Authors note: First of all I'd like to apologize for the more than usual grammar errors on the last chap, I'm not saying I catch every mistake I make but I should have spent some time proofreading(I wrote it late at night so I was tired).
Secondly you may notice that I've used real songs in the story for example in this chap, I think they add a new dimension to what the character's are feeling, and I'll use more songs in the future. This song I used this time is Show me by the cover girls (yea weird choice but bear with me).
Ron stumbled around the hallway drowsily; he had no idea where the dark hallway lead but he felt that he needed to be there. He continued down the hallway until he came up to a door, the door was filthy and normally he would avoid going through strange doors but he felt a powerful urge to see what lay beyond the door. He took a deep breath and opened, not knowing what he would discover.
"What the heck is this place", he stares surprised at what seemed to be some kind of small underground club. He took a step into the club and the door slammed shut behind him. Ron knew a door shutting by itself was far from normal but it didn't seem important to him. He looked around the room it contained a small stage, and across from it were a group of dinner tables with people chatting and eating completely ignoring him.
"Excuse me sir", came a voice from behind him.
Ron turns around and comes face to face with an odd looking hunchbacked waiter.
"Ahhh Mr. Stoppable we've been expecting you"
"Expecting me, uh can you tell me where in the world am I"?
"If you follow me sir all will be explained".
The waiter leads Ron to empty table right in front of the stage; Ron sits down but notices an extra chair directly across from his.
"Your guest will be with you shortly sir".
"My guest"?
"Yes sir would you like a drink as you wait".
"No thanks I'm only eighteen".
"You were always a goody two-shoes"
Ron looks up to see who insulted him and jumps out of his seat when he sees someone sitting on the empty seat. His jaw drops when it becomes clear that this person was a mirror image of himself.
"What is going on here, who are you"?
Ron's double takes a sip of water from a glass that Ron didn't remember being there before.
"Come on Ron you know who I am, I'm you so why don't you have seat".
Ron sits down and starts laughing. "Okay I know what's going on here this is obviously a dream, the creepy club setting hunchbacked waiter, now I'm having dinner with myself and I have to say from an outside perspective I am one good looking guy".
"Okay what's this dream about hold on let me guess, is this the one where the Fearless Ferret becomes a real person I've been having that one since I was six, no wait how about the one where I win a free year's supply of nacos. Ron's eyes light up, "or maybe this is the one with Kim in the night gown, a personal favorite of mine by the way".
"Let's watch the show then we'll talk", says Ron's double
"Show what show"? Suddenly the stage lights up and the crowd begin to applaud.
A man comes up to the stage with a mike, "we'll everyone here is what you've been waiting for, these beautiful girls have come a long way and are here just for you".
For a brief moment Ron thinks the man is talking directly too him, suddenly Kim and June take the stage with matching silver dresses that really hugged their curves both of them seemed to glow on the stage.
"What's going on here"?
"Just watch the show" replies Ron's double as the music starts and girls begin to sing a duet.
You say that you really love me (Kim)
I'm always on your mind (June)
And you say I should be your lover
And we should spend some time
But I'm not persuaded that quickly(together).
My heart has been broken before you see (Kim)
So if you want to be my lover (June)
You have to prove your love is true to me (together)
Cause it's easy to tell me you love me (Kim)
Easy to say your thinking of me (June)
Words are so easy to say(together)
Ron begins to feel very uncomfortable he looks around the room everyone was enjoying the show but it was making him nervous. It seemed like the girls eyes were always on him.
Show me, Show me, you really love me
Actions speak louder than words
Show me, Show me, you really need me
Cause all those lies I've already heard
Show me, Show me, you really love me
Let me believe that it's true
Show me, Show me, you really need me
And I'll get together with you (together)
"What is this, and why does it bother me so much"? Ron asks.
"I think deep down you know what this is".
Ron's double looks up toward the stage.
"Now Kim she's been with you for God knows how long, she's caring loving beautiful and has been your best friend forever".
"But June there's something about her mysterious, exotic you've only known her for two days but you can't get her out of your mind".
