Once again, big thanks to Bitter Sweet Teller for helping me out with this chapter.


Middleton, Colorado

Inside the Possible household, Ron was sitting on the couch, worriedly holding hands with Kim's parents, Ann and James, while Jim and Tim were sitting by themselves on the floor. "I hope our Kimmie is okay..." Ann said, her voice breaking. Ron then stood up and put on a brave face.

"Don't worry, Mr. and Mrs. Dr. P!" Ron said. "I'm gonna find Kim no matter how long it takes! I will not stop till your daughter and my best friend is back here!"

"Thanks Ronald." James said with a solemn smile.

"Hey, if Kim is dead..." Jim said with a mischievous smirk.

"...can we have her room?" Tim finished.

"NO!" James and Ann yelled sternly. Both twins grumbled to themselves.


The next day...

Tony and Kim had the terrorists bring materials into their workstation. The terrorists had still thought that they were building the Jericho missile. But, what they didn't know was that they, along with the man who saved Tony's life, were fooling them in order to act on a escape plan.

"If this is going to be our work station, I want it well-lit." Tony instructed. The mystery man was translating for Tony to the terrorist leader. "I want these up. I need welding gear. I don't care if it's acetylene or propane. I need a soldering station. I need helmets. I'm gonna need goggles. I would like a smelting cup. I need two sets of precision tools."

After everything was collected, Tony, Kim, and the man started to take apart a missile. While they were working, they decided to make small talk at whisper level. The camera was still online, after all.

"So, you're the teen hero who can do anything, right?" Tony asked Kim. Kim faintly smiled and nodded. "Can you speak different languages?"

"Yeah. I'm mostly fluent in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, and Japanese. But not enough for the Middle East languages. I was going to study them. But, well... I was...captured." Kim explained.

She very nervously looked down and was close to tears.

"You...you okay?" Tony asked in concern. He almost stops completely with taking apart the missile.

"I'm...I'm okay." Kim insisted.

Before Tony could say more, Kim turned to the mystery man.

"What about you? Do you know of more languages?" Kim asked.

"Yes. A lot. But apparently, not enough for this place. They speak Arabic, Urdu, Dari, Pashto, Mongolian, Farsi, Russian...who knows what else?" The mystery man uncomfortably said.

Tony and Kim continued to take apart the missile.

"Who are these guys?" Tony asked. He was dismantling the missile's motherboard.

"They are some of your "loyal" customers, sir. They call themselves the Ten Rings." The man explained. "Don't underestimate them. They are worse than al-Qaeda. If Osama Bin Landen met these goons, he would be dead on the spot." Kim and Tony very nervously gulped. "So, what's our phase three plan? Miss Possible?"

"Well...phase one is we find a way to keep Tony alive for the escape. Phase two...we find a way to destroy those weapons. Phase three...we get out fast. Once we're out, we try to send a rescue signal." Kim explained.

"That is a very simple enough plan." The man said with a smile.

"All we have to do is keep these goons fooled long enough, and it will." Kim said.

"Don't worry, kid. We will." Tony said. He, Kim and the mystery man continued to take the missile apart while staring a bit at the security camera. They all knew the Ten Rings were watching their every move.

"You know, we might be more productive if you both include me in the planning." The mystery man wondered

Tony and Kim weren't paying attention much as they finished dismantling the missile and taking out the engine. But, they heard a few words here and there like planning. Once on the work table, Tony took out a piece of metal from the engine.

"Okay. We don't need this." Tony said.

He all too casually threw the engine part away.

"What is that?" Kim asked. She pointed out to the fallen engine part.

"That's palladium. 0.15 grams." Tony replied.

Kim had heard about the metal during some of the Middleton Space Center's top secret experiments that her father let her see. It was worth a lot of money, and is used in almost any kind of high tech satellite fortifying or weapon building.

"How many do we need?" Kim asked.

"At least 1.6. So, why don't you both go break down the other 11?" Tony asked.

Kim and the mystery man did just that.


Meanwhile...

The terrorists were looking at the monitors to check in on Kim, Tony, and the man's progress.

"What are they doing?" one of the terrorists asked in Arabic.

"Working. It's not our place to question our leader." Another terrorist replied without a second thought.


After some molding, Tony poured some of the broken down palladium into a smelting cup. After it smelted, the man then lifted the smelting cup and began to pour it into a mold.

"Careful. Careful. We only get one shot at this." Tony said out loud.

