I don't own these characters, except Trin, Shin, Mr. Bane, and Tashawna. Those I own, but the rest belong to Disney.
5: Get Your Game On
"Guys, I think we might have a bit of company," Bane reported to his partners. He continued to man the computer monitors. Despite the fact that they had company, he was far from worried. He hoped it was the company they waited for because he wanted to see the show and also he was sick this partnership already. It was time to get away from these two lazy, condescending maniacs.
"Is it that evil girl?" Drakken begged to know, his expression scrunched up, yet somehow hopeful. He looked almost pitiful, a cross between angry and ready to cry. He was sick of everyone but that wicked, demented girl showing up. He wanted his revenge against her so he could go back to his usual way of life. He wanted to take over the world already! He supposed he was going to have to go out and find Shego before he could do that, but he wanted to get on with his life.
"I don't know who it is just yet. They haven't come onto camera yet," Bane informed them, eyes scanning the screens as he tried to catch a glimpse of their visitors. There were only shadows. Someone was there, but just out of view. Always just out of view.
"How is that possible? There are hidden cameras everywhere. They should've been on camera before they even entered the building," Brotherson commented from his space at his personal table at the other end of the room with yet another meal in front of him. He was more focused on his food than anything else, having the nerve to shoving a piece of cake in his mouth while talking to them.
Brotherson seemed to be eternally eating, his partners noticed. They guessed that made sense considering his girth, but it was kind of disgusting in their opinions. It was also pointless because eating so much was not helping their cause. If anything, it probably distracted Brotherson from a lot of things, which probably was not a good thing.
"Well, according to the monitors, they haven't shown up on camera yet, but the pressure sensors are picking up movement of people who aren't henchmen because there's no one assigned to those sectors," Bane told them, still intently focusing on the monitors. "You can see bits of shadows in places, but not much more than that." He took a moment to glance away from the screens to the other devices on the panel and saw the pressure sensors were still active and going off. The shadows had owners, but owners who knew how to remain hidden.
"It must be them, then," Brotherson realized, looking up for the first time in a long time. He put his food down to look at the monitors, even though he did not expect to see them on screen. They showed up before they were wanted, but it was all right since they expected these meddlers no matter what. They just wanted to get all their pawns together before the duo made their appearance.
"How could they get in here like that? I thought you said this shitty system was the best one there is," Bane argued with a scowl, upset with the way things turned out already. There should not be any surprises. They should have these brats right where they wanted them. They did not do all of this planning for those brats to stroll in however they felt.
Bane punched the computer panel, succeeding in hurting his hand, as a thud echoed through the room. He wanted things to happen on his terms. He did not like it when that girl surprised him. Bad things happened.
"It is, but they're computer geniuses, remember?" Brotherson countered, remaining calm. He turned his attention back to his meal since things were going as according to plan as they could where their guests of honor were concerned.
Bane paused and thought about it for a moment. When they were gathering intelligence on Trin and Shin, they did find out that those two were master hackers. He could not believe they could so easily get passed the so-called super security system. What the hell was the world coming to when two kids could beat out an Underworld mega-corporation? Either this system is actually garbage or we need more to stop those brats.
Part of Bane dared to think he should have kept that girl. She could have come in handy for things, unlike her mother. But, then again, she would have cramped his lifestyle for too long. No, it was best to get rid of her, like he should have done over a decade ago.
"So, what are we going to do if we can't see them?" Bane inquired, one eye squinted almost like a wink, as he was curious and a little confused.
"Send out the henchmen for them. Locate the guests of honor and then send out the pawns. They'll end up losing their focus once they're face to face with the pawns. We'll be able to watch their suffering from there," Brotherson answered with a bit of a chuckle in his voice. He could not wait to see those two on their knees and in tears, which he was certain would happen once they got a hold of those two brats.
Bane smiled wickedly, as that sounded like a really good idea. He could not wait to see those two smart-asses in pain. He figured it was best to get them before they got him, especially since he saw the type of people they dealt with. Who knew what they might have done to me, he thought. After gathering so much information on them, he was certain it was best to get them first and show them not to mess with him. He would teach them to stay the hell away from him.
"Let's see where you are now," Bane muttered as he turned to the monitor and hit a button, which sounded the alarm.
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"Oh, this is just great," Shego commented sarcastically, rolling her eyes while she was at it. The blaring alarm was more than annoying, as it sounded like cats being but through a wood chipper, but it was also undoubtedly letting the whole place know there were some intruders roaming around the halls.
"What the hell?" Kim complained, standing right next to Shego in the hall, trying not to go deaf from the alarm. Did it have to be so loud?
