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There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly. (Antisthenes, Greek philosopher of Athens, disciple of Socrates)

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Kim Possible's world had changed so much since she had been released from prison but there was no more stark example of that than where she was now. The situation of being inside this very chic, luxurious, and incredibly expensive private jet just blew her mind away. She sighed in exasperation as she sipped a strange drink, some concoction of champagne and orange juice, while staring out of the many windows at the world passing by below.

Kim tried to wrap her mind around the present facts. She was now a vigilante of justice seeking her father's murderer while partnered with Shego, her former longtime nemesis. They were flying to Europe in the private plane of Senor Senior Junior, another former enemy, while being served drinks by his wife Bonnie Rockwaller-Senior, a former fellow cheerleader and her chief tormentor from Middleton high school. Awkward didn't begin to describe the situation.

Rufus, the naked mole rat, lay napping while curled up on her lap as she reclined in one of the overstuffed chairs in the plane's main passenger cabin. Things were so strange at that moment that Kim would not have been surprised if Rufus had sat up and began yodeling. The mental picture of Rufus doing that very thing actually made Kim smile.

Shego had gone forward to talk to the pilots with Junior close behind. Bonnie had handed her the drink and then disappeared somewhere in the plane behind Kim. Now all alone, she relaxed and listened to the steady rhythm of the plane's engines as she tried to convince herself that her present course of action was the right one.

The door to the forward compartments opened and Eric the Bioroid stepped through.

It took a second for Kim to recognize him and when she did she noticed that his hands and arms were covered in blood. As she stared in shock she noticed the view behind Eric was one of complete horror. Blood and gore littered the interior of the airplane behind him. But most striking of all was the sight of Shego hanging upside down from the ceiling of the plane bleeding from a cut throat and a gaping hole in her chest.

"Don't look so shocked Ms. Possible after all you were the one who brought her into this tragedy". Eric's soft spoken voice was chilling as he slowly licked the dripping blood from his fingers.

"What… how… ", Kim found herself paralyzed and unable to move as Rufus continued to doze peacefully on her lap. Her eyes shifted from Shego's open but lifeless orbs to the cruel smug certainty of Eric's gaze. How could this have happened?

"You search for reasons while denying the truth that is right in front of you", said Eric as he sauntered up the center of the plane's cabin. He casually looked out the plane's windows as he closed on Kim's seat.

"Murderer… monster… ", hissed Kim as she struggled slowly to rise from her chair.

"Oh yes Kim we are both those things now aren't we", Eric's blood stained hands came down on Kim's wrists pinning her to the chair. Kim tried to kick and punch at him but his grip was too strong and none of her attacks seemed to have any effect on him. He simply stared into her eyes with dark penetrating intensity and only frowned when Kim finally spat into his face.

"Bastard, I took you down once and I'll do so again to you and your Master".

"I don't really matter Kim and… as for the Master… well he can take care of himself. What I want to know is why do you continue to struggle? You know the truth of it, you've already lost".

"Bullshit! I've heard that line before. I never quit then and while life is in me I will never quit now".

"The same old line, 'Anything is possible for a Possible', how pathetic. But you're wrong now my dear because the real Kim Possible is already dead. Everything she stood for is gone and all the people who believed in her know who is to blame. You!"

He was wrong. Wasn't he? This wasn't her fault. Was it? Kim's blood turned to ice and she couldn't imagine what her face looked like as Eric merely leaned back and laughed.

His right arm elongated and shot out into a fine point that impacted and crashed through one of the plane's windows. Instantly explosive decompression rushed through the cabin and Kim screamed in horror as Rufus was pulled from her lap and sucked through the window.

Kim didn't have on her seat belt and she ended up clinging desperately to her chair while being pulled off the floor. Her feet pointed straight at the open window while she watched everything else in the cabin being sucked out of the plane. Eric still stood but he was also slowly being sucked towards the broken window as well.

"No matter how hard you fight it Kim you will always lose this battle because the person you're trying to be died long ago. You're just the last one to figure it out". With that Eric merely let himself go and Kim watched as he was violently compressed and sucked out into space.

Then Kim watched as Shego's lifeless body was pulled from the forward compartment and also sucked outside. This really was her fault. She had caused all of this. Then the chair she was hanging onto gave way under her weight and she screamed as she spiraled like a leaf in the wind as the departing air pulled her towards the end…

"Hey, wake up!" Kim startled awake as Shego shook her shoulder.

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Special Agent Will Du Chief Administrator of GJs Special Projects Task Force waited patiently outside the Director's office. The shrill sound of a buzzer cut through the air and he lowered his head and pushed through the door.

Dr. Betty Director of GJ sat behind her desk apparently deep in concentration while reading a set of documents that lay spread out before her. She pointed with one hand towards a chair just the right of her desk and Will smoothly and quietly sat down. He remained silent until the Director finished reading and sat back finally making eye contact with him.

"What have you got for me Will?"

Will opened a large manila folder and took out several reports he had compiled. He took a moment to leaf through them until he found the ones he wanted.

