No 'Author Notes' here 'cept that I apologize for taking so long to update.
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Chapter 4
Where I last left this story, Both Ron and Kim had gone to separate locations in an attempt to save their respective families by themselves. What each of them found was… nothing. Unless you count the wrongsick images in Kim's head of Motor Ed and Adrena Lynn, and the images in Ron's head of Drakken and Shego.
Now the continuation…
Ron's destination was the only place he figured he would find Kim, and that was her house. Oh, he could call Wade and ask the tech guru where his girlfriend was, but the blonde teen was being stubborn. I can find my own girlfriend and apologize to her without Wade's help!
Little did Ron know, Kim had the same thoughts about her boyfriend, and she figured Ron would be at his house. She so wished that the communication system in her suit had better range so she could call Wade to make sure Ron would be there. She almost did call the young boy when she was in range, which was about five miles out, but she opted not to do so. I think I know my boyfriend well enough to know where he's at anyway. Plus… I need to give him a huge kiss and apologize for what I said earlier!
When Ron arrived at Kim's house, he used his own key to go inside. "Kim! Where are you? I'm so sorry for what I said earlier at GJ!" Ron continued to call out for his girlfriend as he quickly searched the house.
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When Kim arrived at Ron's house, she also had a key for his place, and quietly let herself in. The first place she went was to the kitchen, figuring he might be having a snack, but instead she received a very rude welcoming.
"Hiya!" A small squeaky voice yelled out, and a little pink form leaped from the top of the refrigerator towards her head! Kim was quick enough to spin out of the way before one of the mole rat's front claws could cause some damage, but her hair flipped around and tangled around the little guy's hind feet.
"Rufus! It's me! Kim!" She yelled out as Rufus tried valiantly to try and untangle himself from Kim's locks. Finally it sunk into his little pink noggin that this wasn't an intruder, but someone he knew. Immediately he stopped struggling, and ended up hanging upside down at Kim's side.
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In his search for Kim in her house, Ron was unaware that he was about to walk into what was, for all intents and purposes… a gauntlet. And who set up this gauntlet? None other than Jim and Tim Possible, of course.
He had just come out of Kim's room, and started down the hall to where her brothers normally slept. When he was about four steps from the boys' door, the young blond teenager never knew what hit him.
As soon as Ron's foot stepped on an unseen pressure sensor, a board about an inch thick and six inches wide that was hinged on the ceiling so it looked like part of the wood swung down. Just before it clocked him right on the nose, Ron felt the air movement and spun out of the way and right into another piece of plywood that was spring powered and hinged vertically on the wall. This one caught Ron on the shoulder, spinning him into another piece of plywood attached to the opposite wall, which flipped out and spun him back into the other side, which in turn spun him back again. This went on for about a minute before the springs finally gave out, leaving Ron quite dizzy, and his shoulders more than a little bruised.
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It took a good five minutes for Kim to finally disengage an irritated and tired naked mole rat from her hair. She had to reluctantly use a pair of scissors at one point because her hair had actually knotted a bit.
After finally extricating the animal from her hair, Kim apologized profusely to Rufus for sneaking into the house, and part of her apology was to get him a rather large chunk of Swiss from the refrigerator.
Being a little upset about having to cut some of her hair off, Kim wanted to head back to her house and check out just how much damage was done. She still had a few knots to work on so she didn't want to drive, and mumbled good bye to Rufus as she left Ron's house, and started to walk towards her own.
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After being played like a pinball by one of the Tweeb's devices, Ron finally realized Kim wasn't home, and stumbled out of the Possible's house feeling more than a bit sore. He knew there was no way he could ride the motorcycle with the way his shoulders felt, so he decided to walk back to his house. For some reason it felt better to slump his shoulders forward and hold his head down, so the young boy trudged along while looking at a very familiar sidewalk towards home.
While Kim was walking back to her house, she had taken the route already so many times in her life, she could do it blindfolded. But this time she was concentrating on working some of the knots out of her hair.
As a result of neither teenager watching they were going (and being that it was getting dark out) the two never saw each other until it was too late. The two oblivious teens bumped their heads hard enough to surprise each other enough to leap back in shock, which caused even more… problems.
Ron's shoulders screamed in pain, and Kim's fingers ended up pulling even more hair from her scalp! As soon as each of them heard each other's respect yelps, both finally looked up and saw the other. Almost instantly the physical pain each of them were in was gone. The two immediately glomped onto each other, and both started to apologize at virtually the same time for what they had said to each other earlier.