The hall was covered in cameras, but Shego used the wrist device Trin gave her to make sure the camera did not pick them up. It could cloak them, as well as jam the video feed, freezing it. The corridor was dimly lit and narrow. The walls were dark and the paint covering them was chipped and cracked, much like the ceiling. The floor was plain with scuffed up tiles, but it was easy for them to silently cross, not that that mattered anymore.
"All this planning and they caught us ten seconds in?" Kim said in disbelief, her eyes wide and eyebrows almost meeting her hairline for a moment. She never would have thought her sister's practically anal attention to detail would have gone wrong so quickly. Hell, they might as well have taken her approach to things, just winging it.
"Ah, well, this is just going to make things fun." Shego grinned, showing off her teeth, looking like a shark. "Let's get moving to where we need to be." She figured things would be more exciting than planned, but they were going to still make it to the end. She was certain of that; she would make sure of that.
Kim shrugged, figuring her girlfriend had a point. They ran off with determined looks etched on their smooth faces, hoping they did not run into guards. Shego made sure they remained off camera to avoid being caught, even though she believed it would fun to tackle some henchmen. It certainly was not the time to play around with Kim's family hanging in the balance.
They came to a corner, which they hugged closely because they could hear footsteps. Kim was at the edge, so she peered around the side to see what was going on. She saw what she needed and turned to her lover.
"It's only five," Kim reported as if that was nothing. She even shook her head a bit, definitely downplaying the low number.
"You want to take 'em then?" Shego inquired. There was an alternate route for them to take, but it would require them climbing into the vent. She was not in favor of that, but it was Kim's call since it was her family.
"Let's go. This way is shorter anyway," Kim replied. Since they had everything pretty much planned out, she knew they were on the path that was fastest in getting them to the bad guys. They needed to get to them first because there was no telling what Shin and Trin might do. She needed to keep blood off of their hands.
The former villainess nodded, quite happy with that decision. She craved to take some of her frustration out on the henchmen since their bosses dared to screw with her princess. Kim might not admit it, but underneath it all, hitting some henchmen would probably make her feel better, too.
The couple took a deep breath each and then rushed out at the guards. They found the henchmen to be of a different quality. They were not dressed in uniforms and looked more like gang members than anything else. Kim and Shego did not care, as they were both used to dealing with such people. The henchmen fought like gang members, too, which put them above some of Drakken's men, but that was about it.
"This is kind of low level for Brotherson," Shego commented with a scoff as she dropped one man. It was like she was insulted by the people they battled, if it could be called that.
"Maybe they're not his or maybe he found them in an alley," Kim remarked, feeling the same as her girlfriend. She easily felled a couple of men as several others arrived on the scene, possibly attracted by patter of combat.
The ladies discovered they were more than likely dealing with gang members considering the weapons that the guys pulled out. Shego could not believe her eyes when one of the guys pulled out a switchblade. She dodged the blade and laughed a bit.
"Um, dude, I hate to break it to you, but the 80s are done and over," Shego commented with a mocking smirk. "In 21st century we use something a little deadlier."
Shego then slashed at the man with her plasma-charged claws. He gasped in shock and terror while falling back to avoid being sliced, but he pretty much went right where Shego wanted him to go. He collided with Kim's leg, which was the plan. Shego wanted to get him hit by her girlfriend rather than cut him open. He doubled over in pain as she kicked him in the side and then he passed out.
"They don't make 'em like they used to," Kim quipped with a smirk of her own. Hitting some lackeys was making her feel just slightly better in regards to her anger, but her worry grew worse with every passing second. She wanted to make sure everyone was safe and all right.
"I hear that," Shego agreed as she kneed a henchman in the chest several times until he passed out. She let him drop unceremoniously to the floor. The thud echoed through the tight corridor.
Kim took care of two more of the henchmen while Shego handled the last one. They then took off, running up the hallway, hoping to get closer to the bad guys. They ran into a bunch of henchmen. This time, some looked like gang members and others looked like businessmen. The gangsters fought like street thugs while the more professional-looking fellows fought like they watched too many karate movies. The couple did not know what to make of these henchmen.
"Who is Brotherson working with? An ex-biker or something?" Shego wondered aloud as they continued to tangle with flunkies. She knew the more business-like henchmen were from Brotherson, but she was not sure what was up with the thugs.
"Well, at least they didn't have time to bring in Drakken's usual lot," Kim replied, fighting off just as many lackeys as her girlfriend. There was no playing around, one hit and the henchmen were down. She usually tried to be more in control than that, but they did not have time.
"Oh, please, Drakken would be better off hiring a bunch of kindergartners than the losers he had," Shego remarked with a scoff.
