Chapter 34

Warning: This story contains some strong language and explores mature themes such as sex, violence and death

Disclaimer: The characters and locations from Kim Possible belong to Disney and the characters of Jonny Quest belong to Hanna-Barbera. Hattori Hanzo is from the move Kill Bill by writer-director Quentin Tarantino and are all being used here without permission or profit.

Chapter 34

Monkeys Attack

Three days later, Kim was in a foul mood. She sat in the back seat of Sheri's jet, heading back to Acapulco after losing the bet. Even though Sheri had admitted to cheating, she was still making Kim keep her word. Kim had no idea just what Sheri had in mind; but she was sure that she wasn't going to like it.

On the second day home, Ron was in his glory back in the kitchen, just cooking up a storm. The place didn't look any different than when he last left it. Pauley seemed to have everything under control.

Jessica was still going over the books, but everything looked good overall. As far as she could tell, there had not been any mistakes made in the books themselves. In addition, the restaurant made a hefty profit in their absence.

Ron insisted on only having one Team Renton member in his kitchen at a time, and he didn't want the children under foot. This forced the team to split up more than Tina had wanted.

Landing at Sheri's Acapulco villa, the first thing Kim did was check on her car that was still in the hangar.

"Sheri," Kim snipped, "you could have at least moved it to the garage."

Sheri mocked, "What? And take the risk of one of my neighbors seeing it? I don't think so, Kimmie."

"Hey!" Kim shot back. "This is a great little car. It's fun to drive and gets great fuel economy!"

"Yeah," Sheri smirked, "and it cost less than a set of tires for my Lamborghini!"

"That's another great bonus." Kim chirped. "Anyone can afford it…not just the rich and snobby, like you!"

Sheri took Kim by her arm and started pulling her toward the house. "Come on." She growled. "You can play with your car later. Let me show you the house. This is my favorite get away in the whole world."

Ron was in the middle of a busier-than-normal dinner rush. Of course, he brought most the extra activity upon himself. He called some of his friends and regular customers to let them know he would be cooking tonight.

Jessica was getting Patrick ready for bed while Joss was entertaining Katie. Aika was on her sleep shift in the spare bedroom.

Tina was walking a delicate tightrope. She tried not to let Ron out of her sight, yet stay out of his way at the same time.

Unknown to any of them, they were all being watched very closely…

Sheri waved her arms, as if giving a grand tour. "This is the living room. One of its best features is this glass wall over here. With a touch of a button, I can easily change the tint of the glass. I can darken it, so no one can see in; or make it clear, to let in the sun."

She faced her auburn-haired 'captive' and asked, "Well, what do you think?"

Kim was clearly impressed. "It's really very, very nice! Sheri, this is a party house if I ever saw one. I bet you've had some great parties here, haven't you?"

Sheri's smile faded and she diverted her eyes. With a sigh, she explained. "I have never had a party here. This house is my sanctuary. In fact, other than my house staff, you are the first person to have seen it in a long time."

Surprised by this confession, Kim joked, "What? No way. I know you all too well. You probably brought all your lovers here just to impress them."

Sheri turned her back on Kim and stared out the window. Making sure Kim did not see the hurt in her eyes, she answered, "Will bought this place for us just two weeks before he died."

Kim felt about two inches tall at that moment. She stammered, "Oh, I'm sorry. I-I-I didn't know. I thought you bought this place after Will's death."

"Kim," Sheri formed a coy smile and challenged, "I bet you've had more sex since your divorce than I've ever had in my life." She shrugged her shoulders and quietly added, "Because…I haven't had any lovers since Will." With those words, Sheri turned and slowly started to creep toward Kim.

Backing away from her raven-haired friend, Kim retorted, "I think you'd lose that bet. Ron is the only man I have ever been with."

Sheri's smile returned as she continued to slowly advance toward Kim. "The only man, huh?" She playfully teased. "Does that mean you've switched sides after all?"

"NO!" Kim snapped. "Ron is the only person who has ever shared my bed."

"Oh, reeeeallly!" A playful leer dances across Sheri's face. "I seem to remember sharing a bed with you in Junior's Villa back in the day…and what about all those times I caught you with Aika at Yamanouchi? She's a real looker, you know."

"You know what I mean." Kim exclaimed while still backing away from Sheri's advances. "We only laid down together for a nap at the villa, nothing more." She ignored the remarks about Aika.

As Sheri continued her advance, she cocked her head sideways and wondered, "Are saying you haven't even dated since your divorce?"

