--Chapter 7--

"Boo-ya!" Ron exclaimed.

"Booya!" Clevis exclaimed with a small mole-rat voice.

JJ responded, "Boa."

"No, no, no! It's Booooo! And then: Yahhhhh!" Ron exasperatingly explained.

"That's what I said. Bo-ah," JJ responded again

"Booo!"

"Boh."

"Boo-ya!"

"Bo-yah."

Ron sighed. "Well… we still really need to work on that one…"


Kim hurried into her home with Liz following close behind. "Nice place you have here," Liz exclaimed, quickly looking around. "A lot neater than my place usually is…"

"Ron does the cleaning himself," Kim said rapidly, rushing up the stairs towards her son's room. Reaching his door, she found it still to be locked from the inside. "Jon! JON! Are you in there? It's mom! Please open up to me now!"

To her dismay, there came no answer.

"Jon! This is dad! Open up!" Ron exclaimed, joining his wife and Liz on the floor as well now along with JJ and Clevis before banging on the door himself.

"Well, do you have a key to his door?" JJ asked as still no response came from the other side.

"We can't use a key, Jon installed a dead-bolt himself, one that can only be opened from the inside," Kim explained.

"…And now, he's not answering…" Ron added with a little nervousness and worry.

"I… um… I could… blast the door open for you… if you would want me to…" Liz said with lots of discomfort.

"Could you please—right now?" Kim asked, looking directly at her.

"Err… ok, stand back then…" Liz said before powering her right hand up with plasma and punching at the door where it was locked. With a loud crack! the lock broke and the door swung open.

"You… you really are your mother's daughter," Kim said with a bit of awe.

"Yes, but, I want to only use my power for good, not bad…"

With the door open, everyone immediately poured into the room. Jon, however, was indeed missing.

"We're too late! Jon's not here anymore!" Kim cried out, looking around. "How did they…"

"Through the window," JJ exclaimed, looking at the room's wide open, sliding window.

"His backpack and laptop computer are missing as well," Ron exclaimed. "There doesn't appear to be any sign of a struggle here, though… Do you think it was Drakken and Shego that kidnapped him now?"

"If it was my parents, I'll lead you straight home and to their lair in our basement so that you can deliver him from them," Liz said boldly. "In fact, I'll even…"

She was interrupted by the loud sound of her cell phone ringing all of a sudden by her beltline. "Uh… hello…?" she answered it cautiously.

"Lisa! Where are you right now?" Shego's voice responded on the other line.

"Mom? I… um… Right now, I'm out with JJ, mom…"

"And what exactly are you doing?" Shego asked assertively, some fury sounding in her voice.

"Nothing that would concern you, mom…"

"I want you home immediately, Lisa! There's a few things I would like to hear you explain to Dad and I…"

"Me? Um… like what exactly?"

"Like some awful rumors that you of all people might be—dare I say—a cheerleader at school, and another rumor—I hope—that you would have aspirations to become a 'hero' like a certain Ms. Kimberly Possible…"

"Wha… how… and um… well, who told you all of that now?"

"Doesn't matter! Is ANY of it true? 'Cause if it is, you'll be grounded then until the beginning of the next century!"

"Does… does this have anything to do with Jon Stoppable, Kim Possible's son?"

"How do you know about him now?"

"Do… do you and dad have him with you now?"

"Yes, he's here!" Shego exclaimed at last. "How did you know?"

Liz momentarily moved her cell phone away from her head to tell Kim and Ron about Jon before continuing with her mother, "Did you kidnap him?"

"What? Ok now, why are you implying that?" Shego responded with some surprise.

"What about the two clones of him in dad's basement lair?"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT…"

Liz dropped her phone to her waist again before groaning.

Ceasing the opportunity, Kim then immediately took the small phone from Liz's hand and began speaking into it herself. "Shego? This is Kim! So you do have my son with you now?"

"Kim? Kim Possible? Is that you on the line with me now? Long time I haven't heard your voice, princess…"

"What are you doing with my son?"

"I should rather be the one asking you what you are doing on my daughter's cell!"

"I asked first!"

"And I'm not answering you until you tell me what you're doing with my daughter Lisa! Is she your prisoner?"

"No, Shego, Liz is now my student!"

"OH… MY… GOD…" Shego exclaimed in shock before promptly hanging up.


Handing the cell phone back to Liz, Kim said with a little unease, "Your mother doesn't seem too happy to learn that you're with me this evening…"

"I'm worried what both she and dad will do to me now when—if I ever return home again…" Liz said nervously with a small grin. "Tell me, is there any way I could possibly move in with you now?"

