Olympics 10
It's an Olympic Sized Mission
Chapter 11
Sailing over the jungle, Major Kim nodded to Kim that all was proceeding as planned.
"Your teammate has already uploaded the location of those three into the GPS of this craft. He suggested a haphazard approach to the area, then use your jet packs to approach to tree level. My superiors have allocated whatever needs you may have. You have limitless authority short of the release of nuclear weapons."
Kim patted the Major on the shoulder.
"Let's hope that it will not come to that. The quieter we do this the better. Besides, we are used to the three of them."
The Major nodded as he reached for a control on the board in front of him.
"Yes, you have always faced them separately. Have you ever faced them all together?"
Kim shook her head.
"No, never all together. But a year or so ago Ron and I shared a dream where we were fighting all of them at the same time. We won that time so we aren't too worried."
Ron stood up behind Kim.
"Speak for yourself, personally I am scared silly."
Kim turned and eyed Ron.
"Ron, you are always scared silly."
Ron just shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey I do the scared silly part, you do the kick butt part and we will get through this fine."
Kim laughed as she grabbed him by the straps of his jet pack and gave him a kiss.
"Now, don't you go back thinking you are just the buffoon. A buffoon doesn't win two silver and one gold medals at the Olympics. Did I ever tell you how sexy that is?"
Ron looked into Kim's eyes. He was giving him "that" look. His heart skipped a beat or two as she drew her face closer to rub noses.
"Now, let's get this mission over with because we have some celebrating to do."
They each checked the straps to each other's jet packs.
"You ready?" They asked each other at the same time.
Ron shook his head.
"No where near it, but not that I have a lot of choice. Let's get this over with."
Major Kim 's voice came from the front of the craft.
"Miss Possible, jump time in one minute."
Kim and Ron pulled apart and stepped up to the door as it slid open. Kim stood in the door with Ron right behind her. Each of them had a hand on the button that would activate their jet packs as soon as they cleared the craft. The light at the door flashed and they jumped into the morning air. Both of them waited a couple of seconds they activated their packs. The wings deployed and the engines fired up. They sailed across the tops of the trees heading for the area where the shrine should be. Ron saw the top of the stone pagoda style building first. Pointing it out to Kim, he banked into a turn for a landing in a clearing near the building.
Flaring her jet pack, Kim settled to the ground. Ron was already removing his jet pack and looking over at the shrine looming over the tops of the trees. Hiding the jet packs they proceeded toward the shrine. They had not gone far when Kim stopped and whispered to Ron.
"Do you hear anything?"
Ron shook his head and whispered back.
"Nope and I don't like it. There should be birds and monkeys screaming. I can see some monkeys but they aren't saying anything and ...ahhhhhh mannnnnnnn."
Whirling around Kim got into her fighting crouch.
"What's wrong Ron?"
Her eyes followed where Ron was pointed and groaned. She had seen the monkeys but didn't think twice because this is the jungle. She realized now that all of the monkeys in sight had ninja outfits on. She shrugged her shoulders.
"So much for sneaking in. Let's go get the party started."
Ron groaned as he rolled his eyes.
"I would prefer the party we were planning back at the village."
Kim nearly screamed when something goosed her from behind. She spun around to see Ron smiling and waggling his eyebrows. She gave him a sultry smile.
"Don't make promises you can't keep."
Her hand snapped out and popped him on the side of the head. Then quickly moving forward she gave him a quick kiss.
"Get your head in the game Ron. Let's do it."
Monkey Fist's face turned into a sneer.
"They're here!"
Drakken looked up from the control panel where he was working.
"Wha? Who's here?"
Shego slapped a hand over her face.
"Who do you think dimwit? The Easter Bunny?"
Another voice added itself to the room.
"Well, nice to see you finally crawled out from under a rock."
The three villains looked up to see Kim and Ron standing side by side on a balcony above the front door,
"KIM POSSIBLE!" yelled Drakken.
