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Foundations Laid
By Parareru

I obviously don’t own Kim Possible or any of the characters. This is merely the product of an overly active imagination.

Final Phase: The Awakening

The Future’s Past:

“I really wish you would let me give you a name. A real name,” Shego said petulantly. “Everyneedneeds a name.”

“There’s really no point. The possibility exists that if we succeed then I’ll have never existed.” The individual who insisted on being known only as Uno shrugged. “My project designation is good enough.”

“The Unstoppable Juggernaut Project Unit Zero is a little bit of a mouthful,” Shego complained.

“You promised you wouldn’t mention our personal affairs,” Uno said dryly. Shego glared at him and settled for punching his shoulder hard enough to let him know she she meant it. “UN0. It reminds me that I was created as a weapon; that I am nothing more than a tool to be used. Besides, you first called me Uno.”

Shego sighed and rolled her eyes. “I said that I only looked out for numero uno when Dr. Possible saddled me with you.”

“And Dr. P said, ‘Well, consider him to be uno.’”

The two of them proceeded down the hall in an uncomfortable silence; the topic was one they had argued over fruitlessly many times in the past. “Justine says that the TiNex is nearly operational,” Shego mentioned to change the subject. “We’ll be good to go in twelve hours.”

Jim Possible came running down the corridor of their lair, pushing past them hurriedly. “Hicka-bicka-boo folks. We got movement topside.” He skidded to a halt in front of a trunk and popped the lid to pull out sets of plasma rifles and light shields. Jim tossed one set of equipment to Uno and a headset to Shego and began system checks on his own equipment as Uno followed suit.

“Are we breached?” Shego asked as she flipped the eyepiece of her headset down. “This doesn’t look good. We got Leviathan’s droids moving all over place.” Shego paused considering their options as more data flowed across her screen. “Blow the entrances, and have all nonessential personnel begin bodysliding to the Beta and Gamma sites, and then engage the scramblers.” Jim nodded to ackedgeedge his orders and trotted down the corridor. Shego turned to Uno. “Get to the TiNex and tell Flanner to hurry up the jump calibrations.” Uno nodded and jogged deeper into the complex.

“Let’s hope that’ll buy us the time we need,” Shego whispered to herself as she hurried to lay their defenses.

The Present:

“So... The future?” Shego asked when Uno reappeared in his quarters. “I didn’t hear any explosions, so I take it your meeting went well?”

“You now know that there are great powers roaming this world,” Uno informed her. “If my plans go awry you will need to know this information. It is important for the future.”

“You aren’t making any sense at all,” Shego complained as she rubbed her forehead.

“If I should fail in my mission the last best hope for the planet will rest with you.”

Shego looked at Uno incredulously. “ME? Have you met me? Besides, I gave up the entire save the world thing long ago.”

Uno tapped his head. “Future knowledge, remember?”

“So what are we going to do with our captives?” Shego asked to change the subject.

Uno studied Shego with a sidelong glance. “The plans have taken a turn. They are of no further use to me. I believe I shall have to dispose of them.”

Shego felt a chill rush through her body as she realized what Uno meant by dispose. Her hand trembled in nervousness and she hid it by balling it up into a fist.

“Let... let me do it,” Shego heard herself tell Uno. He studied her thoughtfully for a moment and then nodded his approval.

Shego rushed from the room at war with her emotions. Once she was safely out of Uno’s sight she leaned heavily against the wall. “Great. What am I going to do?” she whispered quietly to herself.

The Future’s Past:

“It should be me going,” Ron Stoppable stated for the umpteenth time. His arms were crossed in irritation and he glared across the room at Un Uno ignored Ron’s comment and continued helping Justine Flanner calculate the jump points. “No one alive knew Kim Possiblke Ike I do. Did.”

“We’ve already told you why Uno has to go, Ron,” Justine explained as she put the finishing touches on the TiNex. The device was about the size of an average refrigerator and it represented the last best hope of their coalition. Hero, villain, civilian, such terms were meaningless when dealing with the Leviathan. He was too strong to defeat now and they were losing the war, losing badly. Their only hope lay in taking the war to him before he could gain his full power. A slim chance at best, but the one they had to take.

