The Line

There is Good and there is Evil, both are words that have different meanings to different people. There is supposed to be a line between the two but it is not always so easy to find.

This is the story I promised in 'Making the Man,' it's a story about what happens when Ron crosses that line. I hope you enjoy it.

And as always, Please, Read Review and Enjoy!

Chapter 1; Something Different

Ron walked down the halls feeling a tad... off. Thinking about it he had been feeling off sense last night, after getting caught up in that blast with Drakken. Ron narrowed his eyes as he focused more on it, his mind no longer a jumbled mess of scattered thoughts all trying to be heard all at once.

'I feel less... restricted, like something that was once there is gone.' Ron thought to himself, not noticing that he had he had just entered D hall. 'What is it?'

"Hey there Stoppable," came a low voice that Ron was sure had to be from a man in his late twenties. Turning to look at the two morons of D hall, the first being the one who called him; Mark, a tower of a man that looked like he could only just fit in the halls without having to hunch, the other; Pat, a dwarf of a dwarf that had a voice so high Ron was sure that it could shatter glass if he wanted to. "Nice jacket." Mark said with a sneer.

"Heh, yeah, nice jacket," Pat, giggled to himself, as though he knew a joke that Ron didn't. Ron knew right away where this was going.

Looking at the jacket he was wearing, a gaudy leather thing he picket up at Smartymart thinking that it would help his chances at finding a date to his cousin's wedding, Ron scoffed as he took it off and handed it to Mark, "Here, have fun." he said in a bored tone as he walked off. 'I think I'm just going to skip all none sense anyway, I know they don't really care for me and I really don't want to deal with that little fuck.'

The two goons looked at one another before they grinned as Pat said, "Hold it Stoppable. Let me just say, thanks for the jacket," Ron saw Mark walk up to him and crack his knuckles, "so while you're in such a giving mood, why don't you just be the loser that just keeps on giving."

Ron gave the two a dull stare before saying, "Alright, why don't I start by giving you two some advice." Turning to Mark he said, "You look and sound like you're pushing thirty but you don't have the common sense of a cat cleaning itself on the high way. If I were you I'd just give up on school at start washing cars, eleventh time is not the charm when it comes to graduating."

Ron turned to Pat before saying, "While smarter than him," he pointed to the raging goon, "you are so short I'm surprised Barkin doesn't make you wear a flag while you walk down the halls. If you pay attention in class and stop using that oaf to push others around you might be able to at least be a manager if a convenience store in, oh thirty years."

As the lumbering oaf lunged at him, wanting nothing more than to crack his skull, Ron was a hundred and ten present done with them both. Moving faster than either could react to Ron rushed forward and kicked Mark in his manhood and while he bent over he grabbed him by the head and slammed him into a locker so hard it was forced open.

Pat paled as he saw his friend get knocked around and was about to run off when Ron grabbed him and slammed the locker door on his head repeatedly before finally tossing him off to the side and walking off, leaving the two 'boys' to groan in pain.

Ron walked into the class room and groaned when he saw who would be teaching it, the vice principal Steve Barkin. He had nothing personally against the man, though he was positive the man had something against him, he was just getting tried of having to see him almost every other day. "You have something you want to say Stoppable?" he asked in his usual gruff voice.

"Why is it that every time the school needs a sub they get you to teach rather than hiring an actual sub?" Ron asked not mincing words, he didn't say it in a rude or condescending way, just as a direct question.

Barkin sighed as he turned around and started writing on the blackboard, "Budget cuts. Because of my military back ground and my adaptability the school board has decided to instead have me cover them." Ron gave a curt nod as he walked back to his desk.

The class was dull, the first three always were sense he didn't have Kim in any of them, and for once Ron didn't really need to pay attention. He sat in such boredom the he actually reached into his bag and began reading his textbook, then another, and another still. By the time the class had let out Ron had managed to read the three text books that he brought with him as well as two others from open backpacks around him, cover to cover and remembered all of it.