"Relax. I have steady hands. Why do you think you're still alive, huh?" The mystery man assured well enough.

As the man poured the liquid metal into the mold, Kim grew curious.

"Hey, you haven't really told us your name. So, what? Do we call you cousin Demez?" Kim pointed out.

"My name is Yinsen." The mystery man calmly replied.

"Yinsen. Nice to meet you." Tony and Kim replied in unison. Kim gasps a little.

"Jinx! You owe me a soda!" Kim said with a smile.

Tony smirked at that. "Cute." He added.

"Nice you meet you two too." Yinsen said. He faintly smiled. He stepped away to let Kim and Tony work.

"I really can't stand that chili anymore or whatever other mystery meat they give us." Kim said in disgust. It was all the terrorists would let them eat.

"You must have had many good meals and hot water before you were captured." Kim and Tony almost said in unison. They both just faintly smirked over that.

Yinsen nervously chuckled.

"Why young lady, where I'm from, food like hamburgers and ice cream are considered a rich man's treat." He said. "No offense."

He faced Tony as he did.

"None taken. I...it seems like a bright light away now." Tony said with a faint smile.

"It won't be away for much longer. Trust me." Kim somewhat cheerfully added. She put a comforting hand on Tony's.

Tony very firmly nodded.

"Thanks." He added.

"No big." Kim added.

"Anyway, food like that is part of the diet where I'm from. Believe it or not, we consider a loaf a bread to be a banquet." Yinsen said.

A wave of guilt suddenly rushed over Kim. She shrunk back some while standing there. Someone who never had a chance to sample food that Kim has eaten throughout her years? It was almost unthinkable to her.

"I would kill for...well, kick out some goons for some Bueno Nacho now." Kim very nervously said. She was longing for Bueno Nacho, her and Ron's favorite fast food restaurant. Even Nacos seemed very appetizing to Kim these days. And, she didn't often like them that much. Enough to eat if in a hurry and nothing else was there or something? Sure. Kim has done that before. But, it sure seemed more like nature food than terrorist whipped up chilli.

"What's Bueno Nacho?" Tony asked curiously.

"It's a pretty good place to eat. At least for me and Ron. They have tacos, burritos, chimmertios, nacos, nachos, and pretty much any kind of Mexican food you can think of." Kim said with a smile.

"Sounds like a good restaurant. I just got to try it first thing when we get back to the States." Tony said with a smile.


After a few days of building, welding, and wiring, Kim and Tony were marveling at their creation. It even was built with an improved electromagnet, much more advanced than the one Yinsen had created. They turned it on and saw that it powered up faster. It was a perfect replacement for the one keeping the shrapnel out of Tony's heart in every way.

"Hey Yinsen. Check this out." Kim said. She ushered their new friend over to them with a outstretched arm and a hand gesture.

He came over and saw what they built. Yinsen was clearly impressed.

"That doesn't look like a Jericho missile." Yinsen whispered.

"That's because it's a miniaturized arc reactor. I got a big one powering my factory at home." Tony explained in a whisper.

"I've read that a arc reactor supplies clean energy and doesn't create any pollution. This one right here will surely keep Tony alive." Kim pointed out with a smile.

"But what could it generate?" Yinsen asked.

"If my math is right, and it always is, three gigajoules per second." Tony explained.

"That could run your heart for 50 lifetimes." Yinsen said. He sounded quite stunned.

"Yeah. Or, something big for 15 minutes." Tony added.

"Okay. Now that phase one is set, let's get started on phase two." Kim said.

"Already ahead of you, sweetheart." Tony said with a smirk.

"Now don't you start." Kim warned.

"Sorry. God! I like you when you're not bossy." Tony muttered.

Kim crossed her arms. She glared at him.

Tony gulped nervously.

"Well, get over it. I usually know what's best. No offense meant." Kim shot back. She sounded very nervous on the last part. That lightened Tony's mood considerably. So, he dropped the matter. At least for now.

He laid out what appeared to be a complex set of blueprints for Kim and Yinsen to see.

"This is our ticket out of here." Tony explained.

Kim squinted very hard. But, she couldn't make out all of what Tony said on the papers.

"What is it? I want to be sure it's perfect. After all, we only get one shot." Kim brought up.

Tony solemnly nodded.

"I know exactly what you mean. Flatten them all out and look." Tony replied.

Kim and Yinsen did just that with the papers.

Their eyes went wide at what Tony was planning to build. A giant armored suit made of iron.

"Wow. Impressive." Yinsen said with a smile.

