Chapter 18: Backup

"Lame excuse ever" Jen says shaking her head in disbelief while I can hear a soft and relieved 'I knew it' from Princess. "I mean you could come up with something more credible… no pun intended" what pun? She looks at me then at Kimmie. She catches our serious looks. "Cloning is… impossible, right?"

"Welcome to my world" Kim says nonchalantly.

"Do you actually believe her?" Jen asks trying to pointing at me but the hoses kept her hand on her back.

Kim shrugs her shoulders. "It wouldn't be the first time I face a clone… o something alike" Jen now is giving her an'you kidding, right?' kind of look. "But I thought you were against all kind of genetic alteration" she is talking to me now. "How could he get your DNA?" It seems that Kim don't remember how… close Joseph and I were. I know I am flushing slightly. "Oh" I think she remember now.

"Ok if Kim says so, I get it wasn't you the kidnaper" Jen says with a somewhat relieved tone. Why is she relieved? "Then who wants to kidnap Amadis?"

SKP

Shit!My eyes are wide open as plates "You mean her father?" I ask them after they told me about the situation… at least most of it, I know they are keeping things from me but I guess it is because it would be too personal. "I thought she was kidding" I says.

"Who?"

I think I was thinking out loud "Amadis told me some time ago… no exactly the same but I thought she was just blowing out of proportion her familiar situation to make me feel better"

"She told you" both of them say surprised.

"Yeah?"

"She must trust you" Shego says with a faint smile "She used to avoid asking about her father in the time I was with her. If she herself brought it up she really must trust you" Well that is… flattering and more if someone like Shego tells me so. I admit I am relived she isn't the kidnapper.

I blush slightly then I cough to dissipate the weird feeling in the pitch of my stomach "So what now?" I ask them. They both arch an eyebrow. It looks like they don't know what I am talking about. I roll my eyes. "I mean how we will get Ami back"

"Hold on Kiddo" Shego says quickly "There is no 'we', you are gonna go back to your room to you life and leave this to me" I see Kim quirking an eyebrow.

"You can't expect me to stay out of this. I am in this as much as any of you" I shout before I could think the words first.

The green thief smirk."How so?" She stops and wait for and an answer that never come. "I thought she wasn't your friend" I know she wants me to slip. She is taunting me. But knowing that doesn't stops my blush.

I look away from her. I know she is interpreting my reaction at what Kim said about me and Ami being best friend to her favor. I… I can't let this go, that clone took Ami under my nose, I saw her crying I know she felt betrayed… I can't just stay her.

"What was that?" Shego asks amused after I murmur something. I murmur again. She put a finger lightly in her ear like she was cleaning it "Sorry couldn't hear it"

"Damn" I say loudly. This woman is annoying "She isn't that bad" Shego is smirking and Kim is wearing an amused look "I maybe, and I am saying maybe, like her a bit… as a friend" I feel my head as hot as a volcano and I am finding the floor patron very interesting. When they don't say anything I lift my head to see that they are barely containing their laugh. "Shut up! If you say any of this to anyone I will kill you" I say even if they aren't actually saying something "So… what do we do now?"

"Easy kid" She take a remote control form Kim bed drawer and pushing a red button. I recognize it like the one to call… damn.She walks to me and cut the hoses that were tying me quickly."This is too risky to take you with me but thanks" she mutters in my ear "Now you go to your room"

The door burst open. I look at them and I see three nurses coming in. I turn my head to look at Shego but she is already gone.

When the nurses notice me sitting all of them frown. "Miss Credible we've been looking for you. The doctor ordered you to stay in bed" one of them scolds me then she takes my hand and take me back to my room.

Damn green skinned plasma powered woman.

SKP

"So you knew it wasn't me?" She ask nonchalantly coming back into the room from the window when all the nurses are done with revising me.

"Not at the moment" I say honestly "I mean I was freaking out the moment she said she was going to take Ami to her father to think clearly but I knew something was off about her"

"Oh? And what was that something?" Shego asks arching an eyebrow.

I blush and look down at my fidgeting hands on my lap "Even though both of you look exactly the same her eyes were hard and cold too different from your"

"How so?" I can say she has a faint scowl on her face by her tone.

My blush intensifies tenfold but I get the courage to see her in the eyes. I smile warmly "Yours are gentle and caring"

"Yeah?" I nod. She huffs and looks away her face becoming slightly greener "Whatever"

We stay silent for a few minutes until I can't take it anymore "So, new suit?" I say to break the silence and Shego looks at herself up and down.

