Kim Possible: The Sociopath Episode

Disclaimer: KP and Ron are Mark and Bob's. Blade/Valia Erocus Ryan is mine.

Chapter 9: Payback
Kim vs. Blade Round II

Kim was the first to attack, and she fought with everything she had. She already felt the modifications of the battle suit kick in, giving her more adrenaline in the fight. Blade's strategy was slightly different, using much more force in his offense and used more defensive stances than before. She didn't find herself in defense mode as much as before, but she noticed that Blade was suffering from a lot of pain, if not blood loss, from his hand. She didn't care if she used that against him.

He attacked with a palm smash and completely missed, unable to focus with the blood loss. She stepped on his right foot and forced all the pressure in her body to keep it pinned. He would pay for trying to make Ron kill himself and her in the process. No villain had gone that low before, at least not like this.

Kim Possible was pissed.

Blade found himself barraged by several punches to the face, and Kim's foot didn't allow him to fall back. Time stood still. She didn't care if he was conscious or not. The pain that went through her mind came out through her fists straight into his face. Blood started to spurt from behind his mask and stain his suit, but Kim was too angry to notice.

She had snapped and completely lost it. But she didn't realize that she gained something in common with her enemy.

The suit had given her a huge advantage, and Kim noticed it. She hit Blade with everything she could, and nothing appeared to be exhausting her at all. She finished off her onslaught by slamming her elbow straight into his face, completely shattering his mask and sending him flying through a crate, unable to move. Kim stomped her away over to him, yanking his collar, just dying to see who he was. She found that he suffered little more than a bloody nose. The mask protected him.

He was definitely an unfamiliar. He was just as Nev said, no older than she was. He had jet black spiky hair that came down to his neck, having a huge slice wound that started on the right side of his forehead, crossing across his left eye but not blinding it, and ending on his left cheek. Lastly, his eyes were dark all around, like he had lived in his own self-torture for the last few years.

He only laughed as his eyes grew insanely wide.

"The pain... I LOVE it... You complete me, Kimberly Anne!"

Frustrated and angry out of her mind, she let go of him and tried to punch him with a left hook. He caught it with his right hand. She went for a right, and he caught it. But wasn't his left hand bleeding? It was now that she realized the modifications he had made to his suit.

The suit itself was very similar to Kim's in terms of technology. It was a black suit with white linings, padding on all of the body's joints. There also seemed to be some mechanical designs on the arms and legs. Both had a metallic outline, like an outer skeleton. The original purpose had several uses. It could be used as a defensive measure, for the exercise of muscles in combat, and perfecting specific martial arts stances and moves for amateurs. Blade had a different use for it.

Kim had her right arm trapped in a metallic hand. She witnessed the other arm come to life, noticing Blade gaining a huge advantage. The metallic arms came to life, giving him two extra arms to use in combat, and they both knew he was going to use it against her in any way he could. Kim used him as a catapult, pushing her legs off his chest, launching her away from him. She was surprised he hadn't lost consciousness yet.

He wasn't done. His extra arms prevented him from falling on his back, and he pulled out his tongfer again. He revealed that instead of a weapon, it was a container. Inside were four small wristbands that expanded into the actual weapons himself. He placed two on his human hands, and two on his mechanical arms. The beams sparked right out, shining very brightly, but limited in length. In appearance, they were similar to glowing swords on the arms but would spin at the joint if the user wanted it. He had forgotten about his hand and his face; he was too anxious to test out his new weapons.

He smashed all the crates around him just by swiping the tongfer beams into them. Satisfied, he set his eyes onto Kim. He was ready to send her to hell.

She wasn't sure what to do. She was familiar with the technology Blade had stolen. Depending on the heat frequency of the beams, indicated by their color, various things would happen. If it were red, it would slice through you like a knife through hot butter. If it were purple, it would numb your entire body, making it a complete pain to move. If it were yellow, it would paralyze you for six hours, completely disabling all movement of the limbs. Blue was a solid beam, getting hit by it would feel like getting hit by a baseball bat. Lastly, there was a green color, which was a completely experimental color that no one had known the results to. It was after all, an unfinished weapon. Blade didn't care.

Rufus came from beneath Blade, avoiding a tongfer attack that destroyed the ground, sending him flying in Kim's direction. She caught him, but wasn't sure if her suit was resistant to the tongfer's effects. Rufus squeaked a lot, telling Kim to run like hell. She hated to do it, but she did as Rufus instructed. But to make a clean getaway with Ron, she needed a distraction.

She checked her belt for any kind of weaponry. Lucky for her, Nev had given her more smoke bombs. She tossed one in front of her, planning to run into it and make their escape once the smoke engulfed them. To their surprise, as Kim and Rufus ran into the smoke, something came straight out of it, smashing Blade in the face, sending him through the air and nearly knocking him out.

Getting up, he spit out blood trying to get a glimpse of what happened. A dark shadow stood before him.

"Booyah."

It was none other than Ron Stoppable. Hearing this, Kim turned around, unaware to what just happened.

