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Just to clear things up, for anyone who doesn't read my regular series, when you see "this" in italics and apostrophes, it means thoughts picked up telepathically

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Senior Year – Chapter 5

Shego leaned back against the work table, idly checking the claws on her hand. "So what are we here for again Dr. D.?"

Drakken grumbled when he looked up at her, his irritation showing through clearly. "Have you not been paying attention when I told you all about my brilliant plan?"

Shego just shrugged, not looking up. "I stopped paying attention when you got to the stupid part."

Drakken glared at his assistant. "And what part would that be."

Shego glanced up and smiled. "That would be the part after you said 'Listen to my brilliant plan."

Drakken grumbled loudly now, tossing a few things off the nearby table as he continued his search. "Shego, help me find the EMP Ray."

"Sorry, not in the job description."

Drakken was growling now, as he gripped the table. "Fine, I'll do it myself. Not even sure why I pay… YES!" Drakken grabbed up an innocuous looking device, cradling it almost gently. "I've found it Shego! Now, with the power of the EMP Ray in my hands, nothing can stop me from taking over the world! I can stop tanks in their tracks, reduce cities to ruin…"

"And erase those late charges on the movie stores computers."

"YES! They…" Drakken paused, his expression falling, as he turned to look at Shego. "You're just mocking me now, aren't you?"

"Just a little."

"I wouldn't count on erasing those charges just yet."

Drakken whirled in surprise, his eyes wide. "KIM POSSIBLE?"

Shego just moaned and shook her head. "Doc, you gotta lay off the caffeine or something. You gotta figure she was gonna show up."

Ron tried dropping from the vent as well, but snagged his pants on a corner. When he hopped to his feet, he had on only his shirt and a pair of yellow boxers. "And don't forget about Ron Stoppable. I…" Ron finally felt the breeze and looked down. "Oh man."

Shego stood up, her hands lighting as she prepared to fight. "So standard procedure, I fight Kimmie and we run as fast as we can?"

Drakken smiled as he took a look at Kim. "No, I don't think so."

Three heads shot a look at him, all of them confused. Shego was the first to respond as Kim and Ron looked at each other. "Umm… Dr. D?"

But Drakken wasn't paying attention to his assistant. He was eying the super suit Kim was wearing. "Oh, I think I have just the thing to stop Kim Possible in her tracks. With this EMP Ray, we can destroy her precious super suit, and she won't be able to stop us!" Drakken raised the ray up, smiling brightly. "Farewell Kim Possible!" Drakken squeezed the trigger, waiting for the fireworks.

Kim was prepared to jump away when he aimed it at her, raising her hands to protect herself. But after a moment, she glanced up, and saw Drakken's confused expression. Lowering her arms, she smiled. "Looks like your new toy's not ready to be played with."

Drakken grumbled, shaking the ray in his hands. "I don't understand. They said the device was ready, I overheard them clearly at karaoke just a few days ago." He tossed the ray back onto the table in disgust.

Kim and Ron shared a look, trying hard not to laugh. "Karaoke?"

Shego rolled her eyes. "Believe me, it ain't a pretty sight to see." She turned to her boss, frustration lit upon her face. "Are you saying that we went through all this because you heard a couple of geeks talking on your sing-along night?"

"Umm… well…"

"That's it, we're out of here."

Kim leapt forward, her hand raised. "You're not going anywhere."

Shego just smirked, her left hand lighting up even as she grabbed Drakken. "That's what you think." She released a bolt of plasma into the ceiling, covering Kim and Ron in a shower of debris and dust.

When Kim finally got free of the dust cloud, Drakken and Shego were gone.

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"I don't know what went wrong. They said they had finished the prototype, that it worked perfectly. It should have destroyed Kim Possible's suit." Drakken was pacing back and forth, his arms flailing almost wildly. "Why didn't it work?"

Shego glanced up from her magazine and noticed something attached to the back of Drakken's coat. "Umm, Dr. D, you've got something stuck to you."

Drakken looked all over himself, lifting his arms to scan his whole body. "What… what is it? Where is it?"

"It's on the back of your coat."

Drakken craned his neck to look behind him as best he could, and started spinning in circles to try and find it. "Where? I don't see anything."

