Wow, over a year of no updates or even a word from me. How pathetic is that? I know I know you must all be homicidal at this point. I have plenty of excuses.
I'll level with you. About a year ago I was working on this chapter and then out of the blue my computer crashed and erased everything. I was extremely discouraged to write this story after that. Then there is the hole business about both show's quality. What with Supernatural continued seasonal rot and turning into a franchise zombie, no pun intended, that simply refuses to die and the other having been concluded almost 10 years ago.
There is also the fact that I've been involved in other projects with other authors on fanfiction. Just to name a few Rufus T. Serenity with his story "The meek shall inherit the earth". I've been advising ProfFartBurger and his projects. I've been working with them for over a year now and more recently ARega1s and his story "Be careful what you wish for".
Don't worry, I've gotten my inspiration back and I AM going to make room for this story in the future.
I have something else I want to discuss with you all. As I'm sure many of you know my chapters are quite long, usually more or less 10,000 words per chapter. While I thought that this length allowed for a lot of story development in one go, I also know that it takes quite a bit for me to push those chapters out, not to mention it takes its toll on you the readers. I know a lot of people are discouraged to read something that they can't get through in one sitting and I'm sorry for that.
So, I'm thinking of trying something new: Shortening the chapters to around 5000-7000 words each, which is about as long as a single scene in a typical 10,000 word plus chapter. I'm going to make this arc a trial run. By arc I mean where we are currently in this story with Ron and Kim in Blackwater Creek. I would have just made this one or two chapters which would have been 10,000 words or longer each but now I'm going to turn it into about three.
What I want to ask you all is, would this be something you want? Shorter chapters, but more frequent releases? Which is going to happen anyway since I'm finally back on track. Or longer chapters, but with longer release times. This next section of the story is going to be an experiment testing that, as this chapter is only one scene in what would have been a three-scene 12,000 word or longer chapter. If you all decide that you like the short chapter lengths, than I'll continue writing this way and put out the next scene as a separate chapters as soon as I've written them. if you don't like it then I'll go back to my usual regular-length chapters in the future.
I also have a few more things to say. First off I still need a beta. I'm doing my best but as you can tell am no literary professor. Second at the bottom authors notes I've got some surprises for you. As always I own nothing. Enjoy.
Winchester
Chapter SIX- Gather
Night, Possible Household, Middleton Colorado
James is sitting in his signature arm chair staring at his TV having long forgotten what the show on it was about. James looks over to the large window that oversees his front lawn and sees his wife Anne looking out of it like she has been since dinner ended and the boys went up to their room to play their video games. James keeps looking and he notices that she isn't moving. Anne was still looking in the same spot out the window. She wasn't blinking, it even looked like she wasn't breathing.
Worried James shuts off the TV while he walks over to her. "You okay hon?" Anne gave no response. "Anne? Anne, hello?" James asked touching her shoulder.
"Wha- oh hey, sorry. Yeah I'm fine."
"Oh really? If you don't mind me saying, ever since dinner you seem distracted."
"OF COURSE I'M DISTRACTED JAMES! Our daughter left and hasn't come back yet."
"Yeah she did miss curfew. But I'm sure she's fine. She goes on her missions all the time."
"She's usually back by dinner. Ugh! I should have never let her go." Anne said walking over and sitting on the couch.
Worried James sits down next to her. "I'm sure Kimmie-cub is fine. She's probably just stopping another one of Drew's dumb plans in the Caribbean or getting a cat out of a tree in India. She's in no danger."
"Yes she is." Anne whispered.
"What?"
"She is in danger." Anne admitted. "This morning, after you took the boys to school she had Wade track Ron down and get her a ride. If she's helping Ron on one of his... missions she is in danger."
"Why!? I thought you and I were on the same page. Especially after last night. Why did you let her go?"
"I thought Ron and his Father would send her back here. You saw how he and that other hunter was like. I thought that if I let her go they'd... I don't know scare her straight."
"Scare her straight? Are you serious? Since when has Kimberly ever been afraid of anything?You know her Anne. Kimberly is stubborn. Our little girl could be dead right now!"
Anne almost jumped off the couch as she took out her phone. "I'm calling Kim."
Anne's phone rings for a few moments before it went to voice mail. James frantically grabs the phone and says. "Kimberly Anne Possible answer this phone right now and you get your butt back home because you are in so much trouble young lady."
