Ron struggled as his vision became worse, hetook outthe needle gun filled with serum he had taken from the med lab. He injected it into his arm and then laid back into his seat as the pain subsided. It seemed to him that his body was becoming weaker by the hour. Kimwas in the pilot seat as they journeyed to Tibet, the plane was one of Global Justice's fastest models and was making excellent time.She was flying at the fastest speed she could possibly manage. Ron knew she was trying her best to save him, but in the back of his mind hefelt that he was probably a lost cause.
"Good thing Global Justice planes are always well stocked with survival gear for all types of weather; it's not like you to take off for Tibet without a coat KP".
"Well I was in a hurry" she says slightly embarrassed. "What about you I didn't see you bring anything along".
"I didn't no we were going to Tibet, its been awhile since I've seen you go on a mission totally unprepared".
"I guess I had something else on my mind", she replies.
A smile forms on Ron's face as he recalls a recent memory
"Hey Kim remember a couple of months ago when you thought I forgot your birthday, and I told you I was too busy playing a new game with Felix".
She stayed silent for a minute "Yea I got so mad I went over to your house to tell you off, but when I got there you had prepared a candlelight dinner".
Ron grins "Looking back on it I'm a pretty romantic guy, you should have seen the look on your face when you saw the meal".
"Ron how did you know I was going to come over, I could have stayed home and sulked".
"Come on Kim we had just started going out and suddenly I forget your birthday, I knew there would be no way you would let that slide". "When you've known someone for so long you kind of figure out what makes them tick".
There is an awkward silence as only the plane's engines can be heard for a few minutes.
"Then we started making out on the couch just as my parents walk in", he laughs.
"Oh man that was a little uh"
"Awkweird", he says finishing her sentence.
"Right awkweird" she says; "you know that was like our first really big make out session".
"Yea but not the last it was pretty nice, unfortunately my parent's came in just as was about to get some" he sighs.
"Get some"? Who was about to get some, I don't seem to remember it the same way you are" she teases.
"Don't try to fool yourself KP I had the music, the charm, the atmosphere, If I remember correctly you were pretty much melting in my hand".
"So that's how it was huh, I seem to remember somebody's shaking knees bumping into my mine".
"Hey I was trying my best not to blow it, you don't know how much pressure I was under"
Kim begins to laugh lightly, which brings a smile to Ron's face.
"I also remember you accidentally playing that Cover Girls cd" she tells him.
Look I already told you I don't know how that got into my cd collection really".
There is another few minutes of silence.
"Well"?
"Well what"? she asks
"Well did I blow it or not"?
"No you didn't, I'd hate to inflate your ego but you are a great kisser".
"I knew it I am the make out king" Boo... before he can finish his catchphrase he begins to cough violently. He covers his mouth but he feels a warm liquid trickle down his fingers.
"Blood" he says tasting it in his mouth, he then attempts to wipe it on the seat before she could see but it was much too late.
"Why did it have to be Ron why couldn't it be me instead" these words go through her mind as that night played back in her head.
"No it shouldn't have been you KP".
"What how did you know"? She says turning towards him.
"I can see it all over face Kim, you're wondering why it wasn't you instead".
She stares at him in amazement.
"When you've known someone for so long you can kind of figure out what makes them tick" he repeats. "Trust me Kim its better this way".
"How can you say that"?
"The way I see it is for me dealing with this pain is a lot better than dealing with the pain of watching you die slowly, so I guess I'm being a little selfish". He says looking through the window watching the snow blow across the night sky.
She is silent once again reflecting on what was happening,she didn't think she could continue this conversation without breaking into tears.
"Buckle up Ron we're going to land soon".
"Kim in case I"
"Don't say it Ron, I won't let it happen".
"Kim"
"Not now I'm trying to land".
He pulls her towards him "KP in case I die promise me you won't do anything stupid"
"What are you talking about"?
He looks at her deadly serious, "look I'm sure we'll get through this but, just promise me that if I do, you won't do anything stupid you'll just go on and live your life normally".
"Ron"
"Just promise me Kim".
"Alright I promise" she says solemnly.
