Hospital Clash
No matter where you looked, the city was a mess. Buildings with holes in them, shattered glass and burning vehicles everywhere, police, Global Justice and the military men and women the only people still running around the streets. Places that looked like bombs had gone off. And bodies. Lots of them dead, others heavily injured and left for dead.
It was heartbreaking for anyone to see this. The world was currently watching in horror, sending more medical and military help every moment, knowing that for many it would come too late, but it was even worse for those who called this city home. Even Shego couldn't quite stop the tears as she ran through the streets, leaping from damaged rooftops, traffic lights and the occasional bus roof as she made a beeline for the hospital.
Even when she went rogue, Shego never once even considered doing harm to Go City. This was where she grew up, the people around here raised her, were kind to her, embraced her and her brothers with cheers and open arms. She'd never admit it, but she still loved her home, still cared for it almost as much as her brothers did.
Then there were her brothers. Drakken was right, despite her urge to pummel them as black and blue as Hego's suit, she never did stop loving them. And now this had happened. They were hurt, one was...dead and the other two were in serious danger. She'd come to see them, to protect them, only to find that the hospital was already being attacked.
To attack a hospital of all places like this was a low even Shego would have never touched even in her darkest moments if it could be avoided. So many people were in there, hurt, sick, defenceless! And her brothers were now amongst them.
'I don't even care how many are behind this, when I find them, they are all dead!' Growling under her breath as she ran across another roof, Shego, let her eye follow a flicker to the side of her vision and leaped for it, snagging the bar of a low flying helicopter heading in the same direction.
Reaching the hospital already far too late, Shego ditched her ride from a height that promised instant death to most people and dropped right down to the ground, her glowing hands digging into the wall and slowing her descent as she slid down it. She didn't even make it to the ground, opting instead to swing herself into a roll through a first floor window, fling herself back to her feet and surge towards the largest number of screams she could find.
Meanwhile, a few blocks away, Aviarius was cackling with glee as he zeroed in on the flash of green.
"Oh, this is perfect! Finally, all the powers of Team Go will be mine again!" He knew that he was supposed to be reporting back now, but who cared? He was still fuming at being cheated out of the red glow and while he would have conceded to following the plan and coming back to it after getting revenge on the girl that helped Team Go defeat him before, he just couldn't resist the temptation that the addition of the green glow provided. True, Drakken wanted Shego left completely out of this, but nuts to him. Besides, she'd clearly inserted herself on the enemy's side and was a serious threat to the mission, or at least that's how Aviarius would justify his deviation. Not that he cared much about the blue weirdo having a temper tantrum.
With another laugh, he pointed his staff toward the former villain and leaned down, silently guiding his condor to follow her, practically vibrating with excitement. Within an hour, his power would outmatch even Danny Phantom's, he was sure of it. He couldn't wait.
Not that he needed to. Smirking as they got within ten feet of the hospital, he tightened his grip on his staff, its crystal unleashing a blue glow that spread over his whole body, and flung himself straight at the stone wall.
...
Kim was fortunate that her head had managed to shake off the disorientation by the time she reached the fight, because it alone was head spinning. The place looked like a lightning storm had hit it, Global Justice agents, doctors and nurses were scrambling desperately everywhere in their attempts to stabilise and evacuate as many patients or wounded staff on beds and flung across the halls as possible and right in the middle of it was Electronique, with a sinister sneer and a bloodied scalpel in her hand, leaning over a pale, stabbed and horrified Dr Director.
If that wasn't enough, before Kim could even fully register what she was seeing, the ceiling blew from above across the room with a flash of green and resounding boom, revealing Shego dropping down and firing a beam from her hand before she even reached the ground. Tensing, Kim's instincts almost had her leaping away, however, she was quickly stunned still as the blast ignored her entirely and struck home into Electronique's side, sending the electrical psychopath flying away into a cracking wall with a scream.
"What..." It didn't stop there though. For before Kim could even wrap her head around the furious green clad woman glaring scathingly at the murderer, another, much bigger boom rocked the entire room as a wall exploded, sending fragments surging through the room and making way for a cackling, blue streak.
"HWAAH!" Fortunately, Ron was more prepared. With a flash of a lighter blue, all of the debris stopped and immediately surged back the way it came, slamming right back into the latest attacker and sending him crashing to the ground.
"Aviarius and Shego are here too? This getting out of hand!" Ron cried, looking around wildly as he dropped into his usual stance, his open palms wrapped around his body. "How do we handle all three AND save everyone in the hospital?"
