Here we are finally with Chapter 2. Took me a bit longer to update than I wanted to, sorry. (I seem to be apologizing a lot for that lately)

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Chapter 2

Previously…

"The Groom?" He nodded with the biggest smile I had seen on him yet. "You… you're missing a wedding party because you… want to help… me?"

"Of course Lizzy… It's what I do. It's what… WE… do." He then pulled a wallet from the center console, while still keeping an eye on the road, and opened it to reveal a picture. "My full name is Ron Stoppable, and this is my fiancé… Kim Possible."

"Th… the REAL Kim Possible?" I said with my eyes wide and a dropped jaw. The shock of learning who my saviors were was too much for me, and I must have fainted at that point.

…x x x x…

The Continuation:

When I awoke again, (I don't think I've ever slept out so much in my life, but then again, I was probably a bit weak from hunger and the cold), my rescuer was carrying me towards a set of glass doors. I could see flashing red lights shining on a brick wall, and I guessed that we were at a hospital.

When… what was this guy's name again? Oh yeah, Ron… felt me stir he looked down at me. "Glad to see you're awake Lizzy. I finally found Go City General Hospital after getting that GPS to work, and I wanted to get you inside where it's nice and warm. Would you like to walk?"

"Mmm Hmm…" I simply said, "Thank you."

Ron set me down and took hold of my hand as we walked the last few feet into the hospital. It was so bright inside I had to squint my eyes, and there seemed to be so many people! "Looks like it's a busy night, hope you don't mind waiting."

"Don't you need to get to your wedding party?" I asked, not wanting to be a burden or bother. Now that we were at a hospital, everything should be OK, right? Man, was I ever wrong.

A voice suddenly screeched from across the room. "Boy… what are you doing here? It's obvious that my previous equation never completely worked out, and I thought I would never lay my eyes on you again. I actually factored in the possibility we may cross paths in the future, so now I guess I'll find out if my new calculations and theory is correct!

"Coefficients! Get both the boy AND the girl!" From off to one side of the Emergency room I saw a couple of guys suddenly run towards us. They both had capes on, and one had the number "2" on his chest, while the other had a number "3".

"Uh oh Lizzy… we gotta go!" Ron whipped me around in the other direction, and in a matter of seconds we were back outside in the cold, and I had just warmed up! "Quick, get in the car!"

I had barely gotten the door of the car shut and Ron had the engine started and was speeding out of the parking lot as quick as he could on the snow and ice. "Wh… who are they, and why are they chasing us?"

"Someone from my past who tried to hurt me, and I thought I would never see them again! In fact, I can't even believe that him and his croonies recognized me!" The car slid around another corner as Ron was trying to get back to the freeway. "His name is the Mathter, and he got in trouble for performing unethical mathematical experiments and computations."

"Unethi… what?" I had no idea what he was talking about.

Ron harumphed. "Never mind about that. All I know at this point, is that the Mathter is now chasing us!"

The car slid a bit as he accelerated on the ramp to get back on the freeway. "Whoa!"

"At least he's not after us with that helicopter hat." Ron mumbled as he was looking out the windows and up into the sky.

While continuing to drive on the freeway, Ron was concentrating on the road to try and keep from sliding anymore. He didn't see the strange car pull up beside us that was painted a weird purple, green and yellow. On the passenger side was what appeared to be a 'divide sign'.

"Is… that them?" I said, pointing out the driver's side window.

Ron glanced over and then back at the road. "It sure is. I can't go any faster, especially in this little rental. His vehicle is heavier, so he has more traction."

Since we were traveling a bit faster than other vehicles on the road, Ron was able to make a lane change to put another vehicle between us and this… this… 'Math' guy. We then saw this guy pass the car that was on our left in the outside lane, and then he slowed down, causing the car next to us to slow down as well. Before we knew it, this crazed villain, or whoever he was, was right next to us again!

I saw one of the passengers in the car roll down his window, and do a 'rolling' motion with his hand. "I… I think he wants you to roll down your window."

"He's nuts if he thinks I'm going to do that." Ron replied, and gripped the wheel a bit tighter.