Kim could not argue that one. She hoped they were closer to the room they needed to be. They were supposed to take out the bad guys and shut down the main computer to turn off all of the traps and things around the warehouse and she wanted to do that as soon as possible to make things easier for her sister. Hopefully, Trin and Shin are doing better than us and not running into people who don't stand a chance against them, but are taking up way too much time. She hoped they made it to their family. And, I really hope everyone is safe.
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"Shin, why do I even bother to sneak into places with you?" Trin inquired calmly as she and Shin faced off with some henchmen. They noticed there seemed to be two types of henchmen, street fighters and… well, well-dressed street fighters.
"You're trying to blame me for this mess?" Shin asked incredulously as he turned around to punch one of their many foes. His face showed his disbelief despite the fact that they were in a serious fight.
"Don't I blame you for everything?" she countered in her usual tone while dropping a few men with one roundhouse kick. She got blood on her shoes, which she would worry about later.
He could not argue that one since it was the truth, but it did not shut him up. "That doesn't make it right."
"Since when do I care about right?"
They went back and forth like that while taking down everyone near them. A couple of times, they came close to hitting each other. They ended up stopping just in time and moving on without saying anything about the incident. They failed to notice the henchmen they did not face up yet were radioing their coordinates, knowing the duo were the ones their bosses desired.
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"It would seem that our two friends have been located," Bane commented as he got communications from their men. He smiled, looking near devilish, now that their targets were so close. He could practically taste victory and it was quite sweet and delicious.
"Can we get a visual?" Brotherson inquired, sounding a bit annoyed with a tense pinch to his eyebrows. He wanted to witness Trin and Shin's breakdown. Their pain would only add to his pleasure after the way they embarrassed him.
"They're still managing to jam the cameras near them. But, I figure if we send out a pawn to move them and keep them distracted then we should be able to see them," Bane replied.
"Sounds like a good idea. Send one out," Brotherson ordered, hitting the table slightly with his fist to stress his commend.
Bane frowned, disliking being ordered around by this fat bastard, but he did not say anything about it right now. Besides, he was going to send out a pawn anyway. He started at the console for a moment, thinking who he should send. He picked a pawn at random, figuring any of them would do, hitting a button to activate the wristband that controlled their toys.
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Trin and Shin continued moving forward through the dimly lit warehouse halls, trying to get close to the room they believed their family was kept. They rounded a corner and came to a full stop. They both arched an eyebrow over who blocked their path.
"Doctor Director?" the evil twins said as they took in the boss of Global Justice. Something was wrong here. Why was Doctor Director there?
"How the hell did you get caught?" Shin inquired in disbelief, throwing his hands out in front him, pointing his palms toward the brunette woman. The leader of Global Justice did not answer. "Hey, don't ignore me!" he whined/ordered. It was always a mix of both when it came to her, mostly because she could order him around like an aunt, but lacked the title of aunt while still being familiar enough to be an aunt. But, because she was an outside authority figure, he refused to recognize her authority, so it was a big mess.
"I'm going to go out on a limb and guess she went looking for her missing agent and they managed to get a band on her," Trin said in a deadpan tone. Her arms were folded across her chest and her expression was just as bland as her tone.
"What makes you say that?" Shin asked, an eyebrow shooting up in the air as he turned to glance at his evil twin.
"Maybe the band on her wrist or the fact that I have a second grade education," Trin replied. The fact that Doctor Director's showing eye was completely white also clued her in because that obviously was not normal.
"You know…" Shin raised a finger to her.
"That you're an idiot? Yes, I'm very aware," Trin said.
"I'm not letting you two bad seeds go any further," Doctor Director stated in a menacing monotone. She stood as if a plane landing on her would not knock her down. Her shoulders were squared and her hands were clutched into tight fists.
"Oh, wow, it talks," Shin said with a grin. "Should we steal this tech when this is all said and done? I mean, I'd like to be able to control Doctor Director on occasion."
"And I'd like to shut you up on occasion, so maybe yes," Trin answered.
Doctor Director frowned deeply, a vein starting to show in her neck. The rest of her face was tight, her eyebrows bent as if she was furious, and there was a sneer tugging her upper lip to one side. She got down into a solid fighting stance. The duo looked at each other, almost as if they were not sure what they were supposed to do.
"She's almost kinda my aunt," Shin said. Trin nodded. It would be in bad taste for Shin to fight her, especially if she was being controlled, even though that would be a good excuse.
"I've been dying to take you two down since your worthless hides started poking your noses in GJ affairs," Doctor Director snarled at them.
"Worthless?" Shin growled, taking offense to that because it sounded like she meant that.