"Kim Possible has been spotted in Middleton. Specifically she has been tied to some disturbance at the abandoned Middleton Space Center.

"So, she went back home. Back to the beginning, that's typical of her. Do we know what kind of disturbance she was involved in?"

"We worked with the local authorities and were able to retrieve video from a few surveillance cameras that were still active at the Center. However, the views and quality of the video were extremely limited due to the Center being in the middle of a rather violent thunderstorm at the time of the disturbance".

"What did it show?"

"Kim was apparently involved in combat with an unidentified individual and with one… very identifiable former associate".

"Who?"

"Shego. I also confiscated all the video coverage of the incident so there was nothing left implicating Kim or Shego".

"Good thinking. I'm not surprised at them fighting. Those two have been at each other's throats for years".

"That may have been true but the video and the data we have gathered suggests they may now be working together".

"Interesting", Dr. Director lay back in her chair resting her head on her hands as she stared at the ceiling of her office. "What else?"

"We tracked Kim back to Littleton and to the home of her mother, Dr. Anne Possible. We also confirmed that Shego accompanied her there as well".

"Are they still there?"

"That's why I brought this directly to your attention now Director. They left Littleton and traveled to Upperton where they boarded a private jet bound for London, England. The ownership of the plane was traced back to the Senor Senior Sr.".

"She's using her old contacts to follow her father's work and she's going after the other scientists involved in the Nanobot program. Smart Kim… real smart".

"That is my analysis of the situation as well", Will closed the folder and sat it on his lap. "We also have confirmed a report that Ron Stoppable was sighted in Littleton at the same time Kim was there with Shego".

"It seems they're getting the old band back together", Dr. Director actually let out a low level chuckle that caused Will to raise an eyebrow in speculation. "I want you to delegate your primary duties to your subordinates. This situation with Kim Possible will now be your sole mission focus".

Will stood up before the Director in rigid military precision. "What would you have me do?"

"Put together a good tactical team and follow her. Not too close mind you. I don't want to scare her off but I want you there and available if we need to move in".

"If my team is sent in, am I to assist her or arrest her?"

"Yes", Doctor Director merely turned and once again began reading the reports on her desk.

"Understood Director", Will inclined his head slightly to the Director before turning and leaving her office.

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Kim looked up into the concerned face of Shego hovering over her. She sat up quickly and assessed the plane around her. Everything seemed normal. Rufus still napped comfortably on her lap. There was no blood, gore, broken windows, alarms, or explosive decompression.

Before Shego could step back Kim reached up and grabbed her by the shoulders and boldly pulled her into a tight embrace. Shego's initial reaction was to jump away but Kim held tight to her. When she felt Kim bury her face in her shoulder she forced herself to relax and slowly wrapped her arms around the shivering woman.

A very pregnant Bonnie leaned over and picked up Kim's glass, which she had spilled all over the floor. Shego met Bonnie's eyes over Kim's head and she motioned Bonnie away. The brunette bombshell turned away while she smiled and raised her eyebrows in speculation. Shego merely gave her the evil eye go fuck-off look.

"It's all right you just drifted off to sleep for a little while", said Shego as she eased from Kim's embrace and sat down in a chair that faced Kim.

"Oh my god I feel so childish getting upset over a dream", said Kim as she buried her face in her hands as a rosy blush shown on her cheeks.

"Never really had a use for dreams myself, I always found real life more than entertaining enough". Shego leaned back as if she were a doctor scrutinizing Kim.

Kim eyes studied Shego through the fingers of her hands. Kim began to feel self-conscious under the woman's gaze. "What?"

"It just amazes me that after surviving so many years of prison you still manage to be embarrassed by the stupidest things".

"It's not stupid", Kim lowered her hands and leaned back in her own chair. "It… was just so real… and so… Am I a different person? Than the one you knew, you know before".

"Yes".

"Just yes?" Kim sighed and threw her head back looking up at the ceiling of the plane.

"What did you expect? You're not the goody-good girl your fans grew up swooning over anymore Kim. You're a grown woman with a rough past and potentially very violent and dark future. I kinda like it myself. You know dark Kim… and all that stuff".

"Don't mock me", Kim's head came down and her eyes hardened.

"I'm not", Shego quickly held up her hands in a placating gesture. "I'm just saying… don't try to be something you're not anymore. Just own it Kim. You may not be daddy's little girl anymore but you are the woman who can avenge him".

"Well… thanks I guess".

Junior came into the cabin from the front of the plane. He moved up quickly to stand next to Shego. "Please accept my apologies for the interruption ladies but the pilot wished to discuss something with you".

"I'll be right back", Shego winked at Kim as she moved past Junior.

"Aren't you two just so sweet?" Kim turned to see Bonnie standing just behind her.

"Hello Bonnie. Shego and I are old acquaintances", Kim had been both anticipating and dreading this encounter.

"Yeah… right", Bonnie handed Kim a fresh drink as she waddled past her and slowly sat down in the chair Shego had just vacated.

