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The Future (During Sitch in Time)
Middleton was a bleak range of green and gray. Where there was once a Club Banana, the name Shego replaced it. It seemed to be a theme that was plastered all over the major parts of the city. Shego this, and Shego that. Green and black the new colours of the once bright world. It seemed that she had finally taken over the world. In the center of Middleton, there stood a tower that seemed out of place from every other tower. It was her tower. The central hub of everything, allowing her to keep watch of the world since she had dominated it.
Shego was standing on the balcony of the penthouse. She made sure that the luxury apartment was installed so that she was never to far from the monitors. As she leaned against the railing, Shego sighed. This might be her perfect world, one where she ruled, but she felt empty. She knew why too. Kim Possible wasn't there. Lost in the time stream since that stupid mole rat gave her a bracelet to travel through time. The last time Shego herself had traveled through time since Kim had entered the time stream was to let her younger self know the full plan and what do do with the Time Monkey.
The problem with this was, she had traveled through the stream before to let her younger self know about the Time Monkey briefly. It had been at the time her younger self and Kim had only been in their relationship for a few months. It was a harmless meeting, but she knew that she would eventually forget until Drakken, Duff Killigan, and Monkey Fist teamed up to find the damn thing.
As she leaned against the railing, Shego put her face in her hands. She didn't know what was going to happen once Kim got the Time Monkey back. Yes, her plan seemed flawless, but she knew Kim would win eventually. She always did. For one of the few times in her life, Shego was terrified of what Kim would say to her. They had technically been working when she had gotten the Time Monkey. Kim couldn't be made at her for that. But what she had done to the time stream and how Shego knew it would effect their relationship, that was going to be the thing that Kim was most pissed about.
It was now just a waiting game. There wasn't much Shego could do other than that. Sometimes she would wake up, the memories she had a jumble, some new that she never had before, others simply faded in the background. She wondered if Kim was feeling the same effects while hoping through the time stream. Moving away from the railing and back into her room, Shego wiped her eyes, feeling the wet streaks against her face.
I just have to wait. Then it will be over and worth it, Shego thought as she found herself get exhausted, curling up in her bed to sleep away the pain that was slowly seeping into her chest.
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The Present
It was another beautiful day in Middleton. Kim was sitting in math with Ron, waiting to get their homework back. It was the start of the new semester and no much had happened over the holidays. She and Shego had spent some time together since Shego had forced Drakken to give her vacation time since the past year had been filled with too many schemes. Apparently Shego had been nursing a migraine the last time Kim had run into her during a mission. They had taken a nice little day trip to the waterfall since the water had frozen over enough that they could go skating.
Kim was so lost in thought, she was almost startled when her math teacher handed her back the assignment. There was a red A- on it. She smiled inwardly, all that cramming while rafting down the Congo had really paid off. Behind her, Ron was grumbling about the F he had received.
"I don't remember any cramming," He said as the teacher moved on to the other students.
"That's because you spent that time playing games on the Kimmunicator," Kim responded with a soft smile.
Things with Ron had gotten a lot better since he had found out about Shego. When they went on mission, he would sometimes bring up the intense staring contests that she and Shego had. It made Kim blush terribly, earning some sort of mocking from Shego when they bantered. Other than that, he would ask about their relationship every so often. Kim knew he was doing the best friend thing, and she appreciated it. The bell went off, signaling the end of class. Exiting the classroom, Kim turned to see Ron sulking as they made their way to her locker.
"Three algebra tests, three F's in a row," Ron said, defeat thick in his voice, "Got nothing but air under the hair."
"C'mon, Ron, you just have to -"
"Work hard to realize my potential," Ron finished, "Yah I know. Heard it. Lived it. Bought the movie rights."
"Buck up, potential boy. What's say we do something to take your mind off math?" Kim suggested as she opened her locker.
"What did you have in mind?" Ron asked, holding the math book in his had a little closer to his chest. Rufus was steady on his shoulder, listening happily.
Just as Kim was about to suggest something like going to a movie, Wade popped up on the computer screen in Kim's locker. "We got trouble," Always a great start from Wade when he said that, "There's been a breach at a highly classified, underground, defense lab outside Des Moines, Iowa."
Kim put her hand on Ron's shoulder, "How's Iowa sound?"
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Shego sighed as she got out of the drill machine Drakken had gotten for the latest heist he had concocted. There was some sort of machine Drakken wanted to use on himself. Shego hadn't been paying too much attention to what he was saying, again. She was standing beside the drill with her hands on her hips. Drakken was just ahead of her, going off again about not being able to get the one with heated seats since his back was hurting.
"I stopped you from getting it because it had a sun roof," Shego deadpanned, "Which is really pointless when you think about it because its a sub-terrain vehicle."
Drakken was about to respond, but he locked eyes with what he was looking for. "There it is! Project Phebus. Once I manipulate my own brilliant cerebral cortex with that experimental beam, I will become even more brilliant. Perhaps ridiculously brilliant." He clapped his hands together while approaching a chair that had a large metal arm protruding out the back, a dome being held above by the arm. Shego walked behind Drakken as he talked. She placed her hands on her hips again, having had them crossed when she was debunking his need for heated seats.
"Certainly brilliant enough to make my own doomsday weapon," Drakken continued.
"Let's charge 'er up then," Shego said, jogging over to the controls. She really couldn't wait to be done with this. As always, she knew Kim would be there soon to stop them. She smiled to herself at the thought. It was always a good adrenaline burn when she fought Kimmie. Before she was able to do anything with the machine, Drakken tossed her a camera, saying that it was to document this as a historic moment. She rolled her eyes as she caught the camera.
