I'd like to thank all of you who left me a review, as of now there are still several coming in and I don't want to miss anyone, so I'm issuing a general thank you for now. Hopefully this chapter will be out when I said it would be, if it isn't then I am sorry buy real life interferes sometimes.
Little setup here, Detective Vince finds the files of Kim and Ron, and once they all end their shift he brings it up, and we progress from there. Majority of the next few chapters will be a look back at how they got to where they are now, looking at 2 chapters of looking back as of now. May get longer, may get shorter I don't know.
But hey, you're not here to read this rambling (you are here to read the other rambling) so lets get to it.
They Are the Law
Chapter 2
When things went wrong…
"So you mean to tell me that you got shot at, spun around, and preceded through the shooting to ram the suspect's vehicle?" The Chief of Troop F asked Kim and Ron as they sat in front of him.
They got back to Troop F about 20 minutes ago, after leaving the garage mechanic their cruiser they were called into the Chiefs office where the Chief and their shift Supervisor were going over the events of the call with them. When Troopers Danny and Anthony got back they'd go through the same…
"Yes sir" They answered simultaneously…
Normally when that happened Kim would call Jinx and Ron would owe her something, but she knew better than to do that now…she'd do it once they left the office.
The Chief pondered in his chair for a moment, hands out in front of his mouth with his elbows resting on his dark mahogany desk.
"All on your first day on the job right?" He asked bringing his arms down.
They nodded.
"Damn, that's one for the books John…" He said as he turned to their supervisor.
"I know sir, their reputation precedes them…" John said with a grin.
"Um sir, how do you…" Ron started to ask before the Chief raised his hand, cutting him off.
"Son, we wouldn't be doing our job if we didn't know anything about our Troopers. We know all about you two. It's not everyday that 'The Great' Team Possible shows up on peoples radar…at least not since….well I won't go into details there but you get what I'm saying.
"Yes sir, we do" Kim said, slightly surprised.
"You two have already gone above and beyond the call of duty to bring those two suspects to a stop and in custody, that's a record for any trooper across the country!" The Chief beamed.
"We're just doing our sworn right sir." Ron said, not missing a beat. Something he was glad he picked up along in the Academy.
"Well, allow me, and Trooper John Applegate here to officially welcome you to F Troop!" The Chief said before he paused, as if waiting for a response.
"Nothing?" He asked slightly surprised.
"Nothing what?" Ron asked as he looked at Kim confused.
"Sir, I don't think they're familiar with F Troop…" Trooper John said, stifling a smile.
"Damn, I was so sure they'd get that…" The Chief said disappointed.
"Sir, can we go now? We've got some paperwork to fill out before our shifts done…" Ron said motioning back to the door.
"Oh, of course, go right ahead."
Kim and Ron got up to head out the Chiefs door before he called to them again.
"One last thing…"
They turned back to the two men.
"Your fellow officers may remember you two, they may not. Just be prepared that eventually someone will ask about what happened that day, so don't be surprised if it comes up. Most of us are detectives in one way or another you know…"
"Yes sir" They both said simultaneously.
Back in another office, Detective Vince Pelicanto also found out who Kim and Ron really were.
He knew the names and the faces seemed similar, but he just wasn't sure. He went through the records to find their files, and then it hit him…
Actually the Global Justice Sector 7 warning hit him first. And the document attached was a much censored version of why they were no longer saving the world.
Being a detective by nature (and job description) alarm bells started going off in his head. No place of employment other than U.S. National Security jobs purposefully block why someone's no longer on the payroll. And last he checked Global Justice didn't have the authority to block any of its employees/workers history.
He read into the 'Official Global Justice report' for reason's of their departure…yet all he found was one paragraph.
"…Miss Kimberly Ann Possible and Mr. Ronald Stoppable blundered a key assignment to stop Dr. Drakken and his associate Shego from taking over the world. Resulting in the great injury of both Dr. Drakken and Shego, and the unexpected death of one Naked Mole Rat, aka 'Rufus'. Injuries to both Miss Possible and Mr. Stoppable were also reported and as a result of their actions have been barred from their world saving antics…"
"Antics? What the f…" Vince pondered out loud.