Junior leaned down and rubbed his hand over Bonnie's large baby bump. "Hello little one, are you and your mommy feeling well today?"

"Down boy!" Bonnie reached down and moved Junior's hand off her belly. "Go away and play with something would you. Its girl talk time around here".

Junior bowed to Bonnie and then to Kim before he hastily followed Shego toward the front of the plane.

"I see you've done well for yourself. I always thought you would be the one to find a sugar daddy", said Kim as she crossed her legs and laid her clasped hands over her knee. "You still look awesome even with your pregnancy. So how far along are you?"

"Thirty weeks. Oh don't worry Kim after what this pregnancy does to me I believe cremation will be the only way I'll ever get a smoking hot body again. And so far as my sugar daddy, while Junior may be a good looking moron, Senior Sr. is no fool". Bonnie rolled her eyes and gently patted her full baby belly. "I have paid in full for every benefit I gained from my marriage". Bonnie couldn't cross her legs because of her very pregnant self but she leaned back in her chair and gave Kim a most smug and superior smile. "I see you're looking pretty good for an ex-con Kim. You must have won the prison lottery".

"No one wins in prison Bonnie. You just try to survive".

"Yeah… and I just wonder what you had to do to survive".

"Whatever I felt was necessary. I'm not proud of it all but I survived and made life in prison better for many others".

"Of course you did. It's what you always do. I just knew that self-sacrificing attitude of yours would get you in trouble someday".

"Better to be a self-centered bitch then?"

Bonnie leaned forward and Kim watched as she grimaced in annoyance at her large pregnant body. "You're damned right it is and you should try it sometime. I think you might like it".

"I have so missed our wonderful uplifting talks Bonnie", Kim sighed heavily.

Bonnie laughed. "I'm sorry but I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to needle you a little bit. It's just so easy". Bonnie raised her hand and pointed her thumb back towards the front of the plane. "Still you seem to be getting along well with the Jolly Green Giantess".

"Like I said Shego and I are old acquaintances. How do you know her?"

"She's been hanging around the Seniors for the last couple of years. She would show up every now and ask for supplies, money, shelter, or information as she continued her crusade for justice. They seemed to have a soft spot for her so they always said yes. Sometimes I think she was just plain lonely".

"Scared she would cut in on your action with Junior?" Kim couldn't help but smile.

"Oh don't worry I found out she is full of lively action". Bonnie licked her lips in an exaggerated fashion.

"What the…"

Bonnie laughed. Being pregnant was definitely a pain. Putting up with Junior's overprotective machismo was annoying. Having to alter her schedule in the U.S. to pick up these girls was lame. Seeing Kim Possible's face contort into spastic sexual innuendo confusion… priceless.

"Don't worry Kim I don't think she actually noticed me but she really missed you".

"Yeah… and I should believe that?"

"No I mean it. She never stopped complaining about how you being locked up was holding her back and how things would finally get back on track once you were out". Bonnie took a moment to look around the plane and then finally back at Kim. "Looks like she was right".

Shego stuck her head back in the cabin. "You better get strapped in as we will be landing at Heathrow in just a few minutes". Shego began to withdraw but she leaned back in when she saw Bonnie and Kim sitting so close together. "Bonnie be nice. Kim is a guest on this flight".

Bonnie merely stuck her tongue out at Shego as she heaved herself up out of her chair and moved towards the back of the plane. "Don't worry Kim; we'll finish our talk later".

"Looking forward to it", said Kim as she rubbed her temples trying to stave off the headache she felt coming on.

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They landed at Heathrow airport without incident. Junior paid off a minor government official who allowed Kim and Shego to bring their equipment through customs without being impounded. As Kim, Shego, Junior, and Bonnie left the airport a long stretched limousine pulled up and Junior graciously opened the door for the ladies. Bonnie patted his check as she got in, Shego pinched his butt causing him to jump, and Kim merely said 'Thank you' while rolling her eyes.

Bonnie and Junior sat on one plush seat facing the rear while Kim and Shego faced the front of the limo. Rufus stood up on Kim's knee and stared gleefully out as they passed through the city. The driver handed a folded message back to Junior. He opened the message and read it before smacking the paper and hooting in triumph.

"Wonderful news, Professor Ramesh has agreed to our audience at his home tomorrow morning".

"Tomorrow? I was hoping to see him right away", complained Kim.

"Cool your rockets Kimjet, he hasn't left his damn nature preserve in years. Speaking of which, how'd you get him to see us? Every time I tried to get in the bastard flat refused to see me", snarled Shego.

"I offered him a large research grant to continue his arboreal studies which he initially refused. However, when I mentioned that Kim Possible would be attending as part of the meeting he agreed".

Shego raised an eyebrow and turned to Kim who only shrugged her shoulders and smiled. It was at that instant that Kim's Kimmunicator beeped.

"Hello Wade. What's the sitch?" Kim couldn't help but smirk at her tried and true grandiloquence.

