- Desperate Actions.
"Okay guys, I'll fight Shego." Kim whispered at his companions, "Ron and Tommy get Gill while Angelica and Chuckie handle Eco Loco."
"Sorry, Kim… but you'll better make another plan." Angelica whispered at the cheerleader, and then, in a dashing move, grabbed Tommy in a wrestling-like move, immobilizing the boy before flying at the room's ceiling carrying him, surprising her cousin as much as Team Possible and Chuckie.
"What are you doing?" Tommy finally got his voice back.
"Just asking for some cooperation; now, better give up. The only way can escape is shocking me, and doubt you'll go that far." Angelica said loudly in a threatening tone as she and Tommy started struggling, moans and groans coming from both sides.
"What you did to her?" Kim finally reacted and faced Shego. "Mind control? A clone? A synthodrone?"
"Nope, Kimmie, she's on our side; it only took a little persuasion and reason to convince her." Shego smirked before igniting her right hand, "This one is 'persuasion'," the villainess then ignited her left one, "and this one is 'reason'."
Shego shot a powerful flame at Kim, who barely dodged it, while Gill started spitting slime balls at Ron and Chuckie; once the boys got separated from the cheerleader Eco Loco took out his acid balls, and started throwing them at Ron and Chuckie to separate them as well so every villain could focus on a hero at a time.
Chuckie, who was still stunned by Angelica's action, didn't react on time and got hit by an acid ball right at his chest. The geek cried in pain as a dark vapor surged from his wound, and cried even harder as his orange glow started healing him (and, curiously, repairing the outfit as well), hurting a lot more than usual.
"Interesting," Jack, who was paying close attention to the fight, said to him self, "Apparently, our healer has problems recovering from acid attacks; we'll need to test him with other kinds of burns before auctioning the boy."
While the fight continued at the pit, Tommy slowly stopped struggling, as a sly grinning Angelica whispered something at his ear before gently dropping him next to Jack, Drakken and the henchmen, the boy totally immobile.
"What did you say to him?" Drakken asked the girl.
"'Have sweet dreams'; villains are supposed to say things like that, right?" The girl shrugged as showing everyone the now empty dart.
Meanwhile, Eco Loco approached the stunned Feline holding another acid ball, aiming at his enemy's back.
"Sorry your friend betrayed you, kid; life stinks, isn't it?" The villain cackled before throwing the ball at the boy, who reacted on the nick of time and caught it with his left hand.
"Not as much as you!" Chuckie growled at his enemy, who gasped when realizing his own weapon was about to be used against him. However, instead of throwing it against Eco Loco, Chuckie threw the ball at Gill's feet, giving Ron a chance to escape since the mutant had him cornered and ready to receive a slime shot. The stinky criminal noticed it and turned back at Chuckie while taking out another of his weapons.
"Ha! Knew you didn't have the guts to…"
WHACK! POW! THUD!
"To eliminate you, no; to give a lesson for helping kidnap her, of course I have!" Chuckie growled at his fallen enemy, totally knocked out after receiving the geek's strongest punches, and then dashed to help Ron, who had started his counterattack on Gill, the blond boy using a series of high kicks to force the mutant to cover and stopping him from shooting more slime, while Rufus kept trying to bite his ankles to make the fight harder for the villain.
Meanwhile, Kim had already succeeded on avoiding Shego's long ranged blasts, and now they were fighting one-on-one; despite Kim's problems to fight a woman whose touch can burn her enemy, experience and agility, as usual, made the cheerleader a more than worthy opponent for the villainess. Shego tried hitting Kim's face, but the redheaded ducked on time and punched her enemy's chest, leaving her momentarily breathless, so Kim could then kick her abdomen, sending Shego against the wall behind her; however, the villainess recovered almost immediately and used the wall for impulse, throwing a high kick against Kim she barely avoided. The heroine then tried a series of kicks against Shego, but the green woman replied with some kicks of her own, hitting Kim's back and sending her down; the villainess then tried grabbing her throat, but Kim grabbed her wrist on time and then, by placing her feet on Shego's low abdomen, catapulted the green woman over her head, Shego rolling when hitting the floor to stand up quickly and try shooting a flaming ball at Kim, yet the cheerleader lost no time and came close-ranged immediately, eliminating that attack before it was even shot.
