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Kim Possible: Super-Girl
By LJ58
21
Jack stood at the head of the stone altar in the middle of a swamp.
He had already been apprised of the fact that Lurman chose to empty his Midwest headquarters in a fashion very much to his disliking. Still, it did offer him a lot of overhead saved, especially if he could ensure those with life insurance policies weren't technically covered by superhuman rampages.
What really upset him was that League had apparently gotten involved, and now his military ace had just been swept right off the board before he could do anything else to distract that redheaded nuisance.
Still, it did sound like that idiot Lurman had turned out better than expected. Now, if the moron could just stay on target, and help take down Possible. Or, keep her distracted long enough for him to raise a spirit that could do the job.
Or finish it.
He pondered the chances of bringing Shego back into the fold, too, but he was more concerned with the monkey-master when it came down to it.
That once comical buffoon had as yet untapped potential, and even he knew the truth about the day Team Possible had stopped two rampaging aliens. That apparent sidekick had literally dropkicked two of the most powerful creatures ever seen right off the planet into their own exploding starship. If that didn't spell dangerous, then he was not paying attention.
And he was.
No, first Possible, and then Stoppable.
He rather doubted even that teen rabble now following the redhead would be that much of a threat. And their young tech-genius Wade, for all his reputation, was not the type to come out, and confront anyone. Without a façade to hide behind, he wasn't worried about that so-called genius at all.
Stick to the plan, he told himself. First Possible, then all the little dominos would fall back into place, and he could get back to bilking millions out of his clientele without some wannabe heroes showing up to upset his budgeting options.
"All we have to do is wait for the moon to rise," he smiled at his men who set up the four torches at each corner of the altar to which the blue-skinned woman was now chained. They then set up candles along the sides of the altar. With the woman bound to the altar already, and grounded, just in case, all was in readiness.
He watched the sky as the sun began to set, leaving his men to patrol the area, keeping anyone from coming too close as he waited for his moment.
Soon, he knew. Soon, he would have the ultimate weapon, and the ultimate enforcer.
Then, Henchco would be back on top, and no pretentious heroes would be getting in his way. Not this time.
KP
"Okay, that's it," Shego growled, wiping sweat from her face as she let her plasma explode over every inch of her body, something she rarely, if ever did.
Even as Kim stood there, looking fresh, cocky, and even grinning a bit at her, Shego howled, and charged her as her hands flared even brighter.
At the last second, Shego sent one exploding fireball into Kim's face, even as she ducked, swept the redhead's feet, and did a quick roll that sent Kim flying up and over her shoulder, and slamming into the floor with a stunned look on her face.
Blinking as she cleared her vision, Kim looked up into Shego's now smug face, and laughed.
"Well, that will teach me to get too self-confident," Kim said as she accepted the green-skinned woman's hand, and rose again as she made a show of dusting herself off.
"Darn right," Shego smirked.
"It only took you forty minutes to pull it off, though," Kim grinned. "Why'd you wait so long about trying that one if you thought it would work?"
Shego continued to smile, not about to admit it had been an impulse born of desperation, and she was starting to think her days of facing Kimmie on an equal footing were definitely done. Then, having figured out the redhead was definitely not bothered by her usually lethal plasma, she went for the obvious. After all, even the best fighters usually had to see, or stand, to fight.
She did not doubt for a second, though, that her ploy would likely never work again.
"So," Kim asked her taking another defensive stance. "Got any more tricks you want to show me?"
"I can't let you see everything at once," Shego complained. "I might need an ace someday, and….."
"Kim, Shego. We have a call," Justine called. "It's Dr. Director."
"Why would I want to…?"
"Kimberly," Justine cut her off. "I think you may want to talk to her this time."
Kim eyed Shego, who only shrugged, and both women headed for the conference room where both Will Du, and Betty Director were on screen.
The image behind them was not, however, the usual GJ office.
"Dr. Director," Kim said blandly. "What's the sitch?"
"We just finished our cleanup at the local Henchco in Iowa," she told the young heroine. "You need to know what we found out."
"Okay," Kim said. "What…."
"Hench is playing with serious fire. He somehow managed to pass on the Parasite's genetic abilities to one of his own."
