Chapter 4: True Hero
Shego and Drakken had just reached their backup lair which was little more then an abandoned bomb shelter in the middle of Montana. Shego leaned on the wall and filed her nails like usual as Drakken sat in a chair a few feet away. They had just lost the Aries stone to Jude, the museum owner and Kim Possible as usual was one of the main factors of their failure. Drakken and Shego were not around to see what had happened to Jude and see that he had transformed into Velius: an immortal creature and Drakken now wished he had waited to see what effects the stone had on Jude.
"The stone....if only I had discovered how to have used it sooner." Drakken said, finally breaking the silence. Shego stopped filing her nails and looked up.
"I assume that blood is what activates the stone." said Shego.
"Either that or a dying man....but it is irrelevant at this moment....Jude has the stone and if the manuscripts I read are correct....he is invincible." said Drakken with despair in his voice. Suddenly though he raised his head and a smile appeared on his face. "If the manuscripts are correct though, that means that there are at least eleven more stone....so there is still plenty of opportunities to get a stone and become invincible myself!"
"Well....you can count on me to retrieve it if you find it!" said Shego.
"Excellent...I knew I could, however I don't think the problem will be getting the stone. We have to find one first and who knows where the other stones are!"
"uhh? Hello!" said Shego knocking on Drakken's head.
"What?" said Drakken while rubbing his head.
"You've been an evil villian for so long and yet you still don't understand the criminal mind? If anything, I think we can count on this Jude character's greed and power lust to get the best of him and I have no doubt that he will start looking for the other stones for himself." said Shego.
"You think so?" asked Drakken.
"I know so! And when he finds it, we grab it and presto! Instant immortal!" said Shego in an evil voice.
"YES!! But wait.....how do I know you won't use the stone for yourself?" said Drakken.
"Why would I double cross you?" said an offended Shego. Drakken lowered his brow and gave a face that almost spoke louder than words and seemed to communicate to her "isn't it obvious?"
"Why? Because I know how power hungry you are! As soon as we find the stone you'll have no use for me and betray me!" said Drakken. Shego then turned her back to him.
"If that's how you feel than you can find the stone yourself..." said Shego. Drakken knew that this could not be a possiblity. Although it is true that he could rely on his own inventions and robot warriors, He would still need Shego to personally protect him should something go wrong. Also, deep down, his heart told him that Shego would not betray him and that she would in fact help him.
"Ok, ok.....I'll trust you...we'll work together and as soon as I find the stone and harness it's power I will immediately work on finding you your own stone so we can rule together!" said Drakken.
"Good...now...to find Jude..." said Shego.
MEANWHILE....
Ron was left alone in the destroyed building as he slumped to the floor.
"Darn it Rufus!" Ron yelled. Rufus responded with a sad sounding noise. Ron then stood up and grabbed his own "Kimmunicator" thing and called Wade.
"Wade!A monster has just kidnapped Kim!" Ron yelled at the tiny screen. Ron then filled Wade in with everything that just happened. "We have to save her!" Ron again yelled.
"Hold on Ron! We can't save her if we don't know where she is!" said Wade.
"Well I'm going to go looking for her!" responded Ron.
"Calm down Ron. Kim can take care of herself. Besides it would be unwise to charge in against a monster we really know nothing about. It seems to be invincible right now, so we have to find out if it has a weakness and exploit it." said Wade.
Ron then sat back down on the floor. "So, what do you suggest we do?" asked Ron.
"Hold on.....got it....I did a search on these "Zodiac stones" that Kim was after."
"Why did you search for that? I said a monster kidnapped Kim, not a stone." said Ron.
"I know but Kim came here looking for the stone and what does she find? A monster! Maybe they are connected." said Wade.
Well it appears that these stones are said to have magical powers....maybe this power is the ability to become a monster. Anyway it says here that there is a small monastary in some country I never heard of that might have some information on these stones." said Wade.
"Really?" asked Ron.
"No..I'm just kidding..." said Wade sarcastically.
"Well stop playing around and find something!" said Ron not getting the joke.
"What? oh....no I was just kidding (Wade rolls his eyes with an "oh brother" expression on his face) the monastary is called Orbonne Monastary and it is located in the country of Ivalice."
"Great! I'll get a ride there, find the monster's weakness and save the day!" said Ron filled with new hope.
"Good luck Ron." said Wade as the screen turned black and the "kimmunicator" turned off.
"You heard him Rufus! We're off to Ivalice!" said Ron pointing his finger in an arbitrary direction.
"Yeah, yeah!" said Rufus.
