I do not own any Disney characters named herein, and am only borrowing them to tell a nonprofit tale meant for entertainment purposes only.

Kim Possible: Super-Girl

By LJ58

17

Kim screamed 'No!' for more than one reason as the Guardsmen charged the robotic Bebes without apparent concern for the human lives lost in their initial attack. Or those yet to be released that remained living shields for the unyielding robots.

She screamed because even as she felt she was getting close to reaching the robotic leader, she felt two things as once, and it stunned her.

She felt the genuine grief the leader felt for her now fallen sisters, and she felt several of the near-sentient minds die screaming in her empathic mind that had been searching them out.

She turned, and with a grim scowl, told Annie, "Protect the queen," and then she was gone.

Faster than the eye could track, she rushed right at the charging Guardsmen, and intercepted armor-piercing rounds, bullets, and even explosive shells. Even as she disarmed the entire platoon that was suddenly faltering as they belatedly realized that fingers were no longer pulling triggers as hands no longer held their weapons.

"Idiots," she swore, hovering over them with an armload of weapons she had just finished crushing into metal confetti. "I was handling this. I was neutralizing the entire threat. You just got killed people for no damn reason," she swore as the officer gaped at her.

"We have our orders," he began.

"If they're from General Drake, you might want to reconsider. The man's an idiot. A vindictive idiot with a genuine grudge against me, and my team. Or do you really think you, and your soldiers had any real chance here even with all your arms," he demanded as the lieutenant only then realized that in the time it took Kim to disarm them, several hundred Bebes had moved to surround them.

And even for expressionless robots, they looked angry.

"Bebes are perfect," one said, and they all echoed it.

"Bebes are one," the same one said, and they all echoed it.

"Kill one," the first went on, "And the rest kill you."

"No," Kim moved to land between them and the soldiers now, and stopped without attacking. "You know killing hurts your sisters now. It hurts you. Killing these…humans is no different. You will only make more humans come. With more weapons. No one wins if that happens. Only more, on both sides, die."

"Kim Possible speaks truth," the leader walked through the parting horde with Annie to join them. "This is not logical, but Kim Possible is defending us, and speaking truth. Bebes must consider this."

"I felt your losses. I am sorry," Kim turned to the leader, putting a hand on the metallic shoulder as a show of comfort. "If you are going to save your people, though, you must withdraw. I ask you to trust me to help find you a better way. Can you do that? Can you trust me?"

The robot eyed Annie, then the soldiers. She then looked around her, and again, Kim felt the indignation from the apparent machine.

"Bebes will consider your words. Bebes will withdraw. We shall speak again. Later," the leader said, and they all began to hum, and vibrate in a very familiar way just before every robot in view just seemed to vanish.

In their wake, not one fallen Bebe was left behind. There were, however, more than a few gory, human remains left.

Kim eyed her team coming up toward them now, Shego looking as grim as Ron, and ready to fight as she eyed the soldiers.

"You see that? That is on you, sir. That is on your commanders. I had this sitch contained. They were already about to yield, and you…. You caused that," she swore, gesturing helplessly toward the dead.

She turned, and eyed Ron.

"Looks like we call this one a draw," Kim said with a somber scowl.

"No," Shego told her, glancing at the bodies. Some of them very young. "When people die, it's always a loss."

"No argument," Kim said. "Back to base, guys. We have some things to consider. Like how to keep my promise to a few thousand Bebes," she added.

"And when did they get to be so numerous," Jim asked.

"Last we heard, you had about wiped them out."

"They've obviously been busy while they were hiding out," Ron pointed out, glancing at one of the soldiers who was looking ill as they now had an unobstructed view of the dead.

Even as Team Possible started to leave, more than a few GJ jets began arriving, and Kim did scowl now.

"Guys, jet. I'm not ready to face those idiots. Not without coming unglued just now," Kim swore.

"No argument," Shego told her. "Go on. We'll be airborne as soon as we get back to our ride."

Kim nodded, and smiled faintly her way.

"Thanks, Shego. Get them home. Annie, go with them. I need to….unwind," she said, and took off, going straight up.

"That still blows my mind every time I see it," Ron said, looking up after her.

"Mine, too," Shego murmured as the blue and gold clad heroine vanished into the sky in seconds.

"Stoppable," a familiar voice shouted even as they reached the Kimminator, and began to board.

"Du," Ron grimaced as Shego paused in the hatch to look back, too.

"Can I hurt him for you," Shego asked with an eager grin.

"Not this time," Ron said so earnestly that the lean agent faltered as Dr. Director came out of the jet behind him as he had shouted out for them even as they landed, and he was climbing out of their own aircraft.

"We need to talk, Ronald," Betty called out.

"No, we don't," he said, and gestured for Shego to seal the hatch after he walked in after her.

"Take us home," he told Shego.

Dr. Director could be seen outside as they fired the engines, and began to ascend vertically. She looked grim, standing there watching them, but Ron was past caring.

"She claimed to be trying to help Kim earlier," Shego pointed out as she banked the nose, and fired the thrusters, increasing speed and altitude as one.

