AN: Hey all. I feel the need to add a warning to this one. It's not all that graphic, but it does get a little more gruesome here.
GO Falls
'What was I thinking working with this idiot? How did I not see exactly this coming?' To say that Spectra was furious was an understatement. Drakken's eyes were flashing red so much that she'd been forced to put on sunglasses and the inside of his gloves had been thoroughly shredded, something the scientist's flimsy hands never could of pulled off without her enhancing his strength. It was taking every bit of willpower in her being not to just abandon the body and Vlad altogether.
This group of delinquents had been nothing more than a giant headache since the moment they were assembled. All of them looking down on someone else, throwing their weight around like they were a freaking king, questioning the worth of everything everyone else did, the list goes on! She was honestly keen to let Electronique ruin everything and light the lot of them up, it would have made her century, but that cursed, ghost hybrid just had to entice her with a literal world of misery. The youth she'd gain from that moment alone would be eternal. She couldn't just let that chance go by, her very being refused to allow it. Even if it meant suffering through these Neanderthals.
'At least now I should be done with them all the sooner.' If she were less furious with his very existence, Spectra guessed that she'd actually be rather thankful of her associate right now. Pushing up the plan date, without the risk of compromising any details at that, had gone over wonderfully with the mob. They were after all, just as keen to see the last of each other as she was and had doubled their efforts the moment she informed them of the news.
Though Dementor and Gemini still felt the need to be infuriating and repeatedly pointed out the remaining risks, as small as they may be at this point. If Kim's computer nerd could track these villains as well as Vlad believed, then while it was true that the selected team for this mission wouldn't strike up any direct suspicions over the rest of their associates, one look at so many villains gathered could draw attention to the rest of their activities the moment Wade started monitoring the situation. If that happened, then those already toeing the exit would desert the alliance and make the plan impossible to complete.
Or so they said. At this point, even if they did leave, Gemini would probably take everything he needed and finish phase two all on his own. Honestly, Spectra would love to encourage it, but she doubted that would go over well. After all, she was absolutely certain that he was only sticking around so Drakken would take the blame if the plan did fail. Telling him to do it on his own would probably just be taken as doubt in the plan and suggest the same desire for a scapegoat. They did have to inspire confidence in their scheme to keep everyone onboard as it was still the, honestly nonexistent, hope that everyone would stick around to help with the ending. No, as long as their exact location wasn't discovered before the second attack, they were fine.
A situation that was almost impossible seeing as everyone currently on duty was either heading for the target or working monitor duty from a warehouse in the middle of Wisconsin.
"You're technology is all show, no substance." One of Gemini's minions, Gamma, grunted, drawing a smug look from Dementor that Spectra completely ignored. "If this computer represents the quality of all your inventions then no wonder all your plans have failed. The average household computer could do almost all the work this monstrosity can while taking up a lot less space and possessing a friendlier user system."
"Stop complaining and do your job, techie! You're only hacking into the most pathetic security system in the world! How much more could a competent hacker possibly need?" Spectra snapped back with a snarl.
"Labels on the buttons? A basic understanding of their layout? I'm pretty sure I hit one button and flushed a toilet two minutes ago." Gamma retorted, bringing snickers from Dementor.
"Just make it work, Gamma!" Gemini exclaimed with an exasperated roll of his eyes. "The sooner this plan is tried and failed, the sooner we leave for our own headquarters."
"Yes sir!" Spectra had to admit, Gemini had his uses to her. The fear and anxiety he distilled into his minions was absolutely delicious. For a light snack as least. Plus, it lit a fire under Gamma, within two minutes, he'd successfully tapped into their targets' cameras and was giving them a view of every room within the place.
"Ahh, good. They're all home. I guess you can provide adequate recognisance." Dementor grinned, rubbing his hands together. It was true, every target was on screen, doing one ridiculous thing or another. "I'm still surprised that you're going through with this one, Drakken. After all, their relations to your lieutenant..."
"That's why Shego's not here or aware of this." Spectra exclaimed, barely paying them any attention as she studied the screens, far more intently than any of the others. "They are superpowered allies of Kim Possible, which we can't let her keep. Plus, the spoils of this victory will cement our victory against our final targets."
"I've heard that before." Dementor muttered under his breath.
