Chapter 3: Schoolyard Showdown
"KP!" Ron's voice called from across the school grounds, causing the young woman to pause and turn back towards the school, allowing her to see Ron and Monique jogging after her, "Kim, wait up!"
Kim waited for her friends to catch up, crossing her arms and looking at the ground as they jogged to a stop in front of her.
"Well," Monique said pointedly as she rested her hands on her hips, "You sure know how to make an exit."
"Sorry," Kim apologized, still looking at the ground as she clenched one of her hands into a fist, "I just….I just couldn't stand there and do nothing."
"I don't blame you," Monique replied with a shake of her head, "I can't tell you how long I've wanted to do something like that to Bonnie."
"It's not exactly going to make people less suspicious of me," Kim pointed out.
"They were going to be suspicious of you no matter what you did," Ron argued with a shrug before he began walking away, "Come on, I know what you need."
"Oh?" Kim questioned while quirking an eyebrow at Ron as she and Monique followed behind him, "And what's that?"
"You need to go visit your favorite restaurant," Ron answered as they reached the sidewalk and began walking back the school's parking lot.
"Ron, Bueno Nacho is your favorite restaurant," Monique pointed out with a sigh.
"Bueno Nacho is everyone's favorite restaurant," Ron argued.
"I'm not sure that's true," Kim replied with a chuckle, "But I think I could go for a burrito right about now."
"That's the spirit!" Ron declared triumphantly while thrusting his hand into the air, eliciting laughs from both girls.
As Kim laughed, a sudden sense of unease fell over her, prompting the hairs on the back of her neck to stand on end. Quickly glancing around, Kim's eyes fell on two men dressed in dark suits and sunglasses crossing the street and approaching them. Even though their eyes were shaded, Kim knew for certain that their gazes were focused on her.
"Kimberly Possible?" one of the men questioned as they stopped close to her, causing Ron and Monique to spin and look at the men in confusion.
"Yes," Kim replied evenly, noting that the two men were on edge and trying to hide that fact, though she wasn't sure how she knew that, "Can I help you?"
"We need you to come with us and answer some questions," the man stated.
"Questions?" Monique asked, clearly agitated by the two men, "She's already been questioned."
"Not by us," the man replied as he and his partner pulled out badges and flashed them at the teenagers, too fast for any of them to get a good look at them, "Now, if you'll come with us..."
"No," Kim said simply, her gaze never wavering from one of the agents.
"Miss, this isn't a request," the agent replied and Kim could see him stiffen even further.
"The hell it's not!" Monique snapped, glaring at the two agents, "She has rights! She doesn't need to go anywhere with you!"
"I'm afraid that's where you're wrong, miss," the man stated as he reached out towards Kim, "Now, if you'd come with us, we-"
The rest of what the man was going to say died in his throat as he placed his hand on Kim's shoulder, only for the young woman to grab onto his arm, her hand moving blindingly fast while her grip proved so strong that the man winced in pain and surprise.
"I said no," Kim stated calmly, the blank look in her eye causing the blood to drain out of Ron's face.
Immediately, the other man's hand went to his waist, pushing his suit jacket back and revealing a holstered handgun strapped to his belt.
"Stop," Kim's voice cut through the air like a knife, not so much loud as it was authoritative. Everyone else instinctively froze in place, all their eyes locked on Kim, who continued to stare at the man in front of her.
"The way I see it, you have two options right now," Kim stated cooly, "You and your friend here can turn around, get back into your nondescript car across the street, talk to whoever is watching in the nondescript van parked down the block, and leave without any fuss."
Kim slowly turned her gaze towards the other man, watching as his fingers twitched a few inches away from his gun.
"Or you could reach for that Beretta M9 in its quickdraw holster," Kim continued, the corners of her mouth quirking up in a smile, "And I can break the two of you."
There was a long pause as the gathered group of five stared at one another. Glancing around, Ron noticed that a number of other students were turning their attentions towards the altercation, which only caused his anxiety to rise. At the same time, Kim continued to stare a hole through the other man as sweat began to form on his brow.
"Don't!" Monique squeaked as the man suddenly reached for his gun again and Kim sprang into action.
