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Kim Possible: Wonder Girl
By LJ58
8
"Whoa," Shego murmured not for the first time as she, the Possibles, and Ron all sat around the living room in the Possible home as Kim gave her 'long' version of her story.
Ron noted there were quite a few details that she had not related to Dr. Director, and didn't blame her for a second. The hard-core, pragmatic agent would never believed half of what was being said, he could tell. She certainly couldn't have accepted all Kim had just told them, not when the head of GJ had already questioned the edited version she had been given.
"So, you're in," Ron finally asked Shego.
Shego smiled at Kim.
"I've got nothing better to do. Honestly, though, shouldn't we be alerting someone else about all this? Even my brothers might be some help," Shego suggested wryly.
"I've got Wade spreading the word to people that might actually listen to us, and being subtle with those that won't. It's obvious from the increased chaos, and the rise in violence around the globe that is blatantly escalating, that Ares is about to make his move."
"That is obvious," Diana agreed. "We must simply be ready, and prepared to face him wherever he appears."
"I think his battleground is going to be obvious, too," Ron told them.
"Yes. Wherever we are," Diana told him. "Or rather, where he thinks we will be weakest."
"Agreed," Kim nodded. "That's why I warned the Tweebs from the start. If he can't use family against us, then we can focus on stopping him."
"So, when you warned us to amp the defenses…..?"
Kim looked at Tim, and nodded. "He'll likely try to come here first, or send some of his followers for you guys, in an attempt to force us to yield. It would be something a freak like him would try from all I've heard so far."
"Yes. He is very good at deception, and treachery, for he's a coward at heart for all his power."
Kim looked back at Diana.
"Which still leaves us waiting."
"Yes," Diana agreed.
"I'm not good at waiting," Kim admitted.
"I know," the Amazon princess told her. "Neither am I."
"Shopping," Shego suggested with a feral grin at them both.
Kim looked at them.
"Us? Shopping? Together?"
"What is….shopping," Diana asked as she eyed the pair.
"Sweet, a newbie," Shego grinned. "We have to take her to the mall."
"A mall is….shopping," Diana asked.
"It's a start," Shego said, her eyes glittering.
"Why not," Kim finally sighed. "Sitting around will only make us crazy."
"Especially you," Diana remarked knowingly.
"Figured that out already, did you," Shego asked the Amazon with a grin.
"It didn't take long," Diana smiled. "She wouldn't stay in bed despite being hurt, and she was trying to get off the island since the day she arrived."
Her parents smiled at Kim knowingly.
"That's our Kimmie-Cub," James Possible chortled. "Always impatient to be doing….something."
"Dad," Kim groaned. "Not in front of the princess," she hissed.
"Well, it's not like I called you bubble-butt," he smirked at his wife.
Which made everyone laugh.
Diana only smiled.
"So," Ron finally asked her a bit sheepishly. "Is that everything?"
Kim glanced at Diana, then Shego.
"Just a few….personal ishes that aren't important just now," she told him.
Shego looked relieved.
Diana looked amused.
Ron just nodded, looking content. And still slightly confused.
"Listen, you guys wanna go shop, I'll just….bail on this one," Ron told her. "You need me, though, and…."
"Watch your family, Ron," Kim told her. "We might not be seeing each other any more, but that doesn't mean this guy might not try to use your family against us, too."
"Bring them over," Anne suggested to Ron. "We haven't had a visit in a while…."
They all looked at the twins.
Who only smiled less than innocently.
"Assure them the boys will behave," James told the young man, scowling at the twins.
Who looked less than intimidated.
"Mom, we're going to head out to the mall now. But if you need us…."
"I have your number, Kim. And don't worry. Enjoy yourselves," Anne told the three.
"Well, I will," Shego smiled.
Kim rolled her eyes.
The redhead stared hard at her mother for a moment, and Anne frowned.
"Kimmie?"
"Later, mom," she finally said. "Let's go," she told the others, she and Diana now in borrowed sweats from Anne that covered their Amazon garb. Shego was in a pair of dark slacks and a green top she had stashed in the old lair, and just then, other than her distinctive skin coloring, she looked quite ordinary.
"My car, or walk," Kim asked as they walked out, leaving Ron with her family.
"Car," Shego told her. "I am not lugging back anything."
