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"Good morning, Anna!" Devin said with a smile as he walked to the other side of the school hallway. Annabella, who was at her locker putting away stuff, smirked slightly.
"Morning, dork," Annabella said with an eye roll. Devin pecked her on cheek.
"Did you do your homework?"
"Nope," she said, closing the locker door.
"What? Why?"
"Because I can do it later," Annabella explained, "How long have you known me?"
"A while, Anna," Devin sighed, "More than two years..."
"It's already been that long?" Annabella said to herself. It was true; time did fly by. Annabella and Dante were already seniors but they are no closer to completing their father's mission of finding Kim Possible's child. Besides, Annabella felt that they already gave up on looking. Two years have passed and she spent almost a year of it dating Devin. Their relationship didn't change that much except now it came with kisses. Devin tries too hard to please her, she thinks, seeing that's hard enough as it is.
"Yep," Devin said, "And our anniversary is coming up..."
"So?" Devin rose an eyebrow.
"So? What do you mean so?" Annabella shrugged as she started walking. Devin started following her. "Anna!"
"Devin..." Annabella sighed, "Things like that don't interest me..." Devin stopped and pinched the bridge of his nose. Then he gave an exasperated sigh.
"How are we still dating?" Devin asked himself.
"We never broke up, that's why," Annabella said, stopping to turn to him.
"I'm surprised we didn't knowing how you are."
"You're a cancer either way," Annabella said with a smile. "Breaking up is not going to fix that issue."
"It's mutual. You're like a parasite, just sucking away at my life force..."
"You didn't seem to be complaining before..." Annabella said with a mischievous smile. Then Devin reddened at her implication.
"Anna!" Annabella let out a wicked laugh then contradicted it by softly kissing Devin on the lips.
"I'm not a parasite," She pointed out as she ended the kiss, "I'm more like a drug you know isn't good for you but you can't get enough of it."
"Hmm...true, but that's beside the point. You seriously need to do your homework." Annabella gave an exasperated sigh and rolled her eyes.
"I don't want to," she sighed, "but to get you off my back, I will." Annabella then turned and started walking to her class.
"Thank you," Devin called after her.
"Yeah, yeah," Annabella said, waving him off.
"Avian!" The 12-year-old boy sighed then looked over to his boss.
"Yes?" Indigo glanced over to her sidekick.
"Did you get what I asked of you?" Avian rose an eyebrow.
"Wait, what did you ask of me?" Indigo gave an annoyed sigh.
"The atomic nebulizer? The thing I need for my atomic repulsor so it doesn't blow up in our face? That atomic nebulizer?" Avian blinked a few times and Indigo face palmed. "Okay, whatever then. I guess we can go steal it now."
"But right now, I'm actually trying to do school work..." Avian said in a small voice.
"Villain duties comes before civilian duties, Avian. Either you come with me or I'll send you back to your uncle to polish that giant flamingo he has from fighting my uncles." Avian sighed in defeat.
"Okay, fine." Indigo chuckled and grabbed the keys to the hovercraft.
"Let's go, Bird Brain." After an hour of flying, the villainess and her sidekick arrived at the top-secret scientific laboratory. They landed on the roof of the facility and Indigo burned open the air vent. Indigo then hopped into the vent and Avian followed suit. The duo crawled in the vents for a few minutes before locating the room where the atomic nebulizer was. "Found it..." Indigo whispered before burning open the vent door. She gently removed the door then four of her vines latched onto vent.
"I totally forgot you had flower powers," Avian mumbled. Indigo's eyes narrowed at the terms "flower powers" but opted to ignore it.
"I find them particularly useless so I don't use them often," Indigo said before hopping down the vent opening. The vines acted as a bungee cord and stopped Indigo from reaching the ground. Then Indigo shot a vine to connect the opposite walls. She tightroped over to the glass box containing the atomic nebulizer and melted a circular hole into it. She was about to grab the device before she heard someone cluck their tongue from across the room.
"Caught in the act," the voice said, "do all of your plans fail?"
"Kid Vincible!" Indigo exclaimed, "How did you know I was going to be here?"
"A little birdie told me," Kid Vincible said with a smirk. Indigo looked up to her sidekick and frowned.
"It wasn't me!" Avian said putting his hands up. Indigo sighed then threw a fireball at Kid Vincible.. He dodge the fireball and then shot his grappling hook at the vine Indigo was standing on. The vine then shook and knocked her off. When Indigo landed on the floor, she ended up setting off the alarm system.
"Avian!" Indigo yelled over the blaring alarm.
"Yes, ma'am?" he answered in a timid tone.
"Get the atomic nebulizer!" Then Indigo turned to Kid Vincible, "I'll deal with you." Kid Vincible then pulled into a kung fu fighting stance.