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As Drakken and Shego were in the room that held Project Phebus, Kim was just entering the surveillance room of the lab. She and Ron were greeted by Lt. Franklin, a rather tall and buff man. He was wearing a well pressed uniform, the breast of which was adorned by his medals.
"What's the sitch?" Kim asked, saluting the man.
"At 0800 hours, someone broke into the main lab and locked us out," Franklin started, "It appears the target is Project Phebus."
"Which is?" Kim asked.
"A top secret government experiment."
"Which does?"
"Project Phebus is a level 5 security clearance classification."
"Which means?" Kim pressed more. If she was going to be able to stop whomever was trying to jack the experiment, she needed to know a little bit about it.
"Look, it means I don't know what the damn thing does," Franklin finally snapped in a panicked tone, "None of us do."
"Uhm… you're joking, right?" Ron asked, his face was blank as he said this. Even he would have wanted to know what he was guarding.
got really close to Ron, pointing to his own face, "Does this look like the face of a joker, son?"
"Uhm… yah… no, not so much," Ron squeaked, leaning back from the lieutenant's face.
Kim saw the screen behind Franklin flicker from static to picture again, "Uhm, guys? The monitor."
The picture cleared to show Drakken and Shego in the lab. Drakken right next to Phebus and Shego holding a camera, taking pictures. Drakken was complaining about his eyes being shut at the moment of a flash. From what Kim could see in the video, Shego was getting more and more irked by the second. She chuckled a little bit at this.
"We need a way to get into that lab," Kim said, jerking her thumb at the screen as she did so.
There only way in was through a very small vent that no human could get through. Thankfully, Rufus poked his out from Ron's pocket, squeaking happily. Kim smiled, knowing he was their way in. Ron adorned the naked mole rat with a little miner's helmet that had a flashlight on it. They placed Rufus in the vent.
"Just make sure to keep it quiet and not bring attention to yourself. Okay?" Kim said to him as he looked back through the opening to the vent at her. He squeaked his approval and made his way to open the lab door. Unfortunately for Rufus, the ventilation system kicked on and thrust him through the vents. His little body clattered around a little bit, but didn't hurt him.
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Back in the lab, Drakken was finally sitting in Project Phebus. There was blue electricity crackling from the machine as well as on the control panel. Shego was tinkering with the controls to get the machine to work just right and give Drakken what he needed. She was also grinning at the possibility of this working and her having a competent boss for once.
There was a loud thunking as Rufus tumbled through the vents. He fell out, squeaking as he landed on Shego's head, cutting the power to the machine as her hand slipped on the lever it was on. Shego growled in anger as Rufus hopped his way over to the button to open the lab door. He slammed into it, successfully unlocking the door. When the door opened, Kim and Ron were standing there, ready to enter.
"Sorry, Drakken. Look's like your bad hair day just got worse," Kim said. She loved her ability to pun.
"Kim Possible! Everytime you barge in… I just… ARGH!" Drakken growled out, getting out of Project Phebus. "The anger and the-"
"Yah keep talking, your tongue isn't going to be the only thing that is going to be tied," Ron said as pulled out the grappling hook.
Kim's face fell as she watched Ron fire it. The hook flew by Drakken and Shego, lodging itself in the cement wall on the other end of the room. Shego stepped back as Ron was flung across the room, slamming into Drakken and taking them into the wall. She almost face palmed at the sight. She turned just in time to see Kim rusd towards Ron.
"Going somewhere, Kimme?" Shego asked, stepping in Kim's way, her fists igniting.
Most of their fights started one of two ways. Either Kim or Shego attacked first. Today it was Shego that flung herself towards Kim once they had established fighting stances. Kim easily flipped over the sliding villainess. She tore off to where Ron and Drakken were, Shego in hot pursuit. They battled each other, Shego's fists flickering from time to time as she threw punches at Kim. When they reached a staircase that was in the room, Shego melted the railing, giving Kim the ability to fight her will a make shift escrima. The tip was smoking green when Kim looked at it. She grimaced at it. She sometimes forgot that Shego could do that.
Even though it could definitely kill me, that is still fucking ferociously cool, Kim thought.
Kim had stopped enough in their fight, that Shego was able to take the upper hand. She slammed her hands down on Kim. She felt metal against her hands, Kim having blocked the attack with the piece of railing. Since she had put a damper on the heat her plasma was emitting, Shego didn't melt the offending bar.
Between the two of them, Shego seemed to be having a great time with the fight. The glow of her plasma was ghosting across her face, giving her a look of mischief. Kim grunted against the force that was being put on her and the bar. She looked into Shego's eyes, seeing only the thrill of the fight reflected in her girlfriend's eyes. Exerting enough force to push up, Kim was able to knock Shego back. Shego hit her back against the railing behind her. The force of the kick back had her out of breath and caused her plasma to extinguish. She grunted as she pulled herself up.
While the two were fighting, Drakken had gotten up from the mess of computers that he and Ron had smashed into. He was wiggling around as there was something in his lab coat. When he figured out what it was, Rufus had popped up through his neckline. He grabbed the naked rat in his fist, making an extermination remark before getting hit in the side by Ron coming at him on a cart.
Once Shego had fully recovered, which didn't take long, she reignited her fists. She hopped a few steps to get to Kim, who had also recovered enough to be standing. When Shego lunged at her, Kim bounded back and over the railing, keeping her new weapon with her as she did so. Shego hopped the railing as well, plasma still dull, but she was debating on making them more deadly. Quite a few of her swipes were missing as Kim continued to back step away from them.
