Chapter 19
-Facing the End-
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Kim groaned as she slipped her arms through the straps of her backpack, she couldn't help but wonder what exactly Wade thought they needed since it seemed to weigh a hundred pounds. Once she had her backpack on, she turned her attention to Ron.
The blond had slung his backpack up and around slipping an arm through one strap before stumbling that way from the weight. Catching his balance, he slung it around and slipped his remaining arm through the other strap, promptly stumbling that way. Kim smiled to herself, he was acting clumsy to lighten the mood, she knew him far too well to know he'd do that for any other reason.
Kim shook her head and looked at the other member of the team, some unforgiving part of her wanting the girl to have problems. However, Yori had her backpack firmly in place and was seated on the ground meditating. Kim forced her attention back to Ron who was approaching her.
"Wade obviously wants us to hit the ground in a hurry." He said smiling "These things weigh a ton."
Kim nodded smiling faintly "Well we are facing two hundred monkey ninjas. He's just being careful." Seeing the look of shock on his face she continued "Wade's been monitoring the island and he's managed a count of two hundred."
"Two hundred-" Ron whispered faintly and Kim nodded adjusting the straps of her back.
A minute later a young man entered the hanger, dressed in a set of light blue pants and a blue-white shirt with a tie. He smiled at the three teens "Morning Ma'ams, sir," He shook Ron's hand as well as Kim and Yori's, who had stood when he entered, "The plane is ready and waiting. Just one last thing, has anyone not parachuted before?"
When none of them raised their hands, he smiled brightly "Alright then! This way please." A handful of minutes later Kim found herself seated on a cargo plane that had seen better days.
"Team Possible, I just wanna say this is an honor. You saved my dad and mom a few years back." one of the pilots shouted back at them as the engines roared to life.
"No big," Kim shouted back her confidence in place. With a shudder the plane started forward, gathering speed until suddenly it angled up, rising into the air. Once it'd leveled off Ron sighed.
"Well, this shouldn't take long." Kim said leaning back in her seat, arms crossing "Only ten hours."
Ron, who winked at Kim looked down at his pink mole rat who was poking out of his pocket home "Only one thing to do, Rufus," The pink naked mole rat smiled and both took a deep breath.
Kim who obviously knew what was about to happen covered her eyes with her hands as the two began to sing off key.
"One-thousand bottles of root beer on the wall, One-thousand bottles of root beer, take one down pass it around nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine bottles of root beer on the wall. Nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine bottles of root beer on the wall, nine hundred-"
At this point their voice disappeared as Kim slipped the pair of earplugs she kept in her belt for just such an emergency into her ears. Smiling at the blissful silence she looked over at Yori and found the girl singing along with Ron and Rufus. Kim couldn't help wishing she could jump without a parachute.
Monkey Fist stared at the two hundred ninjas, they were crowded into the temple, all looking at him eager and anxious. He studied them with a passive eye, choosing his words. Finally he spoke, voice raised just enough so that everyone could hear him. "This dawn, this day, we shall see the end of the imposter and those that would stop us."
Several monkey gave wordless roars of approval and he continued. "I have restored my power, I now have control over the Lotus Blade. We will take this planet back, we will rule!" There were more roars of approval and he smiled.
"When you face that imposter Stoppable and those with him, remember who you serve. Kill the others, but not him. He is mine and mine alone!" That said he held out his hand, palm up "Come to me Lotus Blade!"
There was a moment of silence and then with a soft whistling noise the blade rose and soared through the air to his hand. Monkey Fist's smile grew as he gripped the weapon tightly and thrust it overhead "I AM THE ONLY MONKEY MASTER!"
The monkey ninjas clapped and roared their wordless approval, a wave of excitement passing among them. Amidst it all Monkey Fist stood, hand overhead, the silver blade gleaming in the light of the cave temple. 'Soon,' he thought as his follower cheered him 'Soon.'
The side door slid open and a pair of green eyes stared out at the patch of green land amidst a sea of blue. She nodded motioning for the two to join her, once they were all at the door she slid it all the way open "GO!"
Her shouted command was followed by a brown-eyed male that leapt out of the plane, twisting and turning in the wind as he plummeted toward the ground. He was immediately followed by the black clothed ninja, who held her arms tight to her sides and the green-eyed female who hurtled toward the ground in the same manner.
Kim landed first, bouncing on the balls of her feet and bending her knees cushioning the impact. She pulled off her parachute and helmet as Yori landed only a few feet away. They were soon joined by Ron who landed face down, his parachute falling around him like a blanket.