Justine bit back a curse as a circuit sparked. “The TiNex only has enough power to send back two people and the chronal emissions we received have already identified Uno as one of the two. Even though we haven’t completely isolated the bio signature of the second traveler, we do know it’s female. So unless there’s something you h’t t’t told us, you’re staying put. Now quit griping and hand me that interphase control.”

“Yeah, but do we have to send him,” Ron grumbled qui as as he handed the device over to Justine. “I really hate temporal mechanics.”

“There. All finished,” Justine proclaimed triumphantly as the final board slid home. The three rocked slightly as a heavy tremor ran through the floor. “It looks like not a moment too soon too.”

“Justine, is the TiNex completed?” Shego’s voice crackled over the comm, but they could still hear the worry in her voice.

“Just finished,” Justine replied. “The ride might get a little rough at the end, but they’ll get there in one piece. Now if Dr. Possible will just decode the other bio signature we can send both travelers through.”

“Good,” Shego approved. A massive explosion rang out in the background. “Shit! Breach! We’re falling back to your position! Prep Uno for travel! Fall back! By the numbers! Fall back!” Shego broke off the connection, but not before sounds of heavy plasma fire drifted over the link.

“Sounds pretty heavy,” Ron said as he hefted his weapon. “I should head...”

“You’re going nowhere, Stoppable,” Justine ordered. “If we’ve been breached then we got to make sure that nothing happens to the TiNex. Nothing else matters.”

The Present:

Shego strode purposefully to the cell where Ron and Kim slept blissfully in each otherms, ms, unaware that Uno had just ordered their deaths. Shego was careful to keep a neutral expression fixed on her face to keep the turmoil of her thoughts hidden. She coolly ignored the slew of minions roaming the lair, her expression not inviting any casual conversation. Her path was chosen now; it was the only choice she could make if she was to remain true to herself.

She carried a small bundle under her arm and she coldly red red the various minions she passed in the corridors. The expression on her face brooked no attempts at casual conversation. Shego finally reached the cell and peaked in through the slit. Kim and Ron still lay cuddled in each other’s arms and Shego felt a brief stab of envy hit her. She shook her head firmly to banish the thought and pushed the cell door open.

Both teens snapped awake upon hearing the cell open. “Shego,” Kim growled as she scrambled to her feet, prepared for a fight. Ron yelped in fear upon seeing Shego and Kim gave him a worried glance.

Shego walked into the room warily. “I’m not here to fight you, princess,” she held her hands out in a gesture of peace as tossed a bundle of clothes to the two teens. “Get dressed.”

“Yo,” Rufus chattered from the bundle.

“Rufus!” Ron yelled happily as he hugged the naked mole rat.

“Hoo-hoo. Naked,” Rufus laughed while pointing a paw downward.

“Why are you doing this? What are you doing?” Kim asked as Ron snatched his clothes up and dressed in record time. Kim’s mission clothes were long gone, casualties of her captivity. Kim gave her new clothes a suspicious glance then donned them with a shrug. She tested the give in her clothing and decided that it would be okay in case she needed to fight.

“I’m helping you escape,” Shego said simply as she kept watch in the corridor.

“Why?” Kim asked suspiciously.

Shego stepped toward the redhead, her expression unreadable. “You really want to know why?”

Kim nodded slowly, catching the odd tone in Shego’s voice. “Yes,” she finally answered.

“Okay. Here’s why,” Shego said as she grabbed hold of Kim’s head and drew her in for a fierce kiss. Kim’s eyes widened as she felt Shego’s tongue invade her mouth. She tried to free herself, but Shego’s grip was too strong.

Ron watched in slack-jawed and wide-eyed fascination as the two women he recently had sex with continued to kiss. He felt his member stiffen as the seconds passed and still Shego maintained holdhold on Kim.

“That’s why,” Shego murmured as she finally released the stunned Kim. “Now you need to make it look good,” Shego said, backing away from the stunned redhead. “Hit me.”

