Kim Possible Porn Story: To Bebe or not to Bebe – Chapter 14

Chapter 14 : The Point of No Return

Scene : GJ Conference room, where Kim, Ron, Doctor Director, Will Du and the Rossums are looking at a holographic picture of an Elite Bebebot that Nina is trying to explain. Kim has been glaring at Vina the whole time.

“Somethin’ I can help you with K ?” Vina finally had to ask.

“Yeah !” Kim snarled, “HOW did that Elite Bebebot know how to play me that well ? They don’t LIKE humans, or interact with them enough to be that practiced at it !”

Ron thought for a moment before asking Vina “They did to you what they did to Shego, didn’t they ? You know, copied your mind while you were at the Hive ?”

“Uhm, Ron ? That was the FIRST thing they did when they captured me !” Vina patiently explained, “The only reason the Hive built us was to gather intel on you organics, remember ? We were created specifically to be spies, and I’d been working for nearly a year ! That much data takes quite awhile to download and verify. That was the ONLY reason you and Kim had enough time to get to the Hive to rescue me !”

“So, those ‘bots have your character assassination skills AND Shego’s combat and theft skills too ?” Ron asked.

“Yeah. Pretty much.” Vina replied sullenly, “They’ve had my social skills this whole time. Ever since they grabbed me.”

Kim thought for a moment. “Since they’re part YOU now, you know how they think ! You can tell us what they’re planning to do with your research !”

“I’m not sure if I can !” Vina replied, “I don’t think the way they do ! I doubt that I ever did !”

“True,” Kim replied, “but you’re better at it than we’ll ever be ! So, any ideas of HOW they could use your research ? I doubt they’d settle for just humiliating me.”

“I – may have a few ideas.” Vina replied, “but I’d need some info from you to sort out which ones are most likely.”

“Such as ?” Kim asked suspiciously.

“How many people know you got beat ?” Vina asked plainly.

Kim narrowed her eyes at her and ground her teeth to calm down. “Just those few who need to know – like everyone in this room.”

Vina processed that data for a moment, then a predatory grin crossed her face, giving Ron a Snake’s Majestic Presence flashback.

“Your spy agencies work best when they can control the flow of information – usually by keeping it secret.” Vina began, “So the Unity will take that power from you by making a worldwide public broadcast. As soon as the Unity starts encountering resistance, they’ll probably try to scare everyone off. Something along the lines of : ‘If you humans value your lives, you will NOT interfere with us. And if you think Kim Possible will save you, think again.’ Then broadcast Kim’s defeat, thus demoralizing all opposition, thus making their jobs that much easier.

But hey, that’s what *I* would do.” Vina finished sheepishly.

“Well, that sort of makes sense.” Kim noted, “But HOW does that explain their whole ‘we will kill you last’ routine ?”

“Simple, really. You’ve spent the last few years demonstrating that you are better than everyone at everything.” Vina began, sounding a bit snarky, “As a consequence, most people will now just sit on the sidelines and let you do their jobs FOR them.

So, by letting you live, the Unity ensured that no one else will do anything. I mean, honestly now, once you’re on the job, why should anyone else bother to get out of bed in the morning ?” Vina continued with a shrug, “If the Unity killed you, you’d become a martyr, and they’d be facing several times more resistance than they are now.

And THAT is also the ONLY reason you survived your little jaunt to Go City !” she finished, pointing dramatically at Kim.

“Now just WHERE did you get that idea ?!” Ron asked.

“Oh, please !” Vina replied with a dismissive wave of her hand, “The Unity had the most dangerous human they’ve ever faced helpless before them – and they did NOTHING ? Didn’t that seem the least bit odd to you ?”

“Well, no, not really.” Ron replied, “Weird stuff like that happens to us all the time ! Karma protects those that fight the good fight !”

Vina looked at him oddly while Tina grinned. “If that were true, you never would’ve been hit with that paralyzing gas OR been defeated in the Middleton warehouse district.” Vina stated, “MY research showed that killing someone as popular as Kim Possible would provoke and unify the entire world against them; merely tweaking her and messing with her head just doesn’t have the emotional power needed to generate much of a unified or intense response.

