Chosen Destiny
Chapter 6

Ron walked up the drive to Kim's house, under his shirt he was still wrapped up in layers of bandages but his broken ribs had healed to a point where they were more for safety's sake than actual medical need. He thanked whatever God was responsible for giving him accelerated healing and his mother for teaching him the healing spells that he practiced most of the night again and then knocked on the door.

'Hi Ronald, your late.' Her mother answered

'Pardon Mrs P.'

'Kim went to see Monique almost an hour ago.'

'Thanks, I'll try to catch up with her in school. Later.'

'Bye Ronald.' He walked to the end of the drive before turning and heading to the mall. It was too early for school to start so the only place she could meet Monique would be Club Banana.

When he got there he found Monique in the shop, checking the stock on the shelves. 'Oh hi Ron.'

'Hi Mon. Where's Kim?'

'You just missed her. She's headed to school already. I've got a free so I'm pulling some over time.'

'Cool. See you there.'

Outside he pulled Rufus out of his pocket, 'Wan'ta bet we'll just miss Kim before class?'

The mole rat shuck it's little head 'No bet, Kim hiding.'

'Thanks for the confidence vote little buddy.'


'It's alright he's gone.'

Kim poked her head from out of the changing rooms 'Thanks Mon.'

'Never mind that. What's going on with you two? Where have you been the last two days?'

'It's a long story. I've been training with Ron.' Kim blinked out more tears as she came out of the stall, the last day's events still fresh in her mind.

'And now you won't even see him, are you two falling out?'

'NO NEVER!' The thought caused a almost physical pain right next to her heart. 'I got carried away and I hurt him.'

'He looks fine now…'

'You didn't see him last night,' Kim was crying again but didn't care what Mon saw. 'I almost killed him Monique and he wouldn't accept my apologies. I'd beg him if I thought it would work.'

'Why didn't he accept what you said?'

'He said it was no big, he wouldn't even let me finish.'

'Ron looks fine now. It probably was a "no big". I think your panicking over nothing. I really do have a free but you don't, now get!'

'What if…' Kim started

'What if the sky turns purple? What if the sun orbited the Earth? Look girl even if those things happen Ron will still care for you and still be your best bud.' Monique firmly pushed Kim out of the shop and closed the doors.


It was lunch time and Ron picked a vantage point near Kim's locker. She absolutely had to go in there. There was no way she could avoid him this time. Moments after the bell Rufus gave him a signal from his own vantage point on the other side of the hall before keeping out of sight. She crept up to the locker and sped through the combination. Using the more stealthy side of his training Ron picked up Rufus as he slid behind her and folded his arms.
Kim fought an internal battle, one half of her wanted to run to Ron and talk to him. The other half wanted to hide and never come out into the light of day let alone see her best friend. She knew that side was being stupid, cowardly and selfish but it was still winning the battle. Almost growling at the victor Kim closed and locked the cabinet only to turn around and run into something as immovable as a wall. 'Ron…'

'You've been busy, what's up KP?'

'What's up?' How could he ask that I almost killed him last night! She thought. 'I've been thinking, I don't want to be this Slayer person.'

'I don't want to be Ron Stoppable.' He said plainly.

'Why? Don't you want to be my friend?' She could almost feel her heart breaking.

'It's exactly the same as you not wanting to be a Slayer…'

'Ron you can't kill anyone by accident. I can. People like you.' She looked at his feet.

'That's not the worst beating I've taken and it won't be the last. The first rule of a Slayer is the first commandment, with a twist.'

'huh?'

' "Thou shalt not kill nether man nor beast. Thou may only kill those whom are nether" Only two Slayers in history have killed a mortal man. The first is said to have gone insane and staked herself. The other was Faith, she also went insane and became a homicidal maniac. Until she was stopped.' He shook his head. 'My point is you don't have it in you to kill, your nothing like Faith. What you are is a hero, a Champion and a good friend who is welcome to bash my ribs in anytime. Just not anytime soon okay?' He smiled goofily at her, it was so disarming that she burst out laughing.

'Deal.'

'Good, before we have to get to class, one question.'

'Shoot.' She was able to smile again as the cowardly side withered and vanished.

'What was your first Slayer lesson?' He asked as they turned and walked in the same direction to their classes.

'Huh, that whole punch bag not hitting too hard thing…' She dropped her head as she realised what the point was 'oh no.'

'Guess what we're doing tomorrow night.'

'The same thing we do every night?'

'Only if you keep on getting it wrong Pinky.'

'No way are you Brain.'

'I'll have you know that my brain is just as big as his.'

