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II. Great Minds Look Alike
Not every day is supposed to be exciting - though some obligations are not to be forgotten.
Ron also had that experience when standing behind the Smarty Mart. Together with Mr. Barkin he took the new delivery out of a truck. With a demotivated "Ngoh ..." he rolled everything piled up in one storage room. He would have loved to be with his girlfriend now. She did not have to work on that day. Like he could see her for real, he imagined her probably just getting out of her bed. Daydreaming like this he did not even notice when he ran into this colleague and former teacher, the old Barkin. "Uaar!", same Barkin shouted when saving himself. Provoked like this he just meant: "Stoppable ... if you don't mind, then do your work!"
"Oh, sorry Mr. B. ..."
Just now he realized that we was moments ago from an accident with his former teacher. But at least they were done with what they had to do outside, as he thought. A lot of people were buying their stuff for the next days. Meanwhile Kim's boyfriend brought the first few boxes out of the storage, finding the right shelves for them in the actual shop. For a moment and like paralyzed he stood in front of all sorts of cheese. It was then when Rufus peeped out of his pocket, squeaking "Hoohoo ... cheese!" The boy then set off the box, reaching for what Rufus wanted. Taking a look around he hesitated and then decided to not take it.
"Nah, not today. Sorry, buddy."
Rufus just gave a sad sound back out of the pocket. Even with Ron buying it with his discount, he just did not want to risk being yelled at by Barkin for being a slacker. His slugishness was not helpful at all though. Like this he was just in Barkin's way. After a while, standing around in another department, sighing and scratching his head, it happened: His old teacher, not being able to see where he was going with all the stuff he carried around, stumbled over Ron's foot.
"Aah!"
An entire box of shampoo and conditioner fell together with him. The old teacher of Ron's now got mad. "Stoppable ... do you want to stand around here all day?!", he said angrily. "I'm really sorry ...", Ron deeply apologized. He did not do it on purpose, he just was not in the mood at all. He could not even laugh about Barkin's stunts that more or less just happened because of himself. Then, when he was about to find the right place for a TV set in the multimedia department, his attention was caught by something else: One of the samples that was turned on, showed the news. "No way ...!", Ron said, totally not believing what he was watching. Barkin joined him, seeing how the boy just stood there once again. With this the boy's former teacherf elt really like Ron wanted to fool around with him. "Stoppable?!", he shouted, "When I asked you if you want to stand around all day I meant you should actually not do so!" Then he saw what Ron had already noticed.
"Goodness ...", Barkin said.
Meanwhile ...
Exiting the bathroom and humming a little song, Kim strolled down her way into the kitchen. "Morning!"
No answer. It was unusual that nobody was there, sitting at the table or at least standing in the room to drink or quickly eat something right before work or school. Instead she could hear the noise coming from the live news in the living room. When going in, the girl could see her parents sitting there on the couch. At first she said "Hey, what is ...", but then interrupted her own question to not disturb them. Something was weird but concentrated as they were, Kim just decided to leave them be. So she went back, made herself some toast and prepared tea. Immediately when she heard an energetic "Oh man!", she knew her twin brothers were now also watching. This was odd indeed for Kim – she knew Jim and Tim rarely watched something like that with their parents. Partially listening to what she could hear from within the kitchen, single bits like "... witnesses report ..." and "... the fugitive", made it clear for Kim: Her brothers watching something like someone being chased seemed way more believable. Once she stood up to get her toast, she was called by her father: "Uhm, Kimmie Cub, would you mind joining us for a moment ...?" Kim put some butter on her breakfast and walked across the entrance into the living room again.
"Yeah, Dad. Is something wrong?"
Just what is going on here?, the girl thought looking at everyone. Their eyes were all gaping wide open, staring at the TV. "Huh?!", she squealed now seeing it for herself. Her buttered toast fell out of her hand and behind her the teapot whistled.
"We now live follow the bank robber! With the helicopter our team can film her escape from the highway!"
They wasted no chance to zoom at the criminal's face. What she looked like was hard to believe for the Possibles:
The woman driving the car looked like Kim.
Everyone was speechless for a moment, Kim included. Then, when she could think clearly again her "But ... huh?!" should highlight her confusion. The teenage heroine did not know how this could be. "Cool, so Kim's a twin as well!", her brothers joked around, earning a lecturing gaze from both their parents. "Nonsense", Ann answered.
All that was irrelevant for Kim. Whoever this person was, Kim had to do something. And she had to do it now.
Only a brief time had passed, then Kim already started her car and contacted Wade. There was an idea she already had even though she was not really too sure. "Hey, Wade. Seen the news already?", she asked her genius friend.
"What, Kim? It is seven o' clock in the morning ...", he just yawned. "But wait a second ..."
Now Kim felt a bit sorry. Normally it was the other way around and he awoke her for a mission or anything related.
"Mhh, the police seems to be after a bank robber", Wade now checked the news online, "According to witnesses its the well-known teenage heroine Kim Possible! But, hey!"
The boy did not know what to think of it. He just noticed that Kim also with full speed drove around, though he immediately shook off any possible thoughts. He would never actually doubt her friend.
"Any suspects from your side?", Wade wanted to know. "The only one I can think of is Camille ...", Kim responded, remembering the criminal former star who used enhanced plastic surgery for shape shifting. "But she already gets whatever she wants ... and I cannot really see her actually pulling off something big like that." Wade looked a bit clueless but he gave her an agreeing nod as he could see what she meant. "Alright, so you should get a better impression once you're there. Meanwhile I will see what I can find!", the boy told her and ended the call. Kim now focused on reaching her destination as fast as she could. Using the screen inside of the car so she could still know what was going on right now she was provoked even more, making her use the super speed gear of the Sloth to no longer waste any time.
Back at Smarty Mart …
"Just what in the world is that?!", Barkin shouted. Standing right next to Ron and having a clear look at Kim's doppelganger he just had no idea what that meant. Neither had Ron – yet he knew it never could have been his Kim. Now he only thought about how to get to his own Kim the quickest way. Surely she would already know about it, so he thought. Busy with his own thoughts he did not even listen to Barkin's "There you got it, Stoppable! Being together with you drives people crazy!" Rufus just gazed madly out of Ron's pocket, countering the man's words with a squeaky little "Hey!"
Ron did not waste any more time. "Sorry, Mr. Barkin! Please tell 'em its an emergency!", he said and was gone with it. Barkin stood there for a moment until he realized that the boy suddenly left. "Stoppable!"
Now jumping onto his chopper he was on his way to Kim. "Don't worry, Kim! I'll be here any moment!" He was aware that normally Kim would have dealt with simple criminals with ease. But he could not shake off this feeling of Kim being blamed and him not being with her. What the news had already said was enough for him and it should not come to more, therefore he hurried. He had no idea where to find here but he thought that he would at least cross paths with her if she'd heard of what happened. Dedicated like he was, he showed the gas who's boss. Then the street lights showed him. "Oh man ...", he sighed. He knew he would never catch up with Kim's speedy car like this. I should better wait at her's ... eh, she gets this without me, he thought sad and drove to the Possible's.
With her insane speed Kim overtook all the other cars easily. "Just where is Wade?", she asked herself annoyed as she wanted answers. She could only think of how police would surely have trouble with this person after being bold enough to copy Kim herself. Reaching the highway, Kim saw that the road had already been closed before. When she stopped and exited her car to go and speak with an officer, same one smiled relieved. "Ah, Miss Possible!", he said, "I knew it! Just how would you ..." Not for a single moment he doubted her. "Thanks, officer", Kim showed her appreciation, "Could you please let me through?"
