A/N: Wow! I actually managed to get this chapter done quickly! We're getting near the end, folks! Get ready for the final showdown that Ridley promised Kim and Ron, and its gonna be a long action packed thrilling chapter. After this one, the final chapter of part one will conclude, and then Kim Possible: Dark Regime will be in the works.
Disclaimer: My OC characters are all that I own
Chapter 15: Factory Showdown
Ron stirred and slowly opened his eyes, then looked around frantically. Night had fallen, and he was back in the coupe as Kim headed down the road.
"K-Kim? Where are we? Where's Ridley?" Ron asked, almost demanding.
"He's gone, Ron," Kim replied. "And I think he's planning to attack Middleton".
Ron then remembered being tazed by Kim as the Red Rage took over him again.
"You should have just let me kill him, Kim! I had him right there, but you went and knocked me out," Ron snapped angrily. "Now thanks to you, that bastards probably gonna do God knows what once he gets to Middleton!".
"Ron, the Red Rage was taking over your mind again," Kim shot back aggressively. "If I hadn't done what I did, you might have done the same thing you did back in Japan. I knew Ridley would escape if I stopped you, but it was for your own good".
"I've got better control over it! Sure, it may have slipped out, but I could've ended him right there and then!" Ron argued.
"That wouldn't have solved anything, and you know it," Kim rebutted defensibly. "We need to face the facts, Ron. You saw and heard what was on those tapes. Ridley and his organization infiltrated every Government agency and law enforcement agency around the entire planet, and even Global Justice has been compromised. Even if we killed him, Erin Faust would just take his place. You even said it yourself".
"Even so, the world would be far better off without him," Ron replied flatly. "That monster destroyed half of Japan, killing millions in the process, kidnapped Bonnie and tortured her slowly to death. He's caused so much pain and suffering, and he doesn't deserve to live. I know Ridley basically lived as a prisoner by his sick father most of his childhood, but that's absolutely no excuse for what he's done. Ridley is an absolute madman with absolutely no morals or regards for human life. He only cares about power and control, and he may very well succeed if we can't find a way to stop him".
"I... I don't know if we can, Ron," Kim said doubtfully. "I... I never thought I'd say this, but I think Ridley might very well win this one. At any moment, he could give the order, and then a full take over of the world would begin. With every nuclear weapon under his control, and with Lowardian technology, he could easily take full control of the world. No one would be able to stop him".
Ron knew for a fact that Kim was right, and he didn't know what to do.
"How could anyone stop such a force like that? Even with my mystical monkey powers, I could never take down a global empire like that" Ron thought hopelessly.
"Then what do we do? Let's say Ridley succeeds and enslaves the world like he says he's going to; what would we do?" Ron questioned.
"I... I don't know, Ron," Kim replied fearfully. "This is far bigger than anything we've ever faced before in our lives. The only thing I can think of is that we go underground with what remains of Global Justice and others who believe in freedom and form a resistance movement to try and take back our country from Black Shadow".
"Assuming a resistance movement would even be possible," Ron said with a strong hint of doubt. "I have no doubt that people would resist his rule, but there might be some that believe in his perspective of order and allow him to rule our world. Ridley's has an organization that spans over the entire globe after all, so its obvious that he has a lot of followers who believe in his sick, twisted version of order".
"Yes, that's true, but there would also be many others who would believe in freedom and justice like I said a moment ago. It would take time, but at some point in the future, I believe that a rebellion would be possible" Kim replied.
"Then I take it we're headed for some very dark times ahead?" Ron asked, losing hope.
"I never thought I'd say it, but it sure looks that way," Kim replied sadly. "Once Black Shadow takes over the world, Ridley will rule by the sword, and it doesn't look like there's anything we can do to avoid it. Killing Ridley would just hinder the Black Shadow takeover until someone else takes over as their new commander, so we'd still lose either way".
"I... I just can't believe this," Ron said, pounding his fist on the dashboard angrily. "We've always defeated villains in the past, ALWAYS! It can't end like this! It just can't".
"Ron, none of us could have known this was going on? Ridley and his organization were completely hidden from the public, and as far as the whole world was concerned, they all thought Ridley and his organization were gone after he was arrested and imprisoned in 1999" Kim inquired.
"If only they looked harder... they might have found him and stopped him after he broke out of prison five years later" Ron muttered.
"But you heard everything on those tapes and what Ridley said. He went into hiding and destroyed all traces of his existence, leaving only small bits of info behind on the Dark Web, and that wouldn't have helped law enforcement find him" Kim objected.
Ron didn't know what else to say. He could go on and on, but it still wouldn't change the fact that Ridley had won. After all the pain and suffering he had inflicted upon the world, the innocent lives he had taken, he still won. With an organization as big and powerful as the one Ridley commanded, he'd be able to easily take over the globe without any issues at all. Ron had no doubt that resistance movements would form around the globe to fight against Ridley's tyrannical rule, but with every resource under his control along with military power, it'd be impossible.
"What about us? Our families? How will we survive in a world ruled by a criminal empire?" Ron asked.
"I don't know, Ron. We'd probably have to do like what the enemies of Nazi Germany did back in World War II. They went into hiding to avoid being captured" Kim replied.
"Yeah, but a good majority of them didn't last long. Most of them were captured, or hunted down and sent to those horrid Nazi death camps, and knowing how insane Ridley is, he just might end up building and mass producing camps just like those if he has his way" Ron reminded her.
"Well, some of the ones who went into hiding survived until the end of the war, but it wasn't easy for them. They had to be continuously on the move and even had to fight at some points in their lives in order to stay alive" Kim replied.
"I know that all too well," Ron said bitterly. "I read about it in history class a long time ago".
"Then you should also know that empire's don't last forever, especially ones that rule by the sword. I can guarantee you that there will be a rebellion someday, and we'll be able to take back our freedom. It may not happen overnight or maybe even in our lifetimes, but maybe our descendants will live to see the dawn of freedom once again" Kim assured him.
Ron said nothing. The idea of living in a world ruled by fear and force was not the type of world he wanted to live in, nor did he want anyone else to live in it either. Ron remember that one mission so long ago when Shego had managed to take over and enslave the world in an alternate timeline, which was now gone. He and Kim had managed to return to the past and undo the damage done to the timeline, but Ron knew that what was most likely going to happen wasn't something that could be fixed. Ridley's rule would be far worse than Shego's rule could ever be, and he felt helpless to stop it. Ron knew that taking Ridley into custody wasn't an option anymore. He had to kill him, even if this meant Black Shadow would still find another leader to take his place. Ridley was too dangerous to be kept alive.