He lets her go and slides back into his seat losing his serious demeanor. "Kim I've been thinking about this and I think its best if I leave you all my games and my Fearless Ferret action figures".
"I don't know what to say I'm touched" she says rolling her eyes.
"As long as you take care of my treasures" he says.
"Just a couple of hours until our first anniversary". She tells him remembering what a great first year it had been she had thought that it would be the first of many.
"Yea it would have been nice if we could have celebrated under different circumstances, never would have imagined spending it like this", he replies
"I guess the old saying is true; if there is a worse time for something to happen that's when it will", she sighs.
"Man I swear dying is going to seriously throw my off schedule KP".
She looks at him incredulously "Ron you're the only guy in the world that won't take this seriously".
"Never be normal KP", that's my motto remember.
"I must have been stupid to fall for a guy that won't take death seriously" she teases.
"Well love is just people being stupid together".
A few moments later she lands the plane in a snow bank about a mile from their target, they put on the winter gear that were part of the GJ arctic survival pack. The clothes looked like normal winter coats but they could handle up to 15 degrees below zero weather. The snow whips around them as strong winds blow from all directions.
"Why are there never any secret research facilities in Miami" Ron cries.
Kim pulls out her kimunicator and contacts Wade. "Wade any info about this place"?
"Well from satellite pics it look like a standard research facility there doesn't seem to be any patrolling guards and I've been scanning for radar but I've got nothing. Plus right now I won't be able to tell you anything about what's going on inside".
"Thanks Wade but it doesn't matter what's in there it won't stop us".
"So what's the plan Kim"? Asks Ron.
"Simple we sneak in and grab the program, according to Astuzia's disk once we've done that we have Wade contact him on the frequency he gave us then and he'll come".
"So how do we get in", he asks.
"Just like always through the roof".
On the roof they locate a clearly obvious air vent they could easily crawl into, "This seems too easy" Kim says as they make there way through the vent "even Drakken has more security than this".
"I'm going to miss this" Ron says not realizing he had said it aloud.
"Did you say something Ron"?
"Uh nothing I didn't say anything".
They keep on crawling until at last they find an opening, Kim peers through the grate to find three guards in standard rent a cop uniforms sitting in front a television laughing at whatever was on the screen.
"Alright I'm going try to surprise them somehow" she says trying to think of a plan.
"I've got you're back" Ron tells her but then he begins to cough loudly and violently alerting the guards.
"So much for surprise" says Kim
All three guards stood up quickly to locate the source of the sound, and they followed it to the vent in the ceiling. One of the guards walks under the grate and in Chinese screams for the intruders to show themselves.
The grate pops open smashes on the guards face and knocks him out. Kim drops down into the room, before the guards can react she disarms one who was holding a nightstick and flips him onto the other. When the brief battle is over Ron falls out of the vent clutching his sides.
"Ron you shouldn't even be here are you sure your up for this"?
"Don't worry Kim, have I ever been a liability on our missions before"? He reflects on these words for a moment "on second thought don't answer that question".
Kim pulls out her Kimunicator when she spots a computer in the room "Wade I'm going to hook you up into the network, see what you can find".
"Alright I'll see what I can do", while Wade hacks into the system Kim keeps an eye on Ron who was leaning against the walls. He seemed to be having trouble breathing. It troubled her that she had to end up stealing for a madman but she had decided to do whatever it takes to save him.
Deeper into the base two short and stocky scientist in a cavernous laboratory filled with various gadgets continue to experiment with different weapons.
"Now pay attention Fred" one scientist says to the other after placing an object on a dummy resembling and armed soldier.
"I'm watching John"the other replies.
"Notice how this model is no bigger than an eyelash, now lets go behind the safe wall. They hurry behind a steel wall, and the scientist named John pulls out a remote with one button.
He pushes it and the dummy explodes into a ball of fire.
"Amazing" says Fred
"Yes this mini mine has so much power in such a small package, now imagine what it will like when we crack the code on the A.C program and apply it these little babies" he points to a whole carton filled with the mini mines.
Suddenly one of the guards comes into the room and frantically begins speaking Chinese with John, after a few moments a smile crosses John's face.