He scrambled out from under the large cloth, fumbling with the harness. Once he was free of that he removed his blue helmet and turned to stare at the two girls dusting himself off. He smiled at them, then checked on Rufus who was looking disgruntled.
Kim quickly checked that her hair was in a ponytail and then produced the communicator from her pocket "Wade, we're here. Which way?"
The computer genius studied a screen to the side "You guys need to head east of your location. The images I'm getting show that the monkeys all seem to be trailing from the mountain." He paused looking at her "Kim earlier I saw a-"
But Kim snapped off the communicator looking up at the edge of the beach. Ron moved to her side as did Yori, each eyeing the jungle. The leaves were rustling as if something was hiding behind them. Slowly the foliage parted allowing monkey ninjas to appear, fanning out in a semicircle around the heroes.
Kim sized up the situation almost immediately, slipping her hand into a pouch on her belt as Yori slipped into a fighting stance and Ron adopted his own awkward position. Kim felt the four metal pellets touch her fingers and she pulled them out, counting the ninjas.
A hundred.
She didn't have enough to knock all the ninjas out but, it would at least give them a fighting chance. The ninjas charged suddenly, roaring and Kim hurled the pellets into the midst of them as she, Ron and Yori charged to meet them. A thick gas spread out over the middle rank and several ninjas collapsed knocked out, but that still left far too many for the three heroes.
It was a vicious battle, with a seemingly unending supply of monkey ninjas seeking to avenge their fallen brethren. Kim would take down three and six would surge forward to take their place, it was no different for Ron or Yori. If it wasn't for the pellet Wade had placed in Kim's belt the battle would have been even more lopsided.
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Panting and bleeding from various cuts he'd received from the monkey ninjas, Ron swung his heavy backpack out in an arc smashing into the ninjas. He growled sweeping it back the other way, scattering ninjas while creating a wide circle. Panting he stumbled staying upright staring at the sea of black clad ninjas.
He adjusted the grip on his backpack, taking several deep breaths then was swinging once more as ninjas came charging toward him. He smashed several more to the ground and then sensing an attack coming from behind spun catching a leaping ninja in the side of his head. Panting he threw a quick front kick at another one dropping it with a dull 'oomph'.
Spinning again he ducked to avoid several ninjas and lashed out with his backpack but suddenly collapsed to the ground as the sea of monkey ninjas surged forward and piled onto him clawing, kicking, punching and some who had removed their masks were biting.
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Yori moved with surprisingly fluid movements, turning the attacks from the monkey ninjas away without any problems. Using one hand to catch a ninja's wrist and the other to grab his uniform she twisted sending him smashing into some of his brethren.
Following her body's natural motion she brought her foot up and crescent kicked a leaping ninja, then finished her spin in time to drive a punch into another's stomach. That done she produced her fan and preformed a back flip as a ninja sailed through where she had been standing.
No sooner had she landed than she flicked her wrist, opening the fan and spun slashing a ninja along the chest. It collapsed holding its chest, drops of blood appearing through its fingers. She twisted without pause and threw a side kick to another that had charged in from the side.
No sooner had she defended herself than five ninjas leaped on her at once, punching and kicking. She grabbed where she could, kicked others and used her fan several times for jabs. Breathing heavily she spun looking and her eyes narrowed, it would only be a matter of time till she fell and she knew it.
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Kim for her part used her backpack much like Ron did, but with much more accurate results. Of course she was combining it with her formidable martial art skills, so that might explain it. Still, she was sporting bruises, cuts and breathing heavily.
As she smashed a ninja to the ground with her backpack, round kicked his fellow attacker, and spun nailing another on the back swing of her backpack her mind was trying desperately to come up with something to turn the tide of this battle.
She could only steal glances at her fellow heroes, what she saw was not reassuring. Yori, while much more skilled than Kim, was slowly being over whelmed. Ron seemed to be experiencing the blunt of the attack, which didn't surprise Kim.
The red head took down three more ninjas and spun to check on the blond and saw the ninjas swarming over where he had been and she felt fear clutch at her heart. Kim fought even harder as ninjas began to overwhelm her, bringing her nails into play, the seeming loss of Ron driving her.
The battle was brought to an abrupt halt when the mass of ninjas that had swarmed over Ron was thrown high into the air before falling back down like a deluge of rain. The army of monkey ninjas stood froze looking at each other and then back at Ron.
The blond haired boy stood there, looking around at the army. His sweater was torn across his chest and one whole sleeve was missing to reveal the blood running down his right arm.