In fact Shego is sporting a new look… well mostly is a change of colors. It looks like my battle suit but with some differences: for one the scheme colors are black instead of white and a very dark green instead of the sky blue lines. Hers have a pouch in the right side of the belt and another smaller one on the left calf. And her suit doesn't look like a one piece, she has clawed gloves in the same colors that the suit; the left one is black and dark green the right. And her boots the same but inverted colors the right is black and the left is dark green. It looks pretty cool.

"Y… yeah" she hesitate in her answer. I am about to call her on it but the familiar noise of my kimmunicator stops me from doing so. When I, instinctively, try to reach for it I remember that I am in a hospital gown. Where did the sound is comi… "Bad timing" Shego mutter and I look suspiciously at her while she reaches for her belt pouch and taking out a Kimmunicater from it… a black Kimmunicator. "What!" she grunts.

"I was calling to tell you that the Possibles are on their way" I hear Wade talking to Shego. Why does Shego has a Kimmunicator?

"Did you fill them up?" why are they talking like it is something they have done millions times?

"N…no" Wade voice is trembling. Why didn't I know about this?

"How long? Tell me I have time to get out before they…" and for second time in the morning the door burst open.

"Now?" Was wade only hesitant response before cutting off the communication.

"Kim!" four voices call for me but stops saying anything when their eyes fall on Shego.

"I am back?" Shego says waving awkwardly at them waiting for the screams that surely will come.

The all looks at each other, then at me and finally at Shego again.

"Blackmail?" Dad asks.Same dad as always. He always looking for the most logical explatation. Shego shakes her head.

"Attutinator again?" it's mom's turn to guess and Shego again shakes her head.

"Evil twin!" both Jim and Tim say grinning at the same time.

"Close, but no" Shego says.

They all look at each other. "Cloning?" they ask at the same time.

"And the winners are" Shego says sarcastically. "Sorry force of habit… wait why are you taking this so calmly" She is clearly surprised. I am too; but for other reasons.

"We trust you" The twins and mom says. Dad seems more concerned about me than anything else. He comes next to me but before he can speak the all too familiar beeping distract me again and again I am looking suspiciously at Shego.

"How did it go?" Wade asks hesitantly.

"Better than expected… not thanks to you" Shego says glumly. I can hear wade gulping.

"Wait a damn minute!" I suddenly shout getting the attention of everyone and scolding looks from my parents. "Why do you have a Kimmunicator" I say pointing at Shego "And how I that I didn't know any of this" this time I point to Wade on Shego's black device.

And again I hear Wade gulping.

Middletown March 20th 2011

I limped all around Middletown after my escape from Jack's torturing a small two stories house.

I didn't want to be there but I didn't have anywhere to go or anyone to get info for me. So knocked the door.

"Hello how can I…" A black woman answered the door. Greeting dying on her lips when she saw me injured. I expected a panic attack or she shouting the door on my face but no a calm "Wade? I think it is for you"

All the people related to Princess are this… common senseless?

"Who…" I saw the teenager on the upper end of the stairs "Shego! What happened to you?" He quickly came to my side. "Mom, the first aid kit" and I finally let myself faint.

When I woke up my wounds were already taken care of and I was on a bed in a computer filled room. "The hell…"

"Welcome back" Wade said from the other side of the room.

"Nedlinger…" I am here then… I searched franticly around the room looking for any trace of red hair.

Like he was reading my mind he said"I didn't tell her… yet" ohh. The kid wasn't as innocent as he looks. Throwing a passive treat like that, I haven't seen anyone doing that in a long time and even more one directed to me. "So what's the sitch?" I growled at him while he smirked. I knew he knew I hated most of Kim's lingo."if you are coming to me I guess whatever you tried to do didn't go well"

"No Sherlock, It went smoothly" it was my sarcastically answer. I gave a somewhat apologetic look "I…" I can't believe I am doing this. I had no other option so it was time to eat my pride. "I need your help"

"It wasn't that hard, was it" I growled. He sighed triumphantly. "OK" I was dumbstruck. It was too easy. "Here" Remember I was dumbstruck? Then I was way beyond that because he threw me black device that I caught and reckoned was the same Kim always carry but in black. "And you will need this" behind me a light whoosh was heard. When I turned around a brand new catsuit wan hanging on the wall, one very similar to Kim battle suit. "It is the same nano technology I used I Kim's battle suit" He started talking. "Only this is more a prototype due to the fact I haven't had time to prove it" he pushed a few buttons on his keyboard and the suit was gone leaving only the belt. "The nanytes in the belt 'build' and 'destroy' the suit so you can wear it anytime without looking suspicious or having to change every time you need wearing. It has all the other function: camouflage, life support systems that will keep you alive in almost all situations, force field, and my new hard light projector" he said proudly.