"Please Honey. Pick up. Call us. We just want to know if your safe. Come home Kim. We're worried we know you want to help Ron. We do. Its just that fighting monsters... its just-"
"-Its not for you! It is dangerous an-" James was cut off as the heard a loud beep coming from the phone. "Dang it."
"I'm going to Kim's room to see if I can call Wade. He'll be able to contact Kim." Anne said running for the stairs.
"Good idea. Get Wade to call Global Justice. See if they can send anyone to help Kimberly." James said racing behind his wife.
As they both ran up the stairs they stopped in their tracks when they heard the door bell ring. The Possible parents look at each other for a moment before walking back down the stairs and to the front door. James opens the door and they both see Bobby Singer with a smile on his face and a Pizza box on his lap. "I didn't know what ya'll like so I got ya a half pepperoni and sausage."
XXX
Night, FBI Surveillance van, Middleton Colorado.
Looking at a monitor inside of the van an agent sees movement near the front door. He enhances at the site and sees the distressed looking Possible parents accepting a pizza box from a man in a wheel chair. The agent takes out his phone and makes a call. "Yes agent?"
"Sir, you wanted to be apprised if we found any information on either the Winchesters or the man from last night. From what we know the Winchesters have not moved but the man from last night is back."
"Acknowledged. Give me a sitrep agent."
"Sir, no audio but we still have visual. No sign of Kimberly Possible since this morning but both Dr. Possibles appear to be in distress."
"Any idea why?"
"Exact reason unknown but Miss Possible has yet to return from this morning."
"Plausible. What are parents doing now?"
"Parents Possible still talking to accomplice, possible Winchester associate. Unknown what they are discussing- wait. Possible's are letting Unsub in to home and..." The agent looked on in indifference if slight annoyance as all monitors and windows showing video connection inside of the Possible household turned to static. "Sir, we lost the feed. Same as before."
"Acknowledged. Continue surveillance of Possible home and report if anyone leaves or enters premises."
"Understood sir."
"Agent Henriksen out." He hang up on the agent in the surveillance van before he dialed in another of his subordinates in his team. "This is Head Agent Henriksen, move in to target."
XXX
Kitchen, Possible Household, Middleton Colorado.
James and Anne were having deja vu sitting at their new kitchen table across from Bobby as he took another bite of pepperoni. The three just sat their in silence with the only noise in the room being Bobby's chewing. "I know you've probably already had dinner." Bobby took another bite. "Ah felt guilty about the free meal ya'll gave have me last night. Thought I'd pay ya back."
James and Anne looked at each other for a moment and then back at their guest. "Bobby, why are you here?"
"You where right about the joint. Its got good stuff." Bobby said pushing the open pizza box toward the Possible parents.
They both looked at the box for a moment before James closes it. "No, really. Bobby, What are you doing here?"
Bobby sighs as he puts down his slice. "If we're gonna have this conversation, you're gonna want this." Bobby reached to the back pouch on his chair and pulled out three small jars. He pulled out a flask from his pocket and poured into all three before he slid two of them across the table. Bobby picked up his jar and took a swig. Bobby loudly winced as the burning alcohol went down his throat. "Scotch. Aged six days. Noth'n like it. Enjoy."
As James picked up his glass and inspected it Anne asked. "So Ron didn't steal you're flask?"
"You kidd'n? Hell no. That boy knows better than to steal from me unless its important. Nah, I just needed an excuse to get that girl ah yours to buy me help'n her."
"WHAT?!" James slammed down his jar, spilling some of it on the table. "You wanted my little girl to go monster hunting?"
"She ain't monster hunting." Bobby said as he nonchalantly took another sip.
"Than what do you call this? She's in danger."
"No she's not. Ron and his father have taken down and survived things that no one else ever could. Those two'll handle whatever's out there any day of the week. Your daughter's fine."
James stared at the hunter in disbelief who just stirred his drink. Anne looked back and forth between the two before she took a sip of her own scotch herself. Feeling the burning amber in the back of her throat Anne shook her head. "Nagh. Okay Bobby, you wanted Kim to go help Ron and his father. Why?"
"Because that boy needs help. He won't admit it but he does."
"You just said that he and his father could handle it."
