Author Notes: Why are you reading this? Hurry up and find out what happens next! =O.
End of Resistance
Chapter Nine
"Time starts now." Kim ran to the doors, opening them to find darkness. Surely Enda didn't expect her to find them in the dark! But she couldn't waste any time. It'd be easy to find Shego, her glowing claws would be a dead give away. But Kim had to think. What were her options? She could search for her family and her friends, but then everyone else would die. She could try to rescue as many people as she found, but the chances of finding her loved ones in time were close to none, considering the size of the hospital. It took more than ten minuets to get from one side to the other, much less to check every room in the entire place. Either Kim had to make some sacrifices or she had to figure something out and fast.
Killing Enda wouldn't change anything. It was already obvious Enda was insane and had no regard for life be it hers or anyone else. Or Kim could try to disarm the nerve gas bombs. No, the vents were probably just big enough for her to crawl, but she could never find them all and she had no idea how to disarm them-in the dark. Damn. Again Enda had put her in a situation with no options. Think Kim, think! Just then a flash of green caught her eye. 'Are you going to let Kim do everything for you?' Her mind replayed something Enda had said to Ron, the night she stabbed him. That was it!
Kim had a plan.
Night vision goggles sure did come in handy when it came to search and destroy missions. Shego hadn't found anyone yet, but she was looking forward to seeing Kim's face after all of this.
"Shego, your green is showing." Her head snapped towards the voice. Kim must have lost it, calling her out for a fight in complete darkness.
"Kim? Come begging for your death already? It's not like you to just give up so soon."
"Really? And here I was thinking you were the one out of character. I know you're used to playing minion for Drakken, but why Enda? You know everyone is going to praise her for this. It'll be because of her I was defeated, not you. I would have thought that would have bothered you."
"Just as long as you're out of my way! Then I'll take over on my own."
"And you think Enda will let you? I bet she'd just as easily let you die back here with everyone else."
"That's where you're wrong, Kimmie. I have my own air supply."
"Have you checked it?"
"I don't need to check it! Enda wouldn't-"
"I wouldn't be so sure." Shego growled at this and put the mask over her mouth, keeping an eye on Kim thru her goggles, and from her goggles she could see a grin on Kim's face. "Was I right?"
Kim knew to duck from the motions of the glowing green light in front of her, just barely missing the flying oxygen tank.
"I can't believe she'd do something so low!"
"She needs to be stopped," Kim said standing again. She wasn't about to tell Shego that it was her who had let the air out of the tank while she wasn't looking. All thanks to Wade's night goggle sunglasses he made just days ago. One thing Kim knew for sure was once you've pissed off Shego she doesn't stop. And all she had to do, Kim thought with a grin, was break up the team.
Five minuets had passed and Enda frowned. Kim hadn't come back with anyone at all. Perhaps she was out there, groping around in the dark for her family. If Shego had killed Kim, she'd have returned by now. How boring. Maybe Kim was huddled in a corner weeping her eyes out, accepting the fact there was no way to beat the all powerful, all knowing Enda. Just then the doors burst open and Kim stood there, chest heaving as if she had ran for her life. Enda grinned and hopped off the service desk counter.
"Giving up already?"
"No. I'm calling you out, Enda. How about a new game?" Enda tapped her fingers on the desk. What was Kim up to?
"Tell me the rules first."
"They're simple. You and me fight it out right here, right now. If I beat you within the time limit then you have to turn yourself into authorities."
"And if I win?"
"If you beat me, or the time limit runs out then my life is yours."
"I'll pass." Kim blinked. That wasn't supposed to be Enda's response! "You're stupid to think I was after your life, we've been over this. I just want to crush you mentally, because Kim, there are things far worse than death."
"Really? Like what?"
"Like the guilt you'll have to live with knowing because you're here chatting with me all these people died. You can save at least a few. Isn't that good enough?" Kim looked at the doors and back at Enda with fear in her eyes. "Or are you afraid of Shego? Or is it the dark? Is the mighty Kim Possible afraid of the dark?" Kim crossed her arms.
"I am so not afraid of the dark. Aren't you worried about Shego getting caught in the nerve gas?" Enda laughed.
"Shego is a big girl. If she gets caught in it it's her own fault."
"Don't you care? She's your family, isn't she?"
"Don't make me laugh. Shego is a minion. One of the best ones out there, granted, but a minion nonetheless. Like all minions she's expendable." Kim smiled at this and side stepped, reveling a really pissed off Shego.
"That's exactly what I was hoping you'd say." Shego leapt at Enda who easily dodged. "I also took the liberty to disarm the bombs. Shame on you being so lazy to only put it in the main vent."
It was hardly a fight. Enda could easily predict Shego's moves, all as erratic as Shego's furious thinking patterns. Enda finally took the initiative, throwing Shego into the tile wall.
