Two weeks later.
The clouds were gathering in the sky over Middleton on a late Saturday night, the stores were getting ready to close for the night and because of the signs of an incoming rainstorm there was scarcely anyone on the streets by dusk. A homeless man stood on the corner awaiting any one who passed by so he could ask for a handout. He suddenly spotted someone coming down the street, an 18 year old blond haired boy with a Middleton U jersey on smarty mart pants and a large backpack. The homeless man figured the kid probably had nothing on him but he wasn't one to pass up on some spare change.
Ron danced down the street without a care in the world jamming on imaginary air guitar thanks to his Ipod with his classic 80's rock mega mix play list now featuring Journey's Any Way you Want it.
"Hey kid" cried the homeless man "got any change"
Ron
fully into the music jams right by him as he began to sing "Any
way you want it
that's the way you need it, any way you want it".
"Hey kid I haven't eaten in days" the homeless man says to no avail
Ron continues to jam but now he stops as he keeps on dancing fully ignoring the stares of those across the street, I was alone I never knew What good love could do, ooh then we touched then we sang about the loving' things. All night ooh all night, all night, oh every night.
"Sir" the man continued.
"She said hoooooooold, hold on, hold on, hoooooold on", Ron is rocking hard in his mind.
Finally the homeless man getting embarrassed himself just taps Ron on his shoulder, Ron is alerted at first then removes his headphones.
"Whoa dude you shouldn't sneak up on people like that man, you could've gotten hurt if I didn't have complete self control, there could've been some serious complications" Ron says as he goes through some martial arts poses.
"Sure kid" says the exasperated man "you got any change"
Ron begins to smile "buddy this is you're lucky day" he says and hands the guy a dollar, just promise me you want spend it on the sauce.
"Whatever, thanks" replies the homeless man as he shuffles back down the street.
Ron happy to help his fellow man puts his headphones back on and heads back towards his destination.
He continues to sing and dance down the street "Oh, she said, any way you want it that's the way you need it any way you want it she said, any way you want it that's the way you need it any way you want it.
Ron doesn't stop his show until he reaches in front of a jewelry store then he turns off his I pod and takes Rufus out of his pocket.
"Nothing better than 80s classic music right Rufus?"
"Yep" squeaks Rufus then he starts jamming on an air guitar imitating Ron's earlier performance.
Ron checks his watch and notices he has arrived five minutes before closing time.
"Boo ya just in time" he says "well Rufus it took us a month without any late evening or pre lunch nacos to save us some dough" Rufus groans as he remembers the sacrifices they went through.
"But it's totally worth it to get KP this bracelet, for our one year anniversary", Ron's mind wanders back to the past it was almost just one year ago at the prom that he and Kim began officially dating so far it was the leading contender for the happiest day in his life.
"She is totally going to freak when she see this" Ron thinks, as he lets his imagination run while he enters the store.
"Oh my god Ron it's beautiful let me thank you in the only way I can think of", says Kim before she showers Ron with passionate kisses.
"What do you want kid" says a gorilla like jeweler snapping Ron back to a less romantic reality "we're closing soon".
Ron shakes off his crash back down to earth and remembers his mission. "My good man I'll take that fine looking bracelet in the window" says Ron grabbing a wad of bills out of his pocket.
"That will be 150 bucks" says the jeweler in a gruff voice not bothering to move or look away from his newspaper.
"Sure" says Ron "I'll just, WHAT how much"? Ron cries.
"One fifty" he says not looking up again.
"But, but, but it was $120 last week how could it increase 30 bucks in a week" Ron stutters obviously shocked.
"Inflation" says the clerk not bothering to say anything else.
Ron frantically counts all his money and a whimper escapes from his lips as he realizes he only has $149, and remembers his meeting with the homeless man.
"Look dude I'm dollar short I promise you I will totally bring the money tomorrow" he pleads,
The jeweler finally sits up grabs a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, he lights it takes a puff looks Ron in the eyes and says "no".
