Le Petite Journey
Part One: That Shrinking Feeling
A sinister black and purple dirigible hung effortlessly on an unseen waft of air, its dual skids resting just scant inches above the ground. Steel cable strung out from the very tip of the silvery nose hung to an anchor of strong metal jutting forth from the ground. On the opposite end of the airship four shark like fins sprung forth allowing the strange craft to be piloted with some degree of ease. Beneath the hefty air sack hung the gondola with its highly polished light purple cabin; two oversized jet engines gave the craft greater that average velocity. The main door presently hanging open was large enough that a certain degree of cargo could be manhandled inside.
This large man made creation didn't seem out of place in its present whereabouts, a desert waste land. Or if one wished a more accurate indication of where this object was than the middle of nowhere would be a just description. Mountains loomed small in the background with sand and dirt everywhere. The flying grit would eventually work its way into everything was blown about by small dust devils that happened by from time to time. Small bits of greenery dotted the landscape but this was few and far between the only other plant life bounced by, pushed by the same zephyrs of wind.
But the place was not abandoned for man had been here a long time ago. A small shack rose skyward on heavy scaffolding, a ladder to one side allowed personal into this towering observation post. Hunkered down below was a much larger structure; the construction was a domed hut type its possible design was for the repairing of small aircraft. The place was old, rusted and badly damaged; windows looked as though they had been broken inward by vandalistic teenagers, the roof and one wall was smashed like some giant creature had come crashing upward tearing the ceiling from beginning to end sending debris in all directions.
To say it was warm in this desert environment would be an understatement; it was downright hot on this bright and sunny day, not a cloud hung in the air. This was the main reason two figures remained standing in the little shade given off by the taller of the two structures. The male was looking rather dower his arms crossed to his chest; his stance was rigid and tense. He was dressed in a heavy blue lab coat synched at the middle. His dark hair was blown about erratically; the tip done up in a pony tail and secured at the base of his neck. Pants of dark blue matched the coat and his feet were sweating in the black boots he wore. But oddly enough it wasn't his costume that attracted the most attention but it was the colour of his skin which was of a light blue colour, he had never given any reason as to why he was blue but he just was. The only marring feature other than the skin on this blue gentleman was the nasty scar below one eye.
His companion on the other hand was a slight bit shorted than he and a very stunningly attractive woman. Long, thick luxurious black hair fell down well past her hips and managed to look beautiful even in this harsh environment. Her face could be considered very eye-catching if not for the fact that she continuously scowled and glared at everyone. Her strong well muscled body was decked out in a form fitting cat-suit of black and green that looked very warm for the day. But she didn't seem too perspire and looked quite relaxed regardless of the humidity. The skin on her face like the rest of her body was green; the cause was superpowers gifted to her at a very youthful age. She was a cranky smart mouth prone to excessive violence which was why she hung out with the man in blue the other reason was he paid fairly well, she made sure of that.
The eye-catching young lady her hands resting on her hips raised one dark eyebrow and commented "So why are we here again?"
"Well Shego" a nasty grin sprouting as he replied "We are attempting to excavate the shrink ray so as to use it in my next intricate plan to take over the world." When the gentleman said 'we' he meant those henchmen that worked for him. In the rubble several men all dressed in red jumpsuits with black belts, gloves, boots and the customary dark glasses were sweating away attempting to retrieve the a for mentioned device.
Her eyebrow raised even higher "You have a plain?" from the smirk it was clear she was mocking him something she took great pleasure in, unfortunately sometimes it was far to easy.
"I will!" he spat back temper clearly flaring.
"Honestly Dr. D the only reason you want this thing back is that you actually paid for it." still in mocking mode.
"Yes so what if I did." He crossed his arms about his chest trying to show an air of superiority "if none of those goodie two shoes Global Justice types are going to steal it than I might as well take it back. You never know when these things might come in handy."
"Think it'll still work properly after your dog…" she searched for the right word "altered the equipment?"
Turning away Dr. Drakken continued "I can fix it, considering it'll be dried out by now, I should be able to just flick the switch from shrink to grow. It'll be fine." His companions eyes widened in surprise but she remained silent, it could have just been shock.
Things had become quiet all of a sudden in the old hanger and that was not to his pleasure. Swinging rapidly about he took in the seen and was not thrilled. "What you're taking another brake?" he fumed arms flailing about. "You had one a couple of hours ago!" he raged on as he stomped his way towards the disaster area. Beside Shego just rolled her eyes and shook her head but remained under the shade.