"What's going on", Fred asks him confused.
"Fred have you ever wondered why there is such minimum security for such an important facility".
"I can't lie it has crossed my mind".
"I keep it like this sort of like an open invitation to thieves you know we have a lot of valuable material here".
"Why on earth would you do that"?
"Well unfortunately Global Justice doesn't allow us the privilege of testing our weapons and robots on the natives, some code of ethics they have. How can you have ethics and create weapons I ask"? "Anyway I always like to make sure I give the best possible service, and executing trespassers isn't against the law". He then hands the guard a weapon.
"Alright I've got the floor plans" says Wade "there seems to be an weapons lab ten floors below and the only way to get there is through an elevator located a few feet away from the room you are in right now. Under this weapons lab is a some kind of computer terminal I'd bet that's where you'd find the program".
"Thanks for the info Wade"
"I've also gone through the trouble of unlocking all the electronic doors, it's weird but there doesn't seem to be any additional security".
"Just makes out job easier" Kim says then she hears a sound coming from outside the only door to the room.
"We've might have been spotted Ron" she tells him, He looks around the room and hands her a nightstick from one of the guards.
She takes the nightstick and throws the door open and there was no one there, she enters the hallway but there is nothing but silence.
"I could have sworn I heard something" out of the corner of her eyes she spots a guard appear on the other side of the hallway brandishing a ray gun, it looked like some kind of futuristic shotgun planted in chrome.
Once he spots her he begins firing immediately, lasers filled the air as Kim began to nimbly dodge them.
"That's not enough" she says as she runs towards him. He continues to fire as she effortlessly dodges all of his shots. When she reaches a feet closer to him she bounces of the walls into the air intending to send the nightstick crashing down on his head.
Before she could hit him though the gun suddenly unleashes a electrified shield circular shield which stuns her and sends her crashing into the ground. When she looks up a blade sprouts from the tip of the gun and and the guard attempts to stab her with it. She rolls backwards to avoid being impaled. Once back on her feet she prepares to fight again but a intense white light from the gun shines in her eyes temporarily blinding her.
The guard prepares to fire again but Kim is knocked to the ground by Ron before he she could be hit sending the blast to the other end of the hallway. Ron then takes a swing at the guard knocking him down but his blow wasn't strong enough to make him drop the weapon. The guard picks himself up then backs off as he puts Ron back in his cross hairs staring him down. This time he is hesitant to fire wildly they were fast he would have to plan this carefully.
"Kim" Ron says breathing heavily "are you alright"?
"Yea" she says rubbing her eyes.
"That is an impressive weapon, technology has come along way"he says.
"True but there hasn't been a weapon created that could handle us both".
"Look above him Ron there's a light bulb, remember 4 months ago that night against Professor Dementor in the genetics laboratory". She tells him as she stealthy grabs an object out of her waistband
"Oh right simple yet effective we move on three".
"One"
"Two"
"Three"
She tosses a throwing star at the bulb, upon impact sparks fill the air. Acting on instinct the guard loses focus and attempts to dodge the sparks. Just as Ron comes up to him and punches him in the face, anticipating the next blow the gun's shield raises to block his attack. With the shield up Ron fakes a punch as Kim flips over both of them and lands behind the guard. She smashes a elbow into his head sending him flying into the wall.
"Too bad the shield doesn't guard your back " she says.
"I need to get one of these "Ron says picking up the weapon and inspecting it, I bet I could do some serious damage with this" he says pointing it at opposite end of the hallway.
More guards rush around the corner of the end of the hallway he was aiming at and startle him causing him to fire the weapon into the ceiling above the guards sending the roof crashing down on their heads.
"I meant to do that"
"Ron we have to get to the elevator" Kim says pulling him by the hand.
"Man I'm going to miss this too" he thinks as she drags him along.
Meanwhile John and Fred watched the action on a security monitor. "wow is it me or were those guards severely inept even with the toys I gave them", says John angrily.
"It seems these are no ordinary thieves" replies Fred.
"I should never send men to do a machines job, Fred send out the bots".