Trying hard not to laugh at the spectacle in front of her, Shego slowly got up, grabbed Drakken by the pony tail to stop his spinning, and grabbed the offending item from his back. She handed it to him with a superior smirk, and sat back down.

Drakken looked closely at what was stuck to him. He brought it up close, as if not quite believing what he was seeing, then pulled it away with a nod. "Of course, now what they were saying makes sense. I was wondering why they were talking about the brain while they were talking about the device."

Shego just flipped the page on her magazine. "Don't really care, so long as I got paid."

Drakken didn't respond as if he had heard her though. "Of course, if it wasn't an EMP Ray, but instead an ESP Ray, that makes a huge difference."

"Wait… what?" Shego's hands clenched the magazine tightly. "Did you just say… ESP? As in the ray you shot Kimmie with?"

"Yes, no wonder it didn't short out her suit. It wouldn't have had any effect. An ESP Ray would give the recipient mental abilities like telepathy. Rrrr… now I wish I hadn't put it down."

Shego's hands flared to life, incinerating the magazine. "Let me get this straight. You just shot Kim Possible, that annoying cheerleader, with a ray that will give her super mental abilities?"

Now Drakken was paying attention. "Ummm… yes?"

"Fire in the hole!"

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Kim woke up with a moan, glaring balefully at the alarm clock. Her head was pounding, so she focused on pushing away the pain. Rising to her feet, she staggered to the washroom, reaching for the painkillers before doing anything else. Running the tap for a moment to get the water cool, she filled a glass, popped a couple of pills, and downed the glass quickly.

With a sigh, Kim got ready for school. As she took a shower, her headache started to fade, and Kim smiled for the first time. Once clear, Kim's morning went a lot faster.

Kim hopped down the stairs, smiling as she saw her folks already eating breakfast. "Morning."

"Morning Kimmie-cub." James Possible sipped his coffee, looking over his notes. "So what do you and Ronald have planned for the day?"

Kim slid into her seat, diving into her breakfast. "Oh, nothing much. Probably just head to Bueno Nacho after school. You know, the usual."

"That's nice dear." "That better be all you and Ronald are doing today."

Kim looked up, eying her father strangely. "What else would Ron and I be doing?"

James paused in his reading, glancing up. "I didn't say anything."

Anne smiled down at her daughter as she finished up at the stove. "Dear, eat your breakfast, Ron will be here any minute." "And with Jim and Tim already off to school, I can convince James to go in late today. Wonder if he'll like the new nightie I'm wearing for him."

Kim choked on her food, her eyes wide as she looked up at her mother. "TMI Mom, seriously! I don't need to know about you and Daddy… doing that sort of thing."

Now both parents were looking at their daughter strangely. Anne glanced at her husband, then back again. "Honey… I didn't say…"

"Hola Possible clan!" Ron came through the door quickly, a bright smile on his face. "KP, you ready to head to school?"

Kim cast one last look at her parents, confused. "Yeah… just let me grab my bag." Kim grabbed her stuff, casting one last glance at her parents before heading out with her boyfriend.

James and Anne shared a weird look with each other. "What was that all about?"

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Ron was keeping a close eye on his girlfriend, as she looked a bit preoccupied. He came to a stop, noting it took a few seconds before she noticed he wasn't walking beside him.

"Ron, what's wrong?"

"KP, something's bugging you, isn't it? I mean, you've hardly said two words since we started walking."

Kim sighed, clutching the straps of her backpack in both hands. "Sorry Ron, it's just… this morning at breakfast, my rents were seriously weird."

"Weird?"

Kim thought for a moment, but brushed it off. "Don't worry about it, it was probably just me."

"Are you sure KP?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." Kim took her boyfriend's hand and smiled. "Thanks for caring though."

"Hey, no problem KP, the Ron-man is all about doing the right thing for his girlfriend."

Kim gave him a smirk. "Thanks Ron-man."

They headed off to school again, Kim breathing a little easier now. That is, until she heard Ron again. "Man, KP looks great in that skirt."

Kim smiled and turned to her boyfriend, kissing him on the cheek. "Thank you Ron, that's sweet of you to say."

