Sorry that it took me so long to to update 'A New Path', but here is the next chapter.

Disclaimer: Kim Possible and related are the property of Disney which, contrary to common belief, I do not own.

Special thanks to Slipgate for beta-reading this story.

Chapter 6: The New Team Go

"KP!"

"Ron!"

In the central hall of the Middleton airport, Kim and Ron nearly smashed into each other as they met, Ron managing to twist Kim around so that she nearly twirled a full round around him.

Several passengers laughed and clapped at the display. "Long time no see?" one asked with an amused grin.

Both Kim and Ron blushed. "A couple of days," Kim replied sheepishly.

The man laughed and winked at Ron. "Never let this one go."

Embarrassed by the reception of what started as a playful – although partly true – jab at rejoining with Ron, Kim greeted her parents a bit more modestly.

"Hi mom, dad," she said as she hugged them. "Thanks for picking me up from the airport."

"No problem Kimmie," her mother said. "How was England?"

Kim smiled. "It was great, but it's good to be home."

"Do you think you're up for it?" her father asked jokingly. "Living there for the entire school year?"

Kim sighed slightly. "Well, I've had some time to think about it, and I know it will be pretty tough to be away from you guys for so long." With this, she mainly looked at Ron. "But this is also something that I really want to do. And a chance I may never get again."

"Hoosha!" Jim and Tim cheered. "We get the big room."

"So not," Kim huffed. "Mom?"

"Well…" Mrs. Dr. Possible replied with a grin. "You are leaving for a long time. And Jim and Tim could use some more room…"

"Mo-om," Kim objected half-heartedly. "I won't be in England all the time, where do I have to sleep during the vacation?"

Kim's father started to get into the joke as well. "There's always the guest room. Or, even better, we could turn Jim and Tim's room into a temporary bedroom for when you come over."

"Not funny," Kim muttered as even Ron had to laugh at the joke.

As they walked to the car and started packing Kim's bags in the trunk, Ron suddenly seemed to remember something.

"KP, before I forget, Shego asked me to give you this message." He handed her a small note.

Kim read the note. "Watch Dr. Drakken's presentation live tonight? Why, is it that important? I mean, it's good that they're turning another leaf, but the presentation can't be that interesting." She chuckled. "We have watched some of his rants after all."

Ron shrugged. "She just told me to make sure you watched it."

"…And so this program will not only create an opportunity for former villains to reconcile, it will also help them turn their inventions to good use, helping the community."

There was complete silence in the room, as no one was sure whether Drakken had finished his speech; he had gone through several end-like pauses already, only to continue momentarily afterwards.

"Thank you," The ex-villain said, slightly defeated by the lack of response.

A polite applause filled the room.

"Are there any questions?" The hostess of the presentation asked.

Many hands rose, raising a happy smile from Drakken.

"Please, only about the presentation," the woman reminded the audience. "Other question can be asked later."

A lot of hands lowered again, and Drakken's smile followed.

However, there were still people with questions.

"How will this be financed?"

Drakken frowned; he was sure he had explained that in his presentation. But then he remembered Shego reminding him that this thing often happened; people barely listened and he had to explain a lot again anyway. And since he was no longer a villain who could threaten such persons with weapons of doom, he would have to deal with it.

Putting on his best smile, he answered, "I'm glad you asked. As I have mentioned in the presentation, a lot of the money will come from the sale of unused lairs, another part will come from the sales of inventions, the safety of which will be overseen by Global Justice. But even then, more investments may be needed until the foundation can become self-sufficient. And that is why we turn to you." He gestured to the audience. "You will not only be investing in a better world, the revenues should be pretty interesting once the ball gets rolling."

The last line had been suggested by Perkins, and Drakken had to admit, judging from the reaction of the audience, it seemed to be working.

The next question followed quickly. "How can we be sure the villains don't fall back to their old habits?"

Drakken had thought long about that one, and he hadn't been able to come up with a satisfying answer until last night, when Shego had gave him the answer in two simple words.

"You don't." Drakken had to suppress a grin at the surprised look of his audience; he had the same look the day before. "But they're villains now, even if only ten percent stays good – and I'm aiming a lot higher than that – you'll have ten percent fewer villains."

The question that followed was obvious. "You're asking us to provide the villains with help and possible lead-ins? We're just going to have to trust them?"

"No," Drakken replied. "The foundation will be doing the trusting part, and will cover damages done by villains falling back while in the program. Global Justice will be closely watching the redeeming villains. All you will be doing is giving the villains a chance to better themselves and investing money with a high estimated degree of return."