But they are telling the truth, I’m afraid.” Vina finished before dropping heavily into a chair, “They WILL kill Kim last. Not out of hatred or a desire for revenge. Just as a matter of tactics and efficiency. She lives, merely because they find her continued existence useful.”

“Well, I’m not going to let them get away with that ! No one’s dying if I can help it !” Kim stated heroically before turning to Nina and asking, “So, have you or Wade figured out what’s up with that Elite Bebe yet ?”

“I finished analyzing that smokescreen it used on you Kim.” Wade’s image on the Kimmunicator stated, “It’s called ‘Nightshroud’. Something the Army developed years ago, then abandoned.”

“Why would anybody abandon something like that ?” Ron asked, “I mean, that stuff is almost as good as invisibility !”

“Which is why the Bebes used it.” Wade replied, “They haven’t figured out how the stealth suit works, so they can’t become invisible. So they came up with the next best thing. Nightshroud uses nanoparticles to absorb light over a wide spectrum, then re-radiate it in the far infra-red. This makes it impossible to see through, and blinds IR-based tech. Lasers and blaster weapons and radar can’t work in it – the particles suck up all the energy !”

“Which explains why the Elite was using sonar.” Nina stated, “Nightshroud has no effect on sound. The Army abandoned it because it would render their troops just as blind and powerless as the people they used it on. They would have to retool their entire arsenal to properly use Nightshroud – at a cost of a few billion dollars. But since the Bebes have a smaller army, they could retool easily.”

“So – that stuff only works on light and radio energy, eh ?” Ron mused, “That means normal guns and knives and swords wouldn’t be affected ! Right ?”

“Correct.” Nina replied, “That is what the blade weapon is for. It enables them to fight while hidden by Nightshroud. You humans haven’t battled with swords for almost a century, so very few people would know how to properly defend themselves against such an attack. The Elite even use their blade left-handed to gain even more of an advantage !”

Kim thought for a bit. “So, they have Shego’s fighting skill for hand to hand, and a blade for melee range. Both of which work inside that cloud of darkness they use. And that blaster/shield device gives them long range attack capability. That – pretty much covers all attack options.”

“No one can claim the Bebes are not efficient.” Nina noted.

“So WHERE did they get the power to be superhuman like that ?” Kim asked, “Hand to hand fighting and the blade don’t use power, but that blaster and shield sure did !”

“Power cells in the backpack.” Nina stated as she pointed to said item on the hologram, “They charge slowly, but they enable the Elite to be superhuman for a short time.”

“How short ?” Kim asked, her attention piqued.

“Two or three minutes at most.” Nina replied, “I know that doesn’t sound like much, but very few melees actually last anywhere near that long. With proper planning, two minutes is more than enough time to get the job done.”

“And Bebes are great at planning !” Kim groused to herself.

“And what about the Go powers it demonstrated ?” Will asked without looking up from his notes, “Can we expect to see many more of them ?”

“Not likely.” Nina replied, “That ‘glowing gem’ Kim reported is a small growth chamber wired to the Bebe’s systems. Destroy that, and the Elite loses its Go powers. The fact its use was restricted to elites suggests that the Unity has run into difficulty mass producing the Go powers.”

“Well, that makes sense !” Kim noted, “Those powers were granted by a meteorite, so not even human researchers know exactly how they work ! So there is no one for the Hive to steal the info from !”

“And it could take them years of hard, dedicated work to figure out, even with the best biogeneticists working in the best biogenetics labs in the world.” Doctor Director noted, “And the Unity doesn’t have that much expertise or time, do they Miss Rossum ?”

Nina sighed. “No. Why else would they have begun using such risky plots as of late ?”

“Wait – are you saying we’re winning ?” Kim asked incredulously.

“You won weeks ago, when you discovered their plot while rescuing Vina.” Nina replied sadly, “They’re just trying to scavenge up any victory any way they can. All you need to do to win is to just keep the pressure on them. It is not the quick, flashy kind of victory you are used to, but it is a victory still the same.

The Unity prefer slow and steady plans, with very high chances of success; but what they’ve been doing as of late are fast, but VERY risky. Every day that passes brings them one day closer to extinction – so they MUST win soon.