Shego rolled her eyes as Monkey Fist glanced at Drakken with disdain.
"Does he r-e-a-l-l-y say that every time."
Drakken fiddled with his hands.
"Well, I don't know what else to say."
Fist grinned as Shego fired up her plasma.
"Well, I know what I want to say. MONKEY NINJAS ATTACK!"
Monkeys came from out of the dark attacking Kim and Ron.
Kim dove for the floor as Ron started to run around the edge of the shrine. As he ran he stooped down and picked up a pole from the floor. Every time a monkey ninja got even close to hem it received a well aimed, well timed blow that knocked them to the floor. Kim dodged back and forth as monkey after monkey attacked her and was knocked senseless.
Shego joined the fight against Kim as Kim dodged a flaming plasma hand. She spun around and used a trick Tina had shown her. The change in styles caught Shego by surprise as much as Kim boot upside her head did. Shego staggered back and growled.
"You actually called your beam routine the "Shego S-t-o-m-p"?
Kim grinned as she did a number of backward handstands away from Shego. Shego knew better to get to close. Her jaw was still sore from learning that lesson before.
"Yep, you really helped me win that Gold Medal Shego. I put that routine together before but our fight just gave me new ideas. I put them in the routine and the rest is history."
Shego turned her hands up to full power as she continued her attack.
"You are going to be history in just a bit!"
Ron had taken care of most of the monkey ninjas after him when he jumped to the floor. A voice came out of the darkness of the shrine as two feral eyes shone.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't the pretender. I must say you did well for a buffoon. I should have known running would something you would be good at. After all you have been running away from a fight all your life."
Ron settled himself down and gripped the pole tightly.
"I am not running now."
Monkey Fist stepped into the light.
"Really?" He drooled.
"We shall see how long that lasts."
Monkey Fist hurled himself at Ron. Ron waited for the right second to duck and raise the pole. There was a distinct crack as the pole splintered followed by a howl of pain from Monkey Fist. Ron turned and rose to his feet as he discarded the remains of the pole. Monkey Fist turned with his nose leaning to the left and faced Ron.
"You young whelp, you broke my nose!"
Ron propped his elbow on his arm and put his hand under his chin like he was contemplating something.
"I don't know. I think it looks good on you."
Fist screamed in rage and attacked Ron. Ron met his attack with an attack of his own. Soon the room was filled with the sounds of fighting. Drakken stood to the side and watched the proceedings. Kim and Shego were fighting each other, which was normal. But Ron was meeting Monkey Fist blow for blow. Drakken knew his part all he had to do is wait push one button to start the generator then the other button to unleash Monkey Fist's surprise. He looked up at the towering shadow partially hidden in the shadow of the top of the shrine. He pressed the first button and waited as the generator ran up to it's shrill whine. Watching the board in front of him he had to wait until the power meter reached the proper point, then press the last button. After that he was thinking of running, as hard and as fast as he ever had. But then he would miss the downfall of Kim Possible, which was something he could not miss.
The meter reached the point he was waiting for and a green light came on. A shrill horn sounded once and died away. Then Drakken pushed the last button.
As soon as Monkey Fist and Shego heard the horn they broke away from their fights leaving Kim and Ron standing alone in the middle of the room. They covered their ears for a moment as the horn reverberated inside the shrine. After the horn finished sounding they realized they were alone on the floor of the shrine, that the generator sounded like it was going to explode and that there was something in the shrine with them. Drakken hit the final switch and power cables arced across the room. The cables lit the room up as the arcing electricity traveled higher and higher into the room. A shape was illuminated. Monkey Fist leered as he spoke, his maniacal eyes gleaming in the arcing light of the room.
"Team Possible, meet the Gorilla God of Montigal."
Kim and Ron looked up to see a gigantic stone gorilla statue being illuminated by the light. The cables entered the statue at various points and suddenly the statue seemed to glow. It's eyes opened to reveal an orange light burning from within. The head moved and the eyes focused on Kim and Ron. They looked at each other.