But his return had brought the fight to an immediate end, the ninjas scattered like leaves before a whirlwind. Kim stared at him, mouth opened, blinking. She wasn't sure, maybe it was her imagination but he appeared to be for a brief moment enshrouded in a greenish-yellow glow.
But then it was gone and he was just standing there. He lifted his head and looked at her, for a moment he seemed lost and then he started toward her worry evident in his features.
Kim knew she looked much worse for wear, but at least her clothes were intact. When he was close enough, she gave him a reassuring smile mouthing 'I'm fine' before looking over at Yori.
The ninja was breathing heavily as well, but she seemed unharmed physically. However since she was covered from head to foot in her ninja outfit that was just a guess. The girl closed her fan with a snap and slipped it back into the folds of her out fit without a word.
"I hate monkeys." Ron said, taking huge gasps of air, pulling Kim's attention back to him.
The red head shook her head as if to clear it and then fixed her gaze on the jungle "Come on, we got a giant lemur to stop." Ron groaned, staring at the ripped backpack he had been carrying and dropped it on the beach, as did Kim and Yori.
The trio of heroes looked at each other, then turned heading into the jungle silently, Kim limping slightly, Ron stumbling and Yori swaying ever so slightly.
Monkey Fist stared at the gleaming Lotus blade in his hand, he was dully aware of the ten monkey ninjas he'd held back in reserve watching him. He twirled the blade and slid it into the sash of his black and red uniform.
"Come to me," he whispered turning toward the jade statues "Come and face your death." With steady hands he picked up each statue, then carried them into his antechamber. He was not going to give the buffoon the chance to destroy them again.
He crossed the antechamber silently then set the four jade statues along a stone outcropping he used as a shelf. He allowed himself to smile in pleasure, then he turned leaving the chamber. It would do for now, to reach them they would have to go through him and he doubted any of them could manage that.
Despite the fact the sun was not yet overhead yet, the jungle was hot and humid. The lush green leaves and vines gleamed with dew left over from the night. Kim was still in the lead, no longer breathing heavy but still wincing every so often as her sweat touched a cut.
Walking immediately behind her was Ron who was the only still breathing heavily. He would wipe at his forehead with the back of his hand, mumbling about jungles but he didn't complain. It actually seemed that the closer they got to the mountain the more serious he grew.
Yori spoke up from the rear, her voice low "We should stop soon Kim-dono," Her voice dropped a tad lower "Not all of us have recovered from our battle."
Kim glanced back, getting what she meant. Ron had so far received the worst of the fighting so far, and he needed rest. Looking back around Kim frowned pushing a large leaf out of her way to reveal a clearing. "Let's stop here for a moment. We could all do with a bit of a rest."
No sooner had she said this than Ron collapsed to the ground under the shade of a palm tree. He closed his eyes wiping the sweat out of his eyes with the palm of his hand and then looked at the other two who were seated as well. "So, how much longer till we reach this mountain?"
Kim shrugged pulling out the communicator turning it back on "Wade. We need an update." The genius nodded, typing away. His face showing his annoyance "Sorry about earlier Wade, what were you trying to tell us?"
The boy looked up at her sighing "You guys are about a mile or so away from the mountain." A minute later his image flickered and he started typing hurriedly "Kim, I saw Shego-" A minute later the screen became completely scrambled.
"Shego?" Ron said as he stood, his breathing finally seeming to be back to normal.
Kim stood as well nodding looking worried "He saw her..."
"DUCK!" Ron shouted tackling Kim as a black object hurtled through the air to smash into the tree Kim had been standing in front of. He pushed himself up with a grunt looking at her worriedly "You alright?"
Kim nodded then stood as Ron helped her up. She turned toward the tree and saw Yori squatted staring at the projectile. Shaking her head she twisted around to look up at the heroes "A monkey ninja. Dead."
Kim stepped around Yori and looked down at the still form and then spun jogging off into the jungle. Ron blinked and motioning for Yori to follow him started after her. They only had to jog a little way before the found Kim standing on the edge of another clearing watching something.
Ron peeked around her and then gulped.
The green and black clad form of Shego was there, fighting with several monkey ninjas. Several were burnt and more than a few were laying in heaps not breathing. The villain wasn't pulling her blows, her plasma flames slashing through the air as she smashed into the ninjas.
Nevertheless, it was obvious to both Kim and Ron that it was only a matter of time before the ninjas over whelmed her.
"Kim-dono, we should continue on. This is only a distraction." Yori whispered from her side.
"We can't just let her fight that many by herself." Ron whispered in response, not sounding all that convinced. Kim sighed and grabbed both their wrists charging into the battle startling the ninjas and Shego herself.
