Kim was at Bueno Nacho finishing up her soda, regretting her decision to come.
"I can't believe I listened to Chris!" she said, getting up to leave, "When I find him I am going to kill him!" Just then Ron walked in. "Ron!"
Kim ran up to him. Ron was half prepared to protect himself from her, incase she was still angry. And then, to his complete shock, she hugged him. After the initial shock wore off, he hugged her back.
"It's good to see you, too, Kim," Ron said kindly.
"I'm glad you're back, Ron. I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said. I promise, I won't be a glory hog from now on. We'll be real partners."
Then the smile on Ron's face slipped away. "Kim, I'm sorry, too, but we both meant what we said and we can't ignore that. I hope we can still be friends, but we are no longer partners."
"What do you mean?"
"I'm here to officially sever ties from Team Possible," He then took his bag off his shoulder and began taking things out. "These are the gadgets Wade gave me. Since I am no longer part of the team, I can no longer keep these things."
"What do you mean 'officially sever ties'? You mean quit."
"Well… yeah."
"What are you going to do instead? Sit around and do nothing?"
"No, I plan on having my own crime fighting organization. I plan on doing what we used to do."
"You're just going to end up getting yourself killed."
"I hope that isn't the case, but if it is at least I'll get myself killed instead of someone else getting me killed. I don't want to be someone's responsibility anymore."
"This was Chris' idea, wasn't it? You two are going to be partners in this and he will do the same thing to you as I did, but he'll do it on purpose, because he knows he can control you."
"This was my idea, and yes Chris and I are in this together, but he is my sidekick. He insisted on it. Now can we get off the subject of Chris, he is a good guy."
"Fine, how do you plan on stopping all the villains? Last time I checked, you weren't a fighter."
"The last time you checked was three weeks ago, things change."
"So tell me; what has changed?"
"While I was away, I learned how to fight. I learned how to be a hero and not some sidekick."
"So what do you want from me," said Kim with anger in voice.
"Though we are no longer partners, I hope we could be allies. I hoped that we could call on each other for backup."
"Ron, I will continue to fight for the good guys and I will not leave you if you are in trouble, but I will not fight with you. I may have said have said some mean things and I am sorry for that, but what you are doing is betrayal. And then, to add insult to injury, you ask me to be an ally. I am sorry, but we are not allies. We are merely fighting on the same side and nothing more do we have in common. Goodbye, Ron," and with that Kim left.
"How could he do this to me?" Kim thought to herself. "I may have made some mistakes, but he is overreacting. He didn't bother to give me a second chance."
"Did you deserve a second chance?" said another voice in her head. "If you guys hade been friends for all these years, you should have known something was wrong."
"But he knew something was wrong, though, and he never said anything."
"Ron has never been assertive, not when it came to your friendship, and he may have tried to say something, but you've blown him off plenty of times and one of those times may have been to talk about your friendship. And if he had told you, would you have listened, or would you have said he was being stupid and continue what you were doing?"
"Still, he should have…" but her thought was cut short buy the tune of her Kimmunicator. "What's up Wade?"
"There's a Drakken problem, a cab should be picking you up right now," Kim looked up and saw a cab pulling up right in front of her. "It'll take you to the airport where there is a ride waiting to take you to your final destination.
"Here's the sitch…" Wade began to explain as Kim got into the cab.
Ron sat there for a while, thinking about what Kim said. Her reaction was as he expected. He wished it hadn't happened but it did. And he knew that it would have been worse if she found out through someone else or, even worse, if they should happen to meet in the field. He did wish that she would have accepted his offer for an alliance, but he knew better than to count on that.
Ron ordered some food and just sat there quietly and ate. Then all of a sudden his cell phone rang.
"Hello," he said quietly.
"Hey, Ron, it's Chris. I think we may have a job. Meet me at the library; I got some adventure gear plus a whole bunch of gadgets and a ride."
"I'll be there as soon as possible," Ron said quickly. He then hung up the phone, ran out to his bike, started it and rushed towards the library.
