Some Author's Notes: There's still some story left in me. Like last time, it's violent and a tad bit creepy in my opinion, but I like how it came out. Sure it's weird in a lot of aspects, but that's just the way my mind works.
I still don't own Kim Possible or anything from it...curses...
"I'm telling you Ron, it's true!" The next day brought Kim's usual meeting with Ron at Bueno Nacho, where she regaled him on the events of the past night.
"Uh-huh, KP…a big demon tried to hunt you down and eat you and ate a few other people in the hunt…that makes TOTAL sense, far more sense than the fact that we have a creepy murderer on our hands.
"Ron! I'm telling you the truth! Besides, murder doesn't happen in Middleton! You know that! It makes perfect sense that a demon was after me…well…not PERFECT sense…well…no real sense…I'm sounding crazy, aren't I?" "Uh-huh. I know you're kinda ticked because you've been trying so hard to find whoever committed the murders, but maybe you should just let the police handle it."
Kim growled in frustration. She'd tried to tell her parents about it, but they looked at her like she was insane, her mom even suggested it was just a bad nightmare. The tweebs had burst out laughing at her and pretended to be demons, themselves, as if they needed to pretend. Monique actually suggested she was coming down with something. She'd think Ron, of all people, would believe her.
"Think Ron! You saw my neighbor's car! How do you think it got that huge dent in the front? How do you think it got shoved down the block? It did it, that demon!" "The one that tried to eat you." "Yes." "The one that was stopped by the guy with the sword." "Exactly!" "The guy with the sword that dismembered it in one move." "YES! Finally, someone gets it." "Actually…none of that made sense to me. How about you, Rufus?" The mole rat popped out from Ron's pocket and shook its head, "Nuh-uh, nuh-uh, crazy!"
"I am NOT crazy! It's true! The demon smashed him into the car!" "Then he got up from it and still won?" "Yes! Well no…not then, it like…grabbed me and used me as a hostage…" she rubbed her shoulders as she felt the chill of that memory. She had been absolutely helpless, hell, she'd been helpless when the fight between her and it started, and helpless was one thing Kim Possible didn't enjoy.
"KP, you're…like you! How could it take you hostage?" "I couldn't move…it beat me up pretty bad…I'm pretty sure it broke my ribs and I…I know it broke my leg…" "Kim, if you'd been hurt like that, you wouldn't be eating lunch with me…" "That's it! The guy like...I don't know, he healed me…after he killed it." Ron stared skeptically at her. "I'm serious Ron!" "I know, I know, it's just…wow…I've seen mutant snowmen, giant robots, monkey magic, killer robot babes, and wow, come to think of it, demons aren't that far-fetched anymore…" "THANK YOU!"
The blonde-haired boy sighed at her and said, "I'm not saying I believe you were attacked by a demon. I'm saying I DO believe you THINK you were." "Yep, yep, uh-huh," came Rufus as he dove into Ron's lunch.
Later on, they were nearly to Kim's house. Determined to prove her attack, she decided to show Ron her clothes from the night before, heavily torn and battered from her attack.
On their way, they finally passed the dented car, a block from where it was supposed to be. It was being hoisted away by a tow-truck, hours after the incident had been reported. "See, see," Kim pointed, "A demon did that!" The owner, who had been sobbing over his destroyed car, heard her and commented, "You got that right!" Kim burst into a smile over someone agreeing with her, but it quickly faded at, "To think, Middleton has gangs that get their kicks out of this stuff…demons, all the lot of 'em!"
Kim groaned. Angry gang members was NOT what she meant. Still, she entered her house and led Ron to her room where she threw down a now ruined pair of blue jeans and a green midriff top that had been scarred and ripped beyond what she felt comfortable wearing.
"Nice KP, I hear worn-in is the fashion now." "RON! I didn't do this on purpose! It was the demon!" She held the destroyed top to Ron and pointed out the blood, "See, it tried to kill me!" "Okay, okay, so you got into something real bad and your head told you it was some kind of demon, calm it Kim, you're starting to freak me out."
She was getting frustrated and was beginning to wonder if there was any way Wade could prove her right when she heard a crash downstairs, then more crashes, like there was a miniature earthquake, right in her house. Without thinking, she rushed downstairs to assess the situation, crying out, "Mom! Dad! TWEEBS?" with a cautious Ron following. Once they had reached the living room, however, her heart sank at what she saw.