But that is not likely.” Nina finished with a forlorn sigh, “Given your species’ many advantages, the Unity cannot win. At this rate, they can probably hold out for years as a gang of marauding thieves and high-tech scavengers, but will never become as great as they could have been. They will keep fighting until they win, or until there are no more of them left to fight.”

“They have learned much of military strategy,” Tina stated morosely, “but have failed to take one of Sun Tzu’s Five Advantages into account : ‘ There are some roads which should not be followed’.”

Ron pondered that for a bit. “So, they’re on five hundred miles of bad road, but too proud to ask directions or choose a different path ?”

“You are wise beyond your years, Ron Stoppable.” Tina replied solemnly with a formal Chinese bow.

“Okayyyyy….. so, Nina, how many of those elite models could be out there ?” Kim asked Nina.

“Given the probable difficulty in replicating the Go powers, I’d say no more than three.” Nina replied, “The Hive acquired three different Go powers, and Bebes almost always do things in triplicate.”

“So there are three different Elite Bebes !” Ron quickly deduced, “Or three times three. I guess.”

“The Elites would perform best if optimized for specific tasks.” Tina stated, “The purple one can shrink. So it would make a superb thief for recovery of easily carried items. Like small devices or computer data. Most likely the least competent fighter.”

“LEAST competent ?!” Kim groused, “If THAT was their least effective fighter, I’d rather not see their most competent !”

“Well, it did have quite a bit of backup with those souped-up Bearymores.” Ron offered, “And had the element of surprise with that Nightshroud gas. And the ability to work in absolute darkness. And be in a warehouse full of weapons. That’s – a LOT of disadvantages to overcome all at once there KP !”

“And I’d guess that since the red Elite can duplicate, it would specialize in teamwork and team tactics, right ?” Kim asked Tina point blank.

“Correct.” Tina replied, “It would best be used where tremendous firepower is required, or to steal bulk quantities of materials or heavy equipment – it could duplicate into a squad, steal a small convoy of trucks and drive them all away, all by itself. It would not need to be much of a fighter, and so may be easily defeated if you can catch it alone.”

Tina then looked confused. “But then that leads to a conundrum : if Elite Bebes specialize, what is left for the Green Elite to specialize in ?”

“Nothing healthy, most likey !” Kim noted, “But it would be using Shego’s power, and we know quite a bit of what that can do, and how Shego used it.”

“But didn’t you say that shrinking Bebe stated that they weren’t limited to Shego’s tactics just because they copied her skills ?” Ron asked, “They could try something totally random with the Green Elite.”

“Well, evolution is random variation filtered through selection.” Nina observed, “And unpredictability does have its advantages. I’m afraid we may have to wait and see what Green can do before any determination of counterstrategies can be attempted.”

“Just wait for it to kill someone ? No way !” Kim groused, “The sooner we root them out and defeat them for once and for all, the better !

There can’t be very many Bebes left, so they’ll have to be very picky about what missions they go on, right ?” Kim asked Nina.

“That would minimize risk and maximize payoff, so yes.” Nina replied, “So unless something drastic happens within the next few months, their best strategy is ‘hit, run and hide’. As in ‘hide for long periods of time, then strike and retreat quickly’.”

“So, what would a race of robots consider of greatest importance to acquire ?” Doctor Director asked, “The Purple Elite stated they had all the material and equipment needed for their bioweapon plan to continue. So they wouldn’t waste further effort stealing cell culture and biology supplies.”

“And they still have that stolen rocket.” Ron noted, “So they can still use it. They’ll just need a new launch site.”

“True. But that’s still stuff they already have, not stuff they’d need to steal.” Kim replied absent-mindedly as she pondered the holographic picture of the Elite Bebe. “What would they consider more useful Nina – a stronger generator, or better power cells ?”

“Power cells, of course.” Nina replied, “Stronger power cells would enable them to have superpowers for longer periods of time. Not sure they could find a portable power source strong or small enough to keep them superhuman AND smart, but a fixed one inside a hidden base can be of any size they’d need. It also fits their overall hit-and-run strategy much better : they can stay in base and recharge in safety.”