"Well, the highway has been closed because of this ... three of our cars are already following her. But I think they could really use some help of yours!", he answered and let her through.
"Thanks again", the girl said and continued the chase. "So the entire highway is closed ...", Kim whispered to herself while entering the Sloth again. With this she was at least sure no more innocent people would be on her way. Still she thought just closing the roads and a few police men might not be enough for this sitch. Reaching the first car, the driver looked really surprised to see her. "Look!", the police man told his colleague, pointing at Kim, "That's the real one!"
With a serious look Kim just said: "From here on I'll handle this!" The driver just tried to reassure there would be no problem for them with his "Don't worry, Miss Possible! Everything is closed! She cannot escape!"
Kim did not answer as she did not mind them being here as well. Then she sped up her car once more. And there it was: The last police car now behind her, Kim had almost reached the doppelganger's. "You've got to be kidding me?!", Kim reacted as she now realized that the criminal even drove an identically looking car, though as it seemed to her, without the additonal stuff. Now driving next to her and having the first look face-to-face, the teenage heroine gave the imposter a very angry one. "Ah! Look who we've got here!", the criminal said amused. "Just check your ID, then you know!", Kim replied promptly. "You are a pretty cheap copy! Who should believe that?", she asked immediately after. Her evil doppelganger though grined more as before, as if nothing could provoke her in such a situation. "Ha, ha!", she laughed at Kim, "It is enough to delude or at least annoy the less smarter ones. Such as you!"
And Kim was annoyed by her indeed. Even their voices sounded identical and she did not like hearing a person talk like her and agitating her with it. It was like some evil twin would try to fight her. Seeing the next blockade though, the girl said confidently: "That's it for you! You are surrounded and there's nowhere else to go!" She did not expect what happened next though: "Hmph, no big ...", the criminal replied and took the next exit ramp. Kim had to be fast but she actually managed to follow just in time. Now she was very much confused by it though. The alien attack also damaged the highway ."Just what do you think you're doing?! This road is not even finished! You are just making it easier for me!", Kim said mockingly. However, the thief just braked heavily once she had reached the end of the road. Taking the money bags and a backpack she approached the giant chasm before them. Now Kim also stopped and followed her by foot. "So, what do you want to do now?", she asked her evil mirror image. Same woman still stood there with her back to him. The police siren could be heard louder and louder. Then they also were here. The young heroine still did not know what to expect from her new enemy. She just looked at her, dedicated to react to whatever might happen next. Then the criminal turned around. Once more Kim felt like checking herself in the mirror. This is not Camille, she thought. And it made her worry a bit. "We got to talk. Sooner than you think", the criminal said in a now very serious tone. When the police men exited their own vehicles, the thief jumped off the destroyed road. "Huh?!", Kim shouted shocked with her eyes wide open. When she ran to the end and looked down she could see a parachute being opened and only hear the evil laugh of the evil woman echoing through the ravine.
"This can't just be ...!", Kim said mad as she did not expect this.
The thief got away.
Kim finally got home – really angry about what happened. At least seeing how her boyfriend was already waiting for her, brought back a slight and glad smile. "KP!", he said, jumping off the couch where Jim and Tim also were sitting. "Hey, Ron ...", she said and greeted him with a soft kiss on his cheek. Then they went to her room. Ron felt really bad for her when he saw her sitting on the bed while sighing and checking the ground. "Tell me 'bout it", he said caring. "Well, you've already heard of the thief, haven't you?", she wanted to know, looking like a sad puppy.
"Well, yeah. That's why I'm here", he said and went to her, laying her arm around her. "I wanted to know who she is but she could escape ...", Kim explained. Ron felt a little devastated by Kim's own gaze. He went on so many missions with her and that she failed and especially was not overly angry about it but more gloomy was not often to be seen. "Hey now ... we'll find a way", he said to encourage her, "Until now you also got them all."
They both looked at each other. "I would never have been able to come this far without you ...", Kim now flattered him totally honest. As confident as she was about her own abilities, she also knew what incredible part Ron played in her life. In so many situations and roles. Ron just had a very shy "Oh ... well ..." for her but he felt that she really meant it therefore he did not want to disappoint her in the future. They both already decided that together they would also find this enemy and succeed in overcoming this sitch.
Wade did not call back for a very long time. Then in the late afternoon Kim and Ron's time before the TV was interrupted. "Beepbeepbeepbeep!", it rang from the Kimmunicator on Kim's arm. Ron's look was all but happy. Why now, he thought really wondering about Wade's newest talent of seemingly knowing when it was time to call at the most inappropriate times. But Kim's boyfriend also knew things needed to be done. "What's the sitch, Wade?", Kim asked.
"So, I finished checking what I could find out about this woman, Kim. And the result is: Nothing! It is like someone looking like you would not even exist!", Wade told her the bad news regretfully while messing up his own hair. The girl was not happy about this but she expected as much already. "I guess she did a great job then, huh?", she said sarcastically. Before she could give into the urge of complaining even more she bit her bottom lip to stop herself.
"No worries, Kim!", Wade said, "I will see if there is at least something else to find!" After his attempt which did not make Kim calm down at all, he ended the call. Now she could only wait again, as usual whenever Wade seemed to be her only chance. She only felt lucky as she still had Ron sitting by her side who she should cling to now.
Far away ...
At Upperton's edge in a building long forgotten a massive antenna on the roof was installed by the thievish doppelganger. "Was a real pain to bring back everything to life on this place and get away from my little stalker ... at least she does not know where I am!", she said cheerful. Held up with big support pillars the steely collossus was almost ready to do its work. Her technical knowledge was vast – the cables leading down a hole to a room with lots of screens, mechanisms and cameras would normally never have been handled by one person alone. Done with her preparations above, she took care of connecting everything else inside of the station. "Kimmie ...", she whispered, "Researching your life and bringing here all of this stuff is just a marginal price for my victory over you ... ha, ha ..." Leaving an area full of boxes and what looked like a whole stage where a whole act could have been played, she went to a small locker room. "That's it for now ...", she told herself relieved and opened one of the lockers where a lot of items identical to Kim's were stored inside. Taking out a duplicate of Kim's purple-black mission outfit and changing it with the one she still wore she took a look in the mirror. Saying nothing she could only grin maliciously. She hated the face she was looking at but she was confident it would all pay off. After rubbing some cream of a purple tin she left the room to enter the one with multiple screens she had a seat at a computer and typed in Kim's web address, 'kimpossibledotcom'.
It was like she couldn't even care less about Wade's safety methods against hackers when she used nothing but Kim's password. She logged in and checked Kim's mails. "Let's see here ...'Dear Miss Possible ...'", she read loudly, "Ah! Well, well! The NGJ asks Kimmie for help. Now isn't that interesting! I guess we should not disappoint them then." The evil doppelganger wanted to leave but then returned to her seat for a moment. "And ... delete", she said and got rid of the NGJ's call for help. With the message being just a few minutes old and it still being marked as not even read when she logged in, Kim had no chance of even noticing in time, the woman thought. Not even Kim's genius friend would pay attention to it soon enough.
"Then let's check out what they want from me, nya, ha, ha..." Taking the next copy of Kim's car, she left to drive to Global Justice immediately.