'But Ron, a mouse brain is only a couple of inches.' His sly smile answered back that he knew that. She sighed in an effort to not laugh.

'We have last period together. See you then.' He turned and headed to class 'One last thing Kim. Josh's party is tonight.'

'Yes?'

'He never invited me.'

'You said he did! He said he would!' she burst out

'I know and I'm sorry. I would have to refuse anyway I just thought I should let you know. Have a good party KP.'

She ran up to him and hugged him tight. 'Thanks Ron.'

'KP… Ribs not… healed fully… need to breath…'

'Oh god! I'm sorry.'

'It's alright but you do have to know your own strength one day.'

Kim spent the afternoon thinking about what Ron told her. Too many things were strange in her life. The villains and the world savege was bad enough but the whole new dimension of vampires and demons made things very difficult. Before she left she picked up the dress and present she had bought that morning from her locker.

Her quick stop of at home gave her the time to drop off her school stuff and to tell the tweebs to go and see Ron, something he asked her to do just after the last lesson.

Now she was outside Josh's house, looking around she noticed there wasn't that many cars parked near by.


Josh fidgeted. For the tenth time he glanced around making sure everything was in place. It was. Finally tonight he would get what he wanted for so long.

A short knock came from the door. Opening it he saw Kim in a long dark blue dress that hung off her shoulders and ended just above her knees. 'Hi Kimmie.'

'Hi Josh, sorry I'm late.'

'Not too late, come in.'

'Thank you. Here.' She handed him a large present. 'It's a couple of canvases and a new paint set, I hope that's alright.'

'Of course it is. Thank you.' He smiled. Yes, he would use them in his first new master piece. After tonight he will stun the world with them.

She looked around, 'I'm not the only one late I take it. You know if you had invited Ron he would have been on time.'

'I must have forgot, sorry I've had a lot on my mind.' Josh put down the present and reached for the cloth on the dresser.

'He said he wouldn't be able to come anyway.' She turned to him just as he hid the cloth behind his back. 'I can't believe I'm the only one here yet and I was late.'

'You were the only person I invited.' He admitted as the damp cloth was numbing his fingers.

'What…?' she started. Quickly he reached out and clasped the cloth to her nose and mouth, she struggled for a moment before she collapsed in is arms.


Kim began to come to, her face was cold and her eyes refused to open. She tried to move her hands only to find out that they were handcuffed behind her back and a pole of some sort was between them. Finally opening her eyes she looked around, she was in Josh's living room, facing his window. The pole she was chained to was metal and mounted in the floor quite crudely, all the furniture had been pushed to the sides of the room. The only other thing in the room dominated it, a large symbol was painted on the floor. It was surrounded by candles and what looked to be chicken feet. 'Your kidding. God please tell me this is a very, VERY bad joke.' She sighed.

'I'm sorry its not.' Josh came into view. He was in some sort of robe and he looked a little sad.

'What the hell is going on?'

'Of all the people I know only you appreciate my art. Everyone else laughs at me. You don't know what that's like. You're the only one who takes the time to look at my work, my life.'

'So why am I the one who gets chained up.'

'It's one of the key points of the ritual. I must sacrifice someone dear to me and I get unlimited fame and glory.'

'Sacrifice? Josh you don't have to do this, your good enough all on your own. You don't need to hurt anyone.' If this wasn't a joke than something was seriously wrong with Josh.

'I'm not going to kill you Kimmie. Once I have summoned my master he will consume you and I will get what has been denied me for too long!' Kim almost flinched at the insane glint in his eyes

'Your master? When, exactly, did you lose your sanity? I asked purely out of interest you understand.'

'I'm not mad Kim. I'm desperate. Soon the demon lord Sencatar will be here and I will prove it to you, before he consumes your life and soul.' He turned around, facing the shape on the floor.

Kim felt something was building, a lot of power and in a flash of insight wondered if she could indeed sense supernatural events. Josh was muttering something in what sounded like ancient Latin, as he did a dark hole warped the air above the symbol on the floor. What sounded like a hundred thousand chitterling bugs clawed at the fabric of the universe and the hole grew bigger. The hole was the size of a man when it grew arms and legs, the bugs became louder.

In a horrific thunder clap of sound the bugs were silenced and the hole moulded into something else. It was big and scaly with snakes for hair in its head. Two big gnarled horns came from behind its ears and its mouth literally split its head into two portions. Raged wings were folded around its shoulders as a cloak. Kim almost wilted in terror, It was a demon, for real.

Bottling down her fear she looked into the demons molten red eyes. Projecting all the hatred and confidence she had. Then Kim clenched her fists behind her back, gathering all her strength.

