Authors note .5- this is the make or break chapter, please Read and Review
Wanderer3- Why did Ron break up the fight, 1. He is an all around decent guy. 2. Zita beating the living crap out of Bonnie would not form a team bond. 3. No video camera, you can't have something like that happen and not have a way to record it. 4. No mud (see #3) 5. Didn't want to raise the story to a 'R' rating
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Friday
"Let me guess, good dreams lat night?" Zita couldn't help but notice Ron had a bit of a smile on his face this morning.
Laughing a bit, "something like that."
"I'm going to say the flying dream, or Kim's back in town."
Staring at the water Knight wide eyed, "How'd you know?"
Turning his head down the hallway with her hand, "She's right there, now go get talk to your girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend, she's my friend," scowling at his partner in armor
Raising an eye brow, and in a voice some where between seductive and mocking, "really," as she walked off past Kim.
Ron Stopped in his tracks, bringing his fingers to the bridge of his nose and shacking his head, "I have got to get some male friends, these girls are going to make me craze."
"Hey stranger," Kim's voice bringing him out of his stupor.
"Hey to you to KP, been a while."
"Tell me about it," shrugging a bit, "so what were doing with Zita," a bit curious.
"What," walking to his locker, " I can't talk to anyone but you in school?" innocently. After a long moment, "We were talking about the Everlot expansion pack ok, enough with the third degree."
"Now really was that so hard to admit," leaning against her locker, sighing and looking up at the ceiling.
Old instincts took over, as Ron read Kim's movements like an open book, "this was a bad mission wasn't it?"
"You have no idea, I saw things the last few days, " shaking her head trying to keep the mental images from forming. "You'd think after all these years, humanity as a whole would have gotten past some ideas, child slavery, ha, they were selling those girls as sex slaves," clenching her fists, the knuckles going white, "I came very close to doing some things I'm not proud of, things I'm not sure I would've regretted for years, if ever. But I realized something though, I need you with me, you keep me restrained. I can over look a few secrets for that, it's not like we all don't have them."
Putting his hand on her shoulder, "You need me, you got me, but," sighing, "there are some things I really need to tell you."
Covering his hand with her own, for the first time noticing Ron seemed some how seemed older than when she had left, "what's up?" her words full of sincerity and worry.
"It's about what I've been trying to tell you the last few days, but I really need to tell you about it private," silently hoping that after he got it off his chest she'd still want him as a friend let alone a partner.
"My place after school," squeezing his hand.
"How about my place, just in case your brothers decide to pull a repeat performance."
Seriously, "don't even joke about that Ron."
"Sorry," as the two walked down the hall together, Ron spied Bonnie, and he knew she saw the two of them, 'well so much for breaking that deal,' remembering his agreement he made with Bonnie, 'then again not like you could hide her during the pep rally.'
The rest of the day progressed normally, or as normally as a pep rally day could be.
Ron sat off to the side holding his mad dog head, his back pack contained ax behind him, as Kim went over the routine with the girls. Not for the first time Ron had to admit to himself that without Bonnie being here coving Kim's butt when she went on a job, the cheerleading squad would have gone down in flames a long time ago. Granted he'd never openly admit this to anyone, but he could see the truth even if Kim didn't, it didn't mean he liked Bonnie but he did respect what she did when Kim was gone.
Mr. Barkin peaked his head in to the back room, "Ok people five minutes till your on, get it together."
A collective whoop of ready came from the girls as Ron stayed silent.
Kim walked over to Ron and dropped down next to him, "Your not up for this today are you?" she asked quietly.
"Not really, but if your going out after everything you've been through, I have no reason not to go out there to, give it all for the team and all that slag."
A little smile on her lips, "yeah, remember, three minutes after we leave come out and start your routine," getting up and addressing the other cheerleaders, "Alright girls, time to light it up," grabbing her pom poms, the girls lined up ready to charge when they heard the signal.
The signal came and went as Ron got to his feet and started counting the time down till he needed to leave, the music from the band and the girls cheers filling his ears, then he heard the sounds. At first they were foreign, Ron thought they might be something new to the pep rally, then he recognized them, they were alarms. Dropping the Mad Dog head he grabbed his back pack and pecked out to check on the pep rally as everyone began bolting out, he managed to catch a glimpse of Kim heading out the door. Seeing she was safe Ron turned around heading to the nearest door, not believing that someone had scheduled a fire drill for today, not that it was the first time someone in charge had picked a really stupid time for a test.
Ron wasn't surprised to find himself alone when he got out of the school since he had taken one of the side doors, and pretty much the rest of the school was trying to charge out the same few doors. He stood around is the grass lot for a few minutes, contemplating when he should start looking for the rest of the school, when he saw something on the roof of the school. At first with the light in his eyes, he wasn't sure who he was seeing then it hit him, blond hair and deep black coat.
"Sea Serpent," he hissed as he reached for his ax then stopped, needing to find the others first and find out what was happening as he sprinted to where he hoped the rest of the school was.
He found what looked like the rest of the school at the front of the school, he searched for a few minutes and turned up jack on any of the girls, only to his arm grabbed as he was making his way to where he could hear Mr. Barkin.
Turning to find Zita, "looks like your moving with a propose partner," she told him almost under her breath, then louder, "it's only a bomb threat."
