Kim Possible - Temporal Directives
FF By P.C. Denton
Disclaimer: I don't own Kim Possible, or anything relating to it. Just my thoughts on continuing the story.
My first attempt at a fan fiction. Hope it isn't boring.
Timeline: set post STD, story starts just after graduation.
Prologue
"Kim!" Ronald Stoppable bellowed at the top of his lungs as he dived over a pile debris, barely avoiding the volley of shots the automated energy turrets where firing at him. Rufus the naked mole rat, his best little buddy and pet is clinging for his life to his shoulder."This is bad Rufus, really bad." Daring to take a peek over the barrage of energy discharge from the turrets, Rufus poked his head above the edge of the fallen cement they took refuge behind. Kimberly Ann Possible was at the opposite end of the lab trading punches and kicks with her arch nemesis Shego.
"Hang on Ron, I'm sort of in the middle of something-" Just before she could finish her response a glowing green fist enters the wall directly to the left of her chest, gypsum powder and wood shards flying everywhere.
"I'm sorry Kimmie, I don't think you will be able to help your 'sidekick' out of this one. It looks like this time our dueling will come a very different end." Shego said in her usual mocking sarcastic tone. Shego had Kim pinned with her forearm up against the wall. Putting a little more pressure on Kim, she raised her voice, "What should I do with her Dr D.?"
"Shego! Forget about Kim Possible and her sidekick who's name eludes me. Its time to go!" Dr. Drakken yelled over the intercom system tied into the lab. Drakken was watching the battle from the observation deck overseeing the lab, He didn't look very happy about the way this situation had turned out.
"Oh come on! Its not that hard to remember Ron Stoppable is it?" Ron quipped from behind his hiding place.
"Don't bet on it this ending any way different than every other time Shego." Kim tucked her legs in and gave Shego a quick kick to the stomach, sending Shego into a laboratory workbench with circuit boards piled on top of it. Shego briefly tried to get up but appeared to be out for the count for the time being. "Good always triumphs." Kim quickly shot a glance towards the observation deck, Drakken had already left the room, probably retrieve Shego's unconscious body. Kim shook her head and looked toward Ron, not surprisingly he was in a typical Ron predicament, the automated turrets where blasting away at some debris that Ron was using as cover. "Ron, we have to recover the stolen artifact and get out of here! The lab is falling apart on us!".
"Understatement of the year KP." Ron grumbled. If we are lucky we have maybe five minutes, seven tops before the building collapses completely Ron thought to himself.
Kim started into a low run towards Ron's position and pulled out her trusty cordless hairdryer. Taking aim at the turret closest to her she fired off the grappling hook attachment. The hook pierced the control box array attached to the mounting base on the ceiling, deactivating the turret instantly. With the hook still in place, she retracted the line and pushed off the far wall and into a wide outward arc, her foot impacting the side of the second turret's barrel squarely at its base. Landing into a low roll she holstered her hairdryer.
"All clear Ron." Kim said as she walked over to the pedestal with the stolen artifact on top of it. She carefully placed the artifact in her pocket. Making sure that that her hair was still styled the way it should be, "Ugh, these missions get increasingly dirty it seems." Sighing, she went over to help Ron up.
Ron brushed his shirt and pants off.. "Thanks KP." Ron looked around, the building's structure was declining even more rapidly than before. "What happened to Shego & Drakken? They didn't escape again did they?"
Glancing back at where she had left Shego moments earlier, Shego's body was gone. Tightening her fist "Looks that way Ron, I thought I had dealt with Shego, but it looks like Drakken took her with him. No time to worry about that though, we have what we came for, but we still have to get out of here."
"I have no objections to that. What about you Rufus?" Rufus poked out of Ron's pocket and shook his head and grunted "nuh uh".
Pulling out the Kimmunicator she keyed in Wade. "Wade, we need immediate evac. Whats the ETA on the transport?"