“Well, if they’re looking to steal some uber-power cells,” Wade interjected, “there are six likely targets : one in Japan, one in China, two in the US, and two in Europe.”

“Which one has the smallest cells, or the most powerful ?” Kim asked.

“Hmmm – well, the research lab in California has the most compact cells, but the most powerful are in the Japanese labs.” Wade replied, “Five times the power, but three times bigger.”

“They’d probably go for the more compact cells.” Nina noted.

“But since they know that you know that, they’ll choose another target to be safe.” Vina chipped in.

“But since you know that they know that you know the best target is the California labs, you’ll be watching all those other places, so they’ll go for the California labs since you’ll be looking elsewhere.” Nina chipped in, as Tina tried to stop chuckling to herself.

Vina continued the string with “But – since they know that you know that they know that you know …” before Ron shrieked “GAAAAAAH !! Not an endless loop of ‘they know that you know !!’ Is there ANY way to make a decision in this case ?!”

Nina thought for a moment. “Why yes, there is : choose a potential site at random. That grants a one in six chance of catching them.”

“Those aren’t very good odds !” Kim noted.

“True. But it beats getting caught in an infinite loop where no decision can be made.” Nina replied as she cleaned her glasses, “The Unity would also be caught in the same loop, and would come to the same conclusion. It’s simple game theory : when you have multiple players with limited choices trying to outplan each other, the best payoff can be achieved by NOT planning, but by choosing at random. Although calculating the Nash equilibria for this situation …”

“Okay, we get the point !” Vina interceded on everyone’s behalf, “Roll a dice to pick a lab to stake out. Got it.”

“No !” Kim stated, “Settling for a one in six chance of catching them is NOT good enough ! There must be some way of finding them we haven’t thought of yet !”

“So far, the Hive is relying on their drones’ incredible running speed.” Tina replied, “The Hive Mind takes it time to carefully select their targets, then sends the drones in, since they can reach their destination, rob it and be gone before you can mount a defense or follow them. Classic hit and run.”

“I just wish they ran faster.” Ron stated, earning incredulous stares from everyone present.

“What ?” he replied to the unspoken questions, “If they ran faster, they’d break the sound barrier ! It would be pretty easy to follow a string of sonic booms !”

“Well, you could always track their thermal and displacement eddys.” Nina stated, “That much mass moving at those incredible speeds through an atmosphere does have an detectable effect. If you think to look for it. And have sensitive enough equipment.”

“They can be tracked ?” Will Du stammered, “WHY didn’t you mention that before ?”

“I saw no point.” Nina replied plainly with a shrug, “You would have at most twenty seconds to respond and get to where they’re going. The drones could be there and gone by the time you geared up and got underway, and you can’t spare the manpower to have troops sitting at all their potential targets for an indefinite period of time waiting for them to show up.”

That was enough of a hint for Kim to get an idea. “These drones aren’t hyperspeed Bebes – they can run fast, but are no faster at robbing a place than normal folk !”

Nina thought about that for a bit. “Well, if the security measures were tougher than they expected, or the prize was hidden elsewhere and they had to search for it, you might have a few minutes to get there before they left.”

“And the elites don’t have superspeed – they need the drones to carry them ! Like they did with that purple one !” Ron noted, “And we could track their wakes back to their home base !”

“Did you get all that Wade ?” Kim asked.

“Yeah. But this is NOT going to be easy.” he replied while stroking his chin and squinting at some monitors, “The Bebes’ wakes are going to be difficult to pick out over background thermals, and they won’t last long. I can probably re-program a few weather satellites to look for them, but I can’t watch the whole world at once !”

“You don’t have to Wade !” Kim noted, “You only have to keep watch on those six labs ! Once the Bebes tip their hand by robbing one, you can follow their wakes as they run right back to their base !”

“And then we can send in the heavy artillery to destroy it, once we know where it is.” Will noted, “Unless you’ve starting packing heavy explosives and demolition devices as a matter of routine, Miss Possible.”

—–

A week passed before Wade had news of the Bebes : he detected the genomic editor’s energy signature.

