Chapter 3

Drakken's Notes

Monkey Fist arrived at the bar about three hours after Ron had called Wade,

"Wade said it was urgent, high priority." the monkey master said, walking into the bar, to find Ron, standing in front of him, wearing his mission clothes,

"A mission. Tonight?" Monkey Fist asked,

"Yeah," Ron said, "call it a favor to Shego, Drakken's come up missing."

"How old is the trail?" Monkey Fist asked, looking at Ron,

"Four hours old, according to Shego, he was supposed to be home at ten, but she came to the apartment at eleven, saying he hadn't come home yet." Ron relayed,

"And that's not like Drakken to state an exact time, and then not be there when he said he would." Shego said, looking at Ron, and Monkey Fist,

"All right, boys, you know what needs to be done," Kim said, to Ron and Monkey Fist, "let's do it."

"We're on it, Kim." Monkey Fist said, pulling Ron to the door, then looking back at Shego, he added, "Is there anything he's working on in that lab of his that we need to know about, something that would be worth his life?"

"Let me think," Shego said, pulling a face of concentration, "I got it, he was working on a prototype fusion reactor, a one-of-a-kind, endless, renewable energy, and if it were to be used as a weapon, the damage it could do would be catastrophic."

"How catastrophic?" Ron asked,

"We're talking biblical. Old Testament, real, ' Wrath of God,' type stuff here." Shego said,

"Like the flooding of the earth for 40 days, and 40 nights?" Ron asked,

"Worse. If it went critical, it could wipe out a city four times the size of New York." Shego responded,

"WOAH!!" Monkey Fist said, his eyes bugging out,

"No kidding," Shego said, "I thought he was losing it when he developed it."

"How long has he been working on it?" Kim asked,

"About five months now." Shego explained, then, before anyone could ask, she continued, "He was approached by the government to find out how to harness nuclear fusion, and make it a viable source of clean energy, what he came up with, was that."

"So, the U.S. government asked him to develop this, and where did he get the funding?" Monkey Fist asked,

"The Department of Energy footed the bill, all $70,000,000 of it." Shego said,

"That's a lot of green mail." Ron said, looking at Shego, his eyes threatening to pop out of his skull,

"Not as much as you got sitting in your bank account, Ron." Monkey Fist said,

"What about his notes, any records that he might've kept?" Ron asked,

"He recorded everything he was doing into a voice recognition program on the supercomputer he built in the lab." Shego said, looking at Ron,

"Who else has access to the computer?" Ron asked,

"Only the people in this room, me, Kim, you, Monkey Fist, Bonnie, Felix Renton, and Tara." Shego said,

"Why Felix?" Monkey Fist asked,

"He's been assisting Drakken on this project, and as far as I know, he was there when Drakken disappeared." Shego said,

"We'd better go." Ron said, taking off for the door, Monkey Fist in pursuit,

Shego watched Ron's retreating back, and thought, 'Please, let them find him, alive, and let Felix be all right, if not, I'll kill the person responsible for this myself.'

She watched Ron, and Monkey Fist leave the bar, and jump into Sadie, which was parked outside the street.

She had noticed how much Ron had changed in the last year, he had matured into a fine young man, filled with confidence, and she was trusting him to bring back her husband-to-be in one piece, and wasn't afraid that he might fail.

It took Ron and Monkey Fist about an hour to reach Drakken's lab, which was situated between his home, and the farm he was attending, Ron's brain had begun swimming with memories, it was Ron who had put up the money to fund the building of Drakken's lab, and gave him the money to buy the land, and the house that he was looking at through the rearview mirror,

"We'll find him, Ron, we must have patience." Monkey Fist said, looking at Ron,

"That's not what I'm worried about, Monty," Ron said, "I'm afraid of leaving Kim."

"I understand," Monkey Fist said, smiling, "your wife is pregnant with your first child, it's only natural to be scared of leaving her when she needs you, but right now, we've got more important things to do, and I for one, don't wish to go back to Shego, and tell her that we failed."

"I know," Ron replied, "she'd open up a can of whoop ass on both of us."

Ron walked up to the front door of the lab, and was immediately bathed in a soft blue light,

"Please say your full first, middle, and last name, for voice recognition." came a cool female voice,

"Ronald James Stoppable." Ron said, standing in front of the door,

"Voice recognition confirmed, welcome, Ron Stoppable." the voice replied, as the door hissed open, then it was Monkey Fist's turn,

"Please state full first, middle, and last name for voice recognition." the voice said again,

"Lord Montgomery Aasgard Fiske." Monkey Fist said,

"Voice recognition confirmed, welcome Lord Monty Fiske." the voice replied, allowing Monkey Fist through the doors, the first thing they saw, was an empty wheelchair,

"That's Felix's chair." Ron said looking at the cyberrobotic chair,

"But where's Felix?" Monkey Fist asked, the question was soon answered for them, laying on the floor, unconscious, was Felix,

"Felix, talk to me, buddy." Ron said, shaking Felix to his senses,

"Anyone get the license plate number of the semi that hit me?" Felix asked groggily,

"What happened?" Monkey Fist asked,

"I don't know, Drakken and I were working on his reactor, when the back wall blew open, that's the last thing I remember." Felix said, pointing to where there used to be a wall,

"Uh-oh, there goes our lead." Monkey Fist said, looking at Ron,

"Anyone care to explain what happened?" Felix asked,

"Drakken's missing." Ron said,

"How do you know?" Felix asked,

"Shego." Ron replied simply,

"Thank God for her." Felix said,

"Tell me about it." Ron said, while Monkey Fist grabbed an instrument from a table to his left,

"Hold still, Felix, I'm going to see if there's anything wrong with you." Monkey Fist said, running the instrument up and down Felix's body,

"Well?" Ron asked,

"Slight concussion, but he'll live, I need to round up some of my monkey ninjas, Ron, meet me at Middleton Park tomorrow morning." Monkey Fist said, bidding Ron and Felix Goodnight,

"I'll be there." Ron replied, watching the monkey master's retreating back,

"Do you trust him, Ron?" Felix asked,

"I trust him with my life, and I have, on a few occasions, he's proven valuable to the team." Ron said, picking Felix up, and sitting him into his chair,

"I need to check on the master files in the computer, see if everything's still there." Felix said, moving himself into position,

"Computer, show all files on fusion reactor, attempt 215." Felix said, watching the screen,

"Hey, Felix, do me a favor," Ron said, looking at his wheelchair bound friend, "could you download all of that into the Kimmunicator for me, that way, I can give it to Wade?"

"Sure thing, Ronman." Felix said, holding out his hand for the Kimmunicator, which Ron handed over. Felix plugged the Kimmunicator into the computer's data port, and began downloading everything, Drakken's notes, and schematics for the fusion reactor they had been working on,

"That'll do it." Felix said, handing Ron back the device, and then, turning to look at the shattered remnants of the back wall, he said, "I'd better get to work on the repairs."

"All right, I'll leave you to it, then." Ron said, then, turning to leave, he said, "You up for some hoops next week at the gym?"

"Wouldn't miss it." Felix replied.

Ron had arrived home, and was now, sitting in front of his computer, giving Wade the information he had just gotten from Drakken's computer,

"Shego was right, Ron," Wade said, "according to Drakken's notes, if the subharmonic field were to be adjusted, it could be turned into a super weapon."

"Run a check on Drakken's security system, maybe we could dig up something from it." Ron said,

"On it, I'll have the video for you in the morning." Wade replied, signing off.