Walking to his next class Ron had a thought and asked the teacher about letting him skip class and letting him have a study session in the library, to his great surprise she said yes. For the first time in his life Ron had an actual thirst for knowledge, particularly mechanics and meteorology and a few other things.

When the bell rang again Ron walked out and began thinking over everything he had read. 'It would be rather easy to build if I had the right equipment, even still would it be worth the time?...' While thinking he ran into someone and knocked them over. Under normal circumstances Ron would have felt bad and tried to help them up, but considering who it was he knocked over he really didn't care.

"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING LOSER!" Bonnie screamed as she stood up. Ron, without even sparing a passing glace, side stepped her and continued walking. "Where do you think you're going Loser?! Don't you think you should apologize to me?!"

Ron stopped when he was met with a wall of jocks, with a groan of annoyance he said, "Not really, I doubt you would extend the same curtesy." Bonnie as well as everyone else around was surprised by the tone of voice Ron was using, it was calm and level in spite being surrounded by a group of his betters, that being the football team and all the cheerleaders save for Kim and Tara.

"So what?" Bonnie said, not wanting him to think that he intimidated her, "Who cares if you're knocked to the ground, you're just some stupid nobody. I'm the top of the food chain, the most popular girl in the school. And you? You're just the idiot the idiotic sidekick that's only claim to fame is that you best friend is Kim Possible."

Ron's eyebrow twitched as he turned around and looked at Bonnie, who seeing he was effected started to really lay into him, never noticing that he was walking up to her. "How does it feel to know that no one really likes you, they're all just putting up with you because of Kim. You can't do anything without her and you-"

A choking sound came from Bonnie as Ron grabbed her bay her neck and held her in the air, slowly squeezing so that she wouldn't pass out to soon. The group watched in horror as Bonnie kicked and gasped of air, none being able to step in and stop it, even the football team was frozen in place.

Probably the most terrifying thing about all of it was the look on his face, Ron was completely calm. No anger, no joy, nothing, he was simply watching Bonnie struggle to hold on to her life as though he was watching a leaf fall from a tree. Even as she slowly began to turn blue with tears leaking from her eyes, no one dared to move.

Ron suddenly released the girl in his grasp, dropping her unceremoniously onto the ground. Bonnie gasped for breath as she held her neck, she had never been so scared in her life. Leaning down he got so close to her face she could feel his breath on her face.

"You were right about one thing," Ron said in an eerily calm voice, as though he wasn't just choking the life out of her, "I am just a sidekick now, but don't think for an instant that that means that you're in some way superior to me." Slowly running his hand up her neck he laughed lightly as he said, "I want you to never forget the feeling of my hand around your throat, because I want you to know that any time I want... I can and will take your worthless life."

Standing up and ignoring the growing puddle of urine coming from shaking girl in front of him Ron turned to the group of cowards and gave a smile so full of malice that one of the cheerleaders actually fainted in fear. "And make no mistake, I m not just talking to this piece of human garbage, that go for all you filth as well." Turning around with his hands in his pockets Ron walked off with one last parting sentence, "Oh, and have a nice day."

*In the lair of Dr. Drakken*

"Who wants more cocoa moo?!" Came the bright and chipper voice of the resident evil genius Dr. Drakken, who was currently serving chocolate milk and cookies to some of the henchmen. The sound of annoyed stomping could be heard as Shego walked in and plopped down on one of the chairs. "Something wrong Shego?" he asked as he handed her a plate full of cookies and a mug of chocolate milk.

Shego wanted to reject the damn things but they did smell good, and besides she had just spent the last half hour working out her frustrations in the gym so she could use the recharge. Taking a bite out of her cookie she said, "Err, I can believe it! That damn thing managed to... wow these are really good," she said this with a surprised look while Drakken beamed, "... anyway, apparently that thing that you used to try and make yourself more evil..."

"The Attitudinator?" Drakken asked.

Nodding and taking another bite she said "Yeah, it apparently transferred you evil nature to Stoppable. Looking at you now it's a good possibility that you managed to get something from him..."