Shego was finally able to get a chop down on Kim, only to have it blocked by that damned bar. Kim grunted under the force again. Shego was going at her, no holding back. It was thrilling. She just needed to make sure she didn't get offended by the ferocity of the attacks. Shego pulled her hand away, knowing that the brute force wasn't going to do anything to break Kim's defense. When she did this, Kim back up just enough to swing the bar at Shego. Shego frowned as she dodged it, giving a kick out as she did so. Kim used that to her advantage and used the bar to trip Shego.
Kim moved away a few feet, turning back to Shego who was on the ground, looking up at the ceiling in anger. She hopped back up, eyes burning. She attacked Kim again, this time gaining some give. She chopped at the bar, which Kim used to block the attack with. Shego shoved Kim back into a computer that was behind her.
Shego turned to see that Drakken had somehow ended up back in the machine. She took that as a good sign, going back to the control panel and starting the machine again. Unknown to her or Drakken, during the scuffle the man had with Ron, Rufus had gotten thrown around and ended up on top of Drakken's head. When Project Phebus did its thing, Drakken was not the one got affected, but Rufus was. Drakken rushed out of Project Phebus, getting in the drill they had bought. Shego rushed them out of the lab as soon as she could.
Kim got up from the damaged computer she had so gracefully been tossed into. She jogged after the drill in false hopes before giving up. She sighed and turned to Ron, who was also dusting himself off from his rough and tumble with Drakken. Kim noticed that Project Phebus remained intact.
"Well, at least Project Phebus is safe," Kim said.
"Yah, whatever it is," Ron rebutted. "C'mon Rufus, we are home bound, baby."
As they exited the lab, Rufus shook his head. His little brain was doing some weird stuff and the animal could not understand why. It was like it was glitching a little bit. He figured if something were too serious, Ron would be able to take care of him.
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Once they were back in Middleton, Kim got started on trying to tutor Ron. He was about as hopeless as any teenage boy that didn't want to use his brain. She sighed as she watched Wade try to tutor him now. She glanced up, remembering her parents were going country line dancing. She made sure they knew not to mention that they were her parents. The tweebs were messing around with a rocket that Kim vetoed being launched in the house.
Once her parents had left, Kim continued to try to help Ron with his homework. Wade looked like he was about to have an aneurysm from trying to help out their friend. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, the rocket the tweebs has broke through the window of the kitchen where the duo were sitting. Kim snapped up, yelling at them, "You guys are sooo busted!"
Ron seemed to be doing a little better with the homework, so Kim decided to head up to her room for a brief moment. When she got in there, Shego was sitting in the window. Kim yelped, not expecting to see her girlfriend there so soon. Shego smiled softly, grunting a little at the sudden hug she received from the teen. Thin arms were wrapped tightly around her.
"For someone so small, you have a fucking death grip," Shego mumbled into Kim's hair.
"Hey!" Kim pouted, pulling away from the hug, "What are you doing here?"
"Ouch, should I go away again?"
"No! I just meant that you don't normally stop by until after the mission is done or we know nothing is going on for a little bit." Kim was blushing.
"Well, I had time on my hands since Drakken is trying to make his stupid weapon. Plus, didn't think you would want to spend your entire weekend tutoring the Buf- Ron."Shego corrected herself at the end. She was doing her best to not degrade Ron when they weren't doing the good/evil thing. "Think you can make some time to go to our getaway?"
Kim perked up. She really hadn't planned on spending the entire weekend helping Ron with his homework, plus he had Wade if anything too hard came up. "That be spanking! Just so long as no missions come up."
From downstairs, there was another loud crash and Ron yelping for help. Kim pouted, "Guess I have to get back to that. Make sure to tell me a time." Kim kissed Shego before bounding back downstairs to tear her brothers a new one and save Ron. Shego chuckled as she left the Possible house. She prayed that they would get at least one day together.
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The next day, Kim was able to get away from her house. No homework, no tutoring Ron, no missions. As she was about to leave the house, Kim was stopped at the door by her mother. She skidded to a halt because she had been in a hurry to leave without anyone seeing her.
"Where are you going, Kimmie-Cub?" Ann asked. She wasn't being rude or anything like that, just curious why her daughter was rushing off on a day Ann was sure the girl had off.
"Oh.. uhm… Going to do some errands and see a friend," Kim said with a meek smile.
"I thought Wade was tutoring Ron?"
"I mean yah, but I do have other friends, mom. Like Monique." Shit, now she was about to do that lying thing that she had hoped to not do again.
"So," Ann said, taking in Kim's appearance. Her daughter was wearing a pink tank top, some black booty shorts, and was carrying a beach bag. "You are going to the beach with Monique?"
"Not Monique, just a friend," Kim stated again, emphasis on the friend.
Ann smiled at her daughter, now realizing that she was going on a date. "Well, I hope whoever this friend is takes care of you. Be careful, Kimmie-Cub."
Kim blushed at what her mother had said. Well now she thinks I am dating someone. Which isn't completely wrong, Kim thought.
"I promise I'll be safe, mom. Its no biggie," Kim said, hugging her mom quickly and rushing out the door before she could get stopped again.
Kim jogged to the forest clearing that Shego had texted her about. She was to meet her girlfriend their so that they could go to the waterfall together. When Kim arrived in the clearing, something caught her eye. There was a small patch of grass that was brown. Upon closer inspection, Kim noticed that it was burnt. She frowned as the burn mark was about a few inches in width. There wasn't much depth to it either. She stared at the mark for a few more seconds before she felt her body run cold like it had when she was in the shower.