Several other questions followed, going more into detail about Drakken's plans, and the former villain did his best to answer them all, eager as he was to get his new plan across.

When there were no more questions about the presentation, the hostess suggested that some general questions could be asked, seeing as Drakken and Shego were still under the interest of the media, even though a lot less so than a couple of months before.

A few general questions were asked, but then a by now familiar journalist stood up.

"Miss Go," the 'reporter' asked, "There have been some new rumors about you reconsidering joining Team Go, can you comment on that?"

Several other reporters sighed; would this guy never give up? It had been interesting at first, but the media wasn't waiting for the same question and the same answer every time.

However, to their surprise, Shego smiled and nodded. "Yes, my brother and I had a good talk and we agreed to reform Team Go… with me as the de facto leader."

Several gasps were heard throughout the auditorium, the reporter's being one of the loudest, but Drakken coming in a close second.

"What?" the reporter who had asked the question finally cried while the other reporters quickly grabbed their recorders and cameras.

Shego's smile turned into a full-blown grin that reminded everyone of her previous villain status; she was clearly enjoying this. "Yes, with my experience and skills, we can put Team Go back on the map as a capable team of heroes, also outside of Go City. Hego fully agreed with me."

"I did… I mean, I cannot believe Hego would say such a thing," the reporter, clearly panicking by now, stated.

"I thought people would think that," Shego replied smoothly. "So we decided to record our conversation." She held a small voice recorder in front of the microphone and pressed 'play'.

"Shego? Is everything all right?"

"Of course. You know, I have been thinking a lot recently about your proposal for letting me back on the team, and I think you've got a point."

"Really? I mean, you really want to come back to Team Go?"

"Yes. Is it really that hard to believe? I used to be a hero, you know. And now that the villainy is pretty much over for me and Dr. D., I need to see some action."

"That's so great. When are you coming over?"

"Well… I was thinking we'd make it a bit more official. You know, Dr. D is having that 'Bad to a Good Cause' speech going on next Friday. Could you inform that reporter who's been asking me about it? That way we don't have to keep on telling everyone that I'm back on the team."

"Sure, no problem."

"Oh, and one more thing. I think it's time to reconsider the hierarchy in the team. I know this may be a bit of a bombshell right now, but I think that if we want to put Team Go back on the map I should take over the steering wheel, at least for a while to see how it goes. Can you live with that?"

"Of course! Anything for my sister!"

"I mean, I do have a lot of experience built up over the years in the dealings of villains. And I think I'm the most skilled fighter of the team."

"You're right about that one. We're pretty much useless without you in that regard. You are the girl for the job."

"Okay, see you Friday."

Shego stopped the recording and smiled at the reporter, although no one seemed to notice the malicious glint in her eyes.

Hego stared up at his sister, knowing he was beaten. At least for now; there was no way to resolve anything right there and then without not only losing his secret identity, but probably also a lot of his credibility.

He sighed and managed to force out, "Thank you, I think Team Go will be in for some interesting times."

His silent retreat was drowned in the rain of questions thrown at Shego.

When she finally had a moment for herself, Shego quickly made a phone call.

"Possible residence, Jim speaking."

"Hey, this is Shego, is Kim there?"

"Uh… Kim is not available at the moment, can I take a message?"

Shego frowned. "Oh, I asked her to watch something on TV."

"She did." Shego heard that Jim opened a door, and then she could hear roaring laughter coming from the other room.

"Like I said," Jim said. "Kim is not available at the moment. Your work?" he then asked. "Good job taking her down like that."

Apparently, Kim had overheard them. "Jim… HAHAHA… is that Shego? ….HAHA!" Shego could hear Kim's voice approaching. "Let me talk to her… HAHAHA… If I'm able to…" there was some more laughter, and then Shego heard the phone switch hands.

"Hey Shego," Kim said in a shaky voice, trying to suppress more laughter. "That was really funny."

"Thanks," Shego replied dryly. "I do like to entertain."

Kim finally seemed to get herself under control. "So… are you serious about it? Or was it just the ultimate jab at Hego?"

"Actually, I had been planning for a while now on rejoining Team Go, and get it in real form, not the bunch of misfits we tended to be."

"Aw, come on," Kim objected, an occasional giggle still bubbling up. "You received the key to Go City, then got the Go Tower for free. You couldn't have done that bad."

"Have you seen our villains?" Shego deadpanned. "And the mayor isn't much better; all he wanted was the publicity, and he got it by handing us a flunked hotel. The city liked us because we had entertainment value. Why do you think Team Go fell apart when I left?"