"Try rough seas ahead," he hissed in a low voice.
She looked at him lost for a split second before realization formed on her face, "crap," shaking her head.
"We have to find Bonnie, any clue where she is?"
"I think I saw the cheerleaders a few minutes a ago," as she started walking with Ron on her heals, Mr. Barkin's voice growing louder by the second.
After a few moments the pair came upon the cheerleaders and Barkin screaming into his cell phone. It didn't take long to find Bonnie, not bothering with secrecy he just pulled her away from the others, "Rough seas in there," nodding his head towards the school hoping Bonnie would get the message as Zita had.
She just stared at him, "what?"
"Dark water in there," nodding his head over towards the school again.
"Huh?"
Zita grabbed her and got in her face, "the possessed blond with a whip is in there," she hissed
Realization finally hit Bonnie like a sledge hammer with the last comment, "So that's what Possible's doing in there."
"WHAT!?" even quietly the word carried to many ears in the area.
"She hasn't come out yet, we think she's dealing with whatever is going on there," Bonnie relayed what she had heard thus far from Mr. Barkins rantings.
"This is bad, very bad, tell me your packing Bonnie," his voice low and controlled.
"Of course not, you mean you are?" not believing he had his weapon at school.
"Yep, always am, think you can get out of here?"
"Sure I have no problem letting Kimmie handle this alone."
Zita glared at her, "he means so you can go get our, "pausing looking for the right word to use, "equipment."
"Yeah, the authorities are evacuating everyone who doesn't need to be here."
"Ok, take Zita get your gear, I'm staying here," as Ron did his best to think like Kim would. "Take Rufus home too," pulling the Mole rat out.
"What," his dragon/rodent partner asked, "fight."
"I know you can fight, but if something goes bad, I need you to guard, you know what," referring to the sword of Kells.
Looking down then turning to his owner, "OK," relenting to the wisdom of the plan.
Turning back to the girls, "take Rufus to my place, and get back here as soon as possible, I'm going to need both of you," looking around, "meet me across the street, I don't want to meet here unless I have to."
"We'll be back as soon as possible partner, come on princess, time to go play hero," as Zita headed towards Bonnie's immaculate car all pretence of hiding their traveling together gone, but in the chaos either doubted their leaving together would be noticed.
Ron pulled out his kimmunicator and pulled up Wades face, "tell me you know what Kim's doing in there."
"In where?"
"In the school, bomb threat, get it together Wade, what's going on in there?"
"I have no clue, I haven't talked to Kim since this morning, I just assumed she'd be out their with you."
Shaking his head, "great, Wade I need blue prints of the school, top to bottom, everything you have inside and out."
"You can't be serious, Kim can handle whatever's going on in there."
"I really hope your right, but humor me, I have a really bad feeling about this," looking up at the school, "a real bad feeling."
Shrugging in his chair, "OK, but you still owe me for all that inter-continent criss-crossing you did a few weeks back."
"You'll get your answers soon Wade, now make with the information."
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Earlier in school
The second Kim's feet hit the ground the alarms went off, spooking the entire school, everyone started running down the bleachers, the vast majority believing that the alarms where real.
Rather than bolt with the rest of the school, Kim stayed in the school doing her best to make sure the rest of the students were able get out safely. Part of her mind was on the job the other half was on where Ron was, she hoped he had slipped out the back and was safe, but she wasn't sure.
Most of the students she could see were almost out of the school when she heard the scream for help. Kim looked back at the door, contemplating going for help first, then she heard the call again, and recognition hit her. She turned and moved up the stream of the students none stopping to try and help the source of the call. She wasn't sure what was going on, a part of her hoped the call was just because the person was stuck, but in the pit of her stomach she knew it had to be far worse.
She followed the call back to the gym, but rather than going straight through the doors, she peeked in through the small window, opting for stealth and security over speed. Through the window she saw the source of the calls for help, her black hair sprawling across the gym floor, but as far as Kim could tell no one else was there.
Opening the door and moving to her friend, her honed senses warned her of danger as the two men who had been in the doors blind spot rushed her from behind. Instinct took over as she dropped one knee and thrust her elbows in the what she hopped was the stomach or each attacker, but given the scream of one of the attackers she guessed she had hit one a bit lower than she intended, but both still went down which was fine in her book at the moment.
Rising and turning to get a good look at her attackers she was a bit taken back by what she saw.
Then the clapping started, causing her to turn to the far corner of the gym, to the top of the bleaches where the clapper was.
"Bravo Miss Possible, Bravo, that was sneaky, underhanded, and all around just poor sportsmanship, you do me proud," laughing a sinister laugh.
Glaring at the heavily armored man, truly not knowing what to make of the situation, "what do you Gemini? Don't tell me you dragging me into another feud between you and your sister."
"No my dear nothing so drab, my 'sister' and I are actually getting along quite well. Aren't we sister."
"Like two fish in a bowl, brother," pulling Kim's attention to the far corner of the gym also hidden from her view, an armored Ardena Lynn replied stepping into the light.
"What is going on here, when did you go from a ratings hog to spy Lynn, not to mention related to him?"
"Since about four, five days ago Kimmie," uncoiling her whip.
