Chapter 11: The Return

Kim walked silently toward the high school. It had been a couple months and though Meryl had kept her updated on Ron's recovery, she couldn't help worrying.

Kim was in such thought that she plowed right into the person standing between her and the front door of the school. "Hey, little girl, watch where you're going!"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Kim apologized, looking up to see the twenty-something year old man with long, blonde hair pulled back in a ponytail.

"Don't mind my husband," the brunette haired woman beside him said, elbowing him hard, "We're both substitute teachers and are pretty new to the area. My name's Rose Boltman and this is my husband Jack Boltman."

"Aren't you Kim Possible?" Rose asked, a mischievous smile crossing her lips for a fraction of a second.

"Yeah, why?" Kim asked with a sigh, all she needed was another fan in town.

"Oh, just a friend of ours knows you and he speaks of you often," Rose said, winking at her husband who was desperately trying to get her to be silent. "He's a real snake though, never know when he'll pop up."

Kim looked at her strangely, but just shrugged and continued into the school. She walked to her locker and silently opened it, but jumped slightly from Wade's face on her computer monitor in the locker.

"Kim, we got a big problem!" Wade said worriedly.

"What's the sitch?" Kim asked the boy genius.

"There's a big … thing downtown," Wade stated.

"What kind of thing?" Kim asked, quirking an eyebrow.

"This kind of thing," Wade said, bringing up an image of a large, walking tank that Kim found familiar.

Kim was dazed at the time, but she remembered seeing it through the windows of the torture chamber Ocelot had her trapped in, and she remembered what Solid Snake had called it. "Metal Gear …"

"Whatever it is, GJ is there and needs some help, willing to give it a go?" Wade asked.

Kim thought for a second before nodding, "I'm on my way; I remember it being called Metal Gear Rex, so see what you can find about it, especially with Weaknesses."

"On it, Kim, good luck!" Wade said as the screen blinked off, and the teen hero dashed out of the school.

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Kim finally made it to downtown Middleton and saw Will Du and several other Global Justice Agents pinned down, exchanging fire with the massive Metal Gear Rex. Kim flipped to the Agents hiding place and turned to the surprised Will, "So, this a private party or can anyone join the fun?"

"Ms. Possible, this is no place for civilians," Will scolded, "That is a classified …"

"Metal Gear Rex, I already know, Will," Kim smirked at the stunned look on the agent's face, "So how you plan on taking down a Metal Gear, unless you happen to be a Snake."

"How did … you know about Foxhound?" Will gasped wide-eyed.

"Don't know that much," Kim shrugged, "Now I think we have another issue to worry about here."

"OUT OF THE WAY!" Will yelled and shoved the girl as a missile destroyed their sandbag shield and sending all the occupants running scared on the damaged street.

Kim pulled herself to her feet, only to glance at the Metal Gear's Vulcan cannons pointed directly toward her.

She then heard the guns fire, but felt a large body collide with her and lift her into the air as a pair of arms slid around her. She gasped as her back hit the ground and the body came down on top of her, covering her completely.

Kim still had her eyes closed tightly when a familiar voice filled her ears, "You ok, KP?"

"Ron?" Kim asked, her eyes snapping open.

"The one and … ow only," Ron grunted slightly in pain, gripping his side, "Still a little tender though. MOVE!" he shouted, grabbing her arm and dragging her into an alley on the opposite side of the street.

"Shadow to Snake, respond," Ron said, pressing into his ear, momentarily ignoring Kim, "We've got a bigger situation than we thought, Code: Outer Heaven. No Civvies, but we got a large group of GJAs."

"Stoppable, you're here too?" Will groaned.

"Agent Du, get your people out of here ASAP; this is out of your hands," Ron said in a commanding voice that Kim couldn't believe came from her childhood best friend.

"Oh, and why should I listen to the sidekick?" Will snorted, ducking from a round of Vulcan fire that barely missed him.

Will laughed at the concept of listening to the comical sidekick of Kim Possible when he finally noticed the Sneak Suit Ron was wearing, "What are you … you … you made …" Will muttered eyeing the two symbols on Ron's shoulder, one was of Unit Foxhound and the other was a small insignia of a Snake.

"I don't know any Ron," Ron said in his Shadow voice, "I'm Agent Shadow Snake of Unit Foxhound."

"I loathe you, Stoppable, remember that …" Will said before turning his back and pulling out a radio, "All units fall back!"