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Middleton shopping center, the premier outlet for almost all your everyday needs, sprawled out in multiple directions. Surrounded by a large black tarmac the two story building was not massive like some other malls. But it did hold well over one hundred shops of various sizes for what ever style of fashion you desired; male or female. The only odd thing about the facility right now was the lack of public on this weekend morning, the place wasn't barren but there was a general lack of shoppers.
The fact that most Middletonions preferred shopping in the afternoon pleased Kim Possible, she enjoyed the luxury of shopping without the annoying crowds. It allowed her to browse at a more leisurely pace. The enjoyment was coupled with the knowledge that she didn't have to work, now she did enjoy her job and the paycheck was an added bonus but sometimes having the weekend off was just if not more pleasurable. She was dressed casually today, this made it easier to get in and out of any wardrobe she might wish to try on just to see how it looked on her. And casual meant jeans, a loose fitting blue hoddie and the runners to go with the ensemble.
"Come on Ron, we don't want to miss any sales."
Her poor boyfriend Ron Stoppable was several steps behind and was acting as her carry all, meaning that whatever she purchased he had to carry. Now in all honesty he didn't mind shopping with his beloved for she generally modeled all the clothing for him and asked his opinion on how it looked upon her slight frame. Whether she listened or not was another question. But right now he looked rather frazzled; his brown cargo pants were twisted and bent out of shape. The twist got worse the longer the bags he carried rubbed against them. The red jersey he regularly wore had creases running much of the way through it. But curiously enough the really odd thing about his wardrobe was the tiny pink creature that sat comfortably upon his shoulder. The entity generally known a Rufus of the naked mole rat species normally slept in one of the side pockets of his pet human's pants but there was too much jostling and banging going on, so he sat where it was safer.
"Can we take a break now and get some lunch?" he whined. Rufus heartily agreed, but then again he was always up for something to eat.
"What? We just started." Looking down at the large blue watch like device upon her wrist she noted that the time was indeed well past the hour of lunch and it might be a good idea to sit down and relax a moment before heading back to her conquests. "Ok fine we'll stop for lunch then…" she noticed that his attention was focused on the models in a nearby store front. Hands settling upon her hips she looked at him with annoyance "Ron I'm not wearing that!"
"What?" He had a confused expression for a second then realized what she was looking at "No..no…not that…that." He responded pointing to another manikin the bags drooping from his outstretched hand.
She noticed the one he pointed at and her mouth opened to retort in exasperation but closed quickly upon reflection. It wasn't half bad looking. The colour was definitely not her but they would have others in stock of a different shade. Actually it might just suit her depending on the price. Ron just might be right the garment would be pretty enough to add to her hidden collection of outfits. "Ok but you have to let me buy you something from in there."
Now it was his turn for the jaw to move but nothing to emerge. Several heart beats passed before his brain clicked into what was traipsing through her mind; but eventually a mammoth grin crossed his face and his eyes sparkled. "Ok works for me." He didn't care how much it cost if Kimmy was going to wear it than he would buy it for her.
"Settled then after lunch we come back and continue shopping."
Their smiles were enormous as their bodies pressed together. Kim wrapped her arms around her lover's neck. About her legs she felt the heavy bags crash into her as Ron let his arms wrap themselves about her waist. Eyes closed, bodies snuggled close with lips pressing forward anxious to meet in a display of affection the pair prepared to renew their love for one another.
BeepBeepBeeBeedeet chirped the small blue device attached to Kim's wrist shocking the teens out of what should have been a tender moment. Sighing with a hint of dejection Kim unwrapped herself from her boyfriend as the contraption beeped once more. "He sure can pick the best times to call." She grumbled to her mate.
"You know I think he watches and waits for the right moment."
Kim didn't like thinking about that, she was afraid of just how much of her world was wired into Wade's computer system. "Actually I think he's on salary with dad to keep us from getting too close." Flicking the on switch to the device strapped to her wrist Kim acknowledged the signal. "Hey Wade what's the sitch." She responded as cheerfully as possible.
Through the screen was diminutive the image of a plump coloured boy wearing a light blue shirt appeared before her. "Hey Kim, not interrupting anything am I?" He asked almost as if he knew the answer but was just inquiring so out of politeness.