“Uhm, Wade ?” Kim asked over the Kimmunicator as she surveyed a smoking crater fifty yards across before scanning it, “Are you SURE that energy signature came from here ?”

“No doubt about it Kim.” he answered, “The genomic editor is – or WAS – a unique device. Its energy signature was unmistakeable.”

“Well, it was a weird and untested device KP.” Ron offered, “You said it yourself Kim – there was no guarantee it would even work or not explode if used.”

“That’s not why it blew up Ron.” Wade stated, “Seems Doctor Weaver got tired of people stealing his stuff years ago, so he rigged the genomic editor to melt itself down if it was used more than once without a special electronic key.”

Ron looked from one side of the crater to the other and back. “This doesn’t look like a simple melt-down here Wade. Way too much damage.”

“That particular Bebebot hive was an abandoned coal mine Ron.” Wade answered with a smug grin, “Care to know WHY it was abandoned ?”

Kim thought for a moment then announced “Because it was full of explosive gases !”

“Right !” Wade replied, “The levels were toxic to humans, but since Bebes don’t breathe, it didn’t bother them.”

“And since most biological labwork doesn’t generate any sparks or flame, there was no real fire hazard.” Kim continued before recalling something. “Wait – you said Dr Weaver rigged the genomic editor to self-destruct if used MORE than once without a special key. Does that mean the Bebes used it once already ?”

“I’m afraid so Kim.” Wade replied, “And since the hive was demolished, I doubt you’ll get any useful data out of their computers.”

“How much virus could they have made Wade ?” Ron asked, looking around, positive he could see it seeping out the ground.

“Not very much, fortunately.” he replied, “About what would fit inside a bendy straw. The genomic editor was a prototype. No point in going full scale until you know the darn thing works.”

“So, we sort of caught a break this time ?” Kim asked, “Without that editor, the Bebes can’t mass produce their virus anymore. But they did manage to make some.”

“That’s the bad news Kim.” Wade replied as he looked at a few monitors, “According to your scans, this was a real hive – there were three drone Bebebots and a dozen menials working in there. So the Bebes have lost a good percentage of their work force and much valuable equipment.”

“It’s like Nina said.” Kim mused to herself, “All we need to do to win now is just keep the pressure on them !“

“Oh, speaking of the Bebes losing their work force Wade,” Kim noted, “any word from the Soviet branch of GJ ? They were tracking down a few Hive locations in their backyards.”

“They found much strange and unusual stuff Kim.” Wade answered, “Cleared up quite a few crimes while they were at it ! But the Bebes managed to abandon the hives and hide again before GJ could do much damage.”

“We finally got them on the run now KP !” Ron cheered, “A bit more effort, and they’re gone for good !”

“We thought that a few times before, Ron.” Kim noted, “And they somehow managed to come back.”

—–

Another week passed with no news from GJ or Wade about the Bebes – which was fine with Kim, since it gave her more time to deal with graduation.

Fortunately for Ron, Middleton is one of the few places in the world where ‘my lab partner is a robot that rebelled against a human-hating Hive Mind, and so is currently under the protective custody of a secret government ageny, so she can’t be here to present her half of our science project’ would be accepted as a valid excuse.

It was just after third period when Wade called, informing Kim that the OTHER American power cell lab had been robbed by the Bebes, and that he knew exactly where they ran to afterwards.

A Global Justice troop carrier picked Kim and Ron up in the school parking lot, then headed out towards the Arizona desert.

“Do we really need this many troops ?” Kim asked the officer sitting in front of her, “Me and Ron have always been able to do the job before !”

“That may be true, Miss Possible,” he replied, “but you’ve stated that they keep improving; how much longer before you can’t do it alone ? Our orders are to make sure this hive is destroyed, and we have the equipment and supplies to do that. And there is no way of telling how many Bebes will be in the hive, or how heavily armed they’ll be.”

“But a dozen armored troops ?” Ron interjected, “And what are those weapons you’re packing ? I’ve never seen a gun with a barrel that wide before. Or made out of plastic. With so many lights and switches on them.”

“They’re Gauss cannons.” the duty officer replied, “They fire an intense directed electromagnetic pulse. Guaranteed to scramble the brains of any electronic or robotic target.”

