Gracie Anne Possible was absolutely ecstatic. This had been a rocking practice session for the Gang from Galway. The Gang from Galway was the band that Gracie, Mary, Jimmy, and Billy (three of her longtime friends) had formed. They had just finished cleaning up their instruments from the garage of her home where they had been practicing. After wishing them all good night and giving Billy a quick kiss that she made sure her mother's did not see she made it back to the kitchen to get a snack.
At the kitchen table sat Abigail Normal the family's resident Nanny, bodyguard, and Gracie's lifelong friend. Abigail was reading an issue of "Guns and Ammo" that she sat down on the table and motioned for Gracie to sit.
From out of Gracie's pocket leapt George, the naked mole rat, who landed on the table only to grab a catalogue for "Cheese of the Month" and begin turning pages.
"You band is definitely improving. I listened to you playing tonight," stated Abby.
"Smokin", George replied as he played an air guitar.
"I just love the work the band is doing and my singing brings me such joy," gushed Gracie as she ate some ice cream.
"So it seems you have not made up your mind yet on whether to follow your parents into the family trade or take a musical career," said Abby.
"Take up music it pays more and people shot at you a lot less," said Shego as she entered the kitchen and grabbed a bag of popcorn and put it into the microwave.
"Bang," said George as he acted if shot and fell back dead.
"Are the kids down for the night?" asked Abby.
"Yes, I put the girls down and Kim was just putting Nicholas to bed. I hope he sleeps longer tonight as it is my turn to get up with him if he wakes up."
"Why do you have plans?"
"I have several episodes of Game of Thrones recorded to watch. Now that the children are out of the way I can indulge," said Shego as she took her popcorn out of the microwave.
"You actually like that show?" questioned Abby.
"Of course she does. There is violence, betrayal, intrigue, and half naked women running around the entire show," said Gracie as she spooned up her ice cream.
"Booyah", said George and then he wolf whistled.
"Gracie Anne Possible I am surprised to hear such words form you," said Kim as she entered the room and opened the refrigerator to get a drink.
"You know she is right," said Shego as she picked up her popcorn. Shego headed out of the kitchen toward the living room and pinched Kim on her rear.
"Shego, not in front of!" exclaimed Kim.
"She is fifteen and we've had the talk with her."
"Just get out of here and go debase yourself in front the television," said Kim.
"I am off to debauchery," announced Shego as she sexily sashayed out of the kitchen. Gracie looked to Abby and made a barfing expression that brought a startled laugh from Abby.
"What is so funny?" said Kim. She glared accusingly at both Abby and Gracie as she sat down at the table. Abby and Gracie just looked at each other for a few seconds and then Gracie put down her spoon.
"Well mom it is just so cute that you and momma still act like love struck teenagers around each other," said Gracie.
"We do not act like teenagers," said Kim.
"At least I don't," came a voice from the living room. Once again both Abby and Gracie laughed and Kim glared back toward the living room but was soon laughing herself.
"What is this I hear about you and a singing career?" asked Kim.
"I was just asking what plans Gracie had now that she soon will staring into the ripe old age of sixteen", said Abby.
"It is all grey hairs after that", said Shego from the living room.
Gracie appeared to sit for a few moments clearing her thoughts. What was she going to do? It wasn't like she had to make up her mind about everything tonight. Why did she have to choose? She was a Possible and if the rumors were correct anything was possible for a Possible.
"I haven't made up my mid yet", stated Gracie.
"Well as your still considering your options, I spoke with your uncle Wade and had him prepare this for you", said Kim. Kim reached down and pulled out a brand new Kimmunicator and slid it across the table to Gracie.
"My own Kimmunicator! This is awesome." Gracie immediately picked up the device and began running her hands over it.
"Now listen to me", said Kim looking serious. "This is not a toy and I want you to use it only when you have too. "
"I will. Thank you for trusting me with this." Gracie quickly got up and hugged her mother. She picked up George and went off to her bedroom. "Goodnight Abby, Goodnight momma."
Once Gracie was gone Shego came back in the kitchen to get a drink. "I am still not convinced this is a good idea."
"I trust Gracie. You trust Gracie. Abby trusts Gracie. She is our daughter and whether she follows in our footsteps or not she is going to need extra care. Can you think of a better thing for her to have to keep her safe? She can contact us, Abby, Ron, and Wade and we can track her with it."
"She is still our little girl."