"By counting our blessings." Kim answered, trying to get her own panic under control as she pointed toward their female dance partners just as Shego threw rapid blasts Electronique's way. "It looks like Shego's less than impressed."
"Oh." Ron almost sagged in relief, only to tense a little again as both women dived at each other. While both seemed keen to keep it close and personal, their flurry of slashes, punches and kicks were still unleashing lightning and energy blasts of randomly in all directions. "Uh, KP, we should probably put a stop to that. Somehow."
"You cover it. I'll take our other problem." Kim replied, narrowing her eyes at other side of the room and swallowing her urge to drag Ron with her as Aviarius pulled himself to his feet. It would be ok. He was still close if something went wrong. She'd be fine. "The last thing we need is to take the risk that that crystal can steal your power too."
Not even bothering to look back, Kim charged in before the sense of isolation could kick in and leaped into a flying kick, right at Aviarius' face, only to be blocked as he raised his staff between his hands. Unperturbed, Kim simply back flipped off of it and came back at him with fist aimed for his gut. However, it too was quickly avoided, this time with a flash of purple quickly shrinking the villain right down to her knee height before he jumped up with a flash of blue. Unprepared for the move, a wide eyed Kim barely managed to lean back in time to avoid the blow and was unfortunately still clipped in the shoulder.
"ARGH!" Despite the small size and lesser impact, the blow was still more than enough to throw Kim off of her feet and slam her back onto a gurney, pain exploding from both impacts.
"I wasn't expecting to see you just yet, Kim Possible." Aviarius smirked, quickly growing back to full size and slamming blue glowing staff down on the bed as she rolled off into a flip, putting some distance between the two of them. "What's stranger is that the others aren't here yet. CONDOR!"
"Maybe they have more sense?" Kim snapped, rolling to the side as the large bird swooped in, grunting as its talons yanked a few strands from her head. "Attacking a hospital under heavy guard? That's low and incredibly stupid. You've just make my job easier."
"I doubt that!" Aviarius grinned, throwing the damaged gurney her way, forcing her to roll aside and right into the path of the condor. Propelling herself to her feet, she hastily jumped and kicked off a wall, soaring over the bird and aiming another kick at Aviarius only for him to avoid it by shrinking again and throwing a chair at her, eliciting a scream as it smacked her in the back. "Unlike last time, I have Hego's power and I know I can use multiple powers at once. What chance does a superhero wannabe have against me?"
"You'd be surprised." She snapped as she forced herself up, her wish for Jake or Monique to be there back down, and tossed the chair right back at him as he regrew. With a quick flash of blue, he batted it away, however in the two seconds that his vision was blocked, Kim moved right in with an uppercut right into his gut and a punch to the face, sending him sprawling with a scream. A shriek from the returning condor forced her to back off after that, however both she and the bird flailed and screamed as a rogue surge of lightning shot between them, singeing the bird's feather tips and leaving its spasm-wracked body to the ground.
"Wha-ahh!" Kim on the other hand, though her fall had saved her, still quickly ended up low on the ground and scurrying away as more rogue surges flew around the room.
Electronique didn't even seem to be trying to aim anymore. The grey skinned villain was almost eternally surrounded by dancing electricity, bolts of it shooting off randomly from wild hand movements as flurries of green blasts came her way.
Screams only continued to grow louder, both from the trapped patients and hospital staff and from the combating women as Shego all but threw herself at Electronique, her glowing fists dispersing small, hasty electrical shots as the former villain seemingly tried to claw her old adversary's eyes out and backing her enemy into a more populated wing in the process.
"Honestly, I'm quite happy you're here, Shego." Electronique smirked, sending out a sudden surge from her entire body, leaving Shego grunting ferally as she skidding back behind a wall. "The blue nimrod's not here to protect you anymore either, so my revenge can be complete!"
"Like I ever needed protecting from you, you two-bit sparkplug!" Shego snapped back, charging right back in again, diving down, arching back and sliding on her knees under another electrical stream before swinging a leg out for a sweep kick as the electricity around her foe momentarily died. "And trust me, the vengeance will be mine!" Caught offguard and gasping, Electronique fell back, but only to release another two electrical streams wildly from her hands again. One of them aimed not for Shego, but for a room full of trapped patients watching it surge in horror.
That is, until a flash of light blue crossed the floor and shot up, bringing empty beds, tables and even the receptionist's desk previously sealed to the ground up with it from all around them, blocking the rogue shot and creating a floating barrier all around them.
