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Chapter 12. Do Right
“I’m telling you,” Agni kept explaining to Joss, “we just need to find something to blackmail Nerdlinger with and he’ll give us some of the missions!”
“We’re NOT blackmailin’ Wade!” Joss retorted, “Besides, do ya jus WANNA get us in more horseshit now or what!?
“tI’ll just be the easy missions! The ones he knows we can handle!” Agni insisted, “That way, little by little we’ll be climbing up the ladder!”
“We’re climbin’ it legit!” Joss insisted, “Also, by the way, Ah think your momma’s comin’ down.”
Agni stood up on the couch where she and Joss were talking to look behind it, seeing that, indeed, her mother and Kim coming down to the living room.
On her part, Shego felt… rather awkward. She had met the Possibles and been at Kimmie’s house several times, but she had never been at the Stoppables’ house nor had she ever met Ron’s parents. She waved her hand at anyone she made eye-contact with, preferring to keep it all short and simple. She didn’t have any reasons to speak with anyone but Kim and Agni, and she had already done half of that.
Upon noticing her daughter, Shego was just about to go to her. Her intentions, however, were interrupted when two persons came to greet her in a more personal manner than she would have hoped.
“Good evening, miss.” the blonde woman – Ron’s mother, she assumed – said while bowing before Shego.
“Nice to meet you.” the overweight short man accompanying her spoke, raising his hand to shake hers, “My name is Dan Stoppable.”
“S-Shego,” she replied while tentatively consenting to the shake.
“And I’m Mariam Stoppable.” his wife introduced herself, “We’ve heard a lot about you.”
The green thief raised a curious eyebrow.
“Can’t be very good,” she said between sarcasm and nervousness.
“Well, you’d be right…” Mariam agreed, “but we also know you’re Agni’s mother.”
It felt weird to hear people she didn’t even know talking about her daughter.
“And your daughter saved our little baby’s life.” Dan added.
‘Oh, right!’ Shego went on her mind, wanting to slap herself silly for not making this connection sooner. Of course Ron wasn’t going to be the only one deeply thankful to Agni for saving that toddler.
“We’re so grateful to you…” Mariam spoke, taking Shego’s hands between her own and holding them tightly yet comfortingly between their chests, “You’ve raised a wonderful daughter…”
“I…” she began, but her words died in her mouth. ‘I didn’t RAISE her…!’
“We know you’re not the most socially adept person in the world,” Dan followed, placing his hand on the green woman’s shoulder, “but we want you to know that, whenever you need it, Miss, no matter the reason… you’re always welcome in our house.”
Mariam nodded, and for a moment Shego was left mute, staring back and forth between the couple. Eventually she finally gathered her wits and nodded back.
“T-thank you,” she spoke, “you’re… really kind, but… right now, I need to speak with my daughter.”
“Oh, sorry to interrupt you.” the blonde mother apologized, letting go of Shego’s hand while Dan let go of her shoulder.
“Go ahead, please. Make yourself at home.” the overweight man added, stepping aside to let her pass.
Shego just headed for her daughter. Dan went back to the table and to his conversation with James. Mariam, for her part, watched the so called criminal woman as she awkwardly walked to her daughter and caressed the young girl’s wild hair, earning a playful complaint from her.
And then she realized she wasn’t the only one contemplating such an event.
“Oh, Kim!” she exclaimed, slightly shaken that the redhead teenager had been standing just by her side and she didn’t immediately realize. “How are you doing?”
“Just fine.” Kim replied simply, turning to face the blonde woman, “Excuse me, but… have you seen Ron?”
“He’s in the kitchen, dear.” she replied.
“Thank you,” the redhead said before heading into said direction.
When Mariam returned to the table with her husband and James, Dan couldn’t help noticing there was something off with his wife.
“It’s everything okay, dear?”
“Well…” she began, her eyes then focusing on James, “Is everything okay with Kimberly?”
He blinked, apparently confused.
“She was just fine when we spoke this morning,” he replied, “even cheerful, I’d say.”
“Did she seem troubled to you?” Dan asked.
“Not troubled, but more like… sad.”
James looked for his daughter around the house, barely catching her before she disappeared into the kitchen. He then focused back on Mariam.
“Think I should talk with her?”
But the blonde mother shook her head. “If she needs to talk… she’ll come around.”
“I sure hope so…” he replied, sounding slightly worried.
