Ron's Worst Nightmares
Global Justice Watches
By Pat Squared
Dr. Betty Director shook her head as she looked at the wall of monitors in Global Justices Main Surveillance Room. Although it was midnight here, every senior Global Justice leader was at the table.
One of them was a quiet, mousey looking woman wearing tattered clothing. She was a member of the faceless network of Global Justice Sentinels. Unlike agents whose job it was to locate and arrest, the Sentinels specialized in long-term intelligence gathering and sabotage. Many a time, a Sentinel would slip in and rewire the villain's doomsday device so that it would fizzle out. They would find the who, what, where, why, and how. They were the tracking hound that sniff out the small clues that built the big picture.
Many of the younger agents were awed to actually see a legendary Sentinel. They were the stuff of myth and legend. They were always watching everyone, friend and foe alike. The constant hyper-vigilance created a tension that almost could be tasted.
Dr. Director was sitting as the mousey lady took her place at the briefing podium.
"My nom de guerre is Claudette Borges. I have served since the beginning as the Master Sentinel for Western Europe. Everyone here has watched as my country fell into savagery on television."
"This was not the perfect storm. This implosion was not the congruence of a general strike, a military coup d'état, and foolish leaders who turned a general strike into a street war. Those were elements of a plan, a highly coordinated plan."
The screen flashed and showed a surveillance photo.
"The two at the heart of the plan is this Dr. Drakken and his partner, Shego. For years, Shego was content to let Drakken make his plans, wait for Team Possible to arrive, have a brief fight with the leader of the Possible team, and then spring Dr. Drakken and herself out of whatever prison they were sent.
"Drakken was and still is an imbecile. However we have underestimated Shego for far too long. She was the one who put together the plan. According to my sources inside the enemy camp, Shego originally planned on giving Drakken France and then retiring with a win on her record. However her actions of late show that she is consolidating power for herself. She had a plan and allies in plan for the establishment of a puppet government. Her allies will soon come in, reestablish order, save Europe from the terrible calamity. But at what price? She will have nukes, 60 million subjects, and a United Nations veto."
The mousy lady cleared her throat.
"I know that we French are not liked. Sometimes, I do not like my countrymen either. However, this Shego has shown a dangerous talent of destabilizing entire nations. Not one of those third world things called a nation, but a western European nation. Should Shego decide to add England, Germany, or Spain to her list of conquests, Europe, the concept of the European community will forever fall.
"I have been out of the loop for so long trying to ensure that my network is safe. However, I beg of you. If you cannot arrest Shego, she must be dealt with or the other villains might take up the regime change. Stop this obscenity."
Dr. Director looked at the impassioned Sentential. However, her hands were tied. Global Justice was a law enforcement agency. While it had some former military special operations personal on its payroll, Global Justice did not have the resources or inclination to invade a nation, fight house to house.
Nor was GJ some kind of shadowy organization of assassins. Global Justice had a few agents who unfortunately had to take a life in the line of duty, but it was not Murder Incorporated.
The Germans would not invade since the French military threaten to use nukes the moment the first German soldier crossed the French-German border. In addition, the other continental European nations did not want to see German Panzer Divisions do a repeat of 1940. It would forever guarantee that the new EU defense force would be forever dominated by the Germans.
The Belgians and the Dutch did not have the manpower to conduct an invasion, nor would not allow German to use the low countries as its invasion route into France at Germany did in both World Wars.
The English – The Royal Navy could cut off seaborne traffic and interdict aircraft, but Brittan did not have the manpower to invade and pacify France. The other European nations simply did not have the logistic capability or leadership that was needed to run a regime change operation.
The Russians – No one in the former Eastern Bloc would permit Russian troops to travel through their countries. Besides, the Russian army was fighting mini-wars with the Chechens.
Only the United States had the manpower and logistics capability to invade France.
However, with the United States military in the Middle East, Sudan and the Horn of Africa, plus steps up operations off the coast of Korea, there was no way the United States military could save France. They were spread too thin.
In the past, Global Justice would call upon Team Possible. However, Kim was pregnant and Ron was lying in a coma in a US Military hospital in Germany. No other agent ever managed to stand toe to toe with Shego and survive without a trip to the ER.
Whatever happens, Dr. Director vowed that there would be no next time. From now on there would be no more restraint. Shego was too dangerous to be left alive. If Global Justice could not arrest Shego, they would have to kill her. The only question was how.
There will not be a next time. I will never be stuck waiting for someone else to save the world.