Normally I would have updated my BioniKim story next, but I guess ideas for this story were flowing more readily. Fear not though, as I will update "BionKim: Oblivion" the next time.
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Disclaimer: Once again, no own Disney characters. Also a warning about this chapter, as there are some intense scenes, to say the least.
Chapter 2
Kim's lips mouthed his name at the same time that Moriarty said it, and then the screen went blank and the game console powered off. Kim slowly raised her Kimmunicator up and looked at Wade, who was still on the small screen.
"Wade… I think we have a serious sitch here."
…x x x x…
Almost immediately Wades fingers flew across his keyboard and after only a few seconds he spoke. "Kim… I don't get this. Moriarty is still in his holding cell at GJ's facility."
"Well either that's not… him… in GJ's cell Wade, or we've got a really good imposter." Kim suppressed a shudder, as she couldn't bring herself to say the man's name out loud, and she subconsciously rubbed at her thigh where one of Moriarty's goons had shot her not so long ago. "Can we actually have someone at GJ check and see if he's still actually there?"
"I'll put in a request to Dr. Director. I'm sure she wouldn't mind." This time Wade typed on another keyboard off to one side, sending the request via an email marked 'Urgent'. "I'm also running a toxicity scan on your house Kim to see if there's anything I missed. It will probably take about 30 minutes, give or take 5."
"That will give me time to go break the news to Ron that the man who tried to kill him is on the loose, and that it looks like he want's me to kill Ron for him."
"Good luck with that. I'll give 5 to 1 odds he passes out 30 seconds after you tell him."
Kim gave Wade a glare. "Wade, that's not funny."
"Sorry Kim, just trying to lighten the mood."
…x x x x…
Ron took the news better than Kim had originally expected.
"He did WHAT, and he wants you to WHAT?" Ron almost screamed, and then started to hyperventilate.
"Please Ron… don't get too excited here now. We have…" Kim checked the time on her Kimmunicator. "An hour and forty-five minutes before his deadline. I say we come up with a plan and try to implement it in about half an hour. Wade's checking my house with a more intensive scan, and I need to wait for those results anyway. According to his estimate, it should be done in about 10 or 15 more minutes."
Ron started to calm down, and almost immediately his face told Kim that he had an idea. "Kim… I learned something from Sensei when I was at Yamanouchi that I think might work in this situation. Rufus buddy…" Ron looked down to his pocket at his pet Naked Mole Rat. "Sorry, but you'll have to sit this one out. I think you'll understand once you hear my plan."
For the next 10 minutes Ron told Kim what the plan was, and at first she had a frown on her face. But as Ron continued to explain, her frown slowly turned into a grin, and then an outright smile. While Ron was explaining his plan, Kim had her Kimmunicator on so Wade would know what was going on as well.
"It's simple enough, yet there are parts that I'm not too comfortable with Ron, but I think that it's a solid plan and we should go ahead and do this. I mean, who's to argue against a wise Sensei who has presided over a secret Ninja school for untold years and saw action in both World War 1 and 2?"
Wade was next to speak from Kim's wrist Kimmunicator. "Hey Kim… My toxicity scan is done, and you're not going to believe this." He paused for a bit, and when there was no reaction, he continued. "A type of knock-out gas was used to temporarily knock out your family so they could be taken. It's a derivative of Fentanyl, which was theorized as the agent used in October of 2002 in Russia when they had a serious hostage crisis. It's my guess that there wasn't any pizza in that box that was delivered, and instead it held a device that released the gas into your house knocking everyone out."
Even Wade could hear Kim's knuckles crack as both of her hands balled up into tight fists. "I read about that Wade. But wasn't there some people that had adverse reactions to the gas?"
"Yeah, there were a few Kim, but I'll bet anything that by now the gas has been adjusted and perfected to prevent that from happening again."
Kim took a deep breath. "Well we've got a plan now, but how are we supposed to contact… him… after I've 'killed' Ron?"
"Make it public." Ron answered, making Kim look at him in surprise. "Think about it. If you do this publicly, then others will see that you killed me as well. In other words…"
"Witnesses." Kim finished. "That's perfect Ron! We can do this in Middleton Park. It's not too busy this time of year, but there is always someone there."
"OK then…" Wade said. "We ready to do this?"
"Ready." Both Kim and Ron said at the same time, and then they proceeded to get everything together and head to Middleton Park.
…x x x x…
Kim stomped into Middleton park, with her arms crossed over her chest and a very angry look on her face. Ron was following her a few steps back, looking like he was trying to explain something to his girlfriend. Suddenly Kim whirled around and pointed right into his face.
"You can't explain your way out of this Ronald Dean Stoppable! I SAW you and… and her… making out! Don't give me that 'it was a mistake' line… I know better!" Tears were now falling from her green eyes. "You betrayed me Ron! You… betrayed my trust in you! I never want to see you again!"
Ron went to reach a hand out to Kim, and she quickly slapped it away. "Don't touch me! It's over between us! Do you hear me? OVER!" Kim then turned her back on Ron and started to walk away. By now a small crowd of about 3 to 4 people were looking at the fighting couple.
Ron stood still for a few seconds, then quickly caught up with Kim and placed a hand on her shoulder in an attempt to turn his girlfriend around. What happened next was almost a blur. Kim whirled around, knocking his hand off of her shoulder, and her fist struck out hitting him straight in the throat.