"Wow worthy. You really think we could build that?" Kim asked.

"Hey kid. You said anything's possible, right?" Tony asked with a smile.

"Right Tony." Kim confirmed. She smiled back and nodded.

The three of them then went to work on the rest of their escape plan.


After twenty days of building the suit, Tony, Kim, and Yinsen decided to take a break. They were playing a game of Yahtzee and sitting on the cave floor. There were no boards available. So, they had to carve out some with some spare engine parts. The idea was all Yinsen's though.

Kim scored big on her first roll.

"Wow. Good roll." Yinsen said with a smile.

"Thanks." Kim said. She smiled back.

"You don't just got spunk. You're a lucky girl. You know that, right?" Tony asked with a smile.

Kim smiled wide a bit.

"Hey, when you get forced into family game night with your nerdy cousin Larry, you get pretty good...with...board games." Kim said. She trailed off some on the last part. Overall, she was reflecting on her family back in Middleton. "I do miss him. I miss Aunt June, Nana... My mom...my dad..." She sniffled hard and was getting teary eyed. "I even miss my little brothers...the little Tweebs."

Tony laughed some at Kim's nickname for her twin brothers. But, only some because of the obvious feelings Kim is having.

"What?" Kim nervously asked. By now, she knew Tony well enough to know Tony wasn't laughing at her.

"Oh. Just your nickname for your brothers. It's funny." Tony brought up.

"Thanks." Kim added.

She briefly smiled. She then heavily sighed. Before Tony can say something, Kim continued.

"You know, they idolize you along with my dad Tony. Daddy said that you never answered any of his letters." Kim brought up.

"Well, unfortunately, I have a company to run. So, I never had time for fan mail." Tony admitted.

Kim playfully punched his arm.

"You know, never is a pretty long time." Kim added.

"Hey. Don't worry. I'll apologize and make it up to your pops once we get out of here." Tony assured.

"Thanks. But, you don't really have to. Honestly, I'll just be happy to see them all again." Kim said with a solemn smile.

"I'm sure you will." Tony said. He put a comforting hand on hers. He and Kim solemnly smiled to each other.

Then, Tony turned to Yinsen.

"What about you? You still haven't told us where you're from." Tony brought up.

"I'm from a small town called Gulmira. It's actually a nice place." Yinsen replied.

"You got a family? Other than cousin Dementor?" Kim asked with a playful grin.

"Why yes. And just like you with your family, I will see them when I leave here." Yinsen said. He then solemnly smiled.

"What about you, Tony? You got a family waiting for you?" Kim asked. Tony was hesitant for a moment before shaking his head. "No? You don't have a wife or kids? How about cousins? Brothers? Sisters? Aunts? Uncles? Grandparents? Parents?"

"No." Tony quietly replied. He deeply sighed. "Both of my parents are dead. They...they died in a car crash. I'm the only living Stark."

Kim immediately felt guilty for calling Tony a rich smug jerk earlier when they first met. She only meant it as a joke. Even though there was some line of seriousness in her voice when she said that. Kim thought growing up without a family must be very difficult. She was so used to having a lot of family and good friends at high school to turn to.

"So you're a man who has everything and nothing." Yinsen solemnly reflected

Tony shakily nodded. He then left the table to go work on the suit some more.

Kim then got up and approached Tony. "Hey Tony." Kim said. She took a deep breath. "I'm sorry for calling you a rich smug jerk. Okay?"

"Nah. That's okay kid. You can think whatever you want about me. I'm sure there'll be a lot of men gunning for me wherever...I go." Tony said with a sad smile.

"Yeah. That may be true. But...in the time that we spent together... I...I have gotten to know the real you. You made me laugh plenty of times, you saved me from being fried by electric eels, you helped me and Yinsen put together our ticket out of here, and you showed you have a heart in more ways than one: Especially just now when we were talking about our families. I think it all points to you having a second chance at life. I just hope you don't take it for granted or not for granted." Kim explained with a smile. "Tell you what? When we get out of here...I don't care what car you come in. You're going to be added to my favor network."

"Favor network?" Tony cautiously asked. He knew what happened when he got Kim mad. He sure didn't want it to happen again.

"It's simple. I call people who have helped me and they give me a ride anywhere. You know...if they want to return the favor and can. I mostly use it for missions." Kim explained.

Tony smiled.

"I'd be honored to be, Miss Possible." Tony said.

Kim smiled wide at that. Yinsen solemnly smiled to himself a few feet away.