"Okay, girl, time to fulfill your contract." Jack said to Golden Angel as she moved aside so one henchman could pick up Dynamo, "Go get the healing guy and your task will be done… and if you can give our agents a hand, well, that would be appreciated."
The blonde nodded before jumping down at the pit, taking a diving position, and then heading top speed against Kim; the cheerleader barely spotted her on time to catch the blonde's punch, and then they both rolled on the floor, Shego using this chance to catch back her breath. Kim handled to grab Angelica's arm and then threw her away to stand up.
"I don't know what happened here, but would like some answers now!" Kim glared at the blonde.
"You'll soon see, Kim… oh, and by the way, thanks for the gift." Angelica showed Kim the Kimmunicator, the redheaded gasping when realizing her former pupil had snatched it when they were struggling. "Even if Wade can't help you too much right now, I'm taking no risks."
"Blondie is a fast learner, isn't she, Princess?" A smirking Shego attacked Kim with a large plasma ball while Angelica flew away from the battling ladies, focusing all her attention on Chuckie.
Gill was having a very hard time trying to beat Ron and Chuckie; every time he tried to get Ron, Feline surprised him with a sharp punch or kick from the other side, and, when trying to get the smaller hero, Ron did the same, plus being too busy trying to avoid Rufus' sharp teeth wasn't helping the mutant at all.
"I've had enough of you two!" Gill growled as preparing a large slime ball, but, before he could choose a target, Ron surprised him with a good high kick at his face. The mutant, by mere instinct, tried to get Ron with the ball, but Chuckie's intervention, punching the fish's side, messed with his attack, and Gill found his own foot slime-covered a moment later.
"Argh! This can't be happening!"
"Sorry, fish dude, but this is 100 percent real!" Ron smirked at Gill, he and Chuckie didn't noticing Angelica diving at them until she was grabbing the geek by his shoulders and gaining height in a single move.
"Now, that can't be happening!" Ron gasped, ignoring Gill attacking position until Rufus' yell alerted his human, but it was too late, Ron getting trapped in slime a moment later, his legs immobile.
"The moment I get rid of this, scweeb, you'll see how vengeful I can be." Gill smirked at Ron as the mutant started struggling to release himself, Ron getting some help from Rufus but his enemy was obviously doing a better job.
"Guess we're making a tradition of this, uh?" Angelica smirked at her prey as getting higher, but Chuckie surprised her with a fast move, breaking free from her and then grabbing the girl in a bear hug, reversing the roles.
"Hey, don't be so affective!" Angelica groaned through clenched teeth while trying to keep control.
"You're telling me what's going on, here and now!" Chuckie said, the most serious the girl had ever seen him. "I didn't come here and fought a henchmen army, scared to death about your safety, just for you to go all Benedict Arnold on us!" The geek's voice then changed to a lot sadder and obviously pained tone. "Why are you doing this?"
Angelica stopped struggling, so she and Chuckie stayed immobile on thin air, several feet over Kim and Shego's battle. The girl then looked at the geek's eyes, and sighed, her expression softening immediately.
"You once said you trusted me for important issues, remember? Well. I need you to trust me on this; is for the best, not just mine, but for all of us."
Chuckie's expression was unreadable, somewhere between shock and confusion, as Angelica softly landed at the platform; the geek released her and walked a few feet back while Angelica made a signal to the henchmen at the platform to keep their place. The girl then took an orange-taped dart out from her pocket.
"That's for me?" Chuckie softly asked, avoiding eye-contact with her.
"Yes, it is. I know you have no reasons to believe me, but… if I ever needed your trust, is now." Angelica approached him, getting ready with the dart. "One shot, and we'll be done."
The geek sighed and offered his arm to the girl, closing his eyes. The blonde lost no time to use the dart on the boy, who winced in pain before looking back at her.
"Why I can't deny you anything?"
"Is a gift, I guess." The blonde got a sad smile as the boy closed his eyes again and collapsed at her feet, totally unconscious.
"Ah, that was so great wish I had taped it!" Drakken, who had seen the whole scene, got his maniacal smile as he, Jack and the henchmen approached the fallen geek.
"Take our new assets to the Attitudinator's chamber, Doctor." Jack said to the blue man. "Is time to welcome them and Team Go to our company," the man then looked down at the pit, where Kim and Shego were still fighting, "and their first mission will be taking down Kim Possible."