Kim's mind had its own little duel with this enemy. She tried it over and over but she could not stop thinking about the lookalike that made such a fool out of her during their very first meeting. Visiting the mall with Ron should distract her a bit, she thought but every store they were passing by, had the news with the headlines talking about Kim's doppelganger. '(K)impossible!? Doppelganger escapes!' they write, Kim thought angrily while looking at the picture under the headlines that showed the face of the criminal. She knew a lot of people trusted her and thought she would never do such a thing but it was only a matter of time until this person would start really scratching on her image. Looking away from the window and at her sad yet mad face, Ron tried to cheer her up. Seeing her like this gave him the same bad feeling and he wished that for none of them. "Say, KP", he said and got her attention, "Let's ... Let's go to the amusement park, okay?" He thought it might not necessarily have been the best idea of all time, therefore he was a bit hesitant but he was lucky. "Sure", Kim said quietly. She was really glad that he was around with her right now.
Ron thought with this he'd hit the jackpot. With the park being a thing right now it was a great way to just spend their time together and Kim was not too fond of visiting the Bueno Nacho or watching movies over and over again anyway. Variety, even if it was something like this was a necessity.
The park was full of children and their parents but many younger couples such as Kim and Ron were also there. Seeing that, Ron was even more persuaded by his own idea that it was a good one. And with this many people around the two of them would also not really stand out. Kim did not just think about what she considered her latest failure but also about how others could look at her with newly found suspicion. And yet she could be sure that at least as far as Tri City was concerned, people knew her the best. Also she had the best proof of being the real one – a proof that in her eyes was as easily to recognize as it was impossible to imitate: Ron. So they just enjoyed themselves, no matter if it was them just going around or looking at several attractions. And with this they could at least forget the thief for a little bit.
It got dark already. Kim's mirror image parked a greater distance away from the main entrance. She very well knew Global Justice had their cameras everywhere. Getting sure everything was where it should be, the only thing left was in her glove box: Her own Kimmunicator. So she put it on and went her way to the Network of Global Justice. "Let's do this" she said with perfect Kim voice when coming closer to the building. Knowing this organization she knew she had to predict a lot beforehand but knowledgable as she was, her own skills made her not worry too much. "Ah Miss Possible, there you are", a woman standing in the lobby greeted the doppelganger while entering, "It is good to see you, I did not expect you this early actually." Dr. Director, the leader of Global Justice being a woman in her thirties with short brown her and her characteristic eyepatch, was immediately recognized by her. "Ah~ no big!", the imposter replied, waving off the comment with a kim-typical hand movement. "So, what's the sitch?", she asked then to hopefully get some new secret info or bring new chaos.
"Right. Now that you are here already please follow me", Dr. Director said and went with her to the elevator. It was a long way down but arriving in an underground complex and following many corridors they finally arrived at the department they aimed for. A giant door opened and behind it through a broad window they could peek down a room where lots of scientists where working on capsules, containers and several machines. "This is our department for genetics", Dr. Director explained. She had no idea the woman next to her already knew that. "Kim. Just recently our newest invention was stolen: The Instantaneous Face Cream" Betty admitted such a theft with a very regretful tone. She as leader of the network should have known better – at least as far as she thought. "I'm sorry ...?", the false Kim faked her interest, "The Instantaneous Face ... Cream? And what is it for?"
"As the name already reveals it has an effect that works once the cream is used. The basic elements of the cream are made here but the rest has to be mixed by whoever wants to use it", Betty continued her explanation, "It makes use of any genetic component; it being blood, hair or the likes of them and changes the user's cellular structure for a while."
Even though she already knew all of that, the thief gave Dr. Director the next kim-typical reaction: "A-hah! So that means ..." Dr. Director interrupted her: "It allows the user to look like the one they want to imitate for a while. And as I could hear already it even stimulates the vocal chords to make people sound exactly like the one to copy." The leader of NGJ did not hide how problematic this situation for them truly was. "It is just a prototype but we have already tried it out and it brings the wished results."
Saying that, she looked down the laboratory again. "I see", Kim's lookalike answered, "But why have you even made such a thing?" It was actually an honest question as she really wanted to know. A bit embarassed Dr. Director replied: "Lots of our missions require us to work undercover. Surely you are familiar with this, Kim ... but of course I know that this being used in public might lead to quite the troublesome situation."
The imposter knew why Betty suddenly acted so uncommonly shy. "Well, you see ...", the leader of NGJ said, "Surely by now you have already thought that this person that looks like you, made use of it, Miss Possible. And I actually think that the one who stole the face cream indeed is your doppelganger."
"Mhh, so this is how she did it ...", the evil woman replied while really enjoying her little charade. With her being the one they were looking for, of course she also knew that what Betty said was true. Breaking in here and stealing the face cream for her plan was one of the initial steps. "But how did she even get in here?", she asked Dr. Director about her own evil doing. Same Dr. Director only could assume: "She manipulated our cameras. That is what we definitely know as no recordings for the assumed time exist. Then I suppose she came in through a ventilation shaft during a guard's break and vanished without leaving a trace behind." Betty could not resist shaking her head about not thinking something like this could happen. "Anyway, the cream cannot copy your abilities or anything so she must be pretty good. This is a really tough one, Kim. Please, we could really need your assistance!" The false Kim just nodded. "Leave that to me. This is something ... personal", she said, actually meaning it but not the way Betty understood. NGJ's leader was glad to hear that. "Thank you, Kim", she said and checked her time. "Oh, it seems I have to go now but your help is much appreciated." She then shook the hand of the one that she actually wanted to catch in the first place and left.
"Sure!", the copy said smiling and waving. When Betty was gone, the imposter once more looked through the window. And so this was another perfectly mastered sitch, she thought. Exiting the room, she did not go to the elevator. Instead the other direction was more attractive for her. "I am really excited to see what Kim is going to do next here", she said with obvious thoughts about herself and the next mess she could cause.
Real Kim was having the time of her life. After a while they left the park and actually decided to go to the cinema. "Hey, this actually is like a date!", the girl meant, winking at Ron while they were buying the tickets. Her boyfriend just scratched his head. "Uh, yeah. Y'could say so", he replied. This was when he noticed that she actually saw through his plan. "Oh, Ron. You're so sweet", she said, giving him a cheek kiss. Then she grabbed his hand and went with him to the evening show. For now nothing should hinder them from spending their time like regular couples.
Wade kept doing his research persisently while his friends chilled. He was still searching for clues to de-mask the thief and there was still nothing of any use for the young genius. "This can't be! There is nothing! No files about cosmetic plastic surgery, nothing!", he shouted, "Just who is this woman!?" His mother just scolded him from outside. "Wade! Don't be so loud with your games!", she said, just for Wade to give her a "Mom, please! I am working right now!" back. When he looked back at his screen he noticed one thing: A person called "Kimberley Ann Possible" ordered the delivery of a great amount of monitors and cameras. All of it should be brought to an apartment in Lowerton. However Wade was smart enough to immediately deduce this would not be where he could find her. "Nah ... way too easy to follow ...", he said. Still he could be sure it was the criminal herself as Kim's name was unique. For a moment he thought about it but then he dropped the thought of checking the apartment.
"Huh, wait a second. Monitors and cameras?"
Now he wondered what she could need them for. Obviously she would want to film and probably broadcast something. So for this of course she would need an appropriate place where nobody would be in her way and not find her easily. "TV Studio, Radio Station ...", he whispered, typing in a few tags in hope of finding something. His eyes opened widely when finding out about a TV Station, inactive and with the building never used for anything else again.
