As you all probably know already, Kim Possible and associated characters do not belong to me, but to the Disney Corporation. I get no profit from writing these stories other than reading what you the readers think of it.
The only thing that belongs to me in this story is the unknown characters that our heroic duo will run into, many, many times.
Kim Possible
Ultimate Nightmare
"Ron, get the ray!" Kim shouted as she dodged an attack from Shego.
"I'm on it KP!" Ron said as he dodged some of Drakken's goons on the way to the portable death ray Drakken had crafted.
He slid under the legs of the last goon in his way and grabbed the device…just before he slipped and fell on the self destruct button.
"SELF DESTRUCT IN 60 SECONDS"
"No! You Buffoon!"
"Enough with the banter Dr. D, let's get out of here!" Shego said as she grabbed Drakken and dragged him to the hover car.
"Ron, come on!" Kim shouted as she motioned to the door.
"Right, on it!"
The two were running full speed towards the exit as they heard the countdown…
"…5…4…3…2…1…thank you for hitting the self destruct button…"
Explosions started to rock the building as the two dove out the open door and rolled into the landing pad. The lair behind them crumpled into a smoldering mess.
Kim glared at Ron…
"Hey, how was I to know Drakken would put a self destruct button in his lair?" Ron said defensively.
"Maybe because he puts a self destruct button in every lair Ron!"
"Oh right, forgot about that…"
"Well at least the device is fine, now to get it to Global Justice…" Kim said as she started walking across the landing pad.
Suddenly the Pad was illuminated by blinding light, causing Kim to stop where she was and shield her eyes, Ron did the same.
Clack-Clack
Their hearts sank at the sound; they've seen enough movies and documentaries in their life to know what the sound signified…
They both lowered their hands as their eyes adjusted to the light, only to see a semi-circle of men clad all in black in-front of them…all armed with assault rifles.
One figure stepped forward out of the group; he spoke with a heavy Russian accent.
"Hand us the Device Miss Possible…"
"And who are you guys supposed to be?" She asked.
"We are mercenaries, thanks for asking. Now the device…"
"Sorry but that's so not going to happen."
The man sighed.
"Very well, have it your way." He raised his arm, and all the men around him leveled their guns at Kim.
"KIM!"
The sound of gunfire filled the landing pad, Ron watched in horror as Kim was struck multiple times before collapsing to the ground. He dropped the device and rushed to her…
He made it four steps before he felt a sharp pain spear through his left shoulder, and again in his right leg…he collapsed to the ground a few feet from where Kim lay.
The group ceased fire on them as the main figure went to retrieve the device. Ron used the last amount of strength he had to fight through the excruciating pain he was in and crawled to Kim.
Tears were already running down his cheeks as he cradled her limp body in his arms…
"Kim….KIM…!" He cried out as he tried to shake her awake.
"…Ron…" She said very faintly.
"Hold on Kim…please…" He pleaded as he looked into her half closed eyes; blood was covering her top and some of her face.
"…Ron…I love…" Her eyes closed as she went completely limp.
"Nononononono, Kim…Kim…" He started openly sobbing, not noticing the man looming over him until he felt the cold steel of the handgun on his forehead, he looked up at the figure.
"You should've done better…" He spoke before he pulled the trigger…
"NO!!!" Ron screamed as he sat up in bed.
He immediately buried his face in his hands.
Not again, why? Why does this keep happening?
Ron was in a cold sweat; his entire body was shaking so much it stirred Rufus from his restful sleep.
Rufus was deeply concerned at his master's reaction, as he did this two other times tonight alone.
Ron shakily made his way to the bathroom, trying to shake the images he just seen in his dream. He turned the sink on and started splashing his face with water, hoping it would calm him down, it didn't.
It's bad enough that he had this dream to begin with, but it wasn't the first time he had this exact dream, this was his fifth, and his third for tonight alone.
Every time the dreams had been the same, he and Kim went to stop Dr. Drakken and Shego with their new portable death ray, they get the ray, lair blows up, and they find themselves surrounded by mercenaries who end up killing them both.
The only thing that changed throughout the dream was the brutal-ness of Kim's death, each dream it got bloodier and more graphic. Even thinking about it now nearly made him throw up.
He was sure that he wasn't just having these dreams for no reason, no, these dreams had to be an omen of what was to come…and he had to stop it from happening.
Ron sulked through most of the day, the dreams still fresh in his mind, and the final words the Russian man spoke to him…
"You should've done better…"
What did it mean? Was it his own way of saying he could've stopped this if he done something different? He wasn't sure.
Because he had the dreams so frequently Ron knew exactly what he did that led up to the final gruesome ending on the landing pad, so when the real thing came up he knew exactly what not to do.
"Ron? Are you feeling ok?"
Kim's voice snapped him out of his train of though.
"What? Um, yeah sure thing Kim, why wouldn't I be feeling ok?" He said as he looked at her deep emerald eyes.
"Cause you've been moping around all day, like you're trying to figure out some kind of tough problem…" She said as she sat across from him.