"The Parasite," Justine frowned.
"I've heard of him," Tim told them as he stood there having recently returned, if silent until just then. Jim still being busy elsewhere.
"How dangerous is….?"
"He has almost killed Superman on multiple occasions," Betty told her. "And he just left a trail of bodies here that leads to the interstate. We have no doubt he's coming for you," the agent told the grim-looking redhead. "But, Kimberly, that isn't all."
"What's worse than that power-sucking freak coming for Kimmie," Shego asked.
"One of the survivors who managed to escape told us what Jack is doing. He not only gave the Parasite genes to one of his people, he's planning to raise a serious demonic entity once called Silver Banshee. Kimberly, she is the kind that can kill with a sound. Just that."
"Jack's stepping up," Shego murmured ominously. "That's never good. So, who did he con into juicing up? Because if I remember the same guy, isn't the Parasite kind of a one-way gig?"
"It's Lurman," Will Du spoke up now as Betty glanced off-screen, distracted by whatever was happening around her. "According to the survivor, the man actually volunteered to become that monster."
Kim groaned.
"Because I don't have enough problems," she muttered.
"Possible, you have to retreat. If the Parasite gets close to you, he can drain your energy, and your powers, and become the most dangerous threat we've have ever faced. We are contacting the League, but you don't have the experience, or ability to handle this guy," Will told her.
"It's still Francis," Ron huffed. "That means we can still…."
"No, Ronald," Betty spoke again, turning back from whatever she had been doing off-screen for a moment, "That would be an extraordinarily bad idea. All this man has to do is get close, and he can start draining you. If he touches you, he can suck the very life out of you, literally."
"And he's definitely coming here," Kim asked.
"Yes, so I am asking you for once, listen to me, and get out of there now," Betty Director told her.
"What about this Banshee? Where is Jack now?"
"We don't know that. He apparently has some kind of….ritual he has to perform to summon this demon, but while we are looking, we've yet to locate him."
"We really need to get our new satellite tuned, and ready to launch for moments like this," Tim complained.
"What about Wade," Kim asked.
"He's already hunting both Jack, and the Parasite once he heard about this one," Justine told him.
"Affirmative," Annie said, coming into the room just then. "And Wade just sent me Lurman's current location. The Parasite just left the state capital, and is headed for Middleton. That was confirmed by the state police who have been trying to set up roadblocks to no avail."
"And Jack," Kim asked.
"Still no sight of him as yet," the android told her.
"What do we do," Ron asked her bluntly.
"You get out….."
Kim gestured, and the monitor went off before Betty could finish.
"We bail, and this freak may just try to eat Middleton to spite us. Or lure us back. If Kal could stop him, we can, too. We just have to figure out how. Any ideas?"
"Based on the evidence of past records, special lead shielding is the only way to contain him," Annie informed her.
"That's what I heard. Supes played a lot of keep-away with the guy from all the stories I heard about," Tim told his sister.
"You actually heard….?"
"I did a lot of checking up on the guy after we heard about you, okay. He still has quite the rogues' gallery himself," Tim grumbled. "Anyway, the paranoid lady isn't wrong about this one, though. He's just this side of unstoppable if you try to face him down. The trick is to keep away, wear him down, and then get him contained where he can't suck out your energy, or powers."
"Containment sphere," Ron said, snapping his fingers.
"As they are," Annie stated, "Our current containment technology only has a fourteen percent chance of holding a super-human like the Parasite. This is admittedly based on anecdotal evidence," she added when they all looked at her.
"Justine," Tim nodded. "You're with me," Tim said. "We need to turbo-charge a containment sphere, and now."
"While we play keep-away," Kim said.
"Yeah," Ron nodded.
"I shall assist you," Annie declared.
"Use a force-field," Ron told Shego, "Just in case. We have our own, but you need…."
"I've got all I need," Shego grumbled, holding up two flaming hands.
"Shego, he eats powers."
"If he's still human, he can burn," Shego told him. "So, we'll find out real fast if he can drain me faster than I burn him," the woman shot back. "Besides, I can't too well fight from inside a force-field that may not even work."
"It'll keep him from touching you."
"No one closes on him. We fight from a distance," Kim told them. "And try to keep him away from anyone else."