"Indeed," Gemini told her snapping his fingers, the doors bursting open to reveal his WEE agents. "And from now on Miss Possible call me Lightning Bat." A sinister grin on his face, "Kill the girl sister, we don't need her now."
A dark laugh escaping her lips Sea Serpent cracked her whip sending an arc of energy straight a the girl on the floor. Not wasting any time Kim jumped in front of her and pushed her aside and jump away before she could take the hit, to no avail as Lightning bat hurled his boomerang at Kim the weapon connecting square between her shoulder blades. Kim was barley able to scream as what felt like a powerful electric shock raced through her body, causing her to fall to the ground as the weapon returned to Lightning Bats still real hand a few short moments later.
"Bring the girl to me," Lightning Bat ordered his men, at first the purple and white clad men moved to Kim, "no the other girl," he instructed them grasping the sword that had been hidden by the bleacher.
"Let go of me you psycho, you have no idea the world of pain your about to be in," the raven haired girl growled weakly struggling against the men.
Grasping her chin Bat sneered, "no my dear you have no idea what your in for," forcing the Black Ice Sword into her hands. Her chocolate eyes frosted over, now looking like ice as a surge of cold sweep through the gym, knock the WEE agents to the ground as it swirled around her, for a brief moment she was gone, enveloped in tornado of dark purple and bone white wind and ice, only to dissipate as soon as it had formed.
The girl now stood in purple armor, a deep purple breast plate hugging her body, white bones sweeping to either side like ribs. Rounded purple shoulder armor covered the rest of her upper body following in to white upper arm armor and purple cuffs the ran over her lower arms, her hands ending in black gloves, with white bones on each finger. Purple thigh armor sat on her hips, her upper calves incased in bone white armor, her lower legs incased in purple armored boots also covered in bone. At her left side was her dagger, and down her back was a flowing black cape. On her head was a purple helmet, a bone hone arcing out to each side and a white bone dragon skull between them on the top of her helmet.
"So why does she get to keep her old armor?" Rock Wolf asked coming forward from his place behind the bleachers, towering over their leader, his body hidden behind a full body cloak.
"One of this times many mysteries brother," Sea Serpent offered, turning do Ice, "and now what?"
"We wait," bending down cupping Kim's face in her hand.
"We should have attacked him directly," Lightning Bat hissed under his breath not willing to be subservient to a woman in front of 'his' men, before he could react Ice's sword was at his throat.
"Do not question me brother, all traps need bait, this body was hers, she is his, he will make the others come and when he does, then they will all die together, and no one will stand against us," pulling the sword from his throat, "do not let this child's body fool you I am still your superior."
'For nor sister' Lightning Bat thought.
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Ron was pacing nervously, he had a plan it was by no means a good one, but he didn't have a lot of options, and Wade was picking up squat inside the school which meant someone didn't want people gathering information, and by people meaning the Knights.
"Ron," Zita yelled running up to Ron, Bonnie car in eye shot.
"You bring it?" not seeing her trident
"It's in the car, tell me you have a plan."
"Better yet tell us it's a good plan," Bonnie added following Zita.
"It'll get us in but I don't think you'll like it, get your weapons, we don't have time to waste," as the girls turned back to the car come back a few seconds later weapons in hand.
"So how exactly are we getting in?" Bonnie asked, not completely sure Stoppable could form a good idea if his life depended on it, or more importantly her life.
Walking over to the street, Ron pulled out his ax, slipped the blade into one of the holes in the man hole, pulling it from it's resting place.
"Oh rapture, I get to back in the sewer," as Zita rolled her eyes approaching the entrance to the subterranean world.
Bonnie on the other hand hadn't moved from her spot, "no way, there is no way in hell your getting me there, that's sick and disgusting, and I just won't do it, no way in hell, not in a million years, screw you guys I'm going home."
"It's either this, or we walk in the front door where everyone can see us, and everyone in school will know you hang out with us," Ron told her, not up for an argument, hoping her sense of her own dedication to her reputation would out weigh her sense of revulsion.
"Fine, but your paying for my dry cleaning."
The second the manhole cover was back in place Ron pulled out his kimmunicator and handed it to Bonnie, "hold this for a second." As he pulled held out his Ax, Zita doing the same with her trident.
"Forest Before Me"
"Water Around Me"
The two changing into their armor, then slipping their weapons into their respective weapon slots on their belts and back. Taking the kimmunicator back from Bonnie Ron brought up the map and the three started walking.
"Let me guess," Bonnie said after a few steps, "when this is all over you're going to change back into your clothing and it'll look like it was never in a sewer."
"That's what happened last time, " Ron told her thinking back to when Zita got her weapon.
"I hate both of you," Bonnie said as the three walked in silence, Ron navigating the tunnels like an old pro.
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Kim came around to the sound of familiar voices, and hurt arms.
"Boss she's getting up."
"Hello Kimmie," Ice said approaching Kim
"Monique?" Kim asked a bit dazed, "why are you dressed like that?"
"Sorry Kimmie, Monique doesn't live here anymore, the name's Ice."
"What?"
"Long story short, I'm borrowing your friends body, and I'm using you as bait."
"You have got to be joking, bait for what?"
"You don't know? How sweet, he's protecting you."