He knew for a fact that what those two did was way, WAY more than these so called 'antics'. They saved the world in colossal form 2 distinct times, the second time they even had help from the two they were supposedly trying to stop.
He spent ten minutes and already knew that GJ was trying to cover up something…his detectives gut was telling him that this was only the start of this slope, which would more than likely turn into a damned mountain.
He set the files aside and prepared for the after work festivities, he'd look into those later till he found out what was really up with Global Justice and Team Possible…
"Well here we are, Bob's Country Bunker…" Danny said as they stepped out of their cars.
"That sign doesn't say Bob's Country Bunker?!" Ron said scratching his head.
"Don't listen to him, he's watched the Bluesbrothers too many times, this is Joeys'" Anthony said as he lightly smacked Danny upside the head.
"And you two wonder why you didn't make detective…" Vince said shaking his head as he came up in between Kim and Ron.
"So are we gonna go in or just stand out here and make jokes?" Kim asked sarcastically.
"Go in of course, nothing better than one round of beer and going over the weeks hilarious stories…" Vince said as he started after Danny and Ant towards the entrance.
"Wait, only one round?" Ron asked, again confused.
"Well yeah, we are cops after all. We have to get home you know…" Vince said laughing.
Kim and Ron looked at each other, shrugged their shoulders and followed them inside. Inside it was reminiscing of a Friday's restaurant, with crazy stuff hanging off the walls and such. They saw the three others flocking to one big table near the center of the vacant bar and grab a seat, they soon followed suit.
"So, what is everyone getting?" Danny asked.
"Usual I guess…" Ant said.
"What's the usual?" Kim asked.
"Blue Moon, English beer…goes down smooth and soothing…" Vince said.
"Sound's good, I guess…right KP?" Ron asked scratching his neck, looking at her for approval.
"Sounds fine Ron."
"Excellent, the usual it is…Got that Joey?" Danny shouted back to the bar.
"YO!" was heard from somewhere behind the bar.
"KP, that sounds so familiar…" Ant wondered…
"Well it should…"Vince said bluntly. Causing Ron and Kim's interest to perk up.
"Why should it?" Danny asked.
"You two don't remember them?" Vince said slyly.
"How could I remember them, we met today on the job!" Danny said defensively.
"Think about it you two. Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable…" Vince said again smiling towards the two of them.
It took Anthony a second but then it came to him, it hit Danny soon after…
"No….so you're…them?" Anthony asked shocked.
"Well, define them…" Ron said looking around nervously.
"The teen heroes? Saved the world numerous times?" Danny asked.
"Oh, then….yes." Kim said, smirking a bit.
That didn't take long at all…She thought to herself.
"Wow, this….this it too unreal…" Danny said laughing.
"How did you know who they were?" Anthony asked Vince.
"Curious myself. Only the Chief and the Supervisor knew about us and our 'history'." Kim said crossing her arms, yet still grinning.
"I'm a detective remember? Something about the two of you struck me as familiar, as did the names. So I checked it out."
"Oh, so you know all about us then?" Ron asked feeling proud.
"Well, not quite…but I was hoping you'd fill in the rest…" Vince said.
"About what, exactly?" Ron asked, as he started to feel nervous, again.
"Well, the file on your 'terminations' basically raised more questions than answers. So…"
"You want to hear from us what happened that night…right?" Kim interjected.
"Well, yeah….if you don't mind of course…."
"I don't mind, I'm actually glad you brought it up. The sooner we get it off our chests the better..." Kim said as she straightened up in her chair.
"We didn't have a good feeling on that mission from the start…"
3 years ago…
In a Global Justice Aircraft 20 miles from Dr. Drakkens Alpine Lair…
"You sure about this Wade? None of this is making any sense?" Kim asked.
Both Ron and she were called in to Global Justice HQ (well fell into really…) meeting about a new Drakken plot to take over the world. All after he went straight and decided to help the world rather than take it over…
"Something about it doesn't make sense Kim, but I don't know what…"Wade said as he typed away on his computer.
