Chapter 29 - Something Fishy

(Middleton PD, 12:22 am)

Donald Rockwaller, the crooked police chief on the Middleton PD, sat on his chair as it continued to rain outside. The lights were very dim in his office, which is the way that he wanted it. Lightning illuminated the window as the rain continued to pour outside and green smoke filled the room from his ashtray.


He was an slightly-overweight man in his mid 40s and had brown hair and blue-green eyes, like his three daughters. He was also a notorious smoker, but this came after Bonnie had been born. This habit likely came from the fact that he had to deal with his wife's constant nagging and raising three daughters at the same time. Connie and Lonnie very often rebelled against Donald and took Veronica's side. In Bonnie's case, on the other hand, Donald very often spoiled her and his negative views of other people was passed on to his brunette-haired daughter as well, as if Connie and Lonnie taunting their younger sister wasn't enough for the root cause of her behavior at Middleton High. Donald very often looked the other way whenever Bonnie was busted for violating the usually-liberal dress code at Middleton High or for being late to class. The other reason why Bonnie loved her dad so much is his distate towards Team Possible, very often viewing them as a Menace to Middleton for taking over the headlines for foiling the villains' take-over-the-world schemes and arriving late on the scene and becoming beloved heroes of the town. Bonnie even commented that if Kim or Ron were arrested for a felony, her daddy would be more than happy to provide a picture of an egg-pelted Kim and Ron for her to have and mounted on her wall in her bedroom. She wouldn't be satisfied if they were convicted of misdemeanor crimes.

Some of the other cops of the Middleton PD, behind his back, often called him the "Most Piggish Commish or the Big Pig" due to his propensity for scarfing down donuts on the job (more so than some of the other members on the force) and his corrupt habits. Donald also had a clique of his own members on the squad that engaged in the same activities that he did.

By far though, the worst characteristic about Donald was his alleged treatment towards women that are not his daughter named Bonnie. Female employees of the MPD often asked for transfers because of his unwanted behaviors, especially groping. As of that night when the Tara Queen case broke, 68 of the 75 officers of the MPD were male. Donald often used his lackeys, all male, to intimidate female officers to never speaking out against him on his sexual favors or his sexual behaviors on the job. Also, as of that night, Donald was under investigation for the above sexual harrassment claims. He often denied this at press conferences, stating that he was a "family man" and a "champion of true traditional values".

Kim and Ron often had their run-ins with the corrupt commissioner, such as the time, when in sophomore year, Donald threw Ron in jail for 12 hours for littering when it would normally be a $50 fine. It took a tongue-lashing from Kim and from the Stoppable parents to wipe the littering charge from Ron's record. Donald often called Kim "the red-haired menace!" and the fact that he was on the Rockwaller family tree didn't help his case.


On that particular stormy night, though, he seemed to be on top of his game, blowing cigar smoke in Kim's face. Kim and Ron were sitting down, coughing at the second-hand smoke. It was so bad that Rufus wore a gas mask with breathable oxygen in order to prevent getting that awful stuff.

"I'm trying to tell you, Chief Rockwaller, that Tara was not the thief of the Golden Bone!" Kim exclaimed, putting on her breathable oxygen mask. Ron also did likewise.

Donald laughed through his coughs of cigar smoke and replied, "Miss Possible, the security camera footage clearly shows that Tara bashed the glass containing the Golden Bone with a baseball bat and then snatched it. This case is open-and-shut, so why don't you go ahead and play with your little dollies, little girl."

His misogynistic remarks inflammed Kim.

"For your information, Chief, I am NOT a little girl! I am a strong independent woman that has taken down more villains than you can possibly imagine!"

"You need to keep your little meddling nose out of our affairs, Miss Possible, as this is an active investigation!" Donald demanded, chewing on his cigar.

"We shall see about that! According to the commissioner, your superior, she approved me to be on the case since it involves one of the established members of my cheer squad!" Kim snarled at the Rockwaller patriarch.

"I'll have her take a second look at that file, Miss Possible! So get out of my sight!" Donald sneered.

Kim, Ron, and Rufus stormed out of the smoky Commissioner's room.

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"KP...remind me never to go into that office again!" Ron exclaimed, trying to breathe in the fresh air. Rufus took his mask off as did Kim.

"Secondhand smoke would be the downfall of that man! I don't trust what Commissioner Rockwaller said about Tara." Kim said. "We need to get to Hobble's desk to see about the witness thing!"

(3 minutes later)

Kim, Ron, and Rufus were at Hobble's desk.

"Officer Hobble, has there been anyone that saw the theft?" Kim asked.

"Not the actual theft, no." Hobble replied, "But a janitor that worked the night shift said that he witnessed Tara fleein' the crime scene!"

Ron looked at Hobble's candy jar and remarked, "Oooh! Can I have these pieces?"

"Sure you may, Ronald." Hobble obliged, "But let me warn you...it's a bit sticky!"

"If I can brave 45-year old candy, I can totally brave this!" Ron exclaimed, getting his hand into the sugary sweets.

"Bravo for you, Ron!" Kim snarked.

Rufus analyzed the candy and revealed that it's a sticky form of taffy.

"Mmm...sticky!" the mole rat chittered.

Ron sampled some as well. He began to chew on it and commented on the taste, with his mouth open, "Mmm...mmmm! This is good, KP!"

Kim replied with disgust, "Ewww...not if I want to go toothless...and lose my dinner!"

Taking a deep breath, she returned back to the case, whipping out the Kimmunicator.

"Back to business, Officer." Kim said, pointing out on the Kimmunicator screen, "From my analysis, the Golden Bone was stolen multiple types before?"

"Aye, Miss Possible." Hobble confirmed, "Mainly Lowerton hooligans before the rivalry game!"

"What are the specs of the security?" Kim questioned.

"Security cameras on the four courners of the room, motion sensors on the floor, and alarms on the case of the statue!" Hobble replied. "They are all usually activated at 9:30pm, once the last employee at the football facility leaves."

"The game ended at 9:30 due to a running clock." Kim said.

"Credited with five touchdowns thanks to moi!" Ron boasted whiled eating the taffy.

"The alarms were triggered at 10:20pm and the football team didn't get back till around 10:30pm. So this leaves a 10-minute window for that would-be crook to make the escape." Kim said, trying to piece together a timeline.

"Unfortunately, our number one suspect still remains Tara Queen. She was the one caught on the camera." Hobble still insisted.

"Don't believe everything you see, Officer." Kim implied.

She then thought about the other thing that was occupying her mind.

"On another note, are you on AddressBook?" Kim asked to Hobble.

"I am." Hobble said with a grin, "Me and the wife recently posted vacation photos from our trip to Vegas."

"I'm actually kinda new to the whole social media thing." Kim admitted.

Ron said, while still eating the taffy, "Yeah, Monique's going to show her the ropes!"

Kim gasped. It almost slipped her mind.

"That's it, Ron! Thanks for reminding me or else I would be in tech purgatory!" she exclaimed.

"Really? What did I do?"

Kim arched her eyebrow at Ron at the brief dumb blonde statement he uttered.

"Let's jet, Ron!" she exclaimed, "Monique's is going to be stop number one!"

"But what about Tara?" Ron wondered.

"Wade will patch me any updates about the case!" Kim insisted.

Team Possible then left Hobble's office back into the stormy night.