"What, he who," as she struggled against her bonds, "what's going on here?!"
"We're here to kill your boy toy and his all girl battalion"
"Josh?"
Laughing, "Josh, he's not fit to spit shine my boots, I'm here to put an end to your ever faithful lap dog."
"Ron."
"Ding ding ding," Sea Serpent commented
"Yes Kimmie," Ice continued, "he and his little followers should be hear anytime now, but don't worry you won't have to live with the pain long, when I'm done with him, I intent to kill you," laughing a haunting sinister laugh.
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"So how much farther?" Bonnie asked
"I'm going to say we're here," looking up, "so everybody remembers the plan? Zita and I blow a hole in the bottom of the girls locker room, we go up, we sneak around till we find Kim, first one to find Sea Serpent yells, and together we deal with her."
"There is on way this is going to work, you do realize that," Bonnie hissed
"I didn't see you coming up with a better plan princess," Zita verbally jabbed.
Bonnie glared, "keep pushing Flores, see where it get you."
Getting aggravated, "knock it off you two," aiming his ax's at the ceiling, Zita soon following his lead. "All right on three we fire, one, two,…"
Firing up into the swear pipe, blowing a hole the floor, all grateful Wade was right about nothing being between the pipe and the floor.
Pulling themselves up into the girls locker room.
Looking around, "see I told you it would work," Ron told them
Only to be answered as three WEE against charged in the locker room, checking on the noise of the exploding floor.
The three fired their weapons simultaneously knocking the agents out.
"Yeah this was a real good plan Stoppable," Bonnie retorted, rolling her eyes, already seeing the half baked plan falling apart.
"Give me a break, I'm usually the distraction., Kim's the planner," Ron hissed not up for Bonnie's running commentary of his plan's mistakes.
"So any idea where to go from here?" Zita asked, looking down hallway to see if the three agents where followed.
"Not off the top of my head."
Zita scratched her head, "Ok I know this isn't a video game, but shouldn't someone be checking in on those three at some point?"
Ron's eyes got large, "crap, take cover!" moving away from the wall theat separated the looker room from the gym.
No sooner had they moved than the wall exploded towards them.
"Well, what have we here, your early Ron, I'm impressed," Ice called from the gym.
Ron moved over to the hole and took a quick peck to make sure he had heard the voice right, "Monique, well this day gets better and better," shacking his head in disbelief.
"Indeed it does, kill them," as the WEE agents began firing through the hole.
Zita and Bonnie managed to get to the other side of the hole, doing their best not to be hit.
"OK so how about those of us in armor, go out and stop those guys while the rest stay here," Bonnie called to others, wanting them to take the brunt of the assault.
Looking up through the hole, a smile crept on to Zita's face, "got a better plan, Ron, you remember the first day at the forge, remember how it rained?"
It didn't take long for Ron to figure out what she was planning, taking a deep breath he dove in front of the hole, firing multiple blasts of energy over the heads of those in the gym, the shots he took from the firing WEE agents altering his trajectory knocking him a few feet back, but other wise unharmed.
When Ron hit the ground he managed to bark out, "don't they have Kim," as the sprinkler system began going off in the gym.
"Sorry Ron, but if this does what I think it will she'll be OK," sticking her trident out through the hole and firing, the energy acting like lightning running through the water, knocking the WEE agents out cold, but leaving the Sentinels essentially unharmed, "and we need an edge."
"Cleaver, Knight of Water, your growing into your power quickly, all the more reason to stop you here and now," Ice laughed, "Sea Serpent, Lightning Bat kill her."
"Well now it's on," as Zita shrugged, "you coming Ron?"
Growling, "Yep," getting to his feet, "come on Bonnie, time to see what your made of." Peaking his head through the hole, he did wonder why they weren't attacking, that answer came a moment later as Lightning Bat fired a barrage of finger missiles from his mechanical right hand. Pulling his head back in as one missile connected with the gym wall the others flying though the hole exploding as they hit the back wall of the locker room.
"OK it's now four on three, they have better fire power and Kim, I'm open to suggestions as to how to pull our butts out of the fire," Ron asked the others.
"Take the fight to them?" Zita shugged.
"Works for me, how about a little shake up Bonnie?" Really hoping the girl was finally picking up on the jest of the codes, as he and Zita charged through the hole taking fire, Bonnie following a moment later, mace spinning as she slammed it on to the ground, sending out a shock wave knocking the six standing combatants to the ground.
The cloaked figure was the first to get up standing up at least eight feet high, "Knight of Earth, it's time we ended this pointless battle between us, the Rock Wolf of Tamra alone claims power to earth," throwing his cloak to the ground.
Bonnie could only stare at the sight before her, he was easily eight feet high, his upper body was huge compared to his small legs. A small black cloth was rapped around his waist, silver cuffs or his wrists the Wolf Fang Claw on his massive arm, some how seeming to be in proportion to his huge arms. Similar silver cuffs wrapped around his upper arms. Just over his upper chest was a black and red breast plate, that ended before his naked stomach. Around his ankles were black cuffs, on his right leg his dagger. But the most striking thing about him was that we was he resembled a wolf. His body covered in red-brown fur, his head was large, his teeth sharp and white sitting in a long muzzle. On the top of her head stood two long black ears.
