A/N: Hi who missed me? Anyway lets get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Cyberchase, I only own Kim.

Platonic Protection

Daisyfan5534

Chapter 1


Kim was at R-Fair City fixing Lucky's cab. She was going to a sewer party when Lucky found her.

It's been only a week since the kids meet Kim. Hacker hasn't come up with a new plan since he met her. Kim set a lock on the cameras on the Grim Wreaker, so it's only to be used in emergencies and for her books after missions.

"Alright, Lucky." Kim said as she closed the hood. "It's all fixed."

"Thanks kid, I'm lucky I found you when I did." she said.

"You are. If there's any other problems, just call me." Kim advised her.

"I will. I heard that you joined the Cybersquad."

"Really? Where did you hear that?"

"I heard a report on it a few days ago on the radio."

"Wow. Really? I still can't believe I actually joined them. Well they wanted me too after I saved them from Hacker, but I still can't believe it."

"Well believe it kid, I bet you probably scared Hacker away."

"I wouldn't be surprised if I did. I gotta go." Kim said.

"Alright. Thanks again." Lucky said.

"Don't mention it." Kim said as she left.

This time Kim was after a plan to a computer board from a trader. She never traded before, but she needed that computer board. All she had to do was go to the sewer party, and show off her dancing skills by beating one person. He would send her a message when she held up her end of the bargain.

All of a sudden, a portal opened up in front of her. She stopped to see three kids pop out.

"Hey Kim." the trio said.

"Hey. What are you kids doing here?" Kim asked.

"Well, we got bored and we decided to go to R-Fair City." Inez responded.

"We didn't know you were here, we were gonna ask you if you wanted to join us." Matt said.

"By the way what are you doing here, and why are you dressed like that?" Jackie asked.

Kim was dressed in dark wash skinny jeans, a red tank top, with her black converse shoes. Her hair was also in a ponytail.

"Party. You kids are too young to go." Kim responded.

"Ok, so how old do you have to be?" Inez asked.

"I don't know. Even I'm to young to go." Kim said.

"So why are you going?" Jackie asked.

"That's my secret." Kim said with a smile.

"Hey, I thought you told us everything." Matt complained.

"Do you think Slider knows everything about me? Well he knows I do this, but not what or why I do this specifically. There's a lot about me you don't know that I won't spill anytime soon." she told him.

'One being; I'm a fish.'

"Anyway I might be out late, so I probably won't catch you kids when you leave." she explained.

"Alright, if you see Digit, tell him we said hi." Inez said.

"Will do. Later kids." Kim said as she left.

Kim made it to the sewer and opened the lid and climbed down the ladder inside, shutting the sewer lid. She hopped down and walked to where the music was the loudest. She found a crowd of people circling a guy dancing.

'This must be the right place.'

She made her way to the center, so she could get a better view. A new guy came in the center. On a scale of 1-5, he was a 4.5. Kim was also a 4.5, but she wanted to get a 5 tonight. She did a cartwheel to the center then doing the exact same moves, only better (in her mind).

"I see we have a battle of the sexes tonight." the D.J. said.

The girls got on one side and the guys got on the other.

'Wait, is it me, or is this a little too easy? Something is not right here.'


Meanwhile….. Above the sewers…

"What do you think Kim is up to?" Inez asked.

"No good." Matt said.

"Matt be serious. She's a trouble-maker, so maybe she's a double-sider." Jackie said.

"I don't think so Jax. She's seems close to Slider, so he's likely to keep her under control." Matt said.

"Who knows what she's up to, whatever it is, she doesn't want us to know." Inez pointed out.

The kids continued to walk past the games until one certain booth caught their eye. It was parted from the other booths and there were balloons tacked to the wall. They figured that it was a balloon popping game.

"Pop a balloon win a surprise." the booth owner said handing out a dart to the kids.

He was in a black hoodie. The girls got a bad feeling about that.

"I'll play." Matt said handing the man a snelfu and taking the dart.

"What is the prize?" Inez asked the man.

"It's a surprise." he replied.

Jackie pulled on Matt's arm.

"There's something not right about this guy, or this game." she whispered.

"Yeah, I don't trust him." Inez joined in.

"You girls worry to much." Matt said as he turned around back to the game.

He aimed the dart at the balloon and threw it. The balloon popped.

