Unstoppable

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Chapter Seven: Breakfast With Her Nemisis

Rufus had eaten half the table cloth by the time Kim wandered into the kitchen the next morning. Even though Kim was only paralyzed when the ray hit her, her body was strangely exhausted afterwards. Shortly after Drakken and Shego had been untied and Kim was assured of their transformation's authenticity she collapsed unwillingly into Shego's arms.

"He left you behind." Kim yawns between words as she rubs her aching head.

"Apparently our badness was all he wanted. Why take us with him?" Shego rhetorically states from the stairs.

Rufus scampers up Kim's arm and settles on her shoulder. Turning around and seeing Shego, Kim jumps into a fighting pose and prepares to attack. Throwing her hands up Shego backs out of the kitchen doorway in defense. With a nervous smile the older woman attempts to avoid being stricken by her previous arch foe.

"Hold on Kim. I'm good again...remember?" She sighs as Kim lowers her fists. "Thank you."

"Where's Drakken?" Kim groans, blushing slightly as she takes a carton of eggs out of the fridge.

"Oh, I'm back here Kimberly!" Drakken calls from the stairs. "How about I make us some breakfast? Who wants waffles?" He sings.

The peachy man skips into the room and gives Shego a hug before heading towards Kim. Waving her hands, Kim is glad that he turns his attention to the pink rodent currently perched on her shoulder. Rufus jumps up and down on Kim's shoulder before scampering down to the floor and making his way over to Drakken. He runs up Drakken's body and settles on his shoulder, hugging his head.

"Booya. Waffles." Rufus cheers.

"My naked mole rat buddy!" Drakken squeals giving the ecstatic rodent a high five.

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After a few minutes, Kim found herself talking freely with Shego just like the last time she turned good. They chatter and giggle as the two eat breakfast. Funny how as different the two are during confrontations, once brought together on the same side one could mistake them for sisters. Rufus is munching away at a waffle, the two girls are talking up a storm as Drakken is refilling the drinks.

"Isn't this coco moo delicious? Would anyone like another waffle?" Drakken cheerily offers.

"No thanks." Kim and Shego say in unison.

"Jinx. You so owe me a soda." Shego calls, but notices Kim's down look. "Frown face? Kimmie. Sweetie you feeling okay? This whole sitch has got you down hasn't it?"

"A little…I just miss Ron."

Drakken stares a little confused at the odd teenage game before continuing to eat his waffles. Kim and Shego share a giggle before the two settle and Kim slowly goes back to holding her head. The scene of Kim Possible having a pleasant breakfast with her arch foes should be an odd sight…but the group actually gets along pretty well. And even odder, Shego and Drakken seem to be cheering her up.

"We should enjoy breakfast with smiles not frowns. Grumpy monkeys are not allowed at my breakfast table." Drakken exclaims.

Kim looks up at Drakken's expression, so calm and pleasant. He looks like he really cares about her. She gives him a light smile of appreciation, he stares back a bit confused for a moment before returning the look. Shego smiles herself only for a different reason, the feeling she has is something she knew only as a child when her mother was still alive.

"Pleasantries aside, we do need to find a way to help poor Ronnie." Even as a good guy Shego keeps her eye on the prize. "No telling what trouble he's getting into."

"Point taken." Kim drums her fingers. "He's capable of all kinds of bad."

"Yeah. He's a bad man." Drakken adds.

"Do we have any clues as to his whereabouts?" Shego asks.

"From what I can figure, the beam Zorpox got you to hit him with gave Ron mental instability. Zorpox was able to create a dual personality within his mind, making him schizophrenic. Now that he's been hit with the attitudinator, Zorpox is no longer influenced by Ron's thoughts...and he has the bonus of draining Drakken of his evil as well."

"Ronald's stolen my bad too…I'm not complaining, but what is he planning for my icky badness? You know I'm pretty nasty. He's one dangerous guy, Kimmie."

Kim had almost let it slip her mind. Shego has been reformed as well as Doctor Drakken, Zorpox is only blue though and obviously has not given himself the villainesses evil. The possibilities are endless of what he can do with an evil like Shego's. Kim will not admit it, but she is worried about the tight spot she finds herself in, what if he hit her with his skitzo ray while she was sleeping?

An evil Kim Possible could do just as much evil as she has done good. That kind of plan is not beyond Zorpox either. Kim snaps back to reality as Shego's calm voice enters her mind.

"How do we find him?" Shego gently sets down her cup of coffee.