“Besides,” Mariam followed, “I think she may be dealing with whatever’s on her mind even as we speak…”
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Monique, Wade and Ron were lively chatting in the kitchen as Ron prepared a second batch of cupcakes for the reunion. The guys were telling Monique details about the recent mission (which came up when she asked about his bruised face), or they’d be reminiscing of the older two’s days at high-school, when things weren’t… okay, they were weird, just not this present day level of weirdness.
“Ron.”
All of them then turned to the direction of the voice’s source, surprised to find Kim unexpectedly close to them. How was it that no one heard her coming? And why did her voice sound so… ethereal?
“Yes, KP?”
“Can I have a moment alone with you?” she said with such neutrality and such null expression on her face that she might as well have been a robot.
This wasn’t a facet of her that Ron was unfamiliar with, though.
“Sure.” he said, leaving a tray of muffins on the table before heading for the backdoor, “C’mon.”
Without another word, both teens exited the kitchen and into the backyard. Neither spoke anything. They just sought a little privacy, and then faced one another. Kim’s eyes said to Ron everything that needed to be said, and slowly she covered the short distance between them. Her head was soon buried in his shoulder, as well as his arms around her.
Thank you…
…always.
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Agni couldn’t believe what she was hearing.
“Fucking forget Middletown High!” she exclaimed, “I wanna go to that Ninja school with you!”
Shego groaned in frustration. And here she thought, she feared with all of her heart that her daughter would hate her for leaving her again, just for the only thing for Agni to care to be the ninja school! She had even kneeled before her daughter to talk this topic and now she felt stupid for it!
“I told you: No! No fucking way!”
“But why not!?”
Shego slapped her own face, shaking it in dismay. She then eyed Joss, who was sitting right beside Agni.
“You, the cowgirl!” she called, “Can’t you talk some sense into your friend!?”
“Actually…” she began, repeatedly eyeing both mother and daughter, “Uhm… can’t we both go?”
“Well said, Montana!” Agni spoke, raising her hand to high-five her friend, which the brunette eagerly agreed to.
“And here I thought Kimmie’s cousin would be your voice of reason.” Shego spoke, head dropping in dismay. With friends like this, Shego could only feel sorry for whatever intentions Kim might be holding for the sake of these girls’ wellbeing.
“So we’re going!?” Agni asked with a big, wide grin.
“For fuck’s sake, Agni!” her mother cursed, “Even if I could somehow get you girls in that school, the moment you set foot onto their grounds you’re already considered a member a viable agent to their mercenary business!”
“So, we do like Kim, but we get paid.” the green girl summed up, “I don’t see any problem there!”
“Ah ‘ven got scars to show off!” her friend added.
“We’re talking about murders and assassinations here!”
“…oh” went Joss.
“Alright, fine!” Agni finally replied, “Still, it’d be so much cool-”
“Thanks for your understanding!” Shego interrupted, not wanting to hear any more of it. “I’ll send you souvenirs.”
“How long will you be gone, though?” her daughter asked then.
Shego gulped, “I’m… not really sure.”
Agni’s expression seemed to drop. Joss bit her lips at the sight.
“Will you… will we stay in contact?”
Shego slowly opened her mouth to reply, but:
“You will.”
All heads turned to see Wade standing beside them. The short Afro-American boy approached them with Monique walking after him.
“I’ve been meaning to talk with you about this for a while now,” he said to Shego once he was right in front of her, “I was never sure of how to bring it up, though, but seeing the circumstances, I know it’s now or never.”
“First things first,” the green woman began.
“What am I talking about?” he finished for her.
“Wrong,” she replied with mean frown, “Were you spying on us?”
“That would be me,” Monique spoke, raising her hand with a sheepish smile on her face, “Guilty as charged.”
“You’re…” Shego began.
“Goldilocks’ hussy’s lesbian affair, chocolate edition.” Agni finished.
Joss chuckled, “Ah’ can’t tell wheneve’ you’re bein’ creative or tryin’ too hard.”
“I just heard you were leaving,” the Afro-American teenager clarified, “and… I wanted to make a difference for you and Agni.”
Shego frowned, “…why?”
Monique shrugged, “Why not?”
She sighing and shed her head.
“Okay, so what’s this difference you’re talking about?”
As a reply, Wade reached out for his pocket and brought a device Shego was familiar with, but that never expected to have offered to her.
“This…” she said as she took hold of the Kimmunicator.
“With this, you and Agni can stay in contact 24/7, no matter what corners of the world either of you are.” the boy told her.
“And you can track me down whenever you want.” she countered.
“I won’t.” he replied, his expression deadly serious, “I promise you, I won’t get involved in your life. Unless you use the S.O.S. function of it, I won’t even check the information brought back by the device.”