"Jackie," Ron yelled recognizing the Sentinel and transformed former head of the GWA.
"Hello again meat, ready to have your tail whips by a real super star?" The wolf-jackal man taunted, his teeth glistening.
Getting to his feet, "How?"
"A bi-product of the magic still lingering in the host's body, not that I'm arguing , I like this body it has power to spare."
Ron looked at the Earth Knight, "you want your armor Bonnie, you have to beat him," Ron barked, just so she remembered.
"Gee, thanks," her nose crinkling at the thought
Ron didn't have time to give Bonnie any more help as the mini missiles collided with his body, sending him against the wall of the gym.
Rising to his feet, "come now Mr. Stoppable did you really think that would be all it would take to beat us?" Lightning Bat fired more missiles at Ron. This time however Ron was able to intercept the projectiles with his ax's energy beams.
"Gunna be a bad day at school today boy," Ron hissed to himself
Seas Serpent set her sights on the Water Kinght, "big mistake flooding the room bitch," cracking her whip on the floor sending a seven foot wave of water at the Knight a wave Zita halted, tapping into her own power. "Ok you're a little better than I thought you'd be," charging bursting through the still wave landing a spin kick to Zita's face.
A quick flick of the wrist and Sea Serpents whip coiled around Zita's neck. Getting to her knee, Zita cracked the shaft of the trident into Serpents stomach several times till the Sentinel laxed her grip on the whip enough for her to pull away and fire her trident at her sending her flying back. A quick pull got the whip off of her neck and she tossed it aside, ready to renew her attack on Sea Serpent.
"As I said," Ice walked forward," your growing into your powers faster than expected, but lets see how you deal with one who controls element completely." Touching her sword to the water, the liquid around Zita's feet freezing solid. "Better," as she lunged at Zita swiping her sword when she was in range. Zita deflected the first strike with the shaft of her weapon, unprepared for Ice to rebound from the block, spin around and bring the hilt of the sword into her chest.
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It only took Ron a few seconds to figure out Lightning Bats strategy, he stayed at a distance and fired off Gemini's finger missiles, behind him was Kim's still unconscious body, he was keeping Ron at bay, not even bothering with the boomerang, just preventing him from rallying any kind of counter attack.
'gotta take this fight in close' he told himself
When the next barrage came, Ron aimed his axes towards the grounds and fired hoping he wouldn't just blow a hole on the gym floor. As he had hoped his body was lifted into the air by the recoil of the axes sending him up over the missiles and at Lightning Bat. Landing and lunging Ron's first ax swipe was halted by Bat's left arm armor, and countered as he brought his metal right hand down at Ron. Ron's n inja training helped him sensed the attack, he allowed his body to drop and turn, his hand catching the ground and letting him push off and slid between Lightning Bat's legs, continuing to turn his body once through he brought his forearm across the mans unarmored leg right behind the knee.
The large man fell to his knees, Ron wasted little time bringing the ax blades down on the Sentinels body, hits that were once more block by the large mans fully armored arm. A wide swing of Bat's free arm brought the Lightning Boomerang into to Ron's exposed side, sending lighting like energy through the forest Knights body.
Getting to his feet, Bat turned to face Ron, "this has been more enjoyable than I would have thought, given my host's experiences with you, shame it has to end." Fully intent on bringing the boomerang down on Ron's shoulder, Ron caught it with his arm guard before it made contact, and brought the free ax with the hand guard up into his armored stomach."
"Was that suppose to do something boy?" the Sentinel laughed.
"Yeah," as Ron spun the ax in his blocking hand down to Bats head, "distract you," firing both axes simultaneously, each hitting their mark on Lightning Bat's body dropping him to the ground.
Ron dropped to his knees beside Kim, "really not the time to be sleeping on the job partner," slapping her face hoping to bring her back to consciousness.
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Bonnie jumped back as the giant fists slammed into the ground in front of her, a hairs breath from crushing her. So far all she had really managed to do was dodge Rock Wolf's attacks, mostly cause she had learned one thing from all the football games she had cheered at, you never wanted to attack someone that big head on unless you were also that big.
"Hold still so the main wolf can stomp a mud hole in back and walk it dry," the wolf-jackal roared, swinging his bladed arm at Bonnie, this time catching her with the guard of the wolf fang claw sending her flying. Before she could get up he was on her, picking her up and spinning her body 180 degrees.
"Pile Driver!" he yelled semi slamming her head into the hard floor, old wrestling instincts causing him to hold her high enough to keep the move from being truly devastating, but it still dazed her for a second as she lay on the ground.
Getting to his feet Rock Wolf looked at her a dark smile on his muzzle as he prepared for an elbow drop on the girl, throwing his arms in the air, and his head back in a howl, he jumped and dropped, missing his mark as Bonnie rolled out of the way, the howl bringing back to awareness.
Rather than waiting for him to get to his feet Bonnie opted to use his position to start spinning her mace, releasing the charge, a rock firing up from her mace, and she ran as the rock grew coming down on Rock Wolf crushing him.
Turning when she heard the sound of it landing, wide eyed, "it worked," she said not really believing that it would. And just as hope rose in her the boulder moved, rolled aside as Rock Wolf roared. Not waiting to lose her momentum or luck, Bonnie spun the mace slamming it to the ground sending out a shock wave on the floor, then followed up with three smaller basketball sized rocks that each connected with his body. At first nothing happened, then the fur covered man wobbled, then fell backwards.
