Chapter 16
-To Boldly Go-
By Geor-sama
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"Fact is boys and girls," A broad shoulder dark haired young man said, "We're screwed." He crossed his arms, frowning as he stared at the scientist gathered around the table. His eyes flicked from face to laminated page, assuring himself that they were indeed the heads of their departments.
"Whatever those things are, they've taken over the building and I'm ashamed to say it, taken the security system and sealed it up." He shook his head "Though, since I'm head of security, can I please ask if anyone here would care to explain how anyone could have planned this?"
One of the department heads snorted "Mr. Lewis, that's what we pay you for. You tell us." Several other scientists muttered in agreement.
Lewis gave a condensing smile "I would be glad to Dr. Nestle, but see here's the thing. My team has sealed every possible leak you had, so really this means there's a new leak" He crossed his arms "I'm giving the leak a chance to come forward so I don't have to remove everyone of your security clearances."
"You can't do that! We hired you; you can't go around taking away security clearance. You'd need the Director of the Space Centers approval."
Lewis sighed, "You know I have his approval on all matters security. Right now, all I'm asking is who could have planned this. Does anybody have any ideas?"
"I think that honor belongs to Monkey Fist." A feminine voice said from the doorway, drawing all attention towards them. On the left, dressed in a blue long sleeve shirt and a pair of black jeans, was an attractive red head teenage girl. On the right, dressed in a long baggy red hockey jersey and baggy brown cargo pants, was blond teenage male.
"Excuse me? Monkey Fist?" Lewis asked, wondering who these two kids where and how they got past security. This was answered when an older man appeared behind the two teens, his brown shirt looking wrinkled and his tie only half done.
"Dr. Possible, what are you doing letting unauthorized personnel into a secure area? Especially two teenagers." Lewis asked his disapproval evident in his features.
"Um, Mr. Lewis this is Kim Possible." one of the scientist offered, which earned him a cool stare and then he turned back to look at the scientist.
"So, these are your experts?" He saw the tick of annoyance on Kim's face, but he ignored it "So, why don't you enlighten me as to why you think it's this Monkey Fist?"
Whatever he had been expecting, he was disappointed when she used her professional tone as she walked towards the table "Well, considering the fact that he's the last one to completely lock down the center he's my prime suspect. Besides, Wade streamed me the video feed from inside. You got a whole mess of monkey ninjas."
He opened his mouth to respond when she continued, the blond staying close to her side "Excuse me, but we really do have a limited amount of time here. Not enough time to argue or listen to narrowed minded people." That said she shifted her attention to a tall, blond woman that would have looked more appropriate as a supermodel or movie star rather than a scientist "Dr. Porter, does the space center have a record of what was occurring today?"
The attractive blond nodded, turning for a moment before scooping up a clipboard "Yes, we do. We put it together when we learned you were on your way." she graced the teenager with a smile "Today the Aeronot-"
"Dr. Porter, you can't tell an uncleared-" Lewis began but was cut off by the red head at his side.
"Listen to me, you have a man that spent an entire family fortune getting his DNA mutated and altered so that he could resemble a monkey inside that building with hostages. The longer you keep me from finding out what I need to know the more risk your making those people face." The red head crossed her arms looking back at Dr. Porter "Now then, what was going on today?"
"Well...according to this they were going to experiment with nue-nuer-nuerral cyber-ne-tic thermal disruptors at ten." Was the immediate response, which caused Kim to blink realizing that it was Ron reading off the clipboard and Dr. Porter was no where to be seen.
The blond looked up at her, smiling slightly "Don't look at me like that, she had to go use the restroom."
"Riiiight," Kim said slowly the shrugged the strangeness of the situation off "So, what do these Neural Cybernetic Thermal Disruptors do?"
The blond shrugged "I can barely pronounce most of those words, how am I suppose to know?"
"There nano-sized robotic devices that are capable of disrupting various temperatures and how the body feels them." A brown headed man with glasses interjected sounding excited "Really they're quite fascinating Miss Possible. Using them, you could conceivable stay in below zero temperatures and fell like it's a balmy seventy degrees."
"Really?" Kim asked taking on a thoughtful look then shook her head "No that's something Dr. Drakken or Professor Dementor would be after, not Monkey Fist. Ok Ron what else?"
The blond scanned the clipboard "Solar Loss Unifier Gatherer," he paused raising an eyebrow "Say wha?"
Kim cut him off immediately before one of the other scientist could explain, that's not it Ron. Keep reading."
The blond nodded "Hmmm, they were going to launch a space plane at noon, I wonder how Fredrick's doing. I need to check my email." He shrugged continuing on "Hmmm, at twelve thirty they were going to-" but was cut off by Kim rushing around the table to stare the clipboard
"Wait! That was it," she said smiling. She pointed at the line about the space shuttle "I bet you anything there trying to go back into space." She looked at her dad "What was that plane going to do?"
"Deliver supplies to the space station and it was the ride home for Fredrick." he paused "If its anything worth knowing, the Kennedy Space Center was going to launch there first space plane today."
Kim shook her head "No, they wanted to use Middleton. It would be easier for them to get into. Monkeys tend to be creatures of habit, still..." She frowned producing her small blue communicator out of its pocket. "Wade, check out the Kennedy Space Center and see if everything's kosher."
The genius nodded and typed quickly before looking back up at her "Everything looks normal Kim. Ready to go in?" Kim nodded and wade popped his fingers hitting a few keys "Alright, main doors unlocked. Security cameras are being set on three minute loops of continuous playback and the security office's alarm has been disarmed."
"You rock Wade," Kim said smiling then shut off the device shooting the security director a look of superiority "Ok Ron lets go. We have a date to get back to."
Ron nodded and reluctantly set the clipboard down joining Kim in her quick exit from the building. Behind them, Lewis blinked muttering 'Are the rules not sacred anymore?'
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"Could you believe that jerk?" Kim asked her partner as the slipped through the front doors, then started down the hallway ignoring the various space center signs for both adults and for kids. They're footsteps echoed in the empty hallways as they rounded the receptionist's desk and started down a hallway labeled security.
"Uncleared my-" she mumbled, but it was clear to her partner what she was mumbling. He smiled for a moment, and then let it fade not wanting to incur his girlfriend's wraith.
They had covered half the distance to the security office, When Kim, who was no longer mumbling, motioned for the boy to stop. She stood there, listening intently, then turned to look at the boy talking in a loud whisper "Does anything about this seem strange to you?"
The blond blinked then held up two fingers "KP, one were sneaking into a Space Center to face off with a man that's got a sick, twisted fantasy about being a monkey and two, he's got an army of monkey, I repeat, monkey ninjas." Ron gave her a bemused smile "Everything about this seems strange."
Kim snorted turning back to scan the hallway "True, but I meant we've almost made it to the security office and have yet to come across a single monkey ninja. Monkey Fist normally has patrols out watching for intruders."
Ron opened his mouth to say something when he as yanked to the side into a small confined space filled with shelves full of bottles and buckets along the floor. He blinked "Kim wha-" He was silenced when she clamped a hand over his mouth, signaling for him to be quiet.