"Oh, I just love when irony works on our side!" Drakken cackled as he and two henchmen took the fallen heroes, Angelica looking at them and then turning at Jack.
"Can I go with them? My companions will need someone explaining everything after waking up."
"Sure, Miss Angel, go. I'll get sure you don't get interrupted." Jack dismissed the girl as taking out his cell phone. "I'm very sorry for doing this, but, considering how dangerous an evil Kim Possible would be, and information we already have about that Zorpox-Stoppable thing, we have no other choice but getting rid of Team Possible."
Once Angelica and the others left, Jack sent a message through his phone, and, a few moments later, several hidden doors opened at the pit, more than fifty henchmen popping from them, all the thugs looking a lot tougher than those Team Possible had faced on their way in and many holding nightsticks; obviously, Hench's best men. Kim and Shego stopped fighting, the villainess getting a wide grin, while Ron and Rufus gasped and Gill, already free from his slimy restrain, cackled at his nemesis.
"So, this is how you and your girlfriend end, uh, scweeb; fighting your worst enemies and a lot of henchmen with nobody to play cavalry?"
"Sorry, Gill, but my worst enemies are my mom's lawn gnome, and Math homework." Ron replied in his best trying-to-sound-brave tone, but it was obvious he was scared. Kim looked at him from the corner of her eye, and took out his laser lipstick; in a quick move, the girl shot a well directed beam at the slime, releasing her boyfriend without hurting him before Shego blasted the lipstick from her hands.
"No more fancy toys, Kimmie." Shego smirked at her enemy as Gill and all the henchmen formed a circle around Team Possible, Ron finally standing up next to Kim, Rufus at their feet.
"The last mission, KP?" Ron whispered at her, the couple back-to-back.
"Probably," Kim whispered back at him. "Let's make it count, okay?"
"Sure thing," Ron got a little grin as he and Kim got fight stances. "Love you, Kim."
"Love you, Ron." Kim replied with a little grin as well, Rufus getting his own fighting stance as Team Possible got ready to battle.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Put them in position." Drakken said to the henchmen as they carried Feline, Dynamo and Team Go, preparing to strap them inside the Attitudinator's mini-chambers, Sumo Ninja and Golden Angel standing next to the scientist.
"Now, I just have to send a few commands to the computer, and the process will start." The blue man said as working on the keyboard, "And Sumo Ninja and… Angel girl, keep your eyes open in case one of them wakes up before time."
"We'll do, Doctor. Nobody will defy my power!" The huge warrior replied with his ridiculous voice.
"Okay… do that but don't talk, please." Drakken groaned when hearing the ninja's voice.
"Why nobody likes my…" Sumo Ninja stopped talking and crossed his eyes.
"Thanks! That voice was getting on my nerves!"
WHAAM!
Drakken and the henchmen turned to see Sumo Ninja, face down, and unconscious at the floor.
"Hey, just keep silence but not going to sleep!" Drakken growled at the fallen ninja while touching him with his foot; when he didn't react, the scientist looked at the girl, "What happened to him?"
"Oh, just enough tranquilizer to stop a football team, cheerleaders and all," Angelica smirked as showing a dart to Drakken. "The tapes are quite easy to remove and paste again, you know?"
"But, if you… then… dart… you used… the orange boy…" Drakken found him self wordless as looking back and forth between the girl and the prisoners.
"Oh, I used a regular dart on him, and an empty one on Dynamo." Angel replied calmly before flying up a few feet to escape the henchmen, and then whistled loudly. "Wake up, Battery-Boy!"
SHRAKKLE!
Drakken and the henchmen gasped in fear and surprise when looking at Dynamo out of his chamber, sparking energy engulfing his body, before he shot a fast series of electric blasts at his enemies, shocking them unconscious.
"You had to use the dart for real?" Tommy asked his cousin as rubbing his shoulder, where Angelica had stung him.
"Hey, better an empty dart than a filled-up one; I had no time to empty two… and besides our Cat-Kid recovers faster than you." The girl shrugged as noticing Chuckie was finally waking up, "How are you feeling?"
"It was a nice nap; but you still owe us an explanation." The geek said no malice or hard feelings in his voice.
"And I will, but first must wake up Team Go and help Kim, Ron, and Rufus."
"I can handle that; a little shock might do the trick." Tommy said as approaching the other chambers while Angelica turned on the Kimmunicator.