Spectra growled under breath for appearances, but didn't really pay him any noticed. She had about two seconds to find the sign she was waiting for before the villains started demanding why they weren't attacking yet and it was tricky to see in the crazy. The purple clad hero, Mego, was busy talking to himself as he posed in a mirror, the Twins, Wego, were multiplying like crazy while having what looked like an eating contest with a mountain of burgers and the buff blue guy, Hego, was dancing around in the main meeting room without his pants and waving his hands in the air...while a green beetle flew on and into his shoulder. Though there was no sign of any change to Hego to the others, suddenly his fingers were forming circles with his thumb and each of his fingers repeatedly. Perfect, Bertrand was in place.
"Right, everyone, let's begin!" Spectra yelled, throwing a fist as dramatically as she could into the air. "Electronique, if you could so kindly get us started?"
"About time!" After that, the base bound villains shut up and watched with looks varying from scepticism to sadistic pleasure as Team Go's greatest villain led the Mathter and his minions right to the front door and sent a devastating surge of electrical power right through the front door's locking system. The outer components were blown apart in seconds, leaving the electrical villainess all the access she needed.
...
"ALERT! ALERT! ALERT!"
"I heard you the first time!" Mego screeched, his feet pounding against the metal floor and grumbling to himself about the resulting pain as he made his way to the command room. It wasn't like he even needed the alarm to tell him something was up, the entire tower had rattled at whatever ruined his Me Day and he was cranky enough about it without the ringing in his ears, damn it!
"What's happening now? What did you morons do?" He snapped, bursting through the door only to come to a halt and stare in fear as he the source of the trouble was found on the giant main screen. "Electronique is here? With the Mathter?"
"Yes, and she has already somehow shut down all security, the dastardly fiend!" Hego cried, not looking up from the console he was practically punching. "She's also busted the door! It won't take long for her to hack her way through. And Aviarius is swooping around in the air too. This place is about to be overrun with dastardly foes!"
"So what are you doing about it?" Mego yelled, only to scream as the roof door opened up, allowing the airborne villain to swoop right in.
"WARNING! ALL DOORS OPENING! WARNING!"
"Guys?" Wego's voice broke in, drawing both heroes' attention to another popup screen showing the red clad heroes talking into a wall mounted com system. "What's goi-ARGH!"
BOOM!
"No!" Mego cried, jumping back in horror as the screen was filled with a tower shaking explosion before going blank. "Wego!"
"Those villains will be punished severely for this!" Hego however, despite his exclamation, barely even looked up from what he was doing. He only stopped a moment later as another popup appeared on screen, this one emblazoned with CALLING smack in the middle of it.
"You've spent all this time calling someone?" Mego screamed incredulously, glaring furiously at his brother's back. "You should be getting our defences up! Or going after Wego! They need help, they could be really hurt!"
"We all need help!" Hego snapped, staring intently at the screen.
"Help will do us no good if we're dead before it can arrive!"
"The doors have already been...Wade!" Hego cried, his face finally warping into one of true fear and panic as the young African boy's face appeared on screen.
"Hego, Mego, what's-"
"We're under attack!" Hego shouted, waving his hands desperately, emphasising the alarms and explosions. "Our enemies have teamed up and the Go Tower is compromised! We need help! PLEASE! Wego might already be..."
He never bothered to finish the line. Electricity was already surging through the outside of the computer system, blowing it up half a second later.
"NO!" Mego exclaimed, pale with terror as he whipped around to find Electronique already in the main doorway. Followed a second later by Aviarius bursting through the other, his evil laughter already echoing throughout the room.
"So long, hero!" Electronique smirked, her hands already raised and charging up electricity. However, it was a blast from the other direction that got him first.
"AAHHH!" Mego screamed as his entire body was coated with energy and a very familiar churning within him swirled before seeping out of his body, heading back the way the beam came. In the form of purple energy. When the last of the power left him and the beam finally let him go, he dropped bonelessly to the ground. His strength was spent and his powers...
"YES! Aviarius cheered, raising his staff into the air. "The purple glow is mine again!"
"Stop cheering and take the other one already!" Electronique snapped, unleashing a surge right at Hego. Not that she'd needed to bother, for the whole time all of this was going on, the big, blue doofus had been standing still. It was only at the last half a second before the electricity hit that he showed even the simplest signs of emotions since his dramatic display over the call he'd made. A look of pure terror.
