A/N: Well I guess the movie kind of disproved my whole theory on how Kim and Ron became heroes, but oh well. I've written this much of the story so I'm continuing anyway. Besides, it still didn't explain how they met Wade, and started fighting the real villains. We'll just call what happened in the movie a prologue to this ;-) Maybe Global Justice decided to contact her because they heard about all of her small-scale heroic efforts around Middleton. Okay, so that's a long shot. Anyway, here's Chapter 4. Don't forget to review and lemme know what you think so far!!!!!
Chapter 4
A few minutes after receiving the news that they were going on their first mission, Kim and Ron exited the building to find a black helicopter waiting to carry them to their destination. As they boarded the chopper they both were at a loss for words. Neither of them could believe that they were actually going through with this.
Once they were settled in, the chopper began to lift off the ground. "Wow." Was all Ron could think to say in his disbelief. This was the fist time in his life that he'd ever found himself speechless. He pinched himself to make sure that he wasn't dreaming. Kim shook her head in agreement, for she too felt the same way.
They sat in silence for most of the trip, both of their minds occupied with thoughts of what lie ahead. "So, are you ready for this?" Kim finally spoke.
"Are you kidding me, KP? I can't wait. I was born to do this!" Ron said excitedly.
"Come on Ron, kill the drama and tell me how you really feel."
"Okay, I'm a little scared. You?" he confessed.
"Me too. I just don't know what to expect. I'm glad we're in this together though. I don't think I could do it without you." She smiled at him.
Ron's heart melted with emotion. He took her hand in his and gently squeezed it, trying to muster up the courage to tell her what he was feeling. "Kim?" he said softly.
"Yes, Ron?"
The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Ron couldn't bring himself to speak them. "Whatever happens, I've got you back." He finally sputtered. Although he meant this with complete sincerity, it wasn't what he really wanted to say. He inwardly cursed himself for not having the guts to utter the three simple words that were on his mind. He dropped her hand and looked away so she wouldn't see the disgust on his face.
"Thanks Ron, same here." She replied.
Unexpectedly, Kim's communicator beeped, startling them both.
"What's that?" Ron asked.
"That's my communicator. It must be Wade." Kim fished it out of her pocket to answer it. This was the first time she'd actually used it. She pressed the button to get online and suddenly Wade's face appeared on the screen. "Hi." She stammered, still unsure of herself.
"Nice to see you again Kim. I was just calling to give you the sitch on what your up against." Wade said.
"The what?" Kim asked with confusion.
"The sitch. You know…the latest information, the news, the low-down?"
"Oh…okay. So what's the sitch?" Kim asked.
"Well, Drakken is an evil scientist bent on taking over the world. His real name is Drew Lipsky, he only adopted the name Drakken when he turned to villainy. You'll know him when you see him because his skin is blue."
"Blue Skin? That's just sick and wrong." Ron peered at the communicator over Kim's shoulder.
"Freak science accident." Wade continued. "Anyway, Drakken is nothing new to Global Justice, we've had several run-ins with him in the past. We've tried to put him behind bars numerous times, but he always ends up escaping somehow. But the real person that you have to worry about is his assistant, Shego. Drakken only thinks of her as his sidekick, but she's the real brains behind his operations. She's twenty-five and highly skilled in martial arts. Drakken invented special gloves that allow her hands to emit a green, glowing plasma like substance. Avoid contact with that at all costs."
"This sounds like it's going to be a blast." Kim said sarcastically.
"I'll contact you again when you reach your destination in the Nevada Desert. You're almost there." Wade's face disappeared and the screen went blank.
"Pretty nifty KP!" Ron said as Kim put the communicator away.
"What?"
"You're Kimmunicator. It's sweet!" He said excitedly.
"You mean my communicator?"
"Nah, they made it just for you, right? It's not just a communicator—it's the Kimmunicator!"
"Yep, Kimmunicator!" Rufus nodded his head in agreement from Ron's pocket.
"You're weird Ron."
"Thanks, I try!" He grinned.
"Almost there, put your chutes on!" The pilot's voice called from the cockpit.
"Why do we need parachutes? It's not that long of a drop to get out of this thing." Ron said.