It was another one, another demon. This one was longer, down on all fours like some giant lizard. Its back was rowed with spines that began to twitch with excitement as the demon saw her. "Kim…" Ron began, "I take back any doubt about the whole demon thing…"
It reared up on its hind legs, putting itself at Kim and Ron's level before it began to speak in a disgusting, slimy voice, throwing slime and slobber from its mouth as it talked. "You're the girl! Hah it looks like I'm lucky! I got here before anyone else did!"
Kim was frightened, but remembered the demon hunter from the night before, how he'd stood there, absolutely free of fear at his opponent and she stiffened before replying, "Actually, you're number two…number one met his end last night." "You're lying. You wouldn't be alive right now, little girl…" She kept her cool as she replied, "It's true, big arms, tiny legs, hawk face, real strong. Tried to eat me and everything." "And he's dead? And you didn't eat his flesh? I'm luckier than I thought then!"
That's right, the boy had eaten some of the demon he'd slain, but why? For that matter, why was it so happy that she hadn't eaten any? Wait, those were all stupid questions. "WHERE ARE MY PARENTS?" It laughed a little before explaining. "I ate them."
It made a slurping noise and patted its stomach a few times, taking in Kim's look of horror. "Oh don't worry, they're not dead…I have more than one stomach, it's why I'm so long, heh…they're in a chamber in my body that I store food in before digesting it. It keeps them alive and fresh so that they're that much better when I eat them. I tried to eat your brothers too, but they got away, clever humans. Still, your parents are just the incentive. I'm really here to feed up on you."
Ron blinked in amazement, frightened didn't mean he couldn't feel anything else. "That is sick and WRONG, just wrong man!" "Hrm?" It arched over to Ron and shoved its face to his, looking over the now stiff-as-a-board boy, sniffing him over. "Your spirit's almost as strong as hers, and you're way more powerful…" Ron groaned in dissatisfaction. Once again, it seemed Mystical Monkey powers had proven to be more his downfall than anything else.
"Hey," Kim shouted, bringing the demon back to her, "You're after me! That's MY parents you've got in there!" "So true, so true…which brings me to why they're still alive. I love a good chase, it's so much better than stationary prey. I want you to run. Run as hard as you can. Run as far as those legs will carry you. If the chase is good, I'll spit your parents out and let you say goodbye before I devour you."
"I'm not falling for that," Kim quickly countered, using the time to slam her fist against its skull as hard as she could, but got nothing but her own hand shaking in pain, just like before. "You don't have the power to hurt me, little girl." Just then, Ron quickly attacked, slamming his foot into the demon's neck, the Mystical Monkey in him trying to do some good as he screeched at the top of his lungs and found a surprise in the demon hacking a small bit as its head rolled back from the attack.
"You're one damn strong human," it said, rubbing its neck, "I'll have to eat you next…or NOW!" It slammed its webbed limb into Ron, pinning him against the wall as it opened its mouth, unhinged and expanding in size before it looked like it could just swallow Ron in a single bite. "STOP!" Kim cried out, making the demon close its mouth and look intently at her. "You…you said I had to run and you'd let my parents go…how…how can I trust you?"
It laughed, laughter was apparently common among demons, and said, "You can't trust me. I'm a demon. Still, a little show of faith in you, little girl." It let Ron go, who slid down to the floor and moaned in pain as the demon began to strain and hack. Soon, it had coughed up one Mr. Dr. Possible, unconscious, covered in a thick, green saliva that slowly melted off. "There's one. Now you can trust me."
"K-kimmicub," came the hoarse voice of her father as he coughed a little bit. "Dad, don't say anything," Kim replied as she slid next to her father and hugged him tightly. "I…I don't think I'm coming home…I…I love you…" and with that, she took off, not explaining anything else to her father.
"Yeah, yeah, run," the serpentine demon mouthed as it watched her run. It turned to Ron and said, "I'm coming for you after I eat her. I hope you're bones are crunchy, bones are the best part." With that, silence reigned as the demon gave Kim a few minutes to get a headstart, then it stampeded through the window after her, leaving Ron alone with Dr. Possible.
"Let me help you up," Ron said, leaning to pick up Dr. Possible, but his offer was refused. "Go help Kim. Explain later. I'll be fine." "But…" "Ronald." The stern mention of his name straightened Ron up as he ran out the door. "Don't worry, Mr. P! I'll get Kim back safe!" Kim's father smiled to himself, never hearing the last part of Ron's sentence: "Though I don't have the faintest clue how we're gonna do this without ending up dead…"
Kim wasn't thinking anymore, she was only running. Staying focused on running was the only thing that kept overwhelming panic and fear from setting in.
