The Journey of Alexa Stoppable

Chapter 5: Meeting Some Old Frenemies

"Oh great, it's the two lovebirds." Kim and Ron looked to see Drakken and Shego in the other cell. By the looks of it, they have been in here for a few days. Their clothes were dirty and ripped up. They looked older than when Kim and Ron last saw them. Their hair was starting to go grey and Drakken's face was starting to get a little wrinkly. Shego's face hasn't changed, probably because of the fact that she cares so much about her appearance. She might have been using rejuvenating treatment a little bit.

"Drakken? Shego? Well, long time no see." Kim said to the two of them.

"Seriously, how old are you guys now?" Ron asked while scratching his head. They both got closer to the hole in the wall.

"Come on! Am I that grey? What happened to being nice to seniors? Gnah! How did you two get here anyway?" Drakken started hiding his hair, being way to conscious of his appearance. Shego took his wrists and threw them to his side.

"Would you stop worrying about the hair already!?" Shego said before turning to Kim and Ron again. "Sorry, he's having a bit of a midlife crisis. Always trying to look 20 years younger than he is right now, wanting a corvette with flames on the side, bungee jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge; don't even get me started."

"Wait, but Drakken's looks as if he is in his 70's."

"He's 71. And the midlife crisis has lasted since he was 56. I'm about to pull my own hair out! It's so irritating!"

"But I look like I am 36!" Drakken exclaimed.

"Cork it, Drew! Anyway, have an answer to what he said?" Shego asked, while still irritated at Drakken.

"Well, here's what I can remember…"

Flashback to the day they were captured…

Kim was sitting on the couch in the living room watching some Agony County from when her and Ron were in high school. Ron came into the room with a big bowl of popcorn.

"Rufus went to go take a nap upstairs. So guess we have time for ourselves! Huh, feels like we are in high school again, huh KP?" Ron said with a smile. Ron sat down next to her and offered some popcorn.

"Yeah. You know, someday, Bonnie needs to be put in her place. I cannot believe after all of those years, she is still the same jerk that she was before!" Kim said as she crossed her arms in frustration. Ron looked at her, upset that she had to deal with her all over again.

"Well, as I have said, well, a lot, some things are meant to stay a mystery." Ron put her arm around her and held her close. "And even though she is the same stuck-up person she was before, think about where that got her! She's still in high school! You know, it's like she never left! Haha!" Ron laughed and then looked at Kim with the typical goofy grin on his face.

"Haha, well, I guess you're right. At least Alexa was able to prove her wrong in the cheer outs today." Kim took some more popcorn from the bowl.

"Sounds like another certain someone I know." Ron leaned in closer to her and looked at her with a cheeky grin. Kim gave him a smile before they both started to lean in for a kiss. Their lips were about to touch until they heard a loud bang on the door.

"Huh? What was that?" Kim asked. The bang repeated itself a second time before they heard something break near the entryway to the house.

"Uh…I think someone wants us to answer the door." Ron said as they both jumped up and ran to the door to see two masked figures by the doorway. They also see the door off of its hinges. "Hey! Whoa! What do you have against doors?" Ron says again before they take out some sort of gun from their utility belts.

"Ron! Move!" Kim says as she pushes him out of the way from one of their blasts. It shot some sort of energy blast. She runs to the kitchen as they are still shooting at them. She grabs a few plates from the kitchen cabinet and starts to throw them at the shooters. Every time she threw one, they either ducked or broke them using their guns. "Well, I'm glad none of these things are family heirlooms!" Kim looks around while flipping off the table and into the living room to find something useful. She, then, takes a mirror off the wall. As the gun fires, she uses the mirror to reflect it towards the gunman. The masked man dodged it, but hit his head on the table, which knocked him out. Kim looked and noticed the other guy wasn't next to him.

"Wait, where's the other guy?" She said before turning around to see the other masked man right behind her. Suddenly, she sees a pan knock him out from the back of the head. He falls to see Ron holding a frying pan in anger.

"A-booyah!" Ron said as he and Kim high-fived each other.

"Nice one!" Kim said to him before they were both shocked by the gun shot by the man that was hit on the head by the table, now fully awake and conscious. Everything went black.

Going out of the flashback…

"…and then everything went black. Then, we woke up and ended up here." Kim finished explaining.

"Those two masked men were the same people we got hit by. I don't know who they are. All I know is that they are skilled in some form of martial arts as well as technology." Shego explained. Kim started thinking of all of the villains that she has faced.

"Hmm…none of them seem to match any of the villains that I have faced." Kim said.

"Well then, who are they?!" Ron said before the door to the right, outside of the cells, opened. The two figures came through the doorway. They were not fully visible to the eye because of the very dim light.

"You'll find out soon enough." One of them said before they both started doing an evil laugh.

Global Justice Headquarters…

The chopper carrying Alexa and Kasey was arriving at GJ headquarters. It took about 30 minutes to get to this point. The chopper stopped overtop of a tall mountain. The mountain started to open up like a door, which amazed them both.