Kim was silent for a moment, thinking about the question. "Ok, fair point. Your brothers aren't the greatest crime fighters, but they're still superheroes."

"Exactly," Shego said. "Without the squabble, and without the girl, Team Go lost their entertainment value real quick."

Kim snickered. "Better bring your more daring suits then."

"I heard that," Shego growled, but with a hint of amusement in her voice. "But what I really want to ask was: is Team Possible still going along with Drakken's plan?"

"Of course," Kim replied. "It's not that I don't like freak-fighting, but if we can turn the villain community, I'm in."

"Well sis, you really got me." Hego laughed halfheartedly. "But don't you think the joke lasted long enough? I think it's time to tell the people the real deal."

Shego and Hego sat in the main room of the Go Tower, waiting for their other brothers in order to start the first Team Go meeting with full attendance in many years.

The former villainess smirked at her brother. "Hego, this is the real deal. You've been bumbling around with Team Go for far too long, and you've never been very successful. I've been one of the best villains over the past years, and even I saved the world more times then you did during that time."

"You don't get it," Hego objected stubbornly. "The leader of Team Go isn't just about who saved who most of the time. It's about integrity, heroism, altruism…"

"Yeah, that's why you accepted the tower without even a moment of hesitation," Shego retorted.

At that moment, Mego and the Wegos walked in. Shego's younger brothers immediately ran over to her. "Shego, you're back!"

"Awesome trick you pulled on Hego."

Mego, on the other hand, kept his distance. Although he did give Shego a small nod, which she returned in a similar dismissive way.

"I didn't know the leadership position was for grabs," the purple-clad hero remarked. "Ever occurred to you that I might want a shot at the position?"

Hego frowned and Shego snorted, much to Mego's annoyance. "What? I can make a good leader."

Hego thought for a moment. "Perhaps we should hold a vote then, to see which one the team wants as their leader."

Shego shook her head at the weak attempt to gain ground, but she agreed anyway. "Alright, who's voting for Mego?"

Only Mego raised his hand.

The young man glared sourly at his siblings. "Fine, if you don't want me as leader, sort it out yourselves."

As Mego stomped out of the room Shego watched him with a small grin; he would act all hurt and angry for a couple of minutes, and then his desire to be the center of attention would drive him right back to the team."

"And who's voting for Shego?" Hego asked.

Shego and the Wegos raised their hand.

Hego looked crestfallen at his brothers as Shego's grin grew. The younger brothers shrugged. "It might be good to have a bit of change around here."

"Besides, this way, Shego will stay here, at least for a while."

Not willing to give up yet, Hego decided to go for desperate measures. "The vote isn't over yet… uh… since I'm the oldest, my vote should count twice. And… uh… you're twins so your vote can only count as two halves… yeah… so we're tied."

Shego and ten copies of the Wegos looked at him in slight amusement, hands still raised.

"Tied, you say?" Shego asked innocently.

Hego began to sweat a little. "Well… using your powers doesn't count, so…"
"Oh, cut it out already," Mego snapped from behind his older brother; Shego had been right, although even she had underestimated her brother's need to have people around him to whine to. "I'll vote for Shego too." He turned to Shego. "Now, will you at least let me be second in command?"

"You can't…" Hego started, but was quickly interrupted by Shego.

"Sure," the ex-villainess replied with a grin. "I'm certain Hego wouldn't mind, he never wanted to be second in command before anyway."

"Can you imagine?" Ron asked. "In just over a month, we'll both be headed for college, with an entire ocean between us."

"Ugh, don't remind me," Kim replied with a grimace. "I'm really looking forward to college, but knowing that I have to miss my dose of Ronshine for literally months almost makes me wish I would just stay here."

Ron sat up. "Really?"

Kim sighed, but she had a small smile on her face. "I'm sure we'll get through it. And besides, we'll probably see each other every now and then on the occasional mission. And of course during the holidays."

Ron chuckled. "Almost makes me wish Drakken's plan won't be a success."

Kim and Ron were spending their last few weeks before getting ready for the new school year in well-deserved relaxation. The summer vacation had been pretty busy so far with GJ's problems, the recovery from the Lowardian invasion and having the first college meetings, so the duo was relishing in this opportunity to just lie in the garden, gazing at clouds.

Kim sat up and grinned at her boyfriend. "Really? And here I thought I was the one who enjoyed fighting villains."

"I enjoy fighting them with you," Ron replied. "But yeah, I'd rather sit here and relax with you."

Kim chuckled. "I do have to admit, this is nice and relaxing. But we did agree to help Drakken with his plan."