"No…no we're just browsing through the mall." Jumping slightly she felt a pair of large fingers dance slightly up her back, a little to close to her tickle zone. Hoping the boy in the plastic box couldn't see Kim used her other arm to give a slight elbow shot into the guts of her cute boyfriend.
"Well I've go a track on Drakken." Responded Wade "He seems to be back in the desert near area Fifty One."
"Hasn't he already tried that one before? I so hate when the villain can't come up with a new plot!" Ron rolled his eyes and shook his head, he was so disappointed.
"It doesn't seem like that. According to the satellite it just looks like he's trying to get the shrink ray back again." The youthful teen leaned over the keyboard of his computer banging away at the keys "Couldn't tell you what he wants it for but that looks like what he's after."
"Wasn't somebody supposed to pick that up?" Kim was upset by this revelation, must she do everything herself. She didn't have time or the space to store all the junk that got confiscated from the villain community.
"Guess that one got missed. Well anyway since you two need to be there quick I scheduled a ride, he should be there in about fifteen minutes; that should be enough time for you two to get changed. Good luck." He was rather cheerful with a smile and a wave goodbye as he signed off.
Both teens stared at the blank screen for several seconds then down at the busy food court and over to the shop they had planed to visit after lunch. Together they sighed, shoulders drooping. Ron had let the bags slide to the ground "So put the stuff in a locker?" Kim didn't like the idea of leaving her new prizes in a mall locker but there was no alternative they couldn't make it home in time. "Then lunch?" Ron asked eyes brightly lit smile upon his face.
"No lunch!" she could hear the collective whine from the cheap seats beside her. She wasn't happy about missing lunch either but it couldn't be helped the world had to be saved.
"But…"
"No buts. We'll get something later." Giving him a stern look she waggled her finger before his face daring him to start complaining. Her eyes took in his slumped body as he stuffed his hand into the pockets of his pants and kicked away at an imaginary stone. Then he did the unthinkable and pulled out the last resort weapon. He gave her the puppy dog pout, the action was further amplified by the naked mole rat on his shoulder doing the same facial movement.
She rolled her eyes "Fine we'll get something to go." A cheer in stereo as the pair leapt for joy at the thought of not missing a meal.
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Shego was well past the point of being board. She sat in what was left of the days shade, leaning up against a large wooden beam, long flowing mane was pushed aside and lying in the dust. Gloves had been removed and plopped down on the fold between her crossed legs as she worked her trusty nail file, sharpening her claws. Unconcerned as she was that her employer was wearing a deep grove into the earth with his continued angry pacing.
Not normally known for his patience Dr. Drakken was steaming over the duration of time it was taking to remove his device from its tomb. He hadn't thought Commodore Puddles had done that much damage when the little beast had exited through the building but from the way those inane lackeys worked you'd think they were rebuilding the entire structure. Then it all seemed too happed at once.
Finishing off one length of his trundle down the path he spun around quickly "Hey boss." Drakken shrieked in surprise leaping high into the air before stumbling back down to earth.
"Don't sneak up on me like that!" he bellowed sending forth a shower of spittle coating the poor mans glasses. "Now what do you want?" he had not been in a good mood to start with but being snuck up upon was the final indignation. With this gentleman being the hired help he could vent his frustration. Shego on the other hand would just laugh at him.
"We're done boss." The goon stated wiping the moisture from the goggles.
"It's about time." Drakken began stalking his way towards the remains of the building. "Come Shego." She raised one eyebrow clearly unhappy about being summoned like a lap dog. Sliding the nail file back into the pouch about her ankle Shego slowly slide her gloves back into place and rose to fallow her master not noticing or even bothering to brush the dust that coated her jump suit.
It was not a great distance to the main complex but in the ever shrinking daylight it just seemed to take forever. As Dr. Drakken stormed through what had once been the main doorway he passing large piles of neatly stacked metal roof panels along with other odds and ends. The ultimate result was a smooth pathway that the tiny wheels of the mechanism could easily maneuver through without worry of entanglement or causing the labourers any undo stress. All this effort remained unnoticed as the man in blue marched past ignorant of all the effort involved in making his desires bear fruitarian. "Well what are you waiting for get that thing into the ship." He hollered hands waving frantically in the air his impatience clear.
