Second Chances

"Ron? Ron? Oh god…Don't do this to me…This isn't happening." She shook him gently, then not so gently. "Ron wake up. I love you. Please wake up. God no…no…no." She cried. Holding him in her arms.

Kim knew that if Ron was going to have any chance of living she had to pull herself together. She checked his neck for a pulse, it was there but very weak. She reached into her pants pocket and grabbed her Kimmunicator, "Wade I need an ambulance here. NOW!!"

"I'll get one to you right away Kim. What's going on?" Wade hasn't seen Kim this worked up, ever.

"Ron has cancer and will die if we don't do something drastic to save him."

"Drastic like how?"

"Drakken drastic. I need a fast ride to Florence and a meeting with the Warden of ADX. Please and thank you." Kim could finally hear the ambulance sirens approaching. "Hang on Ron. Stay alive for me…for us."

The Hospital

Kim rode with Ron in the back of the ambulance all the way to Middleton Medical Center. "You have to keep him alive."

The Medical Center staff knew that the odds for Ron weren't good. "The most we can do is try Kim."

"Keep him alive until I get back. I'm going for help." With that she ran out of the building to a waiting Hyper-Sonic jet.

ADX

"Inmate 1100646. Report ready to receive a visitor." Drakken could be described as slightly befuddled, he had never in all his previous incarcerations had a visitor. He cleaned up a bit and stood at the door of his cell. Waiting for the two guard escort to take him to the visitor center.

"Do you know who it is? Is it my mom?" Drakken knew the rules, no talking to guards, but he had to know.

"You will find out who it is when you get there Inmate 1100646. Now be QUIET!" He decided to shut up for the rest of the walk.

"Hello Drakken."

The oh so familiar voice of…"Kim Possible? What do you want?"

"I need…your help."

"Me, help you? Never!" He crossed his arms defiantly.

She stood up and got right up in his face. "I know that you don't have any reason to want to help me." She jabbed his chest with her finger. "Unless you don't want to have to spend 23 and a half hours a day, every day, for the rest of your miserable life in a 7 by 12 foot cell."

"You could get me released?" His tone changed when he thought about being free again.

"I could call in some favors to see about an arrangement. If you agree to help me that is."

"What sort of help?"

"The cloning and brain switching kind."

Rise

"This had better work Drakken." She didn't expect treachery, but was ready for it.

"It will. I think."

"If it doesn't…They'll have to invent a new word for the things I will do to you." Hearing that made Drakken wonder if agreeing to help Kim was a sound decision.

"It will…But he has to remain in the Incubator Chamber (IC) for 14 days. Cloning a body can't be done in a rush, if you want it done right."

Cables were attached and switches flipped. The brain switch machine hummed to life. Nothing left to do now, but wait.

Kim pressed the 'communicator' button on the IC. "Ron?"

His new eyes slowly opened when he heard Kim's voice. "Kim?"

"Ron. How do you feel?" Kim placed her hand against the smooth glass chamber.

"Confused. Why can't I move?"

"Call it a necessary evil." Drakken stood in the corner, smiling.

"Dr. Drakken!? What is he doing here?"

"He helped me save your life."

"How?"

"He cloned you a new body and used the brain switch machine to transfer your mind to it."

"WHAT?! Kim you can't trust him. What were you thinking going to him?"

"I had to Ron. I couldn't let you go." She started to sob

Ron could never stand to see Kim cry. "Kim. I'm sorry. I guess I should be thanking you both. For saving me." He would take her in his arms to reassure her, if he was able. "Kim I need to speak with Drakken for a minute…Alone. Could you wait outside?"

"Ok Ron. I guess." Kim was reluctant to leave Drakken alone with Ron. So she called in two guards to keep a close eye on him. "Keep him in line."

Kim left the room and Drakken walked over to stand next to Ron. "What do you want Ron?"

"At least you finally remembered my name…" They talked for what turned out to be much more than just a minute. When they were finished the two armed guards escorted Drakken out of the room. "Okay Kim, you can come back in now." Ron knew that she had been trying to listen in on the conversation.

Kim sat down in a chair next to the IC. "What did you two talk about?"

"Just going over the particulars of what happened today. Nothing too spectacular."

"Ron…" She could tell when he wasn't being totally honest with her.

"Oh man. Come on Kim, go easy on me just this once." She wouldn't and he knew it, but it never hurt to ask.

"Ron what did you talk about?"

"I asked him why he agreed to help you. And if we could trust him."

"Do you?"

"I'm not sure. You'd better get Wade over here. I think we have 14 days to figure out if this is for real or not."