"I know." Ron was silent in thought for a moment. "You know, I would never have guessed that Drakken could be that focused and determined. He should really have turned to the good side a lot sooner."

"Yeah," Kim agreed with a grin. "All we had to do was give him a chance to save the world instead of taking it over."

"I do hope they won't turn back again," Ron said. "Drakken is a pretty nice guy when he's not our arch foe."

Kim laughed. "Actually, he is. Well, we can do our share. We've been invited to meet up with the other teams to get Drakken's program really rolling."

"I don't get why we have to be here," Hego objected for the umpteenth time. "Why would we want to help a villain? Why would we even want to associate with a villain?"

Even though Shego felt like bursting a vein, she somehow managed to prevent herself from tossing her brother through the wall. "First of, Drakken has turned good, watch the news," she replied through clenched teeth. "Second, I am associated with him, and I like it. So if you diss Dr. D, I'll give you a memory of Christmas past, got that?"

Hego gulped and shifted uncomfortably in his chair. But he remained quiet until the other attendees arrived.

Kim and Ron were the next to arrive. "Drakken not here yet?" Kim asked as they sat down after each taking a soda from the catering tray.

Shego shrugged. "I guess he's running late, he planned on traveling with Lucre."

"So they might be stuck in public transport for all we know?" Ron asked jokingly.

However, a few minutes later, Drakken and Frugal Lucre arrived, together with Hank Perkins.

"Sorry we're late," Drakken said in apology. "We met up with Hank and got sidetracked catching up on old times."

Shego frowned; Perkins had visited Drakken several times over the past month and they had held endless conversation then as well. But she chose to ignore it. "No problem, GJ's representative hasn't arrived yet anyway."

Assuming that the last attendee would arrive any moment, everyone took their seats at the table after grabbing something to drink if they had not done so already.

They were still looking through the notes that Perkins had prepared on Drakken's behalf when Will Du entered.

The agent apologized for being a bit late and then took a seat opposite to Team Go.

Hego smiled and nodded at Will. "Finally, someone who thinks on the same page."

Mego and the Wegos looked confused at their brother. "You know him?"

"Of course," the hero replied. "We met shortly after the start of Team Go. We always had a similar view on professionalism and how to best fight crime."

But as Hego looked at him expectantly, Will shook his head. "Sorry Hego, I used to think like you, but in the past year someone made me see my error. In fact," he added, looking straight at Kim. "I think she made a lot of us here rethink our ways."
Shego grinned as she noticed the redhead's growing blush. "Come on princess, no reason to hide what you did. You even turned GJ's number one agent Du."

As Will shot Shego a look that remained somewhere between annoyed and amused, Kim desperately tried to hide her blush. However, since she had pulled her hair in a ponytail, she couldn't even hide behind her hair as she used to do when she was younger. "Can we please get started with the meeting?"

Wanting to regain the attention, Drakken nodded to Hank Perkins, who had been busy setting up a laptop and connecting it to the projector.

"As you have seen from the papers I provided you with, and from the presentations I have been giving over the past weeks, the program Bad to a Better Cause is ready to go, and the government is willing to allow a year-long trial," Drakken explained, then he looked at Will.

The agent nodded and rearranged his papers for a moment. "Mr. Lipsky agreed that Global Justice will be watching the program and receives full access to all the relevant files. We will compare data and determine which program is best for which villain."

"What about Team Go?" Mego asked. "What do we get to do?"

"And Team Possible," Ron added. "We've got college coming up, and I wasn't really planning on having all kinds of meetings to attend."

Drakken took over. "We would like to use Team Go and Team Possible as the basis for the reintegration program. Just like what happened to me, some villains may just be misunderstood. And when we give them a chance to do something good, they might like it enough to stay that way."

Kim frowned. "Enough villains we faced did evil for evil's sake. And then a lot are just after the money. Idealists are few and far between."

"And that is why we need to set up a personal profile for each villain and determine what is best," Will Du replied. "For now, we will only allow former villains to join crime fighters if they are really ready and willing to change."

"So, who do we get?" Hego asked. "Electronique? Is she still under the influence of the reverse polarizer?"

"She is," Will said. "But she won't be reintegrating until we know the full scope of the effects of that device. We wouldn't want her to turn back the same way she got good. For now, Team Go has Shego."

"WHAT?" Shego glared at Drakken, who looked back confused, and a bit frightened.

"You entered the program as well," the former villain weakly said. "You knew about that, right?"

"Do I look like I knew that?" Shego growled, then she turned to Will. "What is this? I turned good, I rejoined Team Go."

"Indeed." Will appeared to be completely unfazed. "So what's the harm in being in the program? You will still be doing what you did, and Global Justice already has your profile. Think of this as PR for the program."