Ron along with Kim enter the elevator and take a well needed pause as the elevator begins descending slowly to the bottom floors,"guess this job isn't as easy as you thought" he says sitting on the floor.
When he finally starts to relax there is a loud thump from above " Is it me or did that just sound like someone landed on the roof" she says just as a blade comes through the roof barely missing he head.
The roof begins to peel away and the metallic semi human face of a robot can be seen smiling down at them creepily.
"It had to be a robot like I haven't had my robotic fill for a life time".Ron says preparing to fire with the new weapon he had taken.
"Hold it this is safer" Kim tells him an pulls out a sword handle. She flicks a switch on the handle and a electromagnetic blade appears and solidifies.
"What's with the light saber Kim"?
"Emp sword, kills bots dead"
She lifts herself onto the ceiling and faces the robot it's body was all silver and it resembled he skeleton of a cromagnon man except it had blades for hands. It's wires that connected like veins could be seen through all parts of it's body.
"Somebody did a sloppy job on you buddy" she says but three more robot's drop down onto the elevator and surround her.
She attacked the one closest to with a swinging attack the sword smacked into it's body as it short circuited. She spun around using the momentum of her swing and faced the second Bot coming at her from behind. Grabbing smoke pellets from the waistband of her pants, she threw it at the bot. The smoke confused it a first so it failed to see the sword come through the smoke and strike it in the chest. The sword embedded itself in the robot chest until she pulled it out. The next robot attacked with a blade thrust she sidestepped the attack kicked it on it's wrist and using her foot guided it's hands into the roof of the ceiling where it's blade hands became stuck allowing her too stab it with the sword.
The final robot lunged at her with it's blades jumping backwards she avoided the attack and countered with her sword but it dodges in mid air. It then plants its feet and attacks again with greater resolve its blade missed her face by inches and actually cuts strands of her hair. She spins in a 360 motion and sends the sword in into robot's back destroying it.
Ron pulls himself up on the elevator's roof "Kim I can't begin tell you how hot you looked fighting those tin heads".
From above there is a loud explosion suddenly dozens of robots were falling towards them their speed increasing ever few seconds.
"If they land on the elevator we won't be able to fight them all in close quarters" she tells Ron.
"Leave this to me I used that valuable time to figure out how this works" he takes aim at the robots and begins to fire. One by one they explode on contact with the beams with sniper precision he picks them off in the air as they continue to fall.
"Damn every time I shoot one another takes it's place, they seem endless". Suddenly the gun stops working. "What is it jammed" he asks hitting it as small electrical discharges appear around the gun as if it were oveloading.
"I think it's going to blow"he says frantically.
"That give me an idea" Kim pulls out some gloves and puts them on "hold onto me Ron and give me the gun".
Ron follows her instructions and grabs her. She takes the gun whose electrical charges were growing and throws it straight into the air. Then she uses the sword to cut the the elevator cord above them sending the elevator including them plunging down the elevator shaft.
"What kind of plan is this"? Ron screams as the elevators velocity increases".
"Look up" Ron look up into the sky and although their velocity had increased the gun's did not. The robots reached it just as it had reached critical mass and exploded destroying everything in it's radius this explosion caused other robots to explode which fueled a huge chain of exploding robots. The robot's were destroyed but now a wall of fire was bearing down on them.
"Hold tight" she then sticks the sword into the wall hoping it would slow them down as the elevator continued it's own decent. She used ever bit of strength she could muster to hold onto the sword as it cut through the wall, slowly but surely they were slowing down. Finally they came to a complete stop coincidently near the doors of the next floor.
Ron pried the doors open and pulled her through. They rushed away from the exit as a wave of flames sprang from inside the shaft and fried anything less than ten feet from the door.
A safe distance away from the flames they both collapse to the ground in a heap. "Kim how did you know the sword would hold our weight".
"I didn't she" replies wincing at the pain in her hands as she places the now empty sword handle back into her pocket "I got any idea and I went with it".
"I've got to tell you that whole sequence was insane, I just hope there is another exist to get out of here later".