"Angeli… I mean, Golden Angel? Are you okay? Where's Kim?" Wade asked the girl.
"Everything's under control, Wade, but we need your help." Angelica said to the techno-nerd, "Can enter Hench Co's system through an active computer?"
"Hey, of course!" Wade beamed, "Just put the Kimmunicator next to the computer, and I'll do the rest."
Angelica placed the communicator right over the Attitudinator's keyboard, and then a thin cable popped from the Kimmunicator's side, connecting with the computer; with an open access, it was just a matter of minutes before Wade could hack the whole system.
Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Kim dodged the henchman's attack and replied with a hard double kick, knocking him out for good, while Ron and Rufus used their 'distracting rodent-hitting guy' combination to get rid of another one. By then, Team Possible had already handled twelve henchmen, but more arrived to replace the fallen ones, while Shego and Gill remained out of the fight, enjoying the scene; it wouldn't take too long before Kim and Ron ran out of stamina, and then they would finish their enemies for good; truth be said, Shego would prefer finishing Kim herself with nobody messing, but the villainess wasn't that fool to reject an obvious advantage.
"How many henchmen are in this place?" Kim panted slightly before getting in a punching exchange with another thug, the girl getting the upper hand after a few seconds yet receiving a couple of good hits herself.
"I'm telling you… Hench must clone them!" Ron said before falling on his back, stunned by one hard hit; luckily, Rufus distracted the henchman by biting his left ankle so Ron could recover and kick his enemy's legs, making him to fall and finishing this particular fight with a second kick, this one at his enemy's chin.
"Hey, Mister Hench, can't we just finish them now?" Gill asked the man in charge while helping Eco Loco to stand up, the dirty villain finally regaining conscience.
"Fishy is right, Mister H." Shego added without losing sight of the fight, "Princess and her boyfriend have this nasty habit of pulling out a surprising stunt at the last moment."
"In a moment, Miss Go," Jack grinned slightly, "as soon your brothers can join us."
At that moment, the door next to Jack opened, Team Go and the threesome walking inside the room and looking at the villain.
"Ah, I guess you guys already received your treatment."
"You can say that again, Mister Hench." Hego and the others saluted the man in a military way. At the pit, the fight stopped so Team Possible, the villains and henchmen could look at the scene.
"Mind control?" Kim said as arching an eyebrow.
"More like, the Attitudinator; remember it, Princess?" Shego smirked at her enemy, who clenched her teeth as getting ready for the worst.
"Excellent," Jack got his widest smile before turning at the pit, ordering his minions, "Everyone, stand back. I think Team Possible will like playing with their pals."
The henchmen obeyed and moved to the pit's sides, as well as Shego, Gill and Eco Loco, leaving Kim, Ron and Rufus at the center, looking at the super-powered humans.
"Okay, Team Go, please, show your friends which side you're now." Jack said in his best businessman's tone, the super humans getting fight stances and looking at the pit after he said it.
"I think this will hurt." Ron gulped slightly as he and Kim got ready for what was coming and Rufus covered his little eyes.
"Oh, yeah, Ron, this will hurt," Dynamo smirked as forming a tiny electric ball on his right hand, "but not who you think."
Before anyone could react, Tommy shot his electric ball at Jack and the two henchmen standing next to him, throwing them against the wall behind. Then, Hego grabbed the Wegos and jumped down at the pit, Tommy and Angelica following him by levitation while holding Chuckie and Mego, the whole group landing next to the surprised Team Possible.
"Uh… fast explanation, please?" Kim asked before Angelica handled her communicator back.
"I got threatened, started pretending, caught good guys, fooled bad ones, released the good ones, and we're about to kick some serious butt here. The end," Golden Angel said as giving Shego a little sly grin, the green villainess gasping when hearing her.
"You little, no good…"
"Go, Team Go!" Hego cut his sister's little speech as he and his companions charged at their enemies, Team Possible feeling renewed strength almost immediately.
