Kigo

Humanities and Sciences by StarvingLunatic 3

3: Archeology 101 — How to Dig Up Trouble

Kim was cleaning up after her classroom was empty when the Kimmunicator sounded. Reaching into her back pocket, she plucked the small device out. The newest incarnation of the Kimmunicator was about the size of Blackberry. It was more practical than her wrist Kimmunicator because it was hard for her to do demonstrations with others while she wore the device. It snagged on everything.

"What's the sitch, Wade?" Kim asked as the young man's visage appeared on the screen.

"Hey, Kim, you got a hit on the site by a professor. It's not your usual mission, but I figured if you didn't have anything better to do, then you might want to look into it," Wade explained.

She arched an eyebrow in curiosity. "What's it about?"

"Apparently, a Doctor A. Sobek, who is a professor at a somewhat decent university, is planning a trip to Egypt to explore a new pyramid he and some colleagues discovered on another expedition sometime last year. The short story is that he doesn't want to take any of his grad students with him because he thinks it might be too dangerous in such unexplored territory. But, then he seemed to recall the famous Kim Possible has a masters in Anthropology and thought you might want to tag along," Wade explained.

"Sounds spanking!" Kim grinned and bounced on her heels. Her eyes seemed to sparkle and even through the small screen of the Kimmunicator, Wade could swear her whole body glowed.

"I figured it might sound that way to you. So, I should get back to him and say you're all for it?"

"Well, I need to check in with the 'wives' first," she joked, earning a laugh.

"This is why I'm staying single and fancy free. Let me know if you're allowed to go out and play in the dirt," Wade teased her.

Kim chuckled, they bid each other farewell, and they disconnected the communication. The redhead finished up her cleaning and then went downstairs to meet up with Shego. She was tempted to bring up the "mission," but thought it would be best to do with Bonnie around. So, her "request" to leave was held until dinner that night.

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"One of these days, one of us has to cook a meal again," Bonnie commented, looking at Shego since they were the two allowed to use the stove. They sat at the dinner table, eating their meals on plates, even though they had purchased the food from a nearby takeout restaurant.

"It has been a long time since we've had a home cooked meal," Shego concurred, nodding a couple of times. "Fine, I'll cook tomorrow," she conceded.

"What do you want in return?" Bonnie asked suspiciously with an arched eyebrow. It was rare for Shego to so openly altruistic, especially with sounding offended while doing it.

"Do you think you could hold off on that?" Kim inquired, interrupting the flow of the conversation to interject her own topic. "I was hoping I could go on a mission soon and I don't want to miss any home cooking," she said, the glint in her eyes showing her words had a double meaning.

"A mission? To where? About what?" Shego countered, turning her attention to the redhead. Bonnie did the same.

"And with whom? Obviously it's not a rescue mission or you would've left and filled us in later," Bonnie pointed out.

"It's a real easy mission from what I can gather. An archeology professor wants to go into a recently discovered pyramid. Apparently, he thought it was too dangerous for any of his grad students to go since the tomb hasn't been explored yet, but he hit up the site, requesting me. I would love to go, loves. Please? It's a once in a lifetime chance. I mean, how many unexplored pyramids will there be in this lifetime?" Kim clasped her hands together like a beggar, hoping it would get them to cave. They were not fans of her missions, after all.