I do not own any Disney characters named herein and am only borrowing them to tell a nonprofit tale meant for entertainment purposes only.
Kim Possible: Gifted
By LJ58
14
Shego was driving back to the Possible house after registering the overly excited little redhead in the local school when she noticed they were being followed.
"We have a tail," Shego told Kim as the girl was playing with the radio again.
"A….tail," she frowned.
"Someone is following us," Shego told her grimly, eyes on the rearview mirror.
"Uh, how can you tell? I mean, lots of people use this street, don't they," she asked.
Shego almost rolled her eyes at that one.
"I've made four turns that lead us in a complete loop, and this guy has been with us every inch of the way, Kimmie. What does that tell you?"
"A….tail? Like on that movie we watched?"
"Yeah, just like," Shego said and glanced down the street.
"What do we do?"
"We go somewhere that no one is likely to be at this hour in case it's trouble," she said. "We don't want civilians getting hurt if I….or we….have to cut loose."
"But…didn't the general give us more time," Kim frowned.
"I hate to break it to you, Kimmie, but there are a lot of guys out there worse than those you knew. Some of them will think you're a weapon they can use, too, yeah. Only they'll think you are one they can use to take over nations, or even the world if they can manage it. Or some of them just want power, and don't care who gets hurt so long as they get what they want. Get it?"
"That's…..just wrong," she frowned.
"I agree. That's why I used to be a team player. Until I figured out the teams were the same on both sides, and no one really cared about really helping solve the real problems out there."
"So you try to help by yourself now," Kim asked her earnestly as she glanced back over her shoulder, and noted that despite the turn to a lane that led out of town toward a nearby park she liked, the same sedan was still behind them.
Shego said nothing to that, but Kim wasn't paying attention to her.
"Are those guys wearing hoods?"
Shego glanced back again just before pulling into the parking lot of a park near the famed Mount Overlook that was a popular climbing site for enthusiasts. Kim had even tried climbing it, too, not long ago, but likely not in a manner anyone else could manage since the redhead had just been punching her own handholds in the rock with that power of hers as she went straight up the sheer side like a lizard.
Even as Shego parked, she noted the sedan pulled into a parking space just behind her across the lot, and four men in red with matching hoods all jumped out at once.
"Definitely goons," Shego said, eyeing them in the mirror. "And, Kimmie? Don't worry about hurting these guys. I think I've heard of this bunch, and they're the kind to kill anyone in their way if they get busy. And they are definitely in the power for power's sake category. Understand?"
"That's definitely wrong," Kim frowned as she stepped out of the car even as Shego pushed her door open, and eyed the men now pulling short batons that crackled with energy at the push of a button.
"We know who you are," one of the men said as they lined up behind their own car, looking grim and menacing. "Both of you. Gemini would like to have a word with Red there," he said, nodding at Kim. "He figures you'll be perfect for a job offer he has open, little girl."
"I don't think so," Kim told him before Shego said a word. "You guys don't seem that honest to me."
"Honest," the man sneered. "Little girl, I'll give you honesty. If you don't come over here, and cooperate, we're going to hurt your friend. Maybe we'll hurt you, too. Just not as bad as….."
Kim's nearly nine-foot leap shocked the men who fell back when she landed in front of them after jumping across the entire parking lot to land in front of the speaker. "Me," Kim asked, "You mean, like this," she asked, and grabbed him, and used him to knock down another man by using him as a human club.
"Damn it, Kimmie, I was going to try to… Never mind," she said when one of the men ran at her, lifting his club to try to swing at her.
Shego rolled out of the way, pulled one of her ever-present pistols, and blew the crackling baton out of his hand with a precision shot just before she came up to drive a hard boot into the man's side, flattening him. Even as she spun, the third man rushing her suddenly froze as her big magnum tracked him, and was now pointed at his face.
"Sure you wanna try," Shego asked him as the baton dropped from his hand as his hands went up, and Kim was currently tying up the other two posers who went down, and stayed down when she hit them. No surprise there, but then, she had told her not to hold back.
"We…. We…. We just want the girl. Gemini….."
"I've heard of the loon. You go tell him and his pet rat that Kimmie isn't interested. Got it?"
The man backed away, and Kim turned to see the groaning man on the ground, and the other backing away with his hands in the air.
"Hey, we both got two," Kim grinned as she joined Shego. "Only why's he still standing up?"
"Gotta have a messenger, Princess," she winked. "These other loons can wait on the law, but we might as well send one back so the guy gets the message we're not interested, or easy," she spat at the lackey.
"He won't give up. He'll only…."
Kim picked up one of the fallen batons and smiled.
"If you come back," she said, actually putting her hand to the glowing, active tip of the powerful taser wand. "Imagine your head here," she told him as her hands began to glow as she closed them, and ash fell from her glowing hands as she dusted them, the baton all but completely vaporized.
"Get the picture, flunky," Shego smirked, putting her pistol away even as a shrill whine filled the air and they all looked up.
"Now who is it," Shego sighed, but didn't draw her weapons yet as Kim just scowled at the sleek, black jet that had no markings on it.