Ron had to wait for a few days before he could leave...he did have school after all. Finally though a school holiday came and he had an entire week off, which was plenty of time to find his missing friend. He packed his things and before he knew it he was on a plane with "IvaliceAir" written on the side. It was at least a 6 hour flight and Ron was really the only person on it except of course for one flight attendent and the pilot and Ron thought it was funny that the pilot and attendant even bothered announcing things over the plane's PA. It was during this long flight that Ron finally remembered the battle he had with Velius.
"How was I able to dodge all his attacks?" Ron asked himself. Ron knew that he really wasn't very agile or trained like Kim is...so how was it possible?
"Maybe I was able to pull off all those moves because some of the stone's power rubbed off on me? no....no....then it would have rubbed off on Kim and she seemed pretty normal to me." Ron continued to think outloud for a few more minutes before closing his eyes hoping that he could fall asleep.
Ron couldn't sleep though. In reality, Ron was pretty embarrassed of his actions. He dodged the monster's attacks, but he still let down Kim. If he had just woken up on time that morning he wouldn't have gotten detention and would have been there with Kim since the beginning and maybe things would have been different.
"I let Kim down and let the monster escape....but....I'll make it up! Once I get to the monastary I can save Kim" said Ron, "in fact...this may work out better then if I was with Kim since the beginning because now I will be the hero!"
Ron then pictured himself in a parade back in his hometown of Middleton. He stood on float with a banner that read "hero" above his head. He pictured all the town there cheering for him: "the hero who saved the world from the terror of the invincible monster."
"Way to go Hero! From now on, you will be in charge of all the missions!" said Kim who stood by his side on the float. Of course Ron stood on a higher part of the float...HE was the hero after all. His 'vision' then continued to him walking into school and once again seeing Bonnie Rockwaller at her locker on a cell phone.
"Yeah and....I'll call you back." said Bonnie with a big smile. "Hey there Stoppable! When are you going to take me out to the movies?" asked Bonnie. "Whenever you want babe..." said Ron winking and pointing at her all smooth like. His vision then took him to a small bakery in the middle of town.
"Hello Mr. Stoppable, we were sooo inspired by your heroics that we have given up our lives of crime and taken up baking as our new hobby....cookie?" said Drakken as he and Shego stood there in aprons with trays of cookies.
Yes, life was sweet in Ron's little dream world. The plane continued on to its destination and after what seem like an eternity later the pilot then announced "we will be landing soon."
Ron looked out the window to see the wonderful country of Ivalice.
"Wade I'm here in Ivalice!" Ron said to his Kimmunicator.
"Good! Now you'll have to find Orbonne Monastary. I searched for its location but I couldn't come up with anything. You'll have to ask one of the locals about it." said Wade.
"Easy work for Ron the 'Hero!' said Ron as he turned off the Kimmunicator. With that, Ron left the plane after picking up his bags he was off. Ivalice was a pretty strange country. It was modern in everyway but for some reason still felt like it you had just gone back in time to medieval Europe. Ron didn't waste any time....well..he didn't waste much time and after a few hours of exploring went to work finding someone who knew where the monastary was. He didn't have much luck though as no one seemed to know what he was talking about.
"Maybe I'm asking the wrong people?" Ron said to himself.
"I dunno.." answered Rufus.
"Well we don't really seem to be making any progress little buddy." said Ron, "I guess we'll check into a hotel..."
Ron made his way to his hotel which brought him down a pretty dark and narrow road. It scared Ron a little as he walked down the road with his bags of clothes and other stuff. As he walked though a robed man seemed to jump out of no where right in front of Ron which scared Ron and made him jump and fall back with a little wimpy yell of fright.
"Sorry...didn't mean to scare you kid." said the man with the hooded robe. The hood cast a shadow on his face so Ron coudn't make out any features.
"No it's alright...I'm just a jumpy." replied Ron.
"You are Ron Stoppable correct?" asked the man.
"Yeah, how do you know my name?" asked Ron.
"I am a messenger from Orbonne Monastary...we have been waiting for you to show up." said the man.
"Really? Who are you? and...Hw did you know I was going to the monastary?" asked Ron.
"I'll explain later..come, with have to make haste to the monastary." said the man pulling Ron.
"Make haste? Why didn't you find me early? Then we wouldn't have to make haste...ya know?" said Ron.
"Because finding one person in a city is hard." replied the man.
"Of course it was! You were searching in all the wrong places...why wait in a dark road? Who's going to come down here?" said Ron.
"Whatever Kid....come on, we have to go!" said the man.
