Kim Possible: The Sociopath Episode

Everyone except Valia Ryan and Nev Killbourne were made by Bob and Mark.

Chapter 19: Battle Royal
Valia has successfully put Kim and Ron under mind control. What now?

Valia had set both Kim and Ron up on opposite sides of the room, both chained to the floor below and unconscious. Ron still needed time to recover, but Kim would wake on his command. In spite of this, he decided that he'd let the two have some final words, disabling the mind control on each. Somewhat proud to have both Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable as his own puppets, he sat high on a huge throne on the side of the room, perpendicular to the place where Kim had been suspended. The only lights in the room were two spotlights, one focused on each teen.

Ron had started coughing, regaining consciousness. He tried to lift himself up, but the chains only allowed him to get on his knees. Valia woke Kim just as Ron was opening his eyes, disabling the mind control for now.

Kim was about fifteen feet away from where Ron was and in the exact same position he was in. This had been the first time in three weeks that he had seen her conscious, and the first for her to see him at all.

"KP?" he sighed in relief, "You're okay!"

"Ron?" she also sighed in relief, "You came!"

Valia sat silently in the darkness, shaking his head. He would let the two talk, for now.

Ron almost had tears in his eyes. "I wasn't sure if I'd ever see you again!"

She returned the thought, "Ron... You don't know how happy I am to see you alive! I didn't know what became of you after what happened."

He sighed, "You slammed my head into the concrete and I suffered a mild concussion. It could've been worse."

She lowered her head, "I'm sorry, Ron. I didn't know what was going on. But... how long has it been?"

"Three weeks. I'm sorry, KP, but we couldn't track you, so I went to Japan."

Kim looked away. "You didn't go to see that Yori girl, did you?"

"No, just to train myself at Yamanouchi. I wasn't sure that I would have better luck saving you if I found you, so..."

"I see." she dimly smiled, "Did you have to break the news to her, that Yori girl?"

"She was elsewhere." he responded.

Kim took a closer look at Ron, noticing the dark color around his eyes and that his hair looked pale.

"You look different." she calmly spoke.

"Things haven't been well since you went missing."

"It shows…"

"I didn't know if I'd ever see you again, or what happened to you. Didn't know if you were dead or alive." he confessed.

"So you came down here to save me?"

"I made a promise. I wasn't going to return home without you."

"That's so sweet, Ron."

"You're worth it." he smiled, "I can't live without you."

She blushed, "Neither can I, Ron. I'm glad I can still count on you."

"It's not over yet, KP."

Silence.

"If we never get out of this, Ron, I want you to know that I've cherished our friendship and that I love you."

"We will get out of this, KP. And right back at ya."

Their conversation was interrupted by a loud voice in the dark.

"Enough! I can't take anymore of this!" shouted an infuriated Valia. "You're chained to the floor and all you two can do is think of each other! Tell me what drives this madness!"

Ron and Kim looked at each other briefly, before smirking at their captor, "Love and friendship," they said in unison. No jinx jokes.

Valia snapped, laughing as his sanity was lost. So much for his dark and calm attitude.

"Something that won't last much longer," Val bawled, the white linings of his suit glowing purple, as opposed to last time when it was just his back.

"Ron Stoppable?"

"Kim Possible?"

"I present to you your final fight. Kill each other."

Unable to fight it, both their eyes turned purple, easily breaking the chains off as they entered their fighting stances. Valia couldn't be more pleased as they charged at each other. Best friend versus best friend, partner versus partner, boyfriend versus girlfriend.

Someone wasn't going to leave here alive.

Rufus hid himself behind Val's throne. The suit had to have some kind of weakness, but from where he was at, he couldn't tell. He had to wait before striking. If he went too early or too late there would be trouble.

Kim began the fight as she ran to tackle Ron, which wasn't hard to predict. He stopped and caught her, spinning a few times as he threw her to the floor. She landed on her hands, using them to propel herself back at Ron. She tried throwing several punches at him, which were much better placed than the last time, but Ron blocked all of them just by pushing them out of the way. He managed to push one of her fists away so far that he turned her around. Catching this, she back flipped and landed behind him, facing his back. She tried to go in for a reverse clothesline at the back of Ron's neck, and as she was sending him to the floor, he twisted himself and wound up landing on her, slamming her into the floor instead. Between the floor and Ron, she pushed Ron upward with her knees as she flipped backward, knocking Ron on his face and landing on him, slamming her knees into his spine.

This was much more entertaining than Val had originally anticipated. It was clear that Ron had improved his skills, but Val was actually experimenting with a study on fighters and martial arts. They are all trained to maintain a sense of balance within themselves. However, if you're able to remove things like human emotion from a fighter, whether it be mind control or brainwashing, they are able to unleash their full potential. Each time one or the other took damage, Val squealed in joy.

Ron being kicked in the head by Kim. Kim being punched by Ron in the face. Ron being smacked around by Kim's punches. Ron throwing Kim over his shoulder and forcing his foot in her gut as she landed. Ron falling face-first into the floor. Kim's spine smacking the steel floor. Kim head butting Ron straight into the wall then kicking his gut against the wall. Ron slamming Kim's head into the wall, Kim turning the tables by grabbing his arms, switching, and slamming his head into the wall. For endless fight.

Valia wondered how he ever took Kim out with merely two moves the first time they encountered each other. She and Ron had so many moves up their arsenal, so many brutal techniques that most people couldn't afford to watch. He doubted that either of them, especially Ron, had ever used these brutal attacks when attacking villains. It would've made them much more feared in the teen hero world. It didn't matter. As long as he had both of them under his control, he could have his puppets entertain him whenever he pleased, unless they actually did manage to kill one another. Still, a fight to the death involving a high school cheerleader and an outcast? The thought alone made his day. This is where his hours of research and execution paid off.