The thing was massive taking up a large portion of the floor. Two strong solid legs sitting upon absurdly small wheels held the main portion of the device up off he ground. A large sturdy box like section straddled between the legs with a space wide enough that a man or small dog could comfortable walk underneath. In front was perched a circular housing and between the two portions was a dark red accordion like bellows that allowed the two sections to move apart from one another. Scissoring out like a pair of bent legs were two arms that held want looked like a Christmas decoration of brilliant red with a long green coiled wire connecting it to the main circular section. Above this added almost as an afterthought was a metallic awning. Heavy crimson wires jutted menacingly out from the back and connected to the other bits and pieces of the gadget.
That was the main contraption the other two parts were made up of a platform where the intended victim: correction intended target was to be placed. The second was the control panel where all the necessary adjustments would be made in order to get the mechanism to fire and shrink the intended object to the desired height. Once there had been a remote control for the system but where that had gone was anybodies guess.
Dr. Drakken rubbed his wee tiny digits together with glee the things he could do with this contraption, his mind began to whirl at the wondrous devastation that could be accomplished. "Yo Dr. D are you gonna repair this thing since it was your Commodore Puddles who had the little… misadventure with the electronics package." Drakken snapped out of his mental ecstasy grumbling something about Shego always destroying his mellow.
"No I don't think we need to." Her face remained smug but she gave him that look, the one with the eyebrow. "All I need do is switch the device from shrink to enlarge and it should work just fine." Flicking the key he smiled down on her with an air of superiority, arms crossed about his chest legs wide apart, he knew what he was doing.
Albeit the fact that she had seen this sort of thing dozens if not hundred of times in the past her reaction was always the same. Shego's eyes widened with fully dilated pupils, blinking several times before her face could return to its normal exasperated self. "If you're sure about this?"
"Of course I'm sure after all I am a genius."
A nasty barb formed on the tip of her tongue aimed in the general direction of his ego but it was never shot. "Ah Dr. D there seems to be a warning label on the side of this thing." One of the more dim witted henchmen piped forth pointing in the general direction of a dirty faded white label. The border was a red and white barber pole outline, inside a yellow triangle with a lightning bolt sailing through the center. All had observed this colourful image, except of course for the genius himself.
"When have I ever cared about warning labels?" he bellowed but still he took the time to at least skim over the writing underneath the big yellow triangle. The words that entered into his futile mind went along the lines of "Warning this device holds an electrical charge in its core regardless of whether the machine is turned off or plugged into the wall. All repairs should be made by a licensed technician." The writing itself was for the most part in large bold black lettering. "They only put those things there so they can charge you an astronomical fee to come and look at the blasted thing!"
"And goodness knows you wouldn't want that to happen." All eyes looked over to where Shego stood with her arms crossed and not smiling, sometimes it was far too easy. The not so good Doctors response was heady frown and the grinding of his teeth, something he did a lot.
"So what should we do about the thing?"
Spinning around rapidly his finger lancing towards the airship Dr. D roared. "You'll load the blasted thing about the ship!"
"But what about the warning label?"
"Your not taking it apart you'll only be taking it back to the layer!" good help was so hard to find at the price he wished to pay.
"What about Kim Possible?"
"Aaarrrggg…she will not be…." His demeanor changed immediately as his whole body sagged over the thought of his school girl enemy bursting forth and running amok on another one of his plans. He looked about head whirling from right to left trying to find that goodie two shoes pain in his backside. But then he noticed all his dozen or so underlings glancing skywards and as much as he knew he would regret looking he did. "Oh snap." He muttered for there screaming down upon his position was that red headed nightmare and her sidekick boyfriend whose name escaped him at the moment.
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Kim and Ron had been picked up and delivered via a speedy little private plane owned by a gentleman who owed Kim Possible a favour from several years back and was only to happy to repay her kindness with transportation. Instead of landing the pair had heaved themselves out the open door and descended rapidly through the atmosphere before opening their shoots and slowing their decent. The youthful heroine aimed for her arch rival and the only on who posed a threat, Shego. Kim wasn't worried about the hired help or Dr. Drakken for that matter but Shego was another story the green skinned nemesis was her equal in almost all respects.
Still high over the ground Kim smashed the release for her shoot, an instant later the webbing slipped away from her body only to drift off behind her and land in a crumpled heap somewhere in the distance. The dark haired fem fetal had only an instant to react and exit the area before a small booted foot planted itself firmly into her forehead. At the last second Shego twisted her body arching it painfully to one side as she rolled to avoid the attack. Both girls stood across from one another upon the desolate field of battle their faces set with an inhuman snarl, bodies tense and ready, Shego ignited her claws into a flaming menace and the mêlée began.