"Drakken and Shego have been off the radar and out of 'Taking over the World' since the Warmonga incident during graduation, which was almost 6 months ago…" Ron said from his seat on the GJ jet. Rufus was busy eating out of a bag of chips, oblivious to the conversation.
"So why would they suddenly decide to get back into it, and why is Global Justice telling us about this? Haven't you been keeping tabs on all of our villains Wade?" Kim asked, still unsure about what they were called for.
"That's what's unusual, I'm usually on top of all of this stuff and give my answers to Global Justice, not the other way around…anyway you should be at the lair shortly, so whatever answers you have should be answered by Drakken and Shego…
"Right, thanks Wade. I'll let you know what we find out…" Kim said as the screen went off.
"Come on Ron, we're over the drop zone…" She said as she slipped on her helmet and parachute.
"Aw, do we have to jump? Can't we just…land and walk in?" Ron pleaded, causing Rufus to roll his eyes.
"Ronnnn…" She said, narrowing her brow…
Ron sighed as he hung his head in defeat.
"I'll get my parachute…"
"So wait, you've always hated jumping out of a plane?" Danny asked, interrupting the story.
"Yeah, falling, not my strong point…" Ron said plainly.
"You and me both…" Vince said with a nod.
"You know I don't remember anything about this, I just remember you two were in the spotlight every other day, then one day nothing…nothing at all." Ant said as their order of beer arrived at the table in very, very tall glasses.
"That's how Global Justice handled it. We were on a top secret 'need to know' mission that not even our pal Wade knew about." Kim said as she took a sip from her glass.
"Mm, that is good." She said.
"Mnhm…" Ron mumbled as he took a drink from his.
"It sounds like they were setting you up…" Vince said as he put his drink down.
"So what happened once you got inside?" Danny asked.
Ron put his glass down and licked his lips before he picked up the story…
"Well, we made it inside without a hitch…"
"So what exactly are Shego and Drakken working on that they called us for?" Ron asked as they rounded a corner, heading towards the center of the lair.
"No idea, but we're bound to find out…" Kim said, trying to be optimistic.
They walked down a long hallway that opened up to the main lair floor. When they got there Shego and Drakken were standing right in the center of the room, arms crossed across their chests.
"Ah, Kim Possible…"Drakken said gleaming evilly.
"We've been expecting you…" Shego said, neither moving from their spot.
"Alright you two, what's the sitch? You've been doing well for the past six months, why the sudden change of pace?" Kim asked, crossing her own arms and raising an eyebrow.
"Whatever are you talking about? I've always been evil…We've always been evil" Drakken said.
"Riiight, so your recent work on Global Warming was a charade?" Ron asked.
"I don't recall doing any work on Global warming…"
"Say Kim, you getting weird vibes from these two?" Ron asked.
"Twelve point nine on the weirdness scale…" She said as she raised her wrist, pointing her communicator towards the two of them.
Just then both Drakken and Shego went into attack on the two of them. Shego attacking with a high kick, Drakken with an uppercut.
Both Kim and Ron dodged the attacks and immediately went on their own attack, going blow for blow with the two of them.
Other than their strange behavior before, their fighting was different as well. Shego never flared up her hands, and Drakken…well the fact that he was fighting at all was out of character.
They were relentless, and weren't stopping their attack on the two of them.
"Rufus, try to find whatever it is they're working on and shut it down!" Kim called out as she blocked a fist from Shego.
Rufus quickly scurried out of Ron's pocket and across the floor undetected looking for something that would stop whatever it is they were working on, scurrying from computer terminal to computer terminal, but he wasn't finding anything…
Meanwhile Kim was starting to get winded, there'd always be some sort of break in the fighting with Shego, however that break wasn't coming. She stumbled back after blocking another of Shego's blows when she received one painful/powerful kick from her green skinned foe that sent her clear across the room and into one of the terminals Rufus was checking. The impact smashed the terminal as sparks flew from it; Kim momentarily forgot where she was as she tried to clear her head.