"Yes. What's my prize?" Matt asked.

"This." he said pulling a leaver.

The leaver triggered a trap door under the kids causing them to fall. They landed somewhere in the sewers. The trio picked themselves up only to be surrounded by three taller, buffer guys.

They backed up to the wall, confused on why they were being held captive.

The guy in the black hoodie hopped came down the trap door, standing in front of the kids.

"Watch them." he said to his accomplices.

They nodded.

"What do you want from us?" Jackie demanded.

"You'll find out soon enough." he said walking away.

"This is not good, this is not good at all." Inez said.

"So now what?" Matt asked the girls.

"I don't know." Jackie said.


Meanwhile… Elsewhere in the sewers…

Kim was playing copy-cat with her opponent. When she got board of that she threw in some freestyle moves of her own. She knew that she wasn't doing good enough to get those plans. When it was her turn she wanted to empress the trader, so she ran up the wall of the sewer and did a backflip,* then did the exact same moves as her opponent, adding a few of her own moves here and there, then ended up in a split.

She got a big applaud from the crowd.

'Huh, I never thought I could do the splits. Well first time for everything.'

"I think we have a winner!" the D.J. said.

Kim stood up and threw her arms up in the air. Her sqwak pad then vibrated.

It read: Nice job. Now go to sewer ally 14.

She obeyed the message. She was in sewer 9 so she only had to go through 5 sewer allies.

This is still way too easy, how could he just let me have computer board plans in exchange for me winning a dance competition? No matter how fun it was. FOCUS!'

She passed sewer ally 13 turning the last corner.

'What else could he want?'

She slowed her walking down until she came to a stop. She looked to the wall and it said '14'. Kim pulled out her ponytail and shook her head.

'I'm in the right place. Where is he? Wait… there goes my sixth sense.'

"I know you're behind me." she said.

"Wow. You're good." he responded.

Kim turned around.

"You the trader?" she asked.

"That would be me." he said.

"Well I held up my end of the bargain, now where's the plans."

"Not so fast. I got one more thing."

He whistled.

'I knew this was too easy. Wait, there's something behind me, something bad.'

Kim turned around.

"What the?"

She saw Matt, Jackie, and Inez, each with a buff looking guard behind them holding them back by their shoulders.

Kim turned back to the trader.

"Let them go." she told him.

"You can either have the plans or the kids." he said.

"That wasn't the deal, they shouldn't be part of this." she said pointing at them.

"Well, they are now."

"If I were you I'd let them go. Trust me, I can be a real bad bitch when I want to."

He snorted. "What are you gonna do?"

Kim got an evil look on her face as her eyes darkened.

She pounced on him, and flung him against the wall. She basically pounded him, when she finished he was unconscious. Kim turned around to the six bystanders.

"Put your hands up!" she said in a gruff tone.

The guards put their hands in the air and so did the kids.

"Not you kids."

The kids put their hands down.

"Alright, kids up against that wall, bozos on that wall."

The kids backed up against the right side of the sewer and the guards backed up to the right. Kim walked down the center placing herself in front of the kids and turning to the guards.

"Alright, I know one of you bozos have the plans so give it here, or I will find it." she threatened holding her fist out in front of her.

The one in the middle reached his hands inside his jacket and took out a rolled up paper. Kim snatched it out of his hands and opened it. It was the plans for the computer board.

"Good." she said rolling it back up. "This never happened, and tell your bozo boss the same thing." she said pointing at the unconscious man with the plans. "Got that?"

The guards nodded in fear.

"Good, now get."

The guards started walking off slowly, but Kim stomped her foot as if she was coming after them and the left in a sprint. She then turned around and looked at the kids.

"You guys ok?"

"Yeah, thanks." Matt said.

"I'd hate to be one of them right now." Inez said.

"You would be. I can be very evil when I want to, so you wouldn't want to mess with me." Kim said.

"What are those for?" Jackie asked pointing at the plans.

"A little project I've been working on. It's why I came here; if I went to the party, then I'd get these. I didn't know he would kidnap you guys, I'm sorry." Kim said.

"It's ok. Let's just get out of this sewer." Jackie said.

"Agreed."

The four climbed out of the sewer, and started walking by the carnival games.

"Do you do stuff like that often?" Inez asked.

