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 LIII…
"So there's not a sign of Drakken or the Throwback?" Wade on screen sighed. "A clean getaway?"
"Their ship, if that's really what Ms. Possible saw when she last spoke with you, was never spotted by the task force, son." General Masters, standing before a large viewscreen at the UN Joint Command HQ.
"I'm sure we'll find them, young Wade." Hego, beside the general in holograph from Go Tower, confident tone. "Or Kimberly will get word to us."
"If it is Kim…" Wade on screen sighed. "I'm beginning to think Ron Stoppable is right here…And Drakken's pulled off an incredible win, at least so far."
"A perfect clone of Miss Possible but following with Drakken? That's really possible? I thought such a clone, a human one, would have to follow the motivations of its original." The general noted.
"So did I…But Drakken may have found a way around that…" Wade sighed. "After all, everyone has a darker side, or if you look at the other guys, a better one…Even Drakken's been known to do some good at times…He could have found a way to tap into Kim's blacker side….Bluer, I guess from his pov."
"Then he'll punished…Without mercy…" the general, grimly. "Because if he's signed a devil's deal with the Throwback it's not likely to be simply prison for him or Professor Dementor this time."
"Unless he surrenders…" Hego, a bit hastily…
"The Throwback won't surrender…And he doesn't allow his comrades to surrender." Masters shook his head. "Hego, I know your sister is involved here but I'm afraid we can't take that into consideration. If she and Drakken surrender and return Ms. Possible intact, perhaps…But we won't negotiate. We can't afford to. If we locate them, we've orders to use all possible means to destroy them."
"But we will give them a chance, General?" Wade insisted. "They'd be our only hope of saving Kim and Ron."
"It's as I've said, son. If they surrender, we'll try…If not…Even the lives of our two friends can't compare to the consequences of letting the Throwback escape into the modern world. And we may get only one chance, if we get that. Boys, I am sorry…"
"I see…" Hego, shaken… "The boys and I'll do everything we can to find them and try to get Shego and the rest to give this up...She's many things but she's not insane."
"We can try putting out a worldwide call over all communication systems…See if they respond." Wade suggested.
"That could be taken as an offer of surrender by the Throwback…" Masters noted. "Not to mention he won't allow surrender by his side…"
"I suppose…" Wade, shaking head, drumming fingers… "Hego? You've used signals to reach Shego, when she was part of Team Go and away from home?"
"Sure…Floodlights with the GO signal…And a microwave signal on our GO frequency…But she hasn't responded to that in years…"
"It's still a way to reach her with an offer…" Wade noted. "Immunity if she and Drakken return Kim safely and lead us to the Throwback. General?"
"I'll have to look into it with the governments, son…" the general sighed.
"I would like to try, General. I know the boys would, too…" Hego,anxiously. "And Shego still has friends among the world's heroes, even if she rejected them for Drakken long ago…They're helping with the search, they could help distribute the transmission across the world…"
"I'll speak to my superiors…But even if they approve…There won't be much time for this, Hego…But good luck, both of you." The general nodded.
"If this is a test…" Potential eyed the Throwback. "I dislike tests…But I'll give you an answer. Ron hates me now, since he's guessed what I am…He even thinks I may have killed or let Dad kill Original."
"Yes, I was wondering about that?" Lindendon, politely… "But Ms. Go assures me Kim Possible lives, secure, for experimental purposes. So your choice is…?"
"But then…" Potential, cool smile… "I have a parental problem…My dad is married now, in case you haven't heard."
"Married? The poor fellow…I commiserate…" Lindendon, cheerily. "Professor Dementor didn't mention it to me in the report on your father…"
"They've kept it secret…Haven't you, Step Mom?..." Potential eyed "Shego"/535 who blinked at her.
Way to give away potential valuable info, ma'am….
"Indeed?" Stare…Lindendon turning to "Shego"/535… "Mrs. Drakken, I take it…How charming…Please, accept my congratulations and my apology for my little joke. We have an extra reason to celebrate the doctor's arrival I see." Smile.
"Yeah, thanks." "Shego"/535…
"You were saying, Miss Drakken?" he turned back to the frowning Potential.