Monkey Fist stared at his fingers, flicking a speck of dirt off them, listening absently to the monkey ninja that was chattering to him. Once it fell silent the simian man pursed his lips as if in thought.
"So Shego's on the island as well." he murmured to himself, before he smiled "Nothing to worry about."
He looked down at the ninja curiously "You are sure that Shino's group has fallen?" when the ninja nodded Monkey Fist shrugged "I expected as much. The first assault had to be enough to wear them down. I doubt Gaara's group will fare much better, especially since they face Shego as well as the others."
There was a moment of silence, then Monkey Fist placed his hands behind his back "Go find Chjoi and his group. Tell him that he must make sure that the three women do not continue on with Stoppable. The buffoon must arrive alone and beaten."
Once the ninja had left, he chuckled, there was no way that Chjoi could fail. The ninja was fanatically loyal to him and besides he commanded the remaining ninety ninjas and he would have the two giant stone gorillas. If Chjoi did fail, then Monkey Fist would just take care of them all at once.
Kim kept counting to ten and taking deep breaths to stay calm. They were moving once more through the jungle, Shego hot on their heels grumbling about them getting in her way. Despite telling Ron and Yori to ignore her Kim couldn't help but hear almost every word the woman muttered.
Ron was trudging along just behind her, thankfully the blood that had been running down his arm had stopped. Every so often, when Kim started to turn, he would mutter some reassurance or calming word to stop her.
The group reached another clearing and Kim brought them to a stop. Turning she saw Shego lean against a tree and Yori taking a seat on the ground. Only Kim and Ron remained standing as normal.
"This is the last break were going to get," Kim said to the group "So, let's try not to fight. Again."
Shego snorted looking away from Yori, her scowl deepening. Yori too looked away, her eyes narrowed.
Kim sighed, looking back at Ron shaking her head. The blond stared at the two then looked at her "I think we should leave them here. They're going to be fighting the entire time and get us killed."
Kim raised an eyebrow then nodded "Ron, your right. Absolutely right, besides we do much better without anyone tagging along."
"Tagging along!" Shego said in a loud voice snapping her head around to look at them "I'm not 'tagging along' you got in my way! Remember you got involved in my fight. I didn't ask for your help."
"Do not speak so harshly to Kim-dono, she was merely doing as she thought she must." Yori responded rising "But I too feel, upset, over this term 'tagging along'."
Kim shrugged, crossing her arms "Well tough for both of you. Me and Ron can handle Monkey Fist without you just as easily as with you." Ron nodded which earned them laughter from Shego.
"Right, you think you can fight him?" The woman put her hands on her hips "Princess you're not even in my league let alone Monkey Fist's."
"Perhaps we should continu-" Yori began but was cut off immediately.
"Oh will you shut up," Shego snapped looking over at her "Every time we start talking you try and take over the conversation. We don't need some amateur telling us what to do. Especially an Uwakionna!"
Yori arched her eyebrow slightly at the insult "I do not have time for doddering old ladies such as yourself."
"Old Lady!?"
Kim rubbed the bridge of her nose, glancing at Ron jerking her head slightly "Let's get moving." Ron nodded a look of disappointment on his face as he turned following Kim's lead, heading for the mountain once more. The two heroes covered a lot of ground in the five minutes it took for the two women managed to catch up.
Shego was muttering again and Yori was once more silent, but they fell into step behind Kim and Ron. They walked another five minutes before they came to a sudden halt.
"Ok, only what? Ninety ninjas." Ron muttered, craning his neck and rising on the balls over his feet as he counted the monkey ninjas. He glanced at Kim "That'll be about what? Twenty per person?"
Kim who was slipping into a fighting stance along with Shego and Yori shook her head "About right, glad you're learning in math class and not just copying my tests."
Ron however didn't respond to this, indeed, he was staring so intently up at something that he almost looked drugged. Kim turned her head on instinct to see what he was seeing and her mouth fell open. Standing behind them was two massive legs made of stone, which of course held up the massively impressive forms of identical stone gorillas each of whom were carrying massive stone swords.
A minute later the monkey ninjas roared as the charged as the massive stone gorillas raised their swords. Kim stared with wide eyes then shouted a warning as she tackled Ron into the brush of the jungle. A moment later the swords smashed into thirty or so ninjas leaving deep trenches where the team had been standing.
The remaining ninjas backpedaled and bolted into the jungle. All save for one who had dived into the hiding place where Kim and Ron were. A moment later the ninja and Ron came bursting out of the jungle into the clearing. The stone gorillas stared at the battle with their red eyes then roared charging forward.