"After building the new one with better transmission signals and technologically advanced devices they stopped using this one ...", he explained to himself.
An old, filthy building in Upperton suddenly appeared in his mind. Only vaguely he could remember it and he never actually had seen it from the inside before as it was already empty when he was born. As a matter of fact he was very surprised that after all this time no one actually cared about it. That was not relevant for him now though – all that was important was that the thief would surely be there. Now he would need to follow the next strong signals and measure a great deal of electricity consumption and he would have the proof. "Just for what exactly does she need all that ...?", he still tried to solve the riddle. Replacing a few things and making everything she would need work in there, she could pull off a lot with that stuff, so he thought. It still worried him that she seemed to have done all of that by herself and that was also something that he could not understand. He just knew that if this was actually the case, this woman had a lot of worrisome dedication. At least he now would be able to check a few things and the rest would be done by Kim and Ron.
With her humming expressing real amusement, Kim's lookalike followed the corridors of Global Justice until he reached the door she was looking for: Electricity Supply. It was a room with more than just a few switches – countless machines were also there to provide the network with power and everything else. The woman did not care about that though. Having spotted some guard that was near the panels and terminals to manage power, she was already crafting a plan to trick him: Without any shame she straight approached him as the man saw noone else but Kim Possible in her.
"Ah, why hello there, miss!", he said.
"Hi, Dr. Director said she wanted to see you in her office", the criminal lied with a smile that barely anyone would have been able to tell apart from Kim's. "Wha-What?", the man said scared, "I hope she did not decide to not pay me a second time? I have really paid attention this time!" "Besides, who should stay here in my place?", he mentioned his next concern just to trigger the doppelganger's "Oh – don't worry about that! I will stay here as long as you are gone. "
The man considered the possibilities for a moment, then he agreed: "Are you sure, Miss Possible? You have my thanks, I'll be right back!" Glad that Kim Possible would help him, he hurried, especially as she would not need to wait for too long then. "Ha, ha ... well, that went smoothly ...", the woman laughed with a hand covering her mouth. Standing with her back to the relevant panels and devices she checked the area for a camera. Though she did not know why such a guard would even be necessary with everyone being recorded, the camera itself was exactly what she needed now: Something that showed her face. Acting like she did not notice the recording device she did her best to show the copied face of Kim's as obvious as it could have been done. Then ... bang! Having cut a few cables all systems and lights were shutting down one after another. Upset voices were to hear from everywhere in the Global Justice building. She knew with this most work had to be paused now. At this point she already crawled through the ventilation shaft that brought her back outside. "Ah, ha, ha, ha! Oh, Kim! Aren't you a little devil!?", she said with an evil grin and ran to her car. Being careful that she would not be seen outside and as the cameras would not work now, she was safe of being caught. All she wanted was that that one camera would record her before her evil deed and in her eyes it was another little success. A feeling of amazement of her own person overcame her now that she tricked the NGJ again and this time with Kim's look. And a lot of their projects could not be continued for a while – in general she did not care too much about the probability of Betty knowing it was not Kim. For the thief it was a victory already and the young heroine's reputation would seem to be tainted in the eyes of many other people very soon anyway.
Everyone in the headquarters worked to make the machines work again and repair what was to be repaired. Prepared for at least greater trouble they were actually able to solve the problems relatively easy – even most data for projects could be restored, except for the few without backup and also some inventions were slowed down right now. Before anyone could actually get through to Betty with her secretary being the only one to tell her what happened, almost everything was fine again. "For the last time, I have not asked for you to come here!", Dr. Director said upset to the pitiful guard. He did not even know what was going on right now, nor did he conclude that what happened, started where and when he left. "I have to go now and see what is actually going on", Betty said and passed by the guard and her own secretary who stood between the rooms with a worried look. "Go back to your work!", she told the man that was fooled. She had an odd feeling but she still did not know that the man was actually tricked by the doppelganger.
At first she went for the security room where the recording could be watched. "Dr. Director, bad news!", a female guard told her. She was sitting there, in front of about fifty screens. "Have you checked the recordings of the last few minutes already?", Betty asked her.
"Yes, Ma'am, please have a look!"
Taking the needed videotape, she showed her boss the crime on one of the screens. Both of them could clearly see the person that looked like Kim. First she sent away the guard, then she caused the whole mess. "Unbelievable, isn't it?", the female guard whispered but Dr. Director just looked upset. She knew something was wrong.
"This is not Kim Possible", she said fully convinced and ignored the other woman's confused "Pardon?"
The elite agent Betty had a lot of experience. As well as did she have a talk with whom she thought of as Kim shortly before about how the doppelganger could be the thief of the face cream. The leader of NGJ was absolutely sure the person caught by the camera was the imposter. As well as did she trust the real Kim way too much. The only thing that awoke her fear a bit was how the criminal could have known about Global Justice's call for help. Theorising a lot about this, she knew she would not find out the answer right now but Kim would need to be contacted safely and before the doppelganger would get the message. With the criminal having the power to get the calls before the real Kim and her also having about the same stuff Kim also had from what Betty already got to know, she knew that she had to get through to Kim as fast as possible.
Happy and without any disturbance Kim and Ron were sitting in theatre until their movie was over. When the credits rolled, Kim peeked at her boyfriend. Since he layed his arm around her one hour ago he did not move an inch and now she knew why: With his head leaning against her he was totally calm and had his eyes closed. "Ro~n?", she sung. He was asleep. She could not help but smile adoringly. Cute as she thought it was, she kissed him on his forehead to awaken him.
"Mmh ... wha- uh ... oh, Kim?"
Wiping the sleep out of his face, the boy looked around. Then he realized and said: "Oh no, Kim? I feel asleep!? ... for how long?" Indeed he was ashamed of it but his girlfriend just shook her head. "Never mind, Ron", she said and stood. Ron just apologized once more, looking very embarassed: "I-I'm so sorry, KP ..." Kim just did the same as before. "Really, Ron – it is okay", she said and took him by his hand to leave with him. Being with her for the entire day and caring for her she was not the slightest bit mad. Of course he is tired, she thought. She was just grateful and looked exactly like that which immediately lightened up Ron's mood as well when he saw that in Kim's face.
It was really late by now but after stopping at Bueno Nacho and having a seat to eat there, the Kimmunicator beeped. Both sighed at the same time, looking at each other and knowing that their mutual look meant nothing but "It was nice as long as it lasted." When Kim answered the call though, it was not Wade – it was her brothers. "Jim, Tim?", she wondered. "Kim! Somebody called!", Jim told his sister. His twin brother standing behind him in the living room just continued: "Yes, somebody from the organization of Global Justice! Must be important, she called herself 'Dr. Director'!"
"Dr. Director?", Kim asked, "What could she want from me and why does she try to call me by phone?" Neither Kim, nor Ron knew anything about the incident at Gloal Justice. "She didn't tell us!", Tim replied. Then this time Jim finished for his brother: "However she told us that you should come to her as fast as you can!" "Got it!", Kim said and ended the call. Now she looked at Ron, this time a bit more stressed. He just gave her back a disappointed look which made the wrinkles on her forehead go away as she felt really sorry now. She regretted it but also knew that now they would have to go. Laying her hand on his, caressing it, she said: "Let's go." The honest sadness behind that was immediately noticed by Ron but then they really went home to get their outfits.
