A/N: In honor of the new episode of 'Gravity Falls' tonight, I decided to get out this next chapter. Hopefully, whatever Drakken is planning won't be more dire than what Dipper and Mabel are dealing with (or what Kim and Ron will eventually deal with in "Weirdness Scale Overload"). Also, I'm happy to mention that, even though it tied with Whitem and Mahler Avatar's stories, my tale "The Legend of Middleton Hollow" has won in Stormchaser90's Halloween contest! Hopefully, next year, it'll score me a spot in the Fannies! Well anyway, without further adieu, enjoy this new chapter!

I.

"What is it, Wade?" Kim asked in concern.

"You're not going to believe this" Wade said in a monotone manner "There are reports of a shapeshifter committing a rash of crimes".

"Sounds like a certain disinherited heiress is at it again" Kim said with narrowed eyes.

"I don't know" Wade said unsure "This doesn't really fit Camille's MO. The thefts have involved computer components, robot parts, chemicals, and transmission equipment".

"Maybe she's gone into the mercenary business" Ron suggested.

"Doubt it" Kim replied "Camille's crimes in the past have been about making easy money. She wouldn't have the guts to pull jobs for other villains and risk breaking a nail".

"Then it sounds like there's a new shapeshifter in town" Wade surmised.

"If someone else got the same procedure Camille did, it's a strong possibility" Kim agreed. "Wade, look through the records of that plastic surgeon Jim and Tim investigated when we first dealt with Camille and see if he has given anyone else nanomorphic surgery".

"Shouldn't be too hard" Wade said as he began typing "Since Dr. Beaufax is an unlicensed surgeon, his records aren't exactly classified".

"Still, you really think he could've given someone else the Camille Leon treatment?" Ron asked.

"From how Jim and Tim described him when they met him, he doesn't seem to be type to be concerned with whoever comes into his office" Kim replied.

Just as Wade was doing his search, his computer started beeping again. "Whoa, boy".

"What is it?" Kim asked

"Shego has been sighted going through the Sahara Desert" Wade elaborated.

"That sounds like a strange place for a lair to be located" Ron couldn't help but point out.

"It's still our only lead" Kim said with determination. "Besides, if we can get Shego, we might be able to get out of her what Drakken is up to this time. Wade, keep searching for our new shapeshifter while Ron and I have a chat with Miss Bad Taste. Let's go, Ron!"

With that, the two took off took off for their destination in Africa.

II.

Flying in the Sloth at top speed, Kim and Ron were soon in the airspace over Egypt.

"How far away are we from Shego's last known location, Wade?" Kim inquired.

"By my calculations, you should be pretty close" Wade replied.

"Oh, I'd say we're close, alright" Ron replied with wide eyes as he pointed out the windshield.

Turning to where Ron was pointed, Kim saw a peculiar sight out in the distance.

"Is that…a giant vacuum?"

Sure enough, out in front of them was a gigantic hovering machine with a huge hose attached to it, sucking up the sand around it. Standing on top of the machine was none other than a certain green villainess.

"Why would Shego be stealing sand?" Kim asked bewildered.

"Maybe Commodore Puddles needs his litter box refilled?" Ron supplied.

"Well, whatever this is about, we're putting a stop to it!" Kim declared. "Hang on, Ron!" she cried as she turned up the Sloth's engines.

Over at the vacuum, Shego was monitoring the level of sand contained in the machine.

"Okay" she said after looking at the meter "Just a little more and we're finished".

At that moment, the Sloth came blazing over the sand dune before skidding to a stop, sending up a cloud of sand everywhere, obstructing Shego's sight.

"Correction, Shego" a familiar annoying voice said from within the cloud "You're already finished!"

Shego sighed before looking over the edge to see Kim and Ron on the ground. "Oh, great. You two again. Don't you ever have anything better to do than being a pain?"

"Don't you have anything better to do than being a villain?" Kim retorted.

"You know technically, I wouldn't call collecting sand a crime" Shego commented.

"You know, she does have a point" Ron pointed out.

"While I think that's a debate for the Egyptians to figure out" Kim replied "There's still the matter of that last heist you and your blue boy toy pulled".

Shego smirked. "Rankled about that little holoscam he pulled on you, huh?"

Kim sneered. "How did he manage that stunt?"

"You want to find out?" Shego asked "Come up and try to get it out of me!"