"You have to love the classics", said Wade as his tired but smiling face glanced back from the Kimmunicator's small view screen. "I have some good news on the Bioroid research front. Is Shego with you?"

"Right here nerdlinger", Shego leaned over next to Kim's head so part of her head appeared on Wade's screen.

"Don't call him that", Kim pushed Shego off of her. "If you hadn't figured it out yet we need him. Go ahead Wade".

"I've made a breakthrough on my work on scanning through the Bioroids interference patterns. I have a prototype scanner on its way to your hotel in London. It should be there tomorrow morning".

"So we will be able to locate the Bioroids CPUs?"

"Yes but only at close range".

"How close?" Shego leaned back in to look at Wade. This time Kim didn't push her away.

"Unfortunately 'too' damned close. I would say no further than five meters".

"Great! We'll get a reading on them right as they're tearing our heads off", Shego glanced up at Kim.

"Sorry. I'll try to booster the scanning range after more research and I can give you an updated model".

"Thanks Wade. We appreciate the assist and you still rock, Kim out". Kim glanced down at Shego who was still leaning over on her. "Do you mind"?

"Nah… I'm comfortable".

"Oh get off", Kim pushed Shego back to her side again.

"Was that a suggestion or an invitation?"

Kim only sighed as she glanced across the seat to see a look of smug delight in Bonnie's eyes.

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Kim had wanted to get started right away with her investigation but Junior had reserved them suites in one of the priciest hotels in London. One look at the luxurious room with sparkling baths, lush carpets, and silken sheets and Kim thought that maybe one night here wasn't such a bad idea. Rufus had already claimed one of the beds large pillows and was sacked out snoring atop it already.

She dropped her bags on the bed and began opening up her stuff. The Kimmunicator lay on the bed next to her bags and naturally it went off as she was putting her things away.

"If you keep calling me like this Wade, Shego is going to start talking about us", Kim opened the channel but left the Kimmunicator on the bed.

"I couldn't be that Lucky Kim. Besides I don't think I play on the right team to interest you now do I", Wade's tone was playful but his face looked serious and haggard.

"For you I might make an exception".

"I'll remember that if we survive this. Are you alone?" Kim noticed that Wade's voice had taken on an extremely serious tone.

"Yeah, Shego is across the hall while Junior and Bonnie are further down", Kim took out some of her clothes and began hanging up what she didn't want to get wrinkled.

"We're going to have to limit our communications for the foreseeable future".

"What's wrong? Is there trouble?" Kim turned and looked down at Wade.

"Since I've been helping Shego and especially since I recently began helping you I've noticed someone is searching for me. Lately I've had several of my dark sites and dummy routers compromised which has shut down some of my network. Whoever it is they are persistent and in possession of some of the most advanced tech I've ever seen".

"Could it be government related or our friend… this Master", Kim all but hissed the last word.

"I think the later and if he's using your father's tech then I could be dealing with something totally new here. I believe the only thing that has saved me from detection so far is the infrequency of our interactions and the fact that I've spent years hiding from almost ever intelligence agency on the planet".

Kim was hanging up her combat clothing and had turned her back to the bed. She failed to see a piece of one of her bags melt away, detach itself, and slide like a dark worm over to the Kimmunicator. From where it moved it was out of sight of Wade's screen and when it touched the unit it seeped into the device leaving no trace of its passage. The screen flickered for a second but no other alarm sounded at the nanobot's intrusion.

"So we need to limit our calls. Alright I will put the Kimmunicator on an emergency use only basis".

"Thanks Kim. Hopefully I'll have this under control soon. I haven't survived this long by being sloppy".

"I agree Wade", Kim picked out a short white dress and held it up in front of her as she viewed herself in one of the room's wall mirrors. "Well if I'm stuck here doing nothing for the evening I'm going to go downstairs to have a drink".

"Have fun Kim and drink one for me", Wade cut the signal.

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Kim stepped out of the lift freshly cleaned with her hair loose around her shoulders and dressed in a tight knee length white dress that while cut low on the back was modest in the front but still displayed her assets nicely. Her heels clicked on the marble floor as she strode through the lobby towards the bar. She noticed several admiring glances from both men and women and felt roaming eyes following her. It had been a while since Kim had the chance to dress up without it being part of a mission and it was kind of fun. That was until she stepped into the bar and then she saw her.

Shego sat alone at a table in the center of the bar. Her hair was loose and flowed down her back like a dark cascade. She wore a dark emerald dress that was held up by one shoulder strap and cut up along the side almost up to her hip. To say that she was stunning or gorgeous was such a gross understatement as everyone in the bar tried not to stare while at the same time appearing afraid to approach her.

With her eyes closed she held a glass of dark brown liquid and rubbed it back and forth against her forehead as if in contemplation or prayer.

Kim's first reaction was to turn and leave but that was what the old Kim would do. Instead the new Kim drew in a deep breath and entered going directly to Shego's table. "May I join you?"

Shego's eyes shot open and she sat straighter as she smiled up at Kim. "Of course", she waved a hand to an open chair at the table. "What'll you have?"