"Liz, you need to bring us to your home now," Kim exclaimed. "Jon's in trouble, and we have to free him from Drakken and Shego's clutches…"

"I understand," Liz responded. "I'll bring you there immediately."

Not much later, Kim, Ron, Liz and JJ with Clevis all made their way to the Lipsky household.

The first thing that Liz noticed, though, was that her family's minivan missing from the driveway. "Um… careful now…" she cautioned, stepping up to the main front door. To her surprise, the door was not only unlocked, but actually slightly open as well. No lights, though, were visible on the inside. "Uh… hello anyone?" she said, stepping inside and switching on the front hall light. "Hello! Mom! Dad! I'm home now! Do your best!"

"Well, it looks as if Drakken and Shego are out now…" Kim said, vigilantly stepping into the home herself at last.

Liz quickly went around from room to room, switching on the lights everywhere. "This doesn't make sense! The call display on my cell was that mom called me from here! Now, even Jack and Zack aren't here! I don't know where everyone is!"

"Where's the lair?" Kim asked.

"This way," Liz said, directing everyone down a hall.


On the way, they passed a wall filled with nicely framed family pictures. One of them was Drakken and Shego with Liz and the twins, everyone all wearing mouse ears in front of Cinderella's castle at Disney World; another one was the family enjoying a picnic in a park; another one with the whole family having a happy time at the zoo; another one at a water park; and another one at the Fun-Time theme park. In all of the pictures, Liz always appeared with a large bright smile, having a great time with her family.

"We all went down to Florida on a family trip last year," Liz explained the Disney World picture with a small smile as everyone had evidently stopped to look at the pictures. "It was one of the best vacations of my life! I had thought at first that mom and dad had a villainous agenda down there, but in the end, it was just so that my brothers and I could have a good time…"

Explaining the Fun-Time theme park one, she told them, "Mom and me had to force dad to ride the hyper roller-coaster with us when we were there! You should have seen the look on his face afterwards!"

"What is this one?" Ron exclaimed, pointing to a smaller picture of a very pregnant Shego looking very grumpy.

"Oh, that one?" Liz exclaimed with a lot of humor. "That's mom just, just before the twins were born! Mom loathes that picture, but Dad really loves it because he says that when mom was like that—with the two babies in… well, you know, that was the only time she wasn't able to get her hands around his neck!"

Carefully examining all the other family pictures, Kim softly lamented, "You know Ron, we ourselves have never really done anything with Jon, nor brought him anywhere in the past…"

"You've brought Jon around the world with you before, Kim…" Ron responded.

"Training him—against his will—to save the world only! Honestly, though, we've never been anywhere or done anything as a family—like they have in these pictures, just the three of us together!"

"Um… we've played some board games at home on some occasions…"

"Only after forcing Jon into it, Ron."

"We play family board games as well on a regular basis ourselves," Liz said. "That, or other family projects—projects that don't involve villainy that is, believe it or not. I mean, apart from being villains and having a desire to take over the world, mom and dad are actually cool parents, let me tell you… I've actually loved growing up with them so far—and… well, to a small extent, I still love being with them…"

"You know what Ron?" Kim said, looking at her husband with a little embarrassment, "I hate to admit it, but I think that Drakken and Shego might actually be better parents than you and I…"

"What? You can't be serious, Kim," Ron said, somewhat shocked at her declaration.

"Ron, honestly, how often have I really been there for Jon when he has needed me in the past?"


Liz finally lead everyone down to the basement lair. However, to her own astonishment, the entire place had been cleaned out and was now nothing but a vast empty space. "This doesn't make any sense! This place was filled with Dad's stupid plans and inventions and contained the two clones of your son… right here, in this spot!" she exclaimed with some apprehension, trying to make out shapes in the air with her hands.

"That does it, I want to know where Jon is right now," Kim said quite firmly, removing her Kimmunicator from one of pants' pockets. Despite Ron slightly trembling in worry about his son, Liz concerned about her parents, and JJ seeming quite clueless with Clevis on his shoulder about what was really happening, Kim still seemed to remain quite calm overall. "Wade! Please tell me that you have my son microchipped!" she spoke assertively to the screen of her device.

"Uh, of course I do, I had the chip installed right after he was born!" Wade responded. "Why are you asking?"

"You'll have to explain to me how you managed that without me explicitly knowing," Kim responded, "but anyway, more important first: Where is Jon now?"

"Uh… I have him moving rapidly down the Interstate away from Middleton," Wade responded, tapping away at his computer. "I can prepare a jet for you if you wish to intercept, Kim…"

"Do it, Wade! After all these years, do you know that you still ROCK?"