Ron managed to toss his opponent away and jumped out of the way. He landed and spun shouting to the others "Go!" He leaped to the side and rolled forward standing once more noticing the look on Kim's face "I'll catch up, just g-" a minute later he was tackled from behind by the ninja monkey.
They tumbled along the ground and then separated just in time for Ron to jump backwards so that the twin blades crashed to the Earth in front of him. He risked a glance at Kim and saw her being dragged by Yori and Shego running behind them. He allowed himself to smile before he was tackled from the side and into the jungle the opposite way from Kim. The lumbering, earth shaking stone gorillas followed them uprooting trees as they went.
"Kim-dono, do not worry..." Yori whispered as the three women trekked through the jungle "Ron-san is a skilled warrior. He will be fine."
Kim glanced at the ninja then back at the jungle path she was leading them down "Yori, he's not some great legendary warrior. He's just Ron." The red head shook her head moving a vine out of her path whispering "I hope he'll be alright."
Yori was silent for a moment, obviously listening to the jungle around them and then spoke up once more "We must trust Ron-san's judgment."
Shego snorted but Kim came to an abrupt halt looking levelly at Yori "I do trust him and his judgment, I'm just worried about him."
"Children, can we keep the teen drama to a minimum?" Shego muttered moving up to stand between the two girls "We're here."
The two teenagers turned toward where Shego was looking, through the shroud of vines and giant leaves, at the cragged and imposing side of the mountain. The area surrounding the entrance, which was little more than a round hole in the wall was a clearing completely devoid of any guards.
"Kim-dono, I will scout ahead..." Yori began but was cut off by Kim raising her hand.
"We're waiting for Ron..."
One of Shego's hands ignited as she shook her head "He'd said he'd catch up, lets go." Kim looked around at the villain about to argue when she narrowed her eyes "You can wait, you can make the brat here wait...but you don't control me."
Kim looked at Yori for help, but the other girl was slipping her fan out of its hiding place "Kim-dono, wait here as you wish. We will go ahead. There maybe more monkey ninjas inside."
Kim sighed biting her lip glancing along the path they'd taken and then back at the other two girls "Fine, we'll go..." That said she turned and pushed her way through the thin shroud of foliage heading for the entrance way.
Kim cautiously entered the hole, taking each roughly-hewn step one at a time. Quietly they moved, the only sounds that of their breathing. The stairs wormed deeper and deeper into the earth, twisting and turning every so often. Then unexpectedly the trio of females rounded one last corner and found themselves on a flat stone platform high above the cave temple floor.
Kim eyed what she saw; the pillars that stretched up to the domed ceiling, the smooth floor that held the outline of a monkey encased in a circle, the altar and various pedestals. At the center of it all stood Monkey Fist, hands held behind his back, a sword thrust through the sash of his red and black uniform.
He gave them a gracious smile, looking as if he had been expecting them "This is a pleasant surprise ladies," he scanned each of them smiling wider "I was expecting someone else, but I do hope that you had no difficulties in finding the place."
Shego started toward the stairs leading down to the floor, followed immediately by both Kim and Yori. No sooner had the three women reached the floor than five ninjas appeared on the stairs cutting of their escape and the rest appearing on each side of them.
"Manners," Monkey Fist said lightly, clearly amused "I expected none from you Shego, nor from you, Yori, isn't it?" He turned his attention to Kim growing serious "But from you, I expect a great deal."
"So sorry to disappoint." Kim responded, ready for anything. The monkey master made a tsking sound, which caused Kim to smirk "Are you doing you imitation of a clock?"
Monkey Fist continued to smile, though there was a strain to it now "Why don't you come here and we'll see if I can't help you with those manners of yours." He saw the quick look she gave the ninjas "They won't bother you I promise."
Kim started toward him slowly after several minutes, when none of the ninjas made a move to stop her she moved quicker toward the simian man. No sooner had she reached him the monkey ninjas attacked the remaining two females. Kim turned around and then back at him "You said they wouldn't bother us."
He made another tsking sound "I said, Ms. Possible, that they wouldn't bother you."
Kim narrowed her eyes, balling her hands into fists. Her knuckles popped, which seemed to be the signal for Monkey Fist to attack.
Ron rolled to the side avoiding one of the massive stone swords and then rolled backwards as the other one came smashing down in front of him. He regained his feet and spun in time to catch the monkey ninja that had been hounding him with an upset punch to his solar plexus.