"Oh he can but he'll get hurt, again. Ron's good but he can't do it alone. No hunter can. I can't help him and no other hunters are close enough. So Kim was the only option."
"What about his father? Isn't he there?"
"No he ain't." Bobby took another sip. "I look'd there, for a long time. Didn't find noth'n. Didn't even find a trace. Johns good. I'm better. He's not there. I don't know where he is. Bastard knows how to disappear."
James rubs his temple as he sits down. "Okay, okay Bobby. You sent Kimberley, my daughter, to go help Ronald. Fine. I'm not okay with it, but fine all the same. You didn't need to come back here. You could have just gone home after you left this morning and no one would have been the wiser." James takes a deep breath. "Bobby Singer, why are you back here?"
Bobby drinks another sip of his scotch, savoring the burning sensation in his throat to prepare him for what he was about to say. "You two, your family has been through a lot. Enough. You've only known Ron for a short while and you've almost died. A few times. I'm gonna ask you something. Something I got no right to."
Anne and James looked at each other for a moment, worried at what he was about to say. Anne took another sip of her scotch as James let out a deep exhale. "What is it?"
Bobby looked down at the floor for a moment, sitting in silence with an unreadable expression on his face. Just before James was about to ask again Bobby reached into his right pocket and pulled out a Silver .45 ACP bullet. He set it down on the table right next to his jar of scotch. Anne and James look at the small chrome round as the light gleams off it next to the amber colored alcohol. They look up and see Bobby staring back at it like he's looking through a rifle's scope."Its the round I mean to put through my skull. Every morning I look at it, I think 'maybe today's the day I flip the lights out'. But I don't do it. I never do it. You know why? Because of that kid. I promised that boy I wouldn't give up." Bobby yelled. Both Anne and James flinched when he did. "When I first got like this" Bobby gestures to his legs."I already knew that kid for three years. That was six years ago."
"That boy's been run'n and hide'n his entire life. He's seen things. He's done things..." Bobby stops to wipe his eyes. "He did all that so he could live through the night. He's seventeen and he's already a veteran. That's not right. I don't want that for him. His dad don't want that for him, but we can't give him anything else. Do you have any idea what its like to be a hunter? Your alone, surrounded by enemies. You fight and drink yourself into an early grave for men, women, and children who will never know your name. So they can be safe. You'll be lucky to make it to 30 before some thing rip your guts out. The alternative? Outliving what friends you still got and ending up in a nut house... or a wheelchair."
"Bobby... what do you want from us?"
Bobby took deep breath. "Ron's always going to be a hunter. I know that. He knows that. But he's never known a normal life. He'll never know that pain. That pain when your wife dies in your arms. When your home burns down. When your whole world falls in front of you." Bobby stops to drink the last of his scotch and winces again as he gulps it down. "But he'll never know what its like to have some ass-hat teacher give him a bad time. To have hard day at work. To have his girlfriend talk him to death... To have peace."
"Bobby-"
"I know you guy's aren't exactly normal but I am begging you. Please, please do it for him. He's been through so much. Do it so he knows what normal is. What peace is. To know what he's fighting for."
XXX
Morning, Blackwater creek camp trail, Colorado.
Just off the main road at the entrance to the camping trail two vehicles are are parked. One a green station wagon and a red pick up truck. Haley Collins and her little brother Ben are grabbing and putting on their packs and other gear from inside the station wagon. While at the red truck the forest guide Roy is inspecting his scoped UHR hunting rifle. Clipping together the last strap on her back pack Haley handed Ben a water bottle which he put into the last pouch on his own back pack.
"Look I'm telling ya I don't think Ben should come." Roy advised as he took one last function check on his rifle.
"Roy." Haley pleaded.
"Look your paying me good money to keep everybody safe. I think Ben is safest at home."
At that moment a county Sheriff's police cruiser pulled over next to the road in front of the trail. The Collins and Roy looked over and see that the sheriff himself didn't step out but instead a girl with long red hair in a purple shirt and black pants carrying a backpack. She waved to the sheriff before the cruiser drove off and she started walking up to them. "Hey guy's. Got room for one more?"
Seeing the front of her the Collins and Roy could see that it was none other than the famous adventurer Kim possible. Taking an even closer look they could see that she was in her updated mission outfit consisting of a violet under armor shirt with black combat boots, pants, gloves, a leg holster for her grapple gun hair dryer, along with a utility belt.
