Chapter 4
What Evil Lurks In The Hearts Of Men
The next morning found Kim awakening in the guest bedroom at the huge home owned by Ron,
"Good morning, Miss Kimberly." Wilson said, entering her room, and laying out a set of clothes for her,
"Morning, Wilson, is Ron up yet." Kim asked,
"Yes, Mister Ronald is taking his breakfast outside this morning, and he would like you to join him." Wilson said, nodding to Kim,
"I'll be down in a few minutes, Wilson, thank you." Kim said, smiling st the aged old man standing before her,
"I notice that something is troubling you, may I ask what it is?" Wilson asked, looking hard at Kim,
"Well, Ron told me a lot last night, and I got to admit, I'm a little worried about him." Kim said,
"Worry not, Miss Kimberly, and I think I should confess something to you," Wilson said, smiling, "Mister Ronald is very much in love with you."
"I know." Kim said, smiling happily,
"I may be an old man, but I still recognize love when I see it, Miss." Wilson said, bowing himself out of the room, there was something in his voice as he left that made Kim wonder,
'Who's Ron doing this for, him, or me?'
Kim met Ron on the back patio, and sat down to a huge breakfast, that's when the subject of last night's conversation came up,
"You never told me how La Mont saved Wade's life, Ron?" Kim asked,
"Oh, that," Ron said, "La Mont was in town on a business trip, Wade had gone to the computer store to pick up some parts for his computer, when Drakken greeted him at the front door, that's when the fight started, by the time the smoke cleared, Drakken was dead, and Wade knew who The Shadow was."
"So that's what happened to Drakken, I was wondering why Shego went solo." Kim said, her hand under her chin,
"Yeah, La Mont had made him see what he thought was a parked car, it turned out to be a car on the freeway, moving at about 60 miles an hour." Ron said,
"Ugh, road kill." Kim said,
"That's pretty much the size of it." Ron said,
"You told me last night that I have an ability to sense when danger was coming, could you help me to use it, like you're able to use your power?" Kim asked,
"I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert, Kim, but I'll try, it'll be hard, and I'm not going to go easy on you." Ron said,
"I don't expect you to, when do we start?" Kim said,
"How about this afternoon, Wilson will meet you at the Middleton Piers, he'll take you where you need to go from there." Ron said,
"Cool, I'll be there." Kim said, smiling.
Later that afternoon, at The Sanctum:
Kim was picking herself up from the floor for the fourth time that afternoon, she had been flipped to the floor once again by Ron, who, true to his word, wasn't going light on her,
"Concentrate, KP, focus." Ron said, materializing in front of her, and helping her to her feet,
"I'm trying, you just seem to be able to anticipate my moves." Kim said, her voice frustrated,
"You're letting me get inside your head, the minute you let that happen, you've lost, concentrate, keep me out of here." Ron said, pointing at Kim's head,
"So, that's the whole secret, to keep you from breaking into my mind?" Kim asked,
"Part of it, anyway, the rest is pretty much gravy from there, now, try again." Ron said, vanishing from his spot in front of Kim, who stood still for a few seconds, before opening her eyes, but when she did, they were no longer their normal jade green, but a haunting silver grey,
"That's it, let it flow through you, feel it, be it." Ron's voice echoed throughout the room, without warning, Kim reached over her shoulder, and flung Ron to the floor,
"Oof, very good, KP, you're learning." Ron said, picking himself up from the ground,
"Thanks, Ron, I've got a good teacher." Kim said, smiling,
"Ready to try it again?" Ron asked,
"Yeah, let's do it." Kim said, the determination in her voice.