Just then, Kim's Kimmunicator began beeping, so Ron grabbed it since Kim was at the wheel. Upon answering it, the screen displayed Dr. Director, who appeared to be standing near the ruins of what appeared to be Global Justice HQ. Most of it appeared to be completely destroyed and on fire, and fire engines were blasting the flames with their water cannons to put the fire out. Betty herself had several cuts on her face and looked very distressed.
"Dr. Director, what happened?!" Ron exclaimed in horror at GJ's destruction.
"You and Kim need to listen to me right now," Betty started in a very serious voice. "Global Justice was just attacked and destroyed by Ridley himself. He was inside that same fighter that killed my brother two days ago, and I got a confirmation that it was him after hearing his voice and seeing his face".
Ron felt his heart sink and his anger boil.
"That monster attacked me and Kim a few hours ago back in Dark Wood, and let me tell you, we've found so much evidence on that monster that its not even funny" he growled.
"You did? What did you find?" Dr. Director practically demanded.
"Most of that info you found on the Dark Web and on that flashdrive was tampered with by Ridley himself, and we know the real history of his life and how Black Shadow rose to power. Me and Kim found several tapes and cassettes in the police station, court house, and in his fathers old mansion. Ridley came and attacked us after we started to leave the town" Ron explained.
"I want this evidence the second you meet me, and speaking of that, I've got very bad news that you both need to hear" Betty replied.
"What's going on? What happened while we were gone?" Ron asked, almost too afraid to hear the answer.
What Betty said next almost made the whole world freeze around Ron and Kim and caused their blood to go cold as ice.
"The hidden Global Justice base somehow got compromised an hour ago, and the Black Shadow raided it completely. Agent Nelson barely escaped with his life and informed me that Agent Lloyd and your families have all been captured. We don't know where they are right now, but I've got everyone in Global Justice searching for them. The FBI and Feds are on it as well. I need both of you to follow the route I'm about to send to you both on your Kimmunicators. It'll lead you both to a hidden underground shelter where me and Agent Nelson are located. Dr. Drew Lipsky and Shego are there too. They were the only ones who weren't at the base when it got raided" Dr. Director explained carefully.
Kim screeched to a halt on the side of the two lane road, feeling the color drain from her face upon hearing that. As for Ron, he began trembling with terror.
"N-no... h-how?" Kim stammered in horror.
"No, that's impossible! How did they find it?! HOW COULD THEY FIND IT?!" Ron suddenly yelled.
"Believe me, I wish I had the answer, but I don't know how the Black Shadow managed to find it. I evaluated all the GJ agents assigned to that place, and they came out as non-informers, so we have no info on how Ridley managed to find it. That doesn't matter now. What matters is that you rendezvous with me and Agent Rivers so that we can plan our next move" Dr. Director replied.
"What about our families?! We can't just leave them at the mercy of that monster!" Ron snapped.
"We have no info on where they've been taken, so there's not much we can do right now. However, I need you and Kim to come to the destination that I've sent to your Kimmunicators so that I can gather the info you found in Dark Wood" Dr. Director replied.
"You can't trust anyone, Betty," Ron said in a serious voice. "Ridley's infiltrated every government and law enforcement agency. Me and Kim found a video of him telling his entire life story, the real story, and Ridley revealed confessed to basically having sleeper agents in Global Justice".
"Ron, Gemini told me that before he was killed. There's no time for you to explain; I've got to go now. Head to the location I sent to your Kimmunicators and I'll meet you there" Dr. Director ordered, then signed off.
The GPS app on the Kimmunicator then opened and displayed a route showing their current location and the location of where Dr. Director wanted them to meet up. As it turned out, Kim and Ron were only ten minutes away from Middleton, which was where the desired location was. Ron punched the dashboard, feeling more defeated than ever, and his worst fears had now become a reality. Black Shadow had found their families and captured them. Thoughts of what happened to Bonnie ran through Ron's head as he imagined the worst things imaginable being done to them by those monsters.
"DAMN IT ALL TO HELL!" Ron yelled.
"Ron, you need to calm down! I'm terrified too, but panicking isn't going to help" Kim urged him as she resumed driving, now faster than ever before.
"I don't get it! How?! Just how in God's name could Ridley have found the base?!" Ron yelled, tears now visible in his eyes.
"Ron, there's no way of knowing, but we need to focus on getting to this hideout like Dr. Director told us too" Kim replied, wiping tears from her face.
"How's that gonna help?! We don't know where Ridley took them! We've got to find them!" Ron snapped.
"Please Ron, calm yourself! This isn't going too-" Kim started.
"KIM, LOOK OUT IN FRONT OF YOU!" Ron yelled.
Kim suddenly looked ahead and saw that large combat mecha-suit they fought in the abandoned train yards flying towards them. Kim threw on the brakes as the massive robotic suit skidded in front of them and struck the side of the coupe with its huge metal fist, sending it tumbling off the road and into the grassy fields. The coupe rolled over several feet away from the road, then stopped on its side once it hit a tree. The airbags had deployed and Kim and Ron had been bashed around hard, but only sustained minor injuries like a few cuts from the shattered windows. Kim and Ron quickly undid their seatbelts and climbed out as the large mecha-suit came towards them. As it approached them, the voice of Ridley rang through the machines head.
"I told you we'd meet again, didn't I?" Ridley mocked from inside the suit, his voice amplified.
Ron jumped to the ground, his mystical monkey aura glowing bright blue all around him.
"I'm not holding back, not this time!" he growled, then charged at Ridley as Kim took cover behind the coupe and called Dr. Director for help.
Ridley charged at Ron and attempted to strike him with his metal fist, but Ron quickly dodged it and kicked the mecha-suit right in the chest and sent it flying right into a nearby tree and causing sparks to shower from it. Ridley began getting up as Ron charged at him again, this time unleashing a blue fireball from his hands. Ridley blocked it with his chainsaw arm and quickly stood up, kicking Ron in the chest as he prepared to strike Ridley again. Ron was thrown back violently, but stood his ground and quickly sprang back up as Ridley rushed at him.
"I won't be defeated so easily like last time, Stoppable! My suits been upgraded since the last time you nearly trashed it!" Ridley snarled as he jumped aside and swung his chainsaw arm at Ron, attempting to slice him in half.
Ron however reached up and actually grabbed both sides of the chainsaw with his palms as it was about to come down on his head. With the strength of several mountain apes, Ron began pushing back on the mechanical arm as Ridley put more force into trying to push it down. As he did, Ridley saw the hatred and rage in Ron's eyes and began to worry that he might actually overpower him again.
"YOU THINK THAT MEANS ANYTHING TO ME, YOU BASTARD?!" Ron roared, twisting the arm to the side and actually breaking the chainsaw clean off.