'Full of sprit this one. I will enjoy feasting on her. Afterwards of course.' Its voice sounded like it was ripping its vocal cords apart.

'Just try it.'

'I shall little girl. I shall!'

'You'll lose.' She said quietly, trying to threaten the demon.

'Who do you think you are girl? The Slayer' His scornful laugh followed his words.

'Well now that you mention it…' With a jerk of power she snapped the handcuffs. Stepping to her right she grabbed the metal pole and pulled it out of the floor. In the same movement she brought it around and bent it on the demons head. As it stumbled back she swung with the other end, bending that too. A quick scissor kick to Sencatar's gut dubbed him over and then sent it flying out of the window behind it.

She tossed the pole away and jumped through the broken glass. The demon was rising. It said; 'A Slayer! How could I have been so foolish!' There was a note of panic in its voice.

Kim coldly went up to the demons head and grabbed it by the horns. With all her strength and speed she twisted and pulled at the same time.

Climbing back into the room she headed for Josh. 'You never needed this thing. you are good enough.' Dropping what she was still holding, she headed for the door. 'I hope you enjoy your present.' And with that she left.


Ron and Rufus had finished the oaths with the twins and found it quite amusing that they were so eager to help. They were going through an out of date copy of the Daemonus labarum, a guide to the more common demons that were found in the world, when Kim came down the stairs into the basement.

'Hi Ron, Rufus, Tweebs.' She said before sitting on the bottom step.

'KP I thought you were at Josh's party.' Ron stood up and looked at her. Her bare calves were coated in a purple grunge and she looked like she had been pulled through a hedge.

'I was, things got bad.'

'I'm guessing a demon?' Ron said as Rufus came to Kim's legs and started cleaning them with a damp cloth.

'Some horned guy called Sencatar I think. Josh summoned it.'

The tweebs jumped to their feet. 'We'll look for it!' And they looked trough the bookshelf.

'Did he tell you why?' Ron asked trying to keep his voice even.

'No one likes his work. Apparently if he offered me to this demon lord Josh got what he wanted.'

'Idiot. Never trust a demon.' Ron couldn't hide the anger in his voice this time.

'I guessed that. Still I feel sorry for him, he just wanted to be noticed. I never realised how alone he is.' She looked down at her one clean leg and the pet that was starting on her other. 'Thanks Rufus'

'That's no excuse and you know it.' Ron said in regards to her first statement.

They sat in silence, dwelling on their thoughts as they watched Rufus finish his work. That was until the tweebs interrupted; 'Found him! he's a fear demon.' Said Tim

'He finds people who are insecure and feeds off their fear and paranoia. Twisting them into his slave.' continued Jim

'Then comes the sacrifice of a close friend, that would have been you.' Picked up Tim

'He feeds off the terror of the sacrifice and then threatens his slave to find more.' Said Jim, who passed the preverbal baton to his brother.

'With each sacrifice his grip on the slave is greater and he feeds of the slave until they are too twisted.'

'Finally he kills the slave and finds a new one.'

Ron shook his head, it was all standard demon practice. 'Any word on how to kill him?'

'Just a suggestion.' Tim said.

'Chop his head off.' Jim finished.

'Done.' Kim said in a hollow voice.

'With what?' The four watchers said in unison. All of whom then had to stifle a laugh at the look on her face.

'His horns.' She answered, still shocked at what had just happened.

'How do you behead a guy by his horns?' The tweebs asked in unison.

'Painfully, and violently I suspect.' Ron supplied

'Oh ouch.' Muttered Rufus.

'I was automatic, every thing happened on its own. I didn't even think about it and I just pulled… Is that what a Slayer does?' She said with more than a hint of sadness and loathing.

'Kim you did a good job. You saved Josh, yourself and anyone else who that demon would have killed. Stop this self pity trip right now!' Ron exploded. 'You sound like a child! Gha!' He stormed of to the furthest corner where he punched the solid stonewall. 'Can't you see that you're a force for good in this world. You've been gifted with the power to save the world and you're the one in control of it. You're Kim Possible first and a human second. Then comes your Slayer moniker, for the sake of all the Powers can't you understand that? You'll never be like Faith was.' Ron saw the look in her eyes and knew he had gone too far, he knew he had with the first thought but he had to make her understand.

'Thanks Ron. Your right "sorry" is a word I've used too much recently. I slayed my first demon and it felt good. That's what scared me.' He saw her eyes flash with conviction.

Ron smiled 'It's just the same as defeating those villains.'

'I see that now. However did you put up with all that whingeing'

Jerking his thumb at the tweebs he said 'They gave me a few pointers.'

End chapter 6