There was an intake of breath from behind Dementor. "Ron Stoppable?!", she exclaimed, not bothering to use her fake "Kim" voice. "What're you doing here?!"
"Well, Dementor?", Ron asked harshly. "Where is she?"
"Where's who?", Dementor asked.
"You know who I'm talking about, Dementor", Ron growled. "Kim."
"Now why should I give her up to you, Ronald?", Dementor asked with mock-concern.
"I did what you asked, Dementor", Ron replied. "I brought Ratigan here. I showed him the way here. What else do I need to do?!"
"Now, now", Dementor chided. "I still need to show Ratigan who has defeated him." Turning, he left the room, followed by a curious Kigo-Lynn and a disgruntled Ron Stoppable.
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Shego carefully depressed the sea green button, watchful for any hidden "surprises" that Dementor might have in store for thieves. There were none, strangely enough. Perhaps Dementor didn't realize anyone could get this far, or that the keycard lock would've been enough.
The room was dark, except for the light produced by a single machine, labeled "Spiritron". "Odd", Shego mused out loud as she turned, and got the fright of her life. There, lying on a gurney, was Kim Possible, in the same outfit as she had been in the suspended animation chamber. However, there was something strange and terrifying about her. Her entire person was as pale as a ghost, even her clothes. As she watched, astounded and not a little frightened, the ghost of Kim lifted its head, opened its eyes a bit, and saw her.
"Shego…", it whispered in a low voice that Shego recognized as Kim's.
"What?", she asked anxiously, bending over so she could listen to her better.
"Shego… You have to find Ratigan and warn him… warn him of the trap…"
"Trap?!", Shego exclaimed.
"He's the only one… who can reunite me with my body…" She trailed off, her head settling back onto the table.
Shego backed up, then dashed out of the room. She stopped short in the other room, then picked Kim's body up out of the suspended animation chamber, then carried her out of the room.
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Ratigan tossed and turned in his bed, haunted by what he had seen. Basil, who had decided they were going to have to escape, entered the room. "Ratigan", he whispered, trying to be discreet. Nothing. He crept nearer to the bed, and nudged Ratigan on the shoulder. "Ratigan?"
Ratigan sat up straight in bed, then turned to Basil, a glare on his face. "Explain to me, Basil", he growled, "why you decided to interrupt my sleep?"
"We're going to escape", Basil stated calmly.
"Oh", Ratigan said. "Are the others ready?"
"Most of them", Basil reported. "Shego's still gone, and I have no clue where Ron is."
Ratigan's glare turned into a concerned frown. "I have a bad feeling about this…"
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As the storm started to pour, this is how it stood. The group started down the staircase towards the door, while Shego, carrying Kim's motionless, almost lifeless body, pelted down the corridors. Dementor, Kigo-Lynn, and Ron hurried after the group to stop them from escaping altogether.
Ratigan was just inches from the door, when something powerful knocked him to the ground.
"DAD!!!", Veeken cried, and all turned to the staircase, where Dementor was standing next to the Kim clone, who was wearing a outfit like Shego's, only the colors were like a mix 'n match of colors from Kim's, Shego's, and Adrenna Lynn's attire. But the person they saw at the top of the staircase shocked them. It was Ron.
"Okay, you have what you want, now give back Kim", he said, holding out a hand.
But Dementor merely pulled out a remote control and pointed it at Ron. The next thing he knew, Ron was trapped like the rest of them.
rons_gurl's jaw dropped. "I don't believe it." Basil glared at Ron. Meanwhile, Shego, watching from around the corner, could only wonder how Ratigan was going to get themselves out of this mess…
A preview of the next chapter, Kigo-Lynn's Debut:
Kigo-Lynn placed her hand around Ratigan's throat, and started to choke him into submission. Ratigan struggled, twisting this way and that, and finally biting Kigo-Lynn's wrist, drawing blood. Kigo-Lynn cried out in pain and withdrew from the attack, grasping her wrist, her breath rasping in her chest as she saw the blood.
Ratigan raised an eyebrow. "That's interesting", he mused out loud. "I actually had her down as some sort of robot."
To Be Continued…