"OHHHH snap."
They dove in different directions as the stone sword of the gorilla smashed to the floor. The gorilla roared and turned to face Kim. She dodged the sword twice as the creature swung at her. Bounding of the wall she was able to dodge the sword a third time.
"Hey hard head. Over here."
A steel spear flew across the room to bounce off the head of the gorilla god. It spun to see Ron standing on the balcony level waving at it.
"We need to talk about your people skills."
Roaring it stepped over to Ron raising it's sword. There was a pop and a whir as Kim's grapple wrapped itself around the tip of the sword. She tied the line off around a pillar before the gorilla god completed it's swing. The sword snapped to a stop. The momentum of the swing pulled the gorilla god off balance and it crashed to the floor.
Kim quickly reloaded and fired again, swinging herself over to Ron. She grabbed him as he turned to face her.
"Ron we need to find a way to stop this thing."
Ron held on to Kim as he watched the gorilla god try and untangle it's sword and to stand up.
"Kim I have an idea but you need to let me take the lead on this one."
Kim stopped and stared at Ron.
"Ron now is not the time to try something."
Ron reached up to touch her face.
"KP, trust me."
The two of them stared at each other for a moment then it felt like someone was watching them. They turned to see the face of the gorilla god just feet away staring at them. It screamed into their faces causing their hair to fly all around their heads. Kim turned to the gorilla and kicked it in the nose.
"Hey, it's couple moment. Back off."
Kim turned and smiled at Ron. Her eyes told him the answer. They just stood there and stared at each other a moment. Kim stepped over and placed her hands on his chest as she looked up into his eyes.
"I have always trusted you."
Ron reached up and touched her cheek when Monkey Fist's voice rang out into the darkness.
"FINISH THEM YOU BIG IDIOT!"
Kim and Ron glanced to the side as the gorilla god raised it's sword. Ron turned to look at Kim.
"KP, remember the experiment we had to do in science class for Mr. Barkin. Your brothers sabotaged it and we had to do something before Mr. Barkin fried himself."
Kim's eyes opened wide and a wicked smile crossed her face. She looked around the room and saw part of their plan. Ron nodded to their feet where Kim saw the rest of his plan. He jumped on her toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek, then somersaulted out of the way of the gorilla's sword. Ron ducked under the sword and grabbed the objects that were lying at his feet. He rolled forward and jumped down to the floor, running between the stone god's legs he reached the place where Kim waited for him.
She handed him one of the the power cable she had snatched to the floor. Taking her laser lipstick she welded the ends of the cable to the two iron spears that Ron had in his hands. As the stone gorillas turned to face then he hid behind one of the pillars. Kim started to bound back and forth around the room. The stone gorilla swiped at her but continued to miss. With a final leap she landed on it's hunched back. This was the moment Ron had been waiting for. Stepping from around the pillar, he hurled the spear at Kim where she snatched it out of the air. Turning it in her hand she impaled the gorilla in one of the seams at it's neck.
Roaring it swatted at her with it's free hand. Kim tried to jump out of the way but caught a glancing blow that spun her off it's back into the darkness behind it. Ron knew he didn't have time to check on her. He had to finish his part of the plan. Running to the center of the shrine, he mounted the pad where the stone god had stood. Beneath it was the bare ground exposed when it started to move. He turned to the stone gorilla as it approached.
"Hey ugly, you know I learned something about being safe around electricity. That is to ground all your power lines."
He raised the spear in the air and drove it into the damp earth.
Monkey Fist screamed " NOOOOOOoooooo"
Ron was blasted clear of the spear as the electricity drained from the stone god. Sparks flew from it's joints as it went rigid. It stood swaying above Ron with it's sword raised. Then with infinite slowness toppled to the side and smashed to pieces.
Shego slapped her hand to her face.