"Ohhhh…" She groaned as she tried to get up.
"…That actually hurt…"
She managed to stand again but was out of breath, and very sore in her chest area, she was sure that was gonna bruise.
But before she could locate either Ron or Shego, she barely ducked another ruthless swing from her.
"What's the matter Shego? No small talk?" Kim asked as she did a spinning kick to the side of Shego's face. It didn't turn out as she expected.
She nailed Shego perfectly, but she felt pain shoot down her leg from the impact, and it didn't really faze Shego at all...
"Ow, are you even Shego?" Kim growled as she held her foot and sneered at her 'supposed' foe.
Once again she was ignored and attacked. She was beginning to wonder what exactly she was fighting, because it sure wasn't Shego…
Meanwhile with Ron…
Ron was worried when he saw Kim take that brutal kick Shego dished her, but before he could even think of going over to help he had to get away from Dr. Drakken. His suspicions were up from the start, none of the pieces they've been given have been adding up to the picture they were told to expect…not even close.
"Come on Drakken, what's with the change of pace?" Ron asked as his arms pushed against Drakkens, kind of like those scenes out of the sword fighting movies…
Drakken said nothing, but he did forcefully head-butt him to the forehead. He stumbled back, seeing stars, and not the pretty ones…
Drakken calmly walked up to him and picked him up over his head…in one arm and tossed Ron across the room, sending him into another bank of terminals.
Ron wasn't able to stand after that, instead he decided lying there would be safer, for now…
What is up with these two? These aren't the Drakken and Shego I know… Ron thought as he spotted the blurry outline of who he assumed was Drakken standing over him.
Something about the way he saw Drakken's silhouette standing over him ignited a fire inside him; he could hear the howls of angry monkey's reverberating in his head…he was allowing the monkey 'mojo' run through him…
Drakken swung at his head again, only this time Ron grabbed his arm. He could feel Drakken fighting him as he calmly held his arm away from his skull. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Kim struggling with Shego and quickly had an idea.
With his free arm he grabbed Drakkens lab coat and forcefully threw the man like a missile towards Shego, as he sailed over he made one call…
"INCOMING!"
Back with Kim…
Kim heard Ron's cry just as she saw Drakken spear Shego and the two of them went sailing into 3 different console terminals.
She turned to Ron, just as his monkey essence dispersed.
"What was with those two?" he asked as he slowly made his way over to her, holding his head.
"We'll find out soon enough…" Kim said as she turned to look for Rufus…
"Rufus, find anything?"
The little mole rat scampered up to her shoulder, shaking his head.
Just then they heard a heavy 'smacking' sound coming from where Shego and Drakken landed.
When they turned towards them they saw the two of them standing up under their own power, but Drakken's hand was in a fist and resting on a giant red button…both he and Shego were not making any attempts to flee.
It took them all of 2 seconds to realize what they'd hit.
Before saying anything Kim grabbed Ron by the shirt as they ran as fast as they could towards the door. They didn't make it more that 12 feet when they heard the first explosion go off behind them; they didn't risk a look back.
The explosions were closing in behind them and they still weren't halfway down the hallway, Kim wondered if they'd make it at all.
Two more steps, that's all they made till the blast reached them and sent them sailing out of the lair and into the rocky snow covered terrain.
Kim landed hard on a rock and was immediately knocked unconscious, Ron however hit the soft snow, and bounced into a large rock…making his vision hazy and fading. He saw Rufus twirl just in front of him before he too fell on his back unconscious.
Ron rolled over to his back as his vision faded, he saw more figures and vehicle outlines just before he went out himself. But he did have one though before the darkness took him…
…man they got here fast…
The three sat back, stunned at what they just heard.
Kim checked her watch, surprisingly they'd only been there an hour and already had most of the story done with.
"Wow…" Danny said, taking another drink from his glass.
"I can't believe it…really I can't…there's so many holes in that…" Ant said running his hands through his hair.
"Oh we're not done yet." Kim said chuckling as she took another drink.