"He said he was going to have 'me time'. What does an evil, conniving...perverted, psychopath do in his free time?" Kim bangs her head against the table, but quickly regrets it. "I have, the biggest headache."

Maternally Shego leans over and feels Kim's forehead. At the touch Kim moves away, but with a hurt look from Shego she waves her hands frantically as she apologizes.

"No offense." Kim runs a hand through her hair. "It's just...a headache. Probably just from my brawl with Zorpox."

Shego and Drakken look at Kim with concern as they slowly set their forks down. Drakken grabs one of his waffles with his knife and forefinger and moves it to Rufus's plate. The tiny pink rodent instantly jumps on the offering and begins to devour it. Kim meanwhile does not bother to hide her turmoil as she thinks of a place Zorpox would be before she lets her head hit the table again.

"What if Zorpox really does have complete control? If Ron's not in there somewhere how am I going to face him?" She buries her face in her hands. "To be honest, he kinda scares me."

Sighing, Kim leans back in her chair and lets her head hang over the back exposing her neck. Drakken and Shego take a minute to slump in their chairs and think about the words just spoken to them. Kim Possible…scared?

"Scares you?" Drakken looks a little confused. "You fight villains, monsters…I saw you jump in a tank with a squid once. You're scared of him? I mean he's a bad boy, but what's different about him?"

Kim looks solemnly at her plate, her mind thinking of a hundred reasons why he scares her. Zorpox is insane, diabolical, knows everything about her and most of all he means Ron is not with her. The number one reason however, lies farthest back in her mind…the one where he has her in his room, they're all alone and he stares at her with that hungry glare.

"Believe me when I say T.M.I."

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He hits her with his shoulder and wraps his arms around hers to keep her from attacking. His height and force do not allow for her to be in a position to use her legs. She is basically rammed into the room.

"Gotcha, Kimberly Ann!" She is pushed onto the bed as Ron straddles her, forcing her arms to cross.

He holds her down, sitting on her legs so she cannot move. Kim lets out a frustrated scream as despite her flailing she remains pinned. He smirks, rather smugly.

"Ron!" She shouts annoyed.

"Ron?" He shrilly questions, half mocking her girly shout.

"Get off!" Kim speaks through her teeth, now getting upset.

"You know what, KP…no." He blows lightly on her cheek as he leans in. "I kinda…like it up here. Think I could get a timeshare? Hahaha!"

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"Go on, beautiful." His voice is eerily quiet, like the calm before the storm. "Who's your daddy?"

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"You don't seem so different to me." She comments.

"We share different goals, but love the same things. I want you just as bad as he does." His breath begins to fog up the glass where he is standing.

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"First of all, Kimberly, last time I did not try to kill you in any way. As of present…I should want to kill you, but I do have other things in mind…say, I like the way my name sounds rolling off that spunky tongue of yours. Say it again for me, please?"

Kim feels a little sick, but swallows it as she notices he is suddenly nose to nose with her. She unconsciously eeps. His hands slam against the wall on either side of her, but as long as he doesn't try to attack her…she wants him to remain calm. She did see what he tried to do to Shawn.

"Are you scarred of me Kimberly?"

"No."

He slides his hands along the wall, towards her body with his fingers trailing behind his large palms. Kim backs away with both anger and fear in her eyes. For a moment his eyes soften, but with a shake of his head the coldness returns.

"Heh…don't lie."

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Zorpox had his chance already but he said he wanted her squirming.

"Kim…Kimmie. Kim?"

Shego's voice, soft and concerned gets Kim out of her dark, tormenting daydream. Kim runs her hands through her hair once and then lets them stay buried in the red locks. Inside of her alongside her fear is a foreign flame flickering in the back of her mind. As she takes in a slow breath Kim can feel it growing.

Besides her are two people who should be trying to kill her, but instead are offering their support with each of them setting a hand on her shoulder. And the one who should be consoling her is off somewhere probably stealing some old ladies purse. When he finally comes back, all he is going to do is hit on and or try to destroy her. Every things so twisted right now, Kim just has to think for a moment.

"I'm…I'm so sorry." She closes her eyes and tries to think.

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"I won't hurt you Kimberly, I like it so much better when you squirm. I wanna take you kicking and screaming…or begging and scratching kitten."

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"Don't touch me!"

Shego and Drakken fall back, out of their chairs and onto the floor as Kim's arms start flying out at the two. After a moment the memory fades away and Kim reopens her eyes to see her two nemeses sitting on the opposite end of the table, scrambling to get up from the floor. Her arms wrapped around herself and her eyes open wide, Kim's face is quickly overcome with a bright pink hue. The color accompanies her sudden bashfulness as she lowers her fists. She blinks a few times before slowly opening her mouth to speak.

