Chapter 5
Monkey Fist And Gill
The next morning was Saturday, and Ron was found in Kim's hospital room, sitting by her bed in silent prayer, his prayer book in hand, he didn't look up, until a feminine voice caught his attention,
"We got him, Ron." Shego said, making Ron jump slightly,
"Who?" Ron asked,
"D'oy, Monkey Fist, he's on the move." Shego replied,
"Lead the way." Ron said, standing up from his chair, and walking out of the room, turning off the lights as he went.
In a rented manor house, on the north side of town:
Lord Monkey Fist stood in the study of this Spartan home, pacing the floor, hoping that his next move to get the mystical monkey power away from Ron Stoppable would be a successful one this time,
"If I could just get Stoppable to come to me, that would be easier than trying to find him in this boring slice of suburbia." he said to no one, a few seconds later, he looked as though his prayers were answered, Ron Stoppable was standing in front of him, but the girl that was with him was not Kim Possible,
"I see you got a new partner." Monkey Fist said, looking at Shego with malice,
"Not hardly." Shego said, lighting up her hands,
"Take care of his monkey ninjas, Shego, I've got Monkey Fist myself." Ron said, his eyes narrowing in hatred, and rage,
"I see your confidence has improved, Stoppable." Monkey Fist said,
"You're about to find out I'm full of surprises." Ron said, charging at the monkey master, and connecting with a flawless spinning back kick. The monkey master went flying through the air, and into the wall behind him. It didn't take long for Ron to be on top of him in a hurry,
"Start talking, or I'll loosen your tongue until you either talk, or die." Ron said, landing punch after punch into Monkey Fist's face,
"About what?" Monkey Fist asked,
"You shot Kim, didn't you." Ron said, still continuing his assault,
"No, I did not! To even consider me the shooter. Have you finally lost it, Stoppable?" Monkey Fist asked, completely indignified that Ron would even consider him as doing something so low,
"Then you know something about it." Ron said, now standing to his full height,
"No, I don't. If I wanted Kim Possible dead, I would give her the courtesy of seeing my face." Monkey Fist said, finally realizing that this was why Ron was in his presence,
"What do you know about a break-in at the National Guard Armory?" Shego asked, now laying a hand on Ron's shoulder, more to protect Monkey Fist from the vengeful teenager, than to protect Ron from the monkey master,
"I got an e-mail from here about three weeks ago, someone wanted me to pull a job for them, break into the Armory museum, and take one of the displays." Monkey Fist said,
"What display?" Ron asked,
"A 1903 Springfield rifle." Monkey Fist replied,
"Did you do it?" Shego asked,
"No, I did not, I wanted no quarrels with the U.S. Army." Monkey Fist said,
"Who sent you that e-mail?" Ron asked,
"I don't know, they used an anti-trace protocol." Monkey Fist said,
"But you knew they were here?" Shego asked,
"Yeah, they mentioned the National Guard Armory here, so that's where I figured the message to come from. I was planning to investigate further, and plot a little revenge on the side while I was here." Monkey Fist said.
Ron walked up to Monkey Fist, and slammed the monkey master against the wall, his face contorted with rage,
"If I find out you're lying, you'll not live to regret your mistake." Ron said, making his point clear, by putting his fist through the wall close to Monkey Fist's head.
Once Ron and Shego had cleared the house, the raven-haired woman looked back at Ron,
"Struck out here." Shego said, looking back at the house,
"Yeah, but Drakken's found Gill, time to go talk to a fish." Ron said, making Shego shiver,
"Oh, great, I was hoping we could avoid that." she said, the sarcasm dripping from her voice.
Later that same evening, at the north shore of Lake Gottagrin:
Ron was walking to the waters edge, with Drakken, and Shego in tow, when he saw a mutant footprint,
"Ah, he's close." Ron said, following the footprint, he got the surprise of his life, when Gill's unmistakable voice boomed from behind him,
"Better believe I am, Squeeb." Gill said, beginning his attack, Ron ducked, and flipped through Gill's mutant muck blasts, and found himself in front of the amphibious mutant, kicking him squarely in the chest,
"Looks like Ronnie wants to play rough." Gill said, rubbing his chest,
"Stay down, Gill, if you know what's good for you, no Kim to hold me back this time." Ron said, charging at Gill, who was in a standing position again.