"She always will be," said Kim as she stood up and hugged her wife. "Now let's go watch some of that debauchery." As they left the kitchen Abby went back to her magazine.
"Teenagers", said Abby.
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"Yes, George we are on our way," said Gracie as she carefully ran her fingers over her new Kimmunicator.
"Smooth", said George as he pretended to skate across Gracie's bed.
"Just wait till I tell the band. No, maybe I shouldn't. I could save it as a surprise. No, maybe they would see it as a threat to our work as a band. We need a plan." said Gracie.
"Strategy", said George.
"Well we can think about this tomorrow. Time for bed." Gracie turned out her lights and quickly found herself asleep.
Later Gracie awoke with a start. Her bedroom was still dark but she felt something had startled her out of her sleep. She stared into the darkness for several seconds and even though she could see nothing out of the ordinary she felt that she was not alone. Her heart was racing but she quickly told herself that it was only her imagination and she reached for her light. Momentarily blinded by the light she scanned her room to find everything in order. George rolled over and began rubbing his eyes and blinking clearly confused at being woken up at such an hour.
"Sorry, George. I guess my nerves got the best of me."
"Zokay." Said George who then yawned mightily. Gracie smile and began to yawn herself when she saw the flash drive. There at the bottom of her bed was a computer flash drive and a note that had not been there when she had went to sleep. Gracie pulled up her bed covers and scanned the room again slowly this time but she found no one but herself.
She crawled forward on the bed and picked up the flash drive and the note. The note read "For Gracie. Keep this safe. Tell no one." The flash drive looked like a normal drive but she could tell there was some kind of modification that she had never seen in one before. She quickly turned to George showing him the note and drive.
"What do you think?"
"Trouble", Said George.
"Opportunity", said Gracie and George struck his hand to his forehead.
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Abby was having a hard time getting to sleep tonight so she was in the shooting range cleaning her guns, two new HKUSP45CT pistols. It was then she saw the silent perimeter alarm on the Palace go off. This indicated an external threat in the yard outside the house. She quickly loaded her guns and proceeded quickly outside of the house hoping to flank the intruder.
She moved around until she was in the front yard and she could just make out a figure below the window to Gracie's room. There was very little moonlight and the figure was obviously dressed to conceal themselves but she had a bead on the bastard. The figure appeared to check some device attached to its left wrist and she heard a voice quietly utter "Timetable cleared."
Abby approached quickly and silently but at the last second the figure seemed to detect her and turned to meet her. This guy was fast but not fast enough thought Abby. She slammed into the figure and leading with her left shoulder felt the hard impact. Her shoulder would be sore tomorrow but her opponent took ten times the impact she did. She felt that the figure had some form of body armor so she kept her momentum and led with her gun slamming it across the side of her opponent's head. Even though she clearly had the initial advantage her opponent began to counter. A flurry of punches, kicks, knees, and elbows followed with each side getting several good shots in. It was Abby however, who finally won out. Even though it cost her a hard strike to the side of her ribs she swept the figures legs out and the armored intruder fell heavily to the ground. She now stood over her opponent with her gun pointed directly at their forehead. She now reached inside her pockets and from her key ring triggered the main house alarm. An audible alarm now sounded and the outer house lights came on.
"Enough fun for one night. Do you know how much paperwork I have to do if I have to send you to the morgue?" Abby now could finally see her opponent. She had been correct in that he was outfitted from head to toe in some form of black light suit of body armor. The intruder wore a mask that revealed no facial features and only two black slits for eyes stared back up at her. The figure slowly raised it arms hands closed.
"Ms. Abigail Normal. How nice to finally make your acquaintance. Your dossier does not do your appearance justice."
"Stow it."
"Your security detected me. Most impressive. I suspect Mr. Load's involvement."
"When my employers get here you are done."
"Sadly, I cannot make their acquaintance at this time, do give them my regrets." The armored figure then opened his right hand emitting blinding flash of light. Abby was momentarily blinded and she fired where she believed him to be and she backed away expecting an attack but none came. When her vision cleared she was alone and where ever she turned there was no one in sight.
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When Kim and Shego heard the alarm they bounded out of bed grabbed their robes and began sweeping through the house. They had just determined that the girls and Nicholas were safe when they heard a gunshot from outside. Shego's hands immediately ignited in plasma and she led the way with Kim right behind. Once outside they found Abby rubbing her eyes and looking in directions.
"What happened?" asked Kim.
"We had a visitor. Someone just outside Gracie's room."