At that moment, Shego’s new toy suddenly began ringing a tune she knew she would be changing as soon as she could get a chance to. There was a call, curiously enough. She hit the replay button, only to be met with a slip screen showing the faces of Agni and Joss.
“What the-?”she spoke, turning around to see the girls in the couch with their respective Kimmunicators at hand.
“Seems pretty cool if ya ask me!” Agni spoke through the device.
“Not a bad offer.” Joss added.
“Sigh, fine!” the mother ultimately conceded to, ending the three-way call, “Just don’t abuse it. I can’t promise I’ll be answering every time you wanna tell me Kim didn’t make you chocolate m-OUCH!”
Giving her a mix of amusement, anger and even pride, the comment had earned her a not really menacing, but still hurtful kick from her daughter. Her mother simply rubbed her sore side with a huff.
“Heh, you’ve been taught well…”
“I’ve taught myself.” she replied with a prideful smirk.
Agni’s new Kimmunicator then beeped in her hand. The pre-teen checked what it was, only to find a text message that certainly caught her attention. The people around her saw her open her eyes in amazement, frown, think something through, and finally released a sigh that seemed to indicate a taken decision.
“I’ll be right back.” she said, standing up from the couch and walking away.
She only made it to the corner of the couch, though, before something got in her way and began crawling up her legs.
“Aunty Amy!” Hana called, reaching out for her babysitter.
Shego snorted, “Amy?”
“Shut up, ‘Tiny!” her daughter replied.
“She wants ya to pick her up.” Joss told her, finding it amusing how the baby kept asking for that with her body language just for Agni to end up paralyzed at the sight of the toddler.
“…why me?!”
“She likes ya, duh!”
The green tween groaned, but nevertheless bent over and picked Hana up in her arms.
“Alright, let’s go, you lil’ devil…” she spoke as she placed the toddler against her chest and kept walking.
“Hey, Agni!” Ron commented as they crossed paths, “You taking my sister with you?”
“Unfortunately!” she replied without stopping. She entered the kitchen as the blond youth left it and soon was out of everyone’s sight.
Ron simply shrugged, knowing Hana couldn’t be in safer hands, and went to reunite with the group.
“Hey there,” he greeted.
“What was that all about?” Shego questioned.
He blinked, “What are you talking about?”
“My daughter.” she replied. “She’s with Kimmie, isn’t she?”
“Yeah,” he replied with a shrug, “they need to talk.”
She narrowed her eyes, “Alone?”
He nodded, “Alone.”
She kept staring at him for a moment, not certain whenever she was comfortable with this development or not.
“Didn’t you have your own private conversations with both of them?”
Shego tensed for a moment, but… she had to face that the buffoon had a point, as much as she hated to admit it.
“What does my cuz want with her?” Joss inquired. A part of Shego wanted to thank the brunette for asking what she felt she wouldn’t be allowed the right to ask.
“Well, Kim… she’s gotta do right by Agni.”
Shego blinked, “Do right?”
But Monique just chuckled, “That’s my girl…”
Nodding, Ron went on: “Yeah, do right. Actually… how about I tell you a story?”
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Once upon a time, there was a little girl. A normal girl, you could say, but like every normal boy or girl in the world, there was something special about her. Something that defined her, something that made her unique, like everybody is unique in their own way, even if not everyone can show it.
But this little girl? Oh, she was going to show it. Yes, indeed. No sooner she learned about her talents and how could these be exploited, she wasted no time in sharing them with everyone she could. What was the point of her skills, after all, if she couldn’t share them with the world? - She would ask. So the little girl went around the world sharing her uniqueness with whoever might welcome it, and she actually made plenty of people happy with it! Well, not everyone. Some people did tend to reject her, but that didn’t stop the little girl from doing what she was best at.
Alas, among those who weren’t pleased with the little girl’s talents were included her own parents, nonetheless. They feared that their daughter would go too far, that like Icarus, she’d fly too high and burn her own wings. And of course, they feared she wouldn’t survive the fall. They had so much fear that they knew they couldn’t just let their little girl fly so freely. She needed some measures, they agreed. It was okay to exploit her talents, but only to a certain extent, they tried to make her understand. But the little girl wouldn’t agree, for she had seen what good her skills could do, and she refused to be any less than what she could be. Finding themselves cornered against their own panic, they tried to tie down their daughter’s wings, forbid her to fly…
Yet all they managed was for their child to run away. The very wings they tried to restrain set her free from even them…
And true to herself, that girl, slowly growing into a woman, kept on flying and being the very best of herself.