Kim's vision blurred as she fell to her knees. Bracing herself with one hand, Kim felt her stomach churn. Her eyes watered from the pain ripping through her body, the cold not helping one bit. It felt like icicles were being stabbed through her. Unfortunately, she hadn't eaten any food today, so when she finally threw up, it was bile. She sobbed through the pain. She heard the hovercraft from behind her.
"Kimmie!" Shego shouted, cutting the engine to the vehicle, rushing out of it, skidding on her knees beside the girl. She noticed that Kim was collapsed by the mark the portal had made months ago when Shego had met her future self. She grimaced at the sight of Kim vomiting. Shego placed her hand on Kim's back, rubbing gently. This was the first time she had seen the young hero in such a state, other than when they had their little "attacks" together.
Kim groaned softly when she felt Shego's hand on her back. All the warmth in her body returned and the nausea left, making her feel as though it had never been there. Kim leaned back up, looking to the side at Shego. If she had felt queasy from what just happened, she now had butterflies from how Shego was dressed. She was dressed similar to kim, but she was wearing a black bikini top with a pair of black booty shorts. Kim was blushing badly.
"Are you okay, Cupcake?" Shego asked, concern written all over her face.
"Uhm.. Yah… I think I just had another one of those sick and wrong 'attacks' again," Kim mumbled, "Emphasis on the sick."
"Well at least it didn't effect your sense of humor to bad," Shego said, helping Kim up from the ground. She glanced at the mark and scowled at it before leading Kim to the hovercraft.
Once they were in the vehicle, Kim leaned against Shego. The episode she had drained any energy she normally had. She looked up at Shego and went in to give her a kiss, but was stopped by a finger to her lips.
"As much as I would love to kiss you," Shego started, "You might want to brush your teeth."
Kim blushed deeply, "Do you happen to have anything for that here?"
Shego set the hovercraft on autopilot as she got out of the seat, rummaging around the back seat where her own beach bag was. She pulled out some mouthwash, tossing it to Kim. "That should work for now."
Kim smiled widely, using the mouthwash quickly, making sure to spit out the used fluid over the hovercraft when they were away from the city. Her tongue felt tingly as she moved to kiss Shego. The woman hadn't turned the auto pilot off yet. Noticing that, Kim kissed Shego deeply. Just enough to daze her before pulling away and snuggling back up against her. Shego shook her head a little bit to recover from the kiss. She frowned at Kim, who seemed to immediately fall asleep against her, leaving her to her thoughts as they flew to the waterfall.
It seemed that when it came to things involving the future version of herself, Shego wasn't as effected by it like Kim. Sure, they had their moments when they were together and the pain hit them both. It never seemed to be to the point that Kim or Shego collapsed and threw up. Shego frowned at this thought. She knew that Kim was strong and could handle anything. Yet, looking at something as simple as a burn mark from a portal that allowed time travel caused her to do both of those things. If her future self ever showed up again, Shego would get more answers instead of the cryptic shit she had gotten. This got her on a new thought.
What if I am trying to prepare myself for what is supposed to happen? I can understand why I would do that. It's kind of like damage control. But, doesn't that cause that butterfly effect thing? Ugh, this is going to piss me off. I told myself to find something…. Time… Mummy? Whatever, not the time to dwell on it, I guess.
It didn't take long to get to the hideaway. Kim had woken up as the hovercraft landed in front of the entrance. She bounced out of her seat in excitement, while Shego lazily gathered their bags. Shego knew that Kim had boundless energy, but sometimes she forgot how much she had. Kim practically ran to the entrance to the hideaway.
"C'mon, Shego! I wanna go swim!" Kim shouted back at her girlfriend.
Shego rolled her eyes a little. It was hard to be her usual cynical self when around Kim. The girl's good mood was easy to pick up. It was one of the things she loved about Kim. As she headed through the tunnel to the hideaway, she stopped to admire Kim. The young hero was staring at the small bit of foliage that cover the way to the waterfall. Shego had moved the original rock that had been there, letting the green grow over enough to still hide the place from prying eyes.
Kim looked at Shego with a curious look as she played with one of the vines that had grown over. "When did you move the rock?"
"Hmm?" Shego snapped back to reality.
"Rock, where did it go?"
"Oh, yah I moved it a few months ago since it was always a pain to move. Also means you don't have to struggle to move it when you come here without me."
Kim smiled widely as she walked up to Shego. She took her bag from the woman and pressed their lips together. Kim continued to smile as she pulled away, walking through the foliage as she did so. There was a loud gasp from Kim when she walked through to the other side. Shego smirked, knowing that Kim was seeing what she had set up.
On the other side of the makeshift barrier where their silent place was held, there was a picnic table under one of the willow trees. It was adorned with fruits and a smattering of entrees. In the center of the table, was a dozen roses in a crystal vase. In front of that was a little box. Kim turned as she heard Shego come through the vines.
"Is this for me?" Kim asked, hopping on the balls of her feet. She loved getting presents,.
Shego simply nodded as she set her beach bag by the pool of water. She walked over to the picnic table and grabbed the box. "To begin with, no I did not steal this. I bought it," Shego stated, noticing that Kim had a suspicious look in her eyes when looking at the aforementioned box. "The other thing is, I don't do this for people. I really don't like people on a good day. But you, Kimmie, are the exception. I don't know why, but I am perfectly fine with that." She moved closer to Kim, her breath a little hitched because she wasn't sure how Kim would react to what she was saying. "Yah, that's my little confession." She handed Kim the box.