"RON!" she cried, quickly wrapping her arms around him from behind, completely disregarding the whole no-relationship-during-mission deal. Could you blame her? She wasn't more happier in her life, but Ron didn't move.

"Let's finish this." Ron smirked at their enemy, but in a low and bitter voice.

Blade used his metal arms to pick himself back up. "Another day, Stoppable. This is far from over."

Rufus climbed onto Ron's shoulder, dropping the stolen jewel into his hand. Ron juggled it.

"Au contraire." he replied with a smile.

Blade didn't show any kind of concern. "The jewel is worthless now. Take it."

Knowing it was this jewel that caused some sort of mind control over Ron, Team Possible was surprised to hear this.

"The experiment was quite the success," Blade continued, "You truly are the challenge I've been absolutely dying to meet." He was breathing heavily as his mechanical arms returned to their original default position.

Ron had an angry look on his face. "Just who the hell are you?"

Kim hadn't seen Ron this angry before, not enough for him to say 'hell'. It nearly made her afraid. On the side, his confidence in standing up to Blade assured her that she was dating a hottie. Probably not the best thought to go through her head.

Blade just laughed. "My full name is Valia Erocus Ryan. You should consider yourselves quite lucky to know my name. I usually don't tell people my name when they're about to die, but you both complete me, and I won't be satisfied until I've taken your lives..." he ended his speech with a megalomaniacal laugh that surrounded the entire place.

Kim rolled her eyes. "Drop the drama already, would you?"

Ron wasn't intimidated a bit. "Yak yak yak, so why do you want us dead, anyway? What did we ever do to you?"

"Nothing," Valia replied. "Once I saw the news on your prom night, listening to the details of Lipsky's world domination plan, and after everyone said it was the most difficult and challenging mission you went on, I found myself able to pinpoint the many flaws of his plan and why he failed. You can merely strike an opponent's weakness, but you have to use it to its full potential to destroy your enemy. That was why he failed. You can have the perfect guy play the girl, but he has to remove her from the picture completely, and same for the guy who loves a fast food restaurant more than anything. I figure that I can get into this world domination super villain business and dominate the planet and shape the future to my own tastes. But before I do that, I have to remove the one element that will interfere. You. Once I take you out, everything will fall into place. No one will be able to stop me."

Ron ignored his psychotic rantings. "So, all this because of a girl?"

Kim and Valia froze. Shortly, Valia just smirked. "So, he told you about her. That's old news. This isn't about her anymore. Amazing that you're dating a cheerleader, Stoppable; one who is smart, pretty, strong, and has her heart in the right place. It took her long enough. Unfortunately for everyone else I know, it's still all about the food chain. Quite pathetic, don't you think?"

Kim barely cooled down. Most of the villains weren't recent with anything regarding the high school culture she sometimes hated to be a part of. This guy knew what he was talking about at some point, but it still annoyed her.

"So, what do you think this is going to accomplish?" she asked with an annoyed tone.

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I could care less what happens to me. Go ahead, kill me. End my life here and now. Try and see if you can. The world was created so it could be destroyed over and over by the corruption of humanity. I could take the law into my own hands and smash this world with an iron fist. But you, you are the only obstacle, the greatest challenge, the one who makes my blood boil. But no, I won't be the one to finish you off. No, I've already gotten an idea on how to kill you both, and there's not going to be anything you can do to stop it."

Kim and Ron were about ready to silence him for good, when a small round device fell from his hand, exploding. Kim's battle suit created a force field, protecting her, Ron and Rufus from the debris. When the smoke finally cleared, Valia was gone, but not without a trace. Other than the huge pool of blood where he stood, there was a trail of blood that led out of the factory, but that was it. He was gone. He escaped the same way Kim and Ron had gone in, the roof.

Before Ron could say anything, Kim grabbed his collar and pulled him in for a deep kiss. In response, he just held her tightly. Both were still in a state of disbelief to what just happened, but both were relieved to see each other. Tears rolled down each of their eyes, nearly adding a flavor to their lip lock.

Finally, Kim pulled away and buried her head in Ron's chest. "Ron... I was so scared..."

Ron never saw Kim like this, and he couldn't blame her. "I'm so sorry, KP. I could see everything that was going on, but I couldn't do anything about it." he replied in a shaky voice.

Rufus also joined the hug, but found himself almost squished as Kim and Ron kissed once again.

A beam of bright light broke the kiss off as the moonshine came through the windows on the roof. It was a full harvest moon. GJ guards started to storm the area as Kim and Ron set out to help revive the guards. Just how long had they been out?

It had only been twenty minutes since Kim and Ron first entered the factory.

A few minutes passed, and the guards told them that they had things under control, so they could leave if they wanted to. They had been through a lot, so it was time to leave. Rufus jumped into Ron's pocket as he helped Kim onto his scooter, then got on and started it up. He noticed that Kim was holding him more tightly than ever.

A dark figure walked on the roof of the opposite building, spying on the couple as they sped into the night, placing his bloody hand on the edge of the building.

"So now, their weakness is each other. Well, this will make things much more interesting the next time we meet. Phase one is complete."