Shego and Drakken had just reached their backup lair which was little more then an abandoned bomb shelter in the middle of Montana. Shego leaned on the wall and filed her nails like usual as Drakken sat in a chair a few feet away. They had just lost the Aries stone to Jude, the museum owner and Kim Possible as usual was one of the main factors of their failure. Drakken and Shego were not around to see what had happened to Jude and see that he had transformed into Velius: an immortal creature and Drakken now wished he had waited to see what effects the stone had on Jude.
"The stone....if only I had discovered how to have used it sooner." Drakken said, finally breaking the silence. Shego stopped filing her nails and looked up.
"I assume that blood is what activates the stone." said Shego.
"Either that or a dying man....but it is irrelevant at this moment....Jude has the stone and if the manuscripts I read are correct....he is invincible." said Drakken with despair in his voice. Suddenly though he raised his head and a smile appeared on his face. "If the manuscripts are correct though, that means that there are at least eleven more stone....so there is still plenty of opportunities to get a stone and become invincible myself!"
"Well....you can count on me to retrieve it if you find it!" said Shego.
"Excellent...I knew I could, however I don't think the problem will be getting the stone. We have to find one first and who knows where the other stones are!"
"uhh? Hello!" said Shego knocking on Drakken's head.
"What?" said Drakken while rubbing his head.
"You've been an evil villian for so long and yet you still don't understand the criminal mind? If anything, I think we can count on this Jude character's greed and power lust to get the best of him and I have no doubt that he will start looking for the other stones for himself." said Shego.
"You think so?" asked Drakken.
"I know so! And when he finds it, we grab it and presto! Instant immortal!" said Shego in an evil voice.
"YES!! But wait.....how do I know you won't use the stone for yourself?" said Drakken.
"Why would I double cross you?" said an offended Shego. Drakken lowered his brow and gave a face that almost spoke louder than words and seemed to communicate to her "isn't it obvious?"
"Why? Because I know how power hungry you are! As soon as we find the stone you'll have no use for me and betray me!" said Drakken. Shego then turned her back to him.
"If that's how you feel than you can find the stone yourself..." said Shego. Drakken knew that this could not be a possiblity. Although it is true that he could rely on his own inventions and robot warriors, He would still need Shego to personally protect him should something go wrong. Also, deep down, his heart told him that Shego would not betray him and that she would in fact help him.
"Ok, ok.....I'll trust you...we'll work together and as soon as I find the stone and harness it's power I will immediately work on finding you your own stone so we can rule together!" said Drakken.
"Good...now...to find Jude..." said Shego.
MEANWHILE....
Ron was left alone in the destroyed building as he slumped to the floor.
"Darn it Rufus!" Ron yelled. Rufus responded with a sad sounding noise. Ron then stood up and grabbed his own "Kimmunicator" thing and called Wade.
"Wade!A monster has just kidnapped Kim!" Ron yelled at the tiny screen. Ron then filled Wade in with everything that just happened. "We have to save her!" Ron again yelled.
"Hold on Ron! We can't save her if we don't know where she is!" said Wade.
"Well I'm going to go looking for her!" responded Ron.
"Calm down Ron. Kim can take care of herself. Besides it would be unwise to charge in against a monster we really know nothing about. It seems to be invincible right now, so we have to find out if it has a weakness and exploit it." said Wade.
Ron then sat back down on the floor. "So, what do you suggest we do?" asked Ron.
"Hold on.....got it....I did a search on these "Zodiac stones" that Kim was after."
"Why did you search for that? I said a monster kidnapped Kim, not a stone." said Ron.
"I know but Kim came here looking for the stone and what does she find? A monster! Maybe they are connected." said Wade.
Well it appears that these stones are said to have magical powers....maybe this power is the ability to become a monster. Anyway it says here that there is a small monastary in some country I never heard of that might have some information on these stones." said Wade.
"Really?" asked Ron.
"No..I'm just kidding..." said Wade sarcastically.
"Well stop playing around and find something!" said Ron not getting the joke.
"What? oh....no I was just kidding (Wade rolls his eyes with an "oh brother" expression on his face) the monastary is called Orbonne Monastary and it is located in the country of Ivalice."
"Great! I'll get a ride there, find the monster's weakness and save the day!" said Ron filled with new hope.
"Good luck Ron." said Wade as the screen turned black and the "kimmunicator" turned off.
"You heard him Rufus! We're off to Ivalice!" said Ron pointing his finger in an arbitrary direction.
"Yeah, yeah!" said Rufus.