Swiftly changed they were already on their way to the headquarters. "Huh, what could they need just now ...", Kim wondered with her eyebrow risen. Ron already had an idea. "Well, maybe they have a clue about ... you know who ...", he said. This made his girlfriend really curious. Could the NGJ help them this would be really good but she couldn't figure why they did not call her earlier. After all almost a day had passed at this point. All of it should be solved with Wade appearing via Kimmunication system of the Sloth. "What's the sitch, Wade? Something good?", Kim wanted to know eagerly. Wade was pretty nervous.
"Kim! We got a few problems here!", the young genius said.
She was definitely not happy to hear that but still she listened.
"Yes, Wade?", she said.
"Not just that I could still not identify her personally, she seems to commit a lot of other crimes using your name", Wade informed her. Now Ron also wanted to know.
"I think I have found out where she's hiding", their genius friend explained, "But I have to do some more research and see what she does meanwhile. Then I can tell you."
It was not much, as Kim thought but at least bit by bit things with Global Justice and Wade should come together.
"Thanks, Wade.", the girl said and the boy vanished from the screen.
Then they arrived at the headquarters.
The cameras were working again. With the doppelganger running around Kim had to go through a scanner to confirm her identity. "Hey, what's the big idea?", she asked while being covered in a blue light at the entrance. "I am sorry, Miss Possible. This is just to play it safe", Betty said when she joined the couple.
"Under normal cirumstances we would never scan you but this situation demands it."
Kim was not mad about it. "Never mind", she said, then noticed: "Wait ... which situation?"
The leader of NGJ sighed. "You should come with me", she said. And so they did.
Though they were not actually here at that time, just seeing how some people were busy repairing devices and running around hectically was enough for them. "Were there any problems here?", Kim asked. Dr. Director, walking right before them, once again sighed. Right now she was pretty upset, though she could hide most of it. Especially as her feeling of having failed like this by being fooled was way greater. "It is complicated", she just said. Then when they finally got to the point where Betty already explained all of it to the false Kim, she began anew: "It all started here ..."
Every single part of the story was now told to Kim and Ron as well as how the criminal must have intercepted the help call. Finished with her explanations and assumptions, Kim now had the word.
"So because of this she looks like me, I see", Kim said with a hand on her chin and pinched eyes, "And now she tries to cause so many problems in hope people would blame me?"
Betty had no direct answers as a lot of this still was a mystery to her. "Well, right now everyone here already knows that it was not you, Kim. Your doppelganger, who I prefer to call 'Mimi-Kim' with her imitating your very appearance, is pretty smart though. She might have a greater plan."
Kim just looked as clueless as the boss of the organization. Meanwhile Ron and his little friend circled around the top part of the lab. "Look, Rufus!", Ron said, leaning against the glass window. Both their attention was caught by a running machine that did something they did not even understand, yet amazed them. "Wohoo!", Rufus squeaked. When the scientists noticed the boy, they just yelled: "Hey, you up there! Stand back!" Ron immediately went a few steps back. The glass window was more like a dome and he was well aware that with his classy behaviour and curiousity he was lucky to not have already been broken through. Instead he went back to the two women to listen to their talk.
"Well, if nobody believes her anyway, what is she gonna do?", Kim asked Betty but same Betty could only speculate.
"This woman, this 'Mimi-Kim' must be very talented. I must admit it is a bit scary to see what she is capable of. Nobody had expected her to do something like this and with the morphing cream she can cause a lot more and way bigger problems", Dr. Director feared, "If she actually manages to send something quickly and on a more global scale it could be very hard to prove your innocence in time and you can imagine the scandal coming up then, Miss Possible." With this being said, Kim realized there were a lot more risks than she had thought of. She already felt very much insulted but with this her reputation could be all ruined.
"Huh, yeah ... this could really be something ...", she said nodding while thoroughly thinking about it but then immediately got back her normal mentality and only moderately worried about it. With Ron now standing next to her again she just said: "But Ron and I are gonna handle this sitch!" As Ron only joined a few moments ago he barely knew what he actually had to manage with his girlfriend which embarassed him a bit but he did not say anything as he thought Kim would tell him once more.
"Thank you, Kim. Our team will support you at your search for Mimi-Kim and we'll contact you once we have found out something", Betty said, shaking the real Kim's hand. Then the couple went back home.
Driving back home, Kim explained it all to Ron. "So we gotta find this woman who looks like you but is not you before her next big step?". Somebody who looks like me but is not me, Kim thought a bit amused about her boyfriend's words. "That's the gist of it, I guess", she replied. At her door they said goodnight to each other then. "Tomorrow we're gonna ask Wade what he knows. As he has not called us again he probably has not found out too. And after that we'll rip off her mask!", she plotted. Ron did barely listen to her though. He thought about their date again. "Ro-hon?", Kim brought him back.
"Wha- yeah, KP. Tomorrow we'll buy some masks ..."
Kim could imagine why he did not listen and instead answered this nonsense. Therefore she grined. "Night", she said and kissed him before entering her house.
Kim herself was pretty tired by now. While she wanted to go straight to bed, she at least wanted to do one more thing before. So ... just writing in my diary and then let's hear what my pillows have to say ...", she said when logging in. In her online diary she did not forget to mention a single thing: The chase, the date with Ron, Global Justice and then she was done. Having saved her entry and after she had used the bathroom she went to bed. The next day would be just as busy of a day as this one, so she thought.
Laying there in bed she still thought about Ron and herself. About what could have been made out of this evening if Global Justice did not call for them. Sometimes she actually wished for a more normal life, without all of that. She always considered herself a normal girl with the exception of sometimes saving the world but she knew that this was a big difference and in many relations not that normal at all. She loved all of that but still regretted that their date ended again. The whole incident with Joe already happened at a bad time and now this. Maybe we should have watched something together here, she thought. Or simply done something else. They could do whatever they want. Slowly she drifted away. For a moment she could see herself and Ron in a dream, making her feel all warm and comfy but then same dream became weird: The moonlight was suddenly replaced by the artifical light of her own computer in her dreams. Something was not right. She woke up and turned it back on to check her diary again. Everything was silent except for the mouse that she used to move the cursor.
Reading the diary entry she scrolled the text from bottom to top. First there was her newest entry and then there was something odd: "Kisses, Kim ... can't wait for the outcome ..."
This was nothing that seemed familiar to her and she could not believe what she was seeing right at this moment.
"You can't be serious!?", Kim said.
The teenage heroine was shocked when she realized Mimi-Kim actually found a way to hack into her website. Slowly she began to read the criminal's entry:
"Dear Diary,
this day was a full-on success.
Not only was I able to steal the Instantaneously Functioning Morph Cream, I also was able to sow first seeds of distrust. My revenge will reach its climax tomorrow with Kim Possible comitting a crime that will be seen by the entire world. With this her life shall be ruined and she gets to know the true meaning of suffering.
It is the just penalty for what she did to me.
I can't wait for the outcome.
Of course she will try to stop me at the old station as I know she will find me and attempt to do anything that could stand in my way but her last glorious attempt is going to become her greatest glorious failure.
Kisses, Kim."
Kim was sitting in front of her screen. Speechless and furious. It was as bold as it could get and so obvious in her eyes, that she should read this message. Whatever Mimi-Kim wanted from her, it should not matter for the real red-haired heroine. For her it was time to strike back.