"Maybe. But I've yet to see her help anyone without an agenda. And I can't forget how many times she let her own people burn us when we were working with her. If that's her idea of help, we can do without it."

"Agreed. I was just giving you the chance to say so. Me, I'd rather have hurt them both," Shego admitted.

"We are the good guys," Ron reminded her, just sitting in his seat, and not touching any of the controls on his side.

"I know. Only sometimes, I have to admit, the bad guys have more fun, and get more done. Well, most bad guys," she added when Ron just eyed her knowingly.

"Right," he murmured.

"Okay," Jim cut in as Annie simply stood silently in the cabin, saying nothing just then. "I just got news from Stonegate, Ron."

"What is it," he asked, "A breakout?"

"No. It's from Wade. Dementor woke up. And he's apparently demanding Kim face charges for attempted murder. His. Someone is listening. The DOJ just filed charges."

"Drake," Shego said in a low snarl. "It has to be that tin-plated weasel again."

"Think that was why the harpy was after us," Tim asked. "Was she trying to serve the subpoena?"

"You can bet that freaking dwarf probably thinks he can sideline us with this ploy, and distract us from whatever is rolling around in his thick head this time," Shego declared.

"Or, he might even think someone can bring Kim in, and he can exploit her captivity for his own purposes," Ron added.

"Or, he might just be a spiteful freak who is looking to cause any trouble he can, because he knows by now that he is hopelessly outclassed," Tim put out.

"Definitely," Jim nodded.

"Considering he just woke from a coma, and is bound to be yet debilitated by his injuries, that is a far more likely scenario," Annie agreed.

"Maybe. But, trust me," Shego said as she continued on course for Middleton. "Guys like Dementor? I know how they think. And right now, he's thinking of some way he can exploit all of this for his own gain."

"Like the time he tried to steal KP's battle-suit. Man, what if he still thinks KP is just using a super-suit?"

"That's a good point," Shego nodded at Ron. "We should find out just what the little freak is thinking."

"How do we do that," Jim and Tim asked.

Shego answered by changing course.

"It's not too late. We should be able to arrive before visiting hours are over," Shego grinned. "What say we go visit poor, suffering Professor Dimwit?"

"And scare him," Jim grinned.

"No threatening felons in front of guards," Ron sputtered. "They get mad when you do that," he added pointedly.

"Right. So only threaten him when no one is looking," Shego advised.

"Shego! That's not what I meant," Ron told her.

"No? I could have sworn that was what you meant. I mean, I still remember that time you dragged Drew up that cliff, and dangled him over the edge."

"I was trying to show him why returning to evil was a bad idea," Ron grumbled.

"Well, it worked. Of course, from what I've heard, his good isn't much better than his evil," Shego sniggered.

"Well, he is….Drew Lipski," Ron shrugged.

"Not even touching that one," Shego sniggered as they flew on to their new destination.

KP

"For a provisional member, you keep showing up with alarming regularity," Batman scowled as Superman brought the redhead into the conference room.

Kim had been floating over the planet, trying to clear her mind when Kal had appeared to join her. She didn't even have to tell him what had happened, he had seen it all. He had been on his way to help even when she managed to sway the Bebes, and while the army had been left with cleanup, they were being quick to smear her with a broad brush in her absence.

"This issue is important, Batman," Superman told her as Diana and J'onn joined them. The last of the founding members still active in the League. "The Bebes have obviously grown beyond a madman's annoying toy into a genuine global threat."

"Not that they have to be. As I told you….."

"I understand," Kal told her. "But we have dealt with artificial life forms, and they are almost always…."

"Exactly," Kim seized on that one. "Almost. I still remember that android that used to help you. Tornado?"

"Red Tornado," Diana nodded as she took a seat.

"Not a very convincing argument. He was always more trouble than he was not," the detective spat.

"Look, you all know I've developed a growing empathy. I can tell you that some of the Bebes are alive. Others are evolving toward sentience. They deserve a chance…."

"That doesn't change the threat they represent," Batman snapped back at her.

"They're like children," Kim slapped a hand on the table, and it spoke to its sturdy construction that it didn't break under her blow. "They just need to be taught…."

"I understand you've destroyed quite a few of them over the years," Batman cut her off.

"Yes. Robots. Simple machines. These aren't true machines now. I…. I felt them die. I felt their….dying screams," she swore. "Killing them now would be….just wrong," she argued.

"Kal," Diana asked.

"Considering how numerous they've grown, and the fact they are still evolving, they could grow to be even more of a threat than they have been. That said, for the sake of justice, we will let Kimberly approach them first. If they will stand down, and accept…direction, we will give them a chance. Otherwise, they will have to be destroyed."

"Direction? Look, I know they need to change. I know they need to find another way. But if they could be made to see reason, like Annie…."

"Your android AI is far different from a robotic intelligence," Batman told her curtly.

"Look, I'm just saying give them a chance. If they are capable of evolving this much in so short a time, who knows what else they might yet become," Kim pointed out.

"I think that is what is worrying," Diana told her. "As Kal said, we have fought artificial life forms before. Still, if there is a chance to prevail with reason for a change," she said pointedly, eyeing the two men.