Eyes wide he nodded, listening with strained ears to hear the soft footsteps that passed the doorway, followed by a chatter primate conversation. They faded and Kim removed her hand allowing Ron to speak "Ok KP, what do we do now?" he asked in a low voice, looking down at the red head who smiled at him teasingly.
"Well Ron, if this was any other time and we were in such a small closet I'd say 'make out'" The blond blinked and gulped "But were in the middle of a mission so were sneaking out."
Ron nodded, a look of disappointment crossing his face "Ok, lead the way."
Kim nodded reaching over, as quietly, as she could she twisted the knob and eased the door open, then looked down the hallway both ways before stepping all the way outside looking back at Ron "All clear."
Ron eased the door closed, reaching up to wipe his forehead but froze when Kim spoke up in a matter of fact tone of voice "Next rocket booster field trip were coming back to this closet, just so you know."
The room was an oval shape and staggered into three levels. Each level held two rows of large metal casings that held individual computer banks. Along the front wall was a large window that looked out upon the runway and to the side was a private office where the only human ninja had taken residence.
Not that any of the technicians present cared; after all, it was hard to care about the layout of a room when one was bound together and staring at a dead body. The monkey ninjas that were keeping watch kept chattering and making sharp movements as if snapping a neck.
"Where ready," a commanding voice said from the doorway of the private office, drawing both technician and ninja monkey attention towards the figure. He was dressed from head to foot in black garb identical to the monkey ninjas, but he was human, one just had to look in his eyes to see the cold human intelligence.
He turned his attention to of the closets ninjas, nodding. As if obeying a silent command they freed the hostages of their bonds and retreated away. Once the men and women were standing the human ninja continued.
"You have twenty minutes to get out of the building."
"Wh-what if we can't?" asked a timid voice from the back.
The ninja gave a short, harsh laugh "If you have to ask then your not as smart as your suppose to be."
A murmur ran through the small group, their faces paling then as many herds bolted for the exit as one, heading out onto the runway away from the building and ninjas.
Once the last lab coat had disappeared and the exit door had slammed shut the human ninja turned his attention to three ninjas close by his side "Chjoi, Shino, Gaara. Kim Possible and Stoppable are in the main building, preparing to disable the security system...as expected. The second phase begins now, you know what to do."
The three monkeys bowed curtly and then turned disappearing out the same emergency door that the scientist had. The human ninja turned his attention to the other remaining monkey ninja's "Now we merely wait. They will be here soon."
They chattered nodding in understanding, which caused the human ninja to smile beneath his mask. He turned slowly walking back into the private office studying the TV built into the wall; it showed a hallway and two teens slowly creeping along it. He concentrated his gaze on the blond male, his knuckles cracking as he made a fist "I will not let you defeat me again outsider."
Kim couldn't believe her life, but she could accept it. After all she had little choice, if she didn't then nobody would. Sometimes she even enjoyed her life, but still, it was at moments like this were she was dressed in her street clothes and talking to a computer genius about hacking into a security office, she wished for nothing more than to live a normal life.
It was one of her fantasies to be a normal teenager, head cheerleader, most popular, dating a boy she loved. Nowhere in that fantasy did anything involving her crime-fighting career exist, except of course for Ron but then he had to if she was to date a boy she loved.
"Kp," Ron whispered, breaking into her musings "Why exactly do we need to go into the security office?"
Kim answered absently, staring at the hurriedly typing Wade "Because, it'd be easier to disable the security system so we don't have to get into the control room without using a sky light."
"But couldn't Wade-" Ron began but fell silent when his partner looked up at him.
"No he couldn't this set up has a fail safe in case someone tries to hack the system. We have to do it manually."
"Oh," was all he said then looked down at the ground "Have you ever noticed how one foot looks bigger than the other if you close one eye?"
"Ron, quiet please." The genius frustrated voice said from the device. The blond sighed and crossed his arms leaning against the wall waiting. Minutes passed in silence until finally the keypad dinged, its light switching from red to green as the door slid open to reveal the security office filled with computer systems.
The two teens entered the room looking around at the various systems inside the room, wondering what they were supposed to do now. Kim turned her attention back to the communicator "Ok were in. Now what?"
The genius paused in his hurried typing "Ok guys, this is going to require precise timing," he shot a pointed look at Ron before continuing "Kim, you take the system on the far right, Ron you have the one on the far left. Jack me into a monitor so I guide you guys without shouting."
Kim did as he had asked, a twenty-inch LCD monitor blinking to life with the image of Wade while she quickly moved to her computer system.
"Ok guys, were ready to go. Kim you turn your key twice then type zero one zero one zero zero one. Ron, as soon as she's done, you remove your key and type one zero zero one zero one zero." He paused "Go."
Kim twisted her key twice and then typed her code, turning to stare at Ron who was typing just as quickly as he could his key laying on the floor from where he'd yanked it out of the lock. He turned to stare at her; several loud beeps filled the air, making him look nervous.
Wade continued once he heard the beeps "This is important guys, we have ten minutes. No slip-ups. You two have to alternate typing this code, Kim you start it off." He took a breath and then started rattling it off "zero- six hundred nineteen- eighteen thousand six hundred twenty one-six A."
Kim and Ron glanced at each other, sharing a look and then turned back to their consoles. Kim launched into typing her part of the code shouting "Ron." when she was done. She was mimicked almost a minute later by the blond who shouted "Kim." back.
This process of typing and then shouting happened three more times before the beeping that had grown to an alarmingly high pitch, died with a gargle. The two teens turned looking at each other as in the distances several secure doors hissed open, giving them free access to the building.
Kim, smiling in relief, retrieved her communicator severing its connection to the monitor "Anything else?"
The genius shook his head "No you guys are good to go." He frowned "Though I have to tell you that this whole situation has been striking me as a trap."
Kim nodded glancing at a resigned looking Ron "I'm sure it is to, which isn't much of a surprise. Any luck with disabling the space plane?"
Wade shook his head "Not much, I've crashed the operating system and the guidance system but haven't been able to do much else to it. That Lewis guy really tightened security." He smiled confidently "Not that he can stop me. You guys just make sure to be careful."
Kim chuckled "Don't worry Wade, I doubt Ron will let the mean ol' monkeys hurt me." Wade laughed then disappeared from the communicators screen.
Kim turned, a confident smile on her face, as she stared at Ron "Onwards and upwards."
The blond blinked then followed her, more than a little confused. His face showed the surprise that he felt from knowing that Kim trusted him to keep her safe.
Chjoi stared at the immense engine above him then looked over at the other two ninjas. He made a motion with his arm, making a short noise. Whatever he said the other monkey ninja's understood them and they hurried off to do as he had commanded.
Shino bound up the steps of the plane heading for the inside while Gaara climbed up a wheel into the well where it held the wheel during flight.
Chjoi himself returned his gaze back to the engine, studying it. He narrowed his eyes then fishing inside his black ninja garb produced three onyx-throwing stars that had an almost invisible thread tied to them and to his fingers.