When Ron arrived at the library he saw Chris waiting for him. He had a duffel bag on each side of him, both packed pretty tightly.
"So what's up?" asked Ron. "Is there a burglary, a traffic accident or something?"
"Oh no, my friend. You're going straight to the big leagues. We will be dealing with an old friend of yours. Do you recall a mister Drakken?" said Chris with a slight grin on his face.
"I do. Do you think I'm ready to fight Drakken? It's my first mission!"
"First of all, you were ready to fight Drakken while you were part of Team Possible, what you mean to ask is if you are ready to fight Shego. Secondly, I do think you are ready, but there is only one way to find out."
"Alright, what is Drakken up to?"
"He has stolen some device which will allow him to control any electrical item. That means he can do almost anything between turning a blender on and off, crashing a plane into a mountain or even launch missiles. The possibilities are endless. Now, there is some good news. The device has an advanced locking system and it will take him hours, if not days, to unlock it."
"That's good. Now, what kind of equipment do we have?"
"Well, we have the standard gear: the suits, the grappling guns and a few smoke bombs. And then we have some things a little less standard: knock out gas, tranquilizer guns and some other weapons. Now which weapon would you like? We both get knock out gas and tranquilizer guns but there are a few physical weapons which we can chose. You don't have to use these; I'm just giving you options. There is wooden sword, it's balanced like sword would be, but it is not lethal, we also have a metallic staff and a pair of nun chucks."
"I'll take the sword; I have had some practice with it."
"Good, I've always been partial to a staff," said Chris taking out his keys and pressed the calling button, followed shortly by the screeching of tires and a car parking in front of them." I've got us a ride. Follow me, I'll take you there."
With that, Chris drove off in his car, followed closely by Ron.
One hour later
"Alright Miss Possible, this is your stop," said the pilot
"Thanks," said Kim with a parachute strapped to her back. She took a deep breath and jumped. She soon landed on the ground and made her way towards Drakken's new lair.
She arrived at the main entrance and saw that there were no guards. Suspecting a trap, she decided to take the ventilation route. As she made her way through the vents she heard something odd. Nothing. No talking, no sound of marching, none of Drakken's idiotic laughter, just silence.
She followed the map on her Kimmunicator and stopped over the main control room. She looked down and saw Shego sitting in a chair, completely unsuspecting. Kim tensed up, preparing for a fight. She then jumped down and landed in fighting position. Then she saw one of the strangest things.
Shego was sitting in the chair, but she was unconscious, had a black eye and was handcuffed. Kim looked around and saw guards scattered out cold across the floor and Drakken was amongst them. She then saw a man in a commando outfit and went up to him.
"Sir," she said suspiciously, "what happened here?"
The man turned around and to her utter shock, it was Ron.
"Hey, Kim," said Ron with both surprise and a big grin on his face. "Can you believe it? I beat Drakken and Shego. Chris took care of some of the guards, but I actually fought this fight and won. I can't believe I completed my first mission successfully." Chris then approached them.
"Hello, Kim," he said politely and the turned towards Ron. "I got us a ride, it'll have to jump points: one over Middleton, so you can get home and another outside the city where I will deliver the device."
"Great," said Ron, then he looked at Kim and then back at Chris. "Do you think we could get Kim on that ride as well?"
"I'm sorry, Ron," Chris said, looking a little sheepish. "There is only room for two, and even that is pushing it. Next time I'll get a ride that has room for a third incase we should meet Kim on another mission. We should get going, though," said Chris, looking at his watch. "Our ride won't wait long."
"Okay," Ron said, once again turning back to Kim. "I'm sorry, Kim. I can't tell you the whole story right now. We have a plane to catch, but we can talk back in Middleton. See ya." Ron then turned and followed Chris.
Kim just stood there with that look of shock still on her face. Her mouth was opening and closing like a goldfish. She looked as if she knew she could talk but had forgotten how. Finally, she was able to squeeze two words out.
"Ron. Won."