"I-have no idea where that came from. It's just, a second ago it was like he was here…I could feel him next to me whispering in my ear. He gets to me, I'm sorry." She lightly replaces her hands over her upper arms. "I just need a moment, its all starting to build up. This wouldn't be happening if it wasn't Ron. I mean I love him, I know this person right now isn't him…but its his face I remember in my dreams."

"Kimmie." Shego slowly makes her way to Kim. "This evil guy isn't Ron. He's some twisted psychopath induced by the effects of the attitudinator who was converted to a duel personality by that thing he invented. And even if he has Ronnies face sweetie, you just have to remember what Ron really looks like." She lightly lifts Kim's chin.

Her shoulders loosen as Shego speaks, her voice soothing to Kim's ears. The racing pace of her heart slows as Kim takes longer breaths, longer and smoother until she settles her head softly on the table. Suddenly all she can think of is sleep, resting her aching head.

She should call Wade, but has too much to think about…like Ron.

The clattering noise that comes with gathering dishes is heard for a minute, then the soft sound of feet going across the tile and then something large being set in the sink. The two previous villains continue to straighten up the kitchen until they notice Kim stir. Shego turns her attention away from Kim when she spies something on Drakken's face out of the corner of her eye.

Shego leans over and uses a washcloth to wipe syrup from Drakken's mouth. Kim lifts her head enough to see Shego treating Drakken as if she were his mother and slowly puts her head back down. More resting is required. Rufus scampers over to her and lightly pulls at a piece of hair.

"Ow. Rufus…" Kim groans as she lightly bats him away, the feeling of paper brushing against the back of her hand catches her attention. "What's that? A note from Ron-uh, Zorpox?"

Shego and Drakken run to Kim's side as she holds the paper. Her mouth falls open, eyes go wide and an all over gawking expression overcomes her face as Shego leans over her shoulder. With a gentle hand on Kim's left shoulder, Shego slowly reads the note left by Zorpox in a voice that grows more and more surprised as it goes on.

"Dear Kimberly Ann,

I'm sorry to have left in such a huff. Once I'd robbed a place or two for some spending money I realized how unreasonable I was. I mean who was I trying to be…you? Anyway I came back and watched you sleep for a little while. Now you were so sound asleep that I left you on the floor so don't be mad about that, kay honey pie? What you may think to be a bad day, you'll find a good day soon enough. Adhere to my demands or my new death ray is going to blow up upper ton. Meet me in my room at midnight…be alone.

Love Zorpox"

Shego gently pulls the paper from Kim's hands. Reading it silently to herself a couple more times she has to sympathize with Kim; Drakken gently tears it from Shego and reads it out loud once more before looking down at Kim. Her shoulders are shaking and her knuckles look a little white, her hands go up every couple of seconds to brush back her hair. With a sigh she admits defeat.

"I have to see him." Her voice is a whisper.

"Kimmie. No…no you don't need to see him." Shego offers. "We could set a trap. Catch him off guard…he wouldn't get near you."

"Uh huh. A trap." Rufus offers.

"We could bake him some peanut butter stickies!"

The two girls and Rufus look at Drakken in disbelief at his suggestion. The doctor tugs at his collar as he timidly tries to defend his suggestion.

"Win over his humanity? He does love food. They could…um, make his feet…stick…to the, uh floor?" Both of the girls urge to stop him before he hurts himself.

Shego covers her face with her hand as Kim rolls her eyes. The two think the same thing, but Kim nudges Shego to tell Drakken. Kim watches as Shego folds her hands together and softly walks to Drakken's side, gently putting her hand on the doctors wide shoulder as she begins to lead him out of the room.

"Dr. D.? Look, Kimmie and me can handle this tinsy winsy matter by ourselves. Why don't you go…invent?"

"Invent something that helps?" He asks hopefully.

"Something, anything will do. Go crazy." She giggles as her dainty hand covers her mouth. "Or mad. Ha! Get it Doctor D? Mad scientist? Well you're not anymore…but oh, you know what I mean."

Drakken looks a bit confused as the two reach the doorway. Shego gently continues to guide him to the living room. Turning around she notices Kim making a phone call and decides to take her time getting him off on another project without telling him he is no good at being bad…especially when he is good.

"Shego don't you want me to help." His face is like a puppies. "I want to help."

"Oh Doctor D…" One hand stays on his shoulder and the other nervously twitches above her lower lip. "How about you help us by…watching Rufus? He is your little naked mole rat buddy right?" Shego offers.