Still gripping the first man's arm, Kim turned and thrust it at the second man, causing the first to unintentionally punch the second in the stomach. Then, releasing the first man's arm, Kim backhanded him hard across the face as he stumbled past her, completely reversing his momentum and causing him to take a staggering step away from her. In the meantime, the second man had managed to draw his gun, but before he could lift it and bring it to bear against Kim, she spun on her heel and lashed out with a kick, knocking the pistol from the man's grasp and sent it clattering into the street. Using her momentum, Kim spun around again and kicked the first man across the face, sending his sunglasses flying as he tumbled to the ground. Then, with her momentum still spinning her, Kim jumped up and threw a roundhouse kick at the second man, connecting with his chin and sending him spinning to the ground.
The fight was over in seconds, leaving Kim standing over the two men while they lay on the ground, groaning in pain. Turning from the men on the ground, Kim looked at her friends, both flinching slightly as her gaze fell on them.
"Kim," Ron said slowly, holding his hands up so that she could see he meant no harm as Monique stepped behind him, "It's us. Your friends. You know us right?"
"I…." Kim paused as she blinked a few times, the cold, hard look in her eyes fading, "I think-"
Kim was interrupted by the sound of screeching tires. Whipping her head towards the source of the noise, Kim saw the nondescript van she had spotted before was now roaring down the road towards her and her friends. Her gaze hardening again, Kim quickly spun around and began sprinting away.
"Kim, wait!" Ron called and held out a hand as if to stop her, but the young woman was already long gone.
Racing across the school grounds, Kim glanced back in time to see the van mount the curb and come tearing after her, screaming students scattering out of the way of the vehicle's path. Turning her attention forward again, Kim continued her sprint to the school parking lot.
Slipping between two of the parked cars, Kim began running down one of the aisle of parking spaces, only for the van to come screaming around the corner and swerving to a stop in front of her, cutting off her path with the passenger side facing her. Narrowing her eyes, Kim continued towards the van at full speed.
As the van came to a screeching halt, the driver's side began to open as Captain Black attempted to exit the vehicle. Before he could, Kim took a flying leap at him and kicked the door, slamming it closed on Captain Black's leg with a crack. Black let out a cry of pain as he slid to the ground, clutching his leg.
"Gus!" Jackie shouted as he crawled across his seat towards Captain Black while the five men in the back of the van poured out and quickly surrounded Kim.
"Down!" one of the men shouted as he and his compatriots pointed their rifles at Kim, "Down on the ground! Now!"
"No guns!" Jackie shouted, holding a hand out to the men, "No guns!"
"But, sir-" one of the men began to argue.
"Guns down!" Black ordered as he continued clutching his leg, "We're at a school, God damnit!"
"Understood, sir," the man replied as he lowered his gun, prompting the others to do the same, "Looks like we're doing this the old fashioned way."
Kim had remained silent and still through the whole exchange, carefully watching the men that surrounded her, not moving as they began to approach her.
"Alright, girl," the man said as he reached an arm out to her, "Nice and-"
Kim interrupted him by suddenly punching him in the chest before following up with a cross to the jaw. Spinning with her momentum, Kim elbowed another man in the face as he rushed her before finishing her spin and blocking the punch of a third man who had moved in behind her. Shoving him back, Kim flipped into the air and kicked him across the face, sending him spinning to the ground, before using her momentum to strike the fourth man with a roundhouse kick, knocking him down as well. Turning to the fifth man, she pushed the punch he sent at her head to the side before grabbing hold of his arm with one hand and punching him in the face with the other. Still gripping his arm with one hand, Kim the brought her other arm up under his and slammed it upwards while jerking his hand down, causing his elbow to bend in a painfully unnatural way. As the man let out a gasp of pain, Kim took a short step away from him before spinning about and kicking the side of his head, knocking him to the asphalt.
By this time, the first man had recovered and was making his way towards Kim. Seeing him coming, Kim leapt towards him and punched him in the face, sending him stumbling backwards. Taking advantage of her stunned opponent, Kim rushed the man and struck him twice in the chest before punching him hard across the jaw, sending him tumbling to the ground.