Kim was blushing and her eyes were a little watery. She carefully took the box from Shego, opening it slowly. She wasn't sure what to expect from within it. The box was small and square, soft to the touch. When Kim opened it, the sun that was shining reflected off of the item inside the box. It was a small ring. It was silver, but with the way that the light was hitting it, there was clearly a little bit of green in it.
Kim looked at Shego, her face almost as red as her hair. She took the ring out of the box, hesitating as to which finger to put it on. Shego got closer, taking the small circle from Kim. She looked at Kim's left hand. "I'm not proposing or anything, but if its okay with you, I want to put it on your ring finger. Like a promise," Shego said, the confidence she had faltering a little bit.
"Yes!" Kim squeaked out in excitement. She didn't really care about the meaning and weight behind the ring, she just cared that it was from Shego.
Shego smiled softly, placing the ring on Kim's ring finger. "You can wear it during missions, by the way. I made sure if was made of titanium. Strongest metal I could think of," she said, placing a kiss on Kim's head.
"Spanking!" Kim responded, a huge smile plastered on her face. She was excited for the rest of her day with Shego. It seemed like her girlfriend had some things planned for the rest of the day. Kim hoped the rest of the week ended up being as amazing as this day was.
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Funny thing about wishful thinking, is that is all it is. Wishful. The next day at school, Kim was sitting in her math class, when her teacher approached Ron. The woman claimed that Ron had completed his homework fantastically and that she didn't believe that he had done it himself. She flipped the chalkboard over, requesting him to complete the problem. Kim just stared at the problem. She could easily finish it, but Ron? There was no way in hell that he could do that.
Ron's brown eyes were wide with fear, but he looked at his sleeve when Rufus grabbed the chalk from him. He knew that his pet was able to complete the problem. Rufus had been the one to finish his homework for him. Ron wasn't entirely sure how he had done it, but he wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.
Kim stared in awe with the rest of the math class as Ron flawlessly finished the college level problem their teacher had presented him with. Once he had finished the equation, he made a dumb pun about pi. Kim crossed her arms and looked at Monique beside her. They really couldn't believe that Ron of all people had completed such a high level equation. Kim was going to have to ask him about it later when they were in private.
As the week went on, Ron was pulled into the high school auditorium to give speeches to mathematicians. He was stuttering throughout the presentations, opting to show his work for questions rather than answer them. During on particular presentation about polynomials, Kim was sitting in the auditorium talking to Wade.
"I don't know, Wade," Kim was saying, "It's like Ron has been abducted and replaced by someone, well, smart. Its super freaky."
"Granted Ron's sudden genius is a little odd, but some students blossom late in their academic career," Wade countered, even though he couldn't believe what was happening either.
"C'mon, Wade. This is Ron. Last night he had to take off his shoes to count to 12. Now today he is taking some genius aptitude test?"
"Really? How'd he do?"
"186," Kim deadpanned.
Wade choked on the soda he was drinking, "186! That's 40 points higher than my score. That's impossible!"
"Welcome to my disbelief," Kim grumbled.
"Have Mr. Genius meet me online. I'll get to the bottom of this." wade had his arms crossed, because he really couldn't believe what was going on with Ron.
"Something tells me getting close to Ron is not going to be easy," Kim said with a sigh as she hung up on Wade. She looked to the stage as Ron was about to finish up. The boy looked happy he was almost done, but it came crashing down on him when his math teacher told him he was on a tight schedule.
The rest of the week for Ron was being shuffled around to different science and math departments, completing various different inventions for them. All Ron wanted was to pass Algebra, and all he got was people laughing at him. Maybe using Rufus wasn't such a good idea.
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Meanwhile, in Upperton, Drakken was in his lab. He was trying to come up with plans for his new doomsday weapon. He believed he had achieved the intellect that he wanted from Project Phebus, so the blueprints would not take him forever to complete. He was ranting at Shego about it while he stared at a piece of paper and pencil. The paper was blank and it was causing him some frustration. Within a few minutes, Drakken was able to draw something up.
"So, Shego, what do you think?" Drakken asked, flashing the paper in front of her to see.
Shego turned from her lunch to see a drawing of a house. She squinted a little bit, not sure if Drakken was kidding or not. "Uhm, nothing personal, but it doesn't exactly scream Doomsday or brilliance," she replied, glancing at her nails as she did so. If she had known her week was going to get crummy, she would have just stayed at the waterfall. Shego smiled softly to herself about that. Kim had accepted her promise ring. It was really the highlight of the week, and to be stuck with Drakken and another plan that was probably going to fail, really put a damper on her mood.
Drakken frowned as he looked at the drawing he had made. It wasn't what he was expecting, but maybe it was just Shego that didn't understand his genius. He went back to the drawing board, so to speak, showing the woman another picture. This time it was of a horse and a dog. Shego looked at this one, calling it cute. Drakken was discouraged but he would not give up trying.
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Kim was at her breaking point. Ron had bested Wade in an internet battle and somehow came up with the cure for the common cold. She was trying to figure out when this all started. When she figured it out, she got a lift back to Iowa. As she was flying over Iowa, Kim pulled out her Kimmunicator.
K: Do you happen to know what Project Phebus does?
S: Now what makes you think I would tell you that, Princess?