"Yeah!" Kim barbed. "So what if I haven't? It's not like I've had a lot of time for that sort of thing. Running an international organization is a 24-hour job, you know."

"Who are you saving your self for?" Sheri demanded. "Do you have some notion that Ron might return to you some day?"

Kim fumed, "No way! I'm not saving myself for anyone." She found herself backed against a wall. This made her angrily gripe, "What about you? Who are you saving yourself for?"

Kim regretted the words the second they left her lips. Sheri just smiled and moved in closer. At this point, Kim was completely cornered. Sheri put her hands on Kim's face, raising her head up so the woman's emerald eyes locked with her own.

Leaning close, she whispered. "Just you, Princess…just you." With all the passion she could muster, Sheri's lips gained a firm lock on Kim's mouth.

Kim tried to push Sheri away, but she had no strength in her arms. Sheri then put her own arms around Kim's waist and tightened the grip on her prey.

Kim's knees went weak and she was forced to wrap her arms around Sheri's neck just to keep from falling down. Before Kim knew what was happening, she was returning the kiss. Her mouth opened as Sheri's tongue forced its way inside.

Kim started to get light-headed and was finding it very hard to breathe...

Joss was with Katie on the couch playing with the 'Kim Possible' dolls Kim gave the girl during her last visit. Joss heard the crash, but she could not react in time before a knock on the side of her head sent her reeling and made her vision elude her…

Aika woke up at the sound. Before she had a chance to even throw off the covers, something pounced on her. The sheets were pulled back over her head as she suffered numerous blows, presumably from staffs and nunchakus. Aika never even had chance to fight back before being forced back to unconsciousness…

Jessica was just stepping out of Patrick's room when she heard the crash. She saw ten ninjas, all dressed in black, slowly advancing on her. She quickly went to call forth the Lotus Bloom but before she could she was hit hard from behind. The force of the blow sent her to her knees. She regained her footing just in time to see the blow as it struck her temple. At the moment, her whole world faded to black...

After what seemed a very long time, Kim was finally able to break the embrace and push Sheri away. "Stop! Wait…wait just a moment." She panted. "I can't love you. I…I'm not gay!"

A satisfied grin on her mouth, Sheri observed, "Yeah? Well, Princess…that kiss says otherwise!"

Kim pushed Sheri away from her, staggered over to the couch and placed her head in her hands. Sheri stepped up to Kim then drew her into a hug wrapping her arms around Kim's shoulders.

"Kimmie, I'm so sorry if I caused you any stress." Sheri reasoned. "It's, it's just that…I have been dreaming of that moment for a very long time."

Sheri then gently kissed the top of Kim's head and offered, "Just tell me you didn't feel something just now, and I'll fly you back to Yamanouchi tonight without another word on the matter."

Kim didn't want to admit it, but kissing Sheri didn't gross her out. It really did feel good just to hold someone…anyone…again. Still she was not gay…at least that what she kept telling herself.

Closing her eyes, Kim wrapped her arms around Sheri's waist. She confessed, "I don't know, Sheri. All I know is that I have missed your friendship so damn much! Truth be told, I haven't been dating because I just felt it was a waste of effort. I figured it was time better spent chasing bad guys around the world."

Sheri pulled away and knelt in front of Kim. Her heart was screaming her desire to kiss those lips again. She started leaning in towards Kim's face once more. This time, Kim didn't resist or back away. Instead, she closed her eyes and leaned forward to meet Sheri's lips.

Just as their lips were on the verge of an explosive meeting…

"Beep Beep De-Beep!"

…the Kimmunicator chimed.

Sheri bellowed, "What the hell?"

Kim jumped up, found her bag, found the annoying little device and answered the call.

"This better be important!" Kim growled.

The man on the other end responded, "Kim, its Burn. Ron and Jessica have been attacked."

This shocked Kim back into 'mission mode', causing her to fire several questions in succession. "What happened? Where are they? When was it? Was anyone hurt?"

Burn took a deep breath and started giving his report. "As far as we can tell, it happened about an hour ago. Joss and Aika are in the hospital right now. Both of them have concussions. Joss might lose her sight in her right eye. They're giving Aika less than a thirty percent chance of survival."

Burn waited for Kim to say something. Seeing no upcoming response, he continued the assessment. "Jessica and the children are missing, and Ron's house was torched. If a neighbor of Ron's didn't see the flames when she did, we would have lost both Joss and Aika."

Kim finally recovered enough from the initial shock to demand, "Where was Tina when all this happened?"

Burn reluctantly answered, "She…was with Ron at the restaurant."