Wade set down his trademark fountain drink cup, "About two minutes Kim, I've sent out a helicopter to pick you both up. You will need to get too the roof of the complex you are currently in. Ive uploaded blueprints to your Kimmunicator outlining the quickest path to the roof, I've even compensated for the collapsed hallways and areas in the complex."
A half smile breaks on Kim's face "Thanks Wade always thinking of everything. Kim out." Stowing the diminutive device, Kim looks back at Ron. "Lets blow this place, time for some quality time shopping at Club Bannana, and after that some Beuno Nacho is in order."
"Booyah! Sounds good to me KP, another mission accomplished. Time for some well deserved chimeritos." Ron turned and followed Kim towards the marked exit of the lab.
"Not so fast Kimmie, you aren't going anywhere." Shego said stepping into view.
Both Kim and Ron turn around slowly to see Shego, clutching her side with her left hand, blood was starting to seep through her jumpsuit. She was pointing a gun of some sort towards Ron and Kim in her other hand. Shego shakily takes aim at Kim.
Thinking quickly Kim spoke, "Shego, think this through. This isn't your style, you wouldn't resort to this sort of thing would you?" I don't like how the situation is going she thought to herself.
Drakken's voice breaks in over the intercom, "Shego! We have to go now! What are you still doing in the lab?"
She stood still for a moment reflecting, her breathing ragged and strained, she finally spoke. "Enough! this ends here and now. Too many times have you foiled Drakken's plans. I'm always the one that loses, for once this will be my victory"
Confident she could still persuade Shego from her irrational thinking, Kim tries again. "We don't have much time Shego, the building is coming down on top of us. You aren't thinking very rationally. Get out of here while you still can." Managing to get it all out, albeit with considerable strain in her voice, they where all running out of time.
Shego's aim wavered, she started to lower the firearm in defeat. "I'll be out in a moment Dr. D. As for you Kimmie, I look forward to the next time we meet." Just then the ceiling started to give, a large chunk of cement fell on the top of the stock of the gun Shego was holding.
"Oh no-" Was all Shego could say before the gun discharged.
"Kim watch out!" Ron yelled as he moved into a defensive stance in front of Kim, there was no way for either of them to get out of the way.
Time seemed to slow for that moment. Kim frozen in horror as the gun's projectile lanced forward towards her as Ron was stepping in front of her. Shego's expression was of shock as Kim could see the gun she was holding must of been damaged from the falling cement. The gun lit up in a bright white light, the glow expanding completely around her, the only tendril extending outward from the orb of pure white light was towards Ron. the light expanding around him too, she could see his face clearly in that moment and their eyes met. For that fraction of a second they both understood that this would be their final moment together with each other. The bright glow grew larger and enveloped Ron completely, just as soon as the orb appeared it had flared out of existence. As quickly as time had seemed to slow, it had returned to normal.
Completely stunned she gazed in the direction where just moments ago Shego and Ron had just been, nothing at all left of either of them. "No... this can't be happening. This isn't happening." Quickly fumbling for the Kimmunicator, she paged Wade with shaking fingers. "Wade! oh my god, Ron is gone... vaporized. Ron just jumped in front... some sort of weapon that Shego... fired off... I.. I..."
Wade dropped his drink, rapidly tapping commands on his keyboard. "What!" Wade eyes went wide in surprise. "Slow down Kim, I'll run some scans of the area, He's gotta be there, I'll find him." Wade's expression suddenly turned grim, turning back to the monitor. "Kim, I don't detect anything in terms of bio-signs period; except for you and what appears to be Drakken, not even a single particle from Shego or Ron. All that I'm picking up is some sort of radiation that I cannot identify other than that the environment is saturated at extremely high levels, I would get out of there pronto, I have no idea what exposure to this stuff will do to you. I'm sorry Kim, but there is nothing more that i can tell you that would be of much use." Wade was trying hard to keep his voice from cracking, he had just lost a longtime friend in the line of duty. "Kim? Are you still with me? Ki-"
Kim fell to her knees, loosening her grip on the Kimmunicator, clacking to the ground. "No..." she murmured. tears welling in her eyes, she brought her gloved hands to her face sobbing.
EOC