In shock, Bonnie felt a charge building in her, similar but different from weapon charge, and she knew it was her armor, raising her Mace above her head, ready to speak the words at her lips, and was promptly shot on the back by Sea Serpent's energy wave sending her flying, then landing and sliding face first against the floor the several feet.
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Despite her position Zita was faring well against Ice as she jabbed her trident out at the girl who had once been a classmate, she had long since stopped trying to melt the Ice, it becoming clear her powers only working on liquid water.
"Time to end this," Ice hissed, slashing her sword down, the splashing water freezing into a barrier, a quick reposition, and Ice jabbed at the ice wall shattering it ice shards of all sizes firing at Zita. The vast majority of the ice was enveloped by several arcs of brown energy fired by Ron, while most of the others were deflected by Zita's, but some smaller ice rocks connected, stinging her body.
Ice repeated the ice wall formation, but didn't get a second chance to attack Zita as a reawakened Kim jumped on top of it and kicked 'Monique' across the face.
"I'm sorry about this Mon," Kim told her as she press the attack as best she could on the fully armored teenager.
Running over to Zita, "four on four the odds are getting better," Ron commented bring his axes down on the ice several times freeing the Water Knight's feet.
"That just makes you lucky mice," Lightning Bat yelled firing off a salvo of missiles.
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Kim back flipped away from Ice's latest sword swipe catching sight of the fallen flag pole that had been set up as part of the display for the pep rally as she was upside down. Diving once she was right side up to get it, tearing the school banner from it as she brought it up ready to use it as a staff. Kim caught Ice's first strike with the middle of the staff.
Laughing, "Kimmie, Kimmie haven't you been pay attention," as she froze the section of the pole the sword touched and shattered it.
"Actually I have," as Kim dropped to her knee, spun the half pole and brought it down across the back of Ice's knee and up sweeping her legs out from under the Sentinel, using the momentum of the spin Kim rose to her feet spinning and once more dropped to one knee bringing both halves of the pole down across the girls breast plate. She had little time to celebrate as Ice brought her knee to the side of Kim's face.
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Blue-Black energy continued to lash at Bonnie every time she tried to call her armor.
"Oh come on girly, you think I'm going to make this easy on you?" Sea Serpent laughed, enjoying the pain she was bringing to the Earth Knight.
Growing frustrated, "didn't anyone tell you the dominatrix look was out, this season is all about earth tones," slamming her mace on the ground firing a shock wave at the Sentinel, knocking her off balance.
Not wasting time she brought the Terra Mace above her head in both hands the words once more on her lips, "Earth Beneath Me"
For a brief moment Bonnie appeared covered in rock, almost appearing to be a statue, then in cracked and shattered leaving her now in her armor. Her body was covered in a gray-silver shirt, a gold dragon on her stomach, unlike the others this dragon's neck was short and it's body larger implying power, even with it's tiny wings. The shirt continued into a sleeve down her right arm almost to her elbow, her hand incased gray-silver glove, with a gold cuff on her wrist. On her left arm was a clay-brown glove running half way up her upper arm, a small gold cuff wrapped around her arm where it ended. Her legs and lower body were incased in gray-silver pants, a gold mountain like design on her right thigh, her dragon breath dagger attached to her left thigh. Her lower legs and feet were incased in silver boots that ran up over her knees that were covered in gold armor. The shirt continued up over her nose covering most of her face from view, over her eyes where gold sunglasses, all but making her impossible to identify visually. Her hair was pulled back and held in place by a gold cord. Somehow her clothing seemed tighter than the clothing of the other Knights.
"This is it," as Bonnie looked herself over expecting more from her armor.
"Personally I think it's to much," as Serpent fired another wave of energy from her whip, connecting in the middle of Bonnie's chest, knocking her back, causing her to land at Zita's feet.
"Fancy meeting you here," as Zita helped her to her feet as Ron covered them, Kim at his side.
"This isn't exactly going as planned is it?" Bonnie hissed, seeing the four Sentinels surrounding them as the three Knights and Kim put their backs to each other.
"Not the time for this rottweiler," Zita hissed
"Can you two do this later," Ron hiss between clenched teeth, then turning his head to Kim, "sorry to get you into this KP."
"Thanks, but when we get out of this Ron, you and I are having a long talk about what the hell is going on here," Kim responded on his left side.
"When Kim, try if," Bonnie hissed.
"I never grow tired of the sounds made by those about to die," Rock Wolf laughed, "so much like the screams of sheep," charging in missing Bonnie and grabbing Ron, slamming him to the ground, Ron's axes sliding across the smooth floor.
"I was hoping for the ground squirrel but you'll do tree frog," as he charged, Wolf Claw ready to skewer Ron. Doing the first thing he could think of Ron pulled out his Dragon's Breath dagger its blade sliding between the Rock Wolf's blades holding the points from his body. Then white light poured from the dagger in front of the two.