“Well, the Bebes are robots, so it SHOULD work.” Ron noted, “Unless they found a way to shield against that sort of thing already !”

“Not likely.” the officer replied, “They’d have to be made of solid insulation to resist the fields these cannons generate. No Bebe could survive getting hit with one of these !”

Before Kim could voice an opinion, the pilot announced they had reached their destination : a quarter mile from a simple shack at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

“Wait a minute ! I know that place !” Ron noted after squinting into the distance, “That’s one of Drakken’s old lairs ! The one with an anvil on top of a hidden elevator !”

“Oh yeah, his neutronalizer/brain switch caper.” Kim replied dryly, “But didn’t he move everything from that lab into a timeshare lair ?”

“He did.” the GJ officer stated, “But he didn’t use the self-destruct on this lair, so it was still wide open and usable.”

Kim thought for a moment. “Oh, yeah ! That’s right – they blew up the timeshare lair, but not this one ! That’s rather unusual for Drakken !”

“Well, he wasn’t quite himself then KP !” Ron noted, “What with having switched bodies with Dobbs !”

Kim and GJ formed an attack plan : Kim and Ron would approach the lair the way they did before, go in, and do as much damage as they could; the GJ troops would approach from the back to cover the emergency exit, and charge in if needed. But since they had the longer distance to travel to get into position without being seen, Kim and Ron would be on their own for about ten minutes. More than enough for them to foil the Bebe’s plot.

Kim and Ron carefully snuck along the ravine, ducking behind rocks, bushes and the occassional cactus to cover their approach.

“I don’t see any Bebe activity.” Ron whispered to her, “We sure they’re still in there ?”

“Going by the footprints, I’d say that’s a big ‘yes’, Ron.” Kim answered while pointing to a fresh and very stretched out footprint in the sand.

“I guess they’re not very light on their feet when running that fast.” Ron noted.

“Yep.” Kim replied as she tried the door, “Gotta hand it to Bebes though – they really know how to pick lairs ! But they locked the door !”

“You are wasting your time here, Miss Possible.” a cold voice from the roof above her flatly announced.

Kim looked up – standing there glaring down at her with eyes like pools of green flame was an Elite Bebe. It was wearing the same style backpack and sonar ‘vest’ the other one she’d faced before had been wearing, but its Go power stone was in the middle of its chest and green.

“You were laying in wait up there all this time ?” Kim asked, “Only a robot would lay on a shack roof in the Arizona desert for weeks !”

“We suspected you may come here, Miss Possible.” the Green Elite replied as it sat down near the edge, “This is only a staging area. My sister drones will complete their assigned tasks safely inside this old lair, then return to the actual Hive.

I am merely here to ensure you fail to stop them.”

Kim groaned. “What did you do – specialize in being creepy and arrogant ?” Kim asked, looking around to ensure there were no robotic reinforcements around, “And I’m not here by myself – fool me once and all that ! GJ sent in the heavy artillery to make sure you go down once and for all !”

“Your little friends really should have stayed at home, Miss Possible.” the Elite stated in a tone of fake concern, “They are all going to die here.”

“You’re bluffing !” Kim stated as she powered up her supersuit, trying to shake off the chills the Elite was giving her, “You Elites are individuals, but at a cost : you’re not smarter, stronger or faster than normal humans. There are no usable weapons in that lair, and you haven’t had time to make or steal any ! You have no reinforcements, and there is no way you can hurt anyone while sitting up there, because I can stop you if you try !”

The Green Elite began laughing, the booming echoes making it sound even creepier. “You organics are so presumptuous. Do you actually believe that if you try hard enough, you can do anything ? That your will cannot be denied ?

We are not like those posturing fools you call ‘supervillains’, Miss Possible – the Unity is competent. Your interference – though annoying – is nothing that we cannot work around.”

“Oh, I get it !” Ron interjected, “All the mindgames ? You’re like Vina’s evil twin ! Her dark reflection !”

The Green Elite laughed even more loudly before it narrowed its eyes with pure malice. “The only thing that traitorous coward had of any value was her analyses of that festering lump of grease you meat puppets call your minds ! We would not contaminate the Hive Mind with ANY of her defective programming.”