He darted his eyes from spot to spot on the engine then suddenly flicked his wrist burying all three into the narrow edges of a fold of metal. Satisfied he yanked with all of his might, but earned only pain in his fingers. Narrowing his eyes, he let out a sharp noise summoning the two other ninjas.
Shino and Gaara reappeared minutes later, each replacing throwing knifes into the folds of their uniforms. Chjoi looked at them, motioning for them to both grab the string and heave as well. The three ninjas tried in vain, but found the stars unmoving. Letting out a frustrated sound Chjoi grabbed a throwing dagger from Shino and slashed through the string freeing his fingers.
He turned facing the others, talking in clip monkey sounds. The two ninjas nodded and then as one turned disappeared into the wood work of the runway, knowing that they're part of this mission was over.
It was odd how familiar hallways could be as foreign as another country, but with long stretches of darkness and the knowledge that ninjas could be around every turn, it wasn't odd. It was knowing that those ninjas were monkeys, like a bad horror movie, waiting to attack at any moment that made it odd.
Still, despite that, Team Possible strode the halls with impunity. Kim had been at first worried about the lack of ninjas but she relaxed when she figured out it had to be a trap. Neither had said a word for the last few minutes, having just emerged from a section of dark hallway. There footsteps continued to echo in the empty hallway, something that Ron had confided freaked him out.
Kim came to an abrupt stop, causing Ron to run into her. The blond began to say something when he noticed why she'd stopped; they'd just rounded a corner and found themselves facing yet another long stretch of dark hallway. "You know, I'm really beginning to wish we had our night vision glasses."
Kim sighed, "Ron, drop it already ok? We don't have them so no use talking about them."
Ron nodded then snapped his fingers smiling "Drat, guess this means we'll have to head to Bueno Nacho for some tacos." He noticed the look Kim gave him and sighed, "Fine, have it your way. Let's go down a dark hallway in a building filled with ninjas, who happen to be monkeys, blind as bats."
"That's the Ron I love." Kim said entwining her fingers with his before leading him fearlessly into the darkness ahead of them. Kim listened to both her and Ron's footsteps echoing in the dark hallway, her senses hyper alert for even the smallest noise.
Eventually, her eyes adjusted enough that she could make out the vague shapes of the doors. She couldn't help but hope that Ron had allowed his eyes to adjust to the darkness as well. Then, as if he knew she was thinking of him, he squeezed her hand. Smiling despite herself, she squeezed it back.
After several minutes, they emerged on the far side of the darkness in a brightly lit section of hallway and paused. Kim couldn't help but feel a little worried, this might have been a trap but they were getting very close to the control room, they should have been attacked at least once.
"My idea sounding better?" Ron asked quietly, a tone of amusement evident in his voice.
Kim realized that she was just standing there holding his hand, which while fun, was not productive. Smiling she let his hand go and started off down the hallway "No, I'd rather have a hotdog."
The blond stood there a moment, wondering about why she had said that. It didn't take him long and he felt his cheeks reddening, he shook his head and jogged to catch up with her.
A jolt ran through the whole of the ship, shaking the eleven passengers plus the single pilot onboard. There was a moment of weightlessness as the forward momentum suddenly disappeared; the ship tilted the tail end rising lower while their nose pointed skywards.
Then suddenly, with a bone shaking roar, the ship lunged forward launching the ship higher and faster into the sky, sending it hurtling through the clouds. It would tremble each time they passed through a layer of Earths spheres.
Suddenly the ear splitting noise was gone, replaced with utter silence. Not that this soothed the ten small, child-sized passengers who had their eyes clenched shut and nails dug into the armrests of their seats.
The eleventh passenger however wasn't bothered at all. He seemed quite comfortable in his harness, his eyes closed lost in meditation as he held a metallic suitcase. His aristocratic features, which were distorted because of the genetic mutations he had under gone, seemed serene.
Involuntarily his fingers tightened ever so slightly on the handle of the silver case. His nostrils flared slightly as he picked up the scent of fear from both his army and the astronaut. However, he didn't let that affect his mediation.
Fredrick was the last key that he needed, and with the plan he had conceived he was sure to have it before anyone could interfere. A dozen ninjas at NASA, keeping them from alerting anyone that the space plane had been hijacked until it was too late.
Nevertheless, his plan wasn't dependant on just those at NASA; the other dozen he had placed in Middleton under the control of Dainiori would keep the two meddlesome heroes out of his hair. Especially the blond upstart.
A pair of green eyes scanned the control room, counting the monkey ninjas silently. With a serious face she whispered to the blond standing beside her "I count nine, no, ten."
The blond rested his head against the wall "Do we really have to fight them? Can't we like seal them up or use some knock out pellets?"
Kim leaned back so that her head disappeared from the open doorway "Actually Ron, we do." she looked at him "Since with the security system off these doors don't seal and our knock out pellets are in our mission clothes."
Ron mumbled something, arms crossing and Kim poked his shoulder "If you want to knock them out you could make them sniff your gym socks and-"she jerked her head towards the door "I could kiss the big one."
Ron raised an eyebrow, looking startled and peeked around the doorway seeing the large ninja she meant "No!" he hissed looking back at her as he leaned back from the doorway "I'm not letting you kiss anyone."
Kim winked "Jealous?"
Ron snorted "Yes."
Kim gave him an infuriatingly amorous smile "We go in on three and I promise I won't kiss anyone." When he nodded, Kim kissed his cheek then she stepped around the corner and rushed off into the ninjas shouting 'three' behind her.
Ron was hot on her heels, absently thinking about buying a leash for her. This of course was a bad idea since it made him stumble as he pictured how she'd look wearing a collar and leash, allowing a monkey ninja to land a blow to his stomach almost knocking the air out of him.
Ron regained his balance and caught managed to catch the monkey ninja's hand, as it continued its attack, and flipped it into wall knocking it unconscious. He shifted his attention to Kim and found that as normal she didn't really need his help. She seemed to be actually doing better than normal; she was treating these ninjas as if they were rank amateurs.
He took a step towards her when he had to duck and jump backwards to avoid three ninjas that had attacked simultaneously. He blinked moving his hands in wide circles blocking their blows as quickly as he could, it was then that he realized that this ninjas didn't seem to be all that well trained. He didn't realize it but they didn't have to be that well trained, they just had to keep him concentrated on him, which they managed but never letting up.
Back peddling Ron kept up his defense; he wasn't sure how to respond to these ninjas. Besides, a constant attack limited what he could do and no sooner would he deflect one blow than he would have to deflect another.
Finally, one got cocky and leapt at Ron, trying to tackle him. This allowed Ron the chance to catch the ninja in midair and throw him into the two other ninjas who had been just as surprised as Ron had. One managed to avoid the monkey projectile and came charging in but received a hard kick to the face, his eyes crossed before falling backwards unmoving.
The remaining ninja who had managed to extract himself from the ninja Ron had thrown stared up at the blond then turned nosily disappearing into the shadows of the control room. Breathing a little heavily Ron leaned backwards, expecting to find a wall and instead fell backwards into the private office.