The three look at each other for a moment. Not really knowing what to do or how to respond to this. Shaking her head in disbelief Haley asked. "Kim Possible?"
"Yep."
"Thee Kim possible?"
"Yes, that's me. No big."
Ben and Roy give each other a glance. "No, really. Who are you?"
"For real, I'm Kim Possible."
"Why would thee Kim Possible be here in nowhere Blackwater Creek asking to come along? With us. Right now?" Ben asked.
"Your not gonna like it but I'm actually here because of-"
"Is there a supervillain here in the forest?" Roy asked. "Is that what happened to those campers? Are they kidnapped by some crazy in spandex?"
"Wait, wha-"
"Oh hell no! I'm out of here." Roy said putting his rifle back into its case and dumping it into the back of his truck. Roy took off his backpack and tossed it into the backseat. The Collins look at each other for a moment before Haley took a step toward her hired guide.
"Roy?"
"I'm sorry Haley, but I don't do supervillains. I just don't okay. Look I'm sorry about your brother and his friends. I am, I really am. But I just can't do supervillains."
"What are you talking about?" Ben asked walking up beside his sister.
"What I'm talking about is the inhuman experiments on people, the laser weapons, the freaks in onesies who beat the crap out of you."
"How do you about all that?" Kim asked.
"How do I know that?' You ask me 'how do I know that?!' I know about that ever since that freak with the stuffed animal fetish set up shop in that ridge back in 09."
"DNAmy?" Kim asked.
Hearing the name Roy pointed directly at Kim wide eyed in fear. "That was her. She wouldn't shut up about herself and how people 'mocked her and called her mad'." Roy said the last part with a mockingly light and effeminate tone.
"You know DNAmy?" Kim asked walking up to the other side of Haley.
"Know her? Me and my friends were her lab rats!" Roy screamed. "Back in 09 DNCrazy set up her lab on the highest ridge out in this forest and spent the whole year stealing people's pets and farm animals and turning them into monsters. At first we thought it was nothing. Just a runaway pet here and a lucky mountain lion or wolf there. But then she started abducting people. Kidnapping campers and hikers who got too close to her 'honeycomb hideout'." Roy explained as he wiped away the flop sweat from his forehead.
"Eventually people did what Haley and Ben are doing now and went looking for their friends and family. They thought they were just lost out in the woods so they hired me and a few others. We went out there looking for them. At first we just thought it was an ordinary routine thing. City dumbass's trying to prove they can handle mountain country but got lost. We got captured. Beaten. Taken to her 'honeycomb hideout'." Roy looks down at the soil between him and the group for a moment with a tormented expression on his face. "Not all of us made it by the time we got there. We were thrown into kennels. She was actually happy to see us since all of the missing people were already screwed up by what she did to them. They had goddamn beaks and fur!" Roy slammed his fist against his car door. "We we were in there for over a week before GJ came in and rescued us. One by one each of us were- were-" Roy collapsed onto his knees and vomited all over the ground so much so that his hands were covered with the green chunky fluid as it oozed down to Kim and the Collins' feet who had to step away.
Kim ran up to Roy and grabbed his arm to help him on his feet. The second she did he shoved her away from him and against his truck. "Stay the hell away from me super!" Roy grabbed hold of his truck's door handle and with what might he could muster he yanked himself to his feet. Smearing the vomit all over his truck and himself. Leaning against his truck's frame Roy stood there for a minute trying to catch his breath.
"I don't remember alot during but when I was that- that- gah!" Roy slammed his hand over his mouth to hold back the bile. "But I remember the pain. The pain she used to train us. What the GJ guys did to take us down. The months as Global justice guinea pigs before we turned back to normal." Roy turns and scowls at Kim. "I was one of the lucky ones. At least I got to kept my sanity and my life. When it was all over two of my friends were dead along with four innocent people. Three more are still in an asylum right now!"
"Jesus. Roy, I- I'm so sorr-"
"Save it!" Roy yells just before he reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out a wad of money wrapped in a rubber band. He tosses it at Haley. "Keep your money." Roy opened his truck's drivers side door and hopped in. "Haley, if your brother's out there I'm sorry for ya. I really am because if she's here that means that supers are involved. If he's alive..." Roy covers his mouth again. "I don't know what you'll find. Do yourself a favor and leave it to the super. The professionals."