"Secret facility Ron there is always an extra exit not listed that only the employees know about". She says checking the floor plans downloaded on her Kimunicator
Ron begins to feel dizzy as spots form in the air around him . He reached out to grab one but his hand went right through it.
"Are you okay Ron"? Her voice seems to be coming from far away as his hearing began to fade slowly.
"I'm fine" so what's next"
"There nothing on this floor, we need to get to the one below us".
"How"?
She pulls out the laser lipstick from her waistband, "we'll cut our way through".
One floor below the two scientist begin to panic "what are we to do John,the robots have been destroyed and we have no more guards".
"Shut up fool I've got to go protect the program, you hold them off". John tell him rushing to into another room
"Hold them off how"? Fred replies searching for a decent weapon to use.
The laser lipstick cuts through the ceiling Kim and Ron drop into the weapons lab. Upon landing they are shot at but Kim is able to pull them both out of the path of the blast by
diving behind a row of shelved weapons.
"Please leave" says Fred his hand shaking as he holds the only weapon he thought he knew how to use. "I don't want to hurt you" he continues to shoot in their general area.
"We don't want to fight you either we just want the program".
"The program; we can't let you have it we've worked on it to for too long". He explains moving slowly around the shelves to get a good angle to fire.
Kim and Ron move at the same time as Fred but in the opposite direction along the dozens of shelves. Keeping their heads down and avoiding his shots. While moving Kim searches the shelves grabbing certain weapons trying to find something to use.
"Kim we need to move quickly what if this guy hits one of these bombs and sets it off".
"Don't worry that won't happen".
"Why"?
"His gun is only set to stun it has no real firepower".
"Are you sure,does he know that"?
"I doubt it", she grabs a round circular object "reflector shield this is perfect". She holds the shield behind her back and walks out into the open.
"I'm sorry about trying to steal your work, but I have to take it to save someone I care about". She tells Fred.
"Right like I'll believe the word a thief".
"If you just let us pass no one will get hurt".
"Actually I think someone is going to get hurt", he fires the stun gun at her but she pulls the shield from behind her back and blocks the beam. It hits the shield right in its center and reflects it back towards Fred sending him flying.
Ron walks over to Fred's body "Sorry to inconvenience you buddy but we need to know where this program is".
"You won't get a word from me", he screams trying to move his temporarily paralyzed body.
Before he can respond Ron's body begins to shake violently and he again begins to cough up blood. He rolls onto his back and starts to gasp for air as a stream of blood runs from his nostrils.
"Ron" Kim screams dropping to her knees to check on his condition.
"I'm fine don't" he begins to hack up more blood.
"What the hell is wrong with him", Fred coldly
Kim gets up off of her knees grabs the nearest gun she could find off the shelves and places it in Fred's mouth.
"Do you have someone you care about"? She asks him Fred nods his head, a look of pure terror on his face. "If that person was in danger you'd do whatever you can to save them right"?
"Kim not like this" Ron gasps barely able to speak.
Fred nods his head again answering her question "I really don't want to be her doing this" "I'm sorry but right now saving his life will give me the justification to pull this trigger, you will talk right; don't make me do something that we will both regret".
He nods his head again and she pulls the gun out of his mouth, "its through the doors to your left, you better hurry though my partner John will probably lock the terminal with the program down if that happens we won't be able to access it for three months.
A sense of panic fills Kim's mind as she rushes through the door leaving Ron the ground as he pulls out the serum to inject into his body.
She goes through the door only to come to a flight of stairs she hesitates at first but continues to run full speed down the stairs. "Things just get worse and worse" she thinks. "Would I really have killed that guy if he didn't give me that info" she asks herslef, but she already knew the answer and it terrified her.
She came up into a vast room with just one narrow walkway that was only wide enough for one person to walk across. The walkway led to a singular platform that was held by one large singular pillar that seemed to be growing from a bottom less pit with nothing but darkness under the walkway. On the platform was John typing quickly into a small keyboard.
He turns and faces her "you're too late in a few minutes the computer will lock itself and you won't be able to get at our program".
Not saying another word she rushes towards the platform running across the walkway, suddenly from the above three robots land in front of her, they were lined up in a straight line and an additional one landed behind her.