The chain unfurled and slammed against the top of the mecha-suit, slicing a deep gash in the armor and send sparks flying everywhere. Ron then threw the broken chainsaw pole at the machine, shattered it into fragments of metal. He then jumped on top of the mech and grabbed its metal head. Ridley quickly tried grabbing Ron to throw him off, but the enraged man held on, then began violently punching at the eyes multiple times. Since Ron's punches were amplified by his mystical monkey powers, the eyes eventually shattered, causing Ridley to lose all visual inside the suit.
"You meddlesome brat!" Ridley raged, swinging his suits metal hand around aimlessly.
Ron quickly grabbed the metal arm and violently ripped it clean off the mech, exposing tons of wires and crossbeams. He then smashed the arm against the mecha-suit's head violently.
"WHERE'S OUR FAMILIES, YOU FUCKING MONSTER?! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH THEM?!" Ron thundered, hitting the suit again and again.
Ridley tried to engage the suits weapons system, but Ron's thrashing had damaged them, so they wouldn't operate. His chainsaw arm had been busted as well, so he knew that fighting wouldn't be possible any longer. Ridley had clearly underestimated Ron again and paid the price for it.
"WHERE ARE THEY?! ANSWER ME, DAMN IT!" Ron screamed, smashing the arm against the suit and breaking it into pieces.
"Somewhere else" Ridley mocked, trying to activate the escape pod.
He quickly found that it was damaged and offline however, and this made Ridley panic.
Ron quickly grabbed the chest plate armor of the mech and tore it off like it was paper with his enhanced strength, revealing Ridley strapped inside. For the first time, Ron was able to see Ridley in person up close, and he was as hideous as he looked in the evidence. Before Ridley could even react, Ron grabbed him by his shirt and tore him clean out of the mech, ripping the straps off the machine.
"TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE, OR I'LL SMASH YOUR FUCKING SKULL IN!" Ron roared, throwing Ridley violently into the ground with so much force that it made a dent in the soil, knocking the wind out of him.
Ridley coughed and rolled to the side as Ron jumped down and attempted to strike him, giving Ridley time to quickly get back on his feet.
"Such an unfair advantage you've got against me. I really don't like that" Ridley mocked as he quickly grew a hidden handgun from inside his pants.
Ron quickly saw the danger and dodged as Ridley fired several shots at him, missing him by a few inches. Ron then rushed quickly at Ridley with the speed of a cheetah and grabbed his wrist, using his enhanced strength in an attempt to make Ridley drop the gun, but he held it tightly. Seeing as how Ridley wouldn't let go, Ron did something that shocked Kim as she watched from behind the fallen coupe. Ron let out an angry yell and actually tore Ridley's hand clean off his forearm, causing a huge amount of blood to spray all over the place. Ridley let out one of the loudest inhuman screams of agony Ron and Kim ever heard as he fell to his knees, grasping the bleeding stump where his hand once was. Ron threw the now severed hand to the ground and smashed it and the gun into a pulp with his foot, then kicked Ridley across the ground where he slammed into a tree and lay on his side screaming in agony. Ridley curled into a ball as Ron approached him with his aura now slowly turning red as the Red Rage began to resurface within him.
"YOU WILL TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE!" Ron yelled in that deep, demonic voice as he grew closer and closer to Ridley.
Ridley hyperventilated as he tried to fight the immense pain from having his hand ripped clean off his forearm, glaring up at Ron as he approached him.
"I... AAAAAGGGH... can't..." Ridley yelled in pain, not being able to speak due to the extreme pain he was going through.
He had lost tons of blood and was starting to grow feint and dizzy. Ron appeared to notice this as well and then reached down towards him with his fist which glowed bright red. He then grabbed the bloody stump where Ridley's hand had once been and began cauterizing the wound, causing a burning flesh smell to fill the air around him. Ridley's screams of agony intensified as Ron completely cooked the flesh and bone where his hand had once been, then he looked Ron right in the face and felt the color drain from it. Ron's eyes had turned blood red and his expression could only be described as one of pure hatred beyond anything Ridley had ever seen. He saw not the face of a human being, but of a demon, a blood thirsty demon eager to taste first blood. For the first time in his life, Ridley felt truly terrified of Ron, and not like when he first fought him in the train yards. He truly believed Ron would kill him, and he knew this because Ron had already killed several of his men back in the train yards the other day. If Ron had killed once before, Ridley knew he'd have no issue killing again.
Ron leaned forward, then said in a snarling voice, "Where... are... our... FAMILIES?!".
Ridley trembled in fright, but before he could speak, he passed out from the extreme pain he was in. This angered Ron even further, and he raised his foot above Ridley's head as he collapsed unconscious.
"RON, NO!" Kim yelled, running up to him.
The sound of Kim's voice brought Ron out of his Red Rage induced trance, and he felt it subside slowly. The red aura vanished as Kim ran up and grabbed Ron's shoulder.
"Stop it, Ron! Your going to kill him if you keep this up, and he's the only one who knows where our families are!" she begged him.
Ron glanced down at Ridley as he lay on the ground unconscious, breathing heavily. He wanted nothing more than to kill him, but he knew Kim was right. Ridley was the only one who knew where his family and Kim's family were being kept, and if he killed Ridley now, that info would die with him.
"K-Kim... I... I don't..." Ron stammered, feeling his eyes fill with tears.
"We'll find them, Ron. I promise" Kim assured him, then embraced him tightly.
Just then, the sound of sirens could be heard, and Kim and Ron turned to see five Global Justice vans and a fleet of police cars approaching the area. They all stopped near Ridley's busted up mech and tons of GJ and police officers exited their vehicles and approached Kim and Ron; Dr. Director was one of them.
"Kim, Ron, you guys alright?" Betty asked upon reaching them.
"Yeah, we just got rattled around" Kim replied, glancing back at the busted coupe.
Betty turned her head towards Ridley and her eyes widened upon seeing the state he was in.
"Is this... Ridley Farcus himself?" she exclaimed in shock.
"Yes... and lets just say he was very... adamant to surrender" Ron hissed, still seething with rage.
"Ron, your covered in blood. What did you do to him?" Betty pressed.
"Gave him a little thrashing. Don't panic, he ain't dead. Just knocked out" Ron replied coldly.
"You call "this" thrashing?" Betty pointed to Ridley's burned stumpy forearm where his left hand had once been.
"Tried to shoot me, so I disarmed him" Ron replied simply without any emotion.
"Kim, Ron looks very unstable right now. Is he all right?" Betty asked with concern in her voice.
"He's... he's worried about our families. I think that caused him to lose control again" Kim replied in a sad tone of voice, clearly worried about her family as well.
"The Red Rage, I presume?" Betty questioned, and Kim nodded.