He rose quickly looking around at the semi-dark office. "Ohayo" a harsh voice whispered in his ear and Ron spun, finding himself eye to eye with the human ninja.
"Now, let us see how you do without help outsider." Then before Ron could figure out where he knew the ninja from he was struck with lighten speed. Ron slid across the floor, stars dancing before his eyes from where he had been nailed. The blond shook his head in an attempt to clear it, then stood adopting his own fighting stance focusing his eyes on his opponent.
The ninja seemed to blend with the shadows, causing Ron to widen his eyes in surprise. The whispering of cloth was what allowed Ron to duck the round kick. Once it was past; he rose and shoved sending the ninja face first to the ground. The blond charged in but caught a sidekick to the stomach driving the air out of him.
Tears came to his eyes as he stumbled back, gasping for air and holding his stomach. It wasn't the first time this had happened to him, but it still didn't feel that good. The blond managed to force his way through his pain to duck and dodge the murderous blows that hurtled at him once the ninja had regained his feet.
Finally, the ache in his lungs subsided and he was able to exchange block for blow, easing his ability to avoid a dangerous blow. However the ninja didn't seem bothered, he just redoubled his effort obviously trying to kill his opponent.
Ron pumped his leg as if throwing a kick, it had the desired result of making his attacker lose focus long enough for the blond to land two punches causing the ninja to back off.
The black clothed man watched his heavily panting foe "Not bad outsider," he sounded mildly impressed but he charged in once more, his blows coming even faster. Eventually though the constant attack drove Ron back into a brick wall, startling him enough so that his hands faltered. The ninja grasped both his opponents' hands pinning them to his sides "But not good enough."
The ninja tightened his grip on the blonds hands "My master ordered me to leave you alive," the ninja whispered his almond shaped eyes twinkling with sadistic delight "But I want to kill you myself."
"Why?" Ron asked, trying to buy time, as he struggled to free his hands.
"Because if I kill you then I get your part of the mystical monkey power. Then I can take the Lotus Blade for myself." the ninja answered coldly.
When Ron gulped, the ninja gave a sharp laugh "All will fear my name Dainiori."
"Dude, Monkey Fist isn't going to let you have the power."
"Monkey Fist will be dead before he knows what happened. He is weak; he does not deserve the power." He narrowed his eyes "I'm going to kill you now and then I shall taste what your woman has to offer."
Ron's face changed slightly, from fear to a dark look in an instant. It startled the ninja, so much, so that he was unable to be stop what happened next. Ron moved without conscious thought, driving his forehead into Daniori's face.
The ninja staggered backwards, the mask he wore darkening with blood, grasping with pain and surprise. This was enough that Ron could have left the fight then, but something within urged him to continue the attack. He rushed forward and struck, bringing his foot up to Daniori's crotch, hard and sure.
Dainiori cried out softly in pain, collapsing to his knees. Ron, still begin driven by some primal urge, seized the ninja's head with both hands and pulled his head down while he drove his knee upwards into his face twice before releasing his hold and stepping away.
Dainiori remained on his knees; eyes glazed and then fell to the side, sprawling out. The blond, brown eyes wide and staring at what he had done, pressed himself back against the wall. His face had drained of most of its color; he could still feel the animalistic urge to continue the attack.
His mind raced with a thousand different thoughts, all of which boiled down to one simple realization: He was a killer. He knew Dainiori had to be dead, he hadn't been holding back. He'd unleashed a small portion of whatever rage he had felt, no way the ninja could have survived.
Ron remained standing there staring at the still, though barely breathing form of Dainiori, as a monkey ninja appeared from the doorway. It cast a gaze at Ron and then back at the unconscious ninja, then it approached, giving the blond a great deal of deference.
Ron shook his head, gathering himself together; he had to get back to Kim. He rushed around the prone form and headed out of the room, knowing that she really wouldn't need his help.
A pair of dark brown eyes watched a white and black space plane glide towards the space stations loading dock. The star light reflected off the surface, it looked perfectly normal and yet the chimp watching the approaching ship knew it was wrong.
His mind wasn't sure what it was about it that seemed wrong, but it just struck him as wrong. Acting on some undiscernibly instinct he hurried over the various panels and pressed the emergency button as the ship completed its docking procedures. The station was filled with the loud blaring alarm as doors sealed shut, while a monitor close by blinked to live offering a secure line to the Middleton Space Center.
Fredrick however wasn't greeted with the normal image of Doctor Possible, instead finding himself face to face with a young, heavyset boy who was busy typing on his computer. He typed a hurried word on his right arms text to speech converter.
"Who are you?"
"Wade," the boy said not looking up from what he was typing "You're Fredrick right?" When the monkey astronaut nodded the boy continued "Thought so. Ron described you perfectly."
"Friend Ron? Fredrick needs help."
Wade paused and reached over keying another keyboard "What's going on?" He didn't wait for an answer; he glanced at the screen then looked back up at the anxious chimp "Fredrick listen carefully. I need you to go to another part of the station. Some place really secure, someplace that nobody can get to."
"Main research lab?" Fredrick asked, using the device on his arm.
Wade nodded "Good, make sure you seal it tight." He looked up watching the swishing tail disappear down the hallway and into a tube ladder. With a flick of a finger, he switched video feed so that he saw the monkey come rushing into the research lab.
Fredrick stopped and sealed the door as ordered, which locked solidly making the room both airtight and unbreachable. He spun rushing towards the monitor that held the image of Wade "Alright, just stay right here and don't move. I'm gonna get Kim and Ron ASAP."
Fredrick nodded chattering in his normal voice, before hurriedly typing on his wrist pad "What's wrong?"
Wade gave the monkey a worried look talking in a neutral tone "Monkey Fist." Then with that pronouncement he blinked off the screen.
Fredrick stood there, staring at the monitor, his instinctual fear beginning to blossom. His simian mind could still remember the last time the monkey master was onboard the station. He moved to a corner slowly, shivering as he tried to disappear from view.
"So, we won?" A soft voice asked from a lower section of the control room.
The red headed girl turned towards the boy "Yea, we won. But it seemed a little too easy." she said as she started towards him obviously trying to work things out "I mean where's Monkey Fist? I know I didn't fight him did you?"
"No, that big guy was Dainiori." Ron said, his eyes darting away from Kim and towards a monkey ninja.
"This entire thing was a waste of our time," She concluded.
"Like a distraction." Ron added softly.
"Exactly. But from what that's what I'd like to know." she sighed and leaned against a console "I mean, what would be so important that'd he'd go through all this trouble?"
Before either could voice there thoughts on that the familiar musically notes of the communicator filled the air.
"What's the sitch Wade?" Kim asked, pulling the slender device from its home in her pocket.
"Nothing good," the boy genius said "Middleton was a-"
"Distraction we know," Kim said frowning.
Wade snorted, "Ok, well Monkey Fist is on the space station."
"How, wha-" Kim said
"He launched from Cape Canaveral, using NASA's new space plane."
Kim shot a look at Ron, who had stepped up and moved over to stand at her side staring at the small screen, then looked back to Wade "How do you know?"