"I got something from Ronald?" Drakken asked as he smiled at her, much to her irritation, "I simply must get him something in return!"

It took far more energy than it should have for Shego to stop herself from smacking him upside the head, far more. She did manage to pick up on something though, 'So he does remember the sidekick's name, he must just pretend to not remember out of spite...' she thought as she turned around, grabbing him by the scruff of his shirt as she did so. "Come on Dr. D, we have got to get you back to normal before I do something drastic."

*Back at Middleton; in the VP office*

"JUST WHAT WERE YOU THINKING STOPPABLE!?" Barkin roared at the blonde boy who, aside from an annoyed look at the shouting, was completely disinterested in what was happening. "Tell me boy, what on this man's green earth made you think you could get away with attempting to kill another student."

"I have no idea what you're talking about Mr. Barkin," Ron said in a bored tone, "I didn't 'attempt' anything."

"The entire football team as well as most of the cheer squad seem to think otherwise." Barkin snapped as he glared at Ron, not believing a word from his mouth. Truth be told the only reason he hadn't already jumped at Ron was that his military instincts were screaming at him to back off as quickly as he could. "And I believe them right now."

"Why should now be any different?" Ron asked in a darker tone as he glared at Barkin, causing the man to back up quickly. A sadistic smile crossed Ron's face as he said, "Alright, I can already tell you won't listen to anything that I have to say so I guess I'll see you all in court."

Barkin almost smiled in victory until Ron said something that made him pause in confusion, "I do wish you good luck though, after all it's yours and the word of star players that have a tendency of pushing others around against mine, a boy who often risks his life saving others all around the world."

In an instant Barkin paled as what Ron said clicked in his mind, "N-Now hold on Stoppable..."

"And of course you have no video evidence either," Ron said as he got up and started walking towards the door, "if you did I doubt that you would try and intimidate my yourself and try t get me to confess. Though, even if you did, I could easily counter with the same evidence." Ron turned and looked Barkin right in the eye, "While you may not have the video proof of what you say I did, there damn sure would be of everything they've done to me. Funny that you've never really looked into any of the time's I've reported the abuse."

"I-I..."

"Oh I know that you can't have your star quarterback and his lackeys thrown off the team, costing Middleton any sort of victory, but if you're going to try and press charges on one of their victims that fought back you had better make sure they aren't smart enough to tear you down." And with that said Ron walked out and shut the door on a very stunned Barkin.

As Ron walked out the front doors he locked eyes with the team and Bonnie, all of whom began to shake slightly as Ron smiled brightly and waved before walking off. While walking home, having decided to skip cheer practice for the day, he began to really think about everything that he had done today, most of which without Kim.

'Let's see,' he thought with a sinister smile, 'I finally settled the score with Mark and Pat, read threw every useful book in the library, choked out Bonnie in front of the whole football team and most of the cheer squad, and finally told off Barkin and got him to shut up for once.'

Ron's face scrunched up as he thought on this more, 'Why though? I won't deny how good it felt and if given the chance I'd do it again, hell I'm tempted to go back and see if I can get Bonnie to wet herself again, but why?' Crossing his arms as he walked threw his front door, ignoring the note his parents left for him, no doubt telling him about so random place they had to go today without telling him first.

Plopping himself on his bed Ron stared up at the ceiling while Rufus chittered angrily at him about everything he had done today. Ron gently pet his friend's head as he said, "I don't get it Rufus, I've finally done everything that I've ever wanted to do but I'm questioning why I did today and not sooner."

Rufus crossed his arms and tapped his tiny paw on Ron's chest while he thought before snapping his claws and chittering out a quick, "Drakken!"

Ron smiled as he said, "Yeah, this did all start after dealing with that moron didn't it? Hmm... it was probably when that thing on his head exploded..." Ron started laughing a bit as he figured it out, "Oh this is going to be great." Setting Rufus in his cage Ron looked at him and said, "You might want to stay in here for a while Rufus, I'm planning on seeing just how far I can take this."