"I'm fine now! We need to find our families, and Agent Lloyd!" Ron snapped.
"Ron, please try to calm down. I know your scared and fearing for our families lives. I am too, but we can't panic or lose control of our emotions like this, or we'll never find them" Kim urged him.
"She's right, Ron. You need to calm down, and besides, we've got Ridley in custody now. We'll interrogate him once he wakes up, but he needs medical attention for that wound of his" Dr. Director said, glancing at Ridley's handless forearm.
"We can't just take him to some random hospital. There might be Black Shadow informers waiting there for us" Kim replied.
"I know, and that's why we'll be taking him to that secret location I sent you two before Ridley ambushed you both. Also, I have some good news regarding Agent Florence" Betty informed them.
"You do?" Kim asked.
"Yes, the police got a call from an anonymous citizen in Lowerton saying that they could have sworn they saw Agent Florence being dragged into the abandoned train yards. I want you and two of my agents to head down there and check the place out. Ron will go with me to the hideout where we'll interrogate Mr. Farcus here for the locations of your families" Dr. Director informed.
"Anonymous? I don't like the sound of that; it might be a trap. I should go" Ron suggested in a cautious voice.
"No, I need you with me since you've got the strength and power to handle Ridley if he tries anything funny. Kim and my agents should be fine. If there's any sign of danger, Kim and them will radio me and we'll send backup" Dr. Director replied sternly.
"But Doc..." Ron started.
"Ron, I'll be okay" Kim assured him.
Ron turned to Kim as she smiled at him, then he embraced her tightly.
"K-Kim, I'm just so worried that I'll lose you too. What if Ridley has backup waiting for you and ambushes you like just now?" Ron stammered.
"I'm sure everything will be fine, Ron. I've handled myself before" Kim insisted, still smiling.
Knowing that there wasn't anything Ron could do to change Dr. Directors mind, he agreed to let Kim go.
"I... I love you, KP. Please be safe" Ron whispered to Kim as they both hugged.
"I'll come back, Ron. I promise" Kim replied, then the two of them kissed as Dr. Director and two GJ agents restrained Ridley in a set of escape proof leather cuffs.
They then dragged him towards one of the Global Justice vans and placed him inside, then called out to Betty and told them that they were ready to go.
"Kim, Ron, we've got to go now" Dr. Director replied.
Kim and Ron separated from each other, then went their separate ways. Kim headed into one van with three other GJ agents, and Ron went with Dr. Director. Two other agents had also gathered the evidence from Dark Wood out of the remains of Kim's coupe and took it along with them. Thankfully, it hadn't been damaged when the coupe crashed, so it was all still in perfect condition. As they all left the area, a few of the cops followed the GJ vans to ensure their safety to Betty's hideout. Ron glared down at the unconscious Ridley in the seat across from him, fully intent on bleeding Ridley dry of all info on the whereabouts of his family and Kim's family once he woke up.
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Ridley coughed and woke up as water was splashed all over his face. He found himself laying on what appeared to be a cot inside a small square room that resembled a police interrogation room, and Ron stood in front of him with a metal bucket in his hands. Dr. Director stood outside the room near a small window with two Global Justice agents looking in on what was going on. Ridley also noticed that he had been handcuffed to the cot by his one remaining hand. He had bandages all over himself and his cauterized stump where his left hand used to be was also bandaged up.
"Raise and fucking shine, you pile of shit!" Ron snarled.
"Well now, that isn't very custom when waking someone up" Ridley sneered in a mocking voice.
Ron replied by backhanding his face, then said, "Don't you play coy with me, you fucking spawn of hell! Your gonna tell me what I want to know, and your going to tell me now!".
Ridley glanced up at Dr. Director in the window, then back at Ron and said, "Ahh, the old good cop, bad cop routine. Nothing new to me".
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure it isn't, given the fact that you did five years in the clink before busting out," Ron snapped. "Don't think your little mind games are gonna work on me, Ridley. And I highly suggest you cooperate, because I can't tell you how tempted I am to smash your fucking skull in right now".
"So much hate coming from the master of mystical monkey powers himself," Ridley taunted. "I might be inclined to speak if you stop being such a blowhard towards me".
"Ron, calm yourself down. We need answers from him" Dr. Director ordered through a PA speaker hanging above the door.
"You heard the lady, Stoppable. Best calm your nerves if you wanna hear what it is you want" Ridley mocked.
Ron was tempted to strike Ridley again, but held his ground and tried calming himself down.
"Fine then," Ron said simply, but still with a lot of coldness in his voice. "For starters, I want to know what you did with my family and Kim's family, and I want to know now".
"Well, I did say earlier as you were smashing me around that they're somewhere else, but I'm not gonna say just yet" Ridley replied coyly.
Ron felt his temper boiling again, but he held back and tried not to lash out again. He found it very tempting to do, and who could blame him? After all, right in front of Ron was the very same man who nuked Japan, killed Bonnie, Wade's mother, and hurt so many other innocent people. Ridley was pure evil incarnate, and this made it so tempting for Ron to just end him.
"Stop stalling and tell me where they are! Your not fooling me at all, Ridley! You know damn well where they are, and your going to tell me!" Ron snapped.
"And why should I? Its not gonna help you stall the inevitable. I know you and your girlfriend found those tapes in my old mans mansion, and if you've paid any attention to what I said in them, you'll know that its pointless. Face it, you've lost! My organization is already in the process of planning the takeover of the world, and you can't stop it!" Ridley shot back.
"You think people will just sit back and let you do that? No! They'll fight you to the bitter end, Ridley. History has always proven that tyrants bent on ruling the world through tyranny and oppression will eventually be overthrown from power by people who believe in freedom and justice" Ron said.
"They may try, but you clearly have no idea how powerful my organization truly is," Ridley replied sneering. "As I said in those tapes, I've infiltrated and manipulated every single governmental power on the planet along with every law enforcement agency on the planet, even the CIA. I have not just informers amongst their ranks, but also sleeper agents that will respond once I give the order to commence the takeover. I could do that at any point in time, and so could my high ranking officers. However, Lowardian technology has made that so much easier. I could easily turn Russia's own nukes against itself if I so desired, and the same goes with all other nuclear nations around the globe. Now imagine what people would do once I tell them to either obey my rule, or face nuclear extinction".
"You expect me to believe that you'd just destroy the planet with nukes and wipe everyone out? What's the point of ruling a world ashed by nukes and poisoned with radiation?" Ron questioned in disbelief.