Immediately the girl called Wade. "Hey, Kim", he responded tired but awake, "What's the matter?"
"Wade, could you find out anything about the false Kim?", the girl wanted to know impatiently.
"Well, I have found something actually a while ago ... more or less but I wanted to follow the traces for a while."
He gave her all the info he had: "She might be in an old TV station in Upperton. But it could also be a trap."
"Why? What happened?", he then asked.
Kim told him everything she experienced in the last few minutes. That Mimi-Kim managed to hack into the website was also an attack aiming for his own honor. "What!? How did she do that? I myself have written the security program!", he said. Kim could only assume: "I guess she just knew my password beforehand. She must have spied on me for a while already. And now she wants me to watch how she ruins my life!", she said angrily.
"You go and meanwhile I am gonna check the area around the station for any traps and other things!", Wade told her. A criminal using a simple loophole like this made him look really bad so he did want this to be ended just as quickly as Kim. The girl put on her battle suit and ran to Ron's house. His mother opened the door. "Oh, hello, Kim. How nice to see you", she said. Ron's father was sitting on the couch, waving to Kim as he held Ron's sleeping little sister Hana in his other arm. Kim began to ask "Hi, could I please -", but Ron already appeared. For a brief moment he thought she was here because of their own thing but this thought was quickly swept away when he saw what she wore. Seeing her in her battlesuit, all he had to say was a wondering "Uh, are we gonna continue already?"
"Wade thinks he knows where Mimi-Kim is! We have to check that now!"
Ron did not wait too long to respond. "Sorry, Mom, Dad. I'll be back soon!", he said and went with his girlfriend, not even wearing his mission outfit.
When approaching Kim's garage, the girl said "Stop! Let's take the chopper. She surely will not think of that!"
Kim wanted to carefully think about everything. If her doppelganger would be like this, she would at least invest the same amount of effort, she thought. Only this way she could beat her evil mirror image and for a second a malicious feeling overcame her. And she actually enjoyed it as she knew that it was for Mimi-Kim. After that they drove to Upperton.
Kim was actually excited. Though she was upset about what the criminal did and how it personally tainted to image of Kim herself, she also felt challenged by a seemingly worthy opponent in her eyes. And up until now she only ever fought one worthy opponent: Another woman with a very sharp tongue.
Driving down the road with Ron they noticed how the traffic was still pretty lively for this time. This just showed the teenage heroine how her idea of taking the chopper was relatively clever as not just her enemy should not notice her but the others neither. "Say, KP ...", Ron asked curiously when they had left half of the way behind them. Kim just replied with a short "What is it, Ron?"
"So why exactly are you driving my chopper?", he complained, sitting behind her. She did that for a while now everytime they used his vehicle. "Well, I know where to go. And I know where we should park", she explained.
"Man ...", the boy said. He would have loved a mission to be in his hands again. Or at least his chopper. At least one of them. However, he was used to his sidekick role and he knew that he would also help Kim this way. He thought that maybe he would be appreciated in a more active role. A role in which he could prove himself. This is what he thought about right now but it was even more important for him what Kim planned next so he would be ready for what she needed him for. About a hundred metres away from the station the two parked on a fence and hid the chopper behind some bushes. When Ron wanted to proceed, Kim grabbed him by his arm.
"Okay, this is the plan ...", she said, explaining the next few moments as well as the role the two of them had to play in them.
I'm gonna sneak in there through the roof. You enter through the main entrance to distract Mimi-Kim! Whatever she has in there, I will destroy it, we get back that face cream for Global Justice and that's it!"
The boy considered everything for a moment. Maybe he actually would get his chance. "Got it?", Kim asked. "You can count on me, Kim!", he then agreed.
Moved as she was, while laying a hand on his cheek she asked: "Just what would I do without you?" Then she seemingly disappeared with the disguise function of her suit and ran her way. "Okay, pal!", Ron said to Rufus who was standing on his shoulder, "Let's go!" He felt better now.
Everything seemed abandoned. Reaching the parking area of the building, Ron could see a lot of trash and he expected something to jump out of any corner. A chill ran down the boy's spine from this creepy vibe. Also because of what could possibly happen within the building. Once he thought about Kim though, everything was forgotten again. "Don't panic! You got that!", Kim's boyfriend encouraged himself. Brushing through his hair he just with some heavily exaggerated confidence said: "Yeah, the Ron Man got this all." Then when he could hear a crow, he screamed "Waah!" and ran into the building.
Rufus, now sitting in Ron's pocket, laughed at the boy. "What?", Ron complained embarassed, "I-I just wanted to save you from that stupid bird!" He also thought now that he was inside already, he could also follow the rest of the plan.
"You can count on me, Kim!"
The entrance hall led to a corridor which again led to a lot of other rooms. Looking around everywhere, he tried to find something. Also he wanted to find Mimi-Kim but not seeing her anywhere, he thought that maybe it was not even the right building, though there was so much recently built stuff that he already expected all of it to come from her. Maybe I should go to Kim, he thought but then he decided to search the area a bit more.
Meanwhile ...
Using the grapple hook of her suit Kim swiftly landed on the roof. There she immediately could see what she was afraid of below already: "Goodness!", she said, gazing at the big antenna that Mimi-Kim had built there. Of course she would want to use her for her evil intents, so Kim thought. Right now she wanted to enter the building and secretly destroy everything her evil doppelganger could need. Once she turned around though a hard punch hit her face, knocking her off her own feet. "Oww!", the girl shouted in pain and became visible again.
"Maybe your invisibility can fool my eyes but definitely no movement sensors!"
Kim looked up. Right before her the woman with an identical face also appeared, arms akimbo. Maliciously she grined while looking down at the teenage heroine. Unbelievable!, Kim thought when she saw the other one also wore a battle suit. And obviously she also could be invisible with it. Thinking about how Wade had to make the suit for the girl, this person must have been incredibly smart was something Kim concluded. While not knowing if the suit could actually do exactly the same thing, getting invisible was already ticked off so she knew underestimating her enemy would definitely be a big mistake and being on guard would be the way to go ...
Still lying on the ground, Kimmie looked stunned at Mimi-Kim.
"Hm, hm, hm."
Same person who could have been Kim's twin, squinting her eyes, meant: "Well, well. Surprised? It seems I am the one that can do anything!" Kim's honor was clearly scratched from that. "Huh ... just who are you anyway?", she asked. Again she came out of the short end when it came to being more clever. Mimi-Kim no longer could enjoy her short victory though. Kim's question was really provoking for her. "Arrogant little girl ...", she whispered hatefully, "You dont even have any idea about who I could be ..."
Kim still could not recognize her. "So many organizations disappeared because of you defeating their chairmen ...", Mimi-Kim explained, "... so many people working for them lost so much just because of you. You have never even thought about it, right?!" Her accusation was yelled at Kim angrily. Now same Kim slowly understood: This woman must have been one of the former employees of one of those rogueish companies. "I have been waiting for so long ...", the doppelganger began revealing her intent, "My life was like a ship wreck drifting lost in the sea just because of you ... I had no home anymore ... but now I will show you what suffering really means!" Her words were full of hatred. The young heroine now knew she really had never seen this person before. And yet her actions triggered something that influenced Mimi-Kim's life. As it came to Kim's mind though this was no justification at all for what the criminal double did. "I have thought so intensely about my vengeance ...", Mimi-Kim said, "... and then I had a brilliant idea."