"Right," Shego nodded.
"Kim," Wade's face, twisted with concern just then. "He's definitely headed for Middleton. He just left a major pileup on the interstate, and is headed directly for Middleton up the old state highway. I tried calling the League, but they're all out of touch just now."
"Naturally," Shego rolled her eyes.
"Get with Tim and Janine," Kim told him. "They're working on something that may help. Meanwhile, warn Jim, too, and keep us posted. Ron, you take the main highway, and keep a lookout. Shego, you watch the access roads off the interstate. I'm going overhead to watch for him. First one to spot him, yell. Don't get close," she added again.
"Doy," Shego muttered.
"And, guys, be careful," Kim told her.
"And, me," Annie asked as they headed for the door.
Kim eyed Annie, and nodded as if to herself.
"Stand-by, and wait for a signal from any of us. You may be our backup if we get into trouble. If anyone goes down, you get them out of there as fast as you can," Kim told her.
"Won't you be faster," Shego asked.
"If we get into that kind of trouble, I get the feeling I'm the one that will be holding him off," Kim said somberly. "I hope."
Shego said nothing to that.
KP
Jack smirked as he turned from the update on the Terror-Net that had just advised him that Henchco was now under a direct cease-and-desist order, and had been kicked off the ticker on Wall Street.
So much for free enterprise.
Meanwhile, he had several agencies now closing on his main offices, and apparently GJ was looking everywhere for him.
Well, too bad. It wouldn't be long, and he was going to show all of them that Jack Hench was the biggest player they had ever faced. Not one of them would be able to do anything about it, either.
He only smiled when he heard of all that effort now being turned against him.
Because he had already heard that his new Parasite was headed for Middleton, and so far, no one had been able to stop him. It wouldn't be long, and he would soon be rid of not only Possible, and her teen brigade, but anyone else that dared to get in his way.
The thought made him smile.
"Light the candles," Jack nodded at one of his men still standing nearby. "And the torches. It's almost time to start."
The men pulled out lighters, and the torches and candles soon flared brightly, blinding them to the starry sky overhead as the sun had long since set by then.
"Almost time," Jack murmured in anticipation as he only then pulled out the thick tome from its pouch he used to carry it, and opened the pages to the spell he knew he would need.
He kept it in the pouch until necessary because even he felt uneasy holding the book in his bare hands without some kind of insulation.
The thing actually felt unnatural, and made even him uneasy just touching it.
After tonight, though, he wouldn't worry about it.
That singular spell was about to give him all he wanted, and more.
Even as the numbers ticked down on the face of his watch, he eyed the woman only just starting to come around, and smirked.
Too late now, he thought. Far too late.
Then he looked down at the pages lit by torch and candle, and began to read.
Electronique focused on the sound of his voice, craned her head, and looked up and back at him as she hissed, "You will pay for this indignity!"
Jack ignored her as he continued to read, and a strange, frigid wind began to rise all around them.
His men looked uneasy, glancing around, but he only smiled all the more as his voice rose in volume and timber, and he called out to pry open the very gates of the underworld just for one special spirit.
KP
"Got him," Shego's voice crackled over the radio as Kim flew toward her in the same instant. "He just rammed a SUV into the local convenience store over here on Wagner, and he's apparently looking for…."
"Shego, report," Kim called as she increased her speed, arching down through the dark sky as she headed for that store she had mentioned.
"On my way," Ron called back.
"Jim, Tim, tell me you have something cooking," Shego shouted breathlessly just then, knowing that the other twin had shown by then, and was now working in the lab with the others in spite of the late hour.
"Still working on it," the teen called back.
"Work fast," Shego said even as Kim banked, and came down over the street where Shego was ducking behind abandoned cars, lobbing plasma balls at the very purple figure that was stalking her, and grinning like a loon.
"You might as well give it up, Shego," he laughed, fearlessly absorbing every burst of green plasma that struck him. "All you're doing is giving me an appetizer before the main course," Lurman crowed.
"Well, here's heartburn, freak," Shego shouted, and flung a larger than normal ball of green fire right at his face.
This time, the purple Parasite was slammed back into a nearby gas pump, and the entire pump, and half the parking lot, exploded.
