Disclaimer: Kim Possible and all of the characters from the show are the property of Disney. I am just playing in their backyard hoping that the owner of the house doesn't come out with a shotgun...
Warning: This will be KIGO. So if you do not like the girl/girl thing you might want to look elsewhere, otherwise enjoy.
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Anything is possible for a Possible. That was what Kim's father had always taught his daughter. It had become her mantra as a globetrotting teen hero. Her confidence and skill had led her to victory over crazed super villains, evil robots, and even an alien invasion during her high school graduation. With all of that behind her it should be easy to get out of a straight jacket while being dangled over a pit of man-eating raccoons, right?
"Man-eating raccoons," asked Shego with her usual disgust when it came to one of Dr. Drakken's ridiculous death traps. She was standing next to the madman on a catwalk overlooking the pit of masked mammals.
"They do have rabies," replied the blue tinged madman.
"Oh, come on. Seriously?" shouted Kim and Shego at the same time.
"Jinx, you owe me a soda," said Kim. She was struggling hard, but it was difficult trying to slip her shoulder out of socket long enough to get free of the jacket.
"Only if you can get out of this alive, Princess," Shego said with a smirk. Shego admitted to herself that Kim probably would escape. The younger woman always did.
"Why are you doing this anyways," Kim asked to buy time. Dr. Drakken could push the button to drop her at any moment. "Didn't you two figure out that you are better at good when Warmonga returned?"
Drakken had a blank stare that meant he really didn't understand the question. For him trying to take over the world was about the only thing he was capable of thinking about.
Shego responded, "Because it pays better." The thief snatched the winch control from Drakken's tiny hand and ran her finger around the big red button teasing the redhead. "Also it is so much, much more fun."
Kim renewed her struggles to escape from her restraints. "So this is just a game, Shego?"
"Of course," Shego laughed. "Why do you insist on always saving the world? Don't say, 'because it is the right thing to do.' Those idiots at Global Justice, not to mention Team Impossible, are more then capable of doing the job. Admit it Kimmie, you do it for the thrill. Just. Like. Me."
Kim paused for a moment in her struggles to think about what Shego said. Her first response was to say that it wasn't true, but was it? She was pulled from her musings when she heard Drakken squeal.
"What is wrong with you, Dr. D?" asked Shego. She was tempted to scorch the pony-tailed freak for making her jump like that.
"I just realized that the Buffoon is not tied up next to Possible. He is, no doubt, about to pounce on me," replied Drakken.
Kim let out a small sigh. Shego caught it.
"What's the matter, Pumpkin?" taunted the green thief. "Boyfriend troubles?"
Kim grimaced. Shego always seemed to know exactly how to needle her. "Ron broke up with me." Kim willed herself not to get upset again. Ron was gone. He was still in Middleton studying to be a chef. Also Yori had returned to America only a few weeks after the breakup. Kim needed to focus on the here and now, most particularly how to get out of this trap.
"Oh," said Shego. Kim was shocked that it didn't go any further. Shego had a big opening to hurt Kim, but she let it slide.
Kim didn't have time to really think about it as she finally managed to dislocate her shoulder and slip out of the jacket. Free of her restraints Kim fell towards the pit. With her good arm she aimed and fired her hairdryer grapple and swung up to a catwalk opposite of Drakken and Shego. Ramming her left shoulder into the guardrail she popped her shoulder back into place with a grunt.
"You think you're all that, Kim Possible, but I still have the Frequency Amplifier Chip." Drakken searched his pockets looking to show off the chip.
"Do you mean this chip?" asked Kim holding up the stolen piece of technology. Shego immediately started to laugh.
"How?" was all the stunned man could manage.
"While you were putting me in the straight jacket I picked it from your pocket." Kim placed the chip in one of the pockets of her belt. She reloaded her grapple for an exit.
"I am impressed, Pumpkin," said Shego. She actually appeared proud of the redhead.