"Shin," Trim admonished him. They could not take whatever she said seriously, even if she might mean it. Shin was too sensitive.
Doctor Director shot her wrist stunner at them, which they both dodged because they knew that was almost always a GJ agent's opening attack. They were ready to scoff at that attack, thinking it was not even worth doing. As they landed, they found Betty in their faces. They put their hands up to block the next attack from her. The one-eyed woman's leg smashed against their forearms, hitting with more power than they expected. It would seem they were about to get the business end of Doctor Elizabeth Director. Unfortunately, they did not have time for that.
"Shin, since she's almost your aunt, keep going. I'll hold her off," Trin said in her usual tone, even though her face grimaced a bit when they were hit. Her forearms throbbed and she knew there would be some bruising later on.
"Good going," Shin agreed, especially since he did not have to hold off Doctor Director and could go on to find their loved ones. He was not feeling very happy with the GJ boss. Beyond taking her words to heart, Doctor Director had failed to keep an eye on his mother and, so, he looked at this whole situation as a little of her fault. His evil twin knew that, which was why Trin volunteered with holding the woman off. It was not more Betty Director's fault than it was their family's fault as far as she was concerned.
The blond quickly went into countering Doctor Director, looking to keep her attention. Shin watched for a moment, just making sure the brunette woman was with Trin. The leader of GJ seemed rather intent on slaughtering the younger woman if her attacks were any indication of things.
"You're a horrible little monster, you know that?" Betty snarled at her opponent, going at her with all of her strength.
Trin was actually a bit surprised by the power that the older female had in her possession. Obviously, she was not leader of Global Justice based solely on her bureaucratic skills. After this was all said and done, Trin might talk Kim into learning some of Betty's moves.
"I always suspected that was how you felt," Trin replied with a scoff, staying on the defensive. A few times, she had to move out of the way some particularly deadly moves that seemed closer to accurate than she liked. If I'm not careful here, this woman will take my head clean off.
"Ridiculous spoiled brat," Betty continued on while keeping up her attacks.
"Well, let me know when you're done speaking your mind," Trin retorted blandly. She suspected the mind-control coupled with the emotional manipulation forced Doctor Director to vent while trying to murder her with her bare hands. Little did they know, she really did not give a crap what Betty thought of her as she long ago guessed and Betty confirmed much of it whenever they saw each other. Doctor Director was not one to mince words, after all.
While Trin held off the leader of GJ, Shin pressed ahead… or at least he tried to. Betty noticed him trying to get away and attempted to go after him. Trin sucked her teeth and practically tackled Betty around the waist. They both crashed up against the wall, away from the fleeing male. Shin took off while he had the chance. He fled into the dimly lit hall, not thinking anything about leaving his best friend with a mind-controlled, murderous Betty Director.
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"Kimmie, are we going the right way?" Shego asked just to be sure while giving a guy an uppercut to the chin.
"According to the map, yeah," Kim answered as she kicked her own opponent, knocking him to the floor.
"Then why the hell haven't we hit the room yet?" the pale woman begged to know. She was annoyed with all of the henchmen coming their way. It would be something if the minions could put up a challenge, but she might as well be fighting against some trees in her opinion. Trees that came in waves, making her trip longer than it needed to be.
"Because we're a long ways away from it," Kim answered the obvious, making sure not to take her eyes off of her opponents. She could understand how her lover felt. It was like having to move through a hallway full of tackle dummies.
"Are you kidding!" Shego hollered loud enough for people outside to hear her. It felt like she might spend the rest of her life in this stupid hallway.
"All of these guys are slowing us down and the narrow hall isn't helping much," the redhead pointed out. All they needed were three guys standing in front of them and that blocked the whole corridor.
"Damn it!" Shego screamed and flared her hands. She planned to tear through the henchmen now. There was no way in hell she was going to let that bastard Brotherson, whoever-else, and Drakken get away with hurting her Kimmie.
Kim decided to step up her game to keep up with her girlfriend. They could not do too much because like Kim said, the hall was narrow. It limited their movements and it also made them self-conscious. They feared they might accidentally hit each other. This was probably done by design, make the damn hallway too tight for us to really do anything and to make up for these guys' horrible fighting ability.
"Nah, they're never this smart," Kim assured herself in a whisper. She had yet to meet a villain who would think far enough ahead as to make sure the fighting space was limited. The villains usually were not fighters, so they did not think about those things. She doubted they were starting to grow a brain, but then again, the scheme so far had been pretty ingenious. She would give them that.