"Kim, you know me, I don't do tough problems, and it cramps my style." He said, trying his best to sound like his joyful self, and not the nervous self he was now.
"Ron I know something's bothering you, and I'm going to find out what it is…"
Beep-Beep-Be-Beep
Ron's eyes practically popped out of his head when he heard the familiar jingle.
Oh god, not now, please not now!
"What's the sitch Wade?"
"Reports are circulating that Drakken has build a new weapon he plans on using for global domination…"
Ron nervously grabbed his hair and started grinding his teeth, Rufus looked on concerned; slowly the mole rat was thinking if his human's nightmares had something to do with this upcoming mission…
No, no, don't say portable death ray please!
"And what is this weapon Wade?"
"From what I can tell, it's some kind of Portable Death Ray."
Ron's heart sunk, and he began to turn pale.
"Got a location Wade?"
"All set, you're ride will be there in five…"
"Thanks Wade," She shut the device off and turned to Ron,
"Come on Ron, we'll talk about what's bothering you after the mission." She said as she started off towards her locker and her pair of mission clothes.
"…If we're alive…" Ron said quietly as he started after her.
Ron's hands were shaking as their ride approached Drakken's lair, the entire nightmare replaying in his head over and over again.
It's going to be alright, yeah, just don't do what you did in your dream and everything will be fine, yeah that's it…
"Ron, are you ok?"
"Yeah KP…why wouldn't I be?"
"Well for starters you're sweating, and shaking and pale."
"Huh, must be coming down with something…I'll be sure to take care of it when we're back home."
"Riiight" She said, not believing him.
"We are over the jump site, good luck Kim Possible…" Chattered the intercom.
The two made their way to their helmets and chutes before they headed over to the door.
Kim opened it and stepped back, allowing Ron to jump first.
Ron gulped as he stood in the open doorway.
This is it Ron old boy, no turning back now, make sure she gets home alive…
He took a deep breath and leapt from the door. For the first time ever, he didn't scream at all on his freefall, he was sure this would raise a red flag with Kim but he had bigger things to worry about than freefalling.
Within seconds they were both on the ground outside Drakken's lair. Ron detached his chute and helmet, as he looked up he caught sight of the landing pad. A chill ran through his body as he stared at it. He nervously glanced around them, looking for any signs of the mercenaries, he found none.
"Ron, head in the game." Kim whispered to him as she started off.
"My heads in the game KP…" He said as he stared after her.
"…like you wouldn't believe…" he quietly added.
It was a short walk down the hallway before they reached the main lair section, which was exactly like Ron had expected. Shego and Drakken in the center, with at least a dozen goons on the scaffolding above them.
"…and with this ray, I will force the world to bow to my will, and I will be the supreme ruler of everything!!!"
"Yeah, sure thing doc, these things always sound so fool proof in the beginning…"
"Shego, what do you mean?"
"I mean every time you have a brilliant plan it's always interrupted by…"
"Kim Possible?"
"You got it Dr. D…"
"Ah ha! But this time it'll be different, for you see I've…"
"Still in with the long rants Drakken?" Kim asked as she stepped towards the shadows.
Ron hesitantly stepped out right behind her, his eyes still darted around the room.
"Kim Possible! How did you get here?"
"Are you serious? You never change lairs, your address is everywhere!"
"Blast, foiled by the mail service yet again…no matter, SHEGO!"
"Yeah, I'm on it…" Shego said as she ignited her hands and dove for Kim.
"Ron, get the device!" she shouted as she dodged the attack.
Ah great, so far everything's going exactly as it had in my dream…
"RON!"
He was snapped out of his funk by Kim's voice.
"You can't get the device while standing there can you?" She said as she countered Shego's chop.
"Right, on it KP!"
He started towards the device, making note as to not do as he did in his dream. The first goon dropped down in front of him, instead of dodging him Ron dropped down and did a leg sweep, bringing the goon to the ground. He stepped over the fallen man and was immediately attacked by two others equipped with stun sticks. He brought his arms up to him, indicating he wasn't going to back down, the first one attacked, attempting to shock him with one end of the stick. Ron grabbed the stick and with a quick flick of his wrists he twisted it away from the goon, he then brought the stun end down across the man's back, dropping him to the ground. The remaining goon attacked with his stick, swinging for Ron's head, he blocked each swing with his own stick before he saw an opportunity and kicked the man right in the abdomen before bringing the stick across his back.
With those two out of the way Ron reckoned he should have a strait shot to the device and won't hit the self destruct button by accident. He calmly walked over to the table where the device was sitting.
Why does Drakken put his devices on tables with so many potentially deadly buttons on them? He wondered as he went to pick up the device.
Ah, no self destruct, no mercenaries, and best of all no watching Kim getting shot… He thought as he picked the device up off the table.
"Got it KP!" He yelled as he turned around,
Once he was facing back the way he came he saw Kim grab Shego by the leg and swing her…right at him. He instinctively ducked as Shego came sailing over him and smashed into the table the device was just sitting on.