Roy slams his foot on the gas pedal of his truck and drove off the gravel trail as fast as his truck would allow until he was back on the road. The Collins and Kim watched him leave through the cloud of dust he left behind until he was out of site. The three stood there in total silence, overwhelmed by what Roy had just dumped on them. Even the mighty and experienced Kim Possible was at a loss of words.
XXX
Mid-day, Cave, Blackwater creek forest, Colorado.
Slowly opening his eyes Tommy felt a splitting migraine. Confused as to where he was Tommy looked around but everything was blurry. He blinked and shook his head but it did little good. He could make out shapes and colors but no depth perception or details of objects near him in the dark room. While he could move his hands, his arms or legs they were numb. Grasping his hands together Tommy felt metallic rusty chains around his wrists leading up. Realizing he was chained to the ceiling and that was being lifted off the ground. Luckily for him his vision was finally coming back. Once it did he could see that he was in a cave but not a natural one as there were planks of wood for parts of the ceiling along with rock letting small rays of sunlight inside.
Looking to his right he could see his friend Jason chained up just like he is. Relieved beyond words Tommy opened his mouth to talk to his friend but the second he did he heard the same nightmarish growling as the night of the attack to his right. Just beyond Jason at the front of the cavern they were in. Tommy his eyes were still to blurry and the cave was too poorly lit for him to see the monster but he could still see its silhouette. It was tall and thin with long claws that looked like it reached down to its thighs. The creature moved forward toward Jason, sneering and growling all the while as it came toward its prey.
Tommy knew what was about to happen and turned around as fast as he was able so he couldn't see and tried to stay hidden. Seconds after he did Tommy heard sheering and crunching sounds as Jason screamed in agony all the while. Tommy tried to block it out but couldn't. All he could feel was himself blacking out again. Tommy was welcoming it. If he was going to die like this at least he wouldn't have to be awake to see and feel everything as he died... like Jason and the rest of his friends. Tommy knew he was next. Wanting to see the sun one last time Tommy looked up toward the plank rafters but instead of seeing either a yellow sun or clear blue sky Tommy saw another chain pinned to the top of the cavern with furry rotting three fingered hands still in the shackles. Tommy was about to scream when everything faded to black.
XXX
Mid-day, Blackwater creek hiking trail, Colorado.
Kim and the Collins siblings are walking through the hiking trail with the experienced hero at the lead, Haley in the middle and Ben at the rear. During the hours on the trail on the forest all they had seen were ferns, bushes, trees and other plants but no animals. Remembering the horrifying story Roy told her and the Collin's Kim stopped walking and stood still. Looking up at the sky Kim took a deep breath and sighed.
Seeing this Ben stopped and Haley asked. "You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine its just- nothing. Its nothing. We should just keep moving." Kim assured them as she started walking again.
The Collins's look at each other one last time before fallowing suit. Tired of the awkward silence Haley asked. "Soooo, are you sure your uh 'Kimmunicator' knows where we're going?"
Kim instantly checked her wrist mounted mini-kimmunicator which showed a map of the region with a small blinking red arrow pointing her at the direction she was going with longitude and latitude at the bottom of the small screen. "Oh, I'm sure. Thanks for the coordinates by the way. That made my job a lot easier."
"Yeah, I made sure that if Tommy was gonna go camping he was gonna transmit where he was in every phone call, text, or skype he had with us. Just to be sure. Its the one thing that went right on this stupid trip." Haley told her in a sad tone as she and her brother look at the ground in worry and guilt.
"Guy's I'm sue he's fine. Really, I've done this sort of thing for years." Kim said giving a reassuring smile while she felt guilt and fear shoot up inside her gut. 'Its not a lie, its a half-truth. Besides I'm sure Ron's still out here somewhere.'
"Really? Because we've been out here for hours and we haven't heard anything at all. Not even a peep from a raccoon or birds cheeping. We've been coming out here for years and that's new to us." Ben said walking up beside Kim.
"Well usually when I do stuff like this its when I'm storming supervillians lairs, most of the time Drakken's. Usually when a villain comes in they pick some place secluded, natural fortress like a mountain or cave network."