Turning from the first man, Kim found the second man rushing towards her, throwing a fist at her head. Kim juked to the side and easily dodged the attack, grabbing the man's arm as it went by. Using the man's momentum against him, Kim twisted the man's arm behind his back before she kneed him in the gut, forcing the man to his knees. Letting go of the man's arm, Kim lifted her leg up until her foot was level with her head before she snapped her leg down, letting her heel connect with the back of the man's head and knock him to the ground.
Spinning from the downed man, Kim planted her hand against the ground and cartwheeled across the pavement, kicking the third man in the face as she went. Landing on her feet, Kim kicked the fourth man hard in the chest, stopping him cold and knocking the air from his lungs. As he stumbled back, Kim struck him hard across the face twice before pausing to throw a kick back at the third man as he charged her from behind. Turning her attention back to the fourth man, she caught the punch he was throwing at her before she ducked down and elbowed him hard in the side then followed up by elbowing him in the face. Kim's next move was to kick the man's leg out from underneath him before she swung her leg back and struck the third man on the knee. Spinning with her momentum, Kim pulled the fourth man over her shoulder and slammed him to the ground. Then, turning his attention to the third man as he recovered, Kim quickly kicked him in the face, knocking him to the ground, before flipping into a handstand and dropping her knees onto the man's chest.
Rolling off the fourth man, Kim quickly rushed at the fifth as he charged at her in turn. Leaping towards the man, Kim drove her knee into the man's chest, knocking him back a few steps. As he tried to recover, Kim hopped back into the air and roundhouse kicked the man across the jaw, spinning him to the ground and knocking him unconscious.
As the first two men recovered, they rushed Kim from different directions. Stepping towards the first one, Kim snapped her elbow upwards, striking him on the jaw. As the first man reeled from the blow, Kim spun around and lunged at the second one, striking him hard in the chest. Bouncing off the second man, Kim thrust an elbow behind her as the third man charged her, hitting him square in the face and stopping him cold. Turning her attention towards the fourth man, Kim rushed at him before jumping up and wrapping her legs around his chest. Caught off guard by the action, the man was unprepared as Kim lifted her arm up and drove her elbow down on the top of his skull. The blow stunned the man, causing him to fall backwards to the ground as Kim released him.
Ducking under a punch thrown by the first man, Kim drove her fist into his solar plexus before following up by wrapping an arm around the man's head in a headlock. Seeing two of the other men approaching, Kim used the first man to lift herself up and kick the two men in the face with a running motion before using her momentum to throw the man to the ground.
Rising back to her feet, she found that only one man remained standing. Rushing towards him, Kim blocked his punch before striking him across the face with a punch of her own. With the man stunned by the blow, Kim followed with a dozen quick punches to the chest before finishing with another punch across the jaw, which broke with a loud crack, sending him falling to the ground.
As the man writhed on the ground, clutching his jaw in pain, Kim stepped over him, a cold look in her eye. Reaching down, Kim grabbed the man by the throat before pulling her fist back to punch him again.
"Stop!" Jackie shouted as his hand suddenly wrapped around Kim's wrist, holding her fist in place. Whipping her head around to look at Jackie, Kim quickly released the other man's throat before punching Jackie in the gut, the blow forcing him to stumble back and release her wrist. As Kim stood up, Jackie held his hands out in an effort to stop her.
"Waitwaitwait!" Jackie pleaded, "I don't want to fight you! We're trying to help you!"
Kim did not reply as she began walking towards Jackie.
"I know you don't understand what's happening to you," Jackie continued as Kim approached him, "Just let me-"
Kim interrupted Jackie by punching him directly in the face. The blow caught Jackie completely off guard, sending him stumbling backwards. Regaining his footing, Jackie managed to block Kim's follow up kick, though the blow still knocked him back a few steps, putting his back against the van. Rushing at Jackie, Kim threw a punch at his stomach, before following up with a cross, a knee and a pair of elbows, all of which the man just barely managed to block every blow, the shock of each attack running through his arms. Reaching out, Kim grabbed Jackie's shoulders before trying to force his head down so his face would meet her rising knee. Jackie managed to block the attack before he thrust his arms up and knocked Kim's hands from his shoulders then tried to follow up with a kick to her side. The close quarters allowed Kim to block the blow with a knee to the inside of Jackie's thigh before following up with an elbow to the chest.
