Chapter 1

Returning Home

Ron Stoppable had arrived in Middleton on the private jet that had once been owned by his late mentor, La Mont Cranston, he had called Kim from the phone that was installed and had asked her to meet him at the airport,

"You're just in time, Ron, our class reunion is this weekend." Kim said, her voice was bright,

"You're a lifesaver, K.P." Ron replied, inside, he was smiling, he thought that Kim would be happy to see him, they had been dating before he had left on his quest for knowledge, and now, ten years later, he was coming home.

Ron had stepped into the concourse, and had only been walking for a few minutes, when a familiar voice called to him,

"Ron!" he whipped around, and came face-to-face with Kim, looking just as Ron remembered her, her long red hair was a little longer, and the face was just as he remembered, turned up in a smile,

"K.P." Ron replied, running up to his best friend of 24 years, the two embraced for what seemed like forever, then broke apart,

"Look at you, Ron," Kim said, looking at the outfit Ron was wearing, he was dressed in a very expensive suit, and was looking rather handsome, "where did you get the money to afford this suit?"

"You remember the man I told you about, La Mont?" Ron asked, Kim nodded,

"He died a couple of years ago, and left me his estate, about 700,000,000 dollars, and a huge mansion on Long Island." Ron said, watching Kim's eyes get wide,

"So, you're a multimillionaire again?" Kim asked, remembering the time that Ron had gotten a royalty check from Bueno Nacho, and had lost it all in a week,

"Yeah, but this time, I'm gonna be a little wiser with it, I've already invested some of it, and the rest is sitting in a bank here, earning interest." Ron said,

"So, what have you been doing the last ten years?" Kim asked, hoping to get a proper response out of Ron, but to no avail,

"Not much." Ron said, sounding evasive, he wasn't ready to tell Kim about his training at the temple, or his training with La Mont,

"You're not telling me everything, are you?" Kim asked,

"I'm just not ready yet, Kim, I promise, I'll tell you, when I'm ready." Ron said, there was something about his eyes, they had mysteriously changed color in an instant, changing from their ordinary brown, to a silver grey, but something wasn't right, Kim didn't react the way Ron had expected,

"I really want to know, Ron." Kim said, but Ron shook his head,

"Not now, Kim, please, trust me on this." Ron said, Kim nodded, and allowed Ron his secret,

"It's good to have you home, Ron." Kim said, lacing her hand into his, the old flame of love was lit again, and Ron could feel it inside of her,

'I won't be able to keep what I am a secret from Kim for too long, if I don't tell her soon, she'll start digging, then, I'll be in big trouble.' Ron thought.


Later that evening, at the Middleton piers:

Three men were up to no good, they had kidnaped another man, and were getting ready to throw him into the harbor, the man they had kidnaped, was Dr. James Possible, head rocket scientist at the Middleton Space Center,

"You won't get away with this." Dr. Possible said, looking at his captors,

"I think we will, Doc," one of the men said, "no one knows you're here."

Suddenly, the night air was filled with a bone-chilling laugh,

"AAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"

"Who's there?" one of the men said, standing up, and pulling out a gun from the shoulder holster hidden inside of his jacket,

"Charlie Holden," a chilling voice echoed, "you killed a policeman, you murdered him in cold blood."

"Show your face, and I'll cure all your ills." Charlie said, now jumping at his feet, as soon as he stood up, he fell back down when a punch landed on his jaw from out of nowhere, several more punches followed, then he was pulled from the ground, and held in the air, suspended upside down,

"You will go to the Middleton Police Station, and turn yourself in." the voice said, now releasing the man onto the pier,

"And if I don't?" Charlie asked,

"Then, you will be looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life, because I will always be there, as inevitable as your guilty conscience." the voice said,

"How do you know?" Charlie asked,

"I always know, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Come on out, and show yourself, you wimp!" Charlie said, in a voice to match the cold laugh, it was the biggest mistake of his life.

Suddenly, and without warning, the shadows around them began to lengthen, drawing themselves to the end of the pier, to a patch of fog that lingered in that direction, as the fog lifted, there stood a man, dressed entirely in black, wearing a large black Panama style hat, and across the bottom of his face, was a red scarf, making only his eyes visible, those cold, silver grey eyes,

"JESUS, LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" one of the men said, jumping into a car,

The man walked to the pier, where Dr. Possible lay, tied up, and weighed down, the man reached into the interior of his jacket, and pulled out two nickel plated colt .45 caliber pistols, aiming them at Dr. Possible's feet, where he began firing them, when he was finished, the shackles had been blown off, the man then extended his hand to Dr. Possible, and pulled him upright,

"Thanks." Dr. Possible said,

"Get in." the man said, getting into a large black car, Dr. Possible followed him in,

"You are Dr. James Possible, head rocket scientist at the Middleton Space Center." the man said,

"Yeah, that's me." Dr. Possible replied,

"I just saved your life, Dr. Possible, it belongs to me now." the man said,

"It does?" Dr. Possible asked,

"You will become one of my agents, like millions of others around the world," the man said, "if any of my agents were to approach you they will say, 'The sun is shining,' you will reply, 'but the ice is slippery.'"

"Okay." Dr. Possible said,

"This will identify you to each other, if I need your services again, I will find you." the man said,

"How will you know where to find me?" Dr. Possible asked,

"The Shadow knows." he said, then, he laughed, his cold, penetrating laugh,

"That's The Shadow, it's really him, here, in Middleton, wait until I tell my family." Dr. Possible said, after getting out of the car, and talking to the driver,

"No," the driver said, shaking his head, "you can't tell anyone about this."

"I didn't think he existed." Dr. Possible said,

"He doesn't exist, get it." the driver said, now placing a ring onto Dr. Possible's finger, it was an interesting looking ring, gold, with a large ruby in it,

"Don't ever take it off." the driver said, now getting back into the car, and pulling away from the curb.


Talk about interesting, Mr. Dr. Possible has just become an agent of the Shadow, and he has no idea that Ron is The Shadow, it's going to get more, and more interesting from here on out, so get ready for a good one.