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Chapter 3

Previously…

The rest of Physics seemed like any other class, and it went as normal as any other class in Middleton High. At least what would be considered normal for the school.

The following class was 'College Prep Literature', taught by Mr. Barkin. It all seemed normal for the first few minutes, with Mr. Barkin talking about classic literature and books. For some reason though, the first piece of literature brought up for discussion caused an involuntary shiver to run down Ron's spine.

"OK class…" Mr. Barkin started, "who here has heard of a famous book entitled 'Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus'?"

And now the continuation…

Later in the day, Marcella was able to catch her Squad Captain before she headed off to her last class. "Hey Kim… You have a second?"

"Yeah, but that's about all I have Marcella. What's up?" Kim closed her locker door while holding onto a textbook, and two notebooks.

"Dr. Franken asked me to help him with a project after class, so I won't be able to show up for cheerleading practice. Will I miss anything important?" The two Mad Dog cheerleaders started walking down the hall next to each other as they continued their conversation.

"Not really." Kim said as she switched the books to her outside hand. "We're just doing calisthenics and then going over that new cheer again. Just routine stuff, so you won't miss anything."

"Cool. I think this is just a one-time thing, so I'll be in practice the following day." The dark haired girl then sped up her walk. "I'd better hurry Kim, I'm going to be late for class. Bye!"

The last class for Kim and Ron was one of the tougher ones of the Semester... Advanced Algebra. They were coving things such as Polynomials, Quadratic Equations, and Logarithmic Expressions. The two were lucky enough to hang on to the notes Rufus had made back when he was hit by that Genius Ray a few years ago. They helped out quite a bit.

…x x x x…

When the class was finally over, both Kim and Ron walked out into the hall holding their heads, as well as massive notes. Neither had expected the class to be this advanced. Ron wanted to drop out, but Kim talked her boyfriend into staying by promising extra make-out sessions after cramming their heads with numbers and algebraic symbols. (But Kim also said there was no way she would suffer the class by herself.) It was also sort of a revenge thing too, for Ron getting them into Latin class last year.

The two teen heroes walked back to their respective lockers to drop off their notes and books before heading to cheerleader practice. Since it wasn't football season Ron liked to show up and watch for a bit. He still liked to keep up on what the squad was doing, as well as keeping an eye on the Tweebs to make sure they weren't doing anything too weird with their 'pound-puppy' routines.

"Well Rufus buddy…" Ron said as the little guy was stretching his front legs upward out of Ron's pocket. "You've been sleeping quite a bit lately. You feeling OK?"

"Uh huh… hnk… just tired." Was the bleary eyed response, and the little mole rat once again rolled up into a ball and closed his eyes again.

…x x x x…

"OK team… let's get started!" Kim announced as she walked out of the locker room. "I see some of you have started stretching, and that's good. Let's line up and go through the usual warm-ups."

The team lined up and just as they were about to start a set of jumping jacks, a loud explosion was heard and everyone felt the floor shake!

"What the heck was that?!" Bonnie said looking around with a worried expression on her face.

"It came from the Biology lab!" Kim said and took off running with Ron right behind her.

Skidding to a stop just before the last turn that would have taken them down the hall to the lab, Kim and Ron saw smoke billowing out of that hallway and into the intersection they now stood in.

"Ron! Grab that fire hose, cover your face with your shirt, and follow me!"

Just as the two started into the hall, a form could be seen walking through the smoke carrying something. Kim narrowed her eyes while holding her cheer top over her mouth and nose.

"Who's there?"

"It's… (cough) me… Miss Possible." She immediately knew it was Dr. Franken by his voice.

By now he was close enough so that both Kim and Ron could see what he was carrying. It was Marcella!

"Is she OK?" Kim asked as the older man stumbled further out of the billowing smoke and into clearer air.

"I…(cough)… don't know." After the group moved a few more feet down the hall to get away from the smoke, he gently lay the hurt cheerleader down. He then placed two fingers on the side of her neck and felt for a few seconds. "Her pulse is slow and faint. I need to get her to a doctor!"

"What happened?" Was the next thing Kim asked.