"Bring it, purple pipsqueak," he taunted with a smirk. Indigo growled and flared up her powers. She then lunged at Kid Vincible and kicked him. The kick connected with Kid Vincible's face and he staggered back. Indigo then concentrated her powers into a blue-violet beam and shot it towards Kid Vincible. He stared at it in awe before jumping out of the way.
"I did not know you could do that," Kid Vincible thought aloud.
"There's a lot things you don't know about me, brat," Indigo said before shooting another beam at him. Kid Vincible dodged it a bit more smoothly than the last but he didn't have enough time to catch his breath before the next beam shot at him. Indigo refused to give him any recovery time so she threw a combination of plasma beams and fireballs at the dodging hero. However, by doing this, she gave herself no recovery time so she grew tired from the plasma beams. Indigo paused for a second, then changed from her combination to just regular fireballs. Kid Vincible then caught his breath and charged at Indigo. Before she knew it, the wind was knocked of her and she pinned against the wall.
"You know," Kid Vincible started as he stared at Indigo, "For a villain, you actually have some lovely eyes." Indigo scoffed then kicked him away from her.
"Avian!" Indigo yelled.
"I have it!" He yelled back from the vent. Indigo then walked over to Kid Vincible and roundhouse kicked him in the face.
"'Til next time," Indigo said with a salute before doing a backflip and jumped up to the air vent. Indigo and Avian immediately fled the crime scene to the lair. Indigo opened the door to the liar and ushered Avian in. "Now I have the atomic nebulizer!" Indigo said with a maniacal laugh. "That was too easy."
"Almost too easy..." Avian pondered. "It was like he let us win."
"Nonsense," Indigo said as she held the atomic nebulizer to the light. Suddenly, Drakken frantically ran into the room.
"Hannah!" Drakken yelled, "You're here! Where's Dante?"
"Don't know, just got here."
"Okay, fine," Drakken said, "We're having a family meeting!" Then he ran out of the room but ran back in a second later. "Avian, leave."
"You heard him, half pint, beat it!" Indigo snickered, pointing at the door. Avian sighed but exited the lair. Indigo then took off her mask then sat on the couch. A minute later, Dante walked into the lair. "Yo, family meeting."
"What?" Dante said slightly out of breath.
"We're having a family meeting," Annabella repeated. Dante then scanned the room.
"Where's Mom and Dad?"
"Coming, I guess," Annabella said as she reclined on the couch. Then both Drakken and Shego walked into the room.
"Okay, I have good news and bad news," Drakken started.
"What's the good news?" Dante asked.
"Um," Drakken hesitated, "well...okay, there's no good news. Bad news is that I gave you wrong information about your mission."
"What wrong information?" Annabella questioned, narrowing her eyes.
"Well, um...well..." Drakken said nervously.
"Your father forgot that Kim Possible's kid wouldn't have the last name Possible," Shego explained.
"You sent us on a wild goose chase for two years?!" Annabella screeched angrily.
"What's the last name then?" Dante intervened so his sister didn't have a meltdown.
"Stoppable..." Shego said. Suddenly the room fell silent.
"Oh, well, um," Dante started quietly, "I know a Stoppable."
"Good, good!" Drakken said excitedly, "There's our good news!"
"The only thing is," Dante interrupted, "She's not Kim Possible's child."
"What?" Drakken said confused.
"How do you know?" Annabella asked,
"She's older than us," he pointed out, "We were born before Kim Possible's kid. She's probably related in a different way."
"Then who's Kim Possible's child?" Shego asked. Annabella tapped her chin in thought. She figured Dante was talking about Hana because she's the only older woman Dante knows, but she's Japanese so that doesn't give any leads. Who could it possibly be? Then Annabella remembered a phrase she heard once before: Anything's stoppable for a Stoppable...
"Damn it..." Annabella mumbled.
"What?" Dante asked.
"I think...I think I know who it is."
"That's great!" Drakken exclaimed.
"But I need to make sure..." Annabella added. "I did say I think so I could be wrong." I hope, she thought, not sure where that thought came from. Drakken rose an eyebrow in suspicion but ignored it. "If I'm right, I want to decide the next course of action. I'll think of the best part of this evil plot."
"Sure thing, Hannah," Drakken said, "Even though this is my evil plan, I'll let you take the reigns for a while."
"Thanks, Dad. I won't let you down."
The next week or so, Annabella did some espionage. She doesn't believe that Devin was Kim Possible's child the whole time though that would explain why he was so goody-goody all the time. When sneaking around didn't seem to work, she decided to ask up front. Annabella was her locker when she saw Devin walking up to her with his hands behind his back.
"Hello, Anna," he said then kissed her on the cheek.