"Come on" Ron pleads as another customer enters the store.
"Excuse me how much is that bracelet in the window" he says
"One fifty" says Ron desperately recounting his money and obviously not realizing his mistake by saying so.
"Really, I'll take it" He exclaims
"No" Ron says pleading with the man "dude I have had only one real girlfriend my whole life and I'm lucky I'm still going out with her, our one year anniversary is coming up soon, if I get that bracelet I can ensure she'll probably hang around for at least another six months". Ron grabs the guy's shirt "How about helping out you fellow man, please don't buy this bracelet." He says.
Suddenly a large shadow appears behind Ron, The large jeweler in an angry tone says to Ron "Sir you are disturbing the customers".
Ron visibly scared lets go of the man and says "disturbing? No I was just having a chat hear with my friend Uh Bill" Ron gives an innocent smile
Two seconds later Ron is tossed out of the store and lands on his back just as the rain begins to pour.
Moments later Rufus is also tossed out for trying to defend his friend.
Ron looks up at the sky reflecting on the day he's had as he is drenched by the rain. "Sigh the things I do for love" he is then surprised by his own thoughts it was the first time he had described their relationship in terms of love. He knew he cared for Kim, but love was a strong word. "I'm going to have to give this more thought" he says to himself as he puts Rufus back in his pocket to keep him warm.
Ron begins his walk through the shortcut he always took heading back to the dorms while thinking things over. The shortcut passed through the Middleton wharf which was scarcely used at this time of night. As he passes the site of an abandoned building about to be torn down he hears a girl's scream. Ron instinctively looks around for the noise until he realizes it is coming from near the building itself. He slowly walks towards the sound; hiding behind a portable toilet he locates the source of the scream.
A young girl around his age drenched from the now pouring rain was sobbing uncontrollably as she was being surrounded by five figures in dark trench coats each of them wearing evil looking white masks that was covering there face. They also carried night stick type weapons but they pulsated and crackled with electrical power.
One of the menacing figures approaches the girl and in a monotone voice says "you have been targeted by our master for termination".
"Holy crap she's in serious trouble says Ron as he dug through his backpack, "I hope I have something good from the last mission".
"All right" he says as he finds some vital items "not much but this will have too do"
As the figures approach the girls they hear a small rattling sound like the that off a empty can being kicked, as they look around they notice an object rolling on the ground the, the object hits one of them in the foot, stops and releases a stream of smoke. As everyone including the girl becomes confused they fail to see the quick blur that passes through the smoke grabbing her, the girl who is quite surprised is about to scream but a hand goes over her mouth and leads her away. When the smoke clears they realize to late the girls is gone but spot Ron trying to create distance, and soon begin pursuit.
"Damn they've already spotted us" says Ron who was now running full steam while pulling the girl along behind him with his one hand. "Don't worry I'm here to help" he shouts back at her.
"What the hell these guys are crazy fast" Ron thinks looking back as the figures close the gap he created in record time. He then heads into the abandoned building hoping there is a place inside to hide.
Ron continues to run deeper into the building as the figures keep pace. "Rufus tear gas" Ron cries as Rufus reaches into Ron's pocket and tosses a small ball behind them.
The small ball releases the gas once it hits the ground right in the path of the pursuing bad guys. Upon the impact of the ball on the ground Ron takes a sharp turn on a corner and escapes up the stairs. At that top of the stairs Ron and the girl take deep breaths.
"That tear gas should slow them down for a moment" Ron tells her but then is horrified to hear foot steps so soon on the staircase "who are these guys" Ron screams, then he grabs the girl and ducks into an empty room.
Ron tries to think of a plan as the girl continues to panic and has tears and snot coming out of her eyes and nose. "Look do not panic" says Ron to the girl "I'll get you out of here", as he hears the mysterious figures footsteps coming nearer he thinks of a plan.
He grabs Rufus and explains the plan "Alright Rufus our number priority is to get her out of here, I'm going to lead them deeper into the building, you and the girl make your way outside to safety".