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"Wow, I thought a few years of working behind a desk and being as old as dirt would slow you down some," Trin commented as she had to duck a desired nerve-strike from Betty Director. Blood dripped down Trin's nose, marring her porcelain skin. Her cheek had almost been broken by an earlier punch, so she would take the bloody nose.
Trin hated to admit, but she was learning quite a bit about the leader of GJ and they were things she really could have done without knowing. Betty was tougher than she thought the older woman could be. She was also faster and much of the fight, Trin was left on the defensive. She would not mind so much if she had the time to waste, but she wanted to get to her family. She considered she might just have to knock Doctor Director out cold in order to get by her, but that would be harder than it sounded. And she wanted to escape this without truly hurting Doctor Director. After all, this was not her doing.
"As if I'd let a brat like you win. I'm going to do the world a favor and take you out of it," Doctor Director declared as she took a powerful punch at Trin's ribs.
Trin sidestepped the punch, grabbed Betty's wrist, hoping to pull the brand off. She unfortunately found out the thing was attached to Betty's body. She guessed the only way to get the thing off would be to deactivate it from the main computer, or chop off Director's wrist and she did not have an appropriate blade handy for that. She now found herself in a spot, too, as she learned that information. Her body was open as she tried to pull that band off and Betty took advantage of that.
"Oh, crap," Trin coughed as several blows landed on her chest. She had to adjust and move as much as she could or Betty would have seriously damaged her with those hits. She would be lucky if there were no broken ribs.
The younger woman quickly recovered and used her hold on Betty to get the woman away from her. She forced Betty back and then lifted her up, throwing her into the close wall. Betty did not even make a noise, as if the hit did not even register to her mind as she crashed hard against the wall.
"Oh, of course, why would a zombie feel pain?" Trin asked herself with a sigh.
Trin rapidly turned around to face Betty since the older woman recovered so quickly. Betty charged Trin, who used the momentum to flip Doctor Director again. Trin was surprised Betty turned around while in the air and fired her stun clip from her arm again. Trin could not move fast enough to get out of the way and threw her hands up on instinct. The end point of the shock wire hit and Trin braced herself for a shock that did not make it through her body. She glanced down to see that the weapon hit her wrist computer and fried it. It was lucky, but not lucky.
"Oh, damn it," Trin muttered with a frown. She was about to have a few more problems on her hand that did not involve tangoing with Betty Director. She made a mental note to next time wrap the computer in a protective coating and then she had to block another attack from the leader of GJ.
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"Hey, we've got someone on camera playing with our little pawn," Bane reported as Trin appeared on a monitor screen. A demonic smile curled onto his lips when he saw the person was the blond girl and she seemed to be having a tough time with their pawn. He hoped he was about to watch her demise and with luck it would be slow and painful.
"It's the evil girl!" Drakken said when he turned to look. His eyes shined with delight, looking like black gems, and he actually clapped. He would like to see a slow and painful death for her as well.
"But, where's the boy?" Brotherson pondered with his hand to his chin as he watched the monitor. He rubbed his chin in thought, trying to figure out where Shin might have gotten to, not wanting to deal with any of his shenanigans. He really wanted to get Shin after the boy had tricked him so long ago and made a fool out of him, not that anyone saw that bit.
"He probably went on ahead. I'll let out another pawn," Bane suggested and he turned to the computer to do what he just said. With that, he expected they would just have to sit back and watch as the troublesome pair met their end.
"And set off the traps to get that girl!" Drakken suggested, but he looked at it as an order.
"That's not how we're going about this," Brotherson reminded the blue scientist. He did not want to accidentally murder Doctor Director and have all of Global Justice breathing down his neck after. A mind-controlled Doctor Director would be much more useful.
"This'll teach her to mess with me!" Drakken cackled as he started pushing buttons on the console.
"What are you doing?" Brotherson demanded. He should have known better than to work with a maniac like Drakken!
"I'm getting my revenge," Drakken pointed out. He was not sure what the other two men were up to, but he was there to see that wicked, demented, evil demon of a girl get what she deserved.
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Shin made his way through another wave of goons and then he rounded a corner. He saw one person standing in the distance. He did not think anything of the person, figuring it to be another henchman. He planned to walk right through the unlucky bum like he had done with the last dozen flunkies. He was about to see he was very, very wrong. This was not some plain, boring henchman he was about to face-off with.
"Mommy," Shin gasped as his stomach dropped into his feet. What he missed on Doctor Director, he noticed immediately with her mother. How dare they control my mother!
"You've been a very bad boy, Shin," Tashawna Toriyama commented with venom in her voice as she stepped closer to her son. Shin gulped; was he supposed to fight his own mother? How cruel!
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Next time: Trin and Doctor Director's fight comes to an end while Shin must face off against his mother.