The ninja dropped to the ground gasping for breath. However, Ron was already racing away. The blond was desperate to put room between him and the two giant stone gorillas. It was almost impossible since one of their steps was equal to twenty of his, yet he still tried.
On instinct he leaped from the path he had been running along as a stone sword sliced into the earth. He plunged through the jungle, panting and drenched in sweat. His mind was racing. He had to do something.
He drew a blank just as he leaped to his left as a tree was split in two by another sword. He'd no sooner started forward than he was tackled from the side by the relentless monkey ninja and knocked to the ground, rolling across the ground. Ron struggled to free himself and finally managed to hit the ninja hard enough to stun him.
Once the blond scrambled free, he took off once more wondering where those stone gorillas had went. Maybe, with any luck they had given up. Ron doubted it, but it didn't stop him from hoping. Every moment he spent out here was another moment that the others might be tempted to try to take on Monkey Fist alone. Somewhere deep inside, past that fear and the pain he was feeling, was the certainty that he would be too late in getting to them.
Yori and Shego pressed themselves back to back, working feverishly to defend themselves against the attacking ninjas. Exhaustion fought the dull ache in their joints as they battled. Normally ten monkey ninjas wouldn't prove to be much of a challenge for them, but after fighting all day they were worn to the point of exhaustion.
Yori batted away a kick and retaliated with a punch, only to receive a side kick to her ribs knocking her away from Shego. Yori muffled her cry of pain, rolling along the floor like a log. She pushed herself up only to be tackled by five of the ten ninjas. They withered as the ninjas struggled on the ground then suddenly Yori managed to shake herself free and stand.
Her mask was gone, her hair was limp and now she had a busted lip. Not that mattered to the Yamanochi ninja, she adopted her fighting stance and eyed the monkey ninjas. They had regrouped and closed ranks slightly as the moved toward her, forcing her to back away and press her back against a pillar.
A grim look of determination filled her face. She would not fall to this pack of second rate ninjas. She was Aiemi Yori, future Master Sensei of Yamanochi! She would not die here to these monkeys. Face set and mind made up she braced for the coming attack.
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Shego had barely noticed the sudden departure of Yori, far to busy battling with her batch of monkey ninjas. With green flames flowing around her hands she sought her targets, unlike Yori or Kim more than willing to kill them. Unfortunately none of them seemed willing to get to close to her.
They kept moving, lunging in for a quick attack and then back out as one of the others lunged in for his own attack. However, eventually this worked against them. Shego dropped her weight timing it just right and when she stood up she held both ninjas by their tails.
Without a word she swung them out and smashed them against each other, enough to stun them, she did it to more times and then dropped the lifeless forms to the ground and caught the next one by the throat. It had leaped at her in hopes of surprising her.
Her face however showed her shock as a ninja took out her leg and the other she'd been holding by the throat dropped like a weight on her stomach driving the air out of her. As the olive tinted woman rolled over and began to stand the third ninja brought his foot up to her face bloodying her nose.
Stunned though she was, it didn't stop her from latching a flaming hand onto the ninja and slinging him around into his companions. This brought her enough time to regain her feet and taste the blood that had reached her mouth. The coppery taste seemed to set off a berserker rage and she barreled into her slow to regroup enemies.
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Monkey Fist weaved his way through the punches and kicks thrown by Kim, it appeared as if he was doing so with no more difficulty than one would pick daisies. His face no longer held his condescending smile, but now revealed his mood. Bored.
To him it was as if Kim was a slow-moving film, as he sidestepped a kick and grabbed her ankle he reflected that this might not be the most fair of fights. He took her other leg out from under her and let her ankle so that she fell to the ground with a dull thud.
He watched with detached interest as she stood far faster than ever, he raised his eyebrows in exasperation as she charged once more. Monkey Fist however stood in one place and twisted avoiding each of her blows.
Monkey Fist couldn't stop himself from yawning as he caught a punch and twisted her arm outwards. He heard the gasp of pain, but choose to ignore it as he threw a round kick to her ribs and then her face. He released her arm a moment later and spun planting a reverse sidekick to his opponent's stomach.
It lifted Kim off her feet, before causing her to collapse onto the ground. She slid along the ground for a foot before coming to a stop. She remained motionless for a moment and then rolled over, pushing herself up onto her hands and knees. She regained her footing and slipped into her fighting stance "You're starting to piss me off you over grown lemur."
Monkey Fist smiled coolly, a hand behind his back and held up the other motioning for her to continue the fight. Kim did as requested and leaped into the air, a jump front kick ready but instead found a fist plowing into her solar plexus. Her eyes went wide in surprise as the air was driven completely out of her.