Kim flew down, grabbing a woman, and a young child huddled behind a car she knew would never survive the blast, and flew them away before the explosion could reach them.
Meanwhile, Parasite howled as he went straight up, then fell right back into the flames as the explosion was fed by the underground tanks filled with fuel.
Setting the woman and her child down, she flew back toward the fire even as she needlessly shouted, "Run," at the pair, and turned to head back to help.
Even as she approached the fires, they began to ebb, and standing in the middle of the ravaged pumps, sucking up even the flames from the ordinary fire, Lurman stood laughing like a madman as he continued to feed on the forces around them.
"Not good," she heard Shego grumble as Lurman turned to face the comet-powered woman again.
"Face it, woman," he sneered. "I'm not Drakken. I'm much smarter, and more budget conscious! And I'll be saving myself a fortune when I put you all down, and set up shop in Possible's own headquarters! How's that for economically feasible?"
Before Shego could reply, a burned out subcompact came flying up behind Lurman, and launched him back into the street away from the dying fires.
"Keep-away," Kim shouted at Shego, "Remember? That includes energy sources!"
"Nag, nag, nag," Shego shot back. "I had to do something to keep him from reaching those people," she swore hotly, the people still inside the store only now bolting as Kim hovered in the air over the street, eyeing Lurman who was only then pushing the car off him as if it were merely an inconvenience.
"Finally, the main event," the transformed felon growled, looking up at her. "Well, get down here, and let's do this!"
"I have a better idea," Kim said, and lifted another abandoned car she flew down to grab.
"No you don't," he spat, and flung out both hands.
To everyone's mutual shock, green flame roared out from his fingertips, and ignited the car's tank, blasting Kim back across the lot, and smashing her into a row of cars across the street in a dealer's lot.
"Princess," Shego shouted, and flung another plasma ball at the Lurman's face.
"Oh, sure. Keep doing what doesn't work," the Parasite laughed at her as he headed toward Kim who had yet to push out of the wreckage. "And you thought Drew was dumb?"
"Actually, dimwit, I'm the distraction."
Ron shouted even as he flung a huge piece of a broken sign from the station's canopy at that very moment, something Shego had seen him moving to grab when Lurman had started toward Kim.
"Calvary's here," Ron shouted, and bounded over toward Shego even as Kim shoved the cars off her, and rose into the air with an indignant shout.
"You? You think you can stop me," Lurman sneered, and shocked them all by leaping the distance between them, and grabbing Ron in both hands.
"Hey," the monkey-master sputtered, and kicked away, but did so with a weakness he could feel.
"Hey, freak, eye on the prize," Kim spat, and flung two cars in tandem at him.
Ron and Shego both rolled away in opposite directions, and Lurman went down under one car after ducking the first.
"That upgrade didn't do anything for your looks," Ron quipped as he landed well away from the man.
"Come over here, and say that," the man growled, shoving the car off him as he rose back to his feet, and glared up at Kim.
"I have a better idea. Why don't you give up now, and save yourself a lot of pain and trouble," Kim demanded.
"No, I have a better idea," the man smirked, and jumped not forward, but back, and landed right beside Shego.
"Now, about that main dish," the man said, and grabbed the woman in both hands as Shego's plasma began to flare around her, and surge wildly as she howled in surprise.
"Shego!"
"Your choice, Possible. Come down here, and face me, or I turn Greenie into a juice box! Freshly squeezed," he chortled as he drew more and more power.
"You want power," Kim snarled. "Here it comes," she hissed.
Just before a silver streak slammed into the pair, and then kept going.
Kim gave a sigh of relief as she glanced up, and saw the android flying off with Shego in her arms.
"Good job, Annie. Ron, stay back. There's no telling how much power he got from…!"
"What was that about my eye on the prize," the new Parasite sneered, suddenly grabbing Kim in midair after launching himself into the sky with a powerful leap when Kim was distracted.
He locked both hands on Kim's shoulders, eyes flaring as he chortled, and said, "Yes! Yes! Now I will have enough power to crush you all, and rule this pathetic world!"
"Kim," Ron shouted, running toward her as she faltered, and began to fall, Lurman firmly holding to her as she struggled in his grasp.
To Be Continued…