"I'll bet, I'd love to hear how Global Justice spins that all on you…" Vince said as he set his drink down.
"Well, you'll love this…" Ron started
Ron woke up to the sound of beeping hospital equipment, however he wasn't in a hospital. He and Kim were in GJ's infirmary…and they were the only two in there.
He looked down at himself, he felt fine, he looked fine…he guessed they all suffered concussions from the explosive ending of Drakken and Shego, or whatever those 'things' were…
"Kim…hey Kim!" Ron said to the still sleeping Kim on his left.
Her eyes fluttered open and looked around before looking at him.
"Why are we in GJ's infirmary?" She asked sitting up and stretching. Ron could hear her back cracking from where he was.
"Your guess is as good as mine Kim. Say, where's Rufus?"
"Rufus is gone…" a voice said from the other end of the room. A voice both Kim and Ron knew all to well.
"Agent Du, what a surprise…" Kim said flatly.
"What do you mean Rufus is gone? I saw him after the blast and he was fine!" Ron argued, not buying what he was hearing one minute.
"We mean he's gone, as in no longer with you…" Will said flatly, a hint of venom in his voice.
"And Rufus is the least of your worries…" Another voice said from behind Will, someone they also recognized.
"Dr. Director? What's exactly is going on here?" Kim asked.
"What's going on is that you two royally screwed up what should've been an easy mission for you two. Instead you end up destroying all the evidence and putting both Shego and Dr. Drakken out of commission permanently." She replied, her voice dripping with the same venom as Wills.
"Permanently? You mean…" Ron started to ask…
"I mean GONE Stoppable…" She yelled.
"Do NOT raise your voice to him…" Kim said balling her hands into fists.
"I don't know why you're not in prison for what you did…" Will said bluntly.
"Oh really? And what exactly did we do Mr. High-and-Mighty?" Kim shot.
Will brought a file up to his face and began to read.
"Hindrance of GJ investigation, Destruction of WMDs, Murder 2…multiplies by two, failure to use a sanctioned parachute pack, destruction of Global Justice property, and animal cruelty…" Will closed the file.
"WMDs? What is this Iraq?" Ron asked, obviously steamed.
"Sanctioned Parachute? Animal Cruelty? What the hell is wrong with you two? Those were not Dr. Drakken and Shego!" Kim shouted.
"Then who's in our ICU? Two completely different people with all of their body identifiers? Spare us the dramatics Miss Possible, as far as we're concerned you're both DONE." Dr. Director said.
"Done? DONE? What do you mean DONE?" Kim said, seething.
"I mean as of this moment, all of your worlds saving antics are OVER. We have confiscated all of your equipment and removed all your gadgets from your car. You cannot talk to Wade anymore either, because he's now a part of Global Justice." Will said.
"You can't be serious, after all we've done for you? This is how you treat us?" Ron said, now visibly upset.
"Frankly the two of you have been a thorn in our side for a long time. We're government authorized to deal with Villains, not you two…" Dr. Director said.
"So the truth finally comes out!" Ron said throwing his hands up in the air.
"I knew it, you've never wanted to help us or assist us because we were better than your entire organization...We were always called instead of you because YOU kept SCREWING IT UP!" Kim practically screamed at them.
"ENOUGH!" Will shouted, bringing the room to its uneasy silence.
"All of the people you've helped have been notified as well, not to mention the prosecution they'd be under if we caught them helping you stop another one of OUR problems. You two will be jailed for the rest of your adult lives if we catch you saving the world. It's our problem now, go back to school and stay there." Will said before he turned to leave.
"You will be released back at your homes and you will not hear from us again, unless you cross us. Any final you two want to say?" Dr. Director asked coldly…
"Burn in hell, you cold manipulative BASTARDS!" Kim spat out, catching Dr. Director off guard. Kim wasn't one for foul language, but given the current turn of events who could blame her.
"We'll find out what's really going on here, you can count on it. And when we find it, you're whole 'organization' will be DONE." Ron said coldly, giving Dr. Director the iciest stare he could.