"Whatever you're having", Kim sat demurely smoothing her dress. She could feel the eyes of the entire bar upon both of them.

Shego shot back the entire contents of her glass in one drink and then snapped her fingers. A male bar attendant appeared immediately. "Single malt Scotch, at least eighteen years old, neat for me and my friend. On second thought just bring the bottle". The man dipped his head in acknowledgment and withdrew.

"You clean up good Possible. You're all grown up now".

Kim frowned slightly at the 'grown up' comment but Shego only smirked back at her. "So says the woman whose looks are putting everyone else's here to shame", Kim raised her own smirk back at Shego.

"So you like the way I look huh?" Shego teased as the barman dropped off the bottle of Scotch and some glasses.

"Please… " Kim poured herself and Shego a drink and took a long sip of hers. She savored the smoky dark liquor and immediately felt its effects smooth out her already tangled nerves.

"Well here's to beautiful women out on the town", Shego held out her glass and Kim clinked her glass against it. "So let's talk. You tell me about the last few years of prison life and I'll tell you about my time hunting down Drew's killer".

Over the next few hours both women laid out stories of the last few years. Kim told of fighting off six inmates at once to avoid gang rape in prison. Shego described stumbling on one of Jack Hench's drug operations in South America and burning it to the ground. As the talk continued each woman seemed determined to one up the other's stories as the scotch bottle was quickly emptied.

"So you did both of them at the same time?" Shego asked incredulously.

Kim merely winked and nodded her head as she sipped back a large gulp of Scotch.

"Wow… and you kiss your mother with that mouth?"

"They were the leaders of the two largest prison gangs. They had been a waging war for months, with too many dying in the crossfire, and no resolution in sight. I brought them together and helped them find some… common ground".

"By being sandwiched in bed between them?" Shego threw back her head and laughed.

"They weren't all bad. They were brave women who were scared of what they couldn't control. I helped them resolve their differences. They became my friends".

"They became your lovers".

"Whatever… the point is I managed to save a lot of lives". Shego raised her glass in toast and Kim answered with her own. "What about you? I highly doubt a smoking hot piece such as you was alone the entire time I was away".

"I wasn't", Kim noticed Shego turn away and take a large drink from her glass. "Not most of the time anyway".

"So do tell?"

"Not… much to tell". Kim could see Shego begin to tense up.

"Ooooh… that's normally a signal for there's definitely something to tell". Kim leaned forward and almost slipped out of her chair. The alcohol was definitely beginning to get to her.

"I don't want to talk about it", Shego seemed to squirm a little in her chair.

"Come on. You don't have just one little steamy sexy story you want to share with me?"

"I said I didn't want to talk about it!" Kim saw a definite flash of angry green light come from Shego's eyes.

"Really… well after all this time it appears the mighty Shego is more sexually repressed then I am".

"You think so", Shego's head whipped around causing her hair to sway wildly and Kim almost fell over trying to follow it with her eyes. "Well why don't you just prove it then".

"How would I do that?" Kim giggled.

"Kiss me".

"What!" Kim's hand froze in midair as she was about to take a drink and her eyes grew huge in surprise.

Shego uncurled her legs from her chair and stood directly in front of Kim. She displayed only the slightest of wobbles courtesy of all the alcohol she had consumed.

"If you're really so unrepressed and think I'm beautiful then give me a kiss".

"I was speaking of how aesthetically pleasing you look", Kim set her drink down with a shaky hand.

"Then this should be a piece of cake, unless you're afraid do it", Shego head tilted slightly to one side and the grin she gave was absolutely feral.

"With everyone watching", Kim cast a wary glance at all the patrons still left in the bar.

"Sure. Let's give them all a cheap thrill. Watching us, it's all they've been thinking about all night anyway".

"Be careful what you ask for", Kim's face hardened as she stood up on wobbly legs but righted herself before she fell down. She moved in front of Shego until she was so close she felt the other woman's accelerated breathing on her lips.

"At your leisure, my lady". Shego held out her arms while smiling with slightly puckered lips.

Kim seemed to hesitate and then like a striking serpent she leaned in and minutely pressed her lips to Shego's before jolting backwards.

"Oh come on, Motor Ed kisses better than that. I meant a real kiss".

Kim's arms stiffened at her sides and her hands clenched into fists. She looked Shego dead in the eye as her lips trembled and then puckered. Her whole body appeared to be quivering as she leaned forward closing her eyes.

Shego was slightly amazed as it actually looked like Kim was going to do it. Then their noses barely touched and Kim's eye's snapped open and she pulled back releasing the breath that she had been holding.

"I'm sorry but I just… I'm sorry". Kim turned and with the occasional misstep she hurried from the bar and back into the hotel lobby. Shego watched as Kim made her way to the lift and disappeared back upstairs.

"Oh shit. I am such a fucking idiot", Shego slapped herself hard in the forehead.