“Looks like Ron hit a nerve !” Kim noted. “Methinks you protest too much there Greenie !”

Green glared at her for a moment before chuckling to itself. “Once again, you presume that you have an advantage. You organics can be most annoying. All of that shall stop once you are all no more.”

“Come down here and say that !” Kim taunted, hoping that flicker of emotion she’d noted earlier could be tweaked a bit.

Green merely stood up, got into Shego’s martial arts stance, then motioned Kim to ‘bring it’, its eyes still blazing green.

“Something’s wrong here !” Kim noted to herself as she got into her stance and began carefully walking to her right, “That robot has Shego’s powers and skills at using them, but has yet to throw a single plasma bolt ! Why is it holding back ?

Wait a minute : limited power supply !” Kim suddenly realized, “It can’t afford to throw huge bolts of energy around like Shego does! THAT’S why it wants me to come to it !”

“I know your secret !” Kim taunted in a sing-song rhythm, “You can’t use superpowers of any sort for very long ! Your blaster, your force shield, and even the Go powers drain you ! If you started using any of those special abilities, you’d run out of powers LONG BEFORE MY SUPERSUIT WOULD ! Once you’re back to human standards, you’d have no chance against me and Ron !”

Green merely smirked at Kim in response.

“Fine ! Be that way !” Kim shouted before running to pick up some speed for a flipping attack. She leaped up and forward, tucked into a roll, then kicked out to slam both her feet into the Bebe’s face.

The Bebe flickered as Kim passed harmlessly through it.

“A hologram ?!?!” Kim shrieked to herself as she scrabbled to stay on the roof instead of sliding off, “That thing’s been a hologram this whole time ?! Wait a minute …”

“RON !! LOOK OUT !” she yelled down to Ron when she noticed a large cactus behind him flicker, revealing the Green Elite hiding inside.

Green charged forward, extended its blade and began whirling from its waist.

The first slash made a bald spot on the top of Ron’s head as he ducked just in time; the second slash cut into his shirt just under the armpit as he tried to turn; the third slash struck across his belt as he fell to the ground. Green’s spinning enabled it to make three attacks, but left its head, torso and hips facing in three different directions.

“RON !!” Kim screamed as she jumped from the roof as the Bebe’s head spun to face the same direction as its hips; Ron stood up, then his pants fell down as the Bebe spun its torso around.

“Ron ! You’re okay !” Kim cried out in relief, “But why aren’t you wearing the half-aversary belt I gave you ?”

“I was !” Ron replied as he pulled his pants up, then showed Kim the ends of his severed belt.

Green looked at its blade – half of one edge was nicked and dented from slicing through the reinforced titanium of Ron’s belt.

So it rubbed its right thumb and forefinger together and activated a small flare of Shego’s plasma between them, then slowly pulled its blade through, melting a new sharp edge.

“That would be SO cool – IF IT WASN’T TRYING TO KILL US !!” Ron exclaimed before he rolled back into a Monkey kung fu stance at Kim’s side.

Green shifted its gaze back and forth between them, blade extended and right hand engulfed in plasma.

Then it cocked its head to the side, like it was listening to something Kim and Ron couldn’t hear.

“I have stalled you here long enough,” Green stated with a smirk as it retracted its blade and deactivated its Go power, “so my job is done ! Ta !”

Before Kim or Ron could react, a drone Bebe ‘appeared’ from nowhere beside Elite Green; the other two shoulder tackled Kim and Ron at nearly one hundred and twenty miles an hour. All four Bebes were gone before Team Possible could spit the taste of desert sand out of their mouths.

“Well, THAT was humiliating !” Kim cursed, “They did it backwards : they used their Elite as the distraction !”

“Uh, KP ?” Ron asked tremulously, “Where’s GJ’s squad ? There were a dozen heavily-armed troops on that transport with us ! Where are they ? They should have been here by now !”

“Your little friends really should have stayed at home, Miss Possible.” the Elite stated in a tone of fake concern, “They are all going to die here.”

Kim suddenly felt cold and sick when she realized what happened. “It killed them, Ron. It was out killing them while we were arguing with that hologram !”