"Welcome to Global Justice, girls." The GJ employee said to them.

"Woah, I seriously feel like a secret agent right now! This is so cool! What if we get some super cool spy suits?" Kasey said as she grabbed Alexa's shoulders and started shaking her with excitement.

"Whoa! Whoa! Kasey!" Alexa exclaimed as Kasey realized she was shaking her to the point of dizziness.

"Oh sorry! Hehe!" Kasey apologized as the chopper started descending into the mountain. Both Alexa and Kasey observed the mountain as they descended. They have never seen anything like this in their lives before. Alexa was amazed to think that her parents are involved in stuff like this all the time.

Alexa and Kasey were guided to the main control room where they would meet the head of Global Justice. Soldiers passed them by as they were walking through the hallways. They all seemed to be in a state of urgency. When they made it to the control room, they were greeted by the head of GJ.

"Welcome to Global Justice, Alexa. I'm Dr. Director. Oh and I see you brought an old friend with you! Welcome back, Rufus." Dr. Director greeted herself as she gave Rufus a little wave with her finger. He responded with a squeak. Alexa looked behind her to see giant screen monitors. They were filled with pictures of documents and maps. On one of the monitors, Kim's and Ron's picture were visible.

"Hi. Oh, this is Kasey. She wanted to help me with saving my mom and dad." Alexa said as she introduced Kasey.

"Oh…my...gosh! Hi! I'm Kasey Cornwall! Am I going to get a spy suit? Ooo! How about a laser watch! Oh wait, even better! Anti-gravity boots!" Kasey said as she shook Dr. Director's hand viciously.

"Well, let me first explain what we have found about the capture of Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable. We have picked up a jet on our satellite maps traveling Southwest to this location." Dr. D pointed to a red dot on the satellite map. "Sensors indicate that they are in this facility. We gave them shoes with chips inside of them to keep a trace of their every movement."

"Thank goodness. So, what do I need to do in order to save them?" Alexa asked.

"Come with me. We need to do some medical tests so we make sure that none of the equipment we give you will harm you in any way." Dr. Director gestures silently with her hand to tell the girls to follow her. They begin to walk to the medical room to proceed with body scans.

"So, Dr. Director? How long have you been helping my mom and dad with their missions?" Alexa asked.

"For quite some time now. We not only helped them, but we have also studied their adventures. We worked on one project relating to your parents called The Ron Factor. We had a theory that he was the key to your Mother's success." Dr. Director said to her. Alexa's eyes widened.

"Whoa…how much money was spent on that?" Kasey asked.

"Well, about 30 million dollars. That's why we couldn't continue The Rufus Factor project."

"Let me guess, that project had the same theory?" Alexa asked her. Dr. Director nodded.

"Yes, and I must say that Rufus was not too fond of that." Dr. Director said as she saw Rufus with his arms crossed.

"It's okay Rufus. I'm sure they will study you more as the days go by." Alexa said in order to comfort him. Rufus responded by giving her a thumbs up.

"Okay, Alexa, now lay completely still." Dr. Director said as the body scanner started to power up. The scanner they were using is more powerful and more high tech than any other scanner. It could detect things that no one, not even the most advanced medical facility in the world, can detect. The scanner started moving from her head to her feet.

"Dr. Director? You might want to take a look at this." The medical chief said as he looked at the body scan on the screen.

"What is it?" She asked as she took a look on the screen. "Hold on, what is that?" She pointed to a blueish glow located in her heart.

"That's the thing, Dr., I can't identify it. I took the liberty into scanning the blue light for any power readings. It has no electrical charge but…the power levels are off the charts. Take a look." The medical chief showed her the readings. The meters were all the way up. Dr. Director started to get concerned.

"Alexa? Do you feel any pain in your chest?" Dr. Director asked her.

"Umm…not really. Why do you ask? Is there something wrong?" Alexa asked in a bit of a state of panic.

"Everything is fine. Just give me a minute." Dr. Director said, trying to reassure her. "Dr., is it harming her health in any way?"

"Not that I can see from the charts. It's just…there. It's not radioactive which is the important thing. However, it doesn't affect her health. It hasn't moved anywhere. It's just, well, sitting there like a nightlight in a dark room. All it does is glow blue." Dr. Director nodded before recalling something.

"Don't tell her about it. I know what it is. It won't harm her. She'll discover what it is in time. She's clear." Dr. Director concluded.

"But, Dr.? Shouldn't this be tested more closely and-" The medical chief started to ask until Dr. Director silenced him.

"It's fine. Trust me." Dr. Director reassured him. "You're all clear Alexa. You can bring Kasey in now." Alexa nodded and walked out of the room, seeing Alexa waiting by the door.

"So how did it go?" Kasey asked her. Alexa's face began to look curious as well as full of worry.

"I…well, I don't know. I think I'm okay. At least I hope so." Alexa said

Chapter 6 coming soon!