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Rufus sat on Ron's window ledge, Both the Rufus and Pyre sides wishing they could be there in the midst of the battle, aiding the others, ensuring Kim's safety. But both sides understood why they needed to be where they were, some times warriors feel in battle, and if the three feel the sword and Kell's and the Knight of Fire might be the only thing capable of stopping the Sentinels, and it was his duty to guard the sword, to ensure that it could happen. Still he wanted to be there, it was not in the nature of either to sit back and let others be in danger.
Then he felt something in his body, like his fire preparing to explode from his body, but different, all he was sure of was he needed to get out of the house. Forcing the window open the feeling grew, and then a second feeling came over him, he was being called by the dragon's breath dagger.
"How, so small," he said feeling a bit useless, then the fire feeling seemed to explode in his body. He felt his bones crack and shift, skin changing, things ripping from his back. For a brief moment fear ran through his mind, then it became clear as new sensation flooded his body, he was changing, he was becoming a dragon once more. His body grew larger, his tail and neck lengthened, his paws shifted into gripping claws. Twin horns emerged from the back of his skull, his muzzle growing longer, teeth growing and becoming stronger, eyes shifting, everything he saw becoming sharper and more focused. Then his armor formed, the chest armor expanded over his body, followed by arm guards and leg armor appearing, all a dull red, while the rest of his body was a brighter red, save his claws, teeth and horns which were a bright white.
"Coming," Rufus called, flapping his wings tacking to the air, instinct telling him where to go.
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Kim dodged Lightning's Bat's missiles, darting in close grabbing his out stretched metal hand tossing him over her shoulder, finally getting him away from the axes.
"Ron," she yelled tossing the axes to him.
Waiting half a second till Rock Wolf charged, Ron jumped using his mutated head as a spring board, sheathing the dagger and catching the axes in mid air, firing at the Sentinels back as he landed.
Then the roof shook, bits of plaster and metal falling from it, before a huge chunk came crashing to the ground. Followed by a large red fist that receded followed by a large red dragon head.
"Ta da," Rufus called
"What the hell is that?" Kim asked not for the first time that day on the edge of breaking down from the sheer insanity of the situation.
"Pyre, they have their DRAGON!?" Ice screamed
"RUFUS, you put on some weight," Ron yelled at his partner, somehow knowing it was him in spite of the different body, "now get um," pointing at the Sentinels.
"OK," as the dragon began spitting fall balls at the Sentinels catching Sea Serpent in the chest flinging her to the ground.
Lightning Bat throw his boomerang at Rufus, hitting him the neck, more making him made than hurting him. He never had the chance to catch it on the way back as Bonnie hurled a large rock into his chest.
Ice hit the water with her sword, once more making an ice shield just as the fire ball launched at her nearly came into contact .
"ENOUGH!" Ice yelled, realizing the dragon had turned the tide to the Knights side. Pulling out a same device, all eyes turning to her the fight temporarily stoped the Knights, Rufus and Kim somehow knowing this was important.
"A wise leader knows to prepare for every eventuality," Ice hissed her anger barley contained, "to that end Lightning Bat's men set up a little surprise for you before we attacked. Outside there are five bombs, the timers set to begin when I push this button, but rather than have them in the school, I had them set up around the school, approximately where the law enforcement agents, rescue personnel, and all lingering students and faculty should be. So you have a choice, take us or rescue them," a dark smile on her lips, "You have seven minutes," pressing the button, "come," turning away from the knights the Sentinels following their leader.
"Crap," as Ron ran to the girls locker Ron, hoping the kimmunicator had survived the attack, finding it after a quick scan, turning it on.
Wades' face came up, "What ca…"
Interrupting, "School Bombs Scan Now!" Ron yelled
"No need to.."
"NOW!," coming from Ron, the girls and Rufus at once
"Ok, Ok," he told them
Ron looked up, "I love ya Rufus, but lose some weight and get down here."
"Don't know how," the dragon said cocking his head through the hole.
"Great," shaking his head.
Grabbing him by the shirt Kim hissed, "Ron what the hell is that, and why are you calling it Rufus?"
"Found um," Wade broke in, "five bombs, bringing up a map of where they are now," a hologram of the area appearing above the kimmunicator, four of the bombs were arranged a bit like a circle the fifth a bit further out of the way.
"Clock wise on the map," Ron pointing at one of the spots said, " Zita, Bonnie, Kim, me, when you get done, hit this one out of the way, got it?"
"We're doing what now?" Bonnie asked half lost.
"Bomb diffusion slash destruction, don't you watch movies," as Zita ran to the nearest exist.
"Ron what is going on, what happened to Monique?!" Kim grabbing his arm.
"You want answers, first we defuse," pulling his arm away and follow Zita, Bonnie on his heels.
As Kim turned to follow, a now mole rat Rufus landed on her shoulder, "Rufus?" she asked.
"Yeah," nodding his head
"Oh boy," following a few steps behind the others.
As Zita was about to hit the doors that lead outside, "So much for stealth, secret identities, and a normal life," busting through the doors, Ron right behind her.
"Normal's over rated anyway," Ron yelled peeling off to his bomb
"Watch your tail parter," Zita called heading towards her bomb.
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It didn't take Zita long to get there, it was amazing how fast people moved out of the way when you where carrying a 'pitch fork' as some of the people had called it.