After about five minutes of what anyone else would have thought as an indiscernible mess of two people talking at the same time, somehow the two teens were able to get out their respective apologies. Finally they fell into each other's arms again before ending with a lip lock that would have made both their parents blush.
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After each teen explained the reason for their various states of… discomfort… the two went to the one place to try and regroup where they could be alone and away from prying eyes… The Treehouse.
The two teens looked like quite the pair sitting on the couch. Kim still had on her super suit while running a comb through her hair, and Ron still had on his leather jacket and cargo pants from his motorcycle ride to Drakken's. But neither cared what they looked like, because in each other's eyes, Kim thought Ron was perfect, and Ron thought Kim was perfect.
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Being mindful of each other's soreness in various areas, the two teens were able to kiss again, and apologize once more before they finally got down to business.
"OK Ron… if your parent's weren't at Drakken's, and my family wasn't taken by Motor Ed… then where are they?" Worry was etched on the red head's face.
"I'm not sure Kim… I mean, it's not like they just disappeared without a trace. Think Wade could find anything?" Immediately his girlfriend activated the communications device in the suit since she was definitely within range.
"Hey Wade… Guess what?" Before the genius pre-teen could respond, Kim continued. "Drakken didn't have Ron's family, and Motor Ed didn't have mine. Any ideas where they might be?"
While Wade started to type furiously to set up a search on the internet for anything that might give a clue where the two families were, Ron spoke up. "I'm just thinking aloud here, but do you think that GJ could have them? I mean, they're almost like… a common denominator, or something."
Kim looked up at her boyfriend with a surprised look on her face, which then turned into a bit of a smirk. "Using school words Ron? I just don't see a reason that GJ would…" Before Kim could finish what she was going to say, she was cut off by Wade.
"Holy Shinoly Kim! Ron's on to something! I was able to tap in to a traffic camera not far from GJ's facility, and it recorded two black SUV's headed towards their complex. In one I saw who I think was your Dad, and the other I know I saw Ron's mom! You guys better get over there and see just what the heck is going on." Kim quickly signed off, and both teens quickly ran back to Ron's house where the Sloth was parked, and twin lines of rubber were left on the pavement as they took off.
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As the two teens pulled into GJ's parking lot, they could immediately tell something wasn't quite right. Their first clue was when they noticed there was no guard at the entrance. The barricade arm was raised, and the door to the shack was left open.
Kim parked right in front of the building and both got out of the car, their respective heads on a swivel, looking for anything else out of place. Without saying anything Kim slapped a control on her wrist, and she shimmered out of view. Taking the clue from Kim, Ron 's eyes started to glow a light blue as he brought forth just enough MMP so he could defend himself, and it wouldn't take him as long to pull forth the full force of the Monkey Power.. It was something he had learned from Sensei in one training session. Ron had likened it to a phrase from Space Passage, "Yellow Alert!"
In this state of being partially charged, Ron could also see Kim, so they could still at least communicate with hand signals. Kim motioned for them to slowly go inside.
As expected, there wasn't anyone at the desk in the main entrance, so the two proceeded on into the building, avoiding going through the metal detector. A main hall on the other side of the metal detector split off into two directions at slight angles into the building. Ron motioned to split up, but Kim shook her head no, so both started down the hallway to the left since it headed towards Dr. Director's office.
Slowly they walked down the hall, their senses on full alert. The first entrance they came to was a set of four doors that went into a large stadium-style conference room. Kim placed a hand on one of the doors, and using an ESLD (Extremely Sensitive Listening Device) built into the palm, she could tell that there were definitely people inside.
Slowly Ron entered first, and Kim was right behind him, still in Stealth mode. What they saw in the room immediately brought both of them to an immediate stop.
There on the small stage located in front meant for the lecturer, or whatever demonstration was to be performed, sitting behind a table was both Dr. Director and Will Du. Each of them were tied and gagged, and standing between them was none other than Sheldon Director, the head of the World Wide Evil Empire, or WWEE.
To be continued…
Que dramatic music. So… y'all keeping track? I hope so, 'cuz I'm not, and I'm the one writing this mess! Sorry this chapter took a bit longer. The story was missing something, and then I got this deliciously evil idea. Hope y'all like where this goes next…