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Ron descended and only released his shoot upon hitting the ground. He could hear Drakken screaming at his henchmen, urging them onwards. He wasted no time, except to ensuring Kim was alright, she was occupied clashing with Shego, something that seemed to happen an awful lot, while he attempted to ascertain where his distraction skills could best be used. His mind went instinctively to the largest shiniest most complicated contraption present and his eyes set themselves upon the main component of the shrink ray. Grasping the wheeled device by the one massive leg he used all the strength he could muster to turn the thing around and put as much space between himself and Drakken as possible.
Dr. Drakken bawled at his men urging them to onwards. "Come on move that thing!"
"But what about the warning label?" the smallest of the bunch whined.
"Forget the label…"
"But…"
"It's only if you're taking the blasted thing apart!" his voice was now coming out as a shriek his urgency was so great. He would not be caught at this stage of the game. "What are you doing?"
"Uh…unplugging the thing." A thug like man answered holding the heavy electrical cable in both hands.
Throwing his hands in the air exasperated Drakken cried out. "Fine… but get a move on!" His attention turned in another direction as a crash emanated from the far side of the building. There he noticed that his machine was slowly wheeling its way out the door. A high-pitched girly scream echoed through what remained of the building as he chased after his toy. Sliding to a halt he crashed into the side of the device "Oh no you don't." the villain cried out as he began to pull the machine back into the layer.
A tug-a-war began between the two men as they pushed and pulled the oversized contraption about the dirty floor. Drakken turned his blue face back to view several of his henchmen tip back the control panel and lift it into the air with about as much grace as a digger plowing into the earth, another grasped the end of the plug and gave a good yank. Both he and the boy whose name he couldn't remember jumped back surprised as a shock leapt through their fingers. They looked upon one another then to the machine and back at each other surprised that the device had bitten them both.
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The two girls had crashed into each other repeatedly each attempting to crush the other. Fists flew and legs kicked in an attempt to batter the other into submission. Both were well matched in terms of skill, Shego was the larger and more powerful of the two that combined with her nasty glowing claws made her all the more dangerous. Kim was smaller, lighter and quicker the significance was that she could use her superior speed to keep from getting ruined by those nasty claws. It would be a battle concluded only when one girl made a mistake.
Shego made a vicious kick aiming towards her adversaries head the heel targeted at Kim's chin. Kim was forced to back flip out of range giving distance hoping to tire the villainess and make her weaker. But Shego would have none of that her right claw slashed forward, left swung up forcing Kim to twist away from both attacks, the heat of the burning claws scoring her flesh and clothing. Finally Kim felt a bone jarring impact as Shego's small booted foot impacted into her chest sending shock waves through her torso and feeling a nasty bruise form at the point of contact.
Shego smiled viciously until she realized that she was trapped, her ankle was ensnared between the little whelps arms and chest. Ignoring the pain Kim waited just an instant reveling in the moment that her captive become conscious she was in serious trouble. The wait wasn't long enough for Shego to react with her usual viciousness but she knew she was going to feel some pain. The wait wasn't all that long for Kim let her have a nasty kick just above the knee totally unbalancing the rogue. Shego roared in surprise and pain as another blow sent her flying into a large pile of debris distributing the flotsam in all direction covering her completely.
Kim took a moment to look around; Ron was struggling with Drakken over the machine, each pushing and pulling the contraption in hopes of taking it elsewhere. Ensuring her lover was in acceptable condition Kim made ready to ensure her arch-enemy was fully vanquished before taking care of Drakken and his goons. Spinning about to where Shego struggled to regain her freedom, she would need to be taken out quickly for an angry Shego was very bad news. Kim took one step and felt an odd tingle at the small of her back.
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Wreckage was sent flying in all directions as Shego shattered her way through the debris pile, metal and wood crashed noisily as it impacted against the concrete floor. With a heavy howl the dark haired bad girl took a slice out of a nearby small pole sending the smoking remainder through a broken window. Her whole body was tense and angry, eyes and teeth set like a livid wildcat. Scanning the area she looked for her prey with the desire of absolute destruction. But Kim was gone, nowhere to be seen. The only oddity was that stupid side kick struggling with Drakken over that blasted machine and it looked like he might be winning.