K:*sigh* it was worth a shot
Kim pocketed her Kimmunicator with an audible sigh. Of course Shego wouldn't give her a clue as to what she and Drakken had needed the machine for. She glumly hopped out of the bi-plane she was currently in, dropping back down to where she needed to be. She approached a cluster of cabins that were out in the middle of nowhere. Once she had found the one she was looking for, Kim landed a few dozen feet away. Approaching the cabin, she knocked on the door gently, checking her Kimmunicator to make sure she had found the right man.
The person that opened the door was roughly in his 50's. He had a long grown out beard, giving him the look of a hermit. He was startled by the concept of a visitor. "What are you? Land developer? Tax collector? Sales lady?" He riddled off the questions as he hid behind his door slightly.
"Doctor Zeruda, I need to talk to you about a device you developed for the government," Kim started, not answering the man's questions. "You may be the only person who actually knows what it does." Kim was just about to name the device as Zeruda moved to slam the door on her. Kim placed her foot between the door and the door jam. She grinned, "Project Phebus."
It took a moment to ponder what Kim was implying before he answered her. "Oh, well… come in." He opened the door again, allowing Kim to enter his cabin. He went into a brief explanation of the device. Kim sat in awe as she heard what the device did.
"So, let me get this straight," Kim began with her own personal recap. "Project Phebus contains the brainwave patterns of the world's most brilliant scientists."
"We all used to be poker buddies," Zeruda comfirmed, "We were all over here and I wanted to test out my new idea. Bing, Bang, Boom. The rest is all history."
Kim frowned a little bit. It didn't seem like it could be that simple. "So, say if someone, like my friend Ron, were to accidentally get struck by the beam. It could turn him into..." She waited for Zeruda to finish her though.
"An unparalleled genius. But not permanently. The effects wear off after a while. I'd say another 2-4 days before it does."
Kim nodded, thanking the man for the help. She needed to get back to Ron before he made a fool of himself like he normally did. Zeruda made a comment about Drakken not getting his hands on the brainwaves. Kim clicked in to what was going to happen. Ron wasn't going to make a fool of himself, Drakken was going to kidnap him if he found out about Ron being smarter. Kim called Wade for immediate extraction back to Middleton.
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Ron was at another presentation, this time at the Middleton Mall. He was talking about car emissions and how the fuel cells would reduce the emissions by a lot. He was stuttering over his words, trying to play off that he knew what he was talking about, but it was getting harder to explain with all the questions he was getting. The two chalkboards on stage with him were riddled with equations. One was for the fuel cells, the other was for a time space theorem. Ron gulped, hoping that he hadn't given away that he really didn't know what he was talking about.
Before more questions could be asked, there was a low rumble that sounded through the mall. The ceiling caved in as Drakken and Shego came through the roof. A green beam shot out from the bottom of the vehicle, hitting Ron and slowly pulling him up. As panic spread through the mall, Ron was twisting around in the beam. He was moving so much that he didn't notice Rufus fall out of his pocket until it was too late. He yelped as he was pulled completely into the hovercraft, finding himself in the backseat of it and strapped in tightly. Rufus was on the ground, panicked and looking to find a way to Kim's place.
Shego pulled the hovercraft from the wrecked roof, flying back to Upperton and Drakken's new lair. She glanced back at Ron, who was both shocked and a little mad at what was happening. Brown and emerald eyes locked together. Ron frowned, still not trusting Shego the way Kim did. He was going to have so much to tell Kim when she saved him. He didn't care if Shego didn't lay a finger on him.
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"There's still nothing?" Kim asked Wade as she paced her room. She had been trying to find Drakken's new lair since Rufus had found his way to the Possible house. Rufus was sitting on her bed, fretting about what was happening to his master. His distressed squeaks were making Kim more frantic. She hoped that since Drakken had taken him, that Shego and Ron weren't fighting with each other. She did not want to deal with that drama. She glanced down at the ring on her finger, sighing softly. If it wasn't one thing this week, it was another.
"We have to find Drakken's new lair before he gets Ron to build him that doomsday device," Kim said. And keep him and Shego from tearing each other apart, she thought.
"I know," Wade replied, typing away on his keyboard, "There are still some more leads I am checking in with."
Rufus was squeaking louder, hiccuping every so often because his squeaks were becoming sobs. Kim frowned and placed her hand on Rufus' head, trying to comfort the small animal. "Don't worry, Rufus, we'll find Ron. In the meantime, keep yourself busy. It will take your mind off of things," she convinced Rufus. She turned away from him, not noticing that he was now painting something.
"Kim, I got a news flash," Wade said with much enthusiasm. "Ron's no genius."
"How so?" Kim asked. She was now curious as to who got effected by the device.
"I re-examined the footage from the security cam for clues. Check this out." Wade switched the screen to the footage from one of the labs Ron had been at. It showed what seemed to be Ron writing an equation. But when Wade enhanced the image, it showed the Rufus was the one writing for him. Kim's jaw dropped and she turned to look at Rufus. The naked mole rat was happily holding up the painting he had just finished. It was a cubic abstract of Kim in her mission outfit.
"It's Rufus?!" Kim gasped, not really believing it, even though she had seen the footage and was staring at what Rufus had just made.
"So if Rufus is the genius." Wade began, "Than how is Ron going to build Drakken a doomsday device?"
"He's not," Kim said.
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Drakken was dragging Ron through the lair. The man was disgruntled and stomping his feet as he went. "Kim Possible's sidekick thinks he can stick his nose into my business and get away with it? I think not!" Drakken whined. Ron was trying to be nonchalant about things but he was pretty scared about failing to make Drakken his device.