Slowly, as she rounded a street, her anger began to set in, overriding any panic or fear. This was the second time this had happened. This was the second time she was running away from something she couldn't fight. This was driving her nuts! "I can't hurt them! But…but Ron can…he hurt it, he made it mad…how come he can hit it? How come that boy yesterday could kill one so easily? I couldn't scratch either of them! Why are they so intent on eating me?"
She was running out of steam as she ran across Middleton mall. She pondered running in there and hiding, but she couldn't bring herself to put even more lives at risk. She already had to worry about her mother…for that matter, would it just turn around and eat her parents afterwards? There were only three options here. One, she could give it what it wanted, herself. Two, she could get Ron to somehow kill it. Three, she could find that boy and get him to do it.
That last choice was her best bet, but her most far-off. She didn't know who he was, where he was, or if he'd even help a second time.
She hadn't noticed she'd stopped running. She was out of breath and needed it anyways. Her lungs were beginning to burn as her muscles told her they needed to rest, but she couldn't afford it. Still, maybe this was far enough, maybe this was enough of a chase for the creature. "Barely standing Possible, what'd you do, stay up all night screaming in the mirror at that face of yours?"
Kim groaned. Bonnie Rockwaller was not the person she needed to see right now, but there she was, staring at her. Once again, Bonnie was trying to take cheap shots at her, but now wasn't the time. "Look, Bonnie, why don't you—" she heard a mad crash through the parking lot as four legs stampeded through cars and knew her hunter had found her. Without a second thought, she pushed Bonnie out of the way and ran, pushing her body to go that extra mile as Bonnie stood open-mouthed at the creature that roared past her, chasing Kim. "Keep running, you little morsel," Bonnie heard it shout as it left her behind, a slight film of slime on her shoe. Stamping her foot in disgust, she shouted, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THESE SHOES POSSIBLE! YOU AND YOUR FREAKY PET!"
It was nighttime when Ron had finally found Kim and the demon in the park. Kim was standing on her last leg, out of breath from her chase.
"Yes, yes, yessss, that was fun. I think I'm ready to eat you now. You gave me a good chase." "Then…th-then…spit my mom out!" "No, I don't think so. I think I'll eat you, then digest you, then digest your mom, then your father and that blonde boy with the power…I bet he tastes better than you anyways." "You…you said," "I said you can't trust a demon. Hahaha, you humans never listen, do you?"
"YOU JERK!" It wasn't Kim, but Ron who shouted that, leapt into the air far, far higher than Kim was sure a human could jump, and stomped his foot into the base of the demon's neck. It collapsed hard on the ground as Ron jumped off it and next to Kim, putting his arm in front of her defensively. "You want KP, you gotta go through the Ron Factor first." "Ron," Kim managed to say under her pants as Ron silenced her. "Don't worry, I figured what it meant…I guess I never DID tell you that I'd kept the Mystical Monkey Powers…heh…sorry. Still…I think it's why I can hurt it…it's why I'll defeat it!"
With that, Ron charged the now rising demon and slammed his knee into its face, dropped back, and began clawing away at it like monkey's do.
Kim was in complete shock over Ron's competence in fighting. He'd swiftly gone from attacking to dodging with ease, avoiding everything the demon threw at him. Then, so fluid-like, he moved back on the attack, landing blows in open spots, then switched back to his defensive. He moved like poetry…well…war poetry fighting a giant demon reptile. "You so rock out loud…" Kim said quietly as she caught her breath.
"I so rock out loud," Ron thought to himself as his fight continued. Unlike before, he had space to move around and avoid the demon's power attacks. Still, even he didn't see the creature's tongue lashing out and latching onto him coming. Tightly wrapped around his midsection, Ron squirmed as he was slammed into a tree, then to the ground, and finally tossed into the duck pond. He slowly got up, saying, "That…rocked…not so much…"
Ron coughed and checked himself over. Not too bad, nothing broken. Still, Ron should have been paying attention to the enemy, not himself. It quickly smashed its body into him, flattening hard against the ground. "I think I will eat you first…I don't take kindly to pain, human." "RUFUS! DO SOMETHING!" At Ron's command, the mole rat attacked, locking its teeth into the demon. To the demon's surprise, the rodent had power too, as its bite was rather painful and it quickly got off of Ron and pulled it off, throwing it down hard and swatting away Ron, who had come to retrieve his friend.
Kim thought frantically. Survival was the issue, and with Ron down and her unable to do anything, there was only one option left. She screamed. She screamed louder than any pain or fear made her scream before. It was a scream of urgency, boosted by a will of survival that caught the demon's attention. It liked screaming, it seemed to make the meal all the better and if she was willing to scream, it was willing to wait.