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Shego rode alone in the lift upstairs to her room. Some idiot had tried to enter when she had but she had tossed the fool out neatly upon his ass. Now she stood banging her head against the lift's door as she ascended.

"Stupid, ignorant, lustful, slut", she berated herself. She had waited so long for Kim to be released and now she had totally screwed things up. After all this time of thinking, waiting, anticipating, hoping to get a piece of her old life back she had pushed too hard.

Why is it always a competition between the two of us? She had Kim there talking, opening, and receptive and that wasn't good enough for her. No, she just had to push it.

"Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!" Shego punctuated every word with a bang of her head. Then the door opened.

Kim stood right outside the lift's door staring hard back at Shego. There was a little moisture surrounding her eyes as if she had been crying but no tears shown on her face now. Shego almost stepped into her as she made to move from the lift but drew herself up short when she saw Kim.

"Hey… you forget some…" Shego never finished vocalizing her thought.

Far quicker than Shego's alcohol reduced senses could imagine Kim wrapped her arms around her neck and plastered her lips to her own.

'What the fuck?' was the first thought went through Shego's head. Kim's momentum had twisted her around as the girl wrapped her legs around Shego's waist. Unable to maintain her balance Shego staggered backwards out of the lift and into the hallway. To steady herself and stop Kim from squirming against her she grabbed Kim's body and her hands quickly moved down to Kim's backside.

'My hands are on her ass! MY HANDS ARE ON HER ASS!' Shego's train of thought was interrupted as Kim's tongue worked its way into her mouth and began battling with her own tongue. Coherent thought became incredibly hard to come by as Shego began to kiss Kim back with increased enthusiasm. She attempted an awkward halting march down the hallway. Like a billiard ball in a pool hall they careened from wall to wall as Kim writhed like a snake against Shego's body. Shego kept trying to get a better hold on Kim while managing to keep at least one hand on her ass.

Without breaking the lip lock Kim's head twisted side to side as her body slid up and down against the taller woman. Her breasts were pushing hard against Shego's as Kim moved and the friction was exquisite and unbearable. Shego could already tell the underwear she was wearing was ruined by now. Ha, if things continued escalating like this then this set would become a trophy pair to hang on the wall.

'Omg…got to get to a room… got to get to a bed', that was all Shego could imagine as she opened one eye trying to orient herself on finding her room. Amazingly out of the passion induced fog she found herself in she saw her room number. With one hand squeezing Kim's ass tight against her the other fumbled for where she had secreted the room card in her dress. That damn card was nearly impossible to locate much less extract with Kim hanging all over her but somehow she succeeded.

'Where is that damned slot…' she moaned loudly into Kim's mouth as the redhead rubbed her pelvis perfectly into her own, 'not that slot the damned card slot'. Eureka… she wailed inside as the card slid home and her room door clicked open.

Without any warning Kim disengaged her hands and leapt down from Shego's arms. Before Shego could recover Kim shoved her hard by the shoulders and she fell back through the door and landing unceremoniously on her own ass. She looked up to see Kim standing over with a long accusatory finger pointing down at her.

"Now get this straight right now. I am not the little girl you grew up playing with. Never… ever forget that again". Kim then turned on heel and strode directly across the hall to her own room, opened then slammed the door behind her.

Shego raised up on her elbows still lying on the floor. She raised a shaky finger to her lips. She could still feel Kim's lips upon her own. She could still taste those lips, scotch mixed with vanilla. She could still smell Kim's scent on her hands and fingers. Wow!

"Damn that was hot", she whispered to herself as the Shego smirky smile of old returned to her lips. Things were definitely beginning to look up.

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'Damn that was hot', Kim thought for the thousandth time since the hallway episode with Shego last night. Now she absently rubbed one of her finger tips against her lips as she stared out the Limo's window as the car pulled away from the hotel. Her fingers still remembered the feel of Shego's hair and the taste of her kiss.

Kim shook her head in frustration. She was supposed to be thinking about solving her father's murder not… well definitely not what she was thinking about.

Rufus sat next to her working to open the package from Wade, Kim had received this morning at the hotel. On the opposite seat Junior and Shego sat facing Kim. Bonnie had elected to avoid the trip to the professor's home entirely and stay at the hotel.

Kim had been up before the others and had been waiting in the lobby when Junior and Shego had come down. Kim was wearing her mission clothing including her light tactical suit and combat gear. Shego was wearing a variant of her old uniform with black pants, a green top, and black gloves. Junior decked out in a blue business suit had been his normally vocal self but Kim and Shego hadn't said a word to each other. They had simply followed him into the car.

Kim just couldn't stop thinking about last night. After she had slammed the door on Shego, which had scared Rufus half to death, she had stood in the middle of her room shaking and not knowing what to do. Her body and a good portion of her mind wanted desperately to go back across the hall. But if she did that she knew where that would lead and she wasn't sure she wanted that. She wasn't sure she was ready for that. Not yet anyway. So she had removed her dress and stood in the middle of a very cold shower until her body stopped shaking. Well at least until it was only shivering from the cold. When finished she went to bed and found it took a very long time to get to sleep.