As usual, Kim went directly for Shego, they having a more or less private battle while the other heroes attacked the rest of the villains. Hego used his titanic strength to knock out five henchmen by tackling them while the Wegos used their usual overwhelming numbers tactic, fighting the henchmen with a five to one advantage, and Mego used his shrinking ability to sneak behind the henchmen and then recovering his regular size to fight, him changing size so fast no thug could catch or hit him; Dynamo levitated at a low height, shooting minor charges at the thugs around him, stunning or knocking them out, while Feline fought old-fashioned, connecting several good hits and recovering immediately from the few ones he received; on the meantime, Angel used her flight ability to attack the henchmen with Matrix and anime-style kicks, and at times landed to use her anti-gravity touch on a henchmen, throwing him up in the air like a rag-doll.
As the battle continued, Ron made his way through the henchmen, heading against Gill, the mutant getting a battle stance in front of Eco Loco, who obviously wasn't in fighting conditions after Feline got him.
"Just keep him distracted for a moment, Gill," the stinky villain said as taking out another of his weapons, "I have a special sleeping-smog bomb that will take care of this fool in a moment."
"I'll take it, thank you." Eco Loco lost his weapon to Mego, who recovered his natural size next to the villain. Then, the violet hero jumped back while throwing the bomb at the pair, the sleeping-smog cloud covering them a moment later; even Eco Loco couldn't stand it, probably more due the explosion than the actual toxin, and fell unconscious immediately. Gill's amphibious lungs gave him some protection but still got stunned giving Ron the chance to get the mutant in a lasso the blonde made with his grappling gun's cable.
"That's your big plan, scweeb? Using a line to get a fish; how original." Gill, still stunned and with Ron and Mego restraining him, started struggling to get free.
"Nope; smoking a fish and then frying it… now, that's a plan." Ron said before turning at Tommy, who was hovering and blasting enemies at the distance. "Hey, electric pal, watch out!" The blonde then looked down at Rufus, who was holding the grappling gun.
"Shoot it, buddy!"
"Alright!" Rufus beamed as aiming the gun at Tommy and pressing its shooting button with his free paw; the hook got shot a moment later, the electric hero spotting it thanks to Ron's warning, and used his electromagnetism to catch it, Ron and Mego releasing Gill at that moment.
"What happens when a fish gets struck by lightning?" Tommy half-joked before sending a few hundred volts through the line; the mutant paled when realizing what was about to happen.
"Oh, my… YOUUUCH….!"
SHRAKLEEE...!
Gill received a massive shock and got knocked out after shaking for a few seconds.
"Boo-yah!" Ron grinned as high-fiving Mego. "Thanks for the help."
"As I always say, my power is the best." Mego said proudly as he and Ron joined the massive fight again.
Kim finally got Shego cornered, and then noticed something about her enemy; she had given her a good fight, as usual, but this time she seemed to be focusing on something else besides her opponent.
"What's wrong, Shego? Getting your monthly beating is boring you?"
"In your dreams, Princess; is just that, for once, there's someone else I really want to crush instead of you." Shego growled softly as giving a fast glance over Kim's shoulder, the cheerleader moving her head a little bit, spotting Angelica handling another henchmen the other side of the pit.
"You're not doing it." Kim glared at Shego as charging against her, the villainess catching her enemy's fist and performing a judo-toss against Kim, getting some distance between them.
"I'll handle you later, Kimmie," Shego said before performing a summersault over a couple of henchmen, and, when landing, motioned them to get Kim, the thugs obeying so now the cheerleader had to face them and couldn't stop the green woman from advancing through the battle, heading to her blonde target; she even blasted her own blue brother with a massive green plasma ball, stunning Hego so couldn't stop her and making his fight with the remaining henchmen a much more even one.
Angelica bested her current enemy and turned looking for another one, wide-opening her eyes when realizing Shego was just a few feet away, her hands glowing on green energy aimed against her. The blonde flew at the last second to avoid getting injured, and then attacked Shego with a high kick the villainess blocked.
"You, traitor… can't believe you… you…"
"Fooled you, Miss Terrible Villainess?" Angelica said as attacking Shego with a fast kicking series, "Technically, I didn't betray you; the contract said I had to capture Team Go and my companions, and did it, so fulfilled my part and you have to do the same. Oh, and thanks for teaching me so many cool fighting moves."
"You used me!" Shego growled as shooting a plasma ball at her enemy, who avoided it and flew behind the villainess to deliver a sharp kick at her back.
"Not more than you and your bosses tried using me!" Angelica attacked Shego with a fast punching series the villainess made a major effort to block, "You said it, Shego; super-powered people get exploited, and that happens between us as well. Maybe you're the most evil female here, but when it comes to lying and tricking nobody beats yours truly."