"You're trapped now" John says laughing.
Kim looks at her situation and takes a deep breath "I've come too far to be stopped now".
"Kill her" John orders .
The robot in front of her attacks she jumps over the attack and it impales the bot behind her, she sends a light kick into the first robot's head causing it to lose balance fall and drag the other robot into the depths with it. She then lands on her hands; moving her body like she was a gold medal gymnast competing on a pommel horse she sweeps the next bot of its feet the first half of it's body slams into the walkway it pops up and then falls into the darkness below. She grabs the edge of the walkway with one hand as the next bot stabs at the ground, quickly with her free hand she grabs the opposite edge of the walkway, and pulls herself up taking the the robot by surprise she kicks it off the the walkway.
Seeing the robots defeated so easily John begins to panic the lock down was just a bluff to draw her into the walkway trap. Now he had to do it for real he began to frantically type into the computer again.
"Get away from the computer" she screams at him John starts to panic and begins to backtrack away from it.
"Don't hurt me" he screams but while backtracking he trips on his feet, losing his balance he falls over the platform edge just as Kim reaches the terminal. She grabbs her grappling hook blow dryer and is just about to dive off the platform when the computer terminal catches her attention. She rushed to the screen John hadn't fully initialized the lockout if she could move quickly she could download it before it was lost. Then John's screams ring in her ears as he continues to fall. She blocks the screams from her mind and turned her attention back to the computer.
"What are you doing Kim don't you hear that"? Ron asks catching up to her, but she remains quiet . He grabs the grappling away from her and dives off the platform, straightening his body into a swan dive he increases his speed to try and catch up with John whose screaming had ceased.
"Hope his heart didn't give out" Ron thinks slowly catching up to him, finnaly when gets close enough he grabs the man's body. Turning around he fires the grappling hook towards the platform and it snags on the edge bringing them to an abrupt stop. Ron checks the body and realizes the manhad just fainted "what is she thinking" he ponders hanging from the end of the rope.
Kim looks over the edge and spots Ron hanging with body of the scientist in his arms. "are you okay, I'm going to pull you up".
A few minutes later she pulls them up back on the platform and waves a small Cd case happily, "Ron I've gotten the program now Astuzia can cure you".
Ron just stares at her "Kim what is wrong with you" he screams at her
His words take her by surprise "Ron I'm sorry it was either him or you and I made my choice".
He grabs her forcfully and stares at her as if he was seeing her for the first time"It didn't seem to me like you gave him a second thought and then threatening to kill the other guy what was that all about".
"Ron I never wanted it like this, but I did it all to save you".
"If saving me means letting people die needlessly then I'd rather die" he tells her coldly
"How can you say that"?
" My life is no more important than anyone else's, when did youstop caring about other people's lives." he says turning his back to her.
She grabs his arms before he can start walking away, "If you haven't noticed Ron I'm trying to keep you alive. You are dying right in front of my eyes and this is the only way I can help you, this above all else should prove how much I care about you. Am I the only one who cares about your life, don't you want to live"?
He pulls her arm off of his and releases everything he was feeling up this point "you don't think I'm scared about dying, ever since I got this virus I'm been scared out of my mind. Do you know how hard it is for me to realize I might never celebrate another birthday, eat another naco, to know I might never have the chance to have a family, to never see my parents again or hear your voice or see your face in the morning. It is really painful".
After his outburst he begins to calm down now feeling guilty he had screamed at her, "I knew you'd blame yourself so I kept all my suffering to myself so you wouldn't beat yourself up. He sighs scratching his head "yea its pretty stupid to do that, but that's the kind of stuff I do, I haven't let this change who I am so why are letting it change you"?
She stands there not saying but the tears in her eyes told Ron everything he needed to know, he opened open up his arms to her and she rushes to him and begins crying on his shoulder.
"Ron I'm so sorry, Idon't know what came over me,I justcan't lose you Ron".
"You don't need to apologize" he says stroking her hair as he pulls an object from his pocket "Kim I don't know what's going to happen to me but just remember I will always love you".