"Yes, it is." Kim looked at him flatly.
"You don't mean…?" Ron asked nervously as the reality of the situation started to sink in.
"Yep. We're jumping." She said.
"NO WAY! You knew about this the whole time and didn't TELL ME?" Ron shouted, beginning to lose his composure.
"I didn't want to stress you out until it became necessary." She replied.
"Well thanks a lot for looking out for my fragile psyche! There is absolutely no way that I'm jumping out of this helicopter!"
"No way." Rufus repeated. He leaped out of Ron's pocket and cowered under the seat.
Kim held up the parachute and gestured for him to slip his arms through. "Look, you can go with the chute or without it. Either way, you're jumping." Ron reluctantly complied and put on the chute, grumbling about the situation the entire time.
"Two minutes!" The pilot called. Kim walked over to the sliding door of the chopper and opened it, standing ready for the pilot's signal to go.
"Come on Ron!" She called to her friend who had attached himself firmly to the seat.
"I said NO WAY! If Rufus and I were meant to fly, then we'd have wings!" Rufus crawled back into his pocket and buttoned the snap. He knew that Ron wasn't going to win this battle.
"Then why did you put the chute on?" She asked.
"Just to make you happy." He smirked.
"One minute!" A voice came from the cockpit.
Kim marched over to Ron and grabbed his hands, prying him from the seat. She dragged him over to the door, despite his resistance.
"Thirty seconds!" The pilot called.
"Kim, please don't make me do this!" Ron whined, forced to resort to begging.
"You can do it Ron, I have complete faith in you." She tried to build up his confidence.
"Why can't we just land this thing? Is jumping really necessary?"
"Too loud--it'll blow our cover!"
"Ten seconds!"
"Just count to ten and pull the string. See you at the bottom!" Kim said.
"I'm not going. You can't make…!" Ron began, but he was interrupted by a sharp shove to his back. Before he realized what happened, he was in free flight at ten thousand feet. He screamed, almost passed out, and then regained his self-control long enough to remember what Kim had said about pulling the string.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kim listened to Ron's scream until it faded out of earshot. She felt bad for pushing him, but it was the only way.
She poised herself on the edge of the opening, feeling a little uneasy about jumping herself. "Thanks for the lift!" she called to the pilot. She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and stepped off the edge of the helicopter.
Ron floated to the ground, landing with a hard thud. "Ugh." He groaned. He slipped out of the parachute, then immediately opened his pocket and pulled out his beloved pet. "You okay buddy?" Rufus looked a little ill, but otherwise he appeared fine. Ron looked up to see Kim hovering in the air above him.
"That was SO not cool KP!" He said as she glided to the ground beside him.
"I thought it was spankin'" She replied.
Before Ron could continue with his complaint, the Kimmunicator beeped again. She flipped it open and Wade appeared on the screen. "How was your landing?" he asked.
"That was sick and wrong!" Ron shouted into the device.
"Is that all he says?" Wade asked Kim.
"No, it's just taking him awhile to get used to all this. So, what's the sitch?"
"Now you're getting it!" Wade smiled at her from the tiny screen. "Drakken's lair is underground. You have to find the electronic cactus and pull the arm to open the secret door. From my calculations it's twenty-five feet northeast of your current location."
"That shouldn't be too hard to find." Kim commented, surveying the multitude of cactuses all around them.
"Just start walking. I'll track you on my computer and let you know when you're close." Kim pulled her compass from her utility belt and did as Wade suggested. "You're right in front of it." Wade's voice rang from the Kimmunicator less than a minute later.
"That's just a regular old, run of the mill cactus." Ron placed his hand on one of the arms. "Owww!" He yelled as the needles punctured his skin. As he danced around in agony, pulling the thorns from his hand, a large hole appeared in the ground before them.
"Got it Wade, we're in!" Kim said excitedly.
"Great work. Now recover the mind control mechanism as quickly as possible. Be careful and good luck!" Wade disappeared from the screen.
"This is it, Ron." She said and tied her rope around the base of the cactus so they could climb into the opening.
"What ever happened to the good 'ole days when all we did was hang out at Bueno Nacho after school?" He asked nervously and climbed into the darkness behind her.