"I don't know what you're talking about, I don't get what's going on in this dream" says Ron tensely.
"Really, well let's keep watching".
You say that there is no other
I am the only one (Kim)
And you say that if we were lovers
We would have so much fun(June)
But my mother warned me
That I should beware of young boys saying things that you say (together)
So I must be sure that if I give you my love
You won't take it then run away (together)
Cause it's easy to tell me you love me (Kim)
Easy to say your thinking of me (June)
Words are so easy to say(together)
Show me, Show me, you really love me
Actions speak louder than words
Show me, Show me, you really need me
Cause all those lies I've already heard
Show me, Show me, you really love me
Let me believe that it's true
Show me, Show me, you really need me
And I'll get together with you (together)
The song ends and the crowd applauds the girls blow kisses to Ron and walk off the stage.
"What the hell is this dream about"?
The double turns to Ron deadly serious, "your a little dense aren't you, well I'll ask you right out".
"Who do you love"?
"Love"? Ron is startled by the bluntness of the question.
"Kim, I love Kim".
"Are you sure, so why has June been on your mind since you've met"?
"She hasn't been on my mind".
"Don't lie to me I know you", says the double "now I have theory you and Kim have been friends forever it was probably logical that the next step was dating, you do have strong feelings for her but is it love"?
"Of course it is", says Ron but his voice lacked any signs of confidence.
His double leans back against his seat.
"Let me ask you something which do you believe in the most, love at first or the love blooming from years of friendship".
'What does that have to do with anything"? Ron says angrily he was sure he didn't like where the conversation was headed.
"Here's another question if you stay on this path with Kim you'll probably marry her, now are you okay spending the rest of your life "knowing" only one girl. I mean you've really thought for most of your life that she was too good for you, but has the thought crossed your mind that you are too good for her".
Before he could finish Ron leaps across the table and knocks his double to the ground and begins to attack him angrily.
"Don't talk about her like that, I love her"
The double seemingly is unaffected by the Ron's violence continues to talk.
"Are you sure, there's something about June though, something strange you don't just feel sorry for her she gives you a different feeling".
Ron tries harder to strangle the life from his double but he won't stop talking.
"When she hugs you, or grabs your hand it excites you doesn't it you're drawn to her, you feel the need to protect her not because it's the right thing to do but because of this feeling you get from it".
'No…. No it isn't"
"What about the kiss Ron, remember the kiss it shocked you at first but it felt so right".
"No I love Kim; I would never hurt her I almost gave my life for her"
"But you'd also give your life for Rufus and he's just your friend, are you trying to convince me or yourself".
Ron releases his hold on him and tries to stumble away from this nightmarish place, all eyes in the club concentrate on him burning a hole into his soul.
Before he can open the door to escape the double pins him against the door and begins to choke Ron.
"Don't get me wrong you might really love Kim but are you sure that's the question, there is no doubt she loves you but there is some doubt in your mind now about how you really feel isn't there"?
"You need to decide because she deserves more than that, the last thing she needs is her heartbroken at the last minute because you can't make up your mind". "And what about June she is opening her heart to you, is it okay to let her open to someone who doesn't love her back".
Ron begins to lose his breath struggling to get away "I don't know".
"Well that's why you're here to answer that question, do you really love or are you just a loyal friend".
"I don't want too". Ron replies beginning to black out
As the world begins to fade around him he hears his double continue to speak.
"You can't keep going on like this forever, someone you care about may get hurt", once the sentence is finished Ron drowns in a sea of darkness.
He wakes up once again in cold sweat; it was the second night in a row he had a terrible dream. He looks to the cup holder in his seat and picks up the pain medicine he had taken.
"May cause drowsiness, this is probably what caused me to have that crazy dream".
He took a deep breath and looked to his side, Kim was sleeping her head lying on his shoulder they were on the final hour of the six hour plane ride to GJ HQ. Ron looked into her eyes and became filled with tremendous guilt that such thoughts had crossed his mind. He needed someone to talk to anyone, he heads toward the bathroom. On the way he passes a sleeping June he doesn't even bother to look at her.