Taking the offer, Kim immediately leaped onto the platform of the machine effortlessly, Ron landing gracefully beside her thanks to his MMP.

"You really think you can take both of us?" Kim challenged the villainess.

"Maybe not" Shego said confidently "But I've got a friend here who should even the odds".

From out of the shadows stepped a familiar red and black suit clad figure.

"A synthodrone?" Kim asked in disbelief "You really think that thing can best us?"

"Another one nearly did" Shego quipped with a smirk.

Knowing full well what Shego was mentioning, Kim snarled. "Ron, you take care of that bag of goo" she said to the blond while cracking her knuckles "I'll handle this pain in the neck".

"You got it, KP!" Ron flashed a thumbs-up before facing the drone.

No sooner had Ron left her side did Kim charge at Shego. Swinging a karate chop, Kim aimed for Shego's shoulder…only for the green villainess to effortlessly block it with her wrist before throwing a punch towards Kim's stomach, sending her back a good five feet!

"What the?" Kim asked in bewilderment at the strength of Shego's strike.

"Whoa" Shego said in surprise herself. Clearly the Elixir of Life she had drunk had enhanced her abilities greatly. Taking advantage of this unexpected development, Shego shot a taunting smirk at Kim.

"What's the matter, Kimmie?" she mocked. "Is having that goofball Stoppable for a boyfriend finally making you go soft?"

Gritting her teeth, Kim charged at Shego and threw a sharp punch to Shego's stomach.

"Looks like I've touched a nerve" Shego laughed, while mentally surprised how little that strike hurt before sweep kicking Kim's feet out from under her.

At the same time, Ron was up against the synthodrone that had accompanied Shego.

"Alright, Syntho-Dude" he said as he took a fighting stance "Prepare to be reduced to a puddle of slime".

Unfazed by Ron's comment, the drone threw a punch at his head, but Ron weaved to the left before swiping his hand at horizontally, only for drone to bend backwards to avoid it and throw out a kick, which Ron blocked with a kick of his own.

"Hmm, looks like Drakken has programmed some new moves into this guy" Ron said out loud "Better take it up a bit".

With that, Ron called upon a great amount of his MMP and threw a punch straight at the synthodrone…only for it to catch it easily. Ron had only a moment to register this before the drone hurled him backwards with a flick of its wrist.

"Okay" Ron said as he got back on his feet "Something tells me this is no ordinary synthodrone. Well then, we'll just have to get a little creative. Rufus" he said as the mole rat appeared on his shoulder "Time for Plan 32Z".

"Hm-hmm!" Rufus saluted before hopping off to do his thing while Ron continued his fight.

Meanwhile, Kim's fight with Shego wasn't going as well as it usually did. The green villainess seemed to be besting her at every step.

"I think it's time to take this up a notch" Shego smirked before activating her glow powers.

Kim was momentarily shocked at the sight before her. Shego's glow seemed to burn brighter and larger than usual.

"Well, this just keeps getting better" the villainess commented before lunging at Kim.

Back at Ron's fight with the synthodrone, the drone was still giving Ron an equal fight, having just delivered a fist smash where he was standing. At that moment, Ron saw a flash of pink and smirked to himself. Time to put the plan into affect.

Leaping at the synthodrone with both fists, Ron made it look like he was going to throw a double punch. In a flash, the drone caught his hands by the wrists, which was just what he wanted it to do. At that moment, Rufus leaped onto the drone's shoulder and dug his sharp incisors deep into its arm. The bite caused the drone to release his grip on Ron, who took the opportunity to deliver an upper kick to the drone's head, like he did when he fought Erik, but this time, he managed to send the drone's head flying off.

"Whoo" Ron said with relief "Glad that's over. Now let's go help Kim stop She…".

Ron was cut off when Rufus start gibbering frantically and pointing to the drone's dismembered head. In shock, Ron watched the head turned into a metallic goo and climb back up to the drone's neck and reform, while the bite mark Rufus left in the drone instantly healed.

"What in the?" Ron said dumbstruck at the sight. Before he could completely register it, the synthodrone turned in a silver mass and shimmered, taking on the form of…himself!

The new clone of Ron leaped at Ron and delivered a powerful stomp at him, which Ron quickly avoided.

"Uh, KP?" Ron called out to his girlfriend "I think we found that mysterious shapeshifter we were looking for!"