A few hours later, they went back to work. They were welding the suit's exterior and laying out the hydraulics to make it work.

They thought they had the Ten Rings fooled. But, they were always watching. That always made most any one nervous, when people were always watching.


Meanwhile...

"It doesn't look anything like the picture." The Ten Rings leader said.

He was away from Kim, Tony, and Yinsen. He was over by the monitors, studying the monitors and picture of the Jericho missile.

"Maybe it's been modified for a new year." One of the terrorists said.

"The tail is wrong." The Ten Rings leader pointed out.

"It's just backwards." Another terrorist suggested.

After a while of debating amongst themselves, they brought in the man and woman that Tony saw when the leader explained the deal to him and Kim. They both saw Kim, Yisnen, and Tony working on a hydraulic leg. But, it clearly was not part of the Jericho missile.


The leader shouted through the peep hole. Kim and Tony were welding something. They then got into position with Yinsen as the leader. The members of the Ten Rings came into the room.

Kim then gasped in pure shock at someone among them. She saw a woman who she recognized immediately. Tony saw her enter the room as well.

"Shego!" Kim realized under her breath. She was getting teary eyed. She sniffled hard some. She didn't want to believe Shego was right there. But, deep down, Kim just knew she was.

"Wait. I saw that woman a few weeks ago. You...you know her?" Tony asked in bewilderment.

"That's Shego. She's one of my arch foes and assistant to Dr. Drakken. What is she doing here working with these terrorists?" Kim brought up at a whisper.

"You tell me. There were rumors she was a hero...then a villain... I lost count on the Kim Possible fan forums. But, you say she's one of your arch foes?" Tony whispered. Kim almost smiled at mention of Kim Possible fan forums. But she just very firmly nodded. "Funny. I think she's a lesbian."

Kim tried hard to stifle her laughs before Shego approached her.

Shego had a evil smirk on her face.

"Hi princess. Bet you didn't expect to see me here. It's been too long since we fought." Shego said.

"Say Shego, doesn't terrorism seem above your standards? Not that you have any, anyway." Kim remarked. She smirked.

Shego went, "argh!" She made her hands glow. She would have tried to burn Kim right then and there, if it wasn't for the Ten Rings leader. He whispered harshly in some language. That was enough to calm down Shego a little. Her hands stopped glowing. "All right. Go ahead. You're paying me, after all."

The Ten Rings leader was clearly calmer. He seemed plenty calm. Too calm really.

"Shego, everyone, please! Let's all relax." the Ten Rings leader said in perfect English. Kim and Tony let their arms down. "The name is Raza. I am the true leader of the Ten Rings." The Ten Rings leader then evilly grinned. He approached Kim. They were soon face to face. "I must say Miss Possible, you look even more beautiful than what they say in the magazines."

"Raza, if that is true, then why are you doing this to us? You could have just given us a nice dinner if you just wanted a photography project." Kim pinpointed. She wanted to know the terrorist group's true motives. And, she thought joking a little might get him to reveal himself more.

Raza just chuckled before studying Tony's arc reactor.

"The bow and arrow once was the pinnacle of weapons technology. It allowed the great Genghis Khan the rule from the Pacific to the Ukraine. An empire twice the size of Alexander the Great and four times the size of the Roman Empire." Raza explained. Raza then took a hurried look at Tony's blueprints. That worried Tony and Kim. But Yinsen told them in a whisper not to worry. "But, today, whoever holds the latest Stark weapons rules these lands and Asia. That's just to start. And soon, it will be my turn."

"Yeah, yeah. Take over the world, I'm guessing. But...why are you here?" Kim figured. She directed the question at Shego.

"Well pumpkin, it's like you said. This brings more money. Better than what Dr. D pays me. Like, seriously. Do you even have to ask?" Shego said with a confident wide smirk.

"Why have you failed me?" Raza asked Yinsen in Arabic.

"They're trying very hard." Yinsen said. But, from the looks on Raza and Shego's faces, they clearly had enough of waiting.

"On his knees." Raza ordered. With that, the terrorists forced Yinsen onto his knees. Kim and Tony looked on in horror. "You think I'm a fool? I'll get the truth."

"We're all working." Yinsen tensely insisted.

Raza used pliers to pick up a hot lump of coal.

"Open your mouth." Raza ordered.

"What does he want?" Tony asked Kim. Tony sounded jarringly casual about the whole thing.