In the bathroom he sits on the toilet wakes Rufus up from inside his pocket and puts him on the sink.
"Rufus buddy we need to talk".
"Ok"
"Rufus me and Kim are perfect right"?
"Yep".
"And you think June is a good person right"?
"Yea".
"It's normal for a guy to have physical attractions to a girl other than the one he loves right"?
Rufus scratches his head this was a question he was not ready for.
"Yea it's just a physical attraction, purely physical that's normal right"?
Rufus shrugs having no idea what Ron was talking about.
Ron drops his head as he realizes Rufus can't answer his questions and neither could he. He punches the wall near the toilet with so much force his knuckles begin to bleed, he knew he had to go deep inside for the answer and he was afraid of what it might be. He looks at his reflection in the mirror over the sink and it angers him.
"You make me sick".
Kim awakens a few moments later and realizes that Ron is gone, she instantly looks behind her. She sees June sleeping alone, for a brief moment she was afraid that Ron was.
"What's wrong with me" she asks herself breaking her current chain off thoughts.
"Why am I feeling jealous, I have nothing to be jealous about". Kim looks at June again she was very pretty, and it wouldn't be a surprise if Ron was attracted to her.
"No I need to stop thinking like this I've got no reason to feel this way". She begins to think about the situation they were in. Dozens of questions popped into her head.
Dark Sunday didn't seem to be after June at all although he was accompanied by the androids Ron had seen try to kill her the night before. Why were they after June in the first place? In fact it seemed Sunday was more interested in her than June. How is GJ involved in this and why is it that they need to go to their HQ? Finally, who was this Astuzia that Sunday mentioned?
All these questions flashed in her head as Ron returned.
"Ron what happened to your hand"
"Never mind that, Kim we have to talk".
As he is about to speak the Kimunicator begins to beep.
"Hold that thought, what's the sitch Wade"?
Wade shows up on the screen, "sorry I'm late with the info Kim, by the way where exactly are you guys".
"We're on a plane heading to Global Justice HQ".
"I thought it was weird that your signal is coming from outside the country, anyway I got the message you sent me this morning and I've run a check on those police badge numbers".
"What did you find"?
"Well for one thing they're real cops who've been in the force for more than ten years and have no signs of any crooked dealings. They were some of Middleton's' finest, for someone to pay them off that is a big deal."
"And as for the background check on this June".
"Background check", says Ron puzzled
"Well she is who she says she is, but according to news broadcasts she's been missing for two weeks and so has her father".
"Kim you asked for a background check"?
"Just to be safe", she says innocently to Ron "there's something about her that makes me uneasy".
"Uh oh is their trouble in paradise", teases Wade.
"Shut up", snaps Ron defensively
Wade is taken by surprise "I'm sorry Ron"
"No it's my fault Wade I shouldn't have blown up on you like that; it's the pain talking not me". Ron reclines in his seat obviously frustrated.
"Wade we'll keep you posted on any details", Kim tells him.
"Alright Kim I'll talk to you guys later"Wade says before he signs off.
"Ron is something wrong" she says as she puts the kimunicator away but her elbow hits Ron in his wound, causing him to bend over in pain.
"Ron I'm sorry, you must be in a lot of pain".
"Yea well the pain killers help out a little, but they don't list weird dreams as a major side effect".
"Ron you know when the android hurt you for a minute there I thought
I had lost you forever; I never want to feel that way again".
"Kim I've been hurt on missions before it's no big".
"This was cutting it close Ron; if you had died it would crush me".
Those words made Ron feel good inside, but looking into her eyes he crashes back down into his self hating reality.
"How could I love some else" he thinks too himself but for her sake he had to be sure of the answer. But right now she didn't need any of this trouble; he would keep this to himself for awhile.
"Did you have something to tell me"?
"Huh no uh I was just wondering if they have a kosher meal on this flight".
This brings a smile to Kim's face and causes Ron to smile too.
"Don't worry about me Kim; it'll take more than some crazed android to bring down a Stoppable".