Ron immediately backed up with hands around his neck and a surprised look on his face. He couldn't breath, as his trachea had been crushed! Immediately Kim had a look of surprise on her face. She couldn't believe what she had done!
"Ron! Ron! I didn't mean it! It was… it was just a knee-jerk reaction! I'm sorry!" By now Ron had dropped to his knees as he tried to catch his breath. Quickly Kim called on her Kimmunicator. "Wade! Ron's been seriously hurt! We need an ambulance at Middleton park… NOW!"
Ron flopped onto his back and slowly he stopped moving. Kim couldn't really do anything, as the only thing that could save her boyfriend at this point was an emergency tracheotomy, and she had nothing on her to perform such an operation.
"Please don't die Ron…" Kim said with tears falling from her eyes as she lay down by her boyfriend's side. She placed her wet cheek against his chest, hoping the ambulance would hurry up and arrive.
After only a few minutes, Kim heard a peculiar sound coming from her Kimmunicator. It sounded like… clapping? While moving to a sitting position, Kim wiped some tears from her face and looked at the small screen on her wrist. It was Moriarty.
"Congratulations Kimberly. It looks like you have done what I couldn't do." Moriarty then appeared to look off screen to something else. "I hope you don't mind, but I've taken the liberty to commandeer one of the security cameras there at the park to confirm that the deed truly has been done."
Moriarty then looked over to the side one more time, most likely looking at another screen that held the image from the security camera. His eyes began to narrow, and then he looked directly at Kim.
"Oh Kimberly… I think you have tried to play a trick on me."
"I… I don't know what you mean." Kim said with a sniff and wiped more tears from her face. "You can clearly see that Ron is dead! I… I killed him myself! He's not breathing, and not moving! I crushed his throat and he suffocated! Oh Gawd Ron I'm so sorry!" Fresh tears once again fell down her cheeks.
"Oh spare me your crocodile tears Kimberly Anne… Stoppable is not dead! I can see him breathing!" Moriarty pointed to the screen he had been scrutinizing.
Kim's head whipped around at Ron, and she couldn't see any evidence that Ron was breathing.
"It appears that you need to be properly… motivated to do this Kimberly." The picture on her Kimmunicator then panned back to show a heart-wrenching scene. Both Kim's parents and her brothers were tied up on wooden chairs, all sitting in a row side by side, with gags in their mouths.
Moriarty walked slowly in front of the four of them, looking at each person as he walked by. After reaching the end, he then turned back and stopped in front of Kim's mom. With out saying another word Moriarty reared back with a fist and hit Anne right in the face, causing her head to snap to one side. When Moriarty stepped away from Anne, Kim could see tears falling from her mom's eyes and blood was trickling out the corner of her mouth, most likely from biting her lip.
Kim could hear her dad trying to yell at Moriarty through his gag, and she also heard her brothers try to call out to their mother as well. Tears fell from Kim's shocked eyes and she had brought a hand up to her mouth.
Moriarty's face once again filled the screen. "The next time Ronald had better be dead, or you will need to choose which one of your brothers lives or dies!"
"You wouldn't dare…" Kim said with a growl.
Moriarty shrugged his shoulders. "I don't see what the big deal is, Kimberly. Yes, you will lose a brother, but you still have another." He chuckled a bit to himself at the grotesque little rhyme.
"You… you know from your own experience how big of a challenge it is to get rid of Ron." Kim said with eyes that would send any other man scurrying for cover.
"Don't patronize me!" Moriarty said loudly, almost screaming. "I want Ron Stoppables dead and lifeless body at my feet before your time is up! And I refuse to believe that you do not have the capability to do so! If you do not comply, I WILL deprive a member of your family of their life, and make the others watch! Do you understand me Kimberly Anne Possible?"
Green eyes shot daggers at the man on the screen. "Yes." Kim said, barely audible.
"I said… DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" By now Kim was starting to realize just how serious this situation had become.
"Yes, I understand you."
"Good. After your initial time of 2 hours is up, I will send you an address where you are to bring Stoppables body, and we will trade…. You're dead boyfriend for your living family. But of course, after I have verified that he is truly dead."
The screen then went to static for a second and then Wade's face appeared. "I couldn't trace it Kim. He's covered his tracks very well."
Kim's face had gone stoic, and then she pressed a button, disconnecting from Wade. Turning around, Kim then stomped up to Ron, who by now was sitting on a picnic table waiting for her.
"Your stupid plan didn't work Ron! He hit my mother!" Kim's voice was rising in pitch as she yelled at her boyfriend. "He HIT HER!"
All Ron could do was sit there, taking in the information that Kim had just told him. It wasn't supposed to happen this way.
Kim continued to speak angrily at Ron, her eyes almost wild. "I don't know about you Ron, but my family is very important to me! I hold you personally responsible for anything that happens to them from this point on!" She then leaned in close to her 'so-called boyfriend', narrowed her eyes and spoke in a tone that sent a shiver up Ron's spine. "I will do anything in my power to keep them safe Ron… Anything."
…x x x x…
Moriarty continued to watch the small screen that was still sending him video from Middleton Park. He was also able to pick up most of the conversation as well.
His lips screwed into a smile. "I had a feeling all she needed was a little… encouragement."
To be continued…
Well if you didn't hate Moriarty before… I'm sure you do now.