"Right," Kim smiled, and went to unlock the Roth.
"Shotgun," Shego shouted, and bolted for the passenger side.
"Shotgun," Diana frowned as she watched Shego drop into the front seat with a smug grin.
"It's an expression," Kim sighed. "It means, I hope you don't mind riding in the back."
"The back…..? In there," Diana frowned, looking at the small space in disdain.
"Yeah. Sorry," Kim blushed.
Diana frowned again, then looked around.
"I could meet you there."
"You don't know where we're going," Shego grinned at her from the seat.
"I could follow you. I could fly….."
"Low profile," Shego told her as Kim groaned. "Suck it up, and get in, Princess."
Both women eyed Shego.
"Okay, definitely need to work on that one," the green-skinned woman sighed.
"It isn't far," Kim assured Diana. "And you did want to see how we live here."
Diana sighed, and squeezed into the back.
"Next time, I will have this shotgun," she declared.
"Only if you're fast enough," Shego smirked.
"Oh, so you want a race," Diana smiled smugly now.
Kim sighed again.
"Let's just get to the mall without turning this outing into a free-for-all, shall we," she asked.
"Anything you say, Pumpkin," Shego beamed.
"Pumpkin," Diana frowned.
Kim said nothing as she climbed into the driver's seat after pushing it back in place, and pulling on her seatbelt.
"Nicknames," Shego went on without missing a beat. "Surely even you have them? You know, sweetie. Honey. Dear. Or Princess, Pumpkin, Cupcake. Or my personal favorite, Bubble…."
"Shego," Kim growled.
"Jeez," Shego smirked. "You sure are touchy lately."
Kim eyed her, then shook her head, and smiled.
"Actually, I'm just glad you're sounding more like yourself," Kim smiled earnestly as she started the car.
"Thanks, and when we meet this war god, I'm going to personally explain how much I loathe anyone messing with my head," she said somberly now.
"I'm pretty sure you aren't the only one," Kim told her, pulling out of the drive, and heading for the downtown shopping district.
Diana said little as they drove, staring out at the world around them, her blue eyes filled with delight.
Still, Kim couldn't help but remember that strange echo in her head as they left the island. "Guard your sister well," still rang in her head, and she could fathom only one source. Still, she was confused over why Diana required guarding. She might be naïve in regard to….well, Man's World, but she was just as capable as anyone she had ever met. More so, considering her divine powers.
Yet, that warning had to have cause, and meaning, and she believed it as portentous as that blatant warning about Shego's fate.
"Okay, what now," Shego asked, staring blandly at her without showing her own feelings.
"I was just….thinking," Kim smiled at her.
"Well, don't. You start looking like that, and I start looking for the rocks to start falling out of the sky, or something," Shego complained as they neared the mall.
Kim had to laugh at that one.
"Oh, snap. I just thought," Shego frowned. "I don't have my holo-mask, and if anyone sees me…."
"Use my holo-emitter. It creates a hard-light hologram around you so you can look like anyone. Completely foolproof."
Shego eyed her.
"Something tells me I know how you managed to get into some of the places you have over the years now," she smirked.
"Actually, Wade made me that so I could lay low a while back when I was….tired."
"Uh-huh. How many clubs you sneak into with it," Shego asked, taking the small device that looked not unlike a simple MP3 player. An old-fashioned one.
"Maybe….a few," Kim blushed. "I was just curious. Frankly, after I got inside, I wasn't sure what all the fuss was about."
"No? Then you haven't been to the right clubs," Shego grinned, finding a 'face' on the tiny screen to her liking, and switching it on.
"You have to clip it to you. Someplace where it won't…..fall off," Kim choked, blushing scarlet as Shego unzipped her distinctive uniform just enough to push the device into her very evident cleavage. She then zipped it up, but not as high as before as Kim tightened her hands on the wheel, and pointedly looked straight ahead as they pulled into the mall's parking lot.
Just before Shego became a very convincing duplicate of Dr. Anne Possible. In her casual outfit, she was a very attractive figure. Only she was one that looked exactly like her mother except for that very smug smile she knew all too well.
"You're twisted," Kim muttered. "Absolutely twisted."
"Wouldn't you like to find out? I still want to talk about our little….heartfelt declaration that the princess' weird rope thingy made us confess."