Shego immediately brightened her plasma glow to illuminate more of the surrounding yard but still no intruder was visible.
"Are you alright?" asked Kim.
"He and I exchanged a few gifts to one another. How could I have been so stupid?" said Abby as she began rubbing her shoulder.
"You missed him?" said Shego in obvious disbelief.
"Alright come inside and we can call the police", said Kim.
"Call GJ. This was no ordinary intruder."
"Alright. I will contact Wade as well. Maybe our security surveillance has some footage on this guy." said Kim.
They all went back inside and Shego sat Abby down in the kitchen while Kim went to check on all the girls and sent them back to bed. Nicholas had never even stirred from his sleep which Kim was ever thankful for. She then went back downstairs and Abby outlined what happened. When she was done Kim contacted Wade. A tired and obviously sleeping Wade appeared on the screen of Kim's Kimmunicator.
"Kim, do you know what time it is?"
"Yes, I do. We had an intruder and Abby chased him off."
"Is she alright?"
"A few bumps and bruises but she is alright." said Shego.
"Abby says the intruder triggered the perimeter silent alarm so I was kind of hoping?"
"That I could pull up some surveillance for you."
"Please and thank you." said Kim. Wade took only a few minutes to access the security system and scan the data feeds.
"Nothing was picked up until the silent alarm went off and a clear picture of the intruder was impossible until Abby switched on the lights." Kim held the Kimmunicator where Abby and Shego could see the display. Wade displayed the picture of the black armor clad figure.
"Who is this guy and how did he get so close before we detected him?" asked Shego.
"The new upgrade I did on your security system is what detected him. Since I did that upgrade specifically from the data I collected on the Red Raider it's a good guess who that is."
"Are you certain, Wade?" asked Kim.
"It's not an exact match but that may be because he appears to be wearing only part of the armor we have seen him in the past. However, there are too many similarities to think that it is anybody else."
"Why would he be gunning for us? We haven't even been called to do anything about him yet", said Kim.
"Maybe he is being proactive and feeling us out?" said Shego.
"I agree this looked like some form of surveillance not a combat operation. I didn't run him off; he ran of his accord", said Abby.
"Regardless nobody comes that close to us without drawing us down on them. I warned them all what would happen and if this guy wants to play with plasma then he is going to get burned", said Shego.
"I agree. Wade we need to speak with Doctor Director", said Kim.
"Now?"
"Now."
"Give me a minute." It was several minutes later that an annoyed one eyed and sleepy Doctor Betty Director appeared on the screen.
"Kim you are one of GJ greatest assets but why could this not wait until tomorrow?"
"We had a visit from the Red Raider", said Kim. Doctor Director immediately sobered and a worried look crossed her face.
"You are certain."
"Wade is and if he is than I am."
"What happened?"
"House security detected him and Abby fought him but he got away."
"Is agent Normal all right?"
"I am fine director and looking forward to a rematch", said Abby.
"Very well. Agent Normal I want you to go into full security mode. I will have additional agents tasked to and to the children in case someone tries to use them against you."
"Thank you Doctor Director", said Kim.
"One more thing. I think this guy is the real deal and I don't want this get personal."
"He came to our home Betty. If anyone made this personal he did", said Shego.
"I know. Have Mr. Load send the surveillance data from tonight's incident and the specification for his search diagnostic to GJ and we will upload them into our system. With any luck we will be able to finally track this him. When we do I will give Team Possible the privilege of bringing him down with GJ support of course."
"Of course", said Shego as she rolled her eyes.
Gracie waited patiently and listened carefully to the conversations going on in the kitchen below. Unseen from the top of the stairs she listened to her parents and GJ talk of tonight's happenings and what they planned to do. Gracie snuck back to her room and sat down on her bed to think. Gracie lifted the flash drive and knew that she had to make a decision.
"You know what George? This just got a lot more interesting."
Author's Notes:
Gracie is becoming a women and she is recognizing some of her own independence and her parents are starting to recognize that.
Gracie Anne, Abigail Normal, and George the Naked Mole Rat are the character creations of Poetheather1 and are used with her permission. Zoe Marie, Emily Abigail, James Nicholas Possible are the character creations of The Optimistic Scholar and are used with their permission. Kim possible and all characters associated with it are the Copyrighted property of the Disney Corporation and the creation of Bob Schooley and Mark Mckorkle. Any characters of Disney's Kim Possible are used without their permission but for non-profit purposes.
Game of Thrones is a creation of George R.R. Martin.