Disclaimers: I don't own Kim Possible. Also, please keep in mind that there is (M)ature content herein. This includes violence, explicit language and sexual content.
Missing Nothing
It was quiet and not even Animatus was stirring. Kim and Shego had just reached out and managed to rock the entire world, and the world was quiet in its collective shock. No one knew what to say. People weren't supposed to come back from the dead. That was something that should be left to sci-fi and horror movies. It didn't happen in real life, and it certainly wasn't supposed to happen just when the world was getting used to Kim Possible not being in it.
Everyone had finally managed to stop comparing the new heroes that rose up in Kim's absence to her legacy. They had finally stopped saying that Kim Possible could do better, was better and no one could be quite as good. Everyone was slowly starting to forget that Kim Possible existed at all. Yet, in true Kim Possible fashion, she came back before anyone could really forget, and to top off her grand encore, she came back with the woman who had been blamed for her death, along with a child that she claimed was theirs.
Kim Possible couldn't just stumble back into life. She couldn't just drop in looking like shit. She had to come back looking as heroic as ever, if not a little better, a little more beautiful, a little more like a hero. When she had died she was still a teenager just breaking into her womanhood, and now she was nothing anyone had ever expected.
Right after Kim, Shego, and Athena had returned from Kim's parents' home, they had not rested. They had no time to rest. They were on a schedule and whether Kim's family wanted to accept them or not, they could not deviate from their plans. They had done the right thing by going to Kim's family first. They had given Ann and James a chance to see that their daughter was still alive. They were given the first introduction to the Kim that had returned to the world. It was their right to be the first ones to know, but a slow introduction back into the world wouldn't work.
They couldn't wait for Kim's parents to accept them. They couldn't wait for Kim's family to understand what was going on. They didn't have time to pander to people they hardly even cared for. Kim and Shego had goals that were greater than winning over Kim's family. They had a mission, and they would continue it whether or not Kim's family let them into their lives.
The mission took them straight to Global Justice the day after Kim's parents had been informed. They offered Shego up on a silver platter, daring Doctor Director to throw Shego into jail and press charges. They challenged her into taking some sort of action after letting her see the scars that marred their bodies from Animatus's world.
"Try to make me suffer," Shego had taunted the good Doctor. "Try to do something to me that years of torture could not."
They didn't speak of Animatus's research, and told no tales of the trials they had been forced to endure. They didn't talk about the alterations that had been made to their bodies. They gave away very little of all that they knew.
"There is an evil out there," Kim had calmly told the head of Global Justice. "We don't know its name, can't remember all it's done to us, but it's out there."
"And you've told your parents about this?" Betty Director had asked.
"No," Kim had looked away then. She had to make her pain look real. "We thought it best they don't know about everything. They didn't need to know that I was tortured."
"We said Kimmie had been in a coma," Shego had helpfully added. "Told them that I had lost my mind, which isn't so far from the truth."
The story Kim had told her mother about Shego being paralyzed was the same they had shared with the head of Global Justice. Kim made sure to use the same words she had told her mother. She didn't want to get caught up in her lies.
"You do realize it's very difficult to believe any of this?" Doctor Director hadn't known how to respond to something her mind wouldn't let her believe. "You have to tell me something that will make me believe you."
"We don't need you to believe us," Shego had instantly responded. "The only reason we're even here is because we thought you'd might like to know there's a war headed your way."
"How do I know you're not the one leading it?" Doctor Director had asked the both of them. "How do I know you're not the clones?"
"Test our DNA," They had been prepared for the question, so Kim was ready with their answer. "There's no such thing as a stable clone so if you see something irregular then you'll know we're the copies instead of the originals."
Betty Director didn't bother to feign hesitation when she took them up on the offer. She called in her team of scientists and had blood drawn from the women sitting in front of her. She politely asked them to stay while she was waiting for the results, not really offering them a choice in the matter.
Kim and Shego had no plans to leave Betty before they knew the results. They had taken a risk in offering up their DNA. They knew Animatus was very accomplished in his research, but they had been given no indication to believe that Animatus had stabilized human clones. They simply had to have faith in Animatus's talents. They had to have faith that Animatus had perfected them, like he so often claimed that he had. He had told them that they were his best clones. They had exceeded what he could have ever expected.
It had taken twelve hours for them to get the results. In that time, Athena had been introduced to Betty Director and the head of Global Justice had slowly allowed herself to believe in the story Kim and Shego were telling her. The more and more she interacted with them, the more she wanted to believe that they had managed to come back from the dead and that they were exactly who they said they were.
Betty Director wasn't an unfeeling woman. She had cared for Kim as she watched the young hero slowly growing into the woman she knew would be like none other. She had even been one of the few that mourned Shego's death. She understood that Shego had not intended to end Kim's life. If anything, by the simple fact that Shego had taken the fall with Kim, it showed that Shego cared more than anyone really gave her credit for. If Shego wanted to save herself, she would have found a way. She had always found a way to save herself before.
"It would appear," Betty Director had forced the lump in her throat down so that she could finish her announcement. "It would appear that as far as our scientists could decipher, you are Kim Possible and Shego, and that you are indeed Athena's parents."
"We never doubted that," Shego had hidden her initial relief and fell straight into her certainty.
Doctor Director had asked them again about the evil that they said was coming. This time, she wrote down the details that they could recall, but they didn't recall much. They told her to build up her supplies, and to train her agents. They cautioned her to be prepared.