"The ridge." Haley concluded.
"Yup, and after what DNAmy did in 09 I'm not surprised that there's no animals around here, or at least really shy around people." Kim informed stepping over a half buried log.
"Huh, well what else usually happens when a wakko moves in?"
"They lay traps. Every time they have traps set up around their lair. Mines or trip wired bombs. They usually aren't set up very good so you can see them a mile away. But either way the 'wakkos' always have great surveillance equipment and know I'm coming."
"Do you think its DNAmy again or some other supervillain?" Haley asked.
Kim opened her mouth to correct her but stopped at the last moment when she remembered what Ron told her about ordinary people and monsters. "I- I don't know."
"If it is DNAmy behind this do you think she'll do to Tommy what she d-did to R-Roy and..." Ben stops himself.
Both Kim and Haley look at Ben and then at each other. Haley asks. "Do you know anything about that? Because we don't. I've lived in this town my entire life and that's news to me. We've never heard some crazy super V abducting people and turning them into freaks. "
"No, I have no idea. But I'm gonna find out. Hold on." Kim said hitting the contact button on the side of the wrist mounted Kimminicator. Instantly Wade appeared on the screen.
"Hey Kim whats up?"
"Hey wade, listen I kinda have a sitch here. A few years ago back in 2009 a supervillain set up in one of the ridges here kidnapped and experimented on people. I'll save you the details but no one has heard about this. Not me and not the locals. I got a name though: DNAmy."
"DNAmy? 2009 in the Blackwater ridge hiking grounds you said?" Wade asked typing into his keyboard.
"Yeah, the only reason I know that name is because I recognize seeing her on TV during the live crime against humanity trials when she and a few others of that year were brought in front of the global court." Kim asked while Haley and Ben were walking beside her trying to get a look at the screen on her wrist.
"Hold on..." Wade asked as he kept typing. "Okay, got it! I found something in the GJ secured files. Amy Hall, and I'm quoting here, known as DNAmy by her former colleagues.Was a disgraced biogeneticist shunned by the scientific community for her unorthodox and unethical splicing experiments. Listed as obsessed with the cuddle buddie phenomena and president of their world fan club. After collecting every cuddle buddy ever made she still wasn't satisfied and so began splicing together the DNA of real animals to reflect her chimeric nature of the stuffed toys."
"Wow, what else do you have?" Kim asked.
"After she was kicked out of the recognized scientific community she continued her splicing experiments. Her standard routine was finding remote locations in forests and mountains. Places that are naturally secluded with hilly landscapes and experimenting with all sorts of animals native the region. After she made her 'real life cuddle monsters' she went to a new location with them and stated over again. Always leaving before GJ could take her down."
"That explains why she chose Colorado." Haley chided.
Kim looked at her for a moment before going back to wade. "Tell me you have more."
"About 10 years ago she was set up fairly close to a sky resort where she spent months doing her usual splicing animals together for her obsession. Trying to create the cuddle buddies but according to her own testament she never came close enough so she started abducting people from the sky resort. By the time GJ caught on to her she had her own personal army of mutant henchmen at her beck and call. Kim, she actually managed to fight off GJ several times but eventually she was brought down. IT wasn't pretty. I'm seeing images here of the battles on my screen. Trust me you don't wanna see them." Wade said pointing to the screen on his left that Kim couldn't see.
"GJ took her to the international court where she was tried and sentenced. That's probably the one you saw her in. Anyway she was officially sentenced to life in prison but unofficially she was brought in and forced into a GJ black science cell. I can't get you anything more from those files. They're too well encrypted for me to just hack into right now. I'll see what I can do later. But I do have access to other files. Lets see what I can get out of them. Hold on..." Wade said as he worked his magic.
"Its not much but- Thanks to GJ's unlimited resources and funding during her time as their flunky DNAmy revolutionized Gene therapy and advanced medical science by decades. They've even implemented some of her work into the mainstream now."
"Wow, that is fascinating! But can you get to it?" Ben asked getting impatient. "The incident at Blackwater creek. 2009. Anything at all about that? How come we don't know about it?"