Kim caught herself blushing a little at the compliment. "I have my first day of college first thing tomorrow morning, so I can't stay." Kim shot her grapple through one of the high set windows in the lair. "So if you would just go turn yourselves in that would be great." Kim didn't really think they would, but it was fun to say. She hit the recoil button on the hairdryer and disappeared from sight through the window.
Drakken launched into a fit after the hero was gone. "Shego," he shouted. "Stop her!"
Shego was not in the mood. "Just be happy she didn't stick around long enough to see us thrown in jail. Frankly, I am tired of busting your blue ass out. Let's just get out of here before GJ shows up."
Drakken was about to protest when he caught the look in his sidekick's eye. Instead he felt the overwhelming urge to say, "Please, no plasma wedgies." Then he ran away to wait at the hover car while Shego calmed down.
Alone, Shego stared at the window that Kim had used to escape. "You are wasting your talents, Princess," she said to the empty room before following after Drakken.
Shego didn't know it, but Kim Possible sat on the roof of the lair and heard what she said. The teen hero pondered the thief's words while watching Drakken's hover car take off and disappear into the night.
Kim Really did have to start college in the morning so she slipped away to her apartment in Upperton. She would return the chip to her father's research center after class.
What Shego had said was still bouncing around her head as she climbed into her bed.
KPKPKPKPKPKPKPKPKP
The next day, Kim dropped off the chip at the Middleton Research Center. Her mind was still stuck on what Shego had said the previous night. She sat in her hot car, trying to prove to herself that the thief was wrong.
She needed to talk to someone. Ron was still her friend, but she still felt a little uncomfortable around him and Yori. Yori was nice, but the whole sitch was a little awkwierd. Monique never really understood the things Kim did, that really only left one person. Kim pulled out her Kimmunicator and signaled Wade.
"What's up KP," said the young genius as his face appeared on the screen. "Any trouble returning the Frequency Amplifier Chip?"
"No," she replied. "That was no big. I just..." Kim didn't know what to say. 'I am having second thoughts about this whole hero thing,' didn't seem like a good thing to say.
"What ever you need, Kim. I am here for you," said Wade.
She smiled. "Thanks, Wade. You rock. I just..." Kim decided to ask something else instead. "Why do you do what you do?" she asked.
"Well, I enjoy the challenge, I guess," he said immediately. "Working with you I get to invent some really cool stuff, and hack some serious systems." After a brief pause he added. "It is the thrill that comes from doing what no one else can."
"Exactly," Kim nodded enthusiastically in agreement. Then she caught herself and frowned. "What about helping people?"
Wade looked a little guilty for not thinking of that first. "That is a good thing too." She could tell that it was an afterthought for the genius.
"That is my problem, Wade," she said. "Am I doing this for the right reasons?"
"Kim, if you were only in this for the thrill you would be like Shego," he replied. "There is more thrill on the other side, trust me." He was trying to alleviate his friends concerns, but he was having the opposite effect. Since the events that had led to Miss Go staying at her house, Kim had come to realize how much she had in common with the ex hero.
Then something else Wade had said struck her. "What do you mean by 'trust me'?" she asked in a suspicious tone.
"I… Uh…" the hacker stammered. "You must have misheard me. Bad connection and all…"
"Right," she said sarcastically. "What does on of the world's best hackers do when not helping Team Possible?" she mused aloud.
"I think I hear my mother calling." Wade quickly said goodbye and cut the connection. The boys discomfort and lame excuse made Kim laugh. It also gave her something more to think about.
She was actually starting to feel better when she returned to her apartment. Inside she froze for a moment. On her coffee table sat an old-fashioned twelve-ounce glass soda bottle. R.C. Cola was scribed across the label.
Kim picked up the still cold bottle and a note card that was leaning on it. The paper was a light green. The black lettering was a beautiful script that she had once seen on a blackboard back in Middleton High.
K-
As Promised.
-S
Kim smiled as she twisted off the metal cap. The soda tasted wonderful.