"Here," a voice called as a missile launcher appeared out of thin air and landed in Ron's arms. A moment later Solid Snake deactivated his Stealth Camo and revealed his own Nikita launcher. "Take the pilot prisoner, target only the weapon and the radar systems."

Ron nodded before turning to Kim and with the same un-Ron-like voice ordered, "Kim, get back to school; we'll handle this."

"I'm not going anywhere and let you get hurt again," Kim stated firmly, "I couldn't-"

"Kim, I said GO. NOW!" Ron snapped causing the girl to flinch and step back.

Kim and Ron kept their eyes locked before Kim did something that shattered the steel edge of Shadow Snake. Kim stepped forward, stood on her toes, and pressed her lips to his in a gentle, second-long kiss. "Be careful," She ordered firmly before dashing out of the alley away from the Metal Gear monster.

Ron was still standing there completely stunned when Snake walked up, looked at him, and then at the retreating Kim, "Well now, ain't that sweet." He said lowly, "Can we go blow the big robot up now or do you want to stare into space like a idiot some more?"

"Right, big robot, blow up, I'm on it!" Ron said, trying to revert back to his Shadow persona.

The two Foxhound Agents rolled out and fired their missiles on the towering mechanical giant.

The Metal Gear didn't seem to expect the sudden attack, and was unable to raise any kind of defense. Its pilot's only means to see what was happening outside the cockpit, the radar dish, was quickly destroyed. As the cockpit opened, Ron fired off his grapple gun and quickly climbed up to stare down at the pilot.

"Drakken?" Ron exclaimed, glaring down at the pilot who was looking back up at him sheepishly.

"Don't shoot!" Drakken whimpered, looking down the barrel of Ron's .45 SOCOM.

"Get out of there before you hurt somebody or yourself," Ron snapped, grabbing Drakken's collar and pulling him out of the Metal Gear's cockpit. He threw the mad scientist over his shoulder and jumped down from the cockpit where he and Snake shoved the bumbling villain against the Metal Gear's leg.

"I'm not talking!" Drakken snapped, glancing between Snake and Ron.

"Watch it!" Ron yelled as he and Snake jumped back to dodge Vulcan fire. They both looked up to see the Metal Gear Rex chopped in half by thin air, then what appeared to be a cockpit opened up in mid air.

"Drakken you … IDIOT!" Ocelot yelled, climbing out of the cloaked cockpit, "You've jeopardized EVERYTHING!"

Ocelot threw a rope ladder down, and Drakken scampered up as quickly as possible. The blue skinned scientist climbed into the cockpit and it quickly closed behind him with the sound of Ocelot yelling at him.

"Oh God, here we go again," Ron gulped, gripping his rocket launcher.

Ron and Solid Snake both awaited an attack, but only watched as the damaged Metal Gear Rex was raised into the air with the sounds of rockets firing as it was carried off into the air. "Well … that could've gone worse," Ron shrugged.

"They're up to something," Snake stated, "I'll head back and get Otacon on this, and you catch up to Possible at school and see what else she knows." Snake handed him a duffle bag and a backpack. "They should be glad your surgery went well; see you this afternoon, boy."

Ron gave a mock salute before running off toward the school. "Alright, back to work," Snake said placing a finger in his ear, "Snake to Otacon, come in…"

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Ron sat back as he tied his shoes in the men's locker room at Middleton High School. "School days, school days, lots of golden rule days …" Ron sighed, standing up, still holding his sore side. He started out of the lockers as he walked past the showers he heard a soft moan. "That sounded like Mankey; is the bastard skipping class to jack off? Wouldn't put it past him …" Ron said sneaking in with his SOCOM drawn to scare the living shit out of him. "This should be … what the …"

Ron eyes widened when he saw Mankey sitting on a bench and a blonde head bobbing up and down over his crotch. "Tara? That's really … unexpected …" he whispered before turning his back and walking out toward Kim's current class.

Ron pushed open the door to the classroom and ignored Mr. Boltman's shocked look and went straight to Kim, who was sitting behind Bonnie. "Ron, thank goodness you're alright! How did it go?"

"Talk bout that later, KP. First, I got a question for you," Ron stated, "Have you and Josh officially broken up yet?"

"Umm … no, not officially, we haven't talked much, but as far as I know we haven't broken up, why?" Kim asked, looking away as if she was saying something shameful.

"That's all I wanted to know," Ron said with an evil grin before walking back out of the class.

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Josh began to buck his hips from Tara's blow, but suddenly felt himself being lifted off the bench by the neck by absolutely nothing. "WHAT THE?" Josh screamed as he went flying through the air, losing his pants and boxers in mid flight.