The small VTOL jet settled to one side of the parking lot, and a half dozen men in blue uniforms swarmed out to take the fallen men into custody as a one-eyed woman in the same blue uniform all but marched out to eye them.
"Shego," she nodded. "And Miss Possible. Nice to finally meet you, young lady," the woman said in a bland tone that could have been saying anything, or nothing.
"Bets," Shego murmured, eyeing the somber woman. "Haven't seen you since you spit in the director's face, and told him to do something anatomically impossible to himself. New outfit?"
"Global Justice," Betty Director flashed her ID before the sardonic woman's face. "We operate internationally under the U.N.'s authority to manage extraordinary global threats to peace and general welfare."
"That right? Well, we just defended ourselves here, so I doubt you need to worry about…."
"I know all about Miss Possible," Dr. Director told her as Kim stood just behind Shego now, looking uneasy as some of the agents returned after loading the bound men to the jet. "And I'm going to ask you to come in for a debriefing since you have apparently drawn the attention of a genuine threat to world security."
"Gemini," Kim frowned. "I just thought he was one of the usual nut-jobs who liked to make trouble," she remarked as she eyed Shego.
"He's much worse. And we belatedly learned he's very interested in you, Miss Possible. If you will, we just want to see what you know, and perhaps warn you about what you might be facing before we can find, and neutralize WEE's threat."
"We," Kim frowned.
"WEE. Worldwide Evil Empire. Gemini imagines himself as a global conqueror, Miss Possible," Betty told her somberly. "And he'll do anything to manage it. Unfortunately, he has the resources to draw a lot of clever people to his side to assist him. Fortunately, so far we've managed to keep him from fulfilling his plans. Since his plans now apparently include acquiring you, we need to talk."
"We really need to get home," Kim frowned, eyeing the men in uniforms starting to move to surround them.
"Stand down, gentlemen," Dr. Director told them, making a gesture, noting, but saying nothing of the way Kim's clenched fists had started to glow.
The men didn't say a word as they moved back, standing behind their apparent leader, and just stared at the two women as Kim visibly relaxed now.
"As I said, Kimberly, we do know about you. But we are more interested in finding and stopping Gemini. You need to hear me out. Once done, we'll bring you back home. Agreed?"
Kim eyed Shego, who was only staring at Betty without a word as if studying her.
Betty looked pointedly at her, and remarked, "You are, of course, welcome to come along. I know you're her current minder."
"Yeah," Shego retorted. "Like you could hold either of us anyway. Still, you try anything….."
"This is going to be a debrief only, Miss Gordeaux," Dr. Director told her. "We aren't trying to do anything else here. Unless you favor facing Gemini blind in the middle of your hometown," she asked Kim bluntly.
Kim frowned as Shego just glowered at the one-eyed woman.
"He would really come here again? After we stopped these guys," the redhead asked.
"Next time he's more likely to send more men. Or worse. He's not above using serious weaponry, or hostages to try to force things to his way."
"Maybe we'd better find out more about this guy," Kim asked Shego.
"Fine. But no more of that Miss Gordeaux, Bets. Got it? It's Shego. Just Shego," she glowered.
Betty only smirked herself now and turned to head for the jet. "Just come along. I'll try to catch you up once we reach a secure location."
"Hey, what about my car?"
"Just send it home," Kim told her with a smile.
"Send it….? Huh," Shego frowned.
"Oh, the boys didn't tell you? They upgraded your car last week," Kim grinned as Betty stopped to look back at them.
"When you say upgraded….?"
Kim reached out, took her keyring from Shego, and pressed a switch.
The car chirped and hummed, and Kim said, "ANI, full activation, and return home and stand down, please."
"Ani online. Systems engaged. Auto-drive on. Returning to designation home."
The car drove off as Shego gaped.
"They put a robot in my car," Shego sputtered.
"Oh, they put lots more in there, too. They were going to surprise you, but they had that conference this week, so they didn't get to tell you about it before you left."
"What else," Shego growled at the nutty redhead. "Because I'd like to know before it blows up in my face."
"Oh, it won't do that. Me and dad helped, too, and dad made sure they got things right," she beamed. "They put VTOL flight capability in it, and some great defenses. They're still working on submersible ability, but I'll bet it will work fine once they finish."
"Oy," Shego groaned, "And I just thought my brothers were bad. You sure my car will be okay after all that….tinkering?"
"It's gonna be great," Kim beamed. "Spankin'," she declared with a wide grin as Betty just eyed them.
"Your brothers made her car….fly?"
"Oh, that's no big. You should see what they did with dad's van. It's practically a tank now. Nothing can stop it if you don't want to be stopped. It has force fields and everything," Kim beamed. "They're really smart."
"Maybe we should be watching them," one of the agents still near Betty asked her as he scowled at Kim.
"Indeed," Betty said. "All right, ladies. This way. We'll be at our regional headquarters in ten minutes, and we can debrief once we arrive. Fully," she said, eyeing Kimberly.
Shego didn't say a word. She was still scowling after her car.
To Be Continued…..