"This guy seems quite insistent." I replied, while wondering if Ron had a plan.

"Fine." Ron pressed a button on the door and his window only went down about half way. I could then hear this guy's voice as he yelled over at us.

"Pull over and get into my car, boy! I'll leave the girl alone if you just pull over!"

I then heard Ron mumble under his breath, "I hope my insurance covers this…"

Before I knew what happened, Ron slowed down a bit and steered our car right into the right rear of our pursuers! There was a crunch of metal and plastic, but neither of us lost control.

"Well that didn't work." Ron mumbled to himself, and I started to wonder if he always talked to himself in stressful situations.

Ron looked over at me with a worry on his face, and I could tell he was going to either say something to me, or ask me something. It was the later. "Lizzy? If you see something that seems a bit strange, can you keep it a secret?"

"Uhh… umm… sure." I had no idea what he was talking about, so I prepared myself for whatever was going to happen next.

Ron then rolled his window all the way down, and I saw him reach out with his left hand. It looked as if he was using the palm of his hand to press against the wind, but that was far from what he had planned, for what I saw next defied all logic.

A blue energy seemed to form around his hand and wrist, and then it looked like a beam of energy of the same color shot out from Ron's hand! This… beam of energy… shot a ways in front of the car beside us, and if I didn't know any better, it looked like it melted the ice and snow on the road! It took only a few seconds for us to reach that point in the road, and that strangely painted car hit the patch of now half frozen-half slush, and the driver immediately lost control of the vehicle!

Ron kept his concentration on the road as we quickly sped past. The car that was chasing us veered off to the right behind us and off the road into the gently sloped ditch next to the freeway. I spun around in my seat and saw the vehicle slide sideways and quickly come to a stop with snow piled up against the doors. They definitely weren't going to be chasing us anymore. I quickly rolled my window down to look behind us and I thought I heard a high pitched voice call out "Brackets!"

I immediately regretted doing that, as now I was really cold. When I closed my window and turned back around, Ron already had the heat on high.

"Well that was exciting!" I breathed out, feeling a bit out of breath from the excitement.

"As soon as we get to the Rehearsal Dinner, I'll have to call Wade and tell him everything." I heard Ron say as he checked the GPS.

"Did you finally get that thing to work?"

"It received a satellite signal just long enough for me to see where the church is. I'd guess we're only about half an hour from there and…"

Something finally clicked in my brain, and I interrupted Ron. "Wait… you said 'We'?"

"Well of course I meant 'We', Lizzy. We're a team now, aren't we?" Once again I saw those caring brown eyes of his that seemed to say that everything was going to be just fine.

"B… but… won't the police think that you… kidnapped me, or something?" I couldn't help but worry that Ron would get in some serious trouble all because of me.

"I doubt it. There were quite a few people in the hospital that saw everything, including some nurses." Ron then checked the time on the clock in the car. "I'll be over an hour late, almost two, so I hope Kim won't be too put out."

…x x x x…

Ron's guess of being half an hour from the church was pretty close. When we arrived, I saw a group of people standing out in the cold, and one person in particular seemed quite agitated. I couldn't really tell who it was, but I could see some locks of red hair falling out from the large hood that almost completely covered her face. A dark-skinned girl was trying to keep her from getting into a small red car.

Just as we pulled into a parking spot right next to the building, this agitated person immediately came running up to the divers side just as we parked. She yanked the car door open and literally pulled Ron from the drivers' seat!

"Ronald Dean Stoppable! Where have you been!" She then saw the damage on the left front of the car. "Were you in an accident? You're almost two hours late and…" It was then that she saw me sitting in the passenger seat. Immediately her voice softened when she saw the concern on my face. "Who's this?"

"Kim…" Ron started as he walked around to my door and opened it to let me out. "This is Lizzy Harris, and I think we need to go inside so I can tell you a long story."

To be continued…

Whew! Writing an action sequence from someone who is experiencing it was a bit of a challenge. I hope it flowed OK. Now we shall see Kim's reaction to the sitch…