Quite some distance away in a dark green family minivan, Shego drove Drakken, their twin sons and Jon, along with the two identical copies of him, both though now covered with thick plastic wrap. Behind the vehicle was quite a large trailer attached to it.

"Don't drive over the limit, Shego," Drakken nagged from the front passenger seat. "We really don't want to be pulled over now…"

"I've been driving under the limit, at 60, DREW!" Shego shouted back at him. "Now stop side-seat driving like you always do!"

Looking forward at the dark night road, Drakken then exclaimed to himself with anger, "HOW… COULD… LISA… BETRAY ME LIKE THAT?"

"I'm telling you again, she told me specifically that my mother was her idol!" Jon said somewhat vacantly from the seat behind Shego with his arms crossed.

"And she also told you that, like the princess, she's also a cheerleader at school as well?" Shego asked.

"You can trust me on that, I've personally seen her train with the rest of the squad… Ask anyone at school, she's in fact one of the best of all the girls there…"

"Unbelievable," Drakken responded in irritation. "My very own daughter… with Kim Possible…! That is just so… unacceptable!"

"We promise we won't betray you, dad," the twins both exclaimed from the very rear seats. "We're not bad like Liz…"

"You mean good like Liz, right?" Jon responded.

"WHATEVAH!" Drakken called out.

Removing his laptop from his bag and opening it, Jon suddenly exclaimed, "Oh shoot! Mom must have a tracking device planted on me! Wade is already tracking us as we speak! Now they've really gone too far! I'm tired of his stupid hero crap all the time!"

"Is there anything you can do?" Drakken asked.

"Yes there is!" Jon gloated at last with an evil smile. "Alright, now, good night Mr. Wade!" Tapping a few virus commands into his computer, Jon finally announced, "There, you don't have to worry anymore, Drakken, my mother won't be coming down on us anymore… for a long while at least."

"Say, can we see your computer too?" Jack asked at last from one of the two rear seats.

"Yeah, we're good at computers as well," Zack said.

"Ok," Jon said, moving the laptop to the rear. "Just… if you screw the slightest thing up, you're both buying me an all new computer, understood?"


In the sky not too far away, on board a fast jet with Ron, Liz and JJ, Kim's eyes went wide as Wade's face suddenly disappeared from her Kimmunicator and as the unit powered down. "Wade… Wade?" she exclaimed, shaking the apparent dead unit. "Ron! I just lost the transmission! Something happened to my Kimmunicator! It's NEVER shut down on me like this before!"

"Um, are we still tracking my parents?" Liz asked.

"We can't without Wade!" Kim exclaimed.

"JJ, my bag! Hand me my laptop computer!" Liz responded. Switching on her own computer, she began searching Kim's web site, yet it appeared to be offline. "This is strange, I can't even seem to access anything from Wade's systems over the net," she said, tapping away at the keyboard. "It's as if it isn't even there anymore!"

"Does anyone know the phone number of this um… this Mr. Wade?" JJ asked at last.

"Wade Load, I've got his address and home phone number from an Internet directory, Liz responded at last.

Using Liz's cell, Kim immediately dialed Wade's number. However, it was his virtual 'wife' on an independent power source that answered for him. "I'm sorry to say, my husband has fainted for the moment," she responded. "For some unknown reason, all his electrical equipment have fallen dead…"

Kim sat back in the jet with some dismay. "Now what do we do? Our lifeline has be cut for some reason!"

"What will Drakken do with our poor Jon?" Ron lamented in worry.

"One thing we know, though, is that since they know that I am with you now, their original plans must have been disrupted…"

Kim, looking down at the small jet's floor, felt really defeated for the first time in her entire life. "Why Drakken? Why now, all of a sudden? Why Jon… why my only son?"

"You have me though," Liz said, moving beside her. "If you wish, you could always use me as a bargaining chip to get your son back…"

"Liz, I want you to be my friend, not my prisoner or hostage!" Kim said, putting her arm around Liz for comfort.

From the front cabin, the pilot called back, "Where now, Ms. Possible?"

"Um… home, I don't see any other place we can go for now…" Kim said quietly.

"You never took your husband's name?" JJ asked.

"Ron and I discussed the name thing when we got married, and in the end, it seemed better if I kept my own family name…" Kim said softly.

"Besides, 'Kim Stoppable' just didn't sound quite right either…" Ron said with a warm grin, moving over to hug Kim.

"Don't worry Kim, we'll find my parents and your son," Liz said with a bright smile. "I mean, you can't be discouraged! You're a hero, and will always be one!"

To be CONTINUED…