"Oh believe me, Stoppable. There will be people who will see my perspective of a world ruled by Black Shadow, and they will accept my rule. You should know that there were many people who supported Adolf Hitler's ideals in WWII, and it won't be any different with me. Those who serve my Empire willingly will be allowed to live, and should I need to wipe the globe clean, I can have them all relocated underground until the radiation is scrubbed clean from the face of the Earth. You should know that Lowardian technology has made that possible. Its actually being done in Japan now as we speak" Ridley explained.
Upon Ridley mentioning Japan, Ron felt his anger boil. He hadn't forgot about that one bit.
"Speaking of Japan, answer me this," Ron leaned forward with a serious expression. "Why? Just why did you do it? What the hell did Japan ever do to you that was so horrible that you felt the need to blast it with a nuclear missile?! Millions died because of that!".
Ridley scoffed as if that meant nothing, then said, "Heh, I think you already know the answer to that. Ninja's can be quite a deadly... eh... how should I say it? Opposing force to a Global Empire such as the one I plan to create. Can't have them going underground and forming a massive resistance against me, can I?".
Ron clenched his fists, then said, "So I was right. You did it to get rid of the Yamanouchi Ninja clan, didn't you!".
Ridley smirked, then said, "They didn't leave me much of a choice. Besides, ninja's are old school. Their time ended long ago".
"That doesn't give you the right to chose who lives or dies, nor does it justify you bombing Japan with nukes! Why even use nukes if your only target was the Yamanouchi Ninja Clan? Why use a weapon of mass destruction to kill millions?!" Ron demanded.
"Why a nuke? Well, I guess you could say that it was a... "poetic" way to get the job done" Ridley said with an evil grin.
"Poetic?! What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Ron snapped.
Ridley scoffed again, then said, "Its not the first time Japan's tasted the power of nuclear hellfire. You know very well that Japan got its first taste of it back in 1945. I guess you could say that its my way of saying, "If you tasted something once, why not taste it again?".
Ron felt his blood run cold upon hearing this. Ridley was truly as evil as he was cunning, and it made Ron sick.
"You... you sick son of a bitch! You did it to make a mockery of Japan's horrible history of the atomic bombings, didn't you?! DIDN'T YOU!" Ron yelled angrily.
"So what if I did? Its not like anyone cared about those stupid Japs. They can burn in nuclear hell for all I care" Ridley smirked with a nasty laugh.
Upon hearing that racial slur, Ron grabbed Ridley by the throat and yanked him up towards his face.
"I dare you to say that word again, Ridley! Just try it! I won't be as merciful like last time if you do it! You've already lost one hand! You prepared to lose the other one?!" Ron snarled with gritted teeth.
"Ron, stop it! He's just doing that to antagonize you!" Dr. Director snapped sternly over the PA.
"Yeah Stoppable! Better stop it if you wanna know where your family is" Ridley taunted.
Ron shoved him back down on the cot violently.
"Where are they, Ridley! I'm done with your games! Start talking now!" he demanded impatiently.
Ridley smirked, then said, "Ah yes, your families. Well, that's where the main event comes into play. You know, it took me a long time to plan it, so I don't have any intention of hiding it from you".
"Then tell me where they are!" Ron snapped, growing more impatient.
"Ah, but before I do, you gotta answer this," Ridley began. "How much to you truly know how it feels to lose someone you truly love, Stoppable? Shouldn't be hard to answer. After all, you lost that little ninja girlfriend of yours, so you should know the answer quite well".
Ron of course knew Yori was still alive, but there was no way he'd ever let Ridley know that, so he played along.
"Far more than you could ever hope to imagine," Ron answered coldly. "And I doubt a monster like you could ever understand feelings like love and happiness. After all, you said that if you couldn't be happy because of what Gerald put you through, you wouldn't let anyone else be happy either".
Upon mentioning Gerald Farcus, Ridley's expression turned sour and angry.
"Don't mention my old man to me! I don't ever want to hear that name again," Ridley growled. "That fucking jizz stain... he ruined my life!".
"I know very well what he did to you, Ridley. And I never thought I'd be saying something as crazy as this, but despite all the pure evil shit you've done, I can't help but feel slightly sorry for you," Ron admitted. "What Gerald did to you was unforgivable, but that doesn't excuse what you've done. You've become far worse than your father ever could have. You let all that hatred and rage fester and boil inside you over the years from the abuse your father inflicted on you, and look what you've become. A murderous, genocidal maniac bent on world domination, and for what? Simply because you wanted to prove you could be better than your old man? Well, your certainly not better, Ridley! And let me tell you right now. If your mother Sarah Farcus were still alive, she'd be so ashamed of you".
Hearing the name Sarah Farcus caused Ridley to snap. He attempted to lash out at Ron, but was held back by the handcuffs.
"SHUT UP! DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME," Ridley roared. "SHE'D BE PROUD OF THE EMPIRE I BUILT! SHE'D BE PROUD THAT I KACKED THAT FAT FUCKING BASTARD WHO KEPT HER LOCKED UP LIKE ME!".
"No, she wouldn't," Ron shot back aggressively. "And I can only imagine that if she were to look down from Heaven, she'd be crying tears of shame over the monster her own son has become. That's what you are, Ridley. A pure evil, sadistic, murderous, manipulative monster! Sarah would have wanted you to move on and build a better life for yourself rather than waste it by doing all the evil shit that you've done".
"YOU KNOW NOTHING, STOPPABLE," Ridley raged. "YOU CAN'T POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHAT MY OLD MAN AND HIS DISGUSTING FRIENDS DID TO MY MOTHER, AND TO ME! I SHOULD KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS THERE IN THE BASEMENT AS I WATCH THEM VIOLATE HER AND DO THINGS TO HER THAT YOU'D NEVER IMAGINE IN ALL YOUR LIFE!".
"TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT," Ron shouted back. "YOU CHOSE TO BECOME THE MAN YOU ARE NOW BECAUSE YOU LET YOUR ANGER FROM ALL THAT ABUSE DEFINE YOU, AND THAT'S A FACT WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, SO LIVE WITH IT!".
Ridley breathed heavy through his nostrils with rage upon remembering the horrors he and his mother endured at the hands of his evil father. It made his hatred for Ron even stronger.
"You think you know me, Stoppable? You think you've read me like a book just because you found my old tapes? Your an evil bigger fool if that's what you think," Ridley hissed. "You see, people don't understand what true pain is unless they experience it themselves like I did. Weather it be physical, mental, or psychological, they'll never understand it truly unless they've been through it at least once in their lives".
"What are you getting at?" Ron snapped.
"You've already felt some level of pain by losing your ninja friends, but do you truly know what it would feel like to lose your family? Or maybe, even your girlfriend?" Ridley hinted.
Ron said nothing.
"I think," Ridley begin. "You have an idea of what it would feel like, but you haven't experienced it yet, so you don't know".