She stopped at the area where Wade had said the bomb was, "Ok if I was a bomb where would I be," looking around wishing Wades' directions had been a little more specific. "OK think movies, think obvious, think… Mail box," running over the blue box hoping she was right, as she felt the under side she felt something and pulled it off. Looking at the box, "huh who would have thought they really had LED count downs on them," she said looking it over, then it hit her.
"How the hell do I turn this off?" the sheer impact of the situation hitting her, looking around trying to stay calm, looking at the hydrant across the street, "well water works in the movies, at least in the old movies." Firing her trident at the red pug, putting the bomb on the ground, and summoned the water to her drowning the bomb, silently praying it worked.
After a minute she released how hold on the water and checked the screen, the screen was dark and a few wires had been torn out, "I'm just going to say that's good enough," running off to where the other Bomb was suppose to be.
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Ron was grateful all he had to say 'Kim Possible' and people would jump out of his way regardless of how he was dressed. Unfortunately he had no clue what he was looking for, let alone how to stop it. According to Wade the bomb was somewhere around where he now was, but all he could see where ambulances, their personnel and a line of bushes.
Looking at the bush, remembering how he had followed Monkey Fist when he first got his armor, and how Zita now semi controlled water, he touched the plant.
'Bomb,' he thought hoping this would work. Then he felt it, something guiding him, as he left the bush and walked further down before dropping to his knees and found a box with a red LED screen counting down, and from the read out he was running out of time.
"Screw suddenly," pulling his ax out, turning the bomb on its side aiming where the LED and wires met the rest of the box, and fired at it, hoping he wouldn't blow himself up in the process. Ron exhaled when he realized he was still standing there, the bomb now cut in two, "I'm going to call that a wrap," turning to the people that were now staring at him, "Get out of here and get bomb disposal to make sure this thing is dead." As he sprinted off to where the other bomb was.
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Bonnie was over stressed and out of patience between the fight and the people that kept asking who she was, what she was doing, and why they should listen to some girl in a mask. Finally having it, she grabbed here mace and slammed it into the ground causing a wide spread shock wave in all directions, knocking people to the ground and making cars slide out of the way.
"Now stay out of my way people," she barked trying to find the bomb. As fate would have it her little temper tantrum caused a man hole cover to flip that had the bomb attacked to the bottom. Grabbing it and handing it to the cop's who hadn't run away from her.
"Take this to the bomb squad, quick!" Running to where the final bomb was hoping one of the other would be there dealing with it.
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Kim was grateful the cops let her by when she said it was important, but she had no clue where else to look, she had searched the entire area around the school sign and turned up nothing.
"So where the heck is it?" she said scratching her head.
"Kim up," Rufus said staring at the bomb attached to the under side of the side above them.
"Plain sight of course," climbing the ladder on the sign Rufus in tow, prying off the cover, "Ok fusing this relay ought to stop the count down, question is how."
"No problem," as Rufus letting out a small jet of flame at the bomb, causing Kim to nearly loose her grip on the ladder.
The second he finished, "Don't Do That!" She yelled at him, "you could have blown us up."
"Didn't though"
Climbing down the ladder, "so not the point Rufus," the second her feet hit the ground she ran off to where fifth bomb was.
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Kim was the first on the scene of the fifth bomb, and was coming up bare, followed by Ron and Zita, who were having the same bad luck.
"Guys," Wade broke in, broadcasting at high volume from the Kimmunicator, "thirty seconds, find it or run."
"I'm up for running," Ron yelled, no one save the three of them in the area.
"Big time ditto," Rufus added.
"No argument here," Zita called
"That makes all of us," Kim added running, "so any clue why this one isn't near the others?"
"Sloppy WEE agents, "Ron commented
Zita got wide eyed, "or maybe…."
Watching the car explode
"….we were driving around in it," after a heart beat Zita started giggling uncontrollably.
"That was Bonnie car wasn't it," Ron said in shock
Throwing her arms in the air, "YES!!!" Kim yelled, Ron and a still giggling Zita started at her, as she covered her mouth in embarrassment of the involuntary action.
"NNNNOOOOOOOOOOO," Bonnie yelled running up to the other looking at what was now her burning car. "MY BABY!"
After a second Kim pulled Ron aside her words controlled, but still with a hint of anger, "I want answers, I want them now."
"Yes mister Stoppable do tell us all what's going on."
Causing the Knights, Kim and Rufus to turn, there in front of them were three dozen armed men and women in gray-blue jump suits, one of which had only one eye.
"Doctor Director," Kim said
"Kim, I want to know what's going on with my brother, and I want to now and I have a feeling you know what's going on, and I want to hear it." Turning away from the teenagers speaking to the Global Justice agents, "take their weapons, if they resist, shoot them."
"I think we've ticked her off," Ron said
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Authors note 1-And that is where I stop, I'd like to thank Disney for showing 'the ron factor Sunday so I could get Gemini's metal hand rightl, and 'vir-tu-ron' to refresh my Zita memories I'd like to say I remembered him having a tazer in his hand but I didn't, but it seems cool for the Sentinel of lightning.
Authors note 2- 7 knights and sentinels down 2 to go, who will come first Fire or Wind, and will Ron be the only male on the team aside from Rufus?
Authors note 3- again please review, as I said this is pretty much the make or break chapter.