Kigo

Bedtime Stories with Gracie Anne by Poetheather1

Chapter 3
Bedtime Stories with Gracie Anne 3

Heather O'Malley

Kim Possible is owned by the Disney Corporation and they have no connection to this what so ever. These characters are used without their permission and include a plea not to be sued as I have no money.

If there was anything that Shego hated about being legit, it was the onerous task of paying bills. She had them all arrayed around her at the kitchen table and she was making sure she paid for all the utilities, the massive computer network cable access to the internet, their satellite fees, phone bills, the incredibly huge insurance bills, health care and the like, including Abby's salary. Sure, they had money, but each month her income as a school teacher really didn't cover everything. Maybe she needed to talk to Betty again and make sure Pumpkin and her got paid better for their missions? That could help out. She lowered her head on the table, trying to convince herself that setting fire to the bills was a bad thing.

"Momma?"

Shego looked up at the question from her daughter, smiling gently. "Yes Muffin?"

"You kay?" The girl was holding her pandaroo and was looking up at her with big worried eyes. Her dark red hair covered part of her face and she looked adorable to the super villain turned mom.

"Of course I am sweetie. Come here." Shego turned in her seat and picked Grace up. She hugged the three year old and then kissed her on the forehead. Grace snuggled against her mother happily, resting her head on a breast. "Aren't you supposed to be asleep."

Grace nodded her head.

"Then why are you out here?" Shego was trying to make sense of their strange child and her interesting sleep habits.

"Not sweepy. Can has story?" asked Grace, who then yawned.

Shego smiled and shook her head. She could do this and take a break from the bills. "Sure thing baby."

Grace's weight was nothing in her mother's arms as they headed for the bedroom. Shego held her with both arms, though she could have held her one handed easily with her comet enhanced strength. Shego tucked her daughter into bed, kissed her forehead again and sat on the edge of the mattress. "What would you like to hear? Want some more Curious George?"

Grace shook her head no and said very definitively, "Big Blue Dork."

Shego chuckled to herself, sure, that the name alone would make Dr. D whimper and cry and she enjoyed telling these stories as well. "No problem baby. Let me think of something."

After a few moments of pondering, she thought of a great story to tell, one of their more embarrassing missions. "Okay, so one day the Big Blue Dork had an idea. He thought it was good but it was stupid. He wanted to break into Area 51, which is a place with all sorts of secrets and steal them. The idiot ordered a shrink ray online and had it shipped to a temporary lair in the Mojave Desert."

Grace was hanging on every word, eyes wide.

"However, at the same time as this, the Big Blue Dork had decided to get a pet dog, an obnoxious pink poodle which he named Commodore Puddles. Well, his beautiful assistant, Green Girl, had told him that if he wanted a puppy he would have to take care of it himself. He would have to feed it, take care of it, and take it for walks. And the same goes for you Muffin if you ever want a pet, however, back at the lair, the Big Blue Dork was trying to deal with putting the shrink ray together and with Commodore Puddles, who wanted to go out."

"Momma?" interrupted Grace looking a bit confused about something. Shego was sure that this didn't bode well.

"Yes?"

"Why did Comdoor Puddles want out?" she asked, looking up at her all wide eyed and innocent, a look that Shego knew would turn into the dreaded Puppy Dog Pout the Possible women had.

"Well, Commodore Puddles needed to go outside to go potty." explained Shego, thinking that this was so much better than paying bills.

"Oh."

"Well, just then, when the Big Blue Dork was ranting about how great it was going to be to be shrunk and telling Green Girl to watch her step, the Blue Fox and Monkey Boy burst through a window. Green Girl was excited, as she loved fighting with the Blue Fox, but what was a little weird about this time was that Monkey Boy was busy filming things."

"Why?" Grace cocked her head.

"Because he wanted to make a monster movie." replied Shego, remembering Kim telling her all about this incident.

"Why?" asked Grace.

"Because he wanted to enter it in a film festival."

"Why?" asked Grace.

"Because he wanted to be rich and famous and have all the bananas in the world."

"Why?"

"Do you want to know that or hear the rest of the story?" countered Shego, knowing that if she didn't stop the Why Train, it would never end.

Grace looked thoughtful for a moment. "Story."

"Okay. Now remember that Commodore Puddles had to go potty?" At Grace's nod, Shego continued. "Well, since the Big Blue Dork had failed at his job of taking care of the dog, the dog piddled on his shrink ray. Well it started sparking and such and when Green Girl kicked the Blue Fox into it, the thing turned on and turned Commodore Puddles into a giant!"

Grace's eyes went wide is surprise and she let out a stunned, "Woah."

"Instead of shrinking and sneaking in, the Big Blue Dork then thought it would be better to ride the giant poodle into Area 51 instead. Well as they got closer, the Army attacked Commodore Puddles, first by dropping giant dog biscuits on him."

Grace giggled at that, finding it quite silly. Shego was of the same opinion and had been at the time as well. Honestly, dropping dog biscuits out of B-2 bombers? It was silly.

"Then they tried a giant dog whistle. Well, one of the soldiers dropped the control but the Blue Fox dove out of a helicopter and grabbed it, turning the thing on. It looked like it was working, as Commodore Puddles was going backwards, but a horde of dogs attacked, destroying the whistle. The Big Blue Dork patted Commodore Puddles on the head, calling it a good dog, as if the giant dog had just done something useful."

"Well, the dog broke through the Army and began to dig into the underground lair, when the Blue Fox showed up again, with the camera toting Monkey Boy. The Blue Fox wrapped Commodore Puddles' legs up, which tripped the dog. But the Big Blue Dork made Commodore Puddles roll over and somehow the dog was able to capture the Blue Fox and Monkey Boy. The Green Girl stood there, bored because she couldn't fight the Blue Fox and the dog was annoying."

Grace yawned really wide and snuggled down into her blankets more, hugging her pandaroo tightly. This was a good sign and Shego smiled, deciding to bring the story to a close.

"Well, just then, Monkey Boy's pet rat showed up, somehow having made itself a giant as well. Commodore Puddles and the Rat fought, which allowed the Blue Fox to escape and fight the others. Once again, the Big Blue Dork failed but this time he had been beaten by a rat."

Grace smiled sleepily at her mother, having trouble keeping her eyes open. Shego stood and kissed her daughter on the forehead again. "Good night sweetie. See you in the morning."

"Night Momma." yawned Grace, closing her eyes.

Shego watched her daughter sleep for a moment and then smiled to herself. She was truly enjoying motherhood and it was in its own way, more fulfilling than villainy had ever been. She walked out of the room and shut the door most of the way, leaving a crack open in case Gracie needed the bathroom.

She walked back to the stack of bills groaning. This part sucked.