"Keep screaming little girl. Come on! Scream bloody murder!" Kim complied. She screamed with all her might, waiting for something. Ron stumbled to his feet, his vision blurred while his ears were burning with Kim's screaming. Was she being eaten? No, it wasn't a scream for her pain. What was happening?
Kim, on the other hand, was getting hoarse from all the screaming. She slowly began to tire and her voice trailed off and finally quieted. "That's all," the demon asked, "Ah well, you're a good screamer. It's gonna make you taste all the sweeter! Did you want to go first or your little friend?" "I think you've eaten enough things for a lifetime."
It wasn't Ron, it wasn't Kim. Instead, it was him again. The boy with the knowledge and power to fight demons. The hunter from the moon clan. The boy who the last demon had called a Lunatei. "You're lucky I was close-by. You're a real popular girl with the demons." The boy hopped from the tree he was standing in to the ground, and over to Ron. "Mystical Monkey Powers, nice. Take some time to develop those powers before tackling a demon though."
He walked from Ron, right past the demon, to Kim and looked her over. "You know, I wouldn't even still be in this town if demons weren't trying to eat you. I've killed three today alone. Well…" he looked at the demon, "Apparently I'm going to kill a fourth." He rolled his head back to Kim and laughed, "Boy you can yell." "Who…who are you," Kim asked, desperate for at least that much info from the guy, since this was the second time he'd come to the rescue. "You can call me Tranz. One day, I might even tell you my last name."
Kim stared speechless before finally muttering, "Tranz…" "Yeah?" "Be careful…it's got my mom in it still…" Tranz looked over the creature and nodded. Then he looked back at her with those blue eyes of his and they began to swirl black. His left arm turned white as the hilt of his sword appeared in his wrist and he drew his sword from it.
"HEY!" The demon was quick to think his situation over. "Don't try anything you might regret! I'll digest the girl's mom right now! Drop the sword." Tranz growled while complying to his command and dropping his blade. "Now," it continued, "Let's see how good you are when you-UGH!"
Tranz had already slammed his elbow hard into the creature. Before it could even reel back in pain, he'd jumped back and twirled, slamming his foot into its jaw. It crashed hard to the ground and struggled to get up as Tranz attacked again.
His strength and skill were above Ron's. He was used to this. He knew how to fight. He knew how to hurt. This demon was nothing. He'd TRAINED against tougher. He held the advantage in all aspects. Tranz was in a level all his own. "Cough up her mom. NOW!" He slammed his foot into the creature's chest, barreling it through a tree as it skidded to a halt.
"I'm…I'm going to devour her fool! You lose!" He turned to Kim, "YOU BROUGHT THIS ON YOURSELF, BITCH! YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LET ME EAT YOU!" He turned back to Tranz, but saw nothing. "Where'd you ack!" He'd left Tranz alone too long. Tranz was already back to his sword and brought it through the creature's head, lopping it off quickly. It fell to the ground quick with a sick splat and Tranz kneeled into its neck and buried himself in it, starting to dig until he retrieved Kim's mother, unconscious.
"Is…is she going to be okay?" Kim was worried about her mother, spending all that time in the demon. "She'll be fine. Still, I'll heal her and all of you." With that, he, like last time, glowed gold as the energy ran from him to his sword, to each one of the three, Kim's mother remaining unconscious.
Kim, glad to be healthy again, looked at Tranz, asking, "Why…are they after me?" "They want to eat you." She looked at him harshly, she'd already figured THAT part out. "Alright, alright. You've saved the world multiple times and made a name for yourself in the world of light and goodness. Your soul is very strong and brimming with untapped energies. You're like a beacon to them." Ron chimed in this time, "Why are they even eating people? What ARE they?" "RON!" Kim barked, but Tranz held his hands in acceptance. He was going to explain.
"Demons were human once. Demon…that is a human's true form. It is their true self, their very nature personified into a creature of form and ability that transcends the human. The transformation is like…a release of the soul. Afterwards, the soul craves more energy to keep itself stable in its released state. Mostly, they feast on the energies that exist between this world and the afterlife. Still, humans with contained souls like us are tempting treats. A single human has enough energy to feed five demons. That's just a normal human. People like you and Ron…there's more, far more energy to you. You have enough energy to not only sustain a demon, but raise its powers considerably."