"Stop playing games, Ridley! What are you trying to pull here?" Ron snapped, growing tired of Ridley's mind games.
"Simple," Ridley smirked. "This is where we get to the main event. You see, Lloyd Florence really has been a thorn in my side ever since he got in my way back in 1999, so capturing him was a must for me. And I'm sure your wondering how I found your little hideout. Well, lets just say that you should really check your cars for bugs, cause you never know what you might bring back".
Ron felt his heart skip a beat upon realizing that the Black Shadow had bugged one of the GJ vehicles with a tracker, allowing Ridley to find the location of the secret hideout. He cursed himself for being such a fool.
"I take it from your expression that you know that you fucked up big time on that one," Ridley said in a mocking voice. "But I also take it that your probably wondering how your girlfriend is doing on her mission to save my rival Lloyd Florence".
Ron felt his heart skip another beat hearing that.
"How the hell do you know about that?" he demanded.
Ridley sneered, then said, "You shouldn't have left her alone. You never know when someone close to her might... betray her".
Just then, Ron heard Dr. Director's phone ring, then he glanced back to see her on the phone with someone. Ron felt his heartrate increase when he saw the color drain from Betty's face, then she glanced up at Ron.
"Doc, what is it?" Ron asked fearfully.
"Ron... it... its Kim," she stammered. "Those... those GJ agents with her were Black Shadow sleeper agents! I... I'm sorry, Ron".
Ron felt the color drain from his face as Dr. Director put her phone on speaker. As it turned out, Kim had tried sending her a message from her Kimmunicator, and what it said made Ron feel feint.
"DOC, ITS A TRAP! THESE AGENTS ARE BLACK SHADOW, AND THEY'RE... NO! AAAAAAGH!" Kim screamed over the phone, then it went static.
Ron felt his rage reach a near breaking point, then he spun around and grabbed Ridley by the throat.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER, YOU BASTARD?!" He screamed.
"I... ack... warned you! You left her alone" Ridley sneered.
Ron lost all patience and lifted Ridley off the cot, breaking the handcuffs off in the process, then violently threw him against the wall.
"WHERE IS SHE, YOU SON OF A BITCH!?" Ron thundered.
"So much rage! You really are a-" Ridley mocked, but was cut off when Ron violently struck him again and sent him flying back into the cot which broke into pieces.
Ridley cackled madly like the Joker himself as Ron thrashed him around again. Dr. Director and her agents headed for the door, but Ron saw this and quickly rushed over and smashed the lock.
"BACK OFF! HE BELONGS TO ME!" Ron suddenly yelled in that demonic voice.
The red glowing aura returned around him, and Ron's eyes turned from brown to that chilling blood red color again. The Red Rage had awakened in him once again.
Ridley sneered as Ron sped back over to him with the speed of a rabbit and grabbed him by the throat.
"TELL ME WHERE THEY ARE NOW, AND TELL WHERE KIM IS, OR I'LL TEAR YOU LIMB FROM LIMB!" Ron roared demonically.
"She's now part of the main event!" Ridley cackled.
In response, Ron raised his other hand and unleashed a jet of red lightning upon Ridley, causing him to scream in pain.
"WHERE... IS... KIM!?" Ron snarled.
"Augggh! So impatient!" Ridley gagged.
Dr. Director and her agents struggled to get the door open, but Ron had sealed it too tightly.
Ron's red glow intensified as he slowly raised his hand again which crackled with lightning.
"ALRIGHT! ALRIGHT! I'm gonna tell you where they are right now, so hold your horses!" Ridley gagged.
"Start talking" Ron demanded in his normal voice, but with the red aura still around him.
"I've gather all your family members, your girlfriend, and Lloyd Florence up for the main event tonight! Consider it a test, if you look at it that way," Ridley began, still gagging from Ron's grip on his neck. "But there's a catch to it all, and that is... you can only choose one".
"What do you mean by only one?!" Ron demanded.
"You see, your gonna have to make a choice tonight that will determine how much of a hero you really are," Ridley began. "I had my men place Florence in one location, and your girlfriend and family members in another, but you can only save one or the other since you'll only have a certain amount of time to do so. You see, each location is filled with fuel trucks rigged with C4 explosives, and they're all set to go off in ten minutes. Its the same for each location, so you can only choose one!".
Ron felt terror run through his veins upon hearing this, but it only made his rage boil even further.
"WHERE ARE THEY?!" He yelled, tightening his grip on Ridley.
"AUGH! Florence is in the abandoned train yards where your friend Bonnie met her end, and you'll find Kim and your families in an abandoned factory just ten minutes away from there!" Ridley gagged.
"Give me the address now, or your other hand comes off!" Ron threatened, reaching for Ridleys one remaining hand.
Not wanting to suffer the same fate that he did with his other hand, Ridley gave Ron what he wanted.
"You better not be lying to me, you son of a bitch! You sure that's where the factory is?!" Ron growled.
"I wouldn't lie about it; that'd ruin the fun" Ridley sneered.
Ron violently threw him down to the ground and turned to the door, blasting it with red lightening which caused it to burst open. Dr. Director and her agents burst into the room as Ron started towards the door, but turned back to Ridley with a very serious look.
"Listen very carefully, you son of a bitch," Ron growled. "You better pray to God and Heaven above that Kim hasn't been hurt. If I find out that your goons did anything to her or our families, I'll come back here and tear your limbs off and kill you slowly. That is my promise!".
"Ron, who are you going after?" Betty questioned.
"Both of them" Ron replied, heading for the door.
"There's not enough time" Betty reminded him.
"Yes there is," Ron shot back in a serious voice. "Don't forget that I'm a master of mystical monkey powers, and that means I can move faster than any normal human being. I can save them all".
Ron's blue aura shimmered around him and he took off running at the speed of a jet fighter. He sped out from the entrance of the hideout, which was located behind an old shelf inside an abandoned train station. Ron ran out onto the road, heading for the train yards first. As he ran down the road at speeds faster than any human could possibly run, he heard a familiar voice in his head.
"Stoppable-San... Stoppable-San" the feminine voice called out.
"Yori?" Ron exclaimed as he ran past several cars in front of him.
"Stoppable-San, you've allowed the Red Rage to control you. Your mind is slowly succumbing to it. You mustn't give into it" Yori warned him.
"No, I've got better control over it. I suppressed it when it tried to take control of me. I can control it" Ron said as he took a left turn down the road.
"Don't be fooled, Stoppable-San. The Red Rage is manipulating you into thinking that you have control, but in reality, it's toying with your mind," Yori warned. "Your hatred for Ridley and fear for your loved ones safety is influencing the Red Rages control over you, and I can feel it getting much stronger. You must fight it, or you'll lose yourself".