Kim risked a quick glance and found Shego staring back at her. Kim didn't look away and surprisingly it was Shego who broke eye contact first. What is she thinking? Does she hate me or is she interested in me in that way? Did I really just ask myself that question? Kim began to say something but she noticed Junior sitting right next to Shego and decided this was not the place for that conversation.

"Boo-ya", squeaked Rufus as he gleefully burrowed into the cubical package sitting next to Kim. A small tiny hand held out a small set of papers which Kim took and began to read. Wade had included instructions for the use of his new scanner. They were to be fitted directly over the eyes and the scans would penetrate almost any technological or biological substance, at least at close range. Wade warned that since this set was a prototype there were probably some things the scans might get confused about or read in error. However the glasses should reliably identify the position of the Bioroid's CPUs. The instructions also warned that prolonged use could cause optical nerve feedback resulting in severe headaches.

Rufus emerged from the package wearing what appeared to be an elaborate pair of sunglasses. Kim reached over and lifted the sunglasses off him while lifting Rufus up to sit on her shoulder. She examined the glasses and although they looked like normal sunglasses Kim suspected they were much more. She merely shrugged and put on the glasses.

The world suddenly looked very different. Kim was able to see into and through almost anything she looked at. She could look through the car door and see the internal parts as if she was viewing an x-ray. She glanced down at Rufus and could see a ghostly shadow of his skin overlaying his internal organs and skeletal structure. Looking down at her own body Kim could see through her own skin, clothing, equipment, and into her own internal body structure. It was simultaneously cool and very creepy at the same time.

Kim detected an odd reading, through the glasses, coming from her hip and Kim reached down and took out her Kimmunicator. She could see the device as never before. Its entire internal structure was visible to her as if she could have taken it apart and looked at each piece individually. There was a long thin black like wire or connection piece that the glasses couldn't identify inside the unit. Well Wade did say there could be something the glasses might not be able to recognize. Kim put the Kimmunicator away and took off the glasses. Right away she felt a stabbing pain behind her eyes.

"Are you alright?" Kim detected a note of both worry and reproach in Shego's tone.

"Yes".

"So do the Ray-bans there do the trick?"

"I think so but I hope I don't have to wear them for long". Kim folded the glasses and placed them in an upper pouch of her suit.

"We're going to an ex-physicist/astronomer turned horticulturist Kim. What would we need them for there?"

"Because these situations always go wrong when we least expect them too".

"Yes they do don't they", Shego pulled out a file and began to sharpen the nails of her gloves.

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The nature preserve they drove to was far north of London in the Broxbourne Woods. The car circled the preserve once before they found the tiny entrance to the Professor's home. An elaborate gate across a narrow path prevented egress and the car parked outside it. As Kim, Shego, and Junior exited the car, with Rufus riding on Kim's shoulder, a man dressed in a park ranger uniform emerged from the foliage.

"May I help you?"

"Why of course my good sir. I am the representative of the Senior Research fund and these are my associates Ms. Go and Ms. Possible. We have an appointment to see Professor Ramesh", Junior extended his hand to the man. The man's eyes followed the offered hand but otherwise he showed no interest in shaking hands. Then he pulled a small scratchpad of paper from his pocket and flipped to the top page.

"You're on the schedule for today", the man put away his pad and lifted the gate. "Please follow me".

"What's your name handsome?" asked Shego as she passed under the gate.

"I am agent Louie". He turned and began leading them down the narrow path into the preserve.

"What do you do here Mr. Louie?" asked Kim.

"Agent Louie. I maintain the preserve on the Professor's property and serve as part of his security team".

"How large is the Professor's security team?"

"Other than myself there are agents Huey and Dewey".

"Wait a minute. Agents Huey, Dewey, and Louie. Are you fucking kidding us?" mocked Shego.

"No", agent Louie didn't even break stride at Shego's crass remark.

After walking for several minutes back into the woods they emerged at small clearing where a modest two story home stood. A second man in a ranger's uniform emerged as they entered the clearing.

"I am agent Dewey. The Professor does not allow any electronic or technological devices into his home. Place them here and all will be returned to you when you leave".

Kim and Shego shared a worried expression but each began removing various things. Junior handed over his phone and a small portable computer pad. Shego handed over her Kimmunicator and Kim handed over her own unit and a few extra devices she carried. She didn't hand over everything she carried especially the new sunglass scanner in her suit.

Agent Dewey accepted all the things they handed over and placed them into a sealed storage unit set up outside the house. He then led them through the front door and into the house with Agent Louie following close behind.

Kim found the interior of the house to be quite cozy with several plants, paintings, rugs, and antique furniture spread all over the interior. They followed agent Dewey up an elaborate staircase to the second floor where they entered a large study. It was here that they finally found Professor Ramesh sitting alone on a large comfortable looking settee. Behind him was another man dressed in a rangers outfit that Kim assumed was the before mentioned agent Huey. Kim did a quick scan of the room and saw a large bay window on one wall that looked out over the front yard. She also saw a large desk with papers strewn about it and several bottles of what appeared to be prescription medicines. She couldn't tell exactly with just a cursory glance but the pill bottles looked like antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs.