"Stealth Camo off," Ron's voice sounded and he appeared in the center of the shower stall. "Damn, Josh, you've just given new meaning to the term 'teeny weenie'."

Josh quickly grabbed his pants and pulled them on, "Stoppable! What's the idea?"

"I could ask you the same question, Mankey," Ron frowned, "You have no idea whatsoever how lucky you are to have Kim's affection and you pull this? What the hell is wrong with you, Minidick?"

"Yeah, I had some fun with KP," Josh smiled, standing up, "she really is amazing in bed, you know, oh, wait, you don't know, do you?"

"Oh, is that a fact?" Ron narrowed his eyes, but with a small twinkle.

"Yeah, I never really would have guessed the great teen hero Kim Possible was a screamer, but you know what, she is," Josh smiled, "for a while when we first started she'd slip up and called out your name every so often, but then again, you leaving was the key to me getting her. All I had to do was offer a shoulder and she was in my bed within five months time. Thanks for that. But seriously, Kim's getting a bit … boring. Especially now that you've shown back up."

"You're welcome, Josh," Ron smiled warmly, "But you know something I learned while I was gone. It's really smart to watch your back before you reveal vital information."

Josh blinked and turned around to see Kim standing there with an unreadable expression on her face and her green eyes burning as if a forest fire was blazing behind them. Josh visibly paled and went slack jawed, "Uh … hi Kimmie …"

"Josh … I have three words for you," Kim hissed, narrowing her eyes.

"It's over now?" Josh gulped.

"Those too, but I was talking about:" Kim stated, rearing back and punching him in the nose, "Go… to… Hell."

Josh fell backwards and Kim grabbed his ankles before ramming her heel right between his legs, causing Josh to cry and Ron to flinch.

Kim stomped Josh in the gut once more for good measure before turning and walking out. "KP, wait up!" Ron said, stomping Josh's gut again as he stepped over him to follow her.

Ron ran to catch up with the girl and finally found her standing beside the football field.

"You alright, KP?" Ron asked, walking up behind her.

"I loved him, Ron," Kim stated, "I honestly loved him. I should have had my heart broken right now, but … I'm not upset at all. Maybe I was already over him." She then turned and hugged her childhood best friend, nuzzling her face into his chest. "Or could be I'm just happy to see you alive and back again."

"I'm happy to be back again too, KP," Ron said, hugging her back.

"How about us walking home together? With just thirty minutes left of school, I'm not in the mood to go back. Not after that." Kim stated, pulling back.

"Sounds like a plan," Ron smiled as the two started toward the sidewalk, "So what did I miss while I was out?"

"Got a couple of new teachers today," Kim stated, placing her finger on her chin in thought. "The twins blew out the kitchen window, which should come as no surprise. Monique finally grabbed herself a boyfriend. Wade has been kind of distant though. I'm a little worried about him. Other than that, same old, same old."

"Glad I didn't miss much," Ron nodded.

"I missed you," Kim said, quietly before coming to a full stop. "When I saw you hurt like that, … I thought … I thought …"

Ron stopped walking and pulled Kim into another hug, "I'm ok, see? Think a silly, little Metal Gear would take out the Ron-factor?"

"Be careful from now on; just do that for me, ok?" Kim asked, hugging him tightly, and making him flinch from rough contact on his tender wounds.

"I'll be ok, KP; we'll get Drakken and Ocelot, and it will be over before you know it," Ron said, rubbing her back.

"Then you'll leave again, won't you?"

"C'mon, KP, let's swing by Bueno Nacho before we head home," Ron said, releasing the girl and starting to walk again while ignoring her worried expression.

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Several hours later in an underground base, "Everything's going according to plan, Big Boss," Ocelot stated before a monitor, "Solid Snake and Shadow Snake fell for our act easily this afternoon."

"They honestly believe we're unorganized and unprepared," Drakken chirped in.

"Excellent," Big Boss replied from the monitor. "And the back up plan?"

"The physical and psychological training on Light Snake is right on schedule, sir," Ocelot nodded proudly.

"Excellent," Big Boss chuckled, "As soon as the Prototype Raptor's final outfitting program debugging is complete, begin Operation Snake Trap."

To Be Continued sorry to take so long to update this, I had some issues with this chapter, but they're finally all worked out, and I think they came out ok. Next chapter should come out quicker now, and thanks everybody for your patience. Don't forget to review!