"AARRGGHHH!" Hego's scream was ear piercing as he was thrown off his feet and back into the destroyed computer, only for it to blow him away as it exploded again. Needless to say, when he crashed into the ground near Mego, he didn't get up again. He didn't even so much as groan as Aviarius turned his restored staff's crystal on him and stole his power once again.
"HAHA! Two powers down, one to go! Then I, Aviarius, will be the most powerful-"
"Stop with the exaggerated gloating and finish the job!" Electronique snapped, snarling right into the avian villain's face. "We don't have all day! That meddlesome Kim Possible might be distracted, but that doesn't mean she can't send Global Justice and who knows who else our way at any minute!"
"Fine, fine. Sheesh, this is why I don't work with people." He sighed before letting out a high pitched whistle. "CONDOR!"
The fwap of heavy wings and a brown blur immediately responded to the call. Only slowing down long enough for its maniacally laughing master to jump on its back, the powerful bird swooped around the room, following the walls. Raising his staff, Aviarius summoned the strength of the blue glow slammed his fists right into and through the walls of the metal room, not stopping until he was sure that he'd critically damaged every support beam hidden behind them before diving through the door, the condor snagging a furious Electronique along the way.
"Unhand me, you overgrown feather duster, before I roast you alive!"
"Relax lady, or would you rather be buried with them?" Aviarius's retort was the last thing Mego heard amongst the groans and cracks of the building around them before a thunderous boom bombarded his ears from above. He didn't even have time to look up before the ceiling came crashing down upon him. He certainly didn't have time to save himself. However, there was one thing he could do.
It was a long shot to say the least, but it was all he had. So, half a second after the rumbling of deadly debris began, he ignored his own safety entirely, forced himself up and shoved Hego as hard as he could, thanking whoever was listening that the last explosion had launched him so close to the heavy, reinforced, circular table. It was designed to handle even Hego's strength when he got carried away, so, hopefully, it could handle the raining chunks of metal coming down upon them. Mego had just enough time to smile as Hego rolled beneath it, just enough time to feel relief, before the world crashed upon him.
...
Further down the tower, Wego was struggling not to hack, gasp or cry out. Breathing itself was a serious problem, he was desperate for air, but he didn't dare draw attention to himself, not yet. It was too dangerous on his own and his head was far too fuzzy to focus on his power. He couldn't create any more clones right now and the ones he had...
Well, both of their lifeless bodies were being snagged and tossed against a wall by the Mathter's minions.
The explosion had come out of nowhere. Yes, the tower was definitely being attacked and shaking, but there had been no sign of the cause anywhere near them. They'd never seen it coming before it consumed them.
It was only by sheer dumb luck that Wego had managed to survive. He'd been fortunate enough for his partner to be between him and the blast, covering him enough that the shockwave struck him before the flames could. Acting on instinct, he'd immediately created a clone before him, letting it take the progressing flames for him again before crashing into the wall and being buried beneath it as the blast brought it down. He was badly banged up, had a concussion and was struggling to breathe under the weight of the rubble, but he was alive. Unlike the other two Wego, both of which were unrecognisably burned.
"It appears my calculations were on point, as usual." The Mathter boasted, puffing his chest up as he stared down at the bodies. "This has been a remarkably easy venture. Whoever thought taking down the great Team Go would be so simple?"
"Um, did we take him down boss?" One of his minions asked, making Wego tense as he watched them as best he could through the small cracks in the rubble and his blurry vision. "These two do have the power to multiply, are we sure we killed the real Wegos?"
"I am very sure! Though I will concede that we should confirm the tricky variable has not come into play. Continue with the plan, but watch out for any other Wegos. If there are more, they won't be far away. They never are. And if we do miss them, they won't get far. Not after our formula has found its conclusion."
Now Wego was trying even harder not to move, something that became that much harder as adrenaline worked overtime through his sluggish body. Struggling to focus his vision, he just managed to notice the three of them head off in different directions.
He waited for a good few minutes, listening as best his struggling mind could for any signs of the villains and ensuring that he was alone as best he could before, far too slowly, shifting metal and copper chunks off of himself. Freeing his head and successfully rocking a particularly large chunk off of his back, he took a number of deep, greedy breaths of air, satisfying his lungs and, mercifully, restoring a little of his cognitive ability, just enough to concentrate and create a single clone. It was far from a perfect clone, in fact, it was little more than a shell, bearing even less mental capability then he himself currently had, but it was sufficient enough to assist with freeing him. The clone pulling him to his feet, Wego practically laid over it as he directed it to drag him towards the exit.
