as to why.

After running his fingers through Kim's hair a few times he took better stock of his surroundings. The house was dead silent beyond a few snores. The suns up so it's at least mid morning. Bonnie was sitting in the recliner, although if Bonnie is here that means Ron must be close. He didn't seem to let Bonnie out of his sight unless she was at home or with her friends. Given Ron's line of work the paranoia was justified. Actually probably more justified now that his former association would think team Possible was allied with him. He got a whiff of some food and turned towards the kitchen. Ron was bringing in plates.

"Ah. You're up. KP will be ecstatic. She stayed up really late last night watching you."

"I can tell."

Ron slid a plate to Josh and put the others on the coffee table. "You can take my plate, I'll just make another one. No big. Don't wake up Kim yet though. She needs all the sleep she can get."

Josh raised a hand to stop Ron from walking away. "Where are her parents and the twins?"

"Twins are at school. Her parents called off but they're still sleeeping. It was a long night for them too. Her mom finally went to bed when she was comfortable that you'd remain stable. She said you were very lucky."

Josh cringed inwardly but only let out a nervous laugh "Yea, guess I got really lucky. Hey Ron do you know where the house phone is? Left my cell at home. I have to let someone know I'm ok."

Ron shrugged and pointed to the phone down the hall in the study so Josh wouldn't wake Kim.

Josh dialed a number while blocking caller ID. When they answered they both remained silent for three seconds "Alpha needs a bleaching immediately at the place in Middleton. On graham. Ten large per stain."

"Right away sir."

He tried to come back to the living room as quietly as possible but Kim was already stirring. When she saw him she shed a few tears of joy then wrapped her hands behind his neck. Bad idea.

"Ouch. Ouch. Ouch."

Kim let go and grinned sheepishly "Sorry, forgot about the injuries. I'll go let my mom know."

After a bit everyone was gathered in the living room eating breakfast. Ron made a simple meal of bacon eggs and hashbrowns. There was a giant elephant in the room but they waited until the plates were cleared. Can't beat evil on an empty stomach, plus everyone wanted Kim to just be happy for a few minutes. The worst was over. When the plates were cleared Ron was the first to ask the obvious.

"Who attacked you last night?"

Josh was actually feeling nervous about answering, it was an foreign feeling for him. "You're not going to get it unless I explain everything."

"What's there to explain? Someone attacked you, Ron and I kick butt." Kim and Ron did some quick weird best friend handshake that ended with a fist bump. Bonnie rolled her eyes while they both said booyah.

Josh wasn't sure if he'd be in a world of pain in a few seconds, but he grabbed Kim's hand. "I'm not exactly who I said I was."

Kim cocked her head. "What are you talking about?"

"I worked for an organization called the Worldwide Evil Empire. You're probably going to hate me for the next part."

Ron chuckled and spoke softly "I get the feeling I know why, but I hope it's not true."

"I was sent to break up team Possible. You were a constant thorn in their side and costing them money."

Kim retracted her hand. Josh wanted to explain further but couldn't, as he was dangling by his feet and gasping for air. He looked to see what was happening and saw Stoppable had grabbed him.

Bonnie shrugged and began checking her nails as this wasn't exactly an abnormal sight. Kim's parent's were stunned silent at the awesome display of strength. Kim had also grown accustomed to Ron doing weird stuff over the past few months so didn't think much of it.

Josh was struggling with both hands to try to remove Stoppable's hand from his throat but it just wasn't happening. His grip was like a vise. This was some unnatural strength.

"All those times your plans with Kim conveniently overlapped with mine, the little side jokes I had about you being an evil agent sent to split us up, all the pain I suffered over the past year. You knowingly caused it. I should end you." Ron was livid and glaring daggers at Josh while deciding if he should tighten his grip.

A part of Kim kind of wanted to see him choke Josh unconscious at the very least, but a nagging voice was beating against the back of her head. "Kim, whatever happens in the future I just want you to know I love you."

"Ron, put him down."

Everyone looked at her as if she was no longer sane, but Ron spoke up first. "Are you joking? So we're just going to let what he put me through slide?"

"Maybe, maybe not. Shouldn't we listen to what he has to say before we decide that? He's probably telling us for a reason."

Josh managed to choke out two words "...she's….right."

Ron growled and tossed him to the side onto the ground. He then walked to the far side of the room to get as far away from Josh as possible to control himself. Bonnie rushed over and began rubbing Ron's chest to calm him down. "You're ok daddy, I'm right here."

Kim decided to ignore that disturbing language in favor of the real issue at hand. "I hope I was right in telling Ron to let you go."

"For your sake she better be." James said, the threat clear in his voice.

"That's a hell of a grip Ron." Ron simply responded with a grunt and glare so Josh continued on while trying to rub the bruise out of his neck "So you probably already guessed but Josh isn't my real name."

"Yea, Ron and wade figured that out when they couldn't find any information on you. Why is that? And what's your real name?"

"Technically I don't exist. WEE re purposed me so I could fit into any role really. Most people just call me Alpha since that was my position in the organization among the agents. I don't have an actual name."

"It's kind of hard to believe you don't have an actual name. Didn't you have one before you joined the organization?" Ann said

"It's not so much join as conscripted. I'm not clear on all the details since I never really cared and at the end of the day they don't matter but I was adopted using some shady links and found myself being trained in a class with dozens of other kids. We were assigned numbers instead of names. I really don't remember one since I was taken so young. I'm sorry Mrs. Possible."

