Chapter 8 [Rocky Mountain Hideout—Two and a half hours later]
Even as matters were being hashed out in Denver, the villains plotted various crimes to commit throughout history. With Team Possible out of action, they figured they could be comfortable.
"Ve should take ze Crown Jewels of Bavaria!" Professor Dementor argued.
Monkey Fist frowned. "Really! The diamond mines of South Africa are a more worthy goal."
"I'll say where we go! The World's Fair of 1900!" Dr. Drakken argued.
Shego noticed that the Tempus Simia started to glow. "Uh, guys."
"Quiet, Shego!" Drakken snapped before the trio went back to arguing over their goal.
The statue disappeared in a green flash.
"GUYS! THE STATUE!" she yelled.
"The monkey! What happened?" Drakken groused.
"That's what I was trying to tell you! It's gone!" Shego retorted pointedly.
And then the alarms went off.
"Now what?" Drakken hissed.
The outer hangar doors blew inward.
"Boss, it's…." One of the goons called out before taking a shot to the face.
"TEAM POSSIBLE?" the villains chorused.
"Oy!" Shego winced at the others. "Back to basics!" Her hands glowed and she rushed toward where the fight was taking place. "Hi ya, Princess! Thought you'd like prison orange!"
"You should know that orange isn't my thing," Kim retorted pointedly before resuming their usual battle dance.
"Pity. The two ninja brats are about to learn about black and blue," Monkey Fist growled pointedly before engaging the two trainees. As he leapt into a flying monkey kick, he was stopped in midair. "What?"
"You were saying, Stuffy?" Miranda supposed as she looked at Yori. "He's all yours, Yori Chan."
"Domo." Yori delivered a powerful chop to the chin knocking the monkey man unconscious. "That is for last year, Baka. It is our honor to defeat you."
"I'm going to help KP!" Ron decided before taking off toward where Kim and Shego duked it out.
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Rick tackled Drakken as the latter tried to run away and slapped the cuffs on him. "Guess where you're going? I hear Frugal Lucer's really lonely."
The blue skinned genius grimaced in horror. How he hated the cheap skate villain-roommate. Worse still, he'd lost another chance to get even with Kim Possible.
How losing stunk for him….
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As matters degenerated, Dementor tried to use the cloaking device to disguise himself. He programmed in a setting and hit the button.
Nothing happened.
"Was ist?" he screamed.
"Your American style device is ruined," Yori noted while pulling out a fan and a boomerang.
"Nien! It is German not American! I vill not be caught!" Dementor turned tail and rushed toward the door.
Yori timed her throw just right and released the boomerang. It caught Dementor's feet tripping him to the floor. With a single forward flip, she crossed the distance between them. Before he could do anything else, she used her gi's sash to secure the genius' hands. "It is my honor to defeat you as well."
"Back to prison again. How did this happen?" he bellowed in frustration.
Yori did not respond choosing to focus on the battle still being waged beyond. Be careful, Ron San and Kim!
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Shego gloated as she evaded Kim's latest jujitsu move. "Must suck to be graduated. Out of practice, Kimmie?"
Kim growled and redoubled her focus, matching Shego's moves with her own. She knocked the air out of the emerald foe with an elbow to the gut. "Try that!" For good measure, she added a karate kick of her own.
"Better!" Shego mock cheered. "Hey! Where's Stoppable? I owe him for that lame punch the last time."
"Ooh yeah! She remembers." Ron stepped out of the shadows on cue. His eyes were narrowed.
"Ron! Be careful!" Kim advised.
"Got it under control, KP," he replied confidently while recalling everything that he'd learned over the previous year.
"You? Control a fight with me?" Shego laughed. "You got lucky last time." She made her hands glow brighter green. "I'm going to flatten you."
While Ron might have panicked earlier, he didn't this time. Instead he watched her move in toward himself. "You're going down."
Watching this state of affairs made Shego hesitate. It was almost like he was Zorpox again. "Hey, Kimmie, I think you'd better have Stoppable checked. He's about to become Evil Genius Boy again!"
"I'm under control," he disagreed before focusing. Once more he glowed bright black and cobalt.
Shego rushed him, thinking she'd get the element of surprise.
He evaded her first move, allowing her to bull rush past him.
"RRRRR!" Shego charged angrily into him at full speed.
Ron's fist barely touched her but that was all he had to do. Everyone in the compound heard the screech and saw the monkey outline surrounding his form.
The bare touch was enough to knock Shego out cold.
"Ron San, are you all right?" Yori asked.
He embraced his fiancée. "Oh yeah. Used control and everything. Could use a kiss from a certain Japanese ninja babe though."
Yori glanced sideways at Kim who chuckled back at them.
"Go ahead. He's earned it," Kim agreed with a warm grin.
"You and your American style rewards, Ron San," Yori teased while kissing his cheek. "I will expect a dinner upon our return home."
"And when have I ever let my lady down?" Ron retorted with a grin. "Sorry to break in on your fight, KP."
Kim shrugged. "No big. Ron, that was spanking how you kept control and just tapped her like that." She let her eyes glow brightly into his. "I'm proud of you." She hugged him too.
"Thanks, Kim. That means a lot," he expressed while returning the embrace.
"As Master Sensei says, we learn and grow. And we should keep such things in mind," Yori agreed.
"Amen to that. By the way, the statue's gone," Miranda noted from where she guarded Monkey Fist.
"They didn't have time to get rid of it," Kim mentioned before her Kimmunicator went off. "Go, Wade."
"Kim, you all were wondering about the Tempus Simia. It just vanished. I hacked into the cameras from that place. Where would it go? Who could do that?" Wade reported.
"Good question," Kim concurred.
"We shall have to ask Master Sensei upon our return," Yori indicated.
"Good idea," Miranda concurred. And I'll check with Uncle Dave too.
At that moment, Will Du led the GJ forces into the area. "Secure the targets and bring them with us!" He walked over to the teens' side and conceded, "You did well….all of you."
"Thanks, Will," Kim expressed, wanting to twist the dagger in a bit more.
"Here is the machine," Yori told him while handing over the cloaking control.
"We will have this looked at. Meantime, we should go. Dr. Director is waiting," Du urged before leaving.
"That guy's attitude seriously tanks," Ron griped.
"I won't argue with that," Rick agreed. "But he's right. We did good. All of us." He hugged his GF's shoulders. "Remind me not to get in your way with that monkey maneuver."
"If I control it," Ron doubted while taking a deep breath. "It makes me so sleepy."
"You will have plenty of time to sleep on flight. Come on, Ron San," Yori indicated while helping him toward the door. "I know you want your American style nacos."
"You heard her," Kim told her BF and Miranda. "Dinner on us?"
"Sounds like a plan," Miranda agreed as they headed out.