Ron planted a perfect flying side kick into the mutants jaw, sending Gill reeling.
Ron jumped onto the amphibious mutant's chest in a matter of seconds, pinning his hands at his sides, and covering his mouth with his hands,
"I'm not here for a fight, Gill, but I will if I have to, got it?" Ron said, Gill nodded,
"Good, I'm going to remove my hand from your mouth, at that time, I want you to answer a few questions, and you'd better be telling me the truth, or I will PERSONALLY end your miserable existence." Ron replied, now removing his hand from Gill's mouth,
"Ask your questions." Gill said, looking at Ron with hatred in his eyes,
"Did you go bang on Kim?" Ron asked,
"You think I shot Kim?" Gill asked, looking at Ron, the look in his eyes going from hatred, to confusion,
"Yeah, I do, you'd do anything to get at me, even something that low." Ron replied,
"What makes you think that I'd even consider shooting Kim to get at you, Squeeb?" Gill asked, looking at Ron, his anger returning,
"Like I said, you'd do anything to get at me." Ron said, drawing back his fist,
"I'm telling you the truth, man. Okay, so I broke out of Dr. Lurkin's labs to find you, but you gotta believe me, I DIDN'T SHOOT KIM!" Gill said, suddenly fearing for his life,
"You'd better not be lying to me, or I'm gonna chop you up, and use you for shark bait, GOT IT?" Ron said, his hands balled into fists,
"You ain't got it in you, Squeeb." Gill taunted, that was the biggest mistake of his life.
Ron struck swiftly, and without even a second thought, connecting with a hard right hook to Gill's chin, knocking the amphibious mutant out cold,
"Back to the drawing board, who's next on the list?" Ron asked, looking at Drakken, and Shego,
"The Seniors, they're hold up on their little slice of the world at this moment." Shego said, walking out of the woods, and toward Ron's car,
"Yeah, I'll get Wade to call in a favor I got, I'll take you to the Middleton piers, but that's as far as I can go." Ron said, motioning them into his hot rod, at that time, Ron noticed a car parked across the street, it looked like the one that had tailed Drakken and Ron out of the hospital,
"Uh, Dr. D.," Ron said, pointing Drakken to the car, "doesn't that car look familiar?"
"Yeah, it does, it's that madman that followed us from the hospital." Drakken said, looking at the car, and getting into the back seat quickly,
"Get in, Shego, time to loose this sucker." Ron said, getting into the car, and firing up the monster engine. The mystery car immediately took off after Ron, gaining on him quickly,
"Come on, Stoppable, fire this bad boy up." Drakken said, remembering what Ron's car was capable of doing,
"What's he talking about?" Shego asked, just as Ron flipped the switch for the blower.
A loud whining filled the interior of the car, coming from the engine, as Ron looked at the small gauge, affixed to the steering column,
"Buckle up, Shego, 'cause this baby flies!" Drakken said, a wicked smile playing on his face,
"What are you up to, Stoppable?" Shego asked, quickly fastening her seatbelt, her question was answered quickly, as Ron reached for the plunger attached to the gear shifter.
He laced his fingers around it, and pulled it up, activating the blower, within seconds, the car was at its top speed, and still going faster.
Within a few seconds of high speed driving, Ron had lost the car following them, he quickly pulled off to the roadside, killed the engine, and turned off the headlights,
"I'm gonna try to get a good look at this guy." Ron said, watching as the beautiful sports car made its way around the corner, looking at every turnoff, hoping to catch a glimpse of Ron's car.
The car moved past where the three people were parked, the driver never looking in their direction, Ron caught a familiar glimpse of a tall young man, with dyed blonde hair,
"No way, it can't be?" Ron said, his voice full of disbelief,
"Who is it?" Shego asked,
"It's Kim's boyfriend, it's Josh Mankey." Ron said, his eyes still glued to the car in front of him.
Woah, talk about intense, Josh Mankey has been the one tailing Ron all this time, that's gotta leave a sour taste in his mouth, next up, Ron finds out Josh's motive behind why he did it, and a few disturbing drawings in Josh's locker, stay tuned, 'cause I'm about to turn it up a notch.
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Doug