Kim Possible: The Sociopath Episode

Disclaimer: KP and Ron are Mark and Bob's. Blade is mine.

Chapter 8: Betrayal
Kim encounters a fight to the death with her worst fear.

Kim and Ron had infiltrated the GJ weapons factory through the roof. The place had definitely been attacked; several unconscious guards surrounding the facility and smoke filled the entire area, severely limiting visibility. To make things scary, the place was active, all sorts of metallic clanging heard from all over the place. Kim was ready to test her upgraded battle suit.

Her attention went to her left after hearing a loud crash noise, but Ron heard something from the other side of the factory. He was about to run off to investigate, but Kim grabbed his shoulder, almost making him fall on his back.

"Ron, it's too dangerous," she whispered, "Neither of us can take him on our own."

The eerie darkness and destruction of the facility almost make Kim's knees shake, since the factory noises became random. They both walked slowly throughout the place, hoping to get into an area where visibility was stronger. Suddenly, the fans turned on, clearing most of the smoke.

Kim grabbed Ron's shoulders and looked straight at him. "Ron, I hate saying this, but we're going to have to split up and look for him. If you find him, don't attack or get his attention. Call me and we'll try to take him down together," she whispered, "For now we just need to find him."

Ron nodded, and before Kim was about to depart, he grabbed her and yanked her in for a quick kiss on the lips. Her eyes rolled back in the lock.

"I told you I wouldn't disappoint." Ron smirked, shortly before disappearing into the smoke.

Kim wasn't sure if she did something smart or incredibly stupid, but they weren't going to find them at the rate they were going. That smack on the lips sure was a confidence booster, though.

Ron found himself surrounded by several transportation crates, placing him in a maze of sorts. Rufus popped out of his pocket as Ron quietly instructed him to run if anything should happen to him. There was still smoke in the area, making Ron uncertain if he should've separated from Kim. It was too late now. Then he noticed a steaming noise turning off, and in response ran towards it. He found a pipe that had acid burn through it. Clearly, this is where the smoke came from, but there wasn't any pressure pushing it through anymore.

"KP! Found something suspicious!"

Kim heard Ron clearly, and dashed her way through the factory in Ron's direction.

Unknown to Ron, he walked right into a trap. A dark figure appeared behind him, and before the blink of an eye, the figure covered his mouth and shoved something into his back, making Ron violently vibrate for a split second before falling unconscious. The figure behind him held a taser.

Rufus had made a quick getaway, watching in fear as Ron was slowly dragged off.

Kim finally arrived, calling out for Ron.

"Ron! Ron? Where are you?"

She noticed the suspicious acid-burned pipe. Ron should've been here.

"Oh no..."

She already feared the worst, but turned around as the wind cleared the area.

"I regret to inform you that your partner will not be joining us this evening, Kimberly Anne." came a ghoulish robotic voice.

Blade appeared before her, calm with his hands behind his back. Kim got into a fighting stance. Noticing this, he chuckled.

"I thought you said it was too dangerous to take me on all alone. I see we've gotten confident."

Inside his hand he held the very weapon he was looking for, a tonfa that emitted a small light beam from each end. For some reason, this weapon had been dubbed the name, 'tongfer' for some reason. It was a classified and incomplete weapon.

Kim stood defiant in her stance. "What is it that you want, Blade? First a jewel with low value, and now an incomplete weapon?"

"What is it that I want?"

He emitted a psychotic and malicious laugh that surrounded the entire factory.

"Kimberly Anne, it is you that I want."

Kim slightly lowered her guard. "Me?"

"Indeed. I caught the news a few nights back. 'Kimberly Anne Possible, world teen hero, foiling a global plot by Drew Dr. Drakken Lipsky.' That, and the news that you and your longtime friend and sidekick Ron Stoppable started dating, since it was you prom night. How touching."

Kim's eyes became angry the second Ron's name came up. "Leave him out of this!"

"Oh, but I can't do that. You see, Ron is going to assist me in my plan."

Kim nearly bit her lip. "Ron would never help you."