"That's good to know" she says and rests her head back on his shoulder.
Suddenly Dr. Director appears.
"Well we'll be landing soon; if you look out the window you'll see our new base of operations".
Ron and Kim stare out of the window to see the sun setting behind a jungle filled island.
"It's beautiful", says Kim
"It sure is hold on; we'll be landing in a few minutes".
Upon landing the gang runs into an old friend on the landing pad of the GJ base.
"Well if isn't Will Du, are you still an arrogant jerk" asks Ron teasingly, while shaking his hand.
Will starts to laugh "if I remember correctly the last time we worked together, it was this jerk that saved your life".
"Hey I thought the bomb was a new game system so I plugged it in to the socket it could have happened to anybody".
"Seriously though I must apologize for not being out there helping you against Dark Sunday I was away on other mission at the time and wasn't here when DR. Director left.
"No need to apologize Agent Du" replies Dr. Director stepping off the plane "you're good but I don't think you would have been effective against Sunday. We lost some good men there and it would have been a great lost if you had been part of the casualties".
"Still though I just wish I had been there helping out".
"Don't worry about it if you really want to help out you can tell us why we're here". Kim tells him.
"That I would be glad to help you with, if you could hold on for a moment".
Will Du types in a code into a keypad on his watch; suddenly the floor begins to rumble as a large glass elevator appears out of the ground.
"If you would step inside I'll take you to the meeting room".
As everyone steps into the elevator Will notices June walking closely behind Ron, "forgive me I haven't introduced myself I am Agent Du and you are"?
"My name is June McNamara I'm pleased to meet" she says sweetly but obviously uncomfortable she then returns to being Ron's shadow which had begun to bother Kim.
As the elevator takes them down deeper into the earth and into the GJ base, Will Du begins to whisper to Ron who is standing next to him.
"Stoppable if I remember correctly you were going out with Possible right".
"Yea"
"So if you don't mind me asking what's with the girl she's acting like you guys have been together forever".
"Well things are a little complicated right now"
"Oh…. I didn't think you were such a player Stoppable", he says laughing.
"It's not like that, and do people still say player anymore".
"If it's not like that, what is it like then"? He says continuing to laugh.
Ron remains silent.
"What's so funny guys'? Asks Kim
"Oh nothing I'm just remembering this funny joke, that's floating around the base".
"Is it the one about the dog"? Asks Dr. Director
"You could say that, anyway its impressive isn't"? Asks Will pointing to the massive base as the elevator finally came too a stop.
Ron Kim and June marveled at the loading docks of the underground structure there were dozens of people running around doing various jobs.
"It looks like a huge version of the ferret cave", Ron exclaims with childish wonder.
There are ten more floors under this one, each one fitted with the latest technology and equipment, they also include a very posh living quarters for the 200 members living here.
"Amazing", says the group in unison.
"Well this isn't a tour group so let's go shed some light on this situation. Dr. Director tell them.
They enter the meeting room which contains a large table in the middle and a large screen on the adjacent wall. Moving into the room they notice two people who are already waiting for them, one a fat balding man the other a young person in a wheel chair he looked to be in his early twenties.
Dr. Director greets the two agents and introduces them to the group, this is Howard Wess he heads our information gathering department. He is the best at what he does,he has his ears in all parts of the world.
"I doubt he's better than Wade", Ron whispers to Kim.
And this is Christian Buttner, Christian is very special he is tops in the world at the medical field, robotics, and engineering.
"Nice too meet you Chris", says Ron putting his hands out to greet him. Unfortunately Buttner completely ignores Ron and heads towards Kim.
"Kim Possible it's a pleasure to finally meet you, I've heard some much about you're famous around here".
"Oh it' not really that big of deal I just do what I think is right".
"Don't we all", he replies
"Well know if everyone would have a seat, I think Mr. Wess should begin this meeting".
As everyone sits down Wess begins to talk.
"Well I hate to start it off like this but I feel it's the right thing to do". He turns to June.
"I'm afraid Miss McNamara that your father has already been killed".
