Kim Potential…
Summary: A desperate Dr. Drakken has sensibly reviewed his Files of Past Plots to find the most effective weapon yet used on KP and improve it with unexpected results. Ron and company find they have a new partner.
Disclaimer: No infringement intended.
Part XLIX…
Drakken mansion lair…
"Barclay?..." Sally, in her henchthug duds, a bit anxious glance chipward at the blank-eyed Shego…
"That thing is gonna burn out or hurt her sooner or later…And when it does or we have to remove it she's gonna be pissed at you as well as the doc."
"Yes, I am…" Shego, brightly.
"Just doin' my job, ma'am…Sally…" Barclay sighed, rubbing forehead. This latex itches something awful. "And the Boss is just protecting his wife and daughter…Our Kimmy…"
"Where's the doc now?" Sally stared at the screen…Walter joining them, anxious look at the various small screens…
"About two miles and 10,000 feet from Dementor's boat…535 is doing his Shego for Aviarius and that freak…" Barclay noted, pointing to screen which he enlarged… A display of the wall screen of the Dementor yacht on which Lindendon and Avairius could be seen in consultation.
"No signs of a march on us…Yet?" Walter scanned the screen… "It would be like Dementor to hit us when he's supposed to be chattin'."
"The Boss has us on high alert…Nothing so far…" Barclay noted. "But be ready to pull out in a mo…Is everything set, Walt?"
"Just push the red button and the place goes up…" Walter nodded, pointing out the button on the panel, prominently alone in space. "Or this remote…" he showed a remote control.
"Be careful with that…" Sally, concerned. "We don't wanna go up by accident."
"Have…No…Fear…" Walter, his best Darth Vader, grinning…
"There's a safety lock…" he showed the lock switch, normal voice…
"And Possible?" Barclay eyed him.
"Safely away, still solid…Stanley too."
"That's not gonna hurt her…?" Sally asked. "I saw a sci-fi movie where they froze a guy too long and he came out all crazy and killer…"
"No signs of that as yet. The Boss is monitoring them closely." Walter noted.
"In fact…" Lindendon was on screen, beaming… "I understand the young lady is currently on her way here…Well, there."
Say what? Sally, Barclay, Walter suddenly attentive…
Shego, slight blink…
"Any one smell something burning?" Barclay asked.
"We're closing on Drakken's last confirmed position…" Potential noted to Wade, via Ron's Kimmunicator. "Any sign of other ships or aircraft?"
"Nothing on radar, according to your support jets and the UN fleet…" Wade on screen. "Kim…I've passed Ron's concerns on to the UN council and the commander of the force…I'm sorry if he's wrong but…"
"Just doin' your job, Wade…I understand." She nodded. Wan smile to Ron. "As Ron is just lookin' out for me…"
Silence…Grim silence…
"Well, at least don't let me get killed till you know for sure, Ron…" she eyed him.
"Kimberly?...And a UN force?" 'Shego'/535 stared at the screen before her…
"Radar and our intercepted transmissions would confirm it…" Avairius nodded.
"This isn't our doing, Colonel." 'she' noted, hurriedly. "Unless…?"
"Unless?...Your Kimberly learned of the Doctor's decision to join us?" Lindendon suggested, politely…
"If she thinks he's in danger…"
"Plausible…And since we're not at risk for the moment…I'm willing to suspend judgment until the situation plays itself out. You should be safe here…Er, there…Ms. Go…The yacht is rather well radar-shielded, the Professor is quite capable along those lines. Is there anyone of value in the aircraft or shall I have it shot down?"
"It just dived underwater...I think…It went off radar as well just before hitting water." Avairius noted.
"The doc's on board…But he can take care of himself…" 'Shego'/535, slight smile.
"I would expect no less of my new ally…" Lindendon beamed.
"Demo…" Drakken hissed…Via microwave link… "Tell him it's a demo…I let her track me."
"It's a demo, actually…" 'Shego'/535… "The doc let her track him…To give you a chance to see her in action. You did say you wouldn't be coming in person to the first meeting, so he felt it would be ok."
"Excellent…But…Shouldn't we offer her something to demonstrate on?" Lindendon, calmly.
"I've something but I'm letting her show off her Kimness with her people first…Leading them in to us…" Drakken hissed.
"In a mo…" 'Shego'… "But first you get to see her do her Kim Possible with her friends. To show how good she can pass...She's leading them in."
"She's been doing a fine job so far just at home and school, from what we've seen…" Avairius, shrugging. "I'm sold as far as that goes."
"Well, lets see what the doctor has planned for our entertainment, my friend." Lindendon, expansively. "Ms. Go, we are all attention."
"Barclay?..." Drakken, switching to main transmitter…Watching view screen of the ocean before him…
"Boss?"
"Implement Operation 'Kimmy VS Us' with the support craft and drones…Tell them to make it look…"
"Uh…Just a mo, boss…Lil' prob here right now…" Barclay's voice, anxious…Shouting, sounds of running staff…
"Is Dementor attacking? That little…Barclay? Are you under attack?!"
"You blue-skinned jackass!..." Shego's holler… "GGGGGGRRRR…! You bet he's 'under attack'!"
"Darling?!...Really not the time…." Drakken, desperately… "Hello?...Barclay?!..."
Loud sigh…
"I know…" Shego's voice, calming grimly… "Barclay!...Stop cringing and get back over here and issue those orders!...And as for you, you stupid, miserable…!"
"I'll glad wear the chip for a week, sweetheart…" Drakken told the transmitter.
"Shut up and stop giving your position away!...I'll handle this! You just stay down there! Goddamn you, if you get hurt!" sob…
"Sheila!...I just wanted to…"
"I said SHUT UP!"
My, she really would do a better job ruling the world than me…Drakken sighed.
Hmmn…Wade eyed the computer screens around his chair…
Does seem like Ron may be on to something…Brainwave patterns could show no alteration if it's simply a part of Kim coming through…
Though if Drakken really pulled this off, gotta give the guy some credit.
No, I guess it would not be right to look into a Monique clone...Adjusted Wadeward…
Sigh…
Oh…He stared at an urgent warning flashing on his screen linking to the UN command…
"Kim? Ron? The UN force behind says there's a bunch of what looks like trouble headed your way!" he told the screen on which Potential's face in the copter could be seen.
"Is it Dementor? Or Drakken? Or…?" Potential, briefly glancing at screen…
"Can't say…Do you see Drakken's craft? You should be at his last transmission coordinates…"
"Nothing but water…" she noted…Looking up from the waves as Ron did also…
Whoa…
A cloud of drones, with a group of aircraft bearing down from the real clouds…
Dad…? Those are ours…What's this should to be…? She frowned.
"Show time, boys." 'Shego'/535 to a pleasantly appreciative Lindendon and a somewhat perturbed Avairius on screen…Indicating a smaller screen on which the assault wave could now be seen, bearing down on Potential's and Ron's copter…The two UN support jets moving up to intercept, quickly hit with both pilots ejecting.
Nope, no orders to use blanks, I see…Potential stared…Echoing Ron's "Yikes…!"
"Ms. Shego?...Please take care." Avairius noted, a bit anxious.
"Uh…We wouldn't want to see our ally's lieutenant get hurt in a demo."