"Well, I do go to over aged parties and clubs, but I don't trade to get things like this. I usually find my target and trick them into getting the things I want." Kim responded.

"What about the fighting? That was awesome what you did back there." Matt said.

"That's usually more of a last resort, I've only beat up a guy at least three times, not counting on what I did back there or defending Slider." Kim said.

"When did you defend Slider?" Jackie asked.

"Over a week ago, before you kids knew I existed. These guys cornered him and I saved him. You guys should have been there, it was a mess." Kim responded.

"Do you even have a fear?" Matt asked.

"No… well… I must be scared of something if I keep having nightmares." Kim said.

"Still?" Inez said.

Kim nodded.

"There has to be a reason you're having them. You just don't know what it is yet." Jackie said.

"Or what I am dreaming, every time I wake up I can't remember what woke me up, no matter how hard I try." Kim said.

"Well I'm tired, I think we should head home." Matt yawned.

A portal opened up.

"Night Kim." the trio said as they hopped in the portal.

"Night." she responded waving bye to them.

Kim got to her coop and took off heading home.

'Jackie's right, there has to be a reason why I'm having nightmares. I don't think I'm scared of anything, but still it's just too weird. How come I can't remember what the nightmare is? Why me?'

Kim's eyes flickered to the gas gauge and she realized that it was almost empty.

"Crap, I'm not gonna make it back to Control Central." she complained.

The closest cybersite to her was Radopolis.

"Maybe Slider has some gas."

She flew her coop to her friend's garage and parked it. All of a sudden she felt her sixth sense tingling. She ignored it as she grabbed her bag and got out. She went inside and found her friend.

"Hey Slider." she said.

"Kim? What are you doing here, its almost 9:30?" Slider asked.

"I ran out of gas. You wouldn't happen to have any, would you?" she asked.

"Sorry, we ran out. I'd drive you, but my dad took the coop to go help Dr. Marbles. By the way, where is the doc?" he said.

"No clue."

"Figures. I'm guessing you went out, didn't you?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Well one, you hate skinny jeans."

"True."

Silence.

"Why do you do it anyway, I know you hate it, and don't try to lie to me." Slider said.

"It's for a project I'm working on, and I need parts that are hard to come by. It's the easiest way I can get them." Kim responded.

"And why can't you tell me what this project of yours is?" he asked.

"It's my secret Slider, I'm not even close to being done. I'll tell you when it's done, if I tell you then I know you'll wanna help and you might get into trouble." she responded.

Silence.

"Well the gas station is probably closed, so you're welcome to stay here if you want." Slider said.

"Really?" Kim said.

"Yeah, we have a guest bedroom downstairs, so you can sleep there. Come on, I'll show you where it is." he said.

Kim smiled as she followed Slider downstairs. There was a hall with five doors; two on the right, which was the bathroom and Coop's room was. The left side had the kitchen, the guest bedroom, and Slider's room.

"Thanks Slider." Kim said as she walked in the guest room.

"Don't mention it." he said shutting the door.

"Slider?" Kim said.

"What."

"Where do you think the nightmares are coming from?"

"Honestly I have no clue, but you'll figure it out, now try to get some sleep."

"Ok, well night Slider." Kim said.

"Night." he said as he shut the door.

Slider was worried for her, really worried. Her nightmares have been bugging her for a long time. But what bugs him the most is that, when Kim is having a nightmare they seem to go away with any physical contact from him. Anyone else and she attacks them. He found that strange.

Slider entered his room and flopped down on his bed just staring at the ceiling, thinking about Kim's problem. He soon lost his train of thought and fell asleep.


2 hours later….

Kim woke up, her sixth sense trickled down her spine. She checked the digital clock on the nightstand, it read: 11:37.

'Now why would I wake up at 11.'

She sat up and looked around, the room was empty except for her. Kim lied back down and closed her eyes, ignoring her the feeling that someone is watching her.

'Get up, something bad is going to happen! No, I'm just being a little paranoid. Come on, who ever it is, he's right behind you! I'm probably just a little jumpy after what happened in the sewers.'

Kim was close to falling asleep until a hand slapped over her mouth, her eyes snapped open.

'I told you so. Shut up.'


A/N: Hi again, so this chapter is a little slow, I know. The next chapter contains some assault, just to warn you.

*- Spy kids.