Rufus gives Ron a salute and hops on the girl shoulder. Ron turns to the girl smiling and says to her "don't worry I don't know who you are but me and my buddy we'll keep you safe, now the minute you hear the footsteps fade that means it's time to make a break for the exit. Rufus will protect you he's small but feisty". Ron then exits the door and makes his way to the hallway.
It isn't long before he spots four of the figures who were busy searching, trying to get all of their attention Ron screams out "hey guys what kind of jerks wear trench coats in the middle of April" once they focus on Ron, he jets down the other end of the hallway.
"Now I've got buy some time" he thinks just as he runs head first into the one missing enemy from the group causing him to fall backwards. Just as he lands on the ground a pulsating club heads straight for Ron's chest. Having great reflexes when in sudden danger Ron quickly dodges death by inches.
"Ha if there is anything I've mastered after all these years it's how to dodge" Ron exclaims and the figure continues to swing the electrified club at Ron who manages to dodge them all by the skin of his teeth. On the final swing dodge it once again, and the club stuck in the dry crumbling wall forcing its wielder stop to attempt to pull it out.
Seeing a great opportunity Ron takes a swing at his enemy, the second he hits the guy's face he immediately learns a shocking discovery when he knocks the mask off. Ron pulls back his hand in pain, as he stares at the mechanical face of his enemy. "You guy's aren't human" Ron begins to back away "I may be in way over my head here" Ron thinks. He then makes a hasty retreat down the hallway screaming, "Kim Help me!"
Back at the Middleton girl's dorm Kim Possible begins a series of violent sneezes while studying for her incoming final exams.
"Bless you" says Monique who is now Kim's roommate and sitting on the bed next to her.
Kim sitting on her bed looks around the room with a worried expression on her face, "Monique did you hear that" she asks
"Hear what" she asks
"I could swear I could hear Ron calling my name".
Monique pauses for a moment "I didn't hear anything", a smile then comes to her face "are you sure you weren't fantasizing about him softly calling out your name in your ear, as he takes you into his arms and prepares to taste the pleasure of the forbidden fru".
Before she could finish a large pillow hit's her in the face and she drops to the floor laughing.
Ron crouches in a bathroom of the abandoned building, trying to get a signal on his cell phone. "Come on you stupid phone, I need to get to Kim" Ron pleads to the cell phone.
Finally his wishes are answered when he hears a dial tone "yes he exclaims" Just as the wall behind him explodes knocking Ron into the ground and smashing the cell phone on the opposite wall
"Oh great" cries Ron on the floor as one of the androids stands over him ready to strike. It tries to stomp him into dust with all its strength, but rolling along the ground Ron barely dodges a fatal blow. Then he executes a sweeping kick to knock his enemy off balance. Before it could get up, Ron quickly grabs the largest piece of concrete from the broken walls he could carry and begins to bash the android's face with all his strength until it stopped moving.
"One down, four to go" he says catching his breath.
Wearily Ron walks out of the bathroom temporarily forgetting about the four other androids that were looking for him. Unfortunately for Ron it isn't long before they spot him forcing Ron to go on the run again. Still intent on buying time he heads down the first flight of stairs he could find and heads toward the basement with the androids closing in behind him.
As Ron reaches the basement he runs into a dead end in a storage room with only one doorway the one he just used to enter, catching his breath he is not shocked because he wasn't really expecting any exits in the basement he had just brought enough time for Rufus and the girl to escape. He turns towards the door just as the four remaining androids walk through it. Ron quickly taps his pockets for the remaining items he had gotten from his backpack.
"Okay calm down" Ron thinks to himself "I've got sleeping gas which is useless, tranquilizers also useless. Ron begins to panic as the androids approach, "and finally I've got lipstick, lipstick? Like I need to give people something to wonder about" he thinks.
Ron's mind races for a new plan just as remembers that this was no ordinary lipstick, it contained a laser beam they had used on the last mission and he forgot to give back it to Kim. Thankfully it seemed like his forgetfulness would save his life.