Taking just enough time for a breath, Shego checked for the blue light's point of origin and relaxed, just slightly, as she found Ron in the corner of her eye, floating half a foot off the ground and cloaked in the same light blue energy taking the form of a monkey, his face contorted into a deep frown before turning back to the fight.
The blonde admittedly, was struggling a little. Of all his newly revealed powers, this was the one he struggled with the most. It took quite a bit of concentration to get what he wanted right and he was still learning his limits. More importantly, he was still learning restrained control. Unleashing his power and making chunks of metal float was easy enough, but moving it around where he wanted was almost impossible. Unless he just wanted to fling it, which he could do easily. However, that was still an all or nothing deal. He hadn't learned to hold back the force yet, so as much as he would love to slam everything inward and take the electrical bitch out, if he did, he'd probably kill not only her, but who knew how many other people as the projectiles continued and crashed through more of the hospital.
He couldn't stop his frown from turning into a furious scowl as he took in the situation. As much as he wanted to help Shego take Electronique down, he was stuck right where he was and an open target to boot. He had to keep this up, with so many hurt and trapped people still there, he had to keep Electronique and her electricity boxed in.
He could only hope that Shego would think to keep him safe. If he was forced to do anything to save himself, this defence would drop instantly. He couldn't even scratch his nose until the bystanders were safely out of the way. Which, seeing as they were stuck and the GJ agents all seemed out for the count, didn't look like it would be happening anytime soon.
Fortunately, it seemed that Shego had figured that out, for a second later, she was diving into it again, her glowing fists sending Electronique stumbling away and off, keeping the monkey master as far off to the side as possible.
"Get back here, Sparky!" Shego snarled with a kick. Electronique dodged it easily enough, but was left helpless as Shego used it to propel off a floating table and blast her from above, sending her sprawling with a scream. Surging again with a growl, Electronique let out a live stream as she rolled away from her weaving foe only to crash into the floating desk. Unprepared for it, she barely had a chance to get her bearings before a green beam came right at her heart, only just managing to neutralise the shot by gathering the already charged energy from around her body into an electrical stream of her own. However, it was still overpowered and with her balance was less than perfect already, she was quickly slammed back into the desk again.
"Blast this infernal...ARGH!" Her rant cut off as a glowing fist slammed into her gut. She didn't even get the chance to buckle over before she was tossed across the room, stopping just short of sliding into the makeshift barrier. Struggled huffs leaving her lips, she spared just a second to glare at the damn thing. It mocked her. Not only did it keep her pinned into close quarters with one of the few people in the world who could near effortlessly dodge her lightning attacks, but it was floating just high enough off the ground to let her see her megaphone not ten feet away. If she could just get that...
"Who helped you idiots?" Green explosions rained down, forcing Electronique into a rapid roll before jumping to her feet only to duck as a clawed hand swiped at her head. "There's no way you three stooges could have pulled this off on your best day! You couldn't even handle each other!" She emphasised with a kick before ripping her foot back and leaning away from the elicited wild sparks only to spin into a glowing backfist, cutting right through the hasty attempt and sending Electronique spinning.
"I thought I'd already made it clear!" Electronique snapped, throwing a highly charged fist of her own and forcing Shego back as electricity danced after her. "Did working for that buffoon dull your brain cells or are you just that desperate not to face the truth?"
"What are you t..." Shego glared, only to cut herself short as it registered. The comment about the blue nimrod...she didn't truly mean that, did she? She couldn't truly be implying that Drakken of all people had...
Shego could only stare, frozen as the mere possibility ran through her head, that someone she worked with and cared about so much, that Drakken, who happily kept family safely out of the way in his old world domination schemes, would ever go after her brothers. It just couldn't be possible. He'd never do that to her. Never.
She was frozen for just a moment, shaking her head as the denial kicked in. However, it was all the time Electronique needed to charge an attack and fire streams from both hands, laughing maniacally all the while. One at Shego and one at Ron.
"AAHHH!" Eyes wide and panicked, Ron didn't even think as he swung his arms up, protecting his face and, in the process, flinging the debris before him. Fortunately, it did respond in time to save him from electrocution, but the collision also sent everything ricocheting in all directions with a thunderous bang, narrowly avoiding Ron and Electronique, but clipping Shego hard as it all barrelled off with enough force risk breaking walls. And to make it worse, a number of pieces were flying right at...where Dr Director and a number of civilians used to be?