Wade stares at Ben for a moment through his screen before going back to his other compute to his side. "Okay, from what I have access to... for some reason GJ has DNAmy listed in that area during that year up to her old tricks again that got her imprisoned by GJ in the first place. She set up her lair at the base of the highest point of the Blackwater ridge forest. She was more careful this time doing her routine slower. Just taking a few pets and farm animals along with the local wild life. But eventually some campers found her. She captured them and used them in her experiments."
Wade squints at the screen to his left for a moment. "It gets triple encrypted again after that. Wow, whatever happened GJ does not want people to know about it... Okay this is the last bit I can give you. Eventually GJ did catch on. They assaulted her lair and destroyed it. Unfortunately she was already gone. The experiments were free and... all of the hostages were either changed or eaten by the creatures."
Dead silence fills the forest. The Collin's siblings stand there horrified staring at the small screen on Kim's wrist. Kim Possible herself stands there completely still for a moment before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath. The second she did Haley covered her mouth and jerked to the side. Ben rubs the back of his neck as his eyes tear up. Kim exhales and asks. "Is there anything else you can find Wade?"
"No, its too encrypted for me to hack into right now. I'll see what I can do and get back to you Kim."
"Thanks Wade." Kim said as she sighed off as she rubbed her left temple. Kim turned around and saw that while Haley and Ben were quiet they were clearly scared and close to having a nervous breakdown. "You know I won't think twice of you guy's turn back now."
Both look back at Kim before they turn and look at each other for a moment. Ben says nothing but shakes his head. Haley agrees and turns back to Kim. "We're staying."
"I don't know whats out there but if its one of DNAmy's creatures I don't know if I'll be able to protect you. I've never faced a supervillain who would go this far- could go this far."
"Tommy's our brother. He's the only family we got left." Haley countered with Ben nodding behind her.
Kim takes a long exhale as she starts walking toward the camp site location. "I understand. Come on, we have to keep moving."
Haley and Ben jog up behind Kim and fallow her. Ben stops just behind Kim but Haley stops at Kim's right. "Why don't we just call in GJ for this? They've handled this kind of thing before."
Kim sighs. "Trust me I'm tempted to call them and if it comes down to it I will. But I know how GJ operates. They'll send in an army to clear out the forest-"
"Isn't that a good thing?" Ben asks.
"Not if you want to find your brother alive. If he is and we call in GJ they'll level the whole area and if they don't, calling in that many people will scare the whatever's out here and it'd kill whatever survivors there are. The second we find your brother dead or alive, or anyone else I'll call in GJ." Kim explained. "Is that okay with you guys?"
The Collins siblings both nod in agreement. Ben asks. "What are the odds of finding out brother still at the camp site?"
"I'll be honest, not very good. But its a good place to start looking." Kim explained.
"Kim you've seen some pretty weird stuff. What do you think the creatures look like?"
Kim think about her question for a while and remembers all the supervillains and strange anomalies she's been called in to deal with. Ranging from Dr. Drakken's usual zany 'take over the world' scheme to Henchco's super-weapon sales and W.E.E's usual nonsense. Kim honestly couldn't find an answer for her. But before she could both Kim and Haley heard Ben shout. "Holy crap!"
Kim and Haley turn and see what Ben was looking at. To their left just down the slope all of the trees were blown apart: the foliage burnt with several craters leading back all in a straight path as far as the eye could see. With her hand on her grapple gun in its holster Kim runs down the slope Kim while ordering. "Stay here."
When she makes it at the bottom of the slope Kim stops and looks at one of the craters and see's that it isn't normal hole but an actual foot print the size of a tire with imprints where either the hooves or claws would be. Kim gets down on her knees to get a better look and touches the foot print. Back at the top of the hill Haley asks. "What is it?"
Still investigating the crater Kim loudly answers. "Its a foot print." Pushing the dirt in the print around Kim notices that the soil is dry. "Its been here a while. It should be safe to come down."
As the Collins make their way down the slope Kim looks around and see's that the foot prints are in the same path of crushed and knocked over foliage. Kim looked at the evidence before her: The foot prints, the knocked over trees and crushed bushes and ferns all going one direction. The answer was obvious. When the Collins got at the bottom Ben looked at the giant foot print and then the path of destruction. "What could have done this? No way in hell that's from a bear."
Putting her hand back on her grapple gun in its holster Kim answered. "I don't know but I'm gonna fallow this. Last chance if you guys' wanna back out now."