"Clever, Kim. Turning my own against me. And just as I've read, you're a quick learner." Before Kim could respond Enda had made her way to Kim, shoving her to and pinning her against a wall. "But the thing is if you think Shego is bad when she's angry, you haven't seen anything. Grandma made me better than her in everyway. And Kimmie, can I call you Kimmie? You're so very close to seeing me pissed." KLUNK. Enda fell sideways, a metal trashcan crushed by the impact with her head.
"Bicka-bicka-boo! Pusha!" Kim's mouth dropped as Jim and Tim readied their makeshift slingshot. It was just a medical bed strap and a walker, but with one boy loading and the other pulling it tight it was dangerous.
"Jim! Tim! What are you guys doing here?!"
"We're saving your butt," Tim answered aiming at a recovering Enda. Jim loaded the slingshot before finishing his brother's statement. "What else does it look like?"
The second trashcan didn't make it. Enda caught it and threw it back, sending the boys diving for cover. Kim took the opportunity to throw a punch at Enda, trying to keep her from attacking her brothers. It wasn't long before she over powered Kim again. Kim herself had sustained quite a few hits and held what felt like a dislocated shoulder.
"Give it up, Kim! I know how you fight, how you think. There is no way you can beat me. It's Impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible for a Possible!" Enda looked up to see the rest of the family surrounding her and Kim. Mr. Possible's shirt sleeves rolled up, cracking his knuckles with a glare that could kill. "And no one hurts my Kimmie-cub."
"How sweet. The whole family has come to die together. You think you all are a match for me?"
"Not just us," Mrs. Possible corrected. The rest of the faculty filed in. Security officers, nurses and doctors with Shego standing just a bit behind the Possibles. "Can you beat them too?" Enda let go of Kim, turning around to see she was completely surrounded and out numbered.
"Don't think this is over, Kim Possible." And then Enda leapt to the balcony and then to the rafters, using them to make her way to the doors and leaving into the night.
That's when the place exploded. Cheers, laughter and high fives went around, paper flew high in the air. Kim turned to Shego and smiled.
"Thanks for your help. We couldn't have-."
"Don't get used to it." Shego was obviously irritated. "I'm getting Drakken and we're hopping the next plane outta here." Shego then made a march for the door, only to be stopped by Kim's hand on her shoulder.
"Why? We can beat her if we work togeth-." Kim bit her lip as Shego turned around.
"There's something you must have missed. Enda is pissed, which means everyone in Middleton is going to die and I'm not going to stick around for it."
"C'mon, she's not that dangerous." Shego put a hand to her forehead in aggravation.
"Look, our 'Grandma,'" She said using her fingers to make quotation gestures. "Is a genetic engineer and Enda was her prized project. She was just playing with you before, but now. Now the game's over. There is no way you're going to beat her and if you had any sense you'd leave Middleton for good." And with that Shego left, slamming the doors behind her. Kim stood dumbstruck. Shego was running away? She only ran if she knew there wasn't a chance-could Enda be that bad? Kim slowly turned back to look at the celebrating people. What if what Shego said was true? Then everybody was in serious trouble.
"Kimmie, lets get that arm looked at." Kim's mom's words snapped her back. They walked down the hallways, once again filled with light and soon Kim's arm was fixed and her bruises assessed. Turns out Kim was lucky, leaving with just a few scrapes bruises and a dislocated arm. And Shego was right; Enda was just playing with her. If Enda had wanted she could have easily-.
"Dr. Possible, come quick!" A nurse had run into the room.
"Sarah, calm down, what is it now?" The nurse gave a quick glance at Kim before turning back to the doctor.
"Patient 778 needs your attention. We have him prepped."
"Kim, I'll be right back." And they left running down the hall. The nurse didn't need to use the room number. Kim knew that it was Ron who was in trouble. She hugged her knees thinking Ron would have loved to have been there when they beat Enda. He would have leapt high in the air and shouted a victorious "Booya!" Then they'd go and have a victory dinner at Bueno Nacho and he'd stuff his face, talk with a full mouth and play with Rufus and his food at the same time. Then…Kim sniffled, fighting back tears, then her Kimmunicator would go off and they'd be off again, on another mission. After all, they were a team. An unstoppable, unbeatable-it was useless. She laid on the bed and cried into her pillow.
It was only an hour later when Mrs. Possible returned, closing the door quietly behind her. Kim rolled over and opened her eyes.
"Is Ron ok? Were you able to save him?" Kim's voice was rough from crying herself to sleep. Mrs. Possible sat next to her on the bed.
"Yes, Ron's ok." Her words didn't bring Kim any happiness.
"What are his chances of waking up?" Now that was a question Mrs. Possible was hoping Kim wouldn't ask.
"When it comes to comas," She began in a tone reminiscent of when Kim's fish Goldie died. "No one can be for sure. It really depends on the person in the coma. But dear. Ron has proven over and over that he wants to stay alive." Her words still seemed to offer Kim no comfort. "When…when he came in he was still holding on with less than 75% of his blood and when they were helping him in the ER he flat lined for over five minuets. But he's still here. Somehow…somehow he made it back to us. Now if that's not Stoppable spirit, I don't know what is."