The genius smiled "Ahhh, a master magician never reveals his secrets."
"He does if he ever wants to see puberty." Kim grumbled, which caused the boy to gulp.
"Ok, ok, I tied into Middleton Space Centers emergency frequencies. About ten minutes ago I intercepted a secure feed from the station. Fredrick was in a panic, a ship had docked without clearance." He paused typing something the screen splitting so that one half showed the dock and the other Wade. "This is a five minute delay video feed, tell me if you notice anyone you familiar."
Kim spotted the wild looking monkey man first, then heard Ron take a sharp intake and knew he had spotted Monkey Fist as well. "He's locked out of the station?" Kim asked, studying the irate looking simian man.
"For now guys." Wade shook his head, the split screen disappearing "It won't last long, they got a high enough ranking astronaut as a hostage that he can bypass security if he wants."
A moment later a map of the station appeared, several red dots blinking in the loading bay. It zoomed away from them and to a section of station two sections over, where a single blinking red dot resided "I got Fredrick holding up in the most secure part of the station, the main research lab. I figured ten to one Monkey Fist is after him."
Kim nodded "Good job Wade. Reenable the space plane so me and Ron can take off ASAP."
Wade gave a nervous chuckle "That's gonna be a little tricky," he typed something bringing up the split screen once more showing video feed once more "I wasn't the only one tampering with the ship,"
Kim and Ron watched mutedly as the three monkeys seemed to attack the plane, making it unusable. Done the three monkey ninjas turned and rushed away. "They screwed up all fuel lines and the engines, so it's a trick of tracking down another ship for you guys."
Ron sighed "Geez, it's at times like this I wish my car was a rocket or something."
Kim glanced at her partner, ready to say something about this not being the time but Wade seemed to have other ideas.
"Ron, your a genius!" the genius said excitedly "It'll take some jury-rigging, but it could be done and it'd be easier and quicker than sending you two to China to catch a ride."
"What are you talking about?" Kim asked while Ron did a silly dance celebrating that fact that he was now a genius.
"Simple, see its not that the ships really damaged but that the engine and fuel lines have been tampered with." He began typing hurriedly "Ron's car has a new form of propulsion, very hush hush. But if we can attach his car to the ship and tie the engines into the ships controls you'd be able to launch."
When Kim raised an eyebrow, Wade laughed, "Of course, we'd have to bypass every safety feature I had built into his cars system to do it."
Kim weighed the options in her mind then nodded "Ok Wade, what do you need for this to work?"
"You're dad for one," Wade said, "Probably anyone else he thinks he needs for this." Kim nodded and he continued, "Other than that, you'll need to pray."
Kim sighed reaching up to rub her forehead "Oi,"
"So shall we defy all rational thought and get this show on the road?" Wade asked excitedly, which earned him a reluctant nod.
Ominously Monkey Fist allowed his gaze to drift from the monkey ninjas trying to gain entry to the station over to their hostage. The astronaut didn't advert his gaze, instead he locked eyes with the simian lord, his face set in a determined mask. Dark brown eyes remained locked on blue ones as Monkey Fist slowly stalked towards the astronaut.
He came to a stop just in front of the man, only a few inches taller than the astronaut did. He glowered at the man, hands clasped behind his back "Please, I must know. How did you manage to alert the station?"
The astronaut squared his shoulders, stiffening his back to try to stand taller than his average height would allow, "Go jump off a bridge."
Monkey Fist let a heartless smile creep onto his face "How very, American." he moved his face in close to the astronaut, speaking with a voice that dripped with malevolence "Now my good man, do tell me how to open these doors."
"Captain Ingram Russell, serial number two twenty five, thirty six. Air Force." Was the only response he got.
Monkey Fist nodded leaning back "Such good a solider," he snorted turning back to his ninjas "It doesn't matter, Captain Ingram I'll get inside soon."
Kim checked and doubled checked her harness, an anxious energy coursing through her body. She knew that the jury-rigging was done, she knew that her father knew what he was doing but she couldn't help but worry. She looked at the flashing lights of the ships controls, mentally running through her checklist.
Satisfied that it was all in order she glanced at her partner who was looking distracted and unnerved. She started to say something the paused, he had been looking like that since sometime during the fight with the monkey ninjas.
"So...you sure you can fly this thing?" he asked, startling Kim.
The red head nodded "Check the motto Ron." she flashed him a reassuring smile flexing her fingers, getting used to the white and black space suit her dad had insisted they both had to wear.
"I hope so KP, since even you're dad said this was a death trap."
"Ron, he never said that. He said 'It's the most unique idea I've ever heard of and it should prove interesting to see the results.'" Kim said before turning her attention back to the ship controls, double-checking everything.
"You're right, but he implied it." Ron muttered crossing his arms.
"Just relax Ron. It'll be smooth sailing," Kim responded before adding to herself "I wonder how long it'll take us to reach the station."
"Forty two point five minutes" Wade said appearing on the flat screen on the ships control panel "We have the runway clear so you guys are clear for take off anytime."
"Thanks Wade, your rock." Kim said, touching the screen to make it blank. She eased her hands around the ships throttle, pushing buttons "Ok, all systems are good to go. Ron, how are your readings?"
She glanced at the blond who was tapping the jury-rigged monitor. He frowned smacking it harder, finally causing the screen to blink to life. "Ahh, ok, ummm..." he ran his finger along several lines, then looked at her "Greens good right? Cause that's what I'm getting, everything's green."
Kim raised an eyebrow then turned back to her controls "Ok, let's power up that car of yours." She pushed several more buttons, the ship beginning to hum slightly from the surge of power.
She reached over flipping switches, her motions sure and confident. She glanced at the displays "Wade said we can't start till the power is at half, we need that much energy to get this ship moving."
Ron nodded, studying the display intently, his hands clutching the armrest of his seat while it vibrated from the build up of power. He gulped, "Were at half-" he barely got those words out when the ship charged forward, pressing Ron back into his seat.
The ship eased back, the wheels loosing contact with the runway, slowly lifting them off into the sky. It seemed to hang for a moment, then it darted forward, its nose pointing towards the fresh twilight of night. It seemed to die once more, shaking as if it was fighting to stay airborne, then it hurtled forward the sky changing to darker and darker colors as it ripped itself free from the Earth's grasp.
Suddenly, all the violence disappeared and the plane soared quietly into the inky blackness of space. The minute it disappeared the blond looked over at his partner, seeing the relief on her face and her smile. He smiled himself for a moment and then looked away trying to spot the space station.
"Man and monkeys once lived together in harmony," Monkey Fist said softly to the astronaut "Then man killed a monkey child and began a war."
Monkey Fist paused staring his hostage in the eye, talking in a loud voice "How many of you hate man?" all the monkeys present made an affirming noise and he continued "We are still at war and if you do not tell me what I want to know, we will all return to your home and family."
The astronauts jaw muscles clenched but he remained silent. It didn't matter, Monkey Fist had seen the brief flicker of fear in his features and he leaned forward speaking so softly that only Ingram could hear him "Will you risk your wife and daughters virtue?"