"Oh well, they did it again. Drakken I think we need to make ourselves scarce."
Monkey Fist nodded.
"I do agree, he who runs away lives to fight another day and I plan to run as hard as I can."
Ron struggled to his feet as quiet came to the interior of the shrine. The only sound was the drip of water seeping through the ceiling and the clinking of the remains of the stone god.
"KP?"
Kim's voice came from the other side of the mass of stones that used to be the gorilla god.
"Over here Ronnie."
Ron limped over to where he could see Kim leaning against one of the pillars. They embraced and just held each other for a few moments. Ron pulled away to look at her face. Her cheek was smudged by dirt. Reaching up with his hand he caressed her chin with his hand as he wiped her cheek with his thumb. She placed her hand on his pressing his hand against her skin. He shrugged his shoulders.
"Looks like they got away."
Kim lay her head on his shoulder.
"I guess it's okay. We stopped them from whatever they were trying to do. We can catch them later."
Another voice came out of the darkness of the entrance to the shrine.
"That will not be necessary Possible-san."
Kim and Ron looked over to see two ninja figures moving out of the darkness. They removed their hoods to reveal the smiling faces of Yori and Hirotaka.
"They have been captured outside by the other ninja. Global Justice is taking them into custody at this time. Major Kim is waiting outside to take you back to Beijing. It will be our honor to join you at the Closing Ceremonies. After you have been given proper medial care. Now we must leave, no one other than GJ and yourselves shall know we were here."
With that, the two ninjas disappeared. Soon GJ agents were rushing into the shrine led by Dr. Director. Behind her and the agents were several medics.
Major Kim was back at the controls of the hovercraft as it sped through the night. Dr. Director stood to the side as the medics finished their work on the two teens. She shook her head. The two definitely looked a little worse for wear. Ron's hands were slightly burned as well as the bottoms of his feet. He caught enough of the electrical charge to singe those parts. He would be stepping lightly for the next few days. He had a twisted back, as well as a couple of cracked ribs. Kim had a badly sprained ankle, a knot on the back of her head the size of a goose egg, and a couple of cracked ribs to add to Ron's. All in all the two had come out rather well for fighting a twenty foot stone gorilla. She was even more impressed that it had been Ron that figured out a way to take out the creature. Drakken, Shego and Monkey Fist were found outside the shrine unconscious and tied up. The agents that arrived just before she did reported seeing fast moving shadows. She knew what had happened but that was information that would not be passed on.
She waited until the medics finished and had moved away from the two teens. Reaching to her side. She picked up two packages and handed one each to Kim and Ron. They opened the packages to reveal the outfits that the US team would be wearing to the closing ceremony. The packages contained white polo shirts with the Olympic symbol, white pants with a red, white and blue cloth belt, and white sneakers.
Kim looked up at Dr. Director.
"Betty, how are we going to get in there. We can barely walk."
Major Kim turned his head to the side.
"Allow my government to show out appreciation. Everything has been handled. I believe a little welcome is being made for you."
Kim was about to protest when Major Kim pressed on.
"Please Kim, allow us this favor."
Kim blushed and nodded. Then she stood to limp to the back of the hovercraft to change. Soon both Kim and Ron were wearing their outfits and were sitting in their seats as the hovercraft flew over Beijing. They could see the fireworks from some distance off. As the craft came in over the Bird's Nest they looked down to see that the athletes from all over the world were entering the stadium. Betty stepped up to them with rappelling belts. Kim noticed that two coils of rope lay over the trapdoor to the craft.
Betty smiled with her eye gleaming.
"Show the world what Team Possible is really made of."
Kim looked at Ron.
"Regular or face down?"
Ron shuddered but smiled.
"Let's show them something badical. Face down it is."