Ron looked at her curiously, pondering the statement for a moment. "Umm… glad you think so, but I didn't say anything."

Kim froze again, and decided to go over the whole morning in her head. The strange comments from her parents and from Ron, the confusion when she'd mention it to them… something wasn't right.

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It didn't take long for Kim to realize what was going on, not once they got to school. Once she started reading the thoughts of a few dozen people just passing them in the hall, it became almost obvious. For a moment, she was frightened, wondering what had happened, how she was going to deal with this. But as she came to understand that she was suffering nothing more than a mild headache as a result, she decided that maybe this could be a good thing.

For one, she could take the opportunity to see how Ron really felt about her. Sure, she knew how they felt each other, or at least, she knew how she felt about him, and he told her what he was feeling. But now she could know for sure what he was thinking.

It took a good part of the morning to learn how to direct this new ability, but she quickly mastered it. Of course, before that happened, she learned a lot more about how guys think about girls… a lot more than she ever really cared to know. After all, it was one thing to feel the looks, it's another to hear the thoughts behind those looks. It had been very hard to keep from killing any of the guys that kept checking her out.

But now, all her focus was on Ron Stoppable, boyfriend. She had even dragged him to class early, so that she had him to herself, if only for a few minutes. Now, she sat with her chin resting on her hands, staring at her boyfriend with just the hint of a smile on her face.

Ron didn't fail to notice this attention, as he kept shooting glances over at Kim from the corner of his eye. "Oh man… what is KP staring at? Do I have something on my face?" Ron brushed the side of his mouth slowly, noticing only a faint smirk from his girlfriend. "No, that wasn't it. Man, I hope I didn't do something wrong, I don't think I did, but I don't always know. I really wish I wasn't so clueless when it came to this stuff. I just don't want to blow this with Kim, she means everything to me."

Kim smiled brightly at that thought of Ron's, and she made it a point to tell him that he meant everything to her as well in the near future.

That was when the rest of the students piled into the classroom, with only a couple minutes to spare. Ron turned his attention to them with a grin. "Man, Tara sure looks perky today." Kim's smile disappeared in an instant, drawn instantly to Ron's thoughts. "I don't know how she does it, she seems like she's always happy. Man, she's got a great smile. And there's Bonnie. Wow… how do her folks let her out of the house in that skirt? Not that I'm complaining though, she looks hot."

Ron heard a low growl beside him, and blanched a bit when he saw Kim glaring at him. He sank within himself a bit, slouching to hide under the desk as much as possible. "Oh man, I hope KP didn't see me checking them out. I mean, it's not like I'm gonna do anything. Besides, Kim is way hotter anyways. I just… oh… if I check out other girls, does that mean Kim checks out other guys? What if she finds someone better than me? I mean, I know I'm not the best looking or anything but…"

Kim leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek, smiling lightly. "Ron, you're the best for me, never forget that."

Ron sat up quickly, looking at Kim a bit sideways as she had stopped glaring, and was smiling now. "KP has been acting way weird all day."

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"And that's the whole story." Kim and Ron stood in front of Kim's locker, with Wade on the screen listening in. Wade had already done a scan as she had been talking, and was just going over all the information.

Ron however looked like he was seriously going to pass out, very pale and breathing heavily. "Oh man KP… I didn't mean… I mean, I was just looking but… oh please don't break up with me!"

Kim took Ron's hand, smiling gently. "Ron, I'm not going to break up with you for looking. Especially since your thoughts were no where near as bad as some of the guys around here." Kim paused to glare angrily at one passing boy, who flinched when he saw her look, forcing him to bolt down the hallway. When Kim turned back to Ron, it was with a smile. "Ron, you are my boyfriend, you're the one I care about. And yes, I do occasionally look at other guys, just like you look at other girls, but that doesn't mean I'm going to do something about it, just like you said… or thought anyways."

Ron seemed to calm down as he listened to his girlfriend's words. "All right, thanks KP." He turned his attention back to Wade. "So… any idea how to fix Kim… preferably before I fall asleep… and dream… you know…"

Kim seemed amused by that. "Really? Anything I should know about?"

