Chapter 2

Class Reunion

Ron's first week at home was uneventful, and now, it was Friday, the night of the class reunion, he, and Kim were to go together, and surprise everyone when Ron walked through the door, after ten years away from home,

"Bonnie is gonna freak when she sees you, Ron." Kim said, smiling at Ron,

"Why?" Ron said, chuckling slightly,

"She thinks you're dead." Kim said,

"Typical Bonnie Rockwaller, she never gives me any credit." Ron said, smiling,

"And Monique has been dying to see you, and she's got a few well chosen words for you, too." Kim said,

"I suppose they're gonna be, 'Don't you know how to write, or call?'" Ron said, mocking Monique's voice,

"That's about it, I'm really glad that I was the only one you kept in contact with all those years." Kim said, smiling.

She, and Ron had been sending letters back and forth during the ten years he had been gone, and Ron had always ended his letter the same way, 'With eternal love forever,' no matter how much he wanted to admit it, coming back home had been a sobering experience for him.

He was still living out of a suitcase, not having found a house yet, or even a place where he could make a new Sanctum, but so far, he wasn't giving up.

Being Kim's best friend for 24 years had it's advantages, he had inherited some of her stubbornness, and her will to never give up, and it didn't hurt that he had returned to Japan, to complete his training in Monkey Kung Fu, as well as his training with La Mont, and the Tolku, his thoughts must've shown on his face, because Kim's voice overrode his train of thought,

"What are you thinking about, Ron?" she asked,

"Nothing that you need to be concerned about, I'm just trying to find a place to live." Ron said,

"Still haven't found a house yet, huh?" Kim said, looking at Ron, and frowning slightly,

"No." Ron replied,

"What do you do with your spare time, you need to try to find someplace to live, I heard that big house on the hill you liked so much is on the market, maybe you could buy it?" Kim said,

"That's a good idea, K.P., I'll check it out tomorrow." Ron said, earning a smile from Kim.


At the reunion:

Kim and Ron made their entrances through the front doors just after the party had started, and from the looks of it, no one had expected Ron to turn up, everywhere they went, the same thing was being said, 'Ron Stoppable, the goofball in school, That's him? Woah, talk about changing for the better.'

"I think everyone's finally catching on, K.P." Ron said, looking at all the eyes that were on him, he happened to look in the direction of Bonnie Rockwaller, and he noticed a ring on her finger, it was similar to the one he was wearing, gold, with a single ruby in it, Ron then remembered how La Mont had saved Bonnie's life only a few years ago, while she was attending college in New York.

A loud squeal from the corner of the room signaled that Monique, an old friend of Kim, and Ron, had seen them, and was surprised by Ron's sudden reappearance in Middleton,

"Boy, don't you know how to write, or call, did you break your arms in China, or wherever it was you went?" Monique asked, as soon as she was level with the two friends, Ron laughed,

"No, I was limited on who I could talk to, so I talked to Kim, I thought she would fill you in." he said, smiling at Monique, who agreed, but Kim saw something in Ron's eyes at that moment, they had changed again, from their natural brown, to silver grey,

"Where'd you get those eyes, Ron?" Kim asked, looking back at Ron,

"Let's not discuss that here, please, Kim, I'm just not ready." Ron said again, hoping that Kim would drop it, the answer seemed satisfying to Kim, because the subject was never broached again.

Halfway through the party, Kim started to get bored, and asked Ron if he wanted to take a walk in the park,

"Sure thing, K.P." Ron said, smiling.


At Middleton Park:

Kim and Ron had walked the park for about an hour, catching up, and reliving some of the old times, when a voice sounded from behind them,

"Hello, Princess." it was Shego, Drakken's former right hand, now a freelance bad guy,

"Shego, when did they let you out?" Kim asked, looking around, as she did so, she noticed that Ron was missing,

"Where'd your buffoon of a sidekick get off to?" Shego asked,

"I don't know?" Kim said, just as baffled about Ron's sudden disappearance, but that was quickly squashed, as a bone chilling laugh filled the area where they were,

"AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!"

"Who are you?" Shego demanded, lighting up her hands, and looking around for the body attached to the voice, but there was none, instead, she saw a shadow that didn't belong to either her, or Kim, it was male, and heavily disguised,

"Why don't you show your face?" Shego asked again,

"Are you sure you want me to? Heh, heh, heh." the voice asked, still laughing that cold laugh,

"Yes, I'm sure!" Shego demanded,

"As you wish!" the voice said, it was at that moment, the shadows lengthened, and the male shadow that Shego saw, disappeared, moving into a fog bank right to her left, when the fog lifted, she saw a man, but a man unlike any she had ever seen,

"Who are you?" Shego asked, looking at the intruder,

"You don't recognize me, after all the times we've fought against each other?" the man asked, now tilting his head toward Shego, so she could get a good look at his eyes, they were a cold silver grey, his hair was jet black, and his face, what could be seen of it, seemed to be square, his nose looked as though it had been broken several times, but it was his eyes that made him look menacing, for the first time in her life, Shego was afraid,

"You don't scare me." Shego said, her voice giving her away,

"That's not what your soul tells me at this moment." the man said, his voice echoed throughout the area where they stood, Shego couldn't take the taunting any longer, she charged toward the man, who disappeared from where he stood, only to reappear behind Kim,

"Kim Possible." the man said,

"Yeah." Kim said, looking at the stranger,

"This is not for your eyes." the man said,

"I'm not leaving." Kim said, standing defiantly in place,

"Very well, then stay, but I warn you, you may not like what you see." the man said.

Shego saw where the man had reappeared, and came after him, only to grab onto to hands full of air, he had disappeared again,

"Alright, enough with the Houdini act, come out, and fight me." Shego said, her hands lighting up again, she was floored by a fist that seemed to come from out of thin air, not attached to a body,

"Leave now, Shego, or feel the wrath of The Shadow." the man said, now materializing in front of Shego's prone form, she instantly got up from the ground, and took off, scared like she had never been scared before,

"And tell all of your friends, The Shadow has come to Middleton." The Shadow said, now turning to Kim, and speaking,

"I must ask you, Kim Possible, never to speak of what you witnessed here tonight, except to a few trustworthy souls, you know who they are." The Shadow said,

"I promise." Kim said, having no intention of doing so, she planned to tell Ron, as soon as she could find him,

"Your friend is one of them, you may speak of this night to Ron, your friend, Wade, and no one else." The Shadow said, disappearing into the night,

"Wait." Kim said, running after him, but she stopped when she heard Ron's voice behind her,

"K.P. where are you going?" Ron asked, looking at Kim,

"Did you see anything that just happened here, Ron?" Kim asked,

"No, you dropped your purse, I went back to get it." Ron said, handing Kim her handbag,

"The Shadow, here, in Middleton." Kim said,

"Woah, that's big, I thought he never showed his face outside of New York?" Ron said,

"And he had these freakish eyes, kind of a silver color, kind of like what . . . happens . . . to . . . your . . . eyes." Kim said, thinking hard,

"I think you've been watching too many scary movies again, K.P." Ron said,

"I'm serious, Ron, your eyes changed color at the reunion." Kim said,

"Must've been a trick of the light." Ron said,

"Not hardly." Kim said, now staring at Ron hard,

'What is he hiding?' she thought, 'Whatever it is, I plan to find out.'


Uh-oh, Kim's starting to put two, and two together, do you think she'll come up with the right answer, you'll have to read, and find out.