Ramesh was sitting and paging through a book of photographs when he looked up at the sound of their approach. His face looked haggard and worn as if he had been under great stress and slept little for a very long time. He scanned them and when his eyes settled on Kim his face lit up and the quiver of a smile spread across his face. Kim also noted a small amount of drool also leaked out of the Professor mouth.

"It's you… you're here", Ramesh's voice was broken and slightly garbled.

"Oy vey", whispered Shego in apparent chagrin.

Kim threw a hard glance at Shego before she moved up to the Professor and knelt before him. Junior sat in one of the many chairs in the study while Shego just leaned against the entry doorframe. Agent Louie stood out in the hall and agent Dewey disappeared behind a cabinet and returned carrying a tray with a decanter of tea, glasses, and cookies.

"Would you like some tea Professor?" asked Agent Dewey.

"Yes… would you join me?" Ramesh reached out to take Kim's hand.

"Yes I would", Kim grasped the Professor's hand which was ice cold and she rubbed it between hers to warm it.

"It's really you isn't it Kim".

"Yes Professor it's me. I'm here".

"You have your father's face but you have your mother's eyes. They are such beautiful eyes".

"Thank you and thank you for seeing us today". Kim released the Professor's hand as Agent Dewey handed him and her a cup of tea. Rufus leapt down upon the tray and began devouring various cookies. They drank slowly while Rufus ate without saying anything. Shego cleared her throat from behind Kim and she just waved her hand behind her to shush the other woman. "Professor we came to talk to you about my father's work. Specifically the last thing you worked on with him… the Nanobot experiment".

"Yes… I imagined that was why you came. I was just looking back at it when you came in. Nasty bit of business that was. James didn't deserve to die like that".

"I know", Kim tried not to picture her father falling into the Nanobot pool and being torn apart but she just couldn't stop herself.

"Yes you were there weren't you with that little blond boy… what was his name?"

"His name was Ron, Professor."

"Yes that was it", Ramesh's head turned and he glanced out the big bay window. "They're out there you know".

"What's out there Professor?"

"The Nanobots. They're everywhere by now. All electronics can be infected with them. Computers, phones, cars, planes, ships, almost everything in today's world can be touched by them. Governments, militaries, economies, environments, there is nothing they can't touch. It's almost apocalyptic in its scope". Ramesh's whole body began to tremble and he closed his eyes as if in pain. "God forgive us for what we did."

"Professor stay with me please", Kim lifted the Professor's chin so he could see her. "That day in the lab before the Nanobot accident when you were in the control room with Dr. Porter, do you remember that?"

"Yes".

"You appeared frightened and you were arguing with Dr. Porter. What were you arguing about? What scared you?"

"There… there was an anomaly within the data we were receiving".

"What sort of anomaly?"

"It wasn't right. It wasn't supposed to be there".

"What wasn't supposed to be there?"

"The Nanobot control signals. There was a brainwave pattern".

"A brainwave pattern? You mean there was a brain wave pattern over the Nanobot control signals?"

"Yes".

"How did you know it was a brainwave pattern?"

"Because… because I recognized it". Ramesh closed his eyes again and Kim could hear him begin praying. She grabbed both his hands now and squeezed them trying to keep his attention.

"Stay with me Professor Ramesh. You had seen this particular brainwave pattern before. Where?"

"In our work. Yes I recognized it. I knew whose pattern that was".

"Whose pattern was it Professor?" Kim leaned forward until she was very close to Ramesh.

"It was…" Ramesh's body jerked and his hands were torn away from Kim's as his mouth opened in a silent scream. Blood erupted from his chest as what appeared to be a metal spike or blade was shoved through the professor's heart.

Kim franticly wiped away the Professor's blood from her face as she looked over Ramesh's shoulder into the face of his killer. Agent Huey stood behind the settee with his arm elongated into a bladed like weapon that he had shoved through the back of it and Ramesh.

"I'm sorry Professor but you have just outlived your usefulness". Huey withdrew his arm and Ramesh collapsed to the floor in front of Kim. She glanced around the room and the professor's entire security team changed right in front of her. Huey, Dewey, and Louie's eyes turned red and their bodies began morphing and sprouting a variety of deadly weapons. Kim looked down in horror at the Professor's body and then back up at the three Bioroids that began to close in on her.

Damn it they had been so close to the answer.

"Move it Possible. Move it", she heard Shego shout at her.

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Author's Notes:

Once again forgive my tardiness on the late release of this chapter. I have no one to blame but myself. I was really stuck on the KIGO part in the middle but I think I finally managed to get that scene where I wanted it. I hope you all like it and please review because I would love your feedback.

Now it's back to my other story and the exciting action of what happened after the comet struck Mars. I plan to get that chapter out before the New Year. So look for it soon.

Next Chapter: Three is definitely a crowd