Ron Stoppable: Eraser for the NSA p 5
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Seeing Kim and a Surprise
Ron makes his way through the crowd when he sees the familiar and flippy red hair that he fell in love with so long ago. He sees her talking to a blond and holds his finger to his lips. He gets to her, covers her eyes and says, "Guess who, KP."
Kim smiles, removes his hands, turns around and says, "Ron. I haven't heard that for a long time. What did you do with your hair? It's my color." She then slaps him, giggles and hugs him, saying, "Welcome home, Ron. I've missed you so much." She moves away from him, a blush coming to her cheeks.
Ron sighs and chuckles, saying, "Likewise, KP. Likewise. Hello Tara." Tara King waves at him as the two hug each other again and continue holding one another until they hear a familiar throat clearing.
They look and see Mr. Barkin. Mr. Barkin nods and walks around Ron sizing him up and noticing a faint, yet familiar, outline. "Stoppable, what are you doing with a gun?"
Ron replies, "Part of the job, Mr. B. All Government employees are required to have some kind of arm on them at all times."
Mr. Barkin mulls this over and says, "Let's see it, son." Ron nods and brings it out, disarming it as he hands it to Mr. Barkin. Kim, Tara and even Mr. Barkin is impressed with the way Ron did it. Mr. Barkin then describes it out loud. ".357 magnum Desert Eagle. Eight round magazine, single action, ported barrel. Capable of blowing a radiator into oblivion. Nice arm, Stoppable." He hands it back to Ron and watches him rearm the weapon.
Tara walks around him and sees the Ranger patch on his Uniform. She giggles as she tries to imagine Ron living off the land. Ron catches this and says, "Actually, living off the land is not that bad. Just the same though, I prefer Bueno Nacho." At that, Kim has a good laugh when she feels a tug on her arm.
She looks down and sees Ronnie looking up at her. She sighs and looks at Ron, telling him, "Ron, you may want to have a seat." Ron nods and does so, Mr. Barkin and Tara leaving them be. When they're clear, Kim says, "Ron, when you disappeared, it broke me up inside. But then it started feeling like you never left me." She draws Ronnie up close and says, "Ron Stoppable, meet your son, Ronnie Possible." She smiles at Ron, wondering how he'd react.
Surprisingly enough, he takes it well. "When is his birthday? I've got years to make up for." Tears falling from his eyes, he says, "I'm sorry, KP. I really am." Kim reaches over and strokes his cheek, nodding she forgives him.
Suddenly, they hear loud rumbling and feel shaking. Ron takes them down under the table just when the blast's shockwave hits the gym, blowing everybody down. Out of the corner of his eyes, he sees Bonnie and Josh exchange a massive high five and goes into battlefield mode.
He turns to Kim and Ronnie, telling them, "Stay put. I'll be right back. Gonna interrogate Josh and Bonnie."
As Ron makes his way to them, Kim yells, "What do they have to do with this!" She then starts seeing about tending to the wounded, Ronnie right at her side.
Ron starts chasing after them when he notices they are running away from him. He draws his weapon and yells, "NSA! Freeze!" He fires a warning shot above their heads and they don't stop running. He keeps running after them and fires again. This time it hits the windshield of Josh's car. Both turn toward him, a snarl on their faces.
Bonnie then reaches into the car and pulls out an AK-47 and starts firing at him. He ducks out of the way in time and the rounds hit a parked car. She then yells, "The NSA is full of losers, you Jewish infidel loser! The Black Jihad will win this jihad! The Great Satan will fall to it's knees and plea for mercy!" She then lets out an evil laughter as she and Josh start getting into his car.
Ron pops back up and yells, "I don't mind killing terrorist imbeciles, or their sleepers, you homicidal bitch!" To prove his point, he sends another hollow-point in her direction and is rewarded with a scream of pain. As Josh drives out of the parking lot, Ron keeps firing until his magazine comes up empty.
Ron growls and ejects the empty magazine, picking up a fresh magazine and sliding it home. He hears Kim walk up behind him and ask, "What just happened, Ron? Did Bonnie go crazy? I thought you're a Ranger."
Ron replies, "In that order, it was a bomb, yes, Bonnie's crazier than before, given she's a terrorist sleeper. Josh is in on it. And I was a Ranger. I'm with the NSA as part of an elite CTU." Kim blinks in confusion as she tries to find the words.
"You mean you're with a Counter-Terrorist Unit? How did this happen?"
Ron sighs and replies, "I'll tell you everything I'm cleared to. Some of it, I'll have to edit out. Basically, I'm 'Eraser'. I erase the worst terrorists on the globe. Remember that guy they found in Houston, Texas? The one with all the nails in his body."
Kim frowns in thought and says, "That was you? What happened to the sweet guy I fell in love with?"
Ron says, "He's still about. I'm still in Battlefield mode. I love the smell of gunpowder in the evening. It smells like victory." He goes soft and asks, "What's the damage, death toll, that kind of thing?"
Kim replies, "Tara and Mr. Barkin received some slight wounds, Monique's all right, just badly scratched up. Everyone else saw you getting down and followed your example. Death toll was zero fatalities. All are safe and alive, thanks to you, Ron." She walks up and hugs him, asking, "Where do we go now?"
Ron replies, "We go hunting for psychopathic sleepers. Sleepers by the names of Josh Mankey and Bonnie Rockwaller. They are sleeper agents for a terrorist cell run by a bozo named Abu Ahmad. The cell's name is Black Jihad. I suppose you heard about a boat bombing in L.A. Harbor last night."
Kim smiles and says, "You've certainly kept busy, Ron. One more thing. Where's Rufus?"
Ron frowns and replies, "He died before I left town. I buried him at the side of the road on the way to the Processing Center." Kim starts tearing up and hugs her dearest friend. He goes on. "I didn't know he died when I wrote that letter to you that night. I figured you'd get curious enough to check on Rufus if the time got close and I hadn't shown up."
Kim looks up, strokes his face and says, "I'm so sorry about Rufus, Ron. At least we had some good times together." She giggles and kisses him passionately, just like back at Prom. She then says, "Let's start hunting, 'Eraser'. We better find those nutty losers before innocent people get killed by those loony nutjobs." Ron nods in agreement and sees Ronnie walking toward them.
He bends down and asks, "How'd you like to ride in a Humvee, Ronnie?"
Ronnie nods and says, "As long as we get to hurt the people responsible, I'm game."
Ron has only one response and Kim joins in, "Boo-yah!"
Meanwhile, in Josh's car, Bonnie is groaning in pain. The bullet from Ron's gun went right into her left bicep, tearing a massive chunk of flesh from it. Josh hands her a thick and clean cloth, intending for it to slow the bleeding until they can get to an 'Underground Doctor' that often did business with the Black Jihad.
Josh snarls and asks, "How did that loser get to be so good with a gun? Long time ago, if you mention guns around him, he'll just plain freak out, not counting monkeys. Now, he's a hard core soldier? I'm sorry, 'Fatima', but I don't buy that. Not one bit."
Bonnie growls as she replies, "Like you said, 'Saddam', Rangers are very hard to kill and they have specialized training to kill the Great Satan's enemies without any guilt or remorse." She then scowls and says, "I think he's 'Eraser'. If we can get him, it'll be a big feather in our caps. He'll be so impressed, he'll have us on the front lines against the Great Satan. Wouldn't that be lovely?"
Josh considers this and nods in agreement, saying, "But be warned. Sheik Ahmad doesn't tolerate failure very well. We'll contact him after we eliminate 'Eraser', Kim and her brat child." Bonnie smiles her snarky smile and they shortly arrive at the office of the 'Underground Doctor'.
