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Chapter 9
Previously with Ron and Wade:
"How about if I gave you my word that you won't be mutated into anything non-human?" Wade was hedging his bets with the company, as they had received a "Triple A" rating from the Better Business Corporation.
Ron took a deep breath and slowly let it out. "OK Wade, but I'm doing this for Kim."
Only five minutes later Wade's phone rang, and it was Chemicals R Us calling to let Wade know their first batch would be ready for testing in the morning. The look on Ron's face was one of trepidation, yet hope.
5 Days Later…
"Ron… I think we've got it!" Wade was feeling quite excited as the third batch of antidote that Chemicals R Us had formulated was working as it should. The first batch Ron 's 'Fortress of Immunity' saw it as a foreign invader and began to attack the antidote as if it were a virus. Subsequently his white blood count was seriously depleted. The second batch made it past his immunity, but it also started to attack the meninges, which is a lining that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. The third iteration corrected the previous two problems, and there were no other side effects.
"So no side effects this time Wade?" Ron breathed out, as he was feeling a bit tired from all the testing that he was put through these last few days. This was all to save Kim, so Ron figured he could go through a few 'minor inconveniences.'
"None at all Ron." Wade typed a bit on the computer that was hooked up to an analyzer that had been running tests on Ron's blood and other various body fluids. "According to the latest readouts here, the antidote is no longer affecting your body and is just attacking the mind control concentrate. I think we're now ready to go find Kim."
…x x x x…
Previously with Kim and Moriarty:
"Now Kimberly…" Moriarty said in a condescending tone, "If you don't eat something, you just may die here, and then what will happen to your precious 'Ronnie'? Will he mourn, or will he avenge your death? Oh I think he will mourn, but as for avenging you… well let's just say that there will be no one to tell him about the trap he would be running Hell-Bent into, at which time I will be ready. Now EAT."
Moriarty then took another spoon full of broth and raised it to Kim's lips, and this time she willingly opened her mouth to accept the sustenance. For a fraction of a second Kim thought about spitting it back into his face in one last act of defiance, but thought better of it as she wanted her strength to try and fight this mad man's attempts at controlling her.
5 Days Later:
"So Kimberly…" Moriarty said in a tone that could only be described as one who was speaking to a test subject, like a lab rat. "How many lights do you see?"
Kim blinked her eyes in an effort to see a little clearer. For the past five days Moriarty had also begun to wake her after only two hours of sleep at a time before using the shock 'therapy'. The combination of lack of sleep, and the pain of electrical shocks had affected her in ways she wasn't even aware of. In fact, her answer this time was exactly what Moriarty had been hoping.
"I… I see… twolights. I mean… two… lights." She was so tired that her eyes closed for a second, and a hard slap to the face brought her back for a little bit.
"Now, now Kimberly… you can't sleep just yet." The British villain tried hard not to smile widely. His next statement hinged on how his prisoner answered the next question, and he had a feeling he knew her answer. "What color are those two lights?"
"Grree… No, blue. The lights… are blue. Please… let me sleep. I can't take this… anymore." Her head fell forward a bit and then to one side. Kim then fought back the urge to sleep for just a few seconds more, and it was long enough to hear four words that seemed to drill themselves deep into her brain.
"Ron Stoppable Must Die."
The red headed girl then fell into a deep asleep in which she dreamt of a young blond boy with freckles dying at her feet… and a smile on her face.
…x x x x…
Previously at GJ:
"I'm sorry Dr. Director… but why would we need a bargaining chip against a young technical genius and some snot-nosed teenager with almost unlimited power that you don't trust 100 percent?" Realization dawned on Will's face just as he finished voicing his question. "Ohhh… I see what you mean. This could indeed be quite advantageous for GJ."
"So you know what to do?" An eyebrow rose above her eye patch.
"Yes Ma'am, I do. Do I have unlimited funds this time?"
"A blank check."
5 Days Later:
Will couldn't believe everything that the engineers at GJ were able to do in the last few days. Two major pieces of equipment were finished when it should have taken them at least two to three more weeks. Of course it was in the testing phase where a lot of time was saved, but the engineers assured him that the computer simulations were just as good as 'real life situations'.
Now he was standing inside a large hangar, and on a table in front of him was what appeared to be a small black box with a single red button underneath a clear plastic box and lid. Next to the covered button was a small red indicator light that was meant to show the box was operational.
Will Du looked at the GJ Scientist standing next to him. "So… All I have to do is press this button and it will jam any transmission, including Dr. Bortel's 'so called unblockable signal'?"
A short GJ agent dressed in a white lab coat responded with a slight German accent. "In short, yes. We believe its effective range is about fifty yards in any direction from zhe box. Zhe key was to tap into subspace in order to put up an impenetrable shield."
A look of concern crossed Will's features. "I thought 'subspace' was just a theory?"
"Well…" The scientist said with a bit of a laugh, "vhen our funds suddenly became unlimited, anysing was possible."
His last three words struck a cord with Will. 'Anything's possible for a Possible'… isn't that what Kimberly said on occasion?
"Uh, sir?" The scientist said, snapping Will out of his thoughts.
"Sorry. I… just had another thought." After clearing his mind a bit, Will looked up at the second piece of tech that the GJ engineers had come up with, only this was quite a bit larger. "So you were able to finally test and complete the EEFD?"
Now the scientist/engineer was smiling widely, almost beaming at the culmination of all their hard work. Oh yes Sir. The Extremely Effective Flying Dreadnought has exceeded all of our expectations."
To be continued…
I guess you would call this a 'transition' chapter. Not much for original content as I put in references from the previous chapters so things would flow a bit better, but I hope you enjoyed it all the same.
Things will get… a bit more exciting… in the chapters to come. This story is going to be a bit longer than I originally intended, but oh well.