"SELF DESTUCT IN 60 SECONDS…"
"NOOOOO!!!" Ron shouted in horror.
"Shego! Let's get out of here!" Drakken said as he pulled Shego off the table and into the hover car. Ron stood where he was staring at the panel where the self destruct button was located.
No…it can't be, it just can't be!
"Ron come on!" Kim said as she pulled him away and started running. He was too shocked to say anything.
"…5…4…3…2…1…thank you for hitting the self destruct button…"
They leapt through the open doorway as the building exploded and collapsed in on itself.
"Whew, that was close…at least you didn't hit the button this time…" She said mockingly.
"….yeah…sure…"
"Ron, we're going to have to talk about what's bothering you, its weirding me out…" She said as she started across the landing pad.
She made it two steps before Ron grabbed her,
"Ah, Ron?"
"Let's head back this way Kim…" Ron said motioning in a direction away from the landing pad they were on.
"Ron seriously what is up with…"
She was cut off by a blinding light.
No…please god not again…
Ron started shaking, the device was getting harder and harder for him to hold on to as he peered through the blinding light. Sure enough he saw the semi circle of black clad mercenaries.
"Hand over the device Comrade…" A figure said with a heavy Russian accent.
"And you are?" Kim asked.
"We are mercenaries, we've been paid to retrieve the device, now hand it over."
"Sorry but that's-"
"Sure! Here you go!" Ron interrupted as he tossed the device over to the men.
However no one made an attempt to grab it and the death ray smashed to the ground, destroying itself in the process.
"…oh no…" Ron wheezed, he was on the verge of passing out, he knew what would be coming next.
"You've destroyed the device! Kill them!"
"KIM GET DOWN!" Ron shouted as he grabbed her hand and started pulling her after him, back into the destroyed lair. Gunfire erupted behind them, only this time it missed them.
Ron ducked behind a piece of rubble and pulled Kim along side him.
"Ron just what is going on with you today? Are you trying to get us killed?"
"I'm trying to keep us from getting killed Kim, now let's move they'll find us any second!"
He took off back down the destroyed hallway as more gunfire was heard behind them, followed by someone calling out something in Russian, only he wasn't sure what…Until the grenade landed at his feet.
"Kim lookout!" He said as he dove to the side.
His hand lost its grip on her hand just as the grenade went off. His vision temporarily blurred and he briefly lost his hearing from the concussion. He felt a sharp pain in his right side and he couldn't feel his right leg either. Hesitantly he looked down, only to see that his leg was badly cut up, but still attached to him.
"Kim?" He asked coughing slightly, his vision was still a little blurry.
He spotted her several feet from him, her back was facing him…and she wasn't moving.
Trying to ignore the pain he pulled his way towards her, the tears were already forming in his eyes.
"Kim…" He gasped as he reached her. Slowly he pulled her to face him, terrified of what he might find.
"….Ugh…" She moaned, a good sign to Ron.
"Kim!" He cried as he saw her face,
She was badly hurt, her entire torso was covered in blood and she was very, very pale…
No, Kim please don't die, please don't…
"Kim, stay with me, come on stay awake…" He said through his sobs.
"Ron…"
"I'm here Kim, just stay with me…"
"…I'm sorry Ron…"
"KP you have nothing to be sorry about, please stay with me, I need you…"
"…I'm sorry…" She whispered as she went limp.
Ron was now openly sobbing, he had failed his friend, and now he was going to die for his incompetence and his failure to protect her.
He felt the gun on his forehead, he looked up at the Russian.
"Not bad boy, but you still didn't succeed, maybe next time…" He pulled the trigger.
"NO!" Ron screamed as he sat up in bed, gasping for air.
He quickly looked around at his surroundings, and himself.
"I'm…home…" He panted as he looked at his hands.
"I'm…alive…that means, it was all a dream…" He sighed as he started to relax a bit.
The chatter of his naked mole rat caused Ron to look at his hairless buddy.
"Rufus, what's the matter?"
Rufus made some chatter, most of which Ron couldn't really understand.
"Don't worry buddy, I'm ok now…"
"Really?" he squeaked.
"I'm sure of it, just let me freshen up a bit and I'll be asleep in no time." Ron said as he started towards the bathroom, pausing when he noticed the date and time, which was exactly the same as in the dream when he woke up.
No, that can't be right…
"Rufus, buddy, did I wake up at all before this?"
Rufus cocked his head to the side.
"I mean did I have any nightmares tonight besides the one I just had?"
"Uh huh."
Ron's eyes went wide.
"How, how many?"
Rufus held up his paw, indicating he woke up twice before hand.
"No, no…..that means…" He fell to his knees.
"It's the same day! NOOOOO!!!"
To Be Continued…
Yes folks this is another plot bunny that attacked me, if you haven't figured it out, Ron's going to have to relive his nightmare over, and over again until he makes it so it doesn't end the same way. Sorta like Groundhogs day if you think about it, but not quite. This'll be updated within the week, not sure how long I'll draw this out but more than likely it'll be one more chapter and then end.
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