"I said…I have a parental problem…See, with my current makeup there's no room in the Drakken family circle for a Mom…Step or otherwise…No offense, EStM."
"Nickname, Evil Stepmom…" she explained.
"Charming…" Lindendon nodded.
"See I suffer, sideeffect owing to Dad's handiwork, from an Electra complex…" Potential, smiling…
"So, that fellow Freud remains in vogue?" Lindendon, shrugging… "I never cared much for his theories on the mind."
"Well, maybe so but it seems to be real enough…The way it breaks is that I've a strong motivation to bump her off…Which isn't likely to make my dad happy as he loves her."
"Heartwrending…" Lindendon smiled.
"Isn't it?" Potential, smugly…"So, a boyfriend I love who can't love me so long as I'm not the original Kim…And a dad whom I love but whose heart I must sooner or later, break, like glass…"
"Tragedy…Simply…"
"And you want me to choose…" she smiled, wanly…
"Sadly, you must…" he noted.
"Oh? And it will make for a healthy partnership how, if you kill one of the people I love?"
"You will, I think, learn to live with it…As I have…" smile.
"Oh…The wife who let you down?" she smiled back.
"Too easy. And if you've read up on me, you know she lived to a ripe old age, alone. Terrified to make human contacts, knowing what I would do to them."
"No fair, only people she loved?"
"I loved her father dearly, my girl. He was the first, a man of vast wealth and profound beliefs in the rightness of an elite ruling over Humanity, to recognize me for what I was…But, a choice had to be made. As now you must choose."
"Lindendon's Choice, eh?" smile…
"A way to prove I had transcended Humanity…"
"Is that the way your Nazi friends put it when they shoved children into gas chambers?"
"Almost certainly, dear…" he smiled. " A way to prove one's strength…And now that honor falls to you, first of our new army of a superior breed…The chance to prove your superiority to me for once and for all…You may well, if things work out…Find yourself, in partnership with me and our friends, the mother…Or a mother…Of the Master Race, dear."
"And they say you have no respect for women…" smile.
"An unfortunate misunderstanding of my views…Such things happen…" sigh, shrug.
"Well, 'Mom'?" Potential eyed the carefully watching "Shego"/535… "Any thoughts?"
"I think your father might be considered of greater value, Kim…" hesitant. "But I know you care about Ronald…"
"Big help there, Mommie…" grin.
"Sir…" A speaker crackled…
"Yes?"
"Dr. Drakken has come on board, sir. Alone. The Professor and Avairius are going to meet with him after he's been checked for weapons."
"Excellent." Lindendon noted…
"Well, Miss Drakken?" expansive spread of hands…
"Dad…" she smiled…
"Kimberly?" "Shego"/535…
"Kimberly?!..." Shego, in pilot's suit in jet, now beginning her descent, guided in by 535's signal…
The two staring at each other a long moment…
"Kim, not Dr. Drakken…" "Shego"/535 rose…
"Ha, ha, ha, ha…" Lindendon chuckled… As Potential laughed as well…
"Very good, very good, Miss…" he beamed. "You saw through my little game and transcended it."
"I knew you wouldn't want to kill Dad…How could you make more of me or clones of you?" she smiled. "The game was like the Star Trek thing…How do you face death, right?"
"Exactly…And well played, my dear…"
"And you didn't kill your father-in-law, at least not when you told your wife you had…" she smiled.
"No, he was too valuable, even though his fortune was seized, he had contacts and friends round the world…And I enjoyed his conversation, he was a true believer in our cause…I did kill him later but he desired to die, an old man, tired…No, I killed her brother then…" Lindendon beamed.
"And let me guess…" Potential smiled, rising. A sudden swooping up…
"This'll do for now, right…?" she rammed into "Shego"/535, slamming her back to the far wall of the room…
Sorry, kiddo…Services appreciated, she whispered…Poking hole…Spinning 'her' round and blasting up, still carrying her, ramming through the ceiling and up into the air…
Below, Drakken, standing with Dementor and Avairius on deck, all three plus assorted Dementor henchthugs, looking up…
"Kimmy?...Shego?...Girls?" he stared, watching…
Avairius, blinking up at the crumpled body in green suit held in Potential's arms as she soared higher…
Shego?