"Alright boys this game is over I'm done playing around" he says now filled with confidence.
"First person to take another step gets a… gets…a laser salad, said Ron trying his best to sound cool.
Ron activates the lipstick and points it at the metallic assassins who of course show no signs of emotions. Just as Ron is about to fire he hesitates due to curiosity as one of the androids begins to rapidly emit large amounts of steam from its palms. Ron realizes his hesitation is a mistake as all four androids disappear into the dense smoke.
In a panicked state he blindly fires in all directions the enemy may attack from, as the steam begins to envelop him too. After a brief moment he stops firing, there is nothing but silence in the room. Ron tries to focus all his senses for any signs that he was still in danger.
"Did I get them" he wonders just as a fist flies out of the dense smog and connects with his jaw. The blow sends Ron flying across the room, and the pain sends shock waves throughout his body.
Sprawling across the floor hears in the distance the sound, of feet stomping on a metallic item. Ron did not know from which direction it came from but he knew the only weapon he had left had just been destroyed.
As Ron props himself on a wall there is a large vacuum type sound, the source of the sound becomes clear as the steam recedes into the open palms of the android who released. With the steam gone Ron is horrified with the discovery that all four androids where still standing less than 10 feet away from him.
"This is so wrong on so many levels" he says aloud
Ron drops his head in defeat as the androids approach, "where is the girl" they ask sternly in robotic unison.
As Ron is about to tell them to bite him there is a large cracking sound as a huge cracks began forming on the walls and then a quarter of the ceiling collapses on the two closest androids to him.
"What the hell" Ron screams in confusion than he remembers his earlier adventure with the lipstick and realizes he must have destroyed the buildings foundation and the little that was holding it up was coming down on their heads.
"I've got to get out of here" he thinks and begins to sprint towards the stairs, one of the androids grabs for Ron's shirt forcing him to back kick it directly into its partner who was standing directly behind forcing them both to fall backwards. Ignoring their condition Ron hops up the stairs and makes his way back towards the exit just as he realizes the floor behind along with the whole building was collapsing as he ran and its speed was increasing.
Ron leaps down a whole flight of stairs and lands on his feet, upon impact his feet scream out in pain but he quickly forgets about it as the staircase behind him began to collapse. The exit was in sight as he continued to run but the building was coming down hard.
"Crap" Ron shouts as he realizes this was going to be a close call.
Outside the rain had ceased as Rufus and the girl were waiting/hiding behind an abandoned car. Rufus who was very loyal had refused to go on without his friend and the girl seemed so terrified that she wouldn't move without the Mole rat.
The both let a gasp as they hear a large rumbling sound followed by the complete collapse of the entire building which released a cloud of smoke into the air.
"Ron" squeaked Rufus as he panics and runs toward the destruction and the girl follows him with extreme caution.
As Rufus nears the rubble he begins to cry and weep for his fallen friend.
"Don't cry for me yet Rufus" a familiar voice shouts, as the dust settles Ron limps toward his friend.
"Now that was something else" Ron exhales as Rufus jumps on his shoulders and gives him a hug
"Come on buddy you know I won't go down that easy, he looks toward the wreckage that should take care of the trench coat mafia." He then strikes a boxing pose "I came, I saw, I kicked butt".
As Ron and Rufus share a victory dance, the girl looks shockingly at Ron, not believing what just happened.
"Thank you for everything" she says timidly looking down at the ground shyly.
Ron's swollen face begins to blush at the compliment "don't worry it was just another days work" he says as places Rufus back in his pocket.
For the first time Ron had noticed the girl's looks, she was around the same size at Kim but with long blond hair, ocean blue eyes, milky white skin, and some serious curves. Additionally, she was wearing a dress similar to a catholic school uniform. Ron tried to keep his eyes off her but the fact that she was still wet from the rain didn't help out his cause.
"Whoa calm down" Ron thought to himself "You've already got someone; you can not start checking this girl out".
