"What's the sitch, Wade?" Kim asked, sleepily. She nudged Ron awake gently.

"Oh, hey, Wade," he yawned.

"Received a hit on the site from Dr. Bortel," Wade told her. "Remember him?"

"How could I forget? His inventions are ferociously unethical," Kim replied. "What's been stolen this time?"

"His mood-compliance chips; apparently, they're a mix of the neuro-compliance chips and the moodulators," Wade informed her.

"Like the ones Dementor had," Kim began putting the pieces together. "He said he bought his though…whoever he bought it from must've stolen it from Bortel."

"KP, Dementor told us he bought it from DCB30," Ron pointed out.

"Yeah, but that doesn't give much away. It sounds like a product number," Kim remarked.

"Look at the back of the chip that was on me," he suggested, handing it to her. She turned it over, and found DCB30 etched into the back.

"Wade can you scan this for prints?" Kim asked.

"Sure thing, Kim, just hold the kimmunicator at arm's length from the chip," he told her. She did as she was told, and when the results came back, only five sets of prints were found that ever touched the chip—Bortel's, Dementor's, Monique's, Ron's and Kim's.

"Interesting…what was his first name again?" Ron asked.

"Cyrus. Why?" Kim answered.

"DCB30," Ron said again.

"Doctor Cyrus Bortel," Kim realized. "We're on it, Wade!"

"KP, are you crazy!? It's a trap!" Ron spoke frantically.

"Yes, but he doesn't know that we know it's a trap," she replied. "We have the element of surprise on our side now. Time to suit up."

"So, you never told me who this villain is," Drakken piped up when Mego left the room.

"He calls himself The Knave," Shego explained with a roll of her eyes. Going into further detail, Drakken learned that Team Go had never gone up against this villain before. The Knave's Victorian home that they had been searching through had been in his family for years. He was a man of his own invention…quite literally. His right arm was mechanical, and was entirely built by himself.

"And what is the reason we were searching his house again?" Drakken asked.

"He's built an army of automatons, but they're nowhere to be found," Shego replied.

"Robots!?" Drakken laughed heartily. "Been there done that. If I couldn't take over the world with little diablos, what makes him think he can?"

"Probably because his doesn't need a command signal, so they'll be unstoppable once they're active," Shego jabbed.

"Hence why you're trying to find these automatons before they're activated," Drakken put together.

"Now you're getting it," she remarked. "Took ya long enough."

"Well, excuse me if I didn't have every piece of the puzzle," Drakken argued. "No need to get snarky."

"Shego is always snarky," Hego piped up, walking in on their conversation.

"Well somebody should tell her, you catch more flies with honey than vinegar," he fumed.

"What if I don't even want any flies!?" Shego shouted. "I'm only doing this stupid hero work because you"—she pointed at Drakken, her hands glowing—"took more interest in doing good after helping Possible and Stoppable save the world!"

"Because I'm actually good at it!" Drakken pointed out angrily. "I've found my calling, and if you don't want any part of this, I'm surely not the one keeping you here!"

"You're right; no one's keeping me here," she snapped. "I'm gone, and when I take over the world, you'll all be sorry." With that, she slammed the door behind her, leaving Go Tower for the foreseeable future.

"Yori, why haven't you told Stoppable-San of the mission?" Sensei's mystical image was conjured up in her temporary dorm.

"I am sorry, Sensei, but I do not feel he and Kim Possible should be put into danger if there's truly nothing to worry about," Yori replied.

"Regardless, they should be warned at the very least. Just because the fate of their lives keeps changing does not mean there is nothing to worry about. What is it they say? Better to be—"

"Safe than sorry," Yori finished. "I understand, Sensei. I'll tell them in two days' time."

"See that you do, Yori…the fate of the world may depend on it."

His image faded, and the young ninja felt plagued by the fact there may or may not be a war on the horizon.

Shego spent her time fuming in the old lair she and Drakken had most of their memories in. She remembered thinking how the sign claiming it was haunted was a little much. The moment she left her brothers in search of evil work, he took her in—the first person she applied for such a job with. Drakken had always been eccentric, and though his common sense wasn't existent, he did have a knack for plans.

If it hadn't been for that mole rat, the little diablo plan would've succeeded. They were basically thwarted by a naked mole rat. But, yet, when it came to stopping the Lowardians, even one of the most dumb ideas he had seemed to have an effect on helping save the world. His first time trying to be good, and it worked. He was probably never cut out for evil to begin with.

Just thinking about Drakken made Shego fume. She began hitting everything with her plasma in a rage of frustration. If she couldn't stand him, then why did she always find herself thinking about him every time she left? Why did he plague her even when he wasn't around to annoy her? Where was that memory device that had wiped Possible's memory that one time?

Her brothers and Drakken would be going back to face The Knave tomorrow. They'd all be destroyed if he activated those automatons. Only her plasma could fry their mechanics. She was staying evil, no matter what. If that were true though, why did she have a sick feeling in the pit of her stomach? And why did she care whether her brothers and former employer lived or died?

Because you care.

Her heart didn't grow three sizes or whatever that Grinch tale says. No, in this moment, Shego realized that she always had a heart. If she didn't, then why did she save Possible from Warmonga early on? More importantly, when the attitudinator hit her, she wouldn't have had her good side exposed if there hadn't been any good in her to begin with. Even now, she realized that she no longer felt animosity towards Team Possible. So, what did that say about her?

Author's Note: I promise there's a reason for these multiple storylines lol, just hang in there, y'all!