"I'm… not quite sure. (cough) We were working on a sensitive mixture of chemicals that was being heated over a Bunsen Burner, and something went horribly wrong! (cough) The mixture blew up violently right in her face, and Marcella was directly exposed to the flash of the chemicals. She doesn't seem to be burned, but there are a few pieces of glass embedded in her face and upper chest area."

"I'll call Wade and we can get an ambulance here right away." Just as Kim pulled out her Kimmunicator and was about to send the call, she was stopped by Dr. Franken.

"There's no time! I'll take her myself and get Marcella the help she needs!"

"We'll come with you." Kim said as the teacher once again picked up the hurt cheerleader.

"No!" Dr. Franken said as he whirled around taking both Kim and Ron by surprise. "I know what I am doing, and where I need to go. I don't have any room to take you since I have a small vehicle. Besides… There are a couple of small fires that I think need to be taken care of. Go, do what you do… and I'll… I'll take care of Marcella here."

Kim looked at her Biology teacher for a few seconds as if she were still debating these actions in her mind, and then she saw the glow of a fire from somewhere down the now damaged hall. "OK… go! Ron and I will take care of this. I'll call and check on Marcella later."

With that, Dr. Franken quickly headed out of the school and towards the parking lot, while Kim and Ron started to dowse the now growing flames in the Biology Lab. Even though Kim's mind was on fighting the flames, there was a nagging thought about how Dr. Franken was acting while discussing how to get Marcella to a doctor.

…x x x x…

Just as the two teens sprayed water ion the last of the smoldering Biology Lab, two firemen and Officer Hobble arrived. "Well it looks like things are well in hand here, Captain O'Malley."

"Kim Possible…" Captain O'Malley said while shaking his head, "I think I've lost count how many times you've beat the MFD (Middleton Fire Dept) to a fire that could have been catastrophic. You sure you're not a fire-whisperer, or something?"

The red head blushed as she wiped a strand of hair from her face. "Guess we're just in the right places at the wrong times, Sir." Ron walked up after putting the fire-hose back in its case. "I'm just glad Ron here is with me to help. He knocked down the worst of the flames."

The young hero then checked the time on her Kimmunicator. "Well sirs…" She then shook hands with both gentlemen, "We need to get going. Ron and I have homework, and I'd like to call Middleton General to check up on Marcella."

…x x x x…

The two now rather smelly teens arrived at Kim's house about fifteen minutes after finishing up at the school Just as they were getting out of the car, both of Kim's parents came out of the house.

"Kimmie!" Both said at the same time and James and Anne took their daughter into a hug.

"We heard about what happened at the school." Anne started. "Are the two of you OK?"

"Yeah, we're fine Mom. Ron and I are a little stinky after all that, so we figured on coming over here. I hope you don't mind if Ron cleans up in the spare bathroom?"

"Not at all." Her dad replied. "In fact, his parents called to ask if he could stay here tonight… something about an emergency Actuary meeting somewhere. It all sounded very odd to me. Hana is at a Sitters, so she's being taken care of."

"We also heard that one of you squad members was injured?" Anne asked as they all started to walk back in to the house. "Marcella, I think I heard. Is she OK?"

"Yeah Mom, she looked pretty serious. One of our new teachers, Dr. Franken , said he would take her to the hospital. I was going to call and see what I could find out."

"I was wondering if I would be needed, so I called there not too long ago." As she continued to speak, Anne started to get some sandwiches together for the kids for when they were done with their showers. "I thought she might be taken to our emergency room, but she never arrived. I hope she wasn't taken to any of those privately owned clinics. They're not set up to receive any serious traumas."

"What?" The younger Possible said with surprise and raised eyebrows. "But Dr. Franken said… nothing about going to an actual hospital…" Kim started to trail off at the end as she started to put one plus one together. First Vinny didn't arrive to school, and the last person he was with was Professor Stein. Now Marcella wasn't where she should be, and the last person she was with was Dr. Franken.

While the teens went to their respective bathrooms to clean up, Ron's voice echoed in her mind…"I'm not quite sure Kim, but something tells me this Dr. Franken and Professor Stein are a couple of 'Bad Roads'."

To be continued…

I feel like I may be getting away from the feeling of a 'B' movie. I hope not...