"That's not actually how it went down-" Ron was saying, while getting dragged.
"Shush!" Drakken snapped, pulling Ron close to his face, "Now is not the time for words. Now is the time for action. Well, thought to be precise. Followed soon after by action." He threw Ron across the hall with as much strength as he could. Ron skidded to a halt in a different room, landing face first into some boxes and random objects.
"Having a garage sale?" Ron asked as he stood up.
"You, boy, will use these supplies to build me a doomsday device that will allow me to conquer the world!" Drakken shouted.
"Yah, most definitely not going to happen," Ron replied. He looked over Drakken's shoulder as he said this, noticing Shego walk into the room. His brow furrowed at the sight of her.
"Oh, its going to happen. Because if it doesn't..." Drakken pressed a button on the wall, causign the floor near Ron to collapse in on itself, revealing a pool filled with piranha.
Ron gulped, rolling up his sleeves as he did so, "Alright, who is ready to build a doomsday device?"
From where she was, Shego was watching the two idiots go back and forth. The Buffoon was her main concern at this moment. She knew he had a big mouth, and really did not want to deal with him in a manner that Kim would find unpleasant. She took purchase in a seat that was close to Ron, keeping a close watch on him.
Drakken left the room to let Ron do his thing. He did not question why Shego remained in the room, but he figured it was for the best. He locked the door on his way out. Drakken hummed to himself happily as he made his way to the kitchen to make some Cocoa-Moo.
It was about an hour later, and Ron was still just staring at the pile of boxes and miscellaneous stuff that was in front of him. Shego was watching him, curious as to when the genius was going to kick in. But she decided to open her mouth.
"Are you really that brain dead that even a device that makes you smarter, couldn't make you smart?" Shego asked, her voice holding a lot of snark. Ron turned to look at her, his face beet red.
"I'll have you know, I am smart," Ron countered, "I just don't like when people are watching me try to genius."
"Did you just use genius as a verb?" An onyx eyebrow was quirked upwards.
"I-I d-d-did. Its what all super smart guys do." Came the lame counter.
Shego rolled her eyes, "I'm starting to doubt that stupid device even works. Drakken was in it when I set it off. And from what I could tell, you didn't even land in the damn thing."
"Yah, well maybe I used it after you and Drakken ran with your tails between your legs," Ron snapped. The flush in his face was reaching his ears as he got mad.
"Like hell. Kimmie wouldn't let you do something so fucking… bad. We both know she has a stick up her ass about that stuff… or she used to until I removed it." Shego waggled her eyebrows suggestively. She was now trying to get a rise out of Ron.
Ron sputtered, not sure how to respond. "KP doesn't have a stick up her ass. She's clearly decided that fucking the enemy is the way to go." He wasn't sure what response he would get, but he didn't plan on getting grabbed by the front of his shirt and getting dangled over the pool of piranhas.
"Choose your next words very carefully, Buffoon." Shego's eyes were almost glowing from the plasma reacting within her. She was holding back the urge to light her fist up. Ron gulped, remaining silent. Shego shook her head, putting Ron back on the floor. She left the room, leaving him to his own devices. She wasn't going to get on Kim's bad side because of a stupid sidekick.
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It took another few hours for Drakken to return to the room. He knocked on the door, demanding to know when Ron was done. His patience had run out and he was about to barge into the room to threaten the boy more.
"It might be ready in another two or three or sixteen weeks," Ron shouted through the door as he looked at the nothingness he had done. He decided he was going to get smart with Drakken now too. "See, now would be a great time to take that super freaks singles' cruise you've been thinking about."
"That doomsday device better work," Drakken said as he slammed the door open, "Otherwise you will be swimming with the fish." He frowned to himself, not entirely sure his threat sounded correct. He turned to Shego, who was leaning against the wall beside him. "Fish, right? Or is it fishes?"
"Fish or fishes," Shego replied, filing her gloves as she did so.
"Well, which is it?"
"Both are correct plural forms of the singular word 'fish'." Shego stated.
"You're very smug right now, aren't you?" Drakken asked, crossing his arms.
"Yah, a lil bit."
When they entered the room, there was a large object hidden under a cloth. Drakken was jumping for joy at the thought of what might be under it. Shego was sure it was something that wasn't to Drakken's overzealous behavior. Ron pulled the covering off of the object, revealing a mish-mash of items thrown together. The base of the thing was an exercise bench that had a fridge precariously balanced on top of it. A stray pan was attached to the bench, and a vacuum was strung up on the other side.
Drakken's face dropped at the monstrosity in front of him. It was not up to his standard. "Well, , have fun with the fish. Or fishes. Whichever you prefer," Drakken said, hitting the button he had previously pressed, causing the floor to collapse a little bit more. Ron was at the utmost edge and he yelped when he saw the floor crumble near him. He stepped on the loose pieces of floor, escaping the fall until he was on the last one against a wall, with no escape.
Above the room, there was a glass roof, which Kim was now on top of. She was grumbling to herself about villains not having lairs that were one story or ranch style. She locked eyes with Ron, gasping at the predicament her friend was in. She had to think quickly to save him. Just as the final piece of floor slipped from beneath Ron, Rufus popped out of Kim's pocket, pressing a button on her glove. From the wrist of the glove, a greenish substance came out, hitting the water just before Ron did, causing him to ricochet off of it and out of the pool. He landed behind Shego and Drakken with a thud.