After they left Global Justice, it wasn't long before someone recognized that Kim Possible was once again walking the streets. The world media got a hold of the information and suddenly everyone knew that Kim Possible and Shego weren't as dead as they were supposed to be. They were walking around together with a child held close to them as if they were the best of friends.
That's when the world erupted into silence. No one knew what to say, and those that did have something to say didn't know how to say it. Everyone was certain that Hallmark didn't make a card for this type of occasion. So, everyone kept their silence.
Kim and Shego rested in their small apartment, unwilling to fill the silent void with their own words. The less they talked the less chance of someone out there coming out to defy their words. They had come from a world that wasn't supposed to exist and that never should have existed. Global Justice's scientists had proven that.
They could fool everyone, because they were perfect duplicates. Animatus had made them perfect. He had made them undetectable to the human eye and the lengths of human science.
"We'll have to go back to my parents," Kim said as she absently stared out their bedroom window into the darkness of the night. "My father will accept me now that science has proven I'm his daughter."
Shego removed herself from their bed, and then moved over to her partner. She wrapped her arms around Kim's nude torso and pulled the smaller woman against the front of her body. "He'll find you."
"Hmm," Kim groaned and dropped her head against Shego's shoulder. "I didn't think it would be this easy."
Shego leaned down and placed a soft kiss against Kim's neck. "So, waiting for the results was easy for you?" She gently inquired. "I was terrified."
"I know," Kim maneuvered so that she could get a clear look into her lover's eyes. "I could feel it." Her hands moved to cover Shego's lower back. "I wasn't sure we were going to pass the test."
"It would have been fun if we had to fight our way out of there." Shego mused. "It's been a while since we've had a chance to…" She couldn't quite finish her thought. She didn't want to miss a single moment she had spent in Animatus's world. She didn't want to admit that she missed the fighting. She didn't want to admit that she missed the challenges that took her to the very limits of her control.
"We'll get that back," Kim didn't need Shego to finish the thought in order to understand it. "It's already started."
"I don't see how everyone here is too stupid to see it," Shego drew Kim closer to her. "How can no one see us? How can they not see what we are? I always thought everyone was stupid; I just never thought they were this stupid."
"Science tells them we're one thing and their eyes tell them to believe in the science," Kim flippantly answered.
"Some of them will see the truth," Shego's eyes glowed a little brighter in the darkness.
"Then we kill them if they get between us and Animatus." Kim's words held no remorse, no hesitation.
Shego laughed. "And what would your daddy think of you if he heard you say that, Princess?" She playfully asked.
"I've missed my family, Shego. You know that." Kim pulled away from Shego. "When we were with Animatus, I stopped imagining what it would be like to see them again because it hurt too much to think about."
"I know," Shego allowed Kim to pull further away from her.
"I stopped thinking about anyone who meant something to me. It was the only way I could survive." Kim's attention went back to the bedroom window. "I gave up the life I remembered." It was necessary and Kim didn't regret any of it. She and Shego had survived. That was the only thing that really mattered in the end. "This isn't my life. James Possible isn't my daddy; Animatus is."
Shego wrapped her arms back around Kim. She didn't need to say anything. This wasn't the first time either of them had acknowledged the disconnect that they felt between this world and the world they had lived in with Animatus. There wasn't a single part of either of their beings that regretted leaving Animatus's world, but they had to accept that his world had become their home.
His world was where they had been born, where they had fallen in love, and where their daughter had been born. It was a part of them more than any memory of this current world could ever be. Kim Possible and Shego, the ones that weren't the clones, would probably have felt like home if ever given the chance to return, but their clones felt out of place.
"Let's go out," Shego whispered into Kim's ear.
"What about Athena?"
"She's asleep and will be for the rest of the night." Besides, Athena was old enough to take care of herself for a little while. Animatus had made her much more resilient than other human children. He had improved upon her in the same way he had made improvements to her parents.
Kim offered no more protests. They quickly got dressed and then went out into the night. They prowled the streets, hunting for something or someone that would prove a bit of a challenge. They found little in the form of entertainment, but found plenty idiots that had been willing to get in their way.
When they returned to their apartment, they checked on Athena, who was still resting peacefully, and then cleaned away the blood that had found its way onto their bodies.
"Kimmie," Shego said as she was drying off her hair, "I think once we're through with Animatus, we should seriously consider what we're going to do with the world."
Kim captured the towel Shego was using to dry herself off with, and then threw it away from them. "Let's talk about that later." Kim leaned in and captured Shego's lips with her own. She still had the adrenaline pumping through her body from the few fights they were able to involve themselves in, and the familiar need she felt for her partner's body was flowing through her veins.
"Fuck," Shego groaned as she felt Kim's hands take possession of her flesh. It had been a while since the beast that lived inside of Kim felt the need to dominate Shego, and it had been even longer since Kim had given into it.
Kim slammed Shego's body against the bathroom wall, managing to crack the tile with the force of the impact. Her hands roughly squeezed Shego's breasts while her mouth bit down onto Shego's neck. Kim's left hand released its hold on Shego's breast and roughly dragged its way down Shego's body, leaving deep red marks on the dark green skin.
Oddly, Shego thought right before Kim's fingers slammed into her center, this was something else she wouldn't admit she missed about Animatus's world. She didn't have to admit to something Kim already understood.