Ron's eyes widened. "Think unsexy thoughts, think unsexy thoughts…"

Kim just smirked. "If you don't want to tell me or think it, don't worry." Kim licked her lips slowly, leaning in. "I just won't tell me about some of mine." That broke the barriers down in Ron's mind, and Kim got the full dose of Ron's thoughts. She gave a bit of a startled gasp, and then a slight moan. "Wow…"

Ron flinched, raising one hand to block his face as he closed his eyes. "Please don't hurt me."

"Ron, I'm not going to hurt you. That was… beautiful. Candles and music and silk sheets…"

Ron lowered his hands, keeping a good look on the expression on Kim's face, relieved that she was smiling. "I just… I'd want it to be special, you know?"

Kim raised her hand to Ron's face, stroking his cheek softly. "Ron, when we're ready for it, that would be perfect."

Ron leaned forward with a smile. "Really?"

"Really."

"Umm… guys… I'm still here you know."

Kim and Ron pulled away, blushing slightly, as they turned their attentions back to the young man. "Sorry about that Wade."

Wade smiled wryly at the pair, bringing up an image alongside his. "I did a scan, and it looks like that ray of theirs somehow enhanced certain receptors in you neuro-chemical make-up. With the current neural activity levels…"

Ron was just shaking his head. "English please Wade."

Wade just sighed. "The effects should last a couple of days."

Kim thought she could live with that. "Any sign of Drakken and Shego?"

"I do have something, it might be them. Wanna check it out after your classes are over?"

"Line it up for us Wade, we'll be there."

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"How could I have been so stupid Shego? Giving Kim Possible mental powers... ARRGGHHH!"

Shego just looked up from her magazine, smirking. "I'm not even going to touch that one, WAY too easy."

Drakken slammed the wrench down on the table. "How can you be so calm about this? How can you just sit there and read? Kim Possible could be here at any moment, reading all my brilliant plans, stopping them before I even think of them... we'll never have a moment's peace!"

A bolt of plasma rang off the ceiling above him, and he ducked instinctively. When he lifted his head, Shego was still sitting as if nothing was wrong. "Dr. D., get a grip. One, your plans are not brilliant. Second, if Kimmie did get inside your head, she'd probably go insane from the stupidity she'd find."

Drakken huffed and got to his feet. "Hurting with your words Shego."

"Whatever. Just settle down, I've got a plan."

"Does that plan involve a nice cell?"

Drakken spun on his heels in shock. "KIM POSSIBLE?"

Shego just sighed as she saw the teen hero and her sidekick step into the room, and with a roll of the eyes, stood up to confront her erstwhile opponent. "Come on, you knew she was coming, you complained about it for hours, and you're still surprised she showed up?"

Drakken pouted, crossing his arms over his chest. "She startled me, that's all."

"Right." Shego shook her head at her boss before turning back to Kim. "Come on Princess, let's dance!"

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Kim was glad for all the practice she had had with her powers, it was really coming in handy. She could get a read on Shego without even interfering with her fighting. "Give it up Shego, you won't beat me."

Shego ducked the quick right and went in with a low side kick, but Kim had blocked it before she could even get anything behind it. "Oh, you haven't got me beat yet Princess. I've only just started."

Kim just gave her opponent a smirk, she didn't expect this fight to last much longer. Kim scanned Shego for her next move. "Man, Kimmie has just the most kissable lips."

"WHAT?"

Shego used the distraction to sweep the legs out from Kim, who thudded to the floor.

Kim shook herself, trying to clear her thoughts, getting up on her hands and knees, ready for any attack by Shego behind her. "Kim's butt is just so... I just want to squeeze it so much."

Kim's eyes widened and her head shot around to look over at Shego. In an instant, the teen was on her feet, looking a bit scared.

"Come on Kimmie, is that all you got?" Shego dove forward, aiming her shot high. "I just want to take my tongue and just run it all over..."

"SHEGO!"

Kim was stunned... way beyond stunned. So stunned, she didn't move to block the right coming down from on high, letting Shego release a small burst of plasma square to the teen's forehead. The last thing Kim heard was Shego's mocking laughter.

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Author's Notes – Is Shego attracted to Kim? Am I leading Johnrie18 to the Kigo darkside? Will I have to wear a tie to my cousin's wedding tomorrow? Stay tuned!