Ingram remained silent, staring into the cold eyes of Monkey Fist. Finally he looked away speaking in a low, disgusted voice "Thirty two thousand and forty five--A. It'll open an emergency bypass hatch."
A rough, leathery hand reached out taking his chin and turning his head so that he was staring once more at the face of Monkey Fist "See, was that so bad? I promise we'll leave your family alone now." he smiled coldly "It's not like I gave you thirty pieces of silver, so you're still one step above Judas."
Ingram clenched his eyes closed, an impotent anger welling up inside him. Monkey Fist released his chin smiling he reacted with surprising scene, knocking the man out with a blow to a pressure point.
He turned towards the ninjas who were watching him closely "Now then, let's find our dear friend Fredrick."
They nodded and one typed turned typing the code in, causing a hatch to pop open beside the sealed loading bay door. Monkey Fist smiled picking up his metallic briefcase and went through the door before the monkey ninjas who followed hot on his heels.
Kim stood a frown on her face. She turned towards the open hatch, then looked at her partner who was watching her closely. "He's alive, just unconscious." Kim said finally.
"Ok," Ron said then blinked "Where's the monkey ninjas?"
Kim pointed vaguely at the open hatch "On they're way to Fredrick I think." She sighed looking around "Let's go and keep an eye out for an ambush."
Ron nodded following her; he stepped out into the hallway and looked around "Which way Kp?" The red head produced her PDA device and pointed down a hallway, walking with measured steps. Ron fell into step with her, eyes darting everywhere trying to spot a ninja.
They made several twists and turns, moving inexorable towards the single red dot. Every so often, Kim would adjust the map to show the red dots of the ninjas and found that they were heading in two opposite directions; it wasn't long until finally they came to a stop at a spilt in the corridor.
"Ron go after those ninjas," she gestured at the furthest removed ninjas down the right hand corridor before nodding at the left handed one "and I'll head these guys off at the pass."
Ron blinked studying the map "You want me to lead these guys back here?" When Kim shook her head, he titled his head "Then what am I suppose to do?"
Kim looked at him "Beat them up? Throw them out an airlock?" She smiled "I know you'll come up with something." Ron raised an eyebrow, obviously wondering what happened to make Kim so sure that he could handle ninjas on his own.
The red head kissed his cheek quickly "Good luck Ron," then turned rushing off after her group. The blond stood there a moment longer, then shaking his head turned and started after the monkey ninjas that lay ahead of him.
Monkey Fist stared impassively at the large door leading to the main research lab. He had been drawn to this like a moth drawn to a flame, he narrowed his eyes, he wasn't alone. He could feel the blond buffoon, he was moving in a wide circle, no doubt trailing his second team of ninjas.
Still, if he were here then his red headed lover would be close. A nuances, but one he wouldn't care to deal with now. He turned his attention to the six ninjas with him; he could hear the heavy footsteps of a girl running in a space suit. She was close, frowning he spoke quickly "Stop her."
The ninjas all bowed quickly hurrying off as quickly as possible, the cold brown eyes of Monkey Fist watched them disappear and then he turned his attention back to the door. They would buy him enough time to do what he needed to.
He closed his eyes, concentrated on his breathing, and then slowly extended his hand flat out against the door's edge. He could feel the pulse of power from the circuits under his hand. He knew that if he over loaded the circuits then he could pry the doors open.
Eyes still closed he concentrated on his power and pushed, causing it to race out along the paths blowing it as it went. Various systems shut down as the circuits collapsed and a cold smile crossed his face. He approached the twin metallic doors and wedged the edges of his fingers between them, he grunted shoving the doors open against there gears.
He paused, breathing heavy, but he could feel the power in the room. It was almost palpable to his tongue; he picked up his metal case and stepped into the room sideways basking in the yellow emergency light inside.
Kim slapped away a feeble kick and smashed a backfist into the side of a ninjas head, sending him sideways into one of his companions. She didn't concentrate she had thrown a front kick almost at the same time catching a third in the chest knocking him over so that the two behind him tripped and fell.
She let a smirk come to her lips as she focused on the sixth ninja. He crouched down low and then sprung up into the air to perform a flip, only he had forgotten the hallway was much narrower than would be useful and smashed into the ceiling painfully. He crashed to the floor heavily and lay unmoving.
Kim turned her attention back to the three remaining ninjas who had managed to regain their feet. They slipped into a fighting stance and acting as one launched a desperate attack at her, but only managed to get in each other's way.
Kim, shaking her head threw a front kick round kick combination dropping the front two and then caught the thirds uniform throwing him in an over the shoulder motion. She spun, her red hair fanning out behind her, ready to continue the fight.
The ninja she'd thrown got to its feet and shook its head, before gazing up at her. Its animal eyes darted from her to the unconscious forms of his fellow ninjas and obviously weighing the options. Kim remained motionless, waiting.
The ninja, seeming to decide that retreating was the better part of valor, turned and rushed away forgetting about his training. It was as if it had run into a lion. Kim snorting turned and ran down the hallway, heading directly for the lab.
"Fredrick, why do you insist on hiding from me?" Monkey Fist asked softly, as he strode through the lab, his mystical monkey power enhanced eyes searching him out. "Come now, don't makes things difficult."
He slowly turned his head, his ears picking up the faint movement of cloth, a cruel smile spreading across his face. "When I was a child, I could never stand hide-and-seek. It was a pointless game. It brought my wraith down on my fellow children. Please, do not make me continue playing this game."
He circled a lab table, careful not to disturb anything. He continued to speak about games he played as a child, listening as heavy footsteps echoed in the room. He paused and brought his hand down on a table, sending the hiding space monkey bolting from his hiding spot. Fredrick made it only three paces before he was yanked off his feet into the air, suspended by the back of his space suit.
"Now then my dear friend, come along. We do not have that much time and we need to have a private talk." Then with that, the wild looking English man turned and started towards a private lab office.
Ron drove an elbow into the cheek of a monkey ninja that had tried to jump on his back, then threw a front kick to another that was trying to tackle him from the font. With those two down he was free to duck a third so that it smashed face first into a wall. He stood and turned to face the remaining ninja, maintaining his fighting stance.
It seemed reluctant to commit to an attack, which was a wise decision. Ron for his part was so caught up in watching the last ninja that he had missed one behind him regaining its feet and launching an attack to the small of his back. The blond stumbled forward, hands reaching towards his back in pain. This opened him and the other monkey ninja attacked there, driving a punch into his gut trying to knock the air out of him.
The blond clenched his eyes closed and fell to his knees, taking deep breaths. He heard the two ninjas moving around him, while a third began to stir. One of them darted for an attack but found it doubling over Ron's fist as it smashed into his stomach. The blond jerked his hand away grasping one that had been on his right and flung him into the one on his left.
The blond took several deep breaths, catching some of his lost air and then turned rushing back the way he had come. He knew that Monkey Fist wasn't with these ninjas, he was back with the ones Kim would be fighting, he had to be. The thought of Kim facing that insane man alone drove him to run even faster, uncaring that his suit seemed to hamper movement.