"Oh, thank God!" Ron exclaimed, dropping to his knees as the horror was visibly drained out of him. Everyone was safe, they'd been removed. But who was capable of removing so many so-
"I should have killed you the last time we met!"
"BAHH!" Instinctively leaning into rolling back as another electric blast was thrown his way, Ron flung himself up on one hand and flipped to the right, weaving around to avoid another and leaping toward the left to avoid a third before kicking a piece of wall at his infuriated opponent, only for her to dive into a roll to her right, grabbing a poll along the way and throwing it like a javelin.
"Do you have any idea how embarrassing it is to have your plans ruined by an imbecilic sidekick like you? To have your own weapon turned on you by someone like you?" She shrieked, sending another electro ball his way again and again, only growing more frustrated as his startled screams were accompanied not by pain, but effective twists, weaves, flips and slides around them. "I spent six months volunteering for cooking duty and singing about rainbows!"
"Well, I'm sure your inmates appreci- WHOA, BAD LIGHTNING, VERY BAD LIGHTNING!" It took everything Ron had to avoid the next volley. Electronique wasn't even bothering with streams half the time anymore, opting instead to send surges through pipes and piles of damaged metal leading to her prey. It was enough that Ron almost flung the debris again, only hesitating out of fear of what else it might barrel into.
Plus, he'd end up taking all of it and the wooden desks were great for cover.
Fortunately, the job was done for him a moment later as green blasts crashed into the piles, sending Electronique fleeing backwards from the resulting barrage, breaking her concentration and giving the monkey mystic a moment to take a deep breath.
"Next time you defy gravity, try actually aiming." Shego growled as she appeared by Ron's side, still throwing blast after energy blast at their opponent, forcing her off balance, all the while glaring at Ron through the corner of her eye. "I aughta fry you! You've broken at least one of my ribs!"
"Hehe, my bad. I haven't learned restraint with that trick yet." Ron chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head, only to duck again with an eep as another surge of electricity was shot at him. "Doesn't this woman ever run out of lightning?"
"Nope, never found her supply's limit, only her output's." Shego growled, grunting in pain as she too was forced to dive for cover before grabbing her blond ally and glaring at the resulting high pitched cry. "Listen scrawny, I'm going to keep her distracted and you're going to get in there and knock this bitch out, got me!" It was no question, the tone of voice and look on her face was all demand.
"What, why me?" Though that didn't stop Ron from arguing.
"Because, you're the idiot who broke my ribs!" Shego snarled, getting a terrified gulp in return as she threw more energy balls over their barricade. "I'm pushing it just throwing blasts at her right now, how do you expect me to survive getting close and personal with anyone?"
"But how am I supposed to hit her?" Ron cried, though he did follow Shego's example and grab a broken chair, snapping its pieces apart and tossing them at the approaching villain between lightning strikes. "She throws electricity from every part of her body! I can't even get close to her, much less touch her!"
"Getting close is easy! She can only shoot long range if she charges power, which she can only do with her hands." Shego snapped, grabbing Ron and pulling him away and behind another pillar as their desk was finally destroyed. "There's only two shots at best at a time, which she'll be aiming at me, and she can't do that and coat her body at once. So get in there, wait for the moment and strike! The bitch! Down!" She finished, grabbing a yelping Ron by the shoulder and back of his pants and tossing him into the air, ignoring her own pain as she shot another pair of beams of her own at their foe. A cruel, albeit pained, smirk split her lips as one managed to strike home, blowing the screaming live wire into a wheelie chair and tumbling with it to the ground. It was, sadly, little more than a flesh wound to Electronique, but it was definitely a satisfying sight for the former villain and had the desired effect. Ron had been all but forgotten about as she exploded back to her feet, surging with lightning and charging in for the kill.
Neither woman even noticed as Kim was sent sliding across the room, forcing herself not to scream as the ground tore up her skin. Finally coming to a stop as her shoulder hit the hallway corner the others had been fighting in before, she didn't even have time to register the latest injury before she took off rolling along the wall, narrowly dodging Condor's talons as it swooped in and limiting its airspace, forcing it to back away and re-angle itself.
Though that quickly turned into a disadvantage as Aviarius came cackling back into the fight, slamming the butt of his staff right through the wall where Kim's head had been only seconds before. Her own movement cut off, Kim was forced into a rapid series of short rolls and twists just to avoid the staff's and stomping feet's relentless barrage before sliding herself in between his legs. Spinning into a sweep kick, she couldn't stop the smug grin from spreading across her face as his legs came out from under him and ended his cackling with a face plant on the wall. Even as she was forced to dodge Condor again, even as screams, explosions and the buzz of electricity carried on maybe fifteen feet behind her, there was no taking away the satisfaction of causing that scum bag's head to get stuck in the wall and all thanks to his own super strength.