The practice, and training lasted well into the night, by the time all was said and done, Kim had taken Ron to the floor about ten more times, the last with a spinning back fist so hard, it sent Ron halfway across the room,
"How did I do that?" Kim asked, looking at Ron with wide eyes,
"Did I forget to mention that when you use the power, it multiplies your strength?" Ron said, looking at Kim, and rubbing his ribs,
"By how much?" Kim asked,
"By ten." Ron said simply, making Kim smile again,
"Oh, Shego's not going to like this." Kim said, smirking,
"She doesn't have to like it, Kim, it's you that needs to be comfortable with it." Ron said, it was at that moment, the ring on his finger began to glow bright red,
"Uh-oh, perfect timing, Wade." Ron said, looking at the ring,
"Huh?" Kim asked, looking at the glowing ring on Ron's finger,
"If something's not right, Wade pushes a button at his desk, that activates my ring, he's wanting to talk to me." Ron said,
"Okay, here, use the Kimmunicator." Kim said, handing Ron the device,
"Nah, I got my own setup." Ron said, walking over to a wall on the far side of the room, and pushing a button, a monitor came out of the wall, and Wade's face appeared on the screen,
"Report, Wade." Ron said, looking at his friend, and smiling,
"I got a report from Bonnie, it looks like Monkey Fist is in town." Wade said,
"Thanks, Wade, tell Bonnie to keep loose tabs on him, Ron out." Ron said, pushing the monitor back into the wall,
"Why not just go after him, Ron?" Kim asked,
"He hasn't done anything, yet." Ron said, looking at Kim,
"Yeah, but . . ." Kim said, but she was cut off by Ron,
"That's not the way I work, KP, I don't just bust someone for being in town, they need to cross the line, and Monkey Fist hasn't done that yet." Ron said,
"Yeah, but . . ." Kim said, but this time she stopped herself, as she stiffened in place,
"What is it, Kim, what do you see?" Ron asked, looking at Kim, he knew what was happening, he had activated the latent ability to sense danger so well, that it could be tuned in like a radar onto activity that is going on in other places at this moment,
"Killigan." Kim said, her eyes a bright silver,
"Where?" Ron asked,
"Downtown, not too far from here." Kim said,
"Who's he looking for?" Ron asked,
"The Shadow, and me," Kim said, her eyes returning to their normal color, "Ron, we gotta do something."
"I know, suit up, and let's get going." Ron said, throwing Kim her mission clothes, and walking out of the room.
Downtown, at that moment:
Duff Killigan had been hitting his exploding golf balls all over the downtown area in his search for Kim Possible, and this new hero that had come to Middleton, calling himself 'The Shadow,' when one of the two he was looking for appeared almost out of nowhere,
"Looking for me, Duff." Kim said, looking at the rogue golfer, and smiling, there was something different about her, something about her eyes, they weren't their normal color, but a weird silver,
"Aye, lassie, and I'm lookin' for The Shadow." Killigan said, dropping another gold ball to the ground, he hit it in Kim's direction, she batted it away with her fist, as though swatting a very annoying fly,
"You need to get a new life, Killigan." Kim said,
"And you need to know your manners, lassie." Duff said, now charging Kim, who dodged his blow, at that time, a bone-chilling laugh filled the street corner,
"Duff Killigan, nice to meet you." said, the voice,
"Wha in tha." Duff said, spinning around on the spot, the only thing he saw, was a shadow on the wall, but the person that was casting it was nowhere to be seen,
"Where are ye, laddie?" Duff asked,
"I'm all around you, everywhere around you." The Shadow said, causing Duff to look again, this time, the shadow on the wall had pulled out a set of pistols, and was holding them in his hands, readying himself to use the lethal weapons,
"Show ye face to me, boyo, and I'll end ye night." Duff said, he regretted it immediately, the shadows lengthened, and disappeared into a fog bank near to where Kim was standing, when the fog cleared, a man was standing beside of the beautiful young woman, his face hidden behind a red scarf, and a large black panama style hat, he wore a black double breasted suit, and a black turtle neck shirt, and over his back, was a long, high collared black cloak,
"Ask and ye shall receive, seek, and ye shall find." The Shadow said, making Duff's skin go pale,
"You're The Shadow?" Duff asked, looking at his opponent with great fear,
"You catch on fast." The Shadow said, laughing his cold laugh,
"Enough of the taunting, boy, bring it on." Duff said, BIG MISTAKE, The Shadow moved quickly, knocking Duff out before he could get off another exploding golf ball,
"I never understood the game of golf, what's the fun of walking down a grassy field, and batting your balls around." The Shadow said, looking down at his fallen enemy,
"Oh, very funny." Kim said, smiling.
The first mission of Kim, and The Shadow, taking out Duff Killigan, who proved no match for Ron, now, Monkey Fist is in town, and Bonnie is watching him closely, what's he up to, you'll just have to read, and find out.