Ron had to wait for a few days before he could leave...he did have school after all. Finally though a school holiday came and he had an entire week off, which was plenty of time to find his missing friend. He packed his things and before he knew it he was on a plane with "IvaliceAir" written on the side. It was at least a 6 hour flight and Ron was really the only person on it except of course for one flight attendent and the pilot and Ron thought it was funny that the pilot and attendant even bothered announcing things over the plane's PA. It was during this long flight that Ron finally remembered the battle he had with Velius.
"How was I able to dodge all his attacks?" Ron asked himself. Ron knew that he really wasn't very agile or trained like Kim is...so how was it possible?
"Maybe I was able to pull off all those moves because some of the stone's power rubbed off on me? no....no....then it would have rubbed off on Kim and she seemed pretty normal to me." Ron continued to think outloud for a few more minutes before closing his eyes hoping that he could fall asleep.
Ron couldn't sleep though. In reality, Ron was pretty embarrassed of his actions. He dodged the monster's attacks, but he still let down Kim. If he had just woken up on time that morning he wouldn't have gotten detention and would have been there with Kim since the beginning and maybe things would have been different.
"I let Kim down and let the monster escape....but....I'll make it up! Once I get to the monastary I can save Kim" said Ron, "in fact...this may work out better then if I was with Kim since the beginning because now I will be the hero!"
Ron then pictured himself in a parade back in his hometown of Middleton. He stood on float with a banner that read "hero" above his head. He pictured all the town there cheering for him: "the hero who saved the world from the terror of the invincible monster."
"Way to go Hero! From now on, you will be in charge of all the missions!" said Kim who stood by his side on the float. Of course Ron stood on a higher part of the float...HE was the hero after all. His 'vision' then continued to him walking into school and once again seeing Bonnie Rockwaller at her locker on a cell phone.
"Yeah and....I'll call you back." said Bonnie with a big smile. "Hey there Stoppable! When are you going to take me out to the movies?" asked Bonnie. "Whenever you want babe..." said Ron winking and pointing at her all smooth like. His vision then took him to a small bakery in the middle of town.
"Hello Mr. Stoppable, we were sooo inspired by your heroics that we have given up our lives of crime and taken up baking as our new hobby....cookie?" said Drakken as he and Shego stood there in aprons with trays of cookies.
Yes, life was sweet in Ron's little dream world. The plane continued on to its destination and after what seem like an eternity later the pilot then announced "we will be landing soon."
Ron looked out the window to see the wonderful country of Ivalice.
"Wade I'm here in Ivalice!" Ron said to his Kimmunicator.
"Good! Now you'll have to find Orbonne Monastary. I searched for its location but I couldn't come up with anything. You'll have to ask one of the locals about it." said Wade.
"Easy work for Ron the 'Hero!' said Ron as he turned off the Kimmunicator. With that, Ron left the plane after picking up his bags he was off. Ivalice was a pretty strange country. It was modern in everyway but for some reason still felt like it you had just gone back in time to medieval Europe. Ron didn't waste any time....well..he didn't waste much time and after a few hours of exploring went to work finding someone who knew where the monastary was. He didn't have much luck though as no one seemed to know what he was talking about.
"Maybe I'm asking the wrong people?" Ron said to himself.
"I dunno.." answered Rufus.
"Well we don't really seem to be making any progress little buddy." said Ron, "I guess we'll check into a hotel..."
Ron made his way to his hotel which brought him down a pretty dark and narrow road. It scared Ron a little as he walked down the road with his bags of clothes and other stuff. As he walked though a robed man seemed to jump out of no where right in front of Ron which scared Ron and made him jump and fall back with a little wimpy yell of fright.
"Sorry...didn't mean to scare you kid." said the man with the hooded robe. The hood cast a shadow on his face so Ron coudn't make out any features.
"No it's alright...I'm just a jumpy." replied Ron.
"You are Ron Stoppable correct?" asked the man.
"Yeah, how do you know my name?" asked Ron.
"I am a messenger from Orbonne Monastary...we have been waiting for you to show up." said the man.
"Really? Who are you? and...Hw did you know I was going to the monastary?" asked Ron.
"I'll explain later..come, with have to make haste to the monastary." said the man pulling Ron.
"Make haste? Why didn't you find me early? Then we wouldn't have to make haste...ya know?" said Ron.
"Because finding one person in a city is hard." replied the man.
"Of course it was! You were searching in all the wrong places...why wait in a dark road? Who's going to come down here?" said Ron.
"Whatever Kid....come on, we have to go!" said the man.