“Gladly,” Kim snarled as she dealt the brunette a savage uppercut the lifted Shego off her feet and sent her flying against the corridor wall. Shego fell to her knees, her ears ringing from the blow. “Come on, Ron,” Kim called as she ran into the corridor.

The Future’s Past:

A pervasive whine filled the room as Shego and a wounded Tim Possible bodyslided into the TiNex chamber. “We’re overrun!” Shego shouted as soon as she had materialized. “Activate the TiNex!” Shego staggered to her feet and nearly collapsed as Uno rushed forward to catch her. Justine slapped her hand on a switch and the machine came to life.

“You’re wod,” d,” Uno observed. Shego’s jumpsuit was scored with burns from near misses and a nasty looking injury on her left shoulder.

“It’s nothing,” Shego protested as Uno tried to get a better look at her wound. “See to Tim. He was hit worse.”

Uno looked over at Ron who was kneeling beside the injured twin. The warrior was covered with extensive plasma burns. It was amazing that the man had survived as long as he had. Without the proper medical supplies chances for wou wounded soldier dwindled to practically nothing. Uno watched as Tim’s chest ceased to rise and Ron put two fingers to the side of Tim’s neck as he searched for a pulse. Ron blinked back tears as he shook his head and closed Tim’s lifeless eyes. Shego bowed her head in sorrow.

“Say hi to Kim, tweeb,” Ron said softly as he swiped his arm across his eyes.

“I was flanked,” Shego whispered. “Tim pulled me out and got a slider to me.” She numbly held up her arm where the device was attached. “He saved me.”

Their moment of mourning was cut short by the sounds of plasma fitriktriking the reinforced doors of the TiNex chamber. Several spots on the blast doors began to glow under the sustained assault.

“They’re going to burn through any minute!” Shego shouted as she pushed Uno towards the humming TiNex. As if on cue a portal of swirling energy blossomed behind the machine. “Go!”

“Not without you,” Uno insisted stubbornly.

“Someone is going to have to go soon,” Justine pointed out. “The portal will only be stable for another thirty seconds.”

Shego glanced at the blonde scientist and nodded. Dragging Uno over to the portal she released her hold on him and grabbed Justine.

“Wha...” Justine managed to blurt in surprise before Shego bodily shoved her into the roiling energy field. “What the fuuuuuuuu...” Justine’s voice trailed off as the field swallowed her up.

“Move it,” Shego said curtly, tears brimming in her eyes as Uno and Ron regarded her with shock. “I can’t risk Leviathan capturing Justine,” she explained. A heavy bang caused the three to flinch and they looked over to see a section of the blast door had been burned through. Plasma fire was streaming through the breach and Ron rushed forward activating his light shield and returning fire. Plasma beams warped around Ron; deflected by shi shields and strnearnear the time portal.

“Get going!” Ron yelled. “I can’t hold them off for long!” More robotic drones were swarming through the breached doors and filled the air with plasma beams. Ron’s shield wavered under the assault and sweat streamed down his face as the heat mounted. Ron held his position, firing as rapidly as he could. “GO!” he yelled again.

Uno nodded once towards Shego, no goodbyes would be adequate in this situation and none were needed. Uno could see Shego mouth ‘I love you’ as he stepped backward into the field. He could only watch as Shego planted an explosive charge on the TiNex. Time slowed to a crawl as the field enveloped him.

Ron’s shield collapsed under the barrage and a plasma burst took him full in the face. His hands reached reflexively for the wound, the movement of a dead man. Ron’s body fell back and the machines rushed towards Shego and the TiNex. Uno struggled futilely in the time portal’s grip to try and rush back to Shego’s side.

For an eternity he was forced to witness Shego’s last moments. He saw Shego turn, roaring her defiance as droids swarmed over Ron. She fired several bursts from her plasma gloves that managed to fell several of the attacking robots. She danced between the lethal beams with the grace of a ballerina. Shego was moving on instinct, skirting death by mere fractions of an inch. But the law of averages would not be denied forever.