For the world…
…for her friends…
…and for everyone.
But even she knew that, deep down, she could not forsake her parents, or at least, she could not abandon her hope for their love. But was there still time? Or did she ruin everything when she ran away from them? She just knew… facing them now could hurt her more than ever. Did she dare? Was she brave enough? She sure as hell was brave enough to go around the world showing her true self to everyone, but could she face those that were closest to her?
As days passed by, even though she kept on flying, her pain grew bigger and bigger… she knew she had to do something about it…
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“Hey…”
“Hey.”
“What are you doing here, sitting all by yourself?”
“Waiting for you, of course. But… why did you bring Hana?”
“She wanted to tag along. You don’t mind, right?”
“Of course not. Here… take a seat.”
“Alright… so, what did you wanna talk about?”
“You talked with your mother, right?”
“Yeah… she told me, so?”
“So… from here on, it’s gonna be mostly just us… us and the future.”
“What? You’re planning a change of arrangements now that we’re almost done moving?”
“No, not that. I just… I just want to make the best of our future days living together.”
“I suppose you’re gonna ask me to compromise to something?”
“Not at all.”
“Figures you’d-… wait, what?”
“There’s nothing for you to compromise. I… I’m the one who has to…”
“Wha-? But… how?”
“I suppose I gotta start from the begging… by apologizing to you.”
“…what?!”
“I lied to you.”
“…”
“From day one, nonetheless… I promised you something, and ever since, I’ve been doing everything in my power to avoid it.”
“…my training.”
“Indeed.”
“…why?”
“Because I was scared.”
“Scared, y-you? …scared of WHAT?”
“That someday… everything I’d teach you would be used against me.”
“…I-”
“You’re a lot like your mother… and… every time I looked at you… I feared I might be raising someone that someday I’d have to fight.”
“…I guess that’s understandable.”
“Don’t say that.”
“Uh?”
“Don’t say that! It’s not true!”
“But you just said-”
“I was wrong! I… I was an idiot, a coward haunted by her own fears and childish traumas, I… I refused to look at you for yourself, to realize that you’re not your mother but your own person… and to recognize you as such.”
“…you’re…”
“An idiot, I know. So… I… I’m sorry.”
“…heh.”
“I’ll understand if you’re angry… I probably deserve at least that, but… I want you to know I’m truly sorry, and… wait, what are you giggling for?”
“Pffft… can’t help it.”
“What’s so funny?”
“First… I wasn’t even gonna call you an idiot. You did that yourself…”
“That’s it?”
“It’s just… well, seems like I’m not the only one around with self-deprecation issues, uh?”
“Heh… I guess you’re right.”
“But also…”
“Mh?”
“I just… I never thought that you… of all people, you could be so…”
“So what?”
“So… so human!”
“…what?”
“I mean… I don’t think I ever knew this side of you, these fears and insecurities… and you just mentioned a childhood trauma, I can’t believe you have a childhood trauma! This is priceless!”
“Heh… I guess, it is kinda funny if you put it like that, but… it’s the true.”
“Mh?”
“I’m human. I can do anything, but… I’m just human… and ‘anything’ does include making mistakes.”
“Wait, you’re not suggesting my powers make me any less human, are you?”
“Don’t be silly… I don’t know anyone – who’s as human – as you are.”
“Well… wait, is that supposed to be flattery or what?”
“Hehe… take it however you want.”
“Mh, whatever, I guess…”
“Whatever?”
“You don’t need to apologize. I understand… you just did what you thought was the right thing to do. It’s what you always do, right?”
“Yes… but I was wrong this time.”
“Pff… let it go, alright? What’s the point of punishing yourself for it? I already accepted your apology.”
“It’s not that I wanna punish myself… it’s that I wanna make amends.”
“…amends?”
“Amends to you.”
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The little girl knew: She had to face the people she cared about.
Before Agni could say or do anything about it, Kim got off the bench they were sitting on and kneeled before her. One knee on the ground and the other before her.
She had to do right.
“I will train you.” Kim declared.
“…what?”
“I’ll train you… like I promised I would.”
The little girl went to her loved ones, and with eyes that showed a maturity beyond her eyes, she stared straight at their faces and spoke with her heart.
“You… you mean it?”
“I swear to you: I will teach you everything I know…”
She stared at the redhead in disbelief for a moment, but she knew from the seriousness in Kim’s eyes that she meant every word she was saying and that she may even be taking it far more seriously than Agni herself ever did.