"You good for nothing WENCH! I'll get you for this, just wait...CONDOR!" Responding immediately, the bird of prey let out a screech and went berserk. Forgoing its own safety entirely, the raptor swooped right at Kim directly. Kim ducked and stepped aside, but the bird refused to let up, twisting its limbs painfully, to the point of spluttering in the air, in its attempt to sink its beak and talons into Kim's flesh. By the time Aviarius ripped his head back out of the plaster, a number of slashes had sunk into a grunting and gasping Kim's arms and shoulders. One was even just inches below her eye.
"Not so confident now, are we, little Miss Sassy?" Aviarius sneered, raising his staff like a baseball bat as he ran in again, leaving horror wreaking havoc right through Kim as she caught sight of him. The dumb bird had her caught between it and a maze of rubble! There was no room to manoeuvre between the two of them and no chance of holding her own with that blue light coating the bird fanatic. "When I'm through with you, I'll use your entrails to feed my- ARGH!"
Fortunately, he never even got close. For with a flash of red and a battle cry, a huge mass with what felt like the weight of an elephant from his right and spread above him, sending him plummeting right back to the ground.
It didn't stop there either, for even as Aviarius was tumbling, a chunk of the red and black mass piling on top of him rolled ahead, leaped forward and tackled the condor, eliciting a terrified screech as it crashed into the ground. Consumed in panic, it thrashed wildly, its legs constantly kicking as it tried to release itself, however it was completely outmatched as two sets of hands held its head and back down while their connected bodies each pinned a wing.
"Wego?" Kim gasped, a small, surprised, but relieved and grateful smile crossing her lips as she leaned down on her knees, taking the moment to try and catch her breath. "Thanks big time for the save. I thought you'd be guarding Hego?"
"The original is." One Wego grunted, trying, but not quite succeeding, to give her a strained grin of his own as they struggled with the Condor. "We have to keep both of them safe. We can't risk Aviarius getting all of our power."
"But we couldn't risk everyone else either!" The other growled, quickly getting fed up with his captive as it tried to peck him. "We got everyone out of this area and into the still stable parts of the hospital. So now...if it's the red glow these assholes want, it's the red glow they'll get."
"You think you have any hope against ME!"
"Emphasis on 'get'." Kim groaned, pointing back to Aviarius as his scream met their ears. Sure enough, the guy was in a frenzy, swinging his staff, its crystal exploding with light, in every direction he could. Screams, roars and every foul insult Kim knew struck her ears as the mass pummelled down on the bird villain, bringing plenty of pain induced screams from within, but one by one, the swarm of Wegos was fading into flashes of red and being absorbed.
"Then you better get on that before he starts using it and becomes unstoppable." Wego muttered, growling as a particularly strong jolt almost threw him off the damn bird. "We'll keep this overgrown pigeon off your back."
"I owe you one." Kim called back. She was already heading in, her confident smirk making its first genuine appearing since the fight began. She was good now. She had a team watching her back. Wego was tough and there were still plenty of him around. They were more than capable of keeping her safe and she was more than happy to do the same for him.
Even though only one remained from the pile by the time she reached the brawl, it didn't bother her. Her team had done its job, bruises, lumps and even a swelling, closed eye covered Aviarius from head to toe. His cries and screams, while still constant, were far more frequently from the pain of simple movements as he tried to steal the last clone's power. And there was still a total of three Wegos watching her back.
Shoving the last clone as Aviarius unleashed his crystal's power upon him, Kim only took a second to get over the surge of energy sending a tingling sensation through her entire being before forcing her body to move again, right to the source.
"Wha...ARGH!" Aviarius could only gape at the sight before he was once again slugged in the face. "Why you...don't you ever go down!" He screeched, swinging his staff again only for Kim to lean back under it and fling back up with an open palm thrust. Aviarius managed to avoid it, but Kim just pressed on with a swinging elbow. He tried to blow her away with a kick, only for her to grab it and flip, aiming her boot for his face, which he only managed to avoid by letting himself fall to the ground and a thud. The moment her feet found the ground again, Kim responded with a downward fist for his gut.