Momentarily turning away from her fight with Shego, Kim was shocked at the sight of the synthodrone looking like Ron. Immediately, she turned back to Shego. "How did Drakken make that drone?"

"Yeah, like I'm going to tell you" Shego retorted before the fight resumed.

Ron, in the meantime, was dealing with his doppelganger, who appeared to know his fighting moves. The drone delivered a swipe of its palm that Ron ducked, then it followed up with a sweep kick that Ron jumped to avoid. The drone then threw a punch to Ron, but the boy quickly caught it before sending it flying with a blow to its stomach.

"Ha!" Ron taunted "No way a copycat can be better than the original!"

In response, the drone stood back up and raised its hand, which shimmered silver before becoming a silver-looking claw.

"Okay" Ron admitted "There can be improvements though".

The drone slashed at Ron with its claw, which Ron jumped back to avoid but received four long slash marks in his shirt.

"Hey!" he complained "Do you know how hard it is to sew this up after mission damage?"

Ignoring Ron, the drone swiped at him again, but Ron quickly leaped to the side to avoid it before karate chopping it in the wrist, breaking off its claw.

"Ha! Looks like you've been disarmed!" Ron joked, causing Rufus to groan at the wordplay.

In response, the synthodrone raised its severed wrist which sparked and shimmered, taking on the form of a blaster.

"Oh boy" Ron groaned before ducking as the drone fired "Alright, clearly, I'll have to go full monkey on you!" With that, he braced himself in preparation to unleash his full power.

At the same time, Kim's fight with Shego was coming to a head.

"If you won't willingly tell me where Drakken's getting these ideas, I'll force it out of you!" Kim said as she leaped into the air to deliver a flying kick to Shego.

Unfortunately, Shego caught Kim's foot and threw her towards the edge of the machine.

"Yeah, sorry" she retorted "But you'll have to do way better than that to get it out of me". She then powered up her glow even more before unleashing a torrent at Kim that sent her flying off the machine.

"Kim!" Ron cried in shock at seeing Kim fall off, dropping his power up stance and leaping down to Kim's aid.

"Oh yeah" Shego smirked at her still glowing hands "I think I can get used to this". Looking to the screen, she saw that the optimum amount of sand had been collected. "Well, this has been fun, Pumpkin. But I've got to jet! The next time you want to give me a workout, let me know!" With that, the machine floated up into the air and took off, leaving Kim and Ron behind.

"Are you okay, KP?" Ron asked attentively.

"I'm fine" Kim said as Ron helped her to her feet before looking out to where Shego had flown off "What in the world is going on here?"

III.

When Shego and the new and improved synthodrone made it back to the lair, the green villainess found Drakken working at a table, one of his vines holding the Atlantis book while seven others were aiding him, at his side was a pile of finished bizarre-looking Atlantean devices.

"Was the job successful?" he asked as he turned away.

"Yeah, we got it" Shego replied "We had a little run in with Kimmie and her boy, but that elixir you gave me and your new syntho here managed to keep them off our tails".

Drakken smirked "Who would've thought that Atlantis was the first to develop nanobot technology?" he said as he pointed to the entry in the book mentioning it "Well, anyway, time to proceed with the next phase of the plan".

"You know, this experiment of yours better work, Dr. D. Otherwise I just pulled the whackiest job of my career for nothing" Shego commented as Drakken walked over to a table.

"It should work as the book says, Shego" Drakken replied as he pushed a button and caused a bit of sand to pour into a beaker while the vine still holding the Atlantis manuscript flipped it to the appropriate page "If the book is right, the Atlanteans had developed a process to turn sand into a power source, providing the entire continent limitless energy".

"For the sake of your plan, it better be right" Shego sighed.

Placing the beaker of sand in front of three laser generators, Drakken powered up the devices and pushed the firing button, radiating the sand with red, blue, and yellow beams of energy.

"All three power units are level" Drakken observed before looking at the book's instructions. "Now to increase the heat force and modulate the intensity" he said as he turned a knob and pushed a few switches. "Readying final eradium blast" Drakken said he brought a fourth laser down from above. "Firing in 3…2…1…Now!" Throwing the switch, the fourth laser fired a blast of pure white energy that struck the sand. Watching in amazement, Drakken and Shego saw the smile pile of sand morph into a long hexagon shaped blue crystal.

Powering down the machines, Drakken looked at his new creation with a grin of pure glee "It worked! It worked! It worked, Shego!"