By now Kim had already stood up. There she stood in front of her splitting image, face to face, still listening to what this woman had to say. "After being taught espionage in my job and at least some moderate martial arts ...", the vengeful woman told her, "... all this together with my own technical knowledge was perfect for fooling all of you. And tonight the entire world will see Kim Possible doing the greatest crime in history! My plan is perfect! You are the only one in my way left now!" Kim had heard enough already. She no longer wanted to listen to this madness. Her evil mirror image walked towards the antenna meanwhile. "Hmph ... however ... of course I will not fully destroy you tonight. No, I just want you to be incapable of stopping me and over time you shall be destroyed bit by bit from this scandal!"
The maniacal laughter of Mimi-Kim's highlighted her true madness.
"Okay ... that's enough. Let's get this over with!"
Saying so, the woman ran to the real Kim Possible. Ready for her opponent's attack, Kim just waited for the next moment. Then they both jumped up, hitting the respective other, being blown back to the roof. Mimi-Kim rolled over the ground, immediately recovering from it while Kim used this chance to free-handedly get up and take on her battle stance. When they both just stood there, looking at each other madly, Kim said without any empathy: "After hearing your little story I have changed my mind ... I do not care who you are. It is your own fault. You knew for whom you have worked when you did. You can only blame yourself."
Kim's gaze became really angry now. "
"You won't do anything today but go to prison!"
She then dashed towards her challenger who just grined.
Back at Ron's ...
Kim's boyfriend was just as busy as her. Inside of the station he found the already activated monitors installed on the ceiling. Falling over the next cable, with a panicking "Waah!" half of the work was already done: A few devices broke, others were now unplugged. Standing up carefully, he spotted the lockers near him.
"Hmm! Let's see what we got here!"
Curious as he was, he aimed for the first two ones just to fail at opening their locks. During the process he fell behind. This reminded him of his Junior year in Middleton High. One of the bullies manipulated the boy's locker so he could not open it for three days. Now trying his luck with the next one, an actually open one, he could just react really surprised: "No way!"
The boy was really amazed by what he could find in there, just as his little friend Rufus that peeped when seeing all the stuff. Inside of the locker they could recognize a lot of things – a lot of things that looked exactly like Kim's: Purple shirts, black tops, grey pants, makeup that was used by Kim ... even sheets with what looked like Kim's handwriting. And there it was in the middle of the bottom shelf: A little purple-coloured tin with something written on it that could not really be read with Ron. He had no idea that it was the instantaneously functioning morph cream, but he knew he would have to show the locker to Kim later. Next of the face cream that he identified as some sort of care. He took it and read the ID: "Murial Mimicry ..."
Ron looked at the criminal's actual face on the card. It was very odd for him as she actually even without changing her looks somewhat resembled Kim. She was a bit older than her, late twenties actually, but also had voluminous, long hair, though it was brown. He put in back in the corner for now then. The last thing that was for him to notice when he left the room, was that he actually turned off all the systems with his little accident. "Oops...", was all he had to say without realizing he did what was necessary.
"Maybe no one notices ..."
After that he went back to the great entrance hall to wait for Kim.
The rooftop was the place for a great battle meanwhile. Kim tried to overwhelm her enemy with a left-right-combo but the evil one was not the slightest bit impressed. Consequently she aimed with one arm for the antenna and shot her own grappling hook up that would take her away.
"Argh! This can't be happening!", the heroine said and did the same thing. To land she had to pull off a somersault on the edge of the tower and immediately had to roll away to evade Mimi-Kim's kick. Bouncing forward again, Kim could hit her doppelganger and at the same time took the chance to pin her down. Her attempt failed though once Mimi-Kim headbutted her and made her slip off the antenna.
"Wow!"
Just in time she could grab the edge to not fall. Looking up, all she could see were Mimi-Kim's hateful eyes. One moment later same hate manifested with the criminal stepping on Kim's hand.
"Ow!"
The girl could not hold herself up any longer and fell. Again he succeeded in hitting a spot of the tower and used the rope to swing herself up. Her enemy did not wait this long though. Jumping foward to reach the point where Kim would land, she prepared her next punch. The real Kim was smarter though: With her legs first she swung up to hit her enemy's face. "Ma-ah! Annoying rat!", Mimi-Kim screamed in pain. Holding the injured side of her face, she looked at Kim. "Well ...", the heroine mocked her, "It seems you do not think like a Kim Possible." For an answer she did not want to wait though, therefore she ran towards her again and continued her punching barrage. When Mimi-Kim was pushed back, Kim hastily jumped up for her next kick. Her doppelganger jumped off the tower though.
"Wha-What is that supposed to -"
Kim's eyes widened. Slowly she went to the edge of the antenna and looked down. She could not see Mimi-Kim anywhere. Now her gaze became more serious as she knew she started the real deal.
Keep on dreamin', Kim thought. It was obvious for her what the thief had planned. "Whatever you can, I can do it better!", she shouted mad. Activating the mechanism of her own suit, Kim became invisible again. Afterwards she jumped off the tower. To slow her way down she half-way grabbed another part of the antenna and finally arrived at the bottom and rolled away safely. Now Kim had to react immediately as she knew what she did was easily to be heard. With a backflip she dodged the invisible punch of Mimi-Kim.
"Hah!"
The girl heard how her enemy's attack cut through the air. Nobody could see each other. And both were adept at sneaking. Seemingly out of nowhere the criminal shot off a net that Kim could evade easily with a sidestep. Targetting the area where the net came from so both their kicks clashed.
Mimi-Kim became visible again. In her hand she held a hair dryer like the one Kim used before she had the suit. The original liked using it as she could not just shoot ropes but also nets to catch the criminals. She even considered asking Wade to install a net shooting function in her suit as right now it could only be used for the ropes only. "Ah, I see you really like to copy me and yet surprise me!", Kim said sarcastically. At the same time she also became visible and went a few steps back. "Nya, ha ... well, you can call me incalculable. Just like you", the evil one replied.
"You can still learn a lot from me!"
Having said that, Mimi-Kim held her arms towards Kim. Out of the blue lines that her suit had, shining laser beams suddenly were shot at Kim. "Okay ... that's new ...", the heroine said, thinking about how she could not do such a thing with her suit. To protect herself she activated the shield but her opponent wanted exactly that to happen. She stopped her fire and used another weapon against Kim: A white shining light covered the girl and deactivated her force field. With this she could not block the somersault of her enemy in time. "Ow!", Kim said, holding her head.
"Gotta say, you are pretty good!", the girl admitted. Indeed she was a bit amused now that she was fighting a worthy opponent. And the entire situation felt very familiar for her: Fighting a strong rival on top of a roof before an antenna ... and now her fighting Shego appeared in her mind. Thinking about that, she smiled, both as she enjoyed it as well as she was full of confidence.
"It's about time to show you who the better Kim Possible is!", Mimi-Kim announced the next stage of the battle. The original got really angry from such condescending statement. "Argh!", Kim now formed her fists again. They both ran towards their opponent, with their hands covered in blue energy. Normally Kim just used that mechanism to block stronger moves of her opponent but with both of them enhancing their moves even more, the azure-blue glow of their fists should look like two waves chasing after each other. With only a confident grin Mimi-Kim side-stepped to get away from Kim's jumping punch. Seeing her enemy in this blue light, Kim could for a swift second not help but think about an old blue-faced enemy. And now she knew what she herself would have looked like that way. She did not like the thought of an evil version of herself, even if it was just an imposter and Mimi-Kim would have to pay for that. After failing to get Mimi-Kim, the real one jumped over the doppelganger, landed behind her and used the moment of surprise to make Mimi-Kim fall with a swift foot sweep. Same Mimi-Kim was very fast though. To not be hit by the lookalike's jump kick. This way she found herself in a position where she could actually block it. Blue sparks appeared from the impact of Kim's arm and Mimi-Kim's foot. The real Kim grined as she grabbed the foot of the fake. "He-Hey!", Mimi-Kim shouted.