"AAHHH!" Screaming as he rolled, losing his cape as Kim sideswiped his shoulder, he smacked the ground, finally forcing Kim back as a deep crack split and fell away. However, he was far from confident with his success, so he didn't even stop for a desperately needed breath before throwing another chair at the heroine before leaping at her himself. He couldn't give her an inch anymore, even if he desperately needed it. She'd changed too much for that, grown to direct, to fluid in her movements and reactions. She was still only using the same kind of moves as before, yet it was like she was suddenly on a completely different level from before. He wasn't sure what was the cause of the change, but there was no denying that she was far more dangerous now than a moment ago.
Sadly for him, she also had help. Grabbing another broken chair, Wego flung himself in the way and swung it at the projectile as hard as he could. He was flung right off of his feet and away at the sheer force, but that only helped Kim as she jumped over him and Aviarius. Landing hands first on the villain's shoulders, she spun her body around, twisted her legs around his waist and used the remaining force to flip again, ripping the bird villain off his feet with her and smacking him face first into the ground.
"ARGH! M-my...my noooose!" To put it simply, Aviarius was in agony. Thanks to his accumulated injuries, mostly from Wego, every movement was already causing him to flinch in pain and now, not only had all of them just been intensified by Kim's last strike, now his head spinning with what was no doubt a concussion and what little focus he could drum up was informing him that his long nose was very bent and broken.
"I would have thought that a bird villain would be harder to ground." Kim smirked over her shoulder, almost lazily pulling herself. "What is it that Hego always says when he captures you? Something about you being ready for your cage?"
"Not...not thi-thissss time!" Aviarius spluttered, scowling hatefully up at the young hero. Slowly pulling himself onto all fours, he forced his mind to clear and ignore the pain, snapped out his hand for his staff and put all of his focus on summoning all three collected powers. "No c-c-cage will ho-ld me again!"
Gritting her teeth, Kim burst forward. She knew it was probably too late, he'd be able to activate any power he wanted before she'd even touch him, but she had to try. If she could just get her hands on the staff...
Luck seemed to be on her side, for once again a stray, green energy blast struck their fight, this time behind Aviarius' feet.
"AAH!" Flung and flailing forward by the resulting mini explosion, Aviarius' fear only grew as he waved his staff, crystal first, right into Kim's hands. "NO!"
"Oh yes!" Kim retorted, yanking it right from his grip. Panic flooding his veins, Aviarius forgot all about the pain of his body and flung himself after it, just managing to snag the butt of the staff and yank back, leaving the two of them in a game of tug of war. Unperturbed, Kim dug in her heels and pulled, smiling victoriously as a cracking sound came from under her fingers. Specifically, right where the orb met the base. "Please, keep tugging! Just one more good pull should do it."
Aviarius on the other hand, watched on in horror. Immediately ending his resistance, but refusing to let go of his weapon, he mindlessly let Kim's pulls fling him forward and focused on it power again, the orb quickly responding with a purple light.
"Oh, no you don't!" Kim however, wasn't about to let him slip through the cracks again and only tightened her grip. If he wanted to shrink, that was fine with her. Up so close, he'd be easy to separate from his staff once he was tiny and even easier to finish off. It'd be even easier if she could keep it in her grasp. She refused to let it go.
Though, this time, the power seemed hesitant to surface. Beyond the crystal at least, for light intensified with every second within it for a good half a minute before finally exploding forth. However, instead of just shrinking Aviarius, the light enveloped Kim first. The next thing she knew, both of them were quickly falling to the floor. What's more, the shrinking staff was slipping from both of their hands, no longer able to cross the distance of their bodies. Aviarius could only squawk as it slipped from his fingers, clattering down between them, and dived for it, ignoring Kim completely.
That move sealed his fate, for while this turn of events was unexpected, Kim just rolled with it. Running in herself, Kim easily reached it first and kicked it away right before Aviarius could grasp it and swung her foot back right into his devastated face one last time. He didn't even scream this time. He was unconscious before he even finished rolling.
"Oh, finally!" Kim sighed, sinking to her knees a moment later. As the sense of victory and relief filled her, her injuries and exhaustion quickly caught up to her. Taking in a number of slow, deep breaths, she scanned the area to find the condor also unconscious, as was the Wego that protected her. The other two were still conscious, but both looked scratched up and as exhausted as Kim herself. Letting them rest, Kim turned her attention to finding the staff. After all, not only did it still have Team Go's powers, it was the only way Kim was getting back to her normal size. However, she could only groan as she realised just where she'd kicked it. "Of course I kicked down the damn hole in the floor! Why'd I expect anything to suddenly get easier?"