"Oh good idea Shego!" Drakken cheers giving her a sudden hug. "Oh, what would I do without you! You know you're my only true friend." He sounds so emotional.

He leans forwards and throws his arms around her. The hug is not so much what surprised the former ice queen, but the grip he holds on her. Emotions that seem to be attached to the act of affection are confusing to Shego. For a moment it was just natural, like he had always wanted to do it but never could. Not a quick, whimsy hug…but a planned meaningful one.

Once the shock disappears, Shego lets a pleased expression take over her solemn face as she lightly gives him a hug back. They separate and take a few steps away from each other. Shego looks down, watching Rufus run in and scamper up Drakken's body to perch on his wide shoulder.

As Drakken gently lends Rufus a finger for a miniature high five Shego silently admits that her boss is definitely better at being a good guy than a bad guy…if only someone had noticed at least one of his good attributes, maybe he could have got a date and not become a mad scientist at all back in college. Blinking a few times, Shego notices him looking at her awkwardly, her eyes dart to the ground but they only see his tiny feet shuffling back and forth on the carpet.

"Doctor D?" She asks, looking back up with her glimmering green eyes. "Even though, after everything I've done to you…I'm your one true friend?" She clutches at her heart dramatically.

"Yeah. Those guys in college were so cruel when I couldn't find them dates…I've almost killed you, and you never left, scratch when you left me in jail but you came back to me anyway and stayed after." His eyes begin to water before the damn finally breaks.

"I could never leave you…because deep down, I knew you needed me." She whispers.

"Shego I do need you!" The tears are falling thick.

"That's so sweet!" Her eyes begin to water as she approaches him.

The two hug again only this time as Kim notes, starring from the kitchen table there is…so the drama.

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Seeing Drakken and Shego made Kim realize how ridiculous she was acting herself. Pulling herself together, setting everything straight with her parents is the next thing to take care of. Kim hangs up with Wade and dials her home phone.

"Hello? Possible residence."

"Mom, it's Kim."

"O, hi Kimmie."

"Mom, there's trouble, Ron's evil again, Shego and Drakken are good again and I'm trying to figure a plan out. Basically what I'm saying is that I had good reason to be late, and then not show up at all…I'm sorry."

"Kimmie you sound a little more upset than usual. You never came home. Did you say Ron's been turned evil?"

"Yeah. But don't tell dad…he'd freak."

"Kimmie I know your father better than you. He'll lock you in your room and guard it with a laser from a satellite system while he hunts the boy down with a kitchen knife."

"So I'll go save Ron and the world. Be back home as soon as I can."

"I'll talk to your father. Be safe Kimmie and if it gets too bad. Call someone, anyone for help."

"Sure, but can I send Drakken and Shego over there…just for the night? I need to do something alone first."

"Those people you're always putting in prison, I don't know Kimmie. If it'll help, I guess I'll watch them for you."

Kim looks around the corner to see Drakken and Shego still crying all over the living room floor. She nibbles on her bottom lip, contemplating whether to seek her mother's advice or not on one more subject. Sighing, she decides it would be for the best to ask.

"Mom?"

"What Kimmie?" Her concerned motherly voice asks.

"Ron's evil self, Zorpox is his name."

"Oh." Her voice is beckoning, wanting to hear what is bothering her daughter.

"He's obsessed with me…as much as Ron loves me." The last part comes out as a choked whisper.

"I think I understand." Her mother pauses for a moment. "Men sometimes want something they can't have, and when they realize they can' t have it they obsess over it."

"Before…he didn't pay any mind to me except that I could stop him. Now…I'm all he thinks about."

"Ronald loves you Kimmie. If his evil side loves you too then he won't be able to really hurt you. It's a loose philosophy, but maybe in his own way Ronald's love protects you from even himself. Sounds a little corny huh?"

For a moment Kim lets the words of her mother sink in. But only three words really matter…Ron loves her. They make everything so much harder.

"Thanks mom, you're the best…bye."

"Just promise me one thing Kimmie. Be safe."

At the last words of her mother, Kim begins to sob quietly to herself. Tonight, if she does this…Either her or Ron may not attend another class at Middleton high. She says goodbye and hangs up the phone. Such negative thoughts should be discarded, she is a Possible, she can do anything! And if it kills her she will see it that Ron and her come home together.

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Chapter Seven marks the rising action. A few more chapters and this story will be complete. Beingo so...I would really appreciate some feedback on my writing and the story itself.