"Very clever, girl," Shego rolled to escape Angelica's attack, "but if remember right, the contract is only valid though your lifetime… and that can be ended! Only Princess can really fight me one-on-one, and you're not her!"
Shego jumped at Angelica, ready to claw her, but the girl caught her by the wrists and used her anti-gravity touch to lighten Shego, throwing her up in the air.
"True, I'm not Kim; I'm much more abusive." Then, the blonde accelerated to intercept Shego with a powerful double kick, leaving the villainess breathless, and, before Shego could react, the girl started using her as a punching bag, moving around her enemy at top speed while hitting her several times, so fast and strong the villainess got suspended at mid-air by the mere force of the impacts. Angelica ended the punishment with a sharp kick that sent down Shego at high speed, impacting the woman against the floor.
"That hurt…" Shego, surprisingly, remained conscious and, slowly and painfully, started standing up, Angelica didn't noticing this since her attention was on Hench, finally recovering from Tommy's attack.
"Better call for back-up." Jack thought out loud as taking out his own communicator; however, before he could use it, the man heard his own voice coming from the building's many speakers.
"Attention, all personal; this is an emergency situation. Go to the heliport next to the main building, and wait for instruction. Lose no time; repeat, this is an emergency."
"But what…"
"Wade did a good job with your voice, right?" Angelica landed next to a very surprised Hench, "He entered your system, and sent copies of all files to Global Justice, Interpol, CIA, FBI, Scotland Yard, and several other agencies; a little army is coming here right now to arrest you… and those people standing at the heliport."
"But… that information… contacts with crime lords, tax evading, illegal use and design of weaponry…" Jack paled as realizing the major problem he was now, "YOU RUINED ME!"
"What can I say? I've always being a little trouble-maker." The girl grinned at the man, who attacked her viciously a moment later… or tried, because Angelica levitated at the last moment so he impacted against the wall behind her, getting knocked out again. Angelica chuckled as heading back to the pit.
"I'm sure that will hurt in the morning."
"This will hurt as well!"
The blonde gasped when finding a bruised and extremely angry Shego climbing out of the pit and glaring at her; the green woman had used her glow to increase her grip's strength, so practically clawed her way out, plus, as she once told the blonde, used that energy for a little strength boost, so could still move after the beating Angelica gave her.
Shego practically roared as shooting one of her most powerful blasts ever at the blonde, and this time Angelica had no time or space to avoid it, barely covering her face and chest by crossing her arms just in time to receive the impact, that smashed her against the wall behind, landing right next to Jack. Angelica moaned in pain; the hit was extremely painful, almost knocking her out and actually damaging her suit, yet forced her self to remain conscious and try fighting back, but Shego grabbed her by the collar and raised the girl over her head before slamming Angelica against the platform, so hard it got dented, and then the green woman started kicking her full force several times.
At the pit, Chuckie noticed Angelica wasn't on sight, and, after getting rid of another henchman, started looking for her, gasping when looking at the platform, the very same moment Shego grabbed her by the collar. The geek looked around for anyone who could help her, and found Hego knocking out a thug right behind him.
"Hego, need your help!"
"What's going… oh, no!" Hego paled when Chuckie pointed at the platform, "Ashley, stop!"
"Throw me!" The geek jumped at the blue hero's arms; Hego got the idea immediately and aimed at the platform while grabbing his young friend by the shoulder and back, not resisting the impulse of mentioning two of his childhood's heroes.
"Colossus and Wolverine, I salute you!"
Shego stopped her kicking and created a large fire ball with both hands, a badly injured Angelica at her feet, and raised her hands while glaring at the girl.
"So long, Blondie."
"REEARGH!"
Shego turned when hearing a somehow roaring sound, getting impacted by Chuckie after Hego threw the carrot-top against his sister. The villainess and the geek rolled at the platform in a wild physical combat, pushing, pulling, punching and gripping each other, that ended when Shego handled to put a hand on the geek's chest, hurting him with a strong blast that sent the boy away. As it happened with the acid burn, Chuckie's healing was particularly painful.
"Not bad, Geek," Shego slowly stood up, cleaning some blood from her mouth, "but your friend is getting what she deserves."
Chuckie then noticed he had landed next to a barely conscious Angelica, and, without even thinking, stood in front of her, his arms open and the last wound still not totally healed.