She hung there for a moment and then fell to the ground. Her mind was screaming with pain but that was forgotten as Monkey Fist planted a kick to her mid-section, sending her sliding along the floor till she smashed into a pillar.
Monkey Fist glanced at the others and then back at her, confident that they would all be dead soon "So, is that all the great Kim Possible has?" His mocking tone overrode Kim's lack of air and the pain. In the space of a breath she was up and charging toward him a battle cry on her lips.
Panting heavily, Ron pressed his back against a tree trying to hide for the moment and catch his breath. He felt the tremble of the ground beneath him and knew that this of course would not work. He darted forward just as the tree he had been hiding behind was split in half by a stone sword.
He skidded to a halt, finding the other stone gorilla staring at him. He quickly looked between the two, seeing the glowing red eyes and then screamed dropping to the ground as the two swords slashed through the air in opposite directions where he had been standing.
Ron regained his feet and darted between one's legs, racing away as fast as he now leaden legs would let him. He heard the primal howls of the statues and offered a quick prayer, redoubling his efforts. He came to a clearing on the edge of the mountain.
It was a dead end, he turned both ways, but he knew he couldn't escape the stone gorillas. Both came lumbering out of jungle, their gaze fixed upon him. They looked decidedly unhappy and anxious to squash him.
"Ok, now would be a good time for some divine intervention..." he muttered looking then sighed when none came dead-panning "This is because of that math test isn't it."
The two stone guardians started toward him slowly, weapons held ready at their sides. The blond lacking other options thrusts his hands out "Red Light! RED LIGHT!" he gulped when they didn't even register his words "You guys aren't going to win like that."
He began scanning the ground for something, anything that could stop them and spotted his now untied shoes. "Stop! Hold on. Gotta tie my shoe." Then without thinking knelt tying his shoe.
This act, amazingly, caused both stone statues to freeze in place and look at each other and then back at him in bewilderment. It was obvious they had no idea what to make of him, one even went so far as to reach up and scratch his head.
Ron, oblivious to this, switched feet double checking those laces before he stood and looked at them letting out a reluctant sigh "Ok, I'm good to go."
The two gorillas blinked and then roaring charged forward, their swords moving. One slashed sideways while the other sliced at an angle, trying to make sure to kill him. Ron out of instinct, ducked and rolled to the side, just barely missing getting cleaved in two.
Once he was free, he scrambled to his feet and raced away turning as he heard a loud rumbling like an avalanche. What he saw made his eyes go wide, the two stone gorillas had been so surprised by his actions that he had slashed into each other. All that remained of two were the massive stone swords and twin hills of loose rocks.
The stitch in his side finally caught up with him and he collapsed to his knees, gasping for air. Finally, they were gone. Whatever joy he felt was tempered with the knowledge that Kim and the others might very well be dead from fighting Monkey Fist.
He stumbled to his feet and chest heaving placed his hand on the side of the mountain and began the long trek around the base searching for the entrance. "Hold on KP," he muttered through heavy breaths "I'm coming..."
Breathing heavily Yori twisted her hips throwing a ninja into one of the other charging ninjas. She followed up with a front kick to a third ninja's face dropping it like a stone. Three down, she darted her eyes left and right, then spotting Shego frowned.
Her moment of distraction was all the reaming ninja need and he planted a round kick to her knee causing it to buckle. Yori collapsed in surprise, but she used her forward movement to roll forward and stand. She turned seeing two of the ninjas standing up and the third preparing for an attack.
She felt a moment of panic until she remembered her fan and flicked it up, catching the one in the cheek that had leaped at her. The second it took for that one to fall, Yori had charged the other two.
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Shego grabbed the airborne ninjas tail and spun slinging it into one of the pillars. It hit with a sickening thud and then fell lifelessly to the ground. A minute later however, the remaining ninjas tackled her enraged.
It was a brief struggle and then Shego broke free, scattering the few ninjas that had tackled her. "Come on!" she shouted slashing at them with her flaming hands backing them off "Come on cowards! Attack me!"
The ninjas slowly began circling her, staying out of her reach. Shego spun watching them, fists clenching and unclenching, ready for anything they might do.
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Monkey Fist stepped to the side letting Kim sail by with the momentum of her punch. He had to admit, if he didn't have his power she would prove much more difficult than normal. She turned and he laughed at the look of rage on her face.
She came at him with everything she had, her blows obviously having murderous intentions behind them. Monkey Fist however didn't blink. He merely moved his hand in slow lazy circles blocking and redirecting each of her blows. She was a prime example of an exercise in futility.