The Collin don't even bother acknowledging Kim's question and just start walking down the path. Kim stands there for a moment and can't help but smile.
The path of destruction goes through a field and a few hills like the one were the group found it at but eventually they had to stop when they found the tree's not knocked over to the side but actually piled on in the middle. Putting her hand on her grapple gun again Kim non-verbally warn the Collins to stay put. Slowly and cautiously Kim is a good 25 feet to the side of the pile as she walks around it. As she does she see's something gray and dark purple underneath the pile of trees. Prepared for whatever is waiting for her Kim jumps infront of the creature ready for action but the second her feet hit the ground Kim see's what tore apart half of the Forrest and has to hold a hand over her mouth to stop herself from vomiting.
Seeing and hearing what Kim doing Haley worried. "What is it?"
Kim turns to answer them but the second she opens her mouth instantly she falls on her knees and yellow-blue vomit erupts from her mouth. The Collins run over to Kim and grab hold of her arms to help her up. Ben asks. "What, what is it?"
Still coughing Kim points to the pile of trees at the end of the path. The Collins look and see that under those trees is a giant gray-purple colored monstrosity. It had the fur, ears, teeth, and paws of a rabbit but the body and the horn of a rhinoceros. But that wasn't the disgusting part. The creature was laying on its right side in a self-made crater underneath several dozen foot tall trees. It had dried blood streaks running down the several bullet holes on both its back and its front, its throat was cut open, a combat knife in its right eye socket, its entire front left leg blown clean off, with an entire lake of dried blue blood around its corpse.
As soon as she see's that Haley lets go of Kim and vomits herself while Ben just looks on at it in sheer terror. Getting a hold of herself as best she could Kim stood up and looked at the Frankensteins' body. Feeling the bile shoot up in her stomach again Kim held her mouth and swallowed as hard as she can as she walks up to the corpse. The sight was horrifying enough but the smell was overwhelming. Forcing Kim to pull up her shirts collar to her nose. Looking down at the creature Kim could tell that this monster was more than dead. She looked at the knife inside of the creature's eye socket, grabbed hold of it, and pulled it out. All the while it got harder and harder not to keep from vomiting again. She didn't have to as Ben finally vomited for her as he saw her pull out the knife.
Kim turned around from the corpse and saw Haley trying to help her little brother while she herself was holding her mouth closed just like Kim was. Kim walked out of the crater and up the Collins. "You guy's alright?"
Ben didn't answer or even acknowledge the question as he just continued to stare at the dead creature before him as his sister rubbed his back to try and help him. "I- we..."
"Yeah, I get it. Its hard for me too." Kim admitted as she looked back at the monster's body.
Still looking at the creature Ben stood up and asked. "Wha-who did this?"
Hearing his question Kim looked down at the knife she found in the creature's eye socket and noticed that underneath the blue blood it was the same type of knife Ron gave her last night. Realizing that Kim immediately turned back to the creature and looked at the damage done to it. Kim stood there for a moment before mumbling. "Jesus Ron."
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Well thats the end of this chapter how'd you all like it? Probably not worth the wait right? Look I know what your all thinking. Since I first introduced Ron to this story he's been destroying what it is to be a supervillain 'They're harmless' is what Ron thinks of them and from what we've seen so far he's right. But that's only the D-bags who've been stealing stuff for profit or trying to 'take over the world'. He's never met or dealt with a villain who's not interested in either of those. One who delights in mad science and only mad science.
Look I know that in all of Kim's rogue's gallery DNAmy is by far the least intimidating but only by first glance and appearances. If you look at her results and modus operandi she is by far THEE most terrifying villain in the series. This is a middle aged woman who looks like either the friendly if kookie aunt or the funny daycare lady but has the mind of a woman buffalo Bill who has a fetish for mutant stuffed animals hybrids and turns men she likes into said animals hybrids. That is horrifying. If the show was taken more seriously she would have been treated as a real threat.
Not to mention she would be a good transplant villain for the Ron in this universe. She looks harmless but is really incredibly dangerous. Ron in this universe looks like and is a bad-ass. She is a middle aged experienced villain. He's a teenaged experienced 'hero'. She creates monsters from people with science. Ron hunts supernatural monsters who eat people.
I wonder what would happen if the two met?
Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future."
-Jim Ron.