The room fell silent once again. It was quite the disturbing detail to share, but it only got worse from there.

Ron had calmed down enough to listen in so he asked "You said you were in a class, what were you taught exactly?"

"Standard stuff. Subservience to the organization, don't try to run, emotions are a weakness, weapons training, combat training, pain tolerance. You can probably guess the rest if you think about it."

Kim already knew the answer but decided to ask anyway "If you were taught to be subservient and suppress your emotions why are you telling us any of this?"

Josh put his fingers under her chin to force eye contact, everyone held a breath since it was an unexpected action. "Because I love you Kim Possible."

Bonnie let out a little squee due to the moment of sweetness. Ron and her parents let out a breath of relief.

"Despite everything I was taught, all of my instincts, and all of my missions. I made myself their enemy because you're the only thing in the world that matters to me, and by extension your friends." He moved his hand up to her cheek and she covered it with hers.

"They tried to kill you because you love me?"

"No they tried killing me because I helped you."

Ron laughed "When did you help us?" Then he remembered what Kim said on the day they became friends again. His tone shifted"You helped us come back together since that would have made her the happiest and you couldn't stand seeing her in that state. Didn't you?"

"Yes. I decided to make her happy and deal with whatever consequences that were going to happen as a result of my actions."

Ann whispered in her husbands ear "His life is disturbing but that sounds like real love to me. He'd die for her." He lightly shook his head in response. Although he did smile a little when Kim smacked him. He wasn't completely off the hook.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME SO I COULD HELP YOU!?"

Josh ignored it since it wasn't very painful. "It's too dangerous. Plus I thought you'd hate me as soon as you found out."

"I'm mad at you, but it doesn't mean I want you dead. If you're dead how can I kill you?"

Josh decided to not comment on her messed up logic and put her in a big hug despite how painful it was.

"Josh, when you were acting funny last night did you know you'd be attacked?"

"Yes." He said, only to receive another smack. Ron and the possibles laughed again. "Alright what was that for? You see the condition I came in here with. I didn't want you to get hurt. I can handle myself."

"For not letting us help you. We deal with bad guys all the time."

"Not this kind Kim."

"How much worse could they be?"

"Kim, from what I've seen I'm just as skilled and powerful as you. I managed to beat twelve agents alone but there are dozens of them. Some slightly worse, some slightly better. I don't like putting you in odds like that."

Bonnie shot Ron a knowing look. He wasn't going to let Kim know the exact nature yet but..."I think team possible can handle it. We don't always have to brute force everything."

Josh was a little put off by how confident he was "It's not as simple as you think it is."

"Then why don't you tell us how simple it is," Ron said

"Well, I can see them letting me go for two reasons. One, we take down the entirety of WEE and all of the agents inside of it either get locked up or killed."

Kim was disappointed but hopeful. "Judging by what you said that's impossible. So the other?"

"Make it financially irresponsible to continue pursuing me."

"That seems a lot more doable. We just need some kind of plan." Kim said

"We should probably know more about the organization before we come up with a plan. I'm guessing by your face you're staying with Josh so just relay the information to me later." Ron waved it off. This seemed like a simple sitch.

"Ow. Ow. Ow. Ronnie can you take me home? My head is killing me for some reason." Bonnie never felt pain like this before in her life.

Ron could see she was in a lot of pain so he once again picked her up bridal style. "Hey I'll check on you later KP."

They said their goodbyes and then the Possible family decided to settle Josh in. Clearly if hospitals weren't safe his home was also out. "Kimmie cub, why don't you go get the guest room ready for Josh."

"Thanks dad." She said with a smile.

Ann knew what was coming and decided to leave the room herself.

"Is this where you say if I hurt her you'll space me?" Josh said.

James looked him directly in the eye with a serious face. "No, we both know I don't have the resources to just send a random person into space at my convenience."

"Then what did you want to talk about sir?"

"I wanted to make you a promise." James put a hand on Josh's shoulder. "If there's one thing I know it's that Kim and Ron care about each other deeply. They're closer than any siblings I've ever seen. So if you hurt Kim I'm not going to go generic dad on you and say I'll shoot you or something. I will however not stop Ron or let anyone else stop him next time he has his hands around your neck if you hurt her. We both know he has a hell of a grip." James said the last sentence with a smirk before walking away.

Josh saw Kim reenter with a confused face as she passed her dad's smiling face.

"Did he threaten to space you?"

Josh decided it best to leave some things unsaid "Nah, just a friendly guy chat. No threats of spacing." It wasn't a complete lie. "We do need to talk about something though Kim. Is Ron human?"

"What do you mean is he human? Of course he is!" Kim thought he was joking.

Josh continued rubbing his bruised neck "He can't be."

"Are you still scared of how he picked you up? He's been doing some strength training."

"Kim, it would take more than strength training to reach that level."

"How could you possibly know that Josh. You haven't even seen him train."

"I know because I've been upgraded. Just like you."

More answers lead to more questions. What caused Bonnie's headache? What does Josh mean by upgraded? Find out in chapter 14. I loved writing this chapter and the secrets that keep pouring in. I love reading your reviews and hearing about your favorite parts by the way. Thank you for all of your encouragement.