Blade's shoulders shook from his laughter. "Ron isn't only going to help me in my plan, but he's also going to kill you. Ronald!"

Behind him, Ron emerged from the smoke. His expression was dark, blank, and confident. There were no visible signs of mind control on his body.

"Ron Stoppable, your first mission as my new apprentice will be to kill your one and only girlfriend, Kim Possible. Show no mercy."

Ron cracked his knuckles, charging at Kim with a devilish smile on his face.

"Ron? Ron!" Kim had no choice but to evade.

She quickly jumped out of the way, sending Ron's right hand smashing into the crate behind her. She jumped from crate to crate, but to her disbelief, Ron had no trouble pursuing her. She tried to flee to the highest wires in the factory, hoping Ron wouldn't reach her. This would give her time to develop a strategy. Such look wouldn't come. He was stalking her and equipped with a knife he took from the crate he smashed earlier. The wires at the top of the factory weren't strong and very fragile. Ron could have just jumped on them hard enough and both would be falling to their deaths sixty feet below. Instead, he taunted her, motioning his knife at the wires.

Kim had to think fast. If Ron cut the wires, it was a sixty foot drop to the floor form here. Kim had jumped from high ground before, but they were too high. If she tried to flip and land on her feet, she would surely shatter every bone below her waist. Ron wasn't one to land on his feet; he would surely be killed. She would normally use her grappling hook, but she wouldn't do it unless she could save Ron. The problem there was that he could easily attack with the knife, either wounding her, or cutting the cord, still sending them to their deaths.

Out of desperation, she charged at Ron at full speed. She hoped she could disarm him before it was too late. He started to laugh maniacally as he noticed Kim trying to run across the wires. As the distance between them closed, so was the distance between the knife and Ron's throat. There was no turning back for Kim. Each step closer, each millimeter closer the knife came.

She barely made it, as the knife was only pushing on Ron's skin, unable to penetrate it. Struggling with Ron, she knocked the weapon from his hand and finally noticed something, a small purple sticker on his neck. That, and he hadn't spoken a word during the fight. She couldn't turn her focus on Blade just yet as much as she wanted to. What she feared would happen did; she had to fight Ron, and any small mistake this high could end his life.

Blade was clearly enjoying the fight, and it distracted him from the third factor in the team; Rufus. Rufus was on Blade's leg, climbing so slow that Blade didn't notice him. He had a target; Blade held a remote behind him in his left hand, holding the tongfer in his right. Sure enough, the very jewel he stole was fueling Ron's mind control, locked into the remote. Rufus had to disarm him, but time was against him.

Finally knocking Ron onto a lower level, out of the wires, she leapt from machine to machine, heading lower. She didn't realize how much she risked his life, and the thought nearly scared her to death. That didn't stop Ron, who was still in clear pursuit. His Tai Shing Pekk Kwar had kicked in and was flawless. If Kim tried to take on Blade, Ron could interfere and take her out, or worse, team up with Blade.

She landed on a crane and nearly lost her footing. Turning around, she saw nothing but a foot right on her face. She had been knocked off, but the suit managed to protect her against the fall, but not entirely. She was still in pain as Ron landed next to her, without a drop of sweat on his face. Kim was still down, and he slammed one knee on her spine, the other on her neck.

Seeing this, Rufus made his final and desperate attempt to unarm Blade. He quickly climbed to his left hand and sunk his teeth as hard as he could into it, not letting go. Blade screamed in pain, dropping the remote and trying to shake off Rufus. The jewel had fallen from the remote.

Ron suddenly lost consciousness and fell straight on his face. Kim got up, looking for that purple sticker she saw on Ron's neck, but it was nowhere to be seen. Picking up her tears, she charged straight at Blade, who was finally successful in shaking off Rufus.

Just as he noticed her, Kim stopped and slowly walked towards him, cracking her knuckles. "You don't know just how low you went, Blade. Now, it's personal…" she growled.

Releasing his grip from his hand, he coldly stared at her. "Bring it.."

He let his hand bleed as he gestured for her to come forth with his other. He still had the tongfer weapon, and he wasn't going to let a deep wound force him to retreat.