"But why is he in a coma?"
"He's in a coma, dear, because his brain suffered some swelling from the loss of blood. There's a slight chance of brain damage." She bit her lip, so much for maybe cheering Kim up. "But even if there is, there's always therapy and other alternatives. But you know Ron. Sooner than you know it he'll wake up, stretch and waltz on down for some fast food. You'll just have to believe and trust that he'll come out of it just fine…If you're wondering, when I left I had to drain some fluid that had built up around his brain."
She had to stifle a laugh, which made Kim glare at her and sit up. "I'm sorry, Kimmie. It's just we had to shave part of the back of his head to make a tiny hole in his skull to drain the fluid. It just sort of reminded me of that movie…you know, with the computers and the green writing?"
"The Matrix?"
"Yea! That's the one. Could you imagine that? I bet Mrs. Stoppable will have him shave the rest just so that his hair will grow back even." That made Kim grin which soon faded to concern.
"Now that you mention it, I haven't seen Ron's parents at all."
"Well after the whole ordeal tonight I'm glad they're away."
"Away?"
"Business trip." Mrs. Possible answered. "You know how dedicated Mrs. Stoppable is to her job. Besides they don't have any money with them because she forgot to grab her purse and the heartless bastards at her work won't send her home. Mr. Stoppable went with her because you know, he can work anywhere. And before you ask, Rufus and Ruby are with…and on the twins."
"I didn't see Rufus during the fight."
"Naked mole rats respond differently to sleeping gas. They should wake up in an hour or two. Any other questions?" Kim shook her head and hugged her mom.
"Just how was I blessed with such great parents?"
"I don't know. You're just lucky I guess. If you want, you can see Ron."
"Oh!" Kim stood. "How is Wade?" Mrs. Possible laughed.
"He went home saying something about leaving the missions up to you next time. The poor boy, first time out of his room and something like this happens." Mrs. Possible walked to the door before turning back to her daughter. "Well I got to go now, Kimmie. Stop by the cafeteria and grab some food."
After dinner Kim her way to Ron's room only to be stopped by the tweebs.
"Here," Tim said, handing Rufus to Kim. "Take him with you."
"We're going to go and experiment on spare body parts," Jim said, handing Ruby to Kim.
"Eww. Please don't." Did they listen? No. They ran down the hall towards who knows where. She looked down at Rufus who seemed worried and sighed. The poor little guy didn't seem to know what was going on, that Ron was hurt. It wasn't long before she reached room 778, opening it softly. Rufus tried to leap from Kim's arms but she stopped him in time.
"Rufus, you can sit on his bed, but you can't climb onto Ron, ok?" The little guy just offered a frantic nod before leaping to the room around his 'dad.' Kim placed Ruby next to Rufus who clung to the other rat for support. How was she going to explain this to Rufus? It was tough and she couldn't imagine how it must be for her mom who had to do this sort of thing everyday. She took a deep breath, trying to figure out how to explain it in a way a mole rat would understand.
"Ron's just sleeping right now." Rufus understood that. He walked to Ron's ear and imitated an alarm clock sound but Kim picked him up and covered his mouth. "No, it's a different kind of sleep." She paused for a moment looking over at Ron as if he held a suggestion. "He's…His body is hurt real bad and he's sleeping till it gets better. We-." Her own voice wavered, betraying the calming tone she was trying to keep up for Rufus. "We don't know how long he'll be asleep, but when he wakes up the first thing he'll ask for is you and a naco. Till then you're staying with us, ok?" How could she tell him that they didn't even know if Ron would ever wake up, or how he'd change if he did? She couldn't even tell him about how he was hurt or everything that had happened in the ER. Rufus just hugged her face and whimpered before leaping back next to Ron and Ruby. Placing a hand over his she let out a quivering sigh.
"Ron if there was ever a time that I needed you, it's now."
Jao: A nice long chapter to make up for the little ones I've been posting. Expect the last one to be long too. And PLUG! Everyone go see Classic Cowboy's Kim Possible/Matrix crossover Matrix: Resurrections. From what I've read so far it's amazing. I've been kinda sick and very busy so I haven't had the chance to finish what's posted, but it is awesome. You can find Classic Cowboy in my reviews, or you could just do a search here on FFN.
Oh and I had promised to stay true to my plot and not let the movie alter it, but if you picked it up I applaud you. See I got this far and I asked myself "Hey! Where's Ron's parents?" So there's a lot of the movie influence in Dr. Mrs. Possible's explanation. Why? Because I couldn't come up with a better reason and I hate finding plot holes this far into the story. I think I had the rest of Kim's family pretty much in character and the twins are fun to write. XD Now that I think about it, this is probably one of few if any KP fics with so little Ron in it. I mean in the beginning it focused on him a lot but now we've gone 3 chapters without him. Will it be a fourth? You'll have to wait and see. =3