He wouldn't let her down, he couldn't. He'd almost messed up bad with his fight against Dainiori, he was just luck he'd only managed to break the boy's nose and give him a concussion. He'd be out for a day or two, but he'd live. Maybe that was why Kim though he could handle himself now, but he didn't know nor did he really care.
Fredrick stared at the jade statue, then at Monkey Fist who was half hidden in shadows. The monkey lord's eyes seemed to glow from some hidden power; it was enough to make the space monkey tremble. Slowly, very slowly, Monkey Fist approached Fredrick where he was tied tightly to research table, speaking "You can not hide the power you simpering chimp, I shall have it."
Fredrick made a soft noise, which earned him a twisted smile from the monkey master "I'm not going to kill you; well I am, but not physically." He paused leaning down to stare at his victim "See, when the buffoon broke the statues their powers were scattered to four monkeys that symbolized each jade statue."
Fredrick said something but it seemed to have no effect of Monkey Fist, who reached out and pressed his hand against the space monkey's forehead "You're the last one, once I have replaced the power in the statues, I will be complete."
Fredrick thrashed on the table, eyes rolling back into his head and Monkey Fist smiled cruelly "So see, you have led me to my destiny. Feel proud and please feel free to scream."
A dim glow seemed to swirl around the astronaut, growing in intensity until it resembled green flames. Monkey Fist looked at the jade statue and saw that it two was glowing, he smiled the mystical monkey power beginning to flow towards the statue.
Fredrick's mouth opened and rent the air with a scream as the power, his soul and very life was robbed from him.
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Ron reached the split in the corridor and turned racing down the one Kim had taken. He'd run only a small potion before he had to leap over various sprawled monkey ninja's, he didn't stop just kept racing towards Kim. He nearly collided with her a few minutes after he left the ninjas.
She was standing there, trying to force the lab doors open even more so that she could fit inside while wearing her space suit. Ron quickly joined her, grunting, which caused her to glance at him.
"So what'd you do with them?"
Ron paused in his efforts and took a deep breath leaning against the door "I took your advice, I beat them up." He gave her a small smile "Though I think they had the same idea."
The red head gave him a brief smile and then turned back to the doors "Come on, the count of three we put all our strength into opening these doors." They both grasped the edges of the door with both hands and nodding yanked on some invisible voices command.
There was a groan of protest from the doors, but then they parted a few more inches. Just enough so that the teens could get into the room, but only if they went in sideways. They shared a look and then Kim entered first, followed by Ron, no sooner had he entered the yellow tinted room than a scream echoed in the air.
Out of instinct, both teens turn and ran towards the scream, skidding to a halt at the private lab offices closed door. Kim quickly typed in a code, paused muttered about what her mother's birthday was, and then continued typing. A moment later the door slid open and the scream died away, leaving them with only a jade statue and an insanely laughing Monkey Fist.
Kim started towards the man, while Ron grasped the doorframe for support. To his eyes, the world suddenly slowed as if it was all in molasses. He trembled as a surge of power rushed through him, causing every muscle in his body to burn as if on fire. His eyes darted everywhere, wild, then he noticed that Monkey Fist was trembling as well.
His mind suddenly clicked into place and he saw Kim closing on the man, she would tackle the man and he would lash out with uncontroable strength. Before Ron realized it, he was running after Kim, his legs pumping faster and harder than ever before. Normally she was the faster of the two, but now, with the mystical monkey power surging through him she was seemingly as slow as a tortoise.
He covered the gap that had formed between them quickly, he had meant to stop her, but instead he sensed the build up of energy and he dove to tackle her. He hung in midair for a moment, hands outstretched towards a beginning to leap Kim, when the wave exploded outwards.
It caught them both and hurled them backwards through various tubes, the force much greater than what happened at the Bronx. It rippled outwards, crashing systems and blowing circuits shutting the station down. Not that it mattered to Kim and Ron.
The blond smashed into a solid steel table, slid along and then off one side, head smashing into the edge knocking him both unconscious and cutting his forehead. Kim fared a little better she slammed into a wall knocking the wind from her and then fell to the floor, which busted her lip and knocked her out cold.
Monkey Fist was the only one that seemed unaffected by the blast, he was no longer trembling he was perfectly composed, watching the effects of the unleashed energy. He watched as the energy stopped its outwards flow and returned to the jade statue in the blink of an eye. He remained stationary for a moment and then walked towards the statue and the steel suitcase.
With seemingly unconcerned movements, he repacked the statue and closed the case latching it. He turned, holding the black handle and stared at the unconscious teens considering them. He shifted his gaze to the few monkey ninjas that were brave enough to see what had happened, they crowded around the door staring at him.
"We're done." was all he said and then he started walking, passing through the group, leading them down the hallway. Not knowing that his once dark brown eyes now seemed to glow deeply with his completely restored power.
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The monkey ninjas, some carrying unconscious brothers, passed through the hallways following Monkey Fist. He was moving slow, as if he was studying everything, seeing what his power had wrought. The station was dead, no doubt about, but how far out had the power reached? How much of the station was unpowered?
This was answered when they passed through the hatch into the loading bay. Instead of the pale yellow emergency lights of the hallway, it was lit with the standard white light. He boarded the ship without a glance at the pilot though he did give an absent order for his ninjas to bring the man onboard.
He settled into the pilot's seat and studied the controls, using his memory to follow everything the pilot had done on the way up. He reached out flipping several switches and was rewarded with the system powering up completely. That done he typed the code to open the bays doors and eased the space plane out backwards.
Once in space the doors closed and he turned the ship aiming it at Earth. The ship drifted for a moment and then it slowly eased forward, heading back to the blue and green marble, carrying a madman and a part of his army.
With a groan one of the unconscious forms sat up, their feminine face twisted in a grimace of pain. Reaching up she gently rubbed the side of their head with a thick-gloved hand, groaning a little more. The familiar coppery taste of blood filled her mouth, she darted her tongue out to find the busted lip and sighed.
She leaned her shoulder against the wall, her head throbbing in pain. Her moment of rest didn't last long as images flashed through her mind, images that made her gasp and begin scanning the room with panicked green eyes. She spotted the seemingly still form of a blond male and getting to her feet she rushed over to kneel beside him.
She eased him over onto his back and stared at his seemingly serene features, eyes raking his face looking and finding a cut just at the edge of his hairline. It wasn't bleeding, but it worried her nonetheless, a thousand horrible thoughts passed through her mind.
"Ron," the girl called his name softly, touching his cheek just as soft as her voice. He remained unmoving for a moment and then made a soft 'mhmming' sound, much like a person in a pleasant sleep would. "Ron wakeup" She said in a louder voice, and patted his cheek, earning her a groan and two brown eyes to crack open ever so slightly.
He stared up at her then than sat up slowly, speaking in a thick sleep filled voice "Mornin Kp,"
The red headed girl embraced him in a tight hug, which of course Ron returned happily. Kim finally let him go and stood, followed immediately by Ron. The blond leaned against the table rubbing his forehead, wincing "So what I miss? Nothing good I hope."