"Have a nice flight!", Kim said and blew her away with a powerful kick that sent her mirror image to the other side of the roof. Feeling really provoked now, the doppelganger stood up. The heroine just waved confidently so Mimi-Kim would come back to her.
"Now don't tell me that was the best you can do!"
"Raah!", Mimi-Kim shouted out her battle cry when running to Kim and getting invisible again. Kim knew that she struck a nerve and with this Mimi-Kim would probably even make more mistakes. As the true one heard how her enemy stopped behind her, she was able to easily evade and ready her counter attack by ducking and responding with an uppercut.
"Hmph. You lack routine", she said, shaking her head about her powerless enemy lying on the ground who now got visible again. Writhing in pain she opened one eye. Her will still was strong so she got back on her feet again.
"You make me really mad, you know!", both wanted to yell at each other but Kim was faster. Kim was more calm but also very upset by now. This should change drastically as Mimi-Kim reverted back to a more relaxed stance and a very arrogant smile. He used another invention Kim's suit did not have: By typing around a few times on her self-made suit, Mimi-Kim now activated laser cannons that came out of the roof. Kim just looked around, waiting for what would happen. Meanwhile her enemy thought she had already won.
"With them having targetted you, you will not be getting away from them again, ha, ha!", Mimi-Kim said.
Hearing this, Kim had an idea. "Really? Well then ...", she answered and used her shield again to protect from the new laser beams. Right now she was not even scratched from them but her doppelganger just meant: "Your precious shield will not last forever but don't worry, you'll be fine! The true terror will start after all that!" Kim did not look too interested. Her own plan included more than just standing her with her shield and she surely did not want to let the other one win. "Let's see what is gonna happen when you are with me!", Kim said, ran to her and jumped with a double-somersault over Mimi-Kim to also make the lasers hit her.
"Hah! Do you really think I am such an amateur!?", the criminal said and reacted immediately. Typing in another combination on her suit she used her own protective shield. Kim wanted to wait smiling and wait for her enemy's shield to get weaker as well but she did not have the time as Mimi-Kim's shield began to laugh: "Ha, ha, ha! Let's see how much you like my Reflector Shield!"
The energy that hit Mimi-Kim's shield was combined and sent to Kim to join the other beams that still annoyed her. She was well aware that soon she could not protect for any longer so now so she would need to do anything against it.
"Great ...", she said now losing her confidence a bit more.
"You can't win! Give up and I'll turn them off!", Kim's lookalike said. For the real Kim giving up was not an option though. "Tah, are you nuts?", she just replied. She still had no idea though what to do next. Even more lucky should she feel one moment later when some of the cannons began to explode.
Kim and her mirror image look at where the sound of the destroyed weapons came from. As a chain reaction the other's fire was also interrupted. "Huh!?", both woman reacted shocked.
"Hey, KP! I thought you could use some help!", Kim's boyfriend said. She was really glad to see him, therefore her "Ron!" reflected how glad she truly was as it was the perfect timing. Ron did at this point not know though that this Kim was the real one. He was now up to the next riddle. When one of the Kim's ran up to Kim, laying a hand on his shoulder and saying "Oh, Ron. That was great!", the other one yelled shocked: "Hey! Are you crazy! Get your hands off Ron!" Meanwhile she went towards Ron and the Kim that stood by his side.
"What are you talking about? You don't really think Ron would confuse his own girlfriend?", the Kim by Ron's side barked just to get back the other one's "What!? You've got to be ... ooh!"
"I know what you are planning but that is not gonna work! Ron, you know who the real one is! Tell her!"
Ron was overwhelmed. "Who-what?", he asked. Right there he saw two girls looking exactly identical and sounding alike. Rufus also could not help him.
"Well, uh ..."; he said thinking about this whole situation. He did not expect himself to be in this situation. Meanwhile the real Kim just had faith in her boyfriend. With her hand on his shoulder one Kim looked at him, waiting for an answer. And standing away from them there was this other Kim who looked at him with this sparkling gaze. Ron turned to the Kim next to him. "I knew you are the real one, Kim!", he said.
Slowly his lips approached hers, then when she closed her eyes he shouted "Hah!", as he held her in a grip, now standing behind behind her, to not make her flee. "Just what is that suppsed to be, Ron!?", she shouted.
Ron just laughed at her. "I would never confuse Kim!", he told her. The real Kim, still standing where she stood before, rose an eyebrow but actually smiled as she was glad to see how Ron reacted. "Oh, really? And what was that one time when ...", she questioned his statement, reminding him of an incident where he actually thought Camille was Kim.
"Oh come on! That's not fair!", Ron complained, "I told you hours in that container with Barkin made me say that!"
His girlfriend could not stop grining. At this point she was just joking about it and that he was actually able to tell them apart was a sign she really appreciated. "Well, sweetheart! I guess the copy loses against the original no matter what!", she said when using a rope to make it impossible for Mimi-Kim to move. Same Mimi-Kim looked really angry. As a matter of fact her hatred was even stronger now. Her own voice began to change a bit by now, just as her looks so she looked like a mix of Kim and the face that Ron saw when checking her ID. "You ... don't think this is over ...", Mimi-Kim said, "I might have lost this battle but I will never forgive you. One day, I promise you, one day you will face my revenge ..."
Kim just looked in her face. "And I can't wait for it", the heroine told her. "Let's go, Ron. We'll take her to the police and what we can find of her with us. Doctor Director must be waiting already, too."
Then they left.
A bit later ...
After a short break at the Possible's, Kim and Ron were ready to bring back the face cream. At this point deepest night had already come. Ron sat in Kim's room, waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. He went to one of her shelves, seeing the little tin that he had found before.
"Ooh, what we got here?", he wondered, carefully opening the can. "Kim's stuff really looks exactly like the one's of her doppelganger." He looked around, then covered a fingertip with it to then rub it on his face. "Well, can't be bad for me now, can it ..."
Kim's voice resounded from within the bathroom. "Ron, could you please put the Instant Cream for Dr. Director in my bag?", she asked. It was then when he remembered the story of Mimi-Kim and he realized that what he held in his hand was not a normal face cream. Ron did not dare to look into the mirror in Kim's room, his voice already began to change and he saw red bangs falling down before his eyes. "Oh, no-ho ...", he squeaked in a now already very feminine voice.
Having heard him and already thinking what could have happened, she entered her room. She could not help but start laughing.
"Ha, ha, ha ... oh, Ron ..."
The Agent's Legend Episode 2 "Great Minds Look Alike": THE END
Preview Episode III: Alpha Match
Not only Kim and Ron have to face the constant change of life, Shego and Drakken are no different. For Shego not only her new job with Drakken is something she has to get used to but also her emotional world. Meanwhile Kim and Ron have to deal with their own business and if that wasn't enough, the mysterious Clyde reappears to make things even more complicated.