"Why? How? When?" I was struggling for the right questions.

"The great Shego speechless" he taunted "Now I have seen it all"

"Cut it out" I playfully threw a pillow at him. God, spending time with the good guys were making me soft "And answer me"

"Why? Kim filled me up and asked me to build them up for you a few days before you parted" he chuckled "He has the idea you could join her for missions I case Ron… wouldn't come around" He said a bit sullenly.

"But that was a only few weeks ago" I remembered Kimmie not wearing her battle suit from time to time because it took a long time fixing the suit problem. So I figure it wasn't easy to fix and I thought it was even harder to make a new one. "Does Kim even know you finished her request?"

"…No" He blushed a bit. "Weelllll" he grinned sheepishly at me "I started this little project after the first week you were in Kim's house" I gave him and incredulous look that screamed 'Why?' "I have Kim's home bugged" he admitted "Only for security" he quickly added "So I saw what was happening and really Shego I…" he stopped, trying to find the right words. "No… we all misjudged you and I knew sooner or later you would be needing them"

I still couldn't believe how trusting these people were. "Thanks" we stayed silent for a few minutes. "Wade"

"I won't tell them any of this" He told me. "I know you want to keep them safe and judging by the state you got here, whatever you are getting yourself into is too dangerous to even keep in touch with them… so I'll get your back"

I smiled faintly at him. "Talking about it. Who treated my wounds?" he pointed to herself proudly "Where did you learn?" I admit I was pretty beaten and the patches a few stitches were too well done.

"There is a lot you can learn when you have a lot of free time and not being able to get out of your room" he joked but I could see the sadness in her eyes.

"When this is over I'll make sure Kim and I put your ass in shape and out of here" I smirked at him making him gulp.

"Anything… else I can do for you?"

I remembered then that I needed a lot of info and I knew he was very good at gathering it.

Middletown Hospital December 2st 2011

"And that was how we came to work together" Wade explains to me.

"Behind my back" I scold at him while mom tells Shego "You were badly injured and didn't come to us" in a hurt voice at the same time.

"Sorry" both Shego and Wade apologizes.

"Some other surprises I have to know about" I ask Shego.

"Well yes…"

Before she can say anything we hear voices from outside room and various sets of footsteps coming here. When they are near enough I can make the shape of certain one-eyed brunette. I inwardly groan.

"What is this commotion… about" Dr. Director says putting a foot inside the room and making a quick survey of the room she notices Shego. "Shit!" she says and the door is shut in the other agents' faces before they can see Shego.

"Dr. what happened?" "Are there problems?" the agents begin to shout trying to open the door;Betty using her weight to prevent them from doing so. The twins quickly help her out to maintain the door closed.

"N… Nothing… I… I… " Betty is looking for an excuse. "I… I have some matters to discuss with Kimberly… and her family"

"But…"

"I private!" She shouts in and bossy way making them fall silent after a quick 'As you said ma'am'

Shego chuckle, surely at the change of personalities the Director had: from bossy to stammering little girl to bossy again in only a minute. I would be laughing too if not for the fact that, as of late, I don't like to be in the brunette's presence.

"Ok, explanation now" She demands.

After a few minutes of explanation Dr. Director sighed in relieve and put a hand on Shego's shoulder. I frown slightly at the gesture.

"It is good you are back and safe"

I cough to get their attention. "So what now?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Jim says.

"We will show that man what happens when you mess with the Possible family" Tim finishes. Both of them wearing serious faces earning approving looks from our parents.

"I don't want to be a party pooper" Betty interrupts "Bur we don't know where she is"

"I get her" we hear Wade's exclaiming voice from Shego's Kimmunicator.

"Great" Shego says smirking. "Now that almost all of us are here it is time to plan our counter attack"

Somewhere, Same time

"Time to eat" My mom's imposter enter the room I am being holding with a tray of food. "He needs another blood sample to calibrate his machine"

I back off in fear. I have been used as a needle pinching bag in the little time I have been here. "No… please" I cry.

I see emotions battle on the woman face. She puts the tray over a little table next to her before holding her hear in her hands "I… obey… " she talking incoherently "She… family… freedom"

"I see you are still putting resistance to me" I hear a voice from the door. "I have to say I am disappointed in you" He wheel inside the room. "We meet again… daughter"