"I won't lose Kim to that monster! I can't lose her, Yori! If she dies... I don't if I'll be able to go on, or retain control over what little sanity I have left over all this madness" Ron snapped.
"Please! You must calm your mind, Ron! The Red Rage is affecting your judgment. You should know that something is out of place. Ridley wouldn't just give you the locations of your friends and family without some sort of catch" Yori pleaded.
"He's toying with me, Yori. He thinks I can't save them all, but I can and I will!" Ron insisted, turning down another road.
"I dont think that's Ridley's intention. Something's wrong, and I can feel it" Yori said fearfully.
"What's wrong is that Kim, Lloyd, and our families are in danger of being killed by that mad man, and your wasting my time! Stop getting in my way!" Ron snapped aggressively.
Yori went silent after that, and her presence vanished from his mind. Ron eventually reached the abandoned train yards four minutes later, leaving him with six minutes to save Kim and everyone else in the abandoned factory. Most of the train yards were in shambles after being blown apart the other day, but Ron was about to make out something, or someone, strapped to an old oil tank freight car in chains on a set of old rusted rails; it was Lloyd Florence. Upon reaching the freight car, Ron saw that it had a ton of C4 bombs attached to it with a timer in the center with only five minutes left. As Ron smashed the chains, he saw that Lloyd was unconscious, so he quickly slapped him several times to wake him up.
"Lloyd... LLOYD! Wake up! We gotta get out of here" Ron yelled, dragging Lloyd away from the freight car.
Lloyd stirred and then suddenly woke up.
"Ron? What's going on? Where are we?" he asked, glancing around.
"That bastard Ridley chained you up to those freight cars and tried to blow you up. He's got Kim, my family, her family, and all of my friends locked up in an abandoned factory, and I've gotta get there fast before time runs out" Ron explained as they passed the entrance of the train yards.
"I... I remember now," Lloyd replied. "Several masked men drugged me while I tried to fight off several intruders in the hideout. I... I'm sorry, Ron. I don't know how they found us".
"I do, but there's no time to explain. I've gotta get to the factory before it blows in five minutes," Ron replied. "Your gonna want to be far away from this place once the bombs go off. Call Dr. Director for help".
"Ron, how do-" Lloyd started, but Ron quickly zoomed off at lightening fast speed.
As he rushed down the empty roads, he feared for Kim's life and prayed that he'd get to her on time. If Ron lost Kim and everyone else he loved, he knew that'd he'd lose the will to go on.
"I've got to get there, I have to," Ron thought. "I won't let that monster win! You hear me, Ridley! Kim will not die!".
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Ridley was fully restrained to a metal chair with Dr. Director and several other GJ agents surrounding him. He had remained silent since Ron left, refusing to answer any questions Betty demanded of him. She had since called in backup to head down to the areas where Lloyd and Kim were being held captive, but she had yet to get a response. However, as Ridley glanced at the wall clock which read 12:03 AM, he smirked sinisterly.
"What's so funny, you disgusting freak?" Dr. Director demanded coldly.
"Stoppable is such a fool if he thinks he'll win" Ridley replied, still sneering.
"Ron is the strongest, toughest person I've ever worked with. He's not going to give up that easily" Betty snapped.
"Your so called hero isn't right in the head. That strange power he's using seems to be messing with his mind. Either that, or he's just plain foolish" Ridley retorted.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Betty demanded.
"Stoppable thinks he's gonna save his girlfriend, but he's gonna go boom the second he reaches her, and so are the rest of his friends and family" Ridley replied.
"No, they won't! Ron is a very fast runner when using his mystical monkey powers. I know he'll reach them all" Betty shot back.
"It doesn't matter, cause there's no timer where his girlfriend is" Ridley sneered.
"What do you mean?" Betty questioned in confusion.
"You think I'd let Stoppable have Kim so easily? Hell no," Ridley said with a scoff. "You see, as far as Stoppable is concerned, he thinks he's gonna reach his family and girlfriend and they'll all live happily ever after. What that brainless fool doesn't know however is that I've got a nasty little surprise waiting for him, and by the time he notices it, it'll be too late. I'll be killing two birds with one stone".
Dr. Director felt her heart skip, then she quickly grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him in front of her.
"What the hell did you do?!" she yelled.
Ridley sneered, then said, "Simple, I rigged that whole factory with motion sensor bombs, and that stubborn fool is headed right into my trap. The second that Stoppable enters the room where his girlfriend and family are, they're all gonna go out like fire crackers! Pop pop pop!".
Betty's eyes widened in horror upon realizing the horrible trap that Ron was unknowingly about to fall into, then she slammed Ridley against the chair hard.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH! WHY?" she yelled angrily.
Ridley's expression turned serious, then he said, "Stoppable and his girlfriend are a threat to my organization. You think I'd pass up the opportunity to finally get rid of them? Fuck no! Once the worlds two best heroes are finally dead, no one will oppose me! The invasion shall then finally commence after all these years of planning. Like I said, you lost this fight long before you even knew about me or my organization. I've spent the last five years building up my organization and planning our new world order, and I'm not gonna let those two get in my way. Face it, you lost, plain and simple".
Betty quickly grabbed her phone and dialed the number for Ron's Kimmunicator.
"RON! RON STOPPABLE, COME IN, NOW!" she yelled, trying to reach him.
However, there was only static.
"Don't bother. My informers set up cloaked signal jamming drones all around the area down where Stoppable is. He's all alone now" Ridley sneered.
Enraged, Betty punched Ridley square in the face and headed for the door, then glanced back at the four GJ agents in the room.
"Make sure that pile of fuck trash doesn't escape. I'm going after Ron!" Betty ordered firmly, then headed out the door.
As she ran down the hall leading to the exit, her heart pounded with fear upon the realization that she might lose her two best agents. Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable were not just amazing agents, but heroes to the entire world and the only two people that could oppose Black Shadow. If they ended up being killed, Betty wasn't sure how the world would stand a chance against the coming invasion. She had looked over the evidence from Dark Wood after Ron left, and it was clear that Black Shadow was far more powerful and dangerous than anyone could imagine.
"How could we be so blind? How could the world not notice this?" Betty thought as she headed out into a dimly lit parking lot towards a GJ patrol car.
She knew she had to be quick, or Ron would end up falling for Ridley's trap and end up dead along with Kim and everyone else in that factory. Betty climbed into the patrol car and sped off with the lights and siren running, praying that she'd make it on time.
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...
Kim stirred awake upon hearing a familiar voice.
"Kim, please wake up!" the voice of Ann Possible pleaded.