"Hego. Mego. I'm sorry." Forcing his head back as he was led to and out the main door, Wego's eyes stung with tears as he thought of his brothers. He wanted to so badly to help them. They were in trouble, but there was nothing he could do. He was too hurt, his powers couldn't work right. He'd just be in the way. A liability.
It didn't change the fact that he was abandoning them though. Sighing as the cool, sea breeze danced over his face, he guided his duplicate around to the far side of the island and into a small, hidden rock cave. It was little more than a trench, but it was sturdy and more than capable of hiding him away until the trouble passed. He should be safe. He could only hope that his brothers would be ok too.
...
Muttering curses at the dimwit bird man under her breath as she readjusted her clothes, Electronique quickly made her way swiftly back toward the tower's entrance. She'd had the overgrown pigeon set her down the minute they'd gotten back to the lower part of the building, in the much more stable cement block underneath the GO structure, sure of its maintained structural integrity, but she had no delusions. The upper floors were already crumbling, they could fall at any time, Aviarius had gone back to ensure that, and there was no guarantee that the base could withstand that much force coming down on it. Even though the Mathter had yet to finish his job.
"Mathlete, hurry it up!" She snapped, activating the communicator in her ear. "The clock's about done ticking. Have you done your job or not?"
"Settle down, you walking battery. I am simply measuring a few variables and neutralising a few others from the equation."
"Such as?"
"Ensuring the multiplying agent has been subtracted from the formula."
"Urgh!" This was why she'd never even considered allying with Team Go's other enemies before. They were all annoy, slow, arrogant as hell and ridiculously pathetic.
If the payout for this plan was even slightly less appealing...
Forcing herself not to think about it right now, she opted for simply picking up speed, running down a few corridors and a stairway, not stopping until she was only a few hallways from the front door and found her path blocked by the rubble of The Mathter's first equation bomb and the two blackened bodies it left behind.
"Well, at least he did something right." She muttered to herself, nodding approvingly as she found scraps of red and black fabric around them. Assuming his search didn't pull up any other half-pint thorns in her side, all of Team Go was dead, her revenge complete, if you ignored Shego's continued existence. She'd get her later, once this alliance had met its end. "Bird brain, get down here already. We have your last Go power to steal."
"Already on my way." Aviarius snapped. True to his word, it was only a few seconds later that the heavy thumps of large, flapping wings hit Electronique's ears, the man and his bird swooping in for a landing a moment later. Jumping of the avian, Aviarius took a look around for his prey and almost puked at the sight before him. "Ahh, wow. You know, as much as I imagined destroying this clown squad, I never really thought about what the bodies would look like afterward."
"Worry about your weak stomach later and take their power already! We don't have time for weak willed sentiment, this building's going to fall on top of us!"
"Right, right." Aviarius gulped, closing his eyes as he pointed his staff at the corpses. The unleashed light from his newly restored staff immediately sucked away the red glow, just as it did with the purple and blue.
However, even without any understanding of the origin of Team Go's powers or the magic glass ball Aviarius had somehow gotten his hands on, Electronique could still tell something was wrong and cried out in shock at the sight before her, startling the bird fanatic's eyes back open.
Though the red glow was moving to the crystal, there wasn't nearly as much energy as the other two had. However, while that was concerning, the thing that had both villains dumbstruck was the suddenly extremely rapid deterioration of the bodies. They both dissolved so fast that by the time the minuscule red energy had finished seeping from their beings they'd completely collapsed into dust.
"That didn't happen before. What does it mean?" Electronique demanded, whipping her head to her wide eyed associate.
"I'm not sure. I never used my crystal on dead, damaged bodies before. But, if I had to guess..." A troubled frown crossing his face, Aviarius turned his attention back to his staff's crystal, concentrating. A second later, it glowed a dull red, almost pink. "Just as I thought! There's hardly any red power in here. Both of these were clones!"
"What?" Electronique hissed, tensing as a snarl grew across her lips. "But that means-"
"That the twins are still on the loose." Aviarius nodded, growling himself. That had Electronique's blood boiling. The math obsessed fool had failed to get their targets, had let them slip right through his hands! The brats hadn't even been seen, which meant that they were either well hidden or long gone.