She stalked silently over, creeping up behind the poor sap a nasty smirk etched upon her face. Viewing the young lads face she could see the exertion he put into the struggle pulling with all his might attempting to get the machine away from Drakken. It would only last long enough for the hired help to arrive and tip the scales. Or until she did something nasty because he didn't know she was behind him. With one final look about to ensure that teen annoyance was gone she let the Stoppable buffoon have a good dose of green fire into his tender fleshy parts. Rejoicing in his wail of surprised anguish the poor fool leapt high into the air before descending in a crumpled heap on the floor.
"Let's go Dr. D. before that annoying do-gooder shows up again." Shego began pushing the machine in the direction of the dirigible with Drakken hanging on.
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From his unfortunate vantage point on the floor Ron Stoppable watched as the pair of villains rushed off. Opening his closed fist he could view several small tubes, the two ends were made of metal and the central portion was glass, he didn't know what they were but he knew they were part of the machine. Hopefully they were important enough to stop Drakken, at least temporarily, from doing whatever nasty deed he had planned. Slowly achingly Ron rose to his feet before dumping the tubes from his gloved hand into the pocket of his pants; he could ask Wade about them later right now he needed to find Kim. Something must have gone wrong in order for Shego to catch him from behind, literally.
Wandering about the cavernous room Ron called out Kim's name many times but there was no answer. Scratching his head in a confused fashion he wondered where she could be, did she stow away aboard Drakken's ship, she'd done that before. He was quite certain she'd been here when they'd started this little adventure. Thinking about what she'd just done to him, Ron hopped that his girl hadn't been disintegrated by the nasty piece of work albeit attractive in a bad girl sort of way. Looking down into the pocket on his hip he called forth his companion. "Rufus buddy I need you to help find Kim." He gave a little shake just to make sure the little guy was awake.
The flap to the pocket of his cargo pants flopped upwards. The little pink creature let out a large yawn, stretched the muscles of his back and scratched his belly slightly. Looking up at his human pet the naked mole rat waited. "I need you to look under some of this junk to see if you can see Kim." With a crisp salute the rodent leapt from his home away from home and began scrambling about the debris filled room.
Watching as his rodent companion disappeared from view Ron went back to searching. Walking out the main door and around the outside of the building but unfortunately in the barren waste land he could see no sign of his Kimberly Ann. Entering back into the main building again he pried up a few flat pieces of roof that had fallen from on high, it was obvious she wasn't under the paneling but he checked any way. Letting one of the pieces drop Ron decided to call in help. "Rufus buddy I'm gonna call Wade on my cell see if he can get a lock on the Kimmunicator." Dipping his hands into one of the rear compartments on his belt he pulled out his little flip phone, it was old and somewhat banged up but he couldn't really afford a new one; besides this one worked fine if just a little temperamental.
A low whistle attracted his attention. Looking downward he could see Rufus standing in the dust. "Hey Rufus I was just gonna call Wade….oh no!"
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Kim pushed herself slowly off the ground. Every muscle, every joint in her body ached something fierce. Her mind still whirled around in her skull turning the world fuzzy. Covered in dust from the earth beneath she stumbled backwards falling back into the harsh terrain. She could remember a warm feeling on her back and then everything went south in a hurry. Kim knew she needed to rise before Shego attacked again.
A massive crashing rang through out and a massive chunk of debris sailed through the air. Kim her mind still clouded flipped back many times to avoid the impact. Spinning in place she waited for her rival to come at her once more, but something didn't seem right. Shego looked far more massive than Kim remembered. The villainess towered into the skyline, firing up her green claws ready to tear apart poor young Kimberly. Even though Kim stood in the center of the floor highly visible the bad girl didn't notice her.
Looking over at the two boys struggling over the machine Kim knew immediately what had happened; somehow she had been struck by the beam and reduced to miniature. This was so not good.
Even from this view point she could see the confused look knotting Shego's brow, the fact that the scoundrel couldn't see the tiny figure right before her was probably worry sum but Kim could only watch as Shego shrugged and stalked over towards the dueling men. Kim started to run hoping to catch Shego before any harm was done to the man of Kim's dreams. But it was futile, for every one step the rogue did Kim was forced to do one hundred and it wasn't long before she was well behind.
