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Middleton Rising
Chapter 1 – Home Ain't What It Used To Be
In the airspace a few miles outside Middleton, a helicopter was approaching said town, a town that was known for many things, but to this day is most well known for being the home and birthplace of teen heroine Kim Possible.
Of course 'teen' heroine was no longer accurate, it had been 10 years now since a rather nasty alien invasion has almost brought Middleton to it's knees and said heroine had graduated from high school, so naturally the place looked somewhat different than it did back then after being rebuilt, a fact not lost on the helicopter pilot who was nearing the town.
"Man, amazing how much a place can change in 10 years, ain't it?" The pilot struck up conversation with his sole passenger.
"Maybe, but I say the place still has some of it's old charm." The passenger remarked as his attention was momentarily occupied by a fast food building with a giant sombrero for a roof.
"Speaking of which...." The pilot had been wondering about this for a while now. "What made you decide to return home after all this time Don?"
The passenger turned his attention to the pilot with a frown on his face. "Ugh! It's Ron, Ron Stoppable!" He exclaimed in mild annoyance "Photojournalist of tomorrow! Remember that name because once I follow up this anonymous tip that something big is going down here in Middleton I'll get the scoop and be famous!" Ron exclaimed with gusto and a big grin on his face.
But then he slumped a bit and frowned. "Besides, I need a big story to sell soon or I'll be broke." He sighed and went back to looking over his former hometown. The pilot looked over his shoulder at Ron.
"You must be desperate to come all this way on an anonymous tip!" He got a good laugh out of this nugget of info. "Oh well, at least you had enough money left to pay me this time!" He turned his attention away from Ron and back to the skies, mumbling to himself "Hmph, 'Owe me a favour' my ass!"
Ron barely managed to overhear the pilot's mumbling, momentarily abandoning his little sightseeing tour, he recalled the time he went with Kim on one of their many missions, this particular one to stop Señor Senior Jr. from stealing the Crown Jewels of England, until the rich idiot realized he was in the wrong country and had attacked a film set instead.
'Heh, a shame that film never got made.' Ron mused, remembering that shortly afterwards, the famous movie director Jimmy Blamhammer had suggested a Kim Possible movie be made.
'Oh well, it's in the past now, like so many other good things' Ron's reminiscing was to be cut short however.
"Damn! What the hell? Is that the army?" The pilot exclaimed. Ron immediately turned his attention to the streets below and zoomed in with his camera. Armoured cars and soldiers in full combat gear could be seen posted at many of the roads leading into Middleton.
"Looks like they've closed off all the roads leading into town, coming in by helicopter was the way to go after all." Ron pointed out, thankful he hadn't wasted what little money he had left. Also, he knew his anonymous tip must be accurate now and was glad he didn't dismiss it right away.
"Bring me closer to the centre of town, I wanna see what they're hiding." Ron was getting anxious now, perhaps this would be the big break in his career at long last.
The pilot pressed on and quickly noticed something on the ground below. "OK Mr. 'Photojournalist', I think you're gonna want to get a shot of whatever's goin on down there!" He pointed to the ground below and to the right.
Ron switched from the left side of the helicopter and zoomed in with his camera, at first all he could see was a few random people littering the surprisingly empty looking streets, while this was odd it was hardly newsworthy.
Just moments later however, something caught his eye. "What's goin on down there, some kinda riot?" The pilot had also apparently noticed the white car surrounded by a huge mob of people, there had to be at least 20-30 of them all surrounding the car and on it's roof a lone man was trying desperately to fend off the mob.
The man on the car then noticed the helicopter Ron was on and waved at it, perhaps in hope of a rescue, but it was too late, as one of them quickly pulled the man off the car from behind. 'OK I'm getting some serious spikes on my weird-ar here, what's was their problem?'
Both Ron and the pilot had no idea what to make of the situation. "Keep going, I gotta get to the bottom of this!" Ron insisted, but deep down, he was worried about his old friends and family who still lived here. 'I hope Mom, Dad and Hana are safe from all this. Not to mention the Possible clan, maybe they're trying to fix this mess?'
More odd sights greeted the pair as the helicopter continued on, another mob, this one even larger than the last, surrounding a school bus this time. 'Damn! Hope I brought enough film, this is getting a little crazy!' Ron thought to himself as they approached a nearby Gas Station.
Which to their surprise, suddenly exploded!
"Holy shit! That was too close!" The pilot was quite shaken by the close proximity of the explosion, any closer and they might have been engulfed in the flames themselves!
'No kidding, but at least I got this awesome shot of the explosion, booyah!' Ron seemed less fazed by the inferno, having seen plenty of explosions up close in his lifetime, at the same time however, he hoped no-one was seriously hurt by the blast.
"I gotta take her up for a sec, hang on!" The pilot made the helicopter ascend to get clear of the smoke before heading on to the next destination, Middleton Mall. Judging by the number of people surrounding the mall and littering the car parks, Ron surmised that some answers to this crazy situation might lie inside. "Hey can you get me onto the rooftop of the mall?" Ron pointed out the helipad on the roof.
The pilot looked at Ron briefly like he'd grown an extra head. "Are you outta yer mind?" He was seriously contemplating turning the chopper around and getting the hell out of there.
