"Of Friends and Foes"
Chapter 3: A Message From the Other Side
Early that morning Kim's parents returned to the hospital. They were very happy to see their daughter up and awake again. They talked for a little while and when Ron left to get breakfast, Kim's mother told her that Ron had never left the hospital since they had arrived. She said Ron had seemed different, sad one moment, angry the next, and determined after that, not his usual carefree self. Later on the doctor came around and gave Kim a check up. He gave her a clean bill of health and that afternoon she was released.
When they returned to school a couple of days later, everyone was glad to see that Kim was okay. They asked her what had happened and she told them the best she could. Doing so reminded her of the unfortunate event over and over again, but when she got depressed, she always found Ron at her side to cheer her up. Monique noticed this and smiled to herself to see her friends growing closer. Through it all, Kim noticed that something was missing from the scene, but she could not put her finger on it. She asked Ron if he noticed it too, he said yes but he didn't know what it was either. They decided it was nothing and forgot about it until a week later.
It was early in the morning. Kim and Ron were walking to school when Wade called. "What's the sitch Wade?" said Kim when she answered the Kimmunicator.
"You've got a weird e-mail on your site. Its sender ID says it is from T." Kim and Ron looked at each other.
"What does it say?' they said together. "Not much it says Middleton High School, seventy-six, twelve, twenty-eight, and nine."
Kim thought for a minute, "Sounds like a locker number and a combination."
"That's what I thought," said Wade.
"We'll check it out when we get there Wade," said Kim. A few minutes later they arrived at the school and located the locker. "Okay, here is locker number seventy-six," said Kim. She turned the combination dial left and right stopping at the numbers from the e-mail. 'Twelve, twenty-eight, nine." She pulled on the latch and the door opened. Inside were a large sealed envelope and a letter addressed to Kim.
Kim read the letter aloud while Ron opened the envelope. "Kim Possible, you are reading this because something has happened to me. The e-mail you received was set to be sent if I did not reset it during the period of one week. You might be wondering why I have this locker here at your school. That is because it is my cover in your town. After we met during that giant robot fiasco, I was impressed by your skill and transferred here to Middleton. You did not recognize me, but that was necessary for me to do what I needed to do. Inside the envelope that is with this letter, you will find my cover ID along with two others."
Ron looked inside the envelope and pulled out three ID cards. The first was a state issued drivers license. The picture on it closely resembled T, if they did not know who it was they would not have recognized it. The name on the ID was William Brandon Good. "William Good?" said Ron quizzically, then it dawned on him who it was. "Willy B. Good!"
'Do you know that name Ron?" asked Kim.
"Yeah, he always kept to himself, sat in the back of class, I think he slept the whole time but always passed every test, no matter what. Now I know why." He looked at the other two, "Hey these have our names on them." He showed them to Kim and sure enough they had Kim's and Ron's names on them. Kim took hers and looked it over. On the top left corner was her picture, beside that was her name, date of birth, height, weight, hair color, eye color, race, sex, and location number which was a long digit divided into three parts. Written on the right side of the card in large bold capital letters was HDPD and clearance level A. The last thing on the card was a barcode along the bottom.
"What are these for, and what is HDPD?' asked Ron.
"I don't know," said Kim, "maybe it's in the rest of the letter." She continued reading the letter. "The other two ID cards are for you and Ron. These are clearance passes that allow you access into most government facilities around the world. These cards are only temporary though; they will expire one year from today. As with the e-mail, the ID cards were activated by non-activity from me. I was going to test you, to see if you were ready to join us yet. That is why I was here by the way, I was watching you and waiting for the right moment to test you and Ron. Alas that seems to not be the case right now, but the cards should help you out if all hell breaks loose. Perhaps my predicament isn't as bad as all that and I will return in due time, but be wary of an imposter. There is another that looks like me and even at times pretended to be me, but he is an enemy, his name is Akuma. But let us not dwell on the bad and hope for the better. In the mean time let me welcome you into the HDPD. What does this mean? Let's keep that a secret for now, we can use it as a password since Akuma does not know what it means. Guardian T."
"Guardian T huh," said Ron as they walked down the hallway. "Do you suppose that's what the medallion stands for?"
"I guess. Hey Wade check this out." Kim held up her card to the computer screen in her locker.
"An ID card huh." Wade scanned the card, "Whoa! You're not going to believe this, but that is a high-level security clearance card."
"How high is it?" asked Kim.
"Very high. The CIA, FBI, they have nothing on this. You could get into Area Fifty-one with it, easy."
"Wow, that is high," said Ron.
"That's not all," said Wade, "The name on the card, HDPD, is slightly mentioned in the histories of the world, most commonly when the current world governments were created. There are even stories that it is even older than the rumored Illuminati. It's amazing that you were giving a membership."
"A temporary one as least Wade. I wonder what he meant by 'they would help if all hell breaks loose?' In the letter though, it sounded like he could get out of whatever trouble he got into and come back when needed. Could it be that he is still alive somewhere?"
Ron shook his head. "Kim, we've been through this before, he could not have survived that explosion. I mean he was only human, right?"
"Yeah, you're right," said Kim. "Talk to you later Wade." She closed the locker and her and Ron went to class.