She tried to fake him out, she pretended to throw a right punch but in actually launched a left round kick. Monkey Fist saw her ruse and did three things at once. He pivoted on his foot, dropped a hand to block her kick, and drove a back elbow into her cheek.
Kim dropped like a stone, but she stood once more. It was obvious however that it was a struggle for her to maintain her balance. This didn't stop her from resuming her attack however.
The simian man blocked her attacks easily, not even giving her his full attention as he felt something catch his attention. He actually looked toward the entrance where the two other women were fighting, blocking Kim using only his peripheral vision. It took him a moment to place what he was feeling, but once he did he couldn't help but smile.
The buffoon.
Monkey Fist turned his attention back to Kim, smiling evilly keeping track of Ron's Mystical Monkey Power. He timed it perfectly, he caught a punch from Kim and yanked it to the side. A moment later, he struck the dozen or so pressure points needed to kill.
At the same moment that he released her hand, Monkey Fist stepped back, watching as the look of panic filled Kim's eyes as her oxygen disappeared. He could almost hear her heart stop beating as she collapsed and the dull, glassy look of death clouded her eyes giving testament beyond all doubt that she wad indeed dead.
She seemed to be falling in slow motion, then almost unexpectedly she reached the ground landing with a heavy meaty thud. Then Monkey Fist heard the shout filled with rage and despair, from the cave temples entrance and he revealed in it.
"KIM!!!!!!!!"
AR:
Spice Of Life: Thx and sorry about that long wait. Hope this made up for it. The rest of the action is on its way.
Yamal: Glad you enjoyed Kim's mother dialogue, and that you thought that the intimate scene was pretty funny too. Yes we are, well were already here. I've updated quickly, perhaps too quickly.
warprince2000: Thx
red52: Oi, longest review of the lot (though I found it enteraining so your forgiven for missing so many chapters)Your dead on about Mr. Elliot's story btw.
You have mentioned how much you love my Lord Fiske's deviousness, I hope this chapter didn't disappoint.
I'm glad that Kim and Ron's next step was well done and tastefully.
I'm glad you thought the last chapter was wonderful, how does this one stack up? I'm glad that I've continued to nail the Ron/Kim dynamic perfectly.
Polishes his master badge smiling As for your question: The one standing victorious will be the true Monkey Master...but one must wonder we know what will happne if Monkey Fist wins, but if Ron wins now how much worse would the world be? We could, given the circumstances of this chapter, see the birth of a villain that might equal Darth Vadar and The Joker...
ainominako: No apologizes needed. Good theory but no.
Divagurl277: Glad you didn't think it was close to short.
continental-line: I should have had more of them, but oh well. I'm glad your enjoying this.
John Steppenwolf: "I'm not in denial i'm just selective about the reality i choose to acept"- Calvin and Hobbs
Glad it was a slight improvement over the last chapter. Your right about Ron liking that about Kim. Oh, the first person calling her a grandma would be a dead person I'm sure.
Desert Fox: I'll take that bet! Thankfully Rufus was still in Ron's pants pocket.
I never fret, just not healthy wot wot! But your right, it does make finding things diffcult.
Now you've gone and confused me. Not that it's really too diffcult to do.
How about worry and concern for his daughters well being?
The Stoppables are doctors? I though Mr. Stoppable was an Actuary...But I suppose they would resort to Ron's method when ardressing the Possible's: 'Mr. Doctor Possible, Mrs. Doctor Possible'
Wanderer3: Ron is SO dead IF Mr. P. finds out. Your right though it is something to fear.
It would definately be fun if we could. Almost as much as floating around...does a few zero-g flips himself.
AN:
Yes I have updated rather soon matter of fact. Since it is the Holidays, I'm giving everyone a bitter sweet chritmas present. 'Kim Possible: Fate of the Monkey Master' will be reaching its nail bitting conclusion by December 24th (Christmas Eve).
For those that will speculate, Kim is defeniately dead. Just as dead as if she had been stabbed or shot in the heart. No changing that fact and no misdirection about it. K.I.M I.S D.E.A.D! Just wanting to make that clear to everyone, probably nothing new or shocking about it.
Anyway, as I said the last Chapter of this fic will be up on 24th of Christmas. (Don't stay up late to read it or Santa will skip your house and you'll miss out on your presents.) I want to thank a friend for pre-reading this for me in one night.
I hope you've enjoyed this chapter somewhat and leave me a few nice (Or at least interesting) reviews.
Sincerely,
Geor-sama