"I doubt it…" Dr. Director said with a scoff before she turned and left. Leaving them to seethe in anger.
"Those cold hearted mother fu-"
"Easy Ant, calm down…" Danny interrupted his friend's tirade.
Kim and Ron looked at each other before they took a close look at their faces. Anthony was obviously angry, Danny was looking upset and Vince, Vince just had a look of disgust.
"Pricks" Vince said after the long silence.
"Vince, you're a detective, does anything that Global Justice said have any weight in some sort of investigation?" Danny asked.
"Unfortunately it doesn't. What it'd boil down to is your words against theirs. We'd need some hard evidence, stuff that'd be the smoking gun…" Vince said as he finished his beer.
"So no news on Rufus either?" Ant asked a gleam of hope in his eyes…
"We never got anything, no body, no nothing. I personally don't think he's dead. They probably turned him like they turned Wade…" Ron said glumly.
"We've tried going after them, but they shut us down at every turn, we were lost…" Kim said as she hung her head.
She felt a hand touch hers, she looked up and noticed that the three of them have all stretched across the table in a compassionate manner to both her and Ron.
"You're not lost anymore…" Vince said.
"Damn, Vince…got a sappier line in there?" Danny asked.
"Probably, but that's the first to come to mind…"
They all leaned back in their chairs with laughter.
"Seriously though, we mean that. What they did to you two was wrong, no doubt about it. But you are helping people again, just a different way…" Vince said.
"Plus you get to carry these!" Ant said as he laid his concealed carry on the table.
"Anthony what did we say about waving your concealed carry weapon in public?" Danny said angrily.
"I'm not waving it! It's sitting on the table…"
"Ok smartass, put it back on your hip, we're all carrying anyway…" Danny said.
"We are?" Kim and Ron asked simultaneously.
"Jinx! You owe me a beer!" Kim said laughing…
"Aw man, every time…"
"Cute…but back on topic, you guys aren't carrying now?" Vince asked.
"Well, not really. Mines back in the car…" Kim said twirling a bit of her hair.
"Mine too…" Ron added.
"Concealed carry is the best! You're ready for mayhem anytime!" Ant said with too much enthusiasm.
"It's nice to have, and we are authorized by the state of Colorado…" Danny said.
"Hmm…"Ron said wondering…
"I do like being prepared…" Kim said wondering.
"Unfortunately you'll have to ponder later, bars closing in five…" Danny said looking at his watch.
"Tonight was a good night guys, same time tomorrow?" Vince said as he rose from his chair.
"Sure, families going to that minigolf place you told me about early so I'm clear." Anthony said as he got out of his chair.
"I'm good, got to do some home repairs but I'll be done before then." Danny said.
"How bout you two?"
"We'll be here, besides you wouldn't want to miss our other stories now would you?" Kim asked as she and Ron got up.
"You mean you have more?" Ant asked.
"Of course, want to hear how we got into the Law Enforcement field?" Ron asked.
"Do I ever!"
"You'll have to wait till tomorrow, good night guys." Kim said as they headed out the door.
"Goodnight you two, see you tomorrow!" Vince said as he watched them all depart.
He stuck around as he went over their story in his head. Nothing was adding up to him…and he had to find out what's the story with Global Justice…
"Looks like you've got yourself a side case Vince…" He said to himself as he walked to his car.
He was unaware that he was being watched from a hidden Global Justice Camera…
On the other end of that camera the dark eyes of the now teenage boy watched the detective leave the parking lot. A smirk crossed his face as his hand went to the sleeping mole rat at the base of the screen whispering softly…
"We have an out Rufus…"
My apologies for this taking so long. Real life has it's way of annoying you at the worst times. Little covert ending there, but hey I wouldn't be doing my job if I didn't just scratch the surface of what I have planned for this story.
This is how I originally wanted the original version of this story to go, and man am I happy with it. I hope you are as well.
Can't say definitely when the next chapter will be out but it will take at least a week to finish it up.
As always please leave a review. It means a lot to me.
Till next chapter!