Groaning and flinching as she forced herself back to her feet, she was about to turn to the Wegos and ask for a hand down...
"BWAAH!" But that was blown right out of her mind as Ron's cry hit her ears. Dread filled her as she turned to the ongoing fight. The entire area was smoking and covered in scorch marks, debris or holes from the floor to the ceiling. It was amazing that the whole floor hadn't collapsed into the basement yet and the shots were still coming hard and heavy from both sides, green explosions and lightning blazing through the air like the fourth of July. And right in the middle of it, trying to get between Electronique and her supercharged megaphone, was a flailing Ron.
The fight was clearly taking a toll on him. Even as she watched, the pace that he was forced to keep up just to survive was ridiculously high and he was visibly wearing out fast. Both women were being relentless in their attacks, giving him not even a second's reprieve and it was clear that he simply couldn't keep up anymore. He was lucky his mission suit was insulated, because he'd clearly taken a few minor hits throughout the fight, the fabric was singed and smoking in multiple places and completely burned off on his right shoulder blade, mostly likely from a stray shot of Shego's, revealing very red skin.
To make matters worse, he was clearly desperate to get between Electronique and her current target. For good reason, if Electronique got her hands on that sonic weapon again, it would be the end of all of them, but it was leaving him both far too vulnerable to his opponent and in the way of his ally's attacks and in that situation he didn't have the focus to spare on his kinetic abilities.
Kim didn't care that she could fit in the palm of their hands, she took off running, only considering her size with frustration as the gap between her and her targets only grew bigger. Her legs were too small, it was taking ten steps to cross the distance of one at her normal height and the others were still on the move! At this rate, she'd never reach them!
'Would the universe PLEASE just cut me a break for FIVE MINUTES?' She thought exasperatedly, clenching her jaw as another scream from Ron and a cuss from Shego hit her ears. 'I NEED to save my boyfriend and I need to do it now! So would you PLEASE just LET ME-' "Whoa!"
It was right at that moment that a flash of purple flared from her body, leaving her stumbling and falling, disorientated as she shot back up to her full height. The relief she felt at that was palpable, but she didn't waste time relishing it, nor did she ponder how it was possible. That mystery could wait for later. Right now, Ron was a priority.
"Kim!" She did however, look over her shoulder as a tired Wego called just in time to see him throwing a wad her way. Snagging it out of the air, she ripped it apart to see it was a pair of thick, insulated gloves that looked suspiciously like DR Director's. Throwing a quick, appreciative grin back at the boy as she slipped them on, she upped her speed and clasped her raised hands together as she reached Electronique from behind.
The lightning queen never even noticed until they were planted right into her side.
"ARGH! Why you BITCH!" Electronique screamed, swinging an electrified backfist as she stumbled, only to roar again as Kim weaved under it and rolled away, throwing whatever debris back at her as she could.
"You're calling me a bitch?" Kim snarled right back as she moved in again, ducking low and slamming her fist into Electronique's knee as a pair of green blasts flew over her head half a second later, eliciting a blood curdling scream as the grey woman was blown away. "Coming from someone as despicable as you, it's a pleasure."
"Go KP! BOO YAAH!" Ron cheered between breaths as he stumbled across the room. Taking advantage of the distraction, he made a beeline for the megaphone slammed his foot down into it, shattering it into countless pieces before letting his body sag a little. They were good now. Yeah, they were all noticeably hurt and tired, but so was Electronique and they had her outnumbered three to one. Five to one, two Wegos were heading over too. Not that Electronique would still be standing by the time they reached them.
"I am so over this glorified car battery!" Shego yelled, firing repeatedly, blowing holes in the ground all around Electronique. With one knee busted, the scattered blasts were more than enough to keep her pinned. She tried firing back, but Ron was back on point, levitating debris and blocking the shot while simultaneously sending himself up and aerial flipping into kick, bringing his foot down on Electronique's shoulder right before Kim slid below the falling villain and slamming a vicious right hook right into the solar plexus. Choking on her own air, Electronique crumbled over Kim's fist before crashing into the ground, struggling to breathe. She just laid there, writhing in the agony, much to Shego's pleasure, for a moment more before a deep breath left her lips and her eyes closed, her body growing so motionless that Kim had to check for a pulse to ensure that she still alive. Sighing when she did find it, Kim herself collapsed to the ground, her vision quickly darkening as Ron's muffled, panicked cries hit her ears.