"Maybe, but I'm not gonna get my story unless I head in there." Ron tapped the pilot on the shoulder. "Just don't forget to come back for me OK? Pick me up in 3 days, by then, Ron Stoppable will have the scoop of the century!" The former teen hero sidekick seemed rather eager despite the situation. 'You just wait and see KP, I'll make a name for myself yet! I'll be someone you can be proud of!'
"I must be crazy!" The pilot muttered to himself before agreeing to Ron's request. "OK, I'm heading in, get ready!"
Unfortunately, 3 army choppers appeared in front of them and seemed to object this decision.
"Son of a bitch!" He barely managed to swerve out of the way of a nearby chopper, causing Ron to fall down into a sitting position.
However this action led them away from the mall. "Hey, circle around, get back to the mall!" Ron exclaimed, he was not gonna miss this opportunity!
"I'm working on it!" The pilot swerved around to try for another shot at the mall's helipad.
Ron didn't have time to add anything further as out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the box carrying his more advanced photography equipment sliding out of the helicopter. He made a lunge for it, but it flew straight out of the helicopter before he could reach it. 'Aw man! That stuff was expensive!' He wished he still had his Naco royalties when crap like this happened.
"Hey, I hope you're ready back there, we only get one shot at this!" The pilot was closing in on the big white 'H' fast. Ron quickly stood up, he would have to jump out if he was gonna get into the mall.
"OK, no biggie, I've jumped out of many various flying machines before, this should be no different" Ron whispered to himself, bracing for the jump. 'Although I tended to have a parachute or a jetpack those other times.......OK not helping!'
The pilot got as close and as low he could, Ron took a deep breath..........
............and leapt out!
"WHOOOOOAAAAAAAHH!" Our blonde hero screamed as he jumped out. My that helipad was coming up really fast! "Oof!" He rolled a bit on impact before landing in a rather undignified heap, "Ow." fortunately nothing was broken from the fall. 'Definitely better to do that with a parachute.' Ron looked up and witnessed his ride speeding away with the army choppers in hot pursuit.
"I hope he can get back here to pick me up." Then realization showed on his face, like he'd remembered something important a little too late. "Oh man! I should of asked him to pick up a Naco meal on his way back! Awww!" Reluctantly pushing that aside, Ron got up, dusted himself off and prepared to head inside until something stopped him.
"Any landing you can walk away from is a good one, right?" He wasn't alone on the roof, as he noticed next to the doorway leading down into the mall the source of the low, deep sounding voice with an accent Ron couldn't quite place, 'Not from around here, that's for sure.' He took a mental note of his appearance.
Tall muscular fellow, with tanned skin, and long black hair done up in a ponytail, dressed in a white shirt and black jeans. Ron could also make out a scar on his face, running vertically down his right eye and some kind of pendant around his neck.
"Yeah, but I'd say this was one of my better landings." Ron remarked with a bashful chuckle, remembering the countless other times he had jumped out of an aircraft. 'At least my pants didn't fall down this time!'
The stranger resumed speaking and asked "You a photographer?"
Ron walked a bit closer to the stranger "Yep, that's me, Ron Stoppable, freelance." He announced with a grin.
"You.........came alone?" The stranger was seemingly confused, surely no-one would be crazy enough to come here without any kind of support?
"Yeah, I tend to fly solo nowadays." Ron replied, his mood slightly dampened as he was again reminded of his teenage years as part of Team Possible. Shaking his head clear of such thoughts, Ron decided it was time he got to business and started asking some questions.
"So do you know what's goin on in this town? At first I thought it was some kinda riot, but then why would the army close off all of Middleton? Kinda like a quarantine or something. Besides, it's too quiet."
The tanned man then approached Ron. "Almost as if......" he paused before stopping just a few inches in front of Ron. "...everyone's already dead?"
Ron raised his eyebrow and regarded the stranger in suspicion "I guess so." He was getting weird vibes from the individual.
"There's a very good reason for that." The stranger continued "For you see my friend, this place..." he leaned down and whispered in Ron's ear "...is hell." After this cryptic revelation, the strange man walked back and resumed his position of leaning against the wall by the door. "If you want some answers, they all lie in there" he said, gesturing to the door.
Ron decided he had wasted enough time with somewhat creepy stranger. "Well, guess I'll be off then, bye Mr.?" but the man turned his head away, clearly not wanting to talk any more so Ron shrugged his shoulders and went inside. 'OK, Mr. Creepy dude can stay here if he wants, I have a story to find!'
Only when Ron was out of earshot did the man speak again. "Goodbye Mr. Stoppable, enjoy the show."
End of Chapter 1
Author Notes
Thus ends the first chapter of my first ever story. Hope you enjoyed the unique crossover setting so far.
A few things to note :
1) I'm not sure if I made this clear enough in the chapter, but the helicopter pilot is the same one that appeared at the beginning of "......and the mole rat will be CGI" I put him in for the hell of it, plus he was also wearing shades IIRC, just like the Dead Rising pilot.
2) The stranger on the helipad is a new character I made to replace Carlito, but you might be surprised at the direction I take with this guy.
I've had this idea rattling around my brain for a while now, but I've only recently started expanding it into a fully fledged story. I already have a pretty good idea which Dead Rising roles are gonna be reprised by which KP characters, but I'll keep them a surprise for now.
Now this is my real attempt at any kind of fanfiction whatsoever so feedback is very important for me if I am to continue or improve at all.
Also, no beta readers were used for this chapter, but I'll gladly accept some for future chapters.
This is rtaku signing out, toodles! ^_^