Kim shot up, now fully awake and finding the area much colder than usual. She glanced down and found herself tied to a metal chair in just her black bra and panties. Rufus had been tied to the back leg of the chair with metal wires which he was trying to bite through, but wasn't having much luck. Close beside Kim and Rufus were her parents, two brothers, Ron's parents and little sister, Wade, and his father. They had all been tied to metal chairs with metal wires and were trying to struggle free. Kim glanced around and saw that they all appeared to be inside what looked like the loading dock area of an old abandoned factory, but what caught her eye were the four Arco fuel trucks parked on each side of them, and they all had C4 bombs attached to them.
"Kim! You alright? What happened to Ron?" Wade asked frantically.
"We... we caught Ridley, and Dr. Director found out where Lloyd was being held," Kim began, still drowsy. "I... I went there with two GJ agents, but they were Black Shadow informers, and they knocked me out before I could take them down".
"Sis, we gotta get out of here," Tim urged Kim, struggling. "We've been trying to struggle free, but these wires are too strong".
"Hang on, I'll try to free myself" Kim replied, fumbling her hands around to try and loosen her bindings.
They were much stronger than she thought, but she kept trying.
"Kim, you never told us where Ron is" Wade inquired.
"He's back with Dr. Director interrogating Ridley. We need to get out of here before these bombs go off" Kim replied.
"I don't see any timers for these bombs," Josh Possible said, noticing that the C4 bombs didn't appear to have any timers on them. "I find that odd".
Ann glanced around at the wires attached to all the C4 bombs leading down to the cement floor and over towards a large opening with a broken door laying on the floor. The wires were connected to several small devices that looked like motion sensor alarms attached to the rotting frame of the old door. Ann realized in horror what this was and turned to Kim.
"Kim, we can't go through the door. I think those motion sensors attached to it are the bombs triggers, and if we go through the door, it'll set off the bombs" she warned Kim.
Kim glanced at the door and indeed saw multiple motion sensor alarms attached to it.
"We'll have to find another way out once we get out of here then. These trucks had to have been brought in through a parking entrance, so maybe we can go through there" she replied.
Kim continued fumbling with her restraints, praying she'd be able to free herself and her loved ones. She wondered if Ron found out that she had fallen into a trap and was coming to save them. Kim was pretty sure that Dr. Director got part of her message before the informers smashed her Kimmunicator, so she could only hope that help was coming.
As it turned out though, Ron had finally arrived at the abandoned factory and found it dimly lit by the street lights, and there appeared to be a few lights on inside the old rotting building. Panting heavily, Ron smashed down the front door and charged into the building, finding it hard to see inside since most of the lights were off.
"KIM! WHERE ARE YOU?!" Ron yelled at the top of his voice.
Back in the loading dock area, Kim stopped fumbling with the wires upon hearing Ron's voice, which was feint yet clear; he was calling for her.
"Ron?" Kim exclaimed.
"He's here!" James Possible said in relief.
Kim was about to call out to Ron, but stopped upon remembering the motion sensor bomb triggers.
"RON, WAIT! THE DOORS BOOBY TRAPPED!" Kim yelled.
From deep within the factory, Ron faintly heard her voice coming from his left.
"Kim!" he exclaimed, rushing down the darkened hall towards the sound of Kim's voice.
It sounded as if she were trying to warn him about something, but Ron was still too far away to hear what she was saying clearly. He heard Kim yelling something again, and this time it sounded closer. Ron could then see light coming from around the corner hall to his right, so he rushed down in that direction where he now heard Kim's voice much more clearly now, and it sounded like she was trying to warn him about something. Ron heard Kim say something along the lines of the room being booby trapped, and he assumed that she was referring to the bombs Ridley's goons had placed in there.
"I'm coming, Kim! Hang on!" Ron called out, hoping she'd hear him.
He heard Kim yell his name again, and this time, he heard it coming from down the long hall to his left. There was an old rusty sign hanging on the wall labeled "LOADING DOCK" which pointed to the left. Ron realized that Kim and the others were most likely being held captive there, so he ran faster than ever down the hall and to the left. Once Ron made it into the left hallway, he saw a single door to the left leading into the loading dock area.
"Ron! Where are you?! You have to stop!" Kim yelled.
Ron quickly rushed down the hall towards the loading dock, not understanding why Kim was telling him to stop. As soon as Ron made it to the door, he found it torn open and laying on the floor. There in front of him, he saw his parents, sister, Kim, Ann, James, the Tweebs, Wade, Rufus, and Wade's father all restrained to metal chairs surrounded by several fuel trucks with C4 bombs attached to them.
"KIM! Thank God I found you," Ron cried out in relief, rushing forward. "I'm gonna get you all...".
"RON! NOOO!" Kim screamed as he ran past the door.
"What's-" Ron started, but didn't even finish his sentence as rapid beeping suddenly filled the room, followed by flashing red lights on all the C4 bombs.
The moment he saw the lights flashing and heard the beeping, Ron realized in horror that it had all been a horrible trap. There was no timer in this location for the bombs, only motion sensor triggers that he spotted all around the door. Ron and Kim stared at each other with blind terror as the beeping and flashing got faster and faster, and out of pure instinct, Ron rushed at Kim.
"NOOOOO!" he screamed as he used his mystical monkey powers to generate a shield around himself in the hopes of protecting Kim.
However, Ron was far too late. Right as he reached Kim and the others, the C4 bombs detonated, causing all four fuel trucks to explode at the same time. Because Ron was so focused on trying to save everyone, his shield was incomplete, and this caused him to take the full blow of the explosion. The blast sent Ron flying through the entire wall of the loading dock with a force so powerful that it blew both his forelegs and forearms off and set his clothing and hair ablaze. Ron screamed in agony as he was thrown outside the factory and landing near a large puddle of water on the side of the asphalt road. He rolled around in the wet puddle, trying to put himself out as the flames ate away at his clothing and hair, slowly roasting him alive.
Ron eventually rolled onto the dirt off the side of the road and finally managed to extinguish the flame burning him alive. Although Ron had put himself out, the pain he now experienced was so terrible that he could no longer stay conscious. His eyes had been badly burned from the fire, causing his vision to become blurry, but the last thing Ron saw before he blacked out was the burning factory just fifty feet away from him. It was now completely engulfed in fire, and so was any future that Ron and Kim would have had together. Ron knew he'd undoubtedly die from his injuries, but he didn't care. He'd rather die than live in a world without woman he loved, and he accepted this without any hesitancy.
"I'm... sorry... Kim..." Ron thought as his entire world went black.
A/N: It seems the future is indeed dark as Ridley said. It would seem that our heroes have actually been defeated, but this isn't the end. The final chapter awaits, and then part 1 shall conclude.