Shego sat back, an angry frown still on her face. "Whatever. Don't keep me out of the loop next time."

"So who are we getting?" Ron asked, hoping to defuse the tension.

"For now, we don't have any suitable villains available," Will replied. "Mr. Perkins and Mr. Lurman continue to be part of the organization and other villains have yet to be profiled."

Kim looked at Lucre. "What about costs? We've been working mainly on favors, allowance and Wade's technical skill, and Team Go is subsidized by Go City, but I don't think either budget is really good for adding members to the teams, even temporary ones."

"If possible, the former villains will bring their own supplies," Frugal Lucre explained. "After they've been checked by Global Justice," he added after a look from Will. "As far as transportation and training goes, we are hoping for support from GJ."

Will Du nodded. "A request is in progress, and we should hear more of that soon."

"Alright," Kim said. "But since Ron and I will be busy with college soon, we might not be able to be of much help."

"That's fair," Drakken conceded. "We don't have villains available anyway."

Shego smirked. "Guess you never thought you'd say that, right?"

Several persons at the table struggled for a moment to keep a straight face, but then Drakken continued. "Are there any more points to discuss now?"

No other points were raised; Hego didn't dare to annoy Shego anymore than he already had that day, and Kim and Ron didn't feel too involved at the moment since they were more concerned about their scholarly future. So Drakken closed the meeting and thanked everyone for attending.

As Will left to get back to GJ, and Kim and Ron went into a bit of small talk with the rest of Team Go, Drakken turned to Shego. "How long will you be staying in Go City? I'm starting to miss you."

Shego smiled, something that still did not fail to amaze Drakken after all the smirks and mean grins he had received from her over the years. "Why don't you come down there some time? We can do dinner and a movie and forget about all the other stuff."

The former villain pondered it for a moment. "That does sound tempting…"

Shego grinned. "Good, it's settled then. How about Friday night? Pick me up at seven?"

As the green skinned woman left to collect Team Go to head back, Drakken was left trying to figure out what just happened.

"So, what do you think KP?" Ron asked as he and Kim drove back to Middleton. "A villain on our team, will it work?"

"We worked together with Drakken and Shego pretty well on occasion, even when they were still bad," Kim said. "I we get a villain who really wants to redeem himself, we shouldn't have too much trouble."

Ron grinned. "And what if we get someone like Junior? All clumsy and thinking they are great?"

"We'll send those to Bonnie," Kim replied with a smirk. "Seemed to have worked so far."

"You are evil when you want to be, Miss Possible," Ron chided with a grin.

"And don't you forget it," Kim replied with a smug grin.

"How do we go about fighting villains though?' Ron then asked. "We'll be a continent apart soon. And for some reason, images of extremely slow transportation pop into my mind when I think about that."

"Really?" Kim asked. "Like what?"

"Oh, I don't know… Snow crawlers, camels, elephants… that kind of stuff."

Kim chuckled. "Don't worry, I'm sure Wade can get us transportation. And we'll always have the Sloth."

Ron frowned. "Are you going to bring the car with you?"

"I don't know yet," Kim said. "It might be confusing, driving on the other side of the road. And I'll be practically living on campus anyway."

"Could I borrow it?" Ron asked hopefully. "I still have to commute the first year since I live too close to Upperton to go on the quick list for a dorm room."

"I'll think about it."

"Ah man," Ron sighed. "That means no."

"No, it means I'll think about it," Kim replied with a smirk. "This is going to be like that talk we had about being the team leader all over again, isn't it? Besides, you have your scooter."

"I can't go to college on a scooter," Ron complained. "That just screams 'freshman who lives with his parents'."

Kim chuckled. "Well, isn't that what you are?"

"Not helping KP," Ron muttered.

Kim stopped the car to wait for a traffic light and used to opportunity to bend over and kiss her boyfriend. "I'm just teasing you. Of course you can use the Sloth, as long as you're careful with it."

Ron smiled, although a bit embarrassed by his previous rant. "Thanks KP."

Kim smiled playfully as she drove on again when the light turned green. "Just remember, no open sodas in the car at any time."

Ron smiled. "I will. Hey, are we still on for dinner Friday? I mean, with all the preparations for college going on."

"Of course," Kim said. "Friday night is our night. And we won't have many more chances for a fancy dinner before I leave for England."

Ron made a mock sad face. "Fancy? You mean, no coloring book?"

"And no coupons," Kim added with a smirk.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter, let me know what you thought of it. I hope to get more updates up sooner, but I can't promise anything.