"He's gonna try to burn the info out of him." Kim whispered. She sounded very shaken. More than she ever had before. As she watched Yinsen slowly but surely open his mouth for Raza. Kim knew that she couldn't just stand there and let those terrorists torture their new friend and mentor. Kim didn't even want to think about how too easily Yinsen didn't protest or shake much. She just had to save him.

"You think I'm a fool?!" Raza asked menacingly. He was lowering Yinsen's head down. "What's going on? Tell me the truth."

"They're building your Jericho." Yinsen simply replied. Even with the hot coal burning in him, and even with his reactive physical wincing, he still did.

"What's going on?!" Raza repeated.

"They're building your Jericho." Yinsen repeated.

Of course not wanting to give away the overall plan is part of the plan for him and his two friends.

"What's going on?!" Raza practically shouted.

"No! Enough!" Kim cried out. She was kicking the coal away from Yinsen's face. Kim was sneaking over close enough around the terrorists to get within range of the coal while Raza was torturing Yinsen. But, a trail of fallen tears tells another side of it all its own. Just as the coal was kicked away, the terrorists drew their guns right at Kim. Two of the guns were in awfully close range. Kim froze with terror. She tried hard to hold back more tears. But, she was already getting a strong notion someone knew her moves like a book. And, all too quickly, reality kicked in harder. Shego stepped in front of the terrorists.

"Don't even bother!" Shego barked at the terrorists. They kind of nervously put down their weapons. Even they were shaking some in her presence. "If anyone is gonna lay waste to Possible, that's my job! Anyone want to make something out of it?" Her hands glowed as she said the last part of her sentence.

"I'm not scared of you, Shego." Kim hissed. Although it was a lie, she sure didn't want to give Shego a bit of satisfaction. Due to her capture and current situation, Kim was very scared indeed.

"Oh, you better be princess. Because this is gonna hurt really bad." Shego said with a smirk. She then grabbed Kim by her shirt. Shego smirked as her left hand continued to glow. "And who says girls get to have all the fun around the fire?" Kim gulped very nervously. Shego was slowly moving and hovering her glowing hand around Kim's face. The green glow was burning hotter and hotter from Shego's hand. Past the sweat and steam and caving in trickling of tears, Kim struggled to still see past it all. It didn't help that some of the terrorists were laughing at Kim now. Shego then moved her glowing hand towards Kim's nose "You got to the count of three to tell us what's going on! Or, you're going to get a sunburn you'll never forget." As he watched, Tony knew that he couldn't watch any longer. Both of his new friends, Kim and Yinsen, were being tortured right in front of him. Plus, he needed both of them to finish their escape plan. "One...two..."

"What? Do you want a delivery date?!" Tony asked in a sharper tone. He made his way towards Raza and Shego, only to be stopped by the gun wielding terrorists. Raza and Shego then turned their heads towards Tony. Shego only slightly turned back though. Shego smirked as she continued to hold Kim by her shirt.

"Well, rich boy...tell me. Why we shouldn't fry them right now?" Shego asked.

Tony seemed like he was about to say something. But, he paused for a bit in the midst of Shego's question.

"I need them. Good assistants. You used to be just assisting Dr. Drakken before. Sure. You moved up in the world. But...maybe it's getting too hot in here for you." Tony argued.

"What? I'm not the ones being held hostage." Shego asked.

She gave Tony a weirded out look. Tony faintly laughed.

"Yeah. I don't know about that, but I can tell that you have some lesbian feelings for this girl." Tony quipped. That last line made Shego's eye go wide eyed in disgust. "You don't want to destroy her, much less kill her. Otherwise you wouldn't have anyone else to be secretly in love with." Kim giggled at what Tony just said.

"What?! You think I...ughh!" Shego said. She let go of Kim at the same time. "Let me get one thing straight, Stark! I like boys! I'm not gay! Point blank! And if you keep this up, I'm firing point blank at you." She then left in a huff.

Raza ordered the terrorists to release Yinsen.

"I almost had her. If she only stayed a little longer..." Kim whispered.

"Of course you did." Tony smirked.

Then, Raza approached them.

"You all have till tomorrow to assemble my missile." Raza warned. He and the other terrorists left the room.

"We need to leave first thing tomorrow. How are we with the armor?" Kim asked.

"Just about finished. Just one piece that needs to be assembled. I'll get started right now, be done by tonight, and we'll leave in the morning." Tony whispered.

Yinsen nodded at this. Then, the three of them went back to work on their escape plan.