Uno watched as several beams found their mark. Shego fell to her knees, wracked with pain as a bloody froth spilled past her clenched lips. He watched Shego slowly pull a plasma mine from her belt. The portal whirled around him and he struggled to keep Shego in sight. His view panned around the room and he saw the triumphant, bloody smile on her lips as she hit the switch. His last sight of his one true love was the beatific expression on Shego’s face as the explosion finally consumed her.

The Present:

“Hurry up, Ron,” Kim called over her shoulder as she ran past the stunned Shego. She turned back in time to run headlong into Uno’s broad chest. Kim rebounded and landed in a heap on the floor.

“Commendable, you’ve managed to escape,” Uno observed. Kim picked herself off the floor as Ron ran up behind her. “But look, you’ve injured Shego.”

“Careful, Ron,” Kim warned. “He’s really tough.”

“Well, I got mad fu skills,” Ron boasted as he struck several poses to hide the worry he felt. If Kim was wary of the guy he must be a monster.

Uno sighed dramatically. “Super villainous tradition dictates that we must now have a titanic battle.” He looked from side to side measuring the distances in the corridor. “But these corridors are much too narrow for a titanic battle.”

Kim, Ron and Shego stared at Uno disbelievingly. “He’s kinda putting it over the top, KP. Is it just me or is he a few nachos shy of a naco?” Ron whispered in an aside to Kim.

Uno grinned evilly. “Was that more familiar to you; more like your usual opponents?” he commented mockingly as he tapped a control on his wrist. “Let’s change our venue to a more conducive environment shall we? Bodyslide by four... er... five.”

Ron and Rufus looked around in panic as a hum filled the air. “What’s hap...?”

“...pening?” Ron finished as the corridor walls disappeared around them and the four of them stood in an open field. A fresh breeze carrying a hint of salt told him they were near the ocean. “Where are we?” he asked as he looked around in awe.

“Someplace where the two of us can properly do battle,” Uno answered and looked pointedly at Ron and Shego. “You are here by my sufferance alone and I will tolerate no interference from either of you. Or from naked mole rats. Is that understood?” Uno waited for all three answering nods. “Good.”

Ron looked around. “So where’s Drakken?” Ron asked Shego conversationally as Uno calmly strode towards the wary Kim Possible.

Shego unconsciously mimicked Ron’s action before answering. “You know, I’m not sure. Now that I think about it I know I haven’t seen Dr. D for a while.”

The Past:

A roiling surge of energy tore a hole in morning sky about six feet over the ground. Stray spikes of purple-hued lightning arced from the portal struck the ground, sending rock and soil fountaining into the air. The time portal swirled angrily as a lone traveler fell through.

“...uuuuuuck?!” Justine shouted as she raced toward the ground. She hit the dirt in a flurry of dust. Justine rolled around in pain as she tried to draw air into her spasming lungs. Finally, she was able to breathe again and she drew a shuddering gasp of sweet air. “I am never going to cut corners again,” Justine vowed quietly as spat a mixture of dust and blood out of her mouth.

She watched in disgust as Uno descended from the vortex regally, landing on his feet in a brief swirl of dust. The vortex flickered above their heads and snapped shut with a silent roar. “Is there ever a moment when you’re not in control?” Justine snapped acidly.

“Are you injured?” Uno asked as he bent to offer the scientist a helping hand.

“I’m fine,” Justine replied as she took Uno’s hand and rose to her feet. She valiantly tried dusting off her clothing before giving it up as a lost cause. “What just happened? What about Ron and Shego?”

“Shego could not risk Leviathan gaining hold of TiNex technology or its creator.” Uno allowed himself a brief moment of grief. “As for Ron and Shego... they succeeded in destroying the TiNex.”

“Oh,” Justine said. “Was there any...” Her voice trailed off as Uno slowly shook his head.

“She detonated a plasma mine.”

“Well, she could have warned me,” Justine muttered referring to her impromptu trip into the past. “Though that does explain the female traveler signature the TiNex picked up.” Justine rubbed her chin thoughtfully. “So if that was my signature picked up then that must mean I was meant to go back. The temporal causality alone implies that our timelines are directly linked...” Her voice trailed off as she began pacing and speculating about the rules that governed time travel.