Her body was done. The last of the adrenaline had worn out and everything from her injuries to her anxiety was catching up in waves. She no longer had the strength to care about anything, except sleep.
Yeah, sleep sounded good.
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"Well, that didn't go exactly to plan. If those two were going to go rogue, they could at least have finished what they started." Rubbing his forehead, Vlad let out a deep sigh as he watched the fight's end on his monitors. It had been a hell of a fight, one he struggled to even see. It was amazing that enough security cameras had remained intact to see anything and even then, the constant streams of power and flying wreckage blocked out almost everything, assuming the cameras themselves weren't struck down. Honestly, how half the hospital hadn't collapsed in on itself and ended the battle by crushing everyone to death was a mystery to Vlad, he'd never seen a such reckless use of power in his entire life! Part of it still would collapse, there was no doubt of that, the only question was could Stoppable and the clones get everyone out of the area first. Vlad was sure they would. Kim was going to survive this.
"What a waste." Vlad sighed again, watching as Electronique was carefully picked up by the Wego clones, who looked like they'd love nothing more than to dump her down the nearest hole, and Aviarius was snagged in Shego's fist, the former villain looking just as keen to crush him in her glove. He'd had such high hopes for the two of them. But he supposed that it was inevitable. They cared too little about ruling the world, they were focused more on revenge and smaller territories. "But still, hardly a total waste." He mused, his face lighting up in malicious glee as he glanced at his side monitors. Even as the heroes were evacuating above, the remaining members of Drakken's forces in the city had picked up the shrunken staff and were already sneaking away in the confusion. Vlad found it odd though, that both the staff and Aviarius were still so small when the same power had worn off of Kim Possible. That was strange. Though the thought only lasted a moment in Vlad's mind as his eyes moved on to various scenes of mass destruction. He didn't need to hack a thing for those. Every news station in the world was currently all over the sudden pandemonium of large underground explosions ripping buildings apart and unleashing countless fire and electrical disasters as the ground beneath collapsed in on itself. Spectra must be absolutely beside herself with joy right now.
Though she was now a lost asset, Electronique had certainly done her main objective. Kim and her surviving allies in Team Go were heavily injured. Her modifications to the teleportation modules were invaluable, allowing the bombs to be teleported to their destinations without exploding prematurely, allowing them to eradicate twenty of Global Justice's biggest and most important bases with ease. She even went above and beyond, striking down dozens of Global Justice agents in Go City, including the Head of the organisation herself. Vlad's smile grew deeper and darker as the doctors struggled to save her. Even if they did, by the time she was back on her feet, it would be far too late for Global Justice.
And to wrap it all up, the mass attacks had had another unexpected, but very welcome response. Vlad couldn't stop himself from cackling with glee as a figure rushed out of Capsule Corp, heading straight for a nearby disaster zone. Specifically, one who wore Gatling gauntlets on his arms.
"This couldn't be more perfect." He exclaimed, already moving to activate his com system. It only took a second for Bertrand to show up on his screen.
"Plasmius. I assure you, we did retrieve the staff. However, I regret to say that we couldn't regain our former allies."
"Yes, yes, I saw." Vlad replied, waving it off impatiently. "Fortunately, they're both far too injured for interrogation, so I suppose for the gains this has given us, that isn't too much of a setback. At any rate, that's not why I called. Another golden opportunity has presented itself. Have Spectra send an attack force to the location of Metro City's destroyed Global Justice base. The hero Tech is joining the rescue attempt. This is our best chance to capture him. Just remember to reinforce the level of danger this boy represents and the fact that we need him alive to the pawns."
"I'll see what I can do." With that curt response, Bertrand disappeared, bringing a scowl to dark hybrid's face for a moment, but as he returned his attention back to the two heroes in the field, he decided to let it slide. While not perfect, so far the mission was going successfully. They could just swoop in and kill Kim Possible right now if they wanted to, but Vlad hoped that Spectra and the other pawns would continue to listen to his plan. He was sure most of them would. After all, not only would the plan now end the threat of Kim Possible and her network, but it would gain the villains a serious technological boost and cripple the Valour Guardians' resources all at once. One could always count of villains to act in the best interests of their safety and their greed. After all, even Vlad was no different.
Just look at his plan. When it was all said and done, everything he wanted would pile up in his lap and, provided Spectra's stunt had or would soon be neutralised, it would still be Kim Possible's idiotic rogue gallery that would take the inevitable heat.
He truly was an amazing, evil genius. There was no stopping him now.