The blow sent Jackie tumbling backwards over the hood of the van, Kim quickly sliding over it after him. Landing on his feet, Jackie was forced to recover quickly as Kim assaulted him with a flurry of punches and kicks. Dodging one of Kim's punches, Jackie grabbed hold of her shoulders and shoved her back. Quickly recovering, Kim threw a roundhouse kick, forcing Jackie to duck under the attack as her foot knocked the van's radio antenna off and sent it flying through the air.
Stepping forward, Jackie attempted to grab hold of her arm,but Kim knocked his hand aside before punching the man in the face. Jackie attempted to reach out again, but Kim kicked him in the side before she followed up with a punch to the chest, sending him rolling backwards. Ducking below a kick Kim sent at Jackie's head, the man stepped forward to grab her again, but Kim punched him in the face again before he could. Taking a step back, Jackie held a hand up to his nose as blood began leaking out of it.
Rushing towards him, Kim threw a punch and kick at Jackie, which he managed to block. As she threw another punch at Jackie, he grabbed the outstretched with one arm while he wrapped the other one around the girl's neck.
"Please, you have to listen to me!" Jackie pleaded as Kim struggled against his grip, "You have to-"
Jackie was interrupted as Kim slammed her elbow into his gut, knocking the air out of his lungs. As Jackie gasped for air, Kim reached up and grabbed the man by the hair before she flipped him over her shoulder and slammed his back against the pavement. Still holding his hair, Kim flipped Jackie over and threw a kick at the man's face. Jackie blocked the attack and grabbed Kim's hand with both of his, which allowed him to use her arm as leverage to lift himself up and swing his leg around to trip the girl and flip her onto her back. Before Jackie could do anything, Kim threw a kick at the man's head, forcing him to block and stumble away from her.
Jackie had a moment to rub the spot where Kim had yanked on his hair before she kicked herself to her feet and rushed at him again. Jumping up, Kim kicked Jackie in the chest sending him back half a step. As he caught himself, Jackie reached out for Kim again, but she batted his hand away before punching the man in the ribs and followed up with a cross across the chin. As Jackie stumbled away from her, Kim swept at Jackie's legs, knocking him to the ground.
Groaning in pain, Jackie eyes widened in panic as Kim rushed up to him before lifting her foot up to stamp on his chest. As her foot came down, Jackie lashed out with his own, kicking her attack away. Quickly regaining her footing, Kim went for a punch instead, but as she brought her fist down, Jackie was able to stop the blow with his hands before he lifted his legs up and wrapped them around Kim's head.
Letting out a snarl of anger, Kim began struggling against Jackie's grip. Clutching her free hand into a fist, Kim punched Jackie hard in the ribs, causing him to let out a strangled cry of pain. Kim punched him again and again, sending searing pain through Jackie's ribs but his grip never wavered.
Just as he felt that his ribs were about to snap, Jackie saw Black come hobbling up behind Kim. Reaching down, Black jabbed a syringe into Kim's neck and injected its contents into her system. Hissing in pain, Kim reached up to grab Black's hand, but the man was able to pull back in time for the girl to only grab the syringe, which she quickly pulled out of her neck and tossed away. Kim struggled against Jackie's grip for a few more moments, but her movements quickly became sluggish, her eyelids drooping as her blows became weaker. Eventually, Kim's eyes closed and her body went limp, allowing Jackie to loosen his grip and let the girl lay unconscious on the blacktop.
Raising his head, Jackie glanced around, taking in the sight of Black sitting on the ground a few feet away, clutching his injured leg, and the other men laying unconscious on the blacktop. Beyond that, he saw the school's students were watching from a safe distance, particularly a boy and girl that Jackie recognized as Kim's friends looking on with horror. Sighing as pain lanced through his bruised ribs, Jackie rested his head back against the pavement.
"Bad day," he groaned as he listened to the sound of approaching police sirens.
A/N: So, it's been awhile since I updated this. It's been a work in progress but a fun one. Hope you guys liked how the fight scenes turned out! As always, feedback and critiques are always welcome, so please review! Later!