"Hello," Annabella said. "Hey, can I ask you question?"
"You just did," Devin said. Annabella frowned then flicked his cheek. "Okay,okay. Ask your question."
"Do you happen to know a girl named Hana?" Devin furrowed his brows.
"I know several Hannahs, including you."
"Not Hannah, you idiot! Hana! She's a Japanese girl with short black hair."
"Oh, that Hana. Yeah, I know her. She's my aunt."
"She's your what?" Devin chuckled.
"My dad has an adoptive sister that's like 17 years younger than him. She older than me by four or five years. Why do you need to know?"
"Oh, no reason," Annabella said as she waved her hand in a dismissing manner. "I just thought that you knew her, that's all."
"Oh, and your brother's dating her, I think," Devin added.
"What?" Annabella exclaimed. That moron! And he knew she was a Stoppable!
"I said I think. I don't see her much because she's in college."
"Oh, okay," Annabella said, thinking that some of that math doesn't seem right but ignored it when she noticed that Devin's hands were still behind his back. "What you hiding behind your back?"
"Oh, nothing," Devin said, "Just these!" Annabella gasped. Devin had pulled a lovely flower bouquet from behind him. The bouquet included lovely, milk white Hydrangeas arborescens, or Annabelles, and vibrant indigos. "I got these because I thought they remind me of you."
"Devin…" Annabella said as he handed her the flowers, not expecting this gesture from him. "I…"
"I know you don't look like a girl that likes flowers," Devin interrupted, "but you have to admit that they look nice. Did you know that these hydrangeas have the nickname Annabelle? That's really close to your name."
"I know that," Annabella said quietly as she admired the flowers in her hand, "I was named after those Annabelles because my mother loves hydrangeas."
"I wanted to put black roses too, so I can make your face in the flowers, but I felt that was too much," Devin added. Annabella chuckled then looked down to the flowers. The flowers were indeed lovely, though those words will never leave her mouth. Then she grimly remembered her mission. "I also got a vase for it." Devin said as he handed her the water filled container. Annabella then pulled the flowers from its plastic wrapping and placed it in the clear vase.
"Thank you," she said. Devin laughed.
"I never thought I would hear you say that."
"And you're not the first to think so," Annabella added. Devin nodded then pecked her on the cheek.
"Happy Anniversary," Devin whispered into her ear. This was the first time Annabella felt bad for anyone. She knew what was going to happen but it was safer to string him along.
"I didn't get you anything."
"I know," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, "but I have you and that's enough." Annabella's heart dropped immediately and it made her remember that she had one. She went home later that day without a word, almost trance-like, while holding vase of flowers like she was going to funeral. She opened the door to the lair and found Dante sitting on the couch, facing away from her. She gently closed the door behind her and Dante looked at her.
"Where did you get those flowers?" Annabella said nothing, clenching the vase closer to her person. Dante waited for an answer he knew he would never get but already knew. "Hana had...she told me who we looking for."
"I know who he is," Annabella said quietly, not bothering to look at her brother. Dante nodded in understanding.
"What are you going to do?" Dante asked. Annabella swallowed with some difficulty and hesitated before giving her answer.
"I don't know," she breathed. Annabella then left the room to go her bedroom. She closed her door behind her then walked over to her floor mirror. She eyed her appearance in mirror. She seemed...softer. Annabella no longer looked like the person to strike fear into your heart and it didn't help that she was still holding the vase of indigos and hydrangeas. Everything seemed brighter about Annabella as well. Her skin was no longer a ghostly white but a healthier cream. Her indigo orbs were more vivid and less like the dull violet like they were before. Her hair was still a jet black but it seemed brighter too. She generally looked prettier.
Annabella chuckled. And to think, that just being with that boy did this. She's gone soft and it angered her so. She clenched the vase at the thought until her knuckles looked like they wouldn't go any whiter. It angered her that a boy of all things could make appear weak and vulnerable. She hated where she was in this and she hated the predicament she was placed in. If he was anyone else, if she was anyone else...If Devin had made Annabella look weak, the only thing left is...
Annabella looked up to the image in the mirror. Maybe we are two different people, she pondered. Without realizing it, she watched a teardrop run down her face. In disgust, she threw the vase at the mirror, shattering both and the flowers scattered across the floor. Then she stared at her jagged reflection and saw the girl she used to be. She smiled at this. She then immediately left the room and walked to her father's work.
"Dad." Drakken looked up from his tinkering and smiled.
"Did you find out who Kim Possible's child was?"
"Yes," she replied. Then Indigo gave a catlike smirk, "but change of plans..."
Geez, this chapter was longer than normal! We are almost on the last five chapters. I hope you enjoyed! Be sure to read and review and I see you next time.