Kim was starting to see red. Her anger coursed through her veins as she roared, "Why weren't that all together at the restaurant?"

Burn shrugged and replied, "I guess Ron didn't want the kids underfoot."

Kim's fury grew at this revelation. Through gritted teeth, she asked, "Where's…Ron…now?"

Burn quickly pulled the man in question into camera range and said, "He's right here with me."

She ordered, "Give…him…the Kimmunicator."

Burn quickly gave the device to Ron and backed away from the blond man. He clearly did not want to be a part of what he knew was coming.

Ron began, "Kim, it's not—"

"RONALD ADRIAN STOPPABLE!" Kim quickly interrupted. "Don't you DARE tell me it's NOT YOUR FAULT! How the HELL could you be so SELFISH and not keep everyone TOGETHER??"

Ron flatly stated, "I didn't think they needed to be at the restaurant."

In their three-plus decades of friendship, she endured the aftermath of numerous bone-headed decisions on Ron's part. Now, with two people she loved as sisters in the hospital…

…Kim Possible finally erupted…

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!! You didn't give a mole-rat's ass about anything else but your goddamn restaurant. Because of your downright stupidity, I may lose two of the greatest people in my ENTIRE LIFE!! On top of all that, we now have to risk even more lives to rescue your family…

"You're lucky I'm not there…because I would like nothing more right now than to beat you to a bloody pulp!

"Now you listen to me, and you listen good! From this moment on, you will do EXACTLY what you are told by Burn or me. If you so much as sneeze without our permission, so help me God…I will shove my 'Lotus Heart' sword so far up your ASS, you can use its tip to PICK YOUR GODDAMN TEETH!! HAVE I MADE MYSELF PERFECTLY CLEAR??"

"Crystal." Ron replied. He was too upset with himself to even care if she followed through on that promise.

"GOOD!" Kim snarled. "Now give the Kimmunicator back to Burn, sit your sorry ass down, and await his instructions."

Ron complied and Burn's image soon re-appeared on the screen. Kim regained her composure enough to ask, "Do we have a lock on their transponders yet?"

Watching Ron to see if he overheard Kim's question Burn answered, "Wade has a lock on the children's signals, but not Jessica's. Right now, they're at about thirty-two thousand feet, cruising at six hundred twenty miles an hour, heading due south, about an hour from the Mexican border. It looks like they're heading toward your current position."

"Well, at least we can track them." Kim was thankful for that much. She then asked, "Does Wade have any ideas why we're not picking up Jessica's signal?"

Burn chose his words carefully. "He's got a few theories, but none I wish to discus right now. I have already alerted four of our best units in South America. As soon as the children stop moving, we'll be there."

While Ron hadn't heard the initial comment about the transponders, he did pick up on Burn's update on their signals. The thought that his family was tagged without his knowledge made him very upset.

"Wait a minute!" Ron interjected. "Are you telling me that you tagged my family without my permission? Just when did you do that?"

Burn stepped up to Ron, putting a hand on his shoulder. "We had them tagged as soon as you arrived at Yamanouchi. You know that's standard procedure in this type of situation."

"I know." Ron confessed. "I just didn't want them to be tagged like I have been my whole life. It was one of the reasons I hated Global Justice and wanted to get out of the hero business."

Burn reasoned, "We did what we had to do; and at least for now, we can track them and monitor their vital signs."

Kim screamed "DID I GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO TALK??" Realizing her anger was not helping the issue, she sighed and continued, "Ron, I'm sorry you got dragged back into this mess, but you don't have time to feel sorry for yourself. The lives of your children and your wife are at stake.

"Your family needs a hero, not a chef! I need you too. So please, for their sake and for mine, get your head in the game. I just got you back in my life, and I don't want to lose you again."

Ron rejoined Burn on the screen. Utterly defeated, he relented, "Alright, KP…I'll do my best."

"Burn," Kim instructed, "keep me posted. Sheri and I have her jet. I can get in position the moment you have the coordinates." As an afterthought, she added, "Could you please call my mother and get her to care for Joss and Aika?"

Burn answered, "She's already there. Your parents were visiting friends in Middleton when we called her. Shall I pass along your regards?"

Kim weakly smiled, "Please-and-thank-you. Kim Possible out."

Turning off the Kimmunicator, Kim set it down and noticed the tears running down Sheri's face. Kim quietly stood and hugged Sheri for a moment.

After they wiped away the last of their tears, Kim reverted back into 'mission mode'. "Sheri," she declared, "I need to get prepared. Do you have any weapons around here?"