"Over my dead body."
"That can be arranged." Shego roared as shooting a plasma ball at the geek, who received the whole impact yet remained on place. Shego then jumped at him and used her best punches and kicks in a rage, Chuckie blocking all he could yet still receiving a severe beating; the boy handled to surprise Shego with a powerful punch at her chin that stunned her, but he was so injured couldn't keep attacking, so did the only thing he could; jumping over Angelica and hugging her, covering the girl with his body; he was totally serious about the whole 'over my dead body' expression.
Shego recovered from the punch, and saw what the boy was doing; now, Shego usually didn't use her full strength on kids, and normally never attacked anyone full force except Kim, who was agile and skilled enough to block or avoid the villainess' most serious blows, or Drakken and Motor Ed when they really infuriated her, and in that case she subconsciously avoided using her most lethal attacks, but this girl had infuriated her as nobody, not even Kim, had ever done, and now her friend was standing (or lying) between the villainess and her revenge, so forgot all restrains concerning her enemies' age, and placed herself over them, her fists flaring, and started punching Chuckie's back and head full force to separate him from Angelica, at times even clawing him, forcing his orange glow to the max just to keep him alive, but the geek still remained hugged to the blonde.
At the pit, Hego was trying to find a way to get up to the platform, but the few remaining henchmen were still giving a good fight, so couldn't find a hidden door or something, and the pit was too deep for even him jumping out of it. Kim saw the blue hero was no longer fighting as efficiently as before, and looked at what he was seeing, paling when noticing it, and then, with a determined look, shot her grappling hook at the room's ceiling, pressing the retraction button to be pulled up, and then, when at a good height, started swinging and aiming at Shego's body.
"Shego, stop!"
WHAM!
WHACK!
"You're killing him!
SLASH!
PUNCH!
RIPP!
"You're hearing me?"
CRACK!
SLASH!
THUNK!
SLASH!
"YOU ARE KILLING A 12 YEARS OLD BOY!"
Kim's voice finally succeeded in getting the villainess' attention, and Shego stopped to see what she was doing and got a stunned expression, suddenly hating and fearing her self as she had never done, as the very little heroic instincts and morals she still conserved clicked on.
"What I'm doing…" Shego's hands stopped glowing and started trembling. Kim lost no time, and, fearing Shego's shock would disappear and return to her furious mode, kicked her enemy on a swinging move, stunning her, and then the cheerleader dropped the gun, charging at the villainess with more anger Kim could even imagine she'll ever have, as started to beat her with almost no resistance from Shego's side, the villainess getting knocked out for good after a few seconds. Kim was tempted to beat her to a pulp, but realized Chuckie and Angelica needed her the most and dropped her enemy to check them; the boy realized it wasn't Shego the one touching him, so loosened his grip on the unconscious girl so they could be aided.
Kim almost fainted when looking at Chuckie's wounds, a good part of his costume reduced to shreds; Shego's most powerful blows could crack solid concrete, so practically pulverized the boy's back, and his head was incredibly injured. Luckily, his glow was working, so Chuckie was still breathing.
Kim then looked at Angelica, not nearly as damaged as Chuckie, but still showed very impressive bruises and burns, and a large wound at her torso; the cheerleader checked her vitals, gasping when noticing how weak they were.
"K-Kim… Angelica… s-she…" Kim turned at Chuckie, surprised he could still talk.
"We'll help her, Chuckie, don't worry." The cheerleader tried calming him down.
"Let me… hold… her hand…" Kim did as the geek asked, placing his hand on Angelica's while contacting Wade to call the paramedics. However, Kim couldn't do the call because what happened next stunned her; Chuckie's glow intensified and started covering Angelica, the girl's bruises disappearing almost immediately and her wound healing in front of Kim's eyes.
"F-funny… I could do it." Chuckie smiled weakly before fainting and the orange glow disappeared. Kim checked them again, Angelica slowly recovering conscience and vital signs returning to normal, but now the cheerleader realized something terrible; Chuckie was still badly wounded, and no longer glowing.
"Kim? Ouch! That Shego really got me!" Angelica shook her head and then looked at Kim and Chuckie, the girl paling immediately. "No… KIM, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?"
"Shego attacked him full force… and… he… I don't know how, but used his glow to heal you!" Kim replied as checking Chuckie and finally calling Wade.