Kim looked around at the now cold and lifelessly room then back at him "Nothing I think. I only woke up a few minutes before you. Whatever Monkey Fist did, I think it disabled the station." She paused turning towards the motionless form of Fredrick "Were floating dead in space, probably only a few hours of oxygen left."
"Sorry KP." Ron said softly.
Kim waved it off "Not your fault Ron, so don't apologize. I wish I knew what happened."
Ron wandered over to the still form of Fredrick; he stared at the cold features of his friend then answered, "It was mystical monkey power."
"Ok, wait, mystical monkey power?" she frowned walking over to join him "What was it doing in Fredrick?"
Ron shrugged turning away from the child-sized astronaut "Each jade statue holds part of the power. When I destroyed them the power was scattered to various monkeys, each one that representing what that monkey statue stood for."
"Ron...how do you know all that?"
"Cause," he paused, seeming to debate on telling her the truth. She saw that he was about to spill some major secret, it was obvious to her. He shifted his gaze giving a weak lie "I was just making it up. I know the first part from the 'holograph Kim' incident cause he explained it to me, but everything else I made up. It's nothing KP." However, from looking at his face she knew he was sick from lying.
Kim crossed her arms, her facing showing the hurt she felt "It's not nothing Ron. You know something your not telling me, you're lying to me." her voice trembled slightly "The last time a guy lied to me I got hurt bad. I never thought you'd lie to me, Ron; you used to tell me everything. I used to know what you were thinking."
"KP."
"Ron, I-I'm starting to feel like I never really kne-" Kim fell silent and looked down at the ground, she had meant for this to be about Monkey Fist but now it was everything wrong with them.
"Maybe Yori and Zita were right." Kim whispered as she lifted her gaze to stare at her worried looking boyfriend. "Maybe you can't tell me everything like you used to because I'm not the right one. Maybe you need someone else, someone better."
Ron blinked taking a step towards her "KP, what exactly did those two tell you?" his voice sounded confused and worried.
"Zita, she sa-she said that you'd get tired of me and go back to her. I think it might be true, you two have so much in common...and I-" Kim took a breath steadying herself "Yori told me the truth. I've never really known you and I'm not the right one for you. I can see the truth now; it's been obvious to everyone but me." She lowered her gaze to the ground, watching it blur from unshed tears.
She was startled when a pair of arms enveloped her, pulling her tightly into a hug. It didn't matter though, he was hugging her and she hugged back, clinging to him. Her mind was awash in a sea of fear and hope. He spoke in a soft, comforting voice to her ""First off Kp, Zita's wrong. I'm never gonna get tired of you and leave and we have a lot in common."
He kissed the top of her head, burying his face in her hair, which caused Kim to cling even tighter to him. "Yori's wrong to, I'm with you cause I know your the right one for me and cause I can tell you everything."
Kim smiled a little, feeling the knot that had formed in her chest relax. Ron kissed the top of her head again then took a deep breath before chuckling "Also, in case you're gonna worry later, I love you're hair. It's so flippy and it smells like strawberries."
Kim let a weak giggle escape her, blinking the tears out of her eyes. Finally she lifted her head to look him in the eyes "Ron, you and-" whatever else she was going to say was cut off when his lips captured hers in a kiss. It was for only the second or third time in their relationship he had taken the imitative to kiss her, but she didn't mind.
Kim melted into it, her protests and questions being driven from her mind. When he broke the kiss he pressed his forehead against hers "KP, I'm in love with you. You have no reason to worry."
Kim nodded then sighed, "Alright Ron, but please, no more secrets?" she stared into his brown eyes imploringly "Please, I'm not asking for every little secret. But when I found out about her, it hurt, like what Josh did to me only a thousand times worse."
"I'm sorry," Ron, whispered, "I just wanted to pretend it never happened, I didn't want to hurt you."
Kim smiled a little. "Don't worry, that kiss you just gave me went a long way towards making up for it." She sighed growing serious "But Ron, I need to know the things that could hurt me or us."
Ron stared at her silently for a moment, his arms still encircling her and his forehead resting against hers. He seemed to be weighing everything, Kim could read his face, then he spoke softly "Alright KP," he paused "I'll tell you how I know about Monkey Fist, but we better get comfortable. It's going to take a while; there are things that happened in Japan I need to tell you about."
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Yamal: Yes, she does have a temper don't she? Just means things get hot in certain other areas as well. Sadly, we no longer have Fredrick, sorry. Glad you enjoyed the conversation with her mother and the fight scene. Well, maybe some of those issues were resolved towards the end of this chapter. Thanks alot for your review and I will try to keep it up.
eckles: Thanks
John Steppenwolf: Was that a shot at me? Are you saying I'm creepy? If so then I'll take it as a badge of pride. Well sorry it was boring and long, but oh well. Hey, Kim had to go on that 'wild goose chase'
As for why the long wait...some people aren't rational when worried. Zita another Bonnie? I don't see it, I see the ex wanting to piss of the current girlfriend.
As for Dainiori, were gonna have to agree to disagree. Yes, she does think that, funny no? Who said I what I was thinking?
Yep, why else?
I think your right about "Days of the Future Passed", but I don't get to listen to music very often.
Spice Of Life: Thanks! Awesome Review!
warprince2000: Thanks!
continental-line: Hmmm, I don't think that would be a good idea or even possible. Ron was only allowed inside cause he was gifted with Mystical Monkey Power. I myself, if I was in this whole situation, would use a pistol grip sawed off shotgun with a solid slug and buckshot! (and if I didn't have that, I'd chose a nuke!)
ss3dj: Thanks and it only gets deeper
ainominako: Yes it does, but then I like to do references to other fics, movies, books and the like (FOTMM is full of 'em, names included) Though I think your the only one that got it Mr. Elliot didn't seem to notice. Massive? It was only like twenty pages wasn't it?
captainkodak1: Thanks. Well, she is but she's also got it in her head that if they don't 'do it' he'll leave...or at least she did. Anyway, Ron has to be more of major factor in the storyline instead of comic relief, its about Monkey Masters.
Mr. Elliot: Do I ever have a non-excellent chapter? :D
Glad her odyssey was good. I warned you I was long-winded way back at the beginning. Hope you enjoyed this ending and you should really consider learning some patience. (Besides, I'm sorry I haven't reviewed yet.)
Monkey Fist: blinks I'm picking up the fact that you hate your computer. offers him a sedative Hey, computers screw up, fact of life. No use getting irate about it. I'm glad this was a very good chapter. Well, at least those fan girls could keep you really warm on a cold cold night. Oh, I know it's Fiske, (Nice James Bond impression) But it's spelt differently cause I figured you were using it as an alias for hiding in plain sight.
AN:
Well, here it is. A long awaited chapter, that may not be all that entraining. I myself finished on the high that only came from listening to the song 'Could it be'.
Other than that, I'm here to tell you that we are now down to the nitty gritty. Three chapters left till those two magic words appears: THE END! That's right boys and girls, monkeys and naked mole rats, Fate of the Monkey Master will soon be coming to an end.
Place all bets before the window closes and keep all appendages inside the ride till it comes to a complete stop.