“If you’ve recovered then we should begin to carry out our mission,” Uno’s voice broke through her calcuons.ons.

“What are you talking about?” Justine swiveled her head around to meet Uno’s gaze.

“I am talking about preventing Leviathan’s Ascension,” Uno replied calmly. “The plan called for two people and there is only you and I.”

“You’re not serious,” Justine objected, and then saw Uno’s determined look. “You are serious! Wait! I’m a scientist. A civilian. I can’t do this covert mission stuff.”

“You are a brilliant and extremely capable woman,” Uno said. “I fully expect you to adapt.”

The Present:

“I thought the great Kim Possible could do anything,” Uno remarked calmly. “If that’s true then it should be no problem for you to defeat me.”

Kim’s clenched fist trembled with suppressed rage. She glared at Uno, wishing that he would spontaneously burst into flame. Just once Kim wanted Uno to be the one screaming in pain, anger and frustration. Before she knew it was happening Kim found herself charging her opponent, a feral snarl rippled past her lips. Kim dove for Uno and rolled in the dirt when he nimbly leapt aside.

“Unless you control your emotions, they will control you,” Uno scolded as he moved into a better position.

Kim turned to face him, her eyes blazing with fury. “You don’t have the RIGHT to lecture ME!” she howled as she swiped through the air.

“Pathetic,” Uno commented as he easily dodged the strike. “How did we ever consider you to be a threat?”

Kim paused in her attack and forced herself to calm down, considering her options. This was nearly a repeat of their last fight, every attack that Kim could throw Uno dodged. For the first time in her life she didn’t know what to do.

“At a loss for words?” Uno inquired. “Too scared to attack? Well, let me show you something.” Uno clenched his hands and wisps of a blue light surrounded him. Foreraleral seconds he stood there as his aura swirled around him before he exploded in a full fledged radiance of crackling power. “Much better,” he said as he regarded his stunned opponent.

Ron rubbed his eyes looking again at the spectacle. “Is he glowing?!” he asked Shego. Shego merely nodded, too shocked for words. “Dude, that can’t be healthy.”

Kim stood the absorbing the sight of Uno’s glowing form as a shock of recognition went through her. I know this, she thought. I’ve seen this before. Vague recollections of their previous fight flooded her mind. Choking, losing consciousness, raw power? Kim clutched her head at the confusing whorl of images.

“Perhaps this will shed some light on the subject,” Uno smirked as he pointed his palm at Kim and an energy wave leapt towards the surprised redhead. Kim watched in wide-eyed horror as the blast of energy drew closer. Instinctively she crossed her arms to protect herself and screamed in pain as the explosion knocked her onto her back.

“Hey! That’s not fair!” Ron protested as Kim was sent flying. “The glowing thing and the ... the ... powers thing. No fair!”

“Un hn, no fair,” Rufus agreed.

Shego laid a restraining hand on the blonde’s shoulder to keep Ron from jumping to Kim’s rescue. “No interference, remember?”

Scowling, Ron settled down and continued to watch the fight between Kim and Uno. “This can’t be good,” he muttered.

Kim strug to to her feet, hissing at the burning pain across her forearms. Staying away from Uno was definitely out if he could throw attacks like that. At least that glowing aura had faded after he blasted her with... whatever that was. Kim leapt forward launching a flurry of punches and kicks that Uno either dodged or blocked. Uno responded with a single blow to the gut that knocked the breath out of her. Kim gasped for air as Uno spun and slammed her into ground with an elbow to the back. Kim could do nothing more than grimace in pain, lacking the breath to even scream.

Kim rolled to her feet and finally drew in a tortured lungful of air. Kim pulled a hand across her mouth and regarded the smear of blood there before lunging with a kick to Uno’s knee. Uno leapt over the kick lazily and returned with a kick of his own that connected with Kim’s chin, sending her sliding in the dirt.