"How did that?" Kim looked at Rufus, she was smiling at him, "Did you outfit my clothes with gadgets when I wasn't looking?" The pride in her voice gave Rufus a little ego boost. He nodded with a squeak. "Rufus, you are one rocking mole rat." Kim jumped through the open pane of glass in the roof, landing gracefully on the floor below.
Ron's face lit up when he noticed her, "KP!"
Drakken frowned at this, since he had Ron in his grasp again, "KP? Don't try to trick me, boy. I know Kim Possible when I see her."
"Yah, the lame outfit is always a dead give away," Shego scoffed from beside one of the bookcases that filled the room. She pushed it down, the stack tumbling to the ground towards Kim.
Kim jumped out of the way, doing a flip to help herself with the momentum. She landed just behind Ron and Drakken. Shego ran up, ready to fight Kim, but was stopped when Rufus activated the sticky substance from Kim's glove again. It encapsulated itself around Drakken and Shego, trapping them within. Ron jogged away from Drakken, since he was lucky enough not to get stuck in the gross factor.
"Falling bookcases. Really, Shego? You'll have to do better than that," Kim chuckled, a smirk plastering her face as she crossed her arms smugly.
"Suits me," Drakken responded before Shego could get a quip back. "Suits of armor that is! ARMOR ATTACK!"
On the other side of the room, a door slid open revealing a number of sentient suits of armor. The haliberds they carried shot lasers from the tips of them. Thinking quickly, Kim grabbed Ron, essentially throwing themselves into the pit that was within the floor. Since the substance Rufus had made was elastic, they were able to bounce off of it twice before it disintigrated. Ron was flung across the room again, while Kim wasn't able to get enough air. She grabbed onto the ledge of the pit, her fingers slipping because it didn't have much texture to it.
As luck would have it, Ron landed on the doomsday device he had created. The vacuum part of it kicked on, causing the object to spin rapidly with Ron on it. Blue lasers shot out at random as it spun. The suits of armor were gaining on Kim as she struggled to get out of the pit. The lasers bounced around, destroying different computers and devices that were withing the room. Drakken was shouting obscenities as he watched his work get destroyed. Shego was standing beside him, still trying to break out of the ick covering them.
"Look out!" Ron shouted as the device he was on spun towards Kim and her assailants. She ducked down to avoid getting hit by the lasers and shrapnel from the armor. She hopped up once the enemies were down. She smiled at Ron, who was walking funny from getting spun around.
"Nice move, genius," Kim said as Ron regained some stability.
"I am, what I is!" Ron responded, not knowing that Kim knew it was Rufus that was the genius.
"This isn't over, Kim Possible," Drakken was shouting, "You may have captured us, but we will just come back more evil than the last time."
Shego had all but given up trying to get out of the gunk and was now putting her face in her hand. She really did not know what to do about Drakken sometimes. He just continued to make a fool out of himself. She watched as Kim and Ron left the lair.
"Please stop talking," Shego growled at Drakken.
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Once Kim and Ron made it back to the Possible house, Kim helped Ron with his Algebra. He was finally getting the hang of things. Even though she was helping him out, Kim was carefully listening for the tell-tale sign that Shego had entered her room. As Ron was looking up from completing the last question he was on, he saw a glint of silver and green come from Kim's left hand.
"What's that, KP?" He asked, grabbing her hand. He looked at the ring carefully.
"Uhm, it was a gift from Shego," Kim replied, letting Ron look at the ring, "It's so not the drama, Ron."
"You keep saying that, but I don't think you understand the weight of wearing a ring like that on your ring finger," Ron said with concern.
"It's a promise ring. I get the meaning behind it, Ron. It's no big."
"No big? NO BIG?! How long have you two been together anyways? Did she steal the ring?" Ron rapid fired the questions. He was starting to worry about Kim's relationship more and more.
"Yes, Ron. No big. We've been together for, like, six months or so." Kim wasn't too sure if her time with Shego had been that short since it always felt longer.
Ron frowned as he looked at Kim, "Okay… well… you know what I'll say-"
There was a soft thud from upstairs, distracting Kim from what Ron was saying. Ron heard it as well, figuring out that it was Shego that had just arrived. "Ron, can you…?" Kim didn't finished her question, as she was too guilty about the fact that she was about to kick her friend out because of her girlfriend.
"Yah, yah..." Ron said. He was deflated from being ignored. Maybe he should try to talk to Monique about what was going on with Kim. "I'll see you later?"
Kim nodded enthusiastically as she walked Ron to the door. She hugged him bye before rushing upstairs to her bedroom. When she got in there, she tackled Shego in a hug. Shego grunted, scowling at the sudden hug. She wasn't used to it yet. "So, you figured out what Project Phebus was?" She asked, picking Kim up.
Kim giggled and nodded happily, "Yup! Rufus was the one that was effected by it. Not Drakken or Ron."
"I figured Dr.D hadn't been hit by it. The rat makes sense, now that I think about it. He was getting tossed around that lab a lot." Shego sat down on the bed, letting Kim snuggle up against her torso.
Sighing, Kim snuggled closer to Shego. She was about to doze off, the heartbeat against her ear helping with the want to sleep. Her eyes snapped open, "Hey Shego, you know that burn mark in the clearing that I saw? I think it might be linked to whatever burned the tree."
Shego tensed. She really did not want to have this conversation right after she had to get out of that gross gunk, put up with Drakken bitching for an hour, and finally getting comfortable in bed with Kim. Closing her eyes, Shego said the only thing she could think of, "Can we talk about it tomorrow? It's been a shitty week..."
"Of course," Kim said softly, kissing Shego's cheek before getting comfortable again against her girlfriend.