"Fine," Kal sighed. "But one chance," he told Kimberly. "Just the one. We cannot risk them repeating their tactics, or even escalating, when we still don't know their exact numbers, or available weaponry."

"It might behoove us to have something to offer them," J'onn pointed out, finally speaking. "As Miss Possible suggests reasoning with them, it would help to show them we are willing to offer them something beyond our….guidance. Which might be poorly received as a backhanded threat in itself."

"Good idea," Kim nodded. "I'll admit, I hoped they might accept a role not unlike Annie's, and being led to help….somehow. Only I don't think they will be as readily accepted."

"Readily accepted?" Batman snorted. "There are still a lot of demands you shut down your AI, and bring it in for study. You do know that?"

"Okay, what are you thinking," Kim turned to the Martian. "Because it's pretty obvious what the jerk thinks."

Batman just glared as Diana actually chuckled, and Kal only sighed.

"I was thinking, Miss Possible, that Mars was once a utopia before my people died. If they are evolving, perhaps a once inhabited world they could remake on their own terms might be a suitable bargaining chip to give them room to continue to develop, and prove they can be….benign."

"And perhaps give them the chance to turn into a truly genuine threat," Batman added. "Especially if there are other ruins they might find, and exploit."

Kim glared at him now, but Diana cut her off, saying, "We'd naturally be keeping an eye on them, and offering them aid as proof of our good intentions."

"That sounds like a plan," Kim nodded. "As soon as they contact me, I'll let the queen know."

"Queen?"

"Well, they are kind of a hive, even now. Even if their leader has evolved to think independently."

"Great," Batman muttered. "An entire hive-mind of free thinkers. I can't wait to see the chaos that creates," he said cynically.

"You mean, like human beings," Kim shot back. "People starving, dying of thirst, and most men still just sit around arguing over who has the biggest…."

"Kimberly," Superman cut her off.

"Stockpiles," she said blandly, eyeing him.

"Right," he nodded. "I do understand how you feel. Even our powers don't make us gods, though."

"I know that," she shot back. "But they do give us a greater chance to help. To help more than most. If we aren't doing that….. To help even robots we might not like, but who still need help…. Then….we don't deserve to be called heroes."

Diana grinned.

"What," Kim asked her.

"I like the way you think, little sister. As I said, feel free to visit us any time. You might find you have more in common with we Amazons than you realize."

Batman continued to glare.

Kal only sighed.

"Do we have an agreement on the offer," J'onn finally asked.

"I agree," Kim nodded firmly.

"It is an idea that has some merit," Superman nodded. "I agree."

"As do I," Diana nodded. "Batman?"

"I still think you're making a mistake. But why listen to me? You never do, until you need my help cleaning up your messes." He rose, and turned with a rustle of his cape, drawling, "I'll be in Gotham. Do what you want."

"Guy gets more cheerful every time I see him," Kim grumbled.

Diana laughed outright this time.

She was the only one who did.

KP

"Shego," Dementor grumbled. "And what are you doing here? That blue idiot is not here for you to break out any longer? Can it be you are looking for new….?"

"I already have a new gig, metal-head. That's why I'm here. To offer some….helpful advice."

"Helpful advice," he snorted as he sat up in his bed, still covered in bandages. Most especially around his head, making him look not unlike he was wearing a turban. "You?"

"Me. First, since I do know how you boys think, I think you should be confronted with a few hard truths you might have missed during you nap," she declared.

"Nap? That redheaded do-gooder assaulted me! She used her dangerously dangerous power-suit to assault me, and attempted to actually…."

"I suggest you zip it, and listen to Kimmie's latest press release before you try pressing any charges against anyone," she told him, and held up a small Kimmunicator Tim had given him just for that purpose.

"What…?"

"Just listen. Trust me. It's educational."

Dementor's dark eyes were hugely rounded by the time the images of the Kryptonian hero and the powerful Amazon descended to join Team Possible.

"Nein," he rasped. "This cannot be. This cannot be. She cannot…. She…."

"She's so far beyond you now, Hans that slapping you down would way down on her list of priorities. Get it? Still, you cause trouble, and her entire team is going to be there. And we might just play as rough as Kimmie. Or….Ronnie. Remember that time he dismantled that entire lair of yours when you tried to turn it into a deathtrap?"

The man looked around uneasily as shimmering battle-suits suddenly let the cloaked team members come into view as they stared ominously around his bed at him.

He knew the twins, of course, but he didn't know the android. One with glittering eyes, and a surprisingly expressive visage that seemed to be suggesting it might like to hurt him. A great deal.

"Team Possible is back, and better than ever, DeMenz," Ron told him, looking as grim as he had ever looked as he stepped toward him, making the man cringe, and snatch at the alarm that Shego pulled from his reach before he could touch it.

"We're not finished yet, short-stuff," Shego smiled. "When I said Team Possible? I meant me, too," she said, and smiled viciously as she stood up now, and let both hands flare. "And if you think Kimmie did a number on you? Just imagine what we would do?"

The usually bombastic man wailed in fear, shouting for help even as Team Possible vanished, and the last trace of them was Stoppable's grim tone declaring, "We'll be watching."

To Be Continued…..