June gasps in horror forcing Ron to hold her hand which irritates Kim who was the only one who had cared enough to notice this.
"You may have not known but your father was a prominent member of Global Justice and was keeper of many of our secrets, needless to say he had a lot of enemies seeking this information".
"One piece of information was about Project Clarke"
"Project Clarke"? Asks Kim
"Project Clarke is named after a scientist who excelled in nanotechnology, unfortunately he's brilliance may end up putting the world in danger.
Buttner begins to speak up "as we all know Nanomachines are devices built from individual atoms. Some researchers believe that nanomachines will one day be able to enter living cells to fight disease.Nanomachines could be used to literally turn dirt into food and perhaps eliminate poverty. Governments of advanced nations today already use some form of this technology, but as of today these nanomachines like all machines have short life spans due to the exhaustive amount of energy they use up. If needed they can be used to repair human tissue or to create new metals that can be used on ships for space exploration".
"This technology sounds like a good thing", says Ron
"Yes in theory but Clarke came up with something so advanced it was banned by all governments, he created nanotech that had an infinite amount an energy, they would not stop creating or improving on what ever they came in contact with. This may seem like a good thing it could cure world hunger stop diseases, but if adapted correctly they could give a gun the power of an anti tank missile".
"Holy crap" cries Ron.
"Miss Possible you of all people have dealt with many villains who have created weapons to conquer the world now imagine if anyone of them used the nanomachines to improve their weapons power by a hundred times and gave it infinite energy".
Kim's eyes open wide with horror.
Buttner seeing her reaction smiles "yes you can see the full destructive potential of such technology, it's quite fascinating really".
"I don't see what's so fascinating about something that if it fell into the wrong hands, would send the world into chaos", replies Dr. Director.
"I'm sorry but as a scientist I can't help but be intrigued; Clarke was a brilliant man I mean with my intelligence and state of the art labs I'd only be able to create a prototype with only two percent of the effectiveness of his miracle".
"What's the deal with this guy", Ron whispers to Kim.
Wess begins to speak again, "Yes Clarke was brilliantl but unfortunately two days after announcing his invention his lab was attacked by thieves and he was killed, the lab was destroyed and we assumed the technology went with it. But it turns out that Clarke hid the blueprints of his work in something called the A.C. program which he gave to his subordinate".
"We had to destroy this program at once, we discovered his subordinate had moved too Colorado. Well we obtained the program from him and were secretly having it trucked to a designated place to be destroyed; only a few of the high ranking GJ officials knew about the truck route one of which was Miss McNamara's father.
"How he knew McNamara had the info we don't know yet; but we can assume his daughter was kidnapped to force this information from him, and then hijack the truck containing the program. Fortunately she managed to escape unknown to her father, without our permission he struck a deal so he could save his girls and was promptly killed after giving out the info".
June begins sobbing and Ron tries to console her.
"And the master mind behind all this is known in the criminal world as Astuzia".
An image of Astuzia appears on the screen, in his white robe and blood red mask he was very imposing.
"He's just recently popped up but his millennium organization has been involved in countless crimes in many third world countries, in a short amount of time he has gained a lot of respect in the many criminal circles. He is known to be cunning ruthless, and willing to stop at nothing to get his way". "In short he is a psycho".
"We believe he is after Miss McNamara because she may be able to identify him, and is after Miss Possible because she had foiled his initial plan to obtain the program by stopping the hijacking".
"Now even though we destroyed the original A.C program we can't say there isn't a copy floating around somewhere so we need to stop Astuzia now to be safe".
"Well Miss Possible, you've heard our report, what do you have to say", asks Dr. Director.
"I'll stop this crackpot even if it means putting my life on the line, I owe him for the troubles he's caused and we have to avenge June's father. We can't allow some one like that to play with people's lives".
"Thank you", whimpers June.
"I knew you'd say that, as of today you'll be working side by side with Global Justice".
"As always count me in", says Ron.
"And I will also lend my assistance", replies Agent Du
"Good lets all get a good night sleep and we'll go over our battle plans tomorrow".