Rufus still studied Val's suit from behind him, while trying to keep clear of his visibility. The suit glowed purple, but there had to have been a source. Was it the back? A lot of light generated from there, but Val was too close to the back of the seat. Rufus would have to get next to him to get a better look, but he had to make sure he wouldn't be noticed, and he only hoped that Valia didn't move too much in his chair.

Kim and Ron were still at it, both sweating but showing little signs of exhaustion. Ron leapt over Kim, hoping to grab her head and slam it into the floor on the way down. She activated her suit's force field. He instantly ricocheted into the wall, and as he fell, he grabbed Kim's head and took it down with him.

When she got up, Kim shot her arm up, releasing her grappling hook in an attempt to place herself on the opposite side of the room to distance herself away from Ron. He wouldn't allow it. As she started swinging away, he jumped onto the wall and ran on it, grabbing a shuriken from his belt and throwing it towards the grappling cord, slicing it and sending Kim falling. She landed on her feet as Ron jumped off the wall and dove at her, knocking her down.

Rufus was getting worried. A little closer.

Both were in the center of the room again, and Kim jumped and twirled in the air, leaving Ron curious what she was going to do. A kick. This also left her open if it was avoided, and Ron thrusted his elbow into her gut as his face met her foot. Both staggered for a few seconds, then continued their duel.

Valia leaned forward to get a closer glimpse of the action, making life much easier for the mole rat he didn't know was behind him.

A mind-controlled Kim didn't know everything her suit had to offer. In a desperate attempt to destroy her opponent, she charged her suit full of electricity, transferred the energy into her own hands, hurling two electrical beams at Ron. He was quick to counter, activating his own force field from his suit, sending both beams back at her. She was able to slap one of them back into Ron, one smacking him, the other smacking her, knocking both over.

Rufus couldn't wait a second longer. Valia was literally on the edge of his seat watching the action. Then Rufus saw it. Straight in the middle of Val's back was the... Crimson Shenitz Jewel? But hadn't they retrieved it? Whatever, the glow it emitted was clearly the same glow visible in Kim and Ron's eyes. Rufus quickly looked where Ron and Kim where, and with what he saw, he jumped for the jewel. It was now or never.

Ron and Kim were choking each other at this point. It was anyone's game. Whoever passed out first would lose. Suddenly, a spark broke from their eyes, the purple glow fading from their eyes. That instant, Kim and Ron realized what was going on, releasing their grip from each other.

"Ron?"

"Kim?"

"What are we..." they asked in unison.

Valia couldn't believe his eyes. "What? Impossible! But..." he quickly turned to his back, finding a naked mole rat holding the very jewel that fueled the mind control.

"Hello!" waved an uneasy Rufus.

Valia didn't care anymore. In his frustration, he just swatted his hand at Rufus, knocking him straight into the air. Since Val's throne was pretty high, Rufus was falling over thirty feet below. Kim immediately launched her grappling hook at the ceiling with one hand and grabbed Ron's hand with the other. She launched herself across the room, hurling Ron at Rufus to catch him safely.

"You did it, buddy!" Ron smiled as he caught his pet.

"Booyah!" Rufus cried with a thumbs up, holding the jewel in his open hand.

This was quick to puzzle both Kim and Ron. Ron grabbed it.

"Um, KP? Didn't we already grab this?"

He had already forgotten about what just happened, as Kim was about to wrap her arms around him, if it weren't for the metal clanging that was growing louder.

"The one you retrieved was a fake. The real one was inside my suit the entire time, and that's all I needed."

Valia jumped straight off this throne, flipping in the air several times before landing on the floor, sending debris everywhere.

"Funny, isn't it? They tell you that it's a gem with little to no value, and everyone believes them, heroes and villains alike. Then you do a little research, and you find when mixed with the proper radio and heat frequencies that it enables full mind control."

Both Kim and Ron had heard enough. They ripped the metal purple stickers from their necks and crushed them in their fingers. They both got into battle stances.

"Kim, I am so sorry I couldn't save you and well, just tried to kill you," Ron sheepishly whispered.

"No big," she whispered back, "I'm just glad that you're okay, and about the killing each other thing? We were under mind control."

Ron smiled as his eyes focused on their approaching opponent, "So, after we take care of him, how does Bueno Nacho sound?"

Kim rolled her eyes before focusing them on their current danger. "Ron, as hungry as I am, now's so not the time."

Valia stood before the two, taking note of their stances as his disappointment faded away. "Well, I suppose the next part isn't going to be very surprising."

That moment, it appeared that he was levitating above the floor, and decided to finally reveal every enhancement he made to his suit. Giant 1-foot sharp metal claws emerged from each of his human fingers, each of the fingers on his mech-hands grew into their own arms, and this time, the mechanics in his legs came to life, one giant claw for each leg. He was now a tiny human with 22 long and sharp metallic claws. All of it looked extremely light, and this was bad. If they were heavy, it would severely slow down Val's agility and speed. Also, he had all four tongfers equipped.

"Prepare yourselves," Valia spoke, "It was nice knowing you, Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, but I can't have you in a future that I plan to shape in my image."

After bowing to them in a respectable manner, he charged at them with blood in his eyes.

Kim and Ron smiled at each other before charging at their imminent threat.

The final battle had begun.