Just as Ron was about to ask the girl her name a police car appeared out of nowhere and drove over to them. The car contained two cops one of which was a short stocky and the other a tall lanky looking man.
"Hey what's going on here" asked the short cop.
"Oh man thank god you guys are here; you won't believe what just went on a few minutes ago".
Ron spends a couple of minutes explaining his adventure to the officers with every little detail.
"You're one brave kid" says the tallest cop "hey aren't you Ron Stoppable yea the boy whose always with Kim Possible" says the other.
"Yea that's me" Ron replies grinning
"I knew it was you, well don't worry we'll take care of the rest, and well make sure the little lady gets home" says the tall police officer as he directs the girl towards the car.
"Hold on don't you want to take me downtown for questioning" Ron asks
"Ah, its all right we've got it all under control so go home son"
"Wait one second guys how come there aren't more cops showing up I mean a building just collapsed".
As Ron continues protesting he senses the cop is becoming slightly irritated, Ron then notices something else hanging off of the officer's waist.
"That's a weird looking night stick you have there it sort of looks like a smaller version of the weapon the… Run!" Ron screams to the girl.
Before the girl could react the short cop grabs her, she then begins struggles with her captor. The other officer turns towards Ron and takes out his night stick which produces a familiar crackle sound as electricity charged at the tip.
"You chose the wrong time to play hero kid" the cop says as he charges toward Ron.
Ron who had just gone through fighting super quick Androids even though he was physically spent had no problem dodging the cop's erratic swings. He then drops to the ground on one hand and extends a well placed kick into the cop's ribcage. The officer yells out in pain as spit spouts from his mouth and his eyes go white, seeing this expression Ron knew he had knocked him out.
"Looks like all that training with Kim really helped big time today" Ron thinks as his enemy falls to the ground.
The officer seeing his comrade taken out so easily became enraged, he tosses the girl to the ground and charges at Ron.
"Why you little brat, trying to make fools of us huh?" he screams angrily obviously losing control
Ron seeing this picks up the still charged night stick from the fallen cop, and throws it straight at the charging cop.
"Here catch" Ron says, the cop obviously not thinking clearly reaches to knock the stick down; unfortunately he touches the electrified tip and shocks his self and collapses to the ground.
"How did I know he would do that" Ron wonders and reaches to check the electrocuted cop's condition. He is relieved to find him still breathing.
"Guess it was set on stun" Ron says laughing at his own joke.
"Phony cops man I've stumbled onto something really deep here" he thinks as he begins memorizing the cops' badge numbers, then he hears the girl's soft cries as she lays on the ground
Ron walks over too her and says " I think its finally over, I don't know what's going on but I know now I can't take you to the police station and you don't seem to need medical attention".
"Well there is only one person who can help you out now, come with me I'll keep you safe".
"I hurt my ankle; I don't think I can move" she says to Ron
"Alright then" Ron says as he bends down in front of her "come on piggyback time, I'll carry you to my dorm"
She crawls on his back and he begins his way back to the dorm with her.
"Why?" she says a few minutes later.
"Why what?" he asks
"Why would you try to help a stranger?" she replies as she rests her head on his shoulder
"Well you may not know this, but I help strangers all the time it's kind of a hobby me and my partner have"
The girl remains silent
"Well we don't have to remain strangers you know, you can call me Ron and you are?"
She is silent once again Ron turns his head to see her face and it seems to him as if she is trying to remember something.
"I think… I think its June call me June" she says finally.
"June huh well that's a cute name" he says trying to cheer her up.
She seems surprised at first and then replies with a soft "thank you" before she falls asleep on his back.
"Wait till Kim hears about my night" Ron thinks then he smiles as the images of the night flash before his eyes.
He grins as he thinks about how cool he was and how much ass he had kicked tonight.
Authors note: wow that was rough who knew how hard it was to write action scenes, and I've got a lot more complex battles planned if any one has any tips on doing action scenes (or any other honest advice) I'd appreciate it.