Wincing Kim turned away and covered her eyes as Ron let out a squeal, sailed through the air only to land in a heap near a corner of the building. Still running Kim abruptly skidded to a halt and dove for cover as Shego, oblivious to her nemesis's presence barreled down on Kim hastily pushing the device ahead.
Pulling the grapple forth Kim took aim at the retreating figures. The charge fired and the metal prongs sailed forth trying to catch hold of the machine so as to let Kim stow aboard unseen. But the cord played out jerking in her hands as its length fell far short and the end falling uselessly in the dirt not far away. Standing ineffectively with dust coating her costume the whir of the gun in her hand as the grapple recoiled back into it housing. Her only thought was on how much worse could this day get.
She watched her main squeeze rise from the heap he had landed in and wobbled to his feet, rubbing the sore area where Shego had struck him. Shaking his head as he watched the blimp fly away she could see him begin to scour the place, most likely looking for her. Barley hearing the words mumbled into his pants pocket she began walking the incredible distance towards him. Rufus popped out and began scouring in the opposite direction.
Calling out and waving her arms about Kim hopped to get the attention of her lover but it was no use he wasn't looking for a spec on the floor. She smiled as he paced towards her, calling forth her name out loud. Kim bounded forward waving her arms hoping to attract his eyes her way. Her demeanor changed as his feet grew in size, bearing down upon her position. The ground rumbled and clouds of dust kicked up as his heal ground through the dirt.
Panicking she was forced to leap for her life as one giant foot crashed down on where just moments ago she had been standing. Still lying in a swirl of dust Kim felt hurt as her boyfriend stalked away, she knew her hadn't seen her but a slight pain welled up inside as she might be left behind, especially if he figured she stowed away on the blimp. Rising once more Kim almost felt the need to race after her love but decided against it, she'd wait until he returned and snag him with her grapple. He would either notice the extra weight or his pants would fall down.
A slight scuffle in the dirt pulled her attention back to her little area of filth. Seemingly towering to her right was what appeared to be the biggest rat she'd ever encountered. His deep glaring red eyes regarded her with no more worth than that of a small unwanted creature that'd entered onto his turf and needed to be gotten rid of. Thick heavy black fur was matted and filthy, long thin teeth jutted forth from a scarred jaw. Clawed fingers were gnarled and brownish pink in colour, long thick ugly tail studded with strands of fur. His nose and whiskers bristled in her direction. Skulking down on four limbs he moved around for a better vantage point.
Immediately Kim entered into battle mode, adrenaline kicking into high. She didn't doubt she could beat this hideous creature but if it managed to get her with those claws or teeth it would be over. At this size the problems she's encounter later with the diseases he carried could be fatal, a rabies needle along would kill her.
Kim launched a furious kick aimed at the creatures head. It twisted and dodged allowing her to only strike at his solid shoulder. Long snout lashed out snapping at her leg as she retreated. It was faster than it looked as it leapt for her with its whole body. Evading Kim rolled beneath the massive form, striking upwards with her fist. Hunching down waiting as the creature slithered around facing her, its demonic red eyes glairing at her. Commencing another massive attack it mammoth body leapt forward and Kim was encouraged to remove herself from the present position.
An immense blur of movement knocked her from where she had been standing and for several seconds a horrendous amount of screeching rent the air. Rufus stood between her and the monster. The two rodents were situated not more than a hands space between one another. The naked mole rat stood on his hind legs puffing himself up looking more fearsome than she had ever seen. He was slightly larger both in height and girth; thank goodness for a diet of Nacos, than his foe and his main teeth were by far larger. Shoulders were tense and his claws hooked inward he snarled and spat at the other rodent.
The other creatures stayed hunched over low to the ground, his nostrils taking in the seen. Hissing through clenched teeth its upper lip twitching slightly, but Rufus never left her side. Finally the dark creature decided it was over matched and slunk away. Still unmoving Rufus waited until the other rodent was completely gone from sight before turning back to Kim
A sigh of relief left Kim as she wrapped her arms around the naked mole rat; she could have defeated the other rodent but its best to thank ones benefactor. Kim only came up to the little creatures chin and her arms couldn't make it all the way around his waste but that didn't matter she was happy to see him as his little claws gracefully rubbed her back. The other reason, Ron would never leave Rufus behind.
A low whistle attracted her attention. Looking over she could see Rufus waving one little paw in the air. "Hey Rufus I was just gonna call Wade….oh no!" the little creatures human pet muttered at the sight below him.