One of the Chinese officials had told Jarred and Tina that Kim and Ron were injured, but would be able to be there for the Closing Ceremony. They were asked to help Kim and Ron when they arrived, as the two teens might need a little help standing or walking. Two athletes from from Japan had asked to help. The young girl and young man had played on Japan's badminton team and were admitted fans of the heroic couple. A couple of Chinese volunteers stood with them in the center of the field. Tina was wondering when and how they would arrive when there was a hush over the stadium. A black craft came into a hover over the middle of the field. The bottom opened and two ropes fell to the stadium floor.
The stadium announcer spoke with the announcement repeated in French and Chinese.
"Ladies and Gentleman, please direct your attention of the center field. The silver and gold winning couple of Team Possible is returning from a mission assisting the Chinese government in the apprehension of three criminals. The people of China thank Team Possible for their bravery on the mission, and for the sportsmanship and talent they have shown throughout these games."
The crowd watched in awe as two figures dropped from the bottom of the craft. They rappelled down the ropes facing down. They slid rapidly down the lines until just above the ground where they slowed, spun on their belts and came to light landings on the ground. The volunteers quickly detached the lines from their belts and removed the belts from Kim and Ron. Tina, Jarred and the two others were waved forward to help the two heroes. The crowd stood and cheered as Kim and Ron waved.
Kim and Ron stood together in the center of the stadium watching the proceedings. The medal presentation for the marathon had been made as the program proceeded to the lowering of the Olympic flag and passing on to the Mayor of London. The music part of the program started with a famous singer and famous guitar player whose group was popular when their parents were growing up. The music continued as the athletes and the crowd awaited the extinguishing of the Olympic flame. They stood in awe as the memory tower reached into the sky. Scenes from the games displayed on the screens on the top the stadium. The screens died as children started to sing and the Olympic flame started to slowly die and go out. Kim nestled her head onto Ron's shoulder and sighed. It was sad that it was all over.
Then as the lights came back up the Memory Tower became alive with over 400 performers making the tower come alive. Then the performers climbed down and made their way into different designs on the tower. Then more and more climbed to the ground to surround the tower. All of a sudden the ones on the ground began to run around the tower to form a representation of the Flame again. Sheets of red cloth were raised up the tower then the ends were raised to the edges of the stadium. Fireworks crossed the sky as the celebration continued. The music and musicians continued with song after song into the night. Red cloths flew through the air into the area where the athletes were standing Ron grabbed one out of the air and gave it to Kim. It turned out to be silk neckerchief. He twirled it around and placing it around her neck tied it off in a loose knot.
Kim pulled Ron around to face her, his hands automatically reaching for the spot on her lower back where his hands seemed to have been made to rest. Kim slipped her hands and arms under his and pulled him to her. Sighing a contented sigh, she placed her head down under his chin and on his chest. She held him there for moments, taking in the feel of his body against hers. This was her man. The winner of one gold and two silvers medal at the Olympics. No one could call him a loser now. At least not and lose their teeth if she had anything to do with it. She felt him turn his head and press his cheek against the top of her head. Everything seemed to slow down, the sounds of the stadium were fading away and the lights were dimming except for where they were standing. Her whole world was shrinking down to that one spot where the two of them were standing.
Earlier that day they had been Team Possible. During the events they had been members of the US Olympic team representing their country. But right now, at this moment, they were just Kim and Ron. Two different people, but having one heart, and one soul. Neither one of them were complete without the other. As they stood there in each others arms, Ron moved one hand to his pocket. The little velvet box was still there. He had been able to sneak it out of his mission pants and into the pants he had on now. All he had to do is take that chance and ask Kim a question. He pulled his head back.
"KP, can I ask you something?"
So ends the Olympics, but not the story. I have a little more story to tell but I wanted to stop right here.
I would like to thank all of you who have hung in there with me through this marathon of writing. Thanks to all of you who have reviewed and thanks to those suggestions from two special friends. Your ideas were a great help.
Soon Kim and Ron will be heading back to Middleton. The story will wrap up there.
Thanks again, please leave a review.
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