"Whoa" Shego said as she looked at the crystal inside the beaker "It actually did".

Jubilantly, Drakken removed the crystal from the beaker "And this is just the beginning! I have enough sand to create hundreds of these energy crystals! I'll be able to power any of my doomsday weapons, Atlantean or not, for decades! In the meantime, this crystal will do nicely for the device I just finished" he said as one of his vines grabbed the device he had been making when Shego came in.

Shego observed the device curiously. It looked like a cross between a remote control and a digital camera.

"What is that?" she couldn't help but ask.

"All in good time, Shego" Drakken said as he fit the energy crystal into the device "This device will be useful in the next step of my plan, along with this little device I whipped up an hour ago" he said as he lifted a snowglobe looking device with a glowing white sphere.

"What in the world is that, Dr. D?" Shego asked in surprise.

"Oh, you'll see, Shego" Drakken said with a wicked grin.

IV.

"I don't know what to tell you, Kim" Wade replied from the Kimmunicator's screen.

"Are you sure there's nothing Drakken could do with that sand, Wade?" Kim inquired from her and Ron's regular booth in Middleton's Bueno Nacho, having come home because the Grande Bueno Nacho in Go City still didn't serve nacos.

"Not unless he plans to make a whole lot of glass" Wade replied.

"Well, what about Shego?" Kim asked "I could barely lay a finger on her. And she seemed surprised about what she was doing. Any idea how to explain it?"

"Wish I had one, Kim" Wade shrugged in bafflement.

"Well, we know that synthodrone I fought was the shapeshifter that pulled those tech robberies" Ron pointed out while eating his naco.

"Ron's right" Kim continued "Now that we know that Drakken was involved in those heists, can you track the stolen items?"

"That's a little tricky, Kim" Wade said while typing "It'll take some digging to find a connection between that tech and that stuff Drakken stole from that lab".

"Well, can you at least explain what was up with that synthodrone Ron was fighting?" Kim inquired.

"Well, from the observations during the fight, it looks like Drakken developed his synthodrone technology to use nanites instead of synthoplasm and coated it with a liquid polymeric alloy".

"Sounds like something out of 'The Eradicator' series" Ron commented.

"Still, where did Drakken get the smarts to do that?" Kim asked in confusion "This is the second time we got bested by them. Drakken doesn't usually have stuff this tough".

"I'll keep searching, Kim" Wade replied "We're bound to learn the secret of Drakken's new success eventually". At that moment, his computer started beeping "Or maybe we'll have a better lead".

"What have you got, Wade?" Kim asked.

"My computer just finished scanning for the trail Drakken's hovercar left after you foiled his last plan" Wade explained "And according to this, its course went straight to England".

"Hmm" Kim pondered sarcastically "Let's see. Where in England would a known villain be able to hide?"

"Well, with Monkey Boy still walking the Path of the Yono, his house is vacant" Ron pointed out.

"Making it a good place for our villains to hide out" Kim finished "That's probably where Drakken is right now! Let's go, Ron!"

V.

The Sloth pulled up to Monkey Fist's abandoned manor in record time. Immediately after stopping, Kim and Ron climbed out, Kim wearing her battlesuit in precaution of Shego's new strength. As they approached, Kim caught sight of a certain green woman in the window.

"Looks like you were right, Dr. D" Shego replied to the blue scientist "They tracked us here".

Drakken just smirked. "Just what I was hoping for".

"Looks like Monkey Fist has some illegal squatters" Kim said on the outside of the castle.

"Yeah, I bet if he was still here, he'd be Landlord Monkey Fist" Ron joked, causing Kim to roll her eyes.

"Let's just put a stop to this, shall we?" the redhead said as she reached for the doorknob.

At that moment, Ron's instincts told him that there was something wrongsick about this. In an instant, Ron grabbed Kim and pulled her away, just as the door opened and a brilliant flash of light enveloped the entire manor!

TBC…

A/N: Quite the cliffhanger, huh? What has Drakken done and will Kim and Ron survive? Sorry that this chapter didn't come out before the episode of 'Gravity Falls', but I hope everyone enjoys this as a follow-up. Please note, the mention of 'The Eradicator' that Ron made is completely different from the villain of my story 'Eradication', which I hope to get back to eventually. Hopefully, the next chapter of this story will be up soon as well. See ya later!