Kim lay on the ground whimpering in pain. Her limbs trembled as Kim tried to get back on her feet. Kim was sweating profusely by the time she had managed to roll onto her side. Kim lay there with her face pressed into the dirt dampened by her sweat as she gasped shallowly. She heard Uno approach her prone position and she tensed, prepared for a kick planted in her back or some other attack.

“Look at you,” Uno sneered as he knelt beside Kim. “You’re so weak that after only a couple of blows you can barely even move. I thought you were made of sterner stuff.”

“Bastard,” Kim hissed. “I swear I’m going to bring you down.”

“Promises, promises,” Uno said tiredly. “I suppose it would only be merciful to dispose of your sidekick before killing you. I imagine the torment might be too much for him to bear.”

“Don’t you dare,” Kim growled, finally forcing herself upright.

“Try and stop me,” Uno challenged as he strode to where Ron, Rufus and Shego were watching their fight.

“NO!” Kim shrieked as she leapt forward and tackled Uno. She landed on top of Uno and took the opportunity to grab the back of Uno’s head and slam it repeatedly into the ground. “You will NOT hurt RON!” she howled as she rapidly rained furious blows on Uno’s unprotected neck and shoulders.

Uno pushed himself off the ground, ignoring the redhead’s attacks. “Perhaps you do have strength,” he conceded. He whirled abruptly and batted Kim aside with a savage backhand. “But you’ll have to do better than that.”

Kim closed the distance between them in a blink of an eye and belted Uno squarely across the face with a rapid series of punches. Kim had the satisfaction of seeing her blows finally do some damage as sprays of blood flew with each hit. Were she in a more rationale frame of mind Kim would have noticed a wan, golden light surrounding her fists. Kim switched targets to strike Uno several times in the gut before she jumped into the air and spun to kick him in the back of the head. Kim pumped her fist in victory as Uno lay facedown on the ground.

“Suck dirt, asshole,” Kim crowed with a defiant lift of her chin.

“Way to go, Kim!” Ron cheered from his vantage point and Kim flashed him a triumphant, if pained, smile.

“It’s not over yet,” Shego noted calmly as she pointed at Uno rising from his prone position in the dirt behind Kim. She had seen Uno recover from an injury far worse than a kick to the head. He had the temerity to have a chat with the Protector. Shego was willing to bet that a kick in the head would be a minor inconvenience at best.

“Sorry, Ronnie, but I think Kimmie bit off more than she can chew,” Shego said. “Uno’s not... normal.”

Ron watched in shock and awe as Uno stood up, rubbed his neck with a slight grimace and spat a thin stream of blood from his mouth. “This guy can’t be human.” Rufus nodded in agreement as Uno began approaching Kim.

“For that I think Ron will die now,” Uno gritted. “It wouldn’t be too big of a loss; I doubt if anyone will miss a nobody like him.” The blue aura flared to life around him again and he shifted his aim for Ron this time. “Pity. He showed potential.” A burst of ravening energy sprang from his open hand and hurtled towards a shocked Ron Stoppable. Shego hurriedly scrambled out of the path of the blast.

Ron closed his eyes as the blast approached; cringing at the thought of what the explosion would do to him and Rufus. “Sorry, KP,” he whispered as he held tightly to Rufus and awaited the end. Rufus chattered excitedly and Ron opened an eye to see Kim standing several feet in front of him, directly in front of the energy attack. “No, Kim!” Ron shouted. “Get out of the way!”

Kim ground her teeth as she saw the ball of energy draw ever closer. Can’t let it hit Ron, she thought as she braced herself. Instinctively Kim drew power from deep inside her soul and pushed against the approaching energy ball. As Kim’s power rose within her, the blast slowed to a near stop several feet in front of her. Kim pushed with all her might and the energy began to cascade around her and Ron like a stream of water striking a rock. Uno’s eyes narrowed in calculation and he swiftly clenched his open hand, causing his energy attack to explode around the two teens.

Ron felt Kim press against him and he started upon seeing a pale golden light shining in the depths of her green eyes. When the energy wave exploded Kim had whirled around and gathered Ron in an embrace to protect him. Kim leaned forward and gently placed a kiss on Ron’s lips. “It’ll be okay,” she reassured as she gave Rufus a pat on the head and slowly rose to her feet.