Kim blushed all the more even as Shego twisted in her seat to eye Diana, now dressed in sweats she borrowed from Kim's mom, rather than the too small GJ uniform.
"And by the way, Princess whoever," Shego said, smiling sweetly. "You ever even try to drop that thing on me again, and I'll feed it to you."
Diana only smirked.
"Please. Even with your star-touched powers, you are no match for an Amazon warrior," Diana declared authoritatively.
"Really? Wanna try me sometime one-on-one."
"Ah, Shego," Kim murmured, considering Diana's own gifts, and how she had been sparring with her for essentially months, teaching her quite a bit about martial arts, and some moves that she knew always worked with Shego.
"What," Shego glared at her.
"Whoa. Don't do that," Kim yipped.
"What?"
"You have my mom's face," Kim hissed back at her as he pulled into a parking spot not too far from the main entrance of the mall. "And that look so does not belong on it!"
Shego smirked.
"Ready to go shopping," she grinned.
"You do know that the first time someone sees you pull out a credit card," Kim told her. "They'll be expecting….."
"Just drop by the ATM, and I'll get cash."
Kim eyed her even as she reached for the door.
"I have my own accounts, Kimmie," Shego shot back. "Don't worry. No stealing. Word of honor."
Kim eyed her, then slowly nodded. "Thank you," she told her. "You do know, it's not just….being about the right thing to do. I'm worried about you. I don't want you…..hurt."
"The world is pain, Pumpkin. People are going to get hurt, no matter how good, or bad you are. It's just a fact of life."
"I'm not worried about this world," Kim said as they climbed out of the car.
Shego said nothing to that.
"Let's just go shopping," she said quietly.
"Yes," Diana declared, climbing out of the car, and stretching. "I wish to see this shopping mall. And then I will have the shotgun."
"We'll see about that," Shego grinned.
Kim sighed, locked her doors, and led the way into the mall.
KP
"Wade, it's us," Tim said as he and his brother appeared on the screen when Wade answered the chirp he thought was Kim.
"I noticed," the young genius murmured, still sifting mountains of data as he tried to eliminate potential fact from myth as he studied the Ares problem. The problem was, no one had ever considered that such entities might actually be real.
Or still existent.
The alternate dimension theory appealed to him, because he still wasn't ready to accept a handful of gods and goddesses were running around, still playing with human lives.
The idea that one of them was coming to their world, soon, to do bad things did not settle well with him. The idea that one of them had apparently noticed his spying earlier, and somehow reached out, and shut down all his equipment was even more galling.
"What is it," he sighed when the pair just stared at him.
"We were studying the bio-signature of the amazon princess running around with Kim now," Jim told him. "If it's anything like the baddie Kim says is coming, we're in trouble."
"Define trouble?"
"Remember the greenies? The big, space greenies," they added, knowing there were other greenies on the planet.
"Yes," he sighed.
"Wade, her power probably makes them look like schoolyard bullies. If this Ares is anywhere near the same…."
"I've already augmented the shielding around my mom's house," he said curtly.
"What strength? We calculated, and it's a best guess, we admit," Tim went on for his brother, "That if we amp the Lorwardian fusion generator to fuel the cyclic pulse of the standard contatinment field emitter to a factor of seven, that…."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! You boys have a working fusion generator?"
"Duh," they both said as Jim went on. "Don't you?"
"Not one that works," he actually whined.
"We'll send you our schematics," Jim grinned.
"No big. You hook it into the standard protection grid, and we think…. Think….it might hold off whatever this guy can toss our way. We're thinking offensive protocols for this one, though," Tim said ominously. "So, could you spare us that little plasma cannon you took off the warbot that you never turned over to GJ?"
"How did you even know….?"
The twins grinned.
"Fine, it's on the way. I want those schematics now, though," he told them.
"Check your email," Jim grinned. "And, Wade. Thanks. Like Kim says, you do rock. You're just slowing down a little," Tim concluded smugly.
"Slowing…..down," Wade grit out as the pair signed off even as he got an email alert. "Slowing down," he choked out again, and opened the blueprints he found in the attachment. Then felt his jaw drop. "I don't believe it," he rasped, and wondered if he should tell Kim her brothers might be bordering on genuinely insane genius. The kind the that could go either way.
He considered it, then shook his head.
After all this time, she had to already know.
To Be Continued….