Though, probably the former. She doubted they'd leave. The fact that this stupid tower was on a small rock in the ocean, making leaving difficult, plus the fact that their big brothers were still inside, they were most likely creeping around the tower somewhere. Family loyalty and all that nonsense. With all the damage they'd already caused, assuming that they hadn't gotten caught in it already, it shouldn't take long to find...
"Oh bird droppings!" Aviarius cried, pulling her right out of her thoughts as he pointed out the main doorway. "We've got company!" Following his finger, Electronique scanned their view and let out a loud, aggravated groan. Even with their limited view, she could see a number of news helicopters, police patrol boats and at least one aircraft clearly coming from a Global Justice base heading their way. They didn't have time to chase down the brats. They'd have to settle with what they'd already achieved. "Mathter, are you done yet?"
"Yes, my triangular positioning is right on point!" The Mathter responded, quickly getting similar confirmations from his minions. "The slightest tilt of force will have my bags of decimal points spilling all over all the major load baring points and bring this place crashing down. All we have to do is get out."
"Way ahead of you!" Electronique exclaimed, grabbing Aviarius by his cape and practically carrying him through the air as she charged for the exit, only stopping when they and the following condor were safely outside. "Now fool, strike the building!"
"But the Mathter-"
"Collateral damage!" Electronique snapped dangerously, terrifying the bird villain as her electrically covered body got right in his face. "He's lost to us either way, so help me finish the job and let's go! Global Justice and the cops are almost here!"
Aviarius gulped and shivered under her death stare for another few seconds before conceding to her will, the staff coating him in the blue glow once again as his fist struck the building at the same time his malicious partner sent the biggest surge of electricity yet through the exposed cracks in the walls.
"WHOA! WAIT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M ST-ARGH!"
"Farewell, dweeb." Electronique said flippantly as The Mathter's voice was drowned out by the earthquake worthy crashes and booms before his communicator cut out completely. Sparing a few seconds to watch with glee as the tower started to cave in on itself, she followed Aviarius onto his condor's back and flew away, laughing victoriously as the whole tower finally came down.
...
Shego had been having quite a relaxing time. With all of Drakken's take over the world schemes put behind them and the cash reward they'd both received for their part in saving the world, she'd spent a lot of time at spas and resorts. She had to admit, she was enjoying this new lifestyle. She wasn't a queen, but she was still being treated like one and she was thriving in it.
"Ohhhh, yeah, that's the spot! Right there." Smiling in pure pleasure as the masseuse worked her way down her back, Shego was struggling to keep herself still, fighting the urge to arch into those talented fingers. This woman could give even Midus serious competition.
Finishing the session, Shego gave the lady one of her extremely rare, honest complements before heading out on her way for a bite to eat. She'd lost track of time a little during the euphoria and she was sure that the lunch rush had ended, but that was nothing room service couldn't fix.
However, as she passed a rec room, a collective gasp from the teenagers inside and a flicker in the corner of her eye of an image on the TV had all of her previous thoughts and happiness disappearing in an instant, her body freezing as all of her focus went onto the screen depicting a tower falling apart on a small island. One shaped like a very certain word.
"Emergency response teams are still digging through the wreckage for the remaining members of Go city's heroes, Team Go. All four remaining members of the team have been confirmed home when the villains attacked, however, so far only one Wego has been found. The young twin hero has already been airlifted to the hospital with noticeable injuries across his body and head trauma. Unfortunately, while everyone on sight is still hoping for the best, praying that their powers have assisted in their survival, the likelihood of a more tragic reality is quickly setting in."
The reporter went on, describing the scene, the sight of the fleeing villains, even announcing the found, dead body identified only by his outfit as the Mathter, but Shego barely heard a word of it. She didn't even noticed when she'd fallen to her knees, when the tears started pouring from her eyes or when multiple people came to her, trying to help her. Her mind was replaying the scene of her old home coming crashing to the Earth with her annoying, unbearable...brothers inside. Neither Hego or Mego appearing from the wreckage. Over and over again. It wasn't long before she was hyperventilating. Before her chest started burning. She still didn't notice any of it.
Not until it all came out at once in an ear splitting, heartbroken scream.