With that, Tranz walked over to the demon's corpse and cut free a few chunks of it and bit into one of those chunks, taking a sigh of relief with it. Ron and Kim looked terrified at his habit of eating his enemy, so he decided to continue his explanation. "I eat them for the same reason they eat us. I get power from them. Actually, I already have power and it won't be augmented by them. Still, I eat to replenish my own energies, as I expend them during fights. The more energy you use, the more you eat afterwards." He took another bite out of the meat and continued. "These were smallfries, Miss Possible. They were weak by most standards other than pure mortal. Bigger ones will come. Tougher ones that eventually, I won't be able to stop quite as easy."
Kim's eyes grew wide as this began to make sense. She was demon bait. They'd keep coming after her, her family, and Ron until they ate them all. Then what? They gain power? Power to beat those that kept them in check? Power to beat Tranz? She hoped not, but she couldn't let it happen. This was the second time he'd come to her rescue and she wasn't going to let it happen like this again. Not a third time. Finally, she asked, "You're going to stay here…how long?" "Don't know," he replied as he bit into the flesh again. "I know I'm at least going to have to find a way to make them lose interest in you."
Ron was paying attention, but something was bugging him. "Dude, Ron Stoppable, really grateful and all, but if you're keeping us safe, who's stopping other demons from doing the same thing?" "I'm not the only one. I come from Lunatei, the clan of the Moon Dragon. There are other members of my clan who have gone through the training to hunt demons. Also, there are five other tribes. There are the Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, and Light clans. They handle their own trouble spots. This one just happens to have become mine. Now, let's get your mother home, Miss Possible." "Two things. One, call me Kim. Two, I want to learn how you do this."
Ron stood open-mouthed at Kim. "KP! Are you hearing yourself? This isn't just saving the world!" "I know Ron, it's saving my life! Your life! My parents lives! I…this is the second time I've had to rely on someone else to save me…the second time I had to rely on Tranz. I don't like feeling helpless…the only reason we're even ALIVE right now is because I cried like a little baby for help! I want to be able to fight, to defend myself again. Besides. Tranz, you said it yourself. You won't be able to fight all these demons off easily. You could use the help, I figure."
Tranz looked at the dead demon, then chewed another bite of the demon. "The life of a demon hunter is vicious, Miss Pos-er…Kim. Being of the moon clan does not mean an easy life. Not to mention, until you reach my level, you're still at risk, perhaps even more so as you'll be worn from training, yet becoming a stronger beacon for demons. Let's not forget you have school AND you save the world on a daily basis. It's not like I can go around the world with you and fight off any demons from other countries AND protect Middleton. There would be times when you'd definitely be on your own."
Kim stayed quiet as Tranz tried to talk her out of it, but she'd made up her mind. She was the girl who could do anything, even fight a demon. She couldn't do it well, but she could learn to do better. She WOULD learn to do it better, there was no way she'd let Tranz talk her out of this. "I can handle it. I can do anything, that's my motto, you know that."
Tranz sighed. There didn't seem to be any way around this, the girl's mind was set. "I'm going to work you. I could decide to train you at any time, during any circumstance, against any obstacle. I'm going to ask more from you then your best. I'm going to ask more from you then your all. I'm going to ask for your ultimate. I'm going to push you and there are days where you will absolutely hate me. I will test you in things you have yet to experience. Can you accept this?" Kim nodded without hesitation. "Fine." He drew his sword and relieved the demon's body of another chunk and held it up. "Test one. Devour the flesh of your enemies. It will make you strong. It will keep you strong." If you do not eat, you will get weak. If you get weak, your soul will break free and you will turn into a demon with no control. If that happens, I will kill you." He shoved the flesh into her hands. "Eat it."
Kim's eyes gazed at the lump of meat she was offered and she shivered. This was sick. This was wrong. She couldn't bring herself to eat this slimy meat. Still, she'd just boasted how she'd be able to take all his tests with no problem. Was she backing down now? No, she was the girl who could do anything, the girl who could do anything. "Is something wrong," Tranz asked, plainly. She looked him in the eye, the back to the meat and shouted, "I CAN DO ANYTHING!" and with that, she devoured the meat she was offered, shoveling it down her throat in a display of voraciousness. She stood there, staring at Tranz, catching her breath as she doubled over and vomited. The meat was sickening and actually tasted better going up than it had going down. She was definitely sickened, but she wiped her mouth and said, "I want to try again."
"Good answer," Tranz replied. "You might just work out."
That's chapter two and it's way larger than chapter one. Like usual, if you read through, I thank you and ask for comments and suggestions. Chapter three will be up soon.