Angelica then remembered what Hego and Mego said about using the glow on objects; if doing it for long, it would drain the power for a while, and if Chuckie had drained himself to save her life…
"Kim, we're losing him!" Wade, using the Kimmunicator to check the boy's vitals, yelled at the screen. "His glow is still there, but we need to keep him alive until recovering enough energy to heal! Start massaging his heart!"
"Doing it!" Kim said as started pressing Chuckie's chest, a very scared and anxious Angelica next to her.
"Angelica, we need to perform CPR; quick, give him mouth-to-mouth!" Kim's voice snapped Angelica out of her trance, as the blonde suddenly remembered all the first aids basics she learned at school, and connected her lips to Chuckie's, giving a strong blow.
"Come on, Finster… wake up! If you die, I'll kill you!" Angelica said between blows, tears rolling down her cheeks, as Kim used a pause on the CPR procedure to check his vitals again, Wade doing the same thanks to the Kimmunicator placed next to the fallen boy.
"We're still losing him; Kim, use the adrenaline!" Wade told his friend, the cheerleader immediately taking out from her pocket the last gadget she ever wanted to use. It was a little syringe filled up with adrenaline, an emergency measure she carried in case she or Ron's heart ever stopped due an energy weapon's shock or a very strong hit.
The cheerleader applied the adrenaline at Chuckie's chest, right at his heart, practically stabbing him; the geek jumped as a reflex reaction after getting the shot, but they returned to its immobile state so the girls returned to performing the CPR for almost two minutes, while their companions finally ended the fight at the pit.
"Breathe… breathe… for God's sake, Chuckie, breathe!" The blonde practically yelled at him between blows, "I remember it… you shielded me from Shego… you took this for me… please, don't die!"
Tommy levitated out from the pit, carrying Ron and Rufus, while Team Go piled the fallen thugs; the Pickles boy got a panicked expression and almost dropped Ron and the rodent when looking at the scene. Ron got a similar look as he and the mole-rat dashed next to his girlfriend.
"Oh, my… what can we do, KP?"
"He's not reacting… Ron, he isn't reacting!" Kim cried as keeping with the procedure when her expression brightened and looked back at Tommy. "We need a shock!"
Tommy reacted when hearing Kim's voice, and practically shoved her and Angelica aside before focusing all his power at his hands.
"If this power is ever going to be useful, must be now!" Tommy said before placing his hands at his friend's chest, sending a massive shock through his system. Kim held the Kimmunicator in front of Chuckie so Wade could check him again while Ron hugged Angelica to try comforting her.
"Repeat it, Tommy, harder!"
Tommy obeyed Wade, repeating the procedure and using more voltage this time, the boy praying for his best friend and almost brother's life while doing it. Kim placed the Kimmunicator in front of Chuckie again, and, after a few tense seconds that seemed hours…
"His heart… is beating… and he's breathing!" Wade beamed, and, a moment later, the orange glow covered Chuckie's body, very dimly at first, but it slowly turned into an intense almost-blinding light. The geek's friends surrounded him, all with anxious, scared, and hoping looks, and after a few seconds, when the glow disappeared, Chuckie opened his eyes and looked around him before talking with a weak, pained yet happy voice.
"Hi, guys… missed anything while I wasn't here?"
Everyone but Angelica got a relieved expression and a wide smile; the blonde finally reacted and glared furiously at the geek.
"You, imbecile, dork, idiotic carrot-top, freckled dumb… HAVE ANY IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU SCARED ME?"
"I had to do it someday, don't you think?" Chuckie gave her a fond little smile, the blonde's expression changing slowly as getting teary eyes and a broken voice.
"But you… almost… and just because of… why, Chuckie? Why you had to stop being a chicken right when you should have run away? "
"Because there are some things… and people… that worth the risk." Chuckie replied as giving Ron a fast glance the blond boy replied with a little grin. Angelica couldn't take it any more, and hugged Chuckie tightly while sobbing.
"Of all the stupid, moronic, senseless things you had ever done… this was the sweetest and bravest ever! But don't repeat it, never, please… I need my geek."
"And I need my blond nightmare." Chuckie softly hugged her back, the others getting teary eyes as well, and Wade had to excuse himself for a minute because, he said, the screen's glow was hurting his eyes.