“But why?”
This is me, the little girl told her family. This is who I am, she spoke with determination. And this is who I’ll always be…
“When I arrived at the warehouse…” Kim began explaining, recalling the events from two days ago, “I saw you like… never before.”
Agni just stared in confusion waiting for the redhead to explain.
“When you saved Hana, and then shielded her and Joss, when I heard what you said… I… I knew what was going through your mind, and I… I’ve never felt so humbled.”
‘Humbled?’ echoed in Agni’s mind as her eyes opened widely.
“Never before, in my entire life, had I felt… as proud of someone else, as I did with you.”
Agni had to make a conscious effort to keep on breathing. Her mind couldn’t believe the words that her guardian was speaking, yet her heart was confident that every word was as true as it could get.
“Not even from Ron, or my family… only from you, Agni.”
The parents understood then… what a blessing they had. What treasure they had been given, and how foolish they had been for attempting to keep it from shining. They understood there were risks to be taken, but that this was the only way they could ever, truly keep their loved one in their lives.
Parents and children embraced each others passionately, and a silent vow was made that day: To always accept and support each one’s best.
“That’s why… everything I know, everything I ever learned, now I finally know who I must pass it on to… and who I want to share it with…” Kim went on, “Never thought… it’d be the daughter of my most feverish rival, but… who cares about that now! It’s you, Agni. It can’t be anyone else.”
She looked straight into the younger girl’s eyes, and Agni realized she was expected to reply now but… what was she even supposed to say now!?
“C-cool!” she blurted out, “I-I mean, AWESOME! You… you finally come to your senses.”
Kim chuckled and nodded, “Guess I needed you to slap some sense into me.”
“Well, duh! You’d be lost without me!” the tween replied with a nervous laugh, but then suddenly fell serious, “Wait.”
“What’s wrong?”
“You… you’ll train Joss too, right?”
She actually saw doubt in Kim’s expression for a moment, but the redhead ultimately nodded.
“Of course,” she said, “I’m sure you two will make great sparring partners.”
“Great!” the girl celebrated, “Fucking awesome… I… I dunno what else to say.”
“Hehe, it’s okay.”
“Uhm… you didn’t tell Joss this yet, right?” she asked, even though she knew Kim obviously hadn’t.
“Nope, not yet.” the redhead answered simply, “Wanna go break the news?”
“Hell yeah!” Agni declared with a big smile.
“Alright,” Kim replied, finally standing up and then remembering the company they had, “Hey, is Hana…?”
Only then Agni remembered she happened to have a toddler on her lap. She has been so dumbfounded by what Kim had to tell her that she had completely forgotten it wasn’t just the two of them there, even though she had been holding the baby girl the whole time. Looking down at her, though, she guessed they might as well have been all alone and it wouldn’t have made any difference, since…
“Out like a light.” she spoke.
Kim giggled, “she must really like you.”
Agni just rolled her eyes, “What could I have ever done to deserve such punishment?”
Regardless, the young girl carefully readjusted Hana against her chest before standing up. The baby ended up with her head resting against Agni’s shoulder, but still as asleep as before.
“There you go, you lil’ devil…” she murmured, patting the toddler’s back.
The words barely registered in Kim’s head, though. The sight before her… she didn’t know what it was, but… she wasn’t even thinking when she spoke next.
“You’d be such a great mother…”
“What?” The girl asked, having honestly not caught what Kim whispered, “Did you say something ‘bout my mom?”
Suddenly brought back to reality and realizing what she had just said, Kim simply shook her head violently, wondering whatever the hell was going on with her.
“Nothing, though… I wonder what she might think of this.”
“Forget her,” Agni replied, turning to the direction of the Stoppable house, “I wanna see Montana’s reaction already, let’s go!”
She started walking towards the house, quickly but careful not to wake up Hana. Kim soon began following behind her, but almost as soon as she did, the girl suddenly stopped and turned around.
“And… Kim?”
“Yes?”
She took the deepest breath she ever did.
“…thank you.”
-Fin.
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is this an alternate story set after small surprise big consequences as in it's not entirely related to the original story it's just an alternate fanfic to the story
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Precisely. It's a story set after an hypothetical ending to SSBC, which more or less gets established in the first chapters and then works from there. If you've read it, I hope you've liked it.
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Yeah I liked it I just hope the original author update his story soon cause can't wait for the next chapter of the story
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Thanks! Hope you enjoyed the story. ^^
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no big. i sure did enjoy it. 
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