“Enough,” Kim spat as she turned to face Uno again. “That will be ENOUGH!” She howled in rage as a golden aura flared to life around her. A column of pure energy spiraled around her and reached high into the sky. Kim felt power surge through her veins as she was lifted into the air. Kim shuddered as her mind was flooded with confusing images and flashback of previous fights from all through her crime fighting career. Kim slowly returned to earth and her eyes glowed brightly as she glared at Uno.

“At last. The Awakening,” Uno said exultantly to himself.

Kim shrieked in wild anger as she leapt upon Uno, pounding him with glowing fists. Each blow rang out like a thunderclap and Uno reluctantly gave ground under the furious onslaught. He managed to ward off most of the blows, but enough slipped past his guard to make him grunt in pain. Kim continued attacking Uno, almost contemptuously deflecting his counterattacks.

“Kimmie’s snapped,” Shego observed. “She’s going to kill him.”

“No way,” Ron argued. “KP, don’t kill people. She didn’t even try to hurt Drakken after she was free of the mind control chip.”

“Your ‘KP’ ain’t in control any more and this entire deal is on a whole other level that that chip thing,” Shego pointed out. Ron looked worriedly over at Kim. Kim was most definitely fighting at a level he had never seen before, never even considered to be humanly possible. It certainly beat the degree of power and skill he had witnessed during his week at Yamanochi.

“She can’t kill,” Ron insisted stubbornly. “Kim would never forgive herself if she became a murderer.” Rufus sitting on Ron’s lap nodded in agreement.

“I think this could qualify as manslaughter,” Shego mused abstractly.

Ron grabbed Rufus and pressed the naked mole rat into Shego’s hands. “I’ve gotta stop her,” Ron shouted as he ran into the combat zone making a beeline for the berserk redhead.

Tears of rage flew from Kim’s eyes as she delivered a blast that knocked Uno off his feet and watched triumphantly as his body bounced several times across the ground. Kim advanced on him, her aura growing brighter with each step. With a cold, calculating fury she grabbed Uno’s tunic with her left hand and cocked her right arm back to deliver the final blow. Kim’s fist blazed so brightly it looked as if it were holding a piece of the sun in it.

“Beg me!” Kim demanded as she gave Uno a savage shake. “Beg me for your miserable life!”

Uno remained silent and looked up at Kim with eyes unclouded by fear and she snarled in anger. She wanted him to suffer. She wanted him to feel fear. She wanted to break that damned arrogance of his. Most importantly of all, she wanted blood. Kim heard someone shout her name and grab her arm to prevent her from ending the battle.

“GET OFF ME!” Kim howled as she shook her arm free. Kim turned in fury, slamming her incandescent fist into the obstacle and was rewarded with a flash of light and strangled yelp of pain. Kim watched as the body arced high into the air and flew backwards over fifty feet, bouncing andlingling until it finally slid to a halt. The body shuddered violently as if to protest its mistreatment and then fell still.

Kim finally recognized the body and her aura dropped abruptly as her hands flew to her mouth in horror. “Oh, God! Ron!” she gasped as Ron’s breath rattled hideously in his shattered chest.

Next: Ron is injured! Kim has Awakened! Uno is still a threat and Kim has turned in the face of battle. That could be a fatal mistake. 0_0

A/N: ok. couple of things here in this chapter. Bodyslide and TiNex are used in the Cable comics by Marvel just after the Executioner's Song saga. I needed some sort of transport technology and this seemed handy. No lawsuits please. I got no money to give. Though if they'd like my debts I could handle that. lol.

I'm not sure about how this chapter flows, not sure if I got it right jumping between time periods. If you're confused about the future events, I'll go into it more later.

Unfortunately, my computer crashed recently taking all the reviews that were emailed to my ff.net account with it. ./. So I just wanted to say thanks to the people who did email me. If you're there. And thanks to all the people who posted reviews on this account. Much appreciated. ^_____^

Expect the final chapter to be up in a couple of days. Happy 2004 all!
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