She feels a cold metallic object on her back "Ron what are" before she can finish speaking a jolt of electricity courses through her body and the world goes dark around her. Ron grabs her body along with John's and carries them back up to the weapon's lab.
When he gets their bodies to a safe place he takes the Cd case and the kimunicator away from Kim.
"Wade send the message to Astuzia on his frequency that I've got his program".
"Wait Ron where's Kim"?
"She going to sit this one out" he says "Just send the message, this is going to end today".
"Ron what are you going to do"?
"Don't worry about it just send the message".
Wade is silent for a few minutes, "Alright I'll get on it"
Ron turns to Fred who was still lying on the ground with his body still paralyzed, "Is there another way out of here".
Fred who very now very much grateful to be alive gave out the information quickly "yea there's a passageway leading to a staircase behind the wall directly across from where I'm lying".
"Ron Astuzia's gotten the message and he's sent one of his own he wants to meet up a couple of miles from here I'll give you the coordinates".
"Thanks Wade" as he says as he begins memorizing the location "Wade after about an hour or so call Dr. Director up and tell her to come pick up Kim.
"What about you"? Ron doesn't say a word.
"Ron you aren't thinking about"?
"Wade I want you to take care of her, watch over her while I'm gone".
"Ron you can't dude" a sense of urgency can be heard in Wade's voice.
"It's nice to see you care Wade, thank you" he turns off the Kimunicator and sets it next to her body. He gives her a kiss on the cheek, and makes his way toward the passageway. Once outside he look up into the sky, it was almost morning and it had stopped snowing. He wondered if he was doing the right thing but decided to go forward before he changed his mind.
Around twenty minutes later Ron lies sitting against a mountain wall about thirty feet from the a huge ice chasm. He continues to wait until a plane rises from the chasm and hovers over him.
Ron stands up as Astuzia leaps from plane and lands in front of him.
"Nice entrance"Ron tells him
"Yes I always thought a good entrance was a vital part to villainy".Astuzia looks around and a sign of disappointment comes over his face. "Where is Possible I was so looking forward to seeing the feisty red head again".
"She won't be able to make it"Ron says
"Don't tell me she died during the robbery attempt, oh I had thought she was better then that". He looks Ron over sneering "Shame that the weakest link of the group managed to survive I guess this game is officially over".
"Well I've got the disk" Ron says tossing the it to him. Astuzia glances at the Cd case and smiles. "Finally with the code cracking device it won't take more than a few hours for me to attain all the power I need". He takes a needle out his robe pocket and throws it at Ron's feet.
Ron snatches the needle from the floor and quickly shoots the serum into his arms, when it's over he drops to his hands and knees and begins to cry from joy.
"You look pretty happy for a guy who has a week to live". Astuzia replies smugly
Hearing this Ron's face becomes twisted in horror "what are you talking about" he screams.
Astuzia shrugs he shoulders indifferently "I guess I should have told you earlier there is no cure, the serum you just took will just hold the virus back and keep you alive for about another week".
"No you can't be serious" Ron exclaims in complete shock.
"Do I look like a guy who would lie about a something like that"?
Ron feels his world crashing down around him, he wanted nothing more but to sit and cry in his mother's arms. Another week he didn't have the heart to continue to deal with that pain, finally he remembers why he came out alone in the first place.
He picks himself up off the ground and from his pockets he takes out a small transparent
orb, which contained a swirling green mist".
"You see this" Ron tells him "this is a nerve gas I found in the weapons lab, once released from this ball it will spread over a hundred meters in five seconds".
Astuzia's eyes narrow as he stares at the new weapon in Ron's hand.
"Now once inhaled it will automatically attack the lungs and well to make a long story short it can disintegrate your lungs in tell seconds. Now the question is can you're nanomachines stop the gas before it kills you".
Astuzia remains silent for a moment then he begins to applaud "Wonderful Stoppable I see I have severely underestimated you".
"It wouldn't be the first time for me".Ron replies
"Of course you know this will kill you to boy".
"The way I see it I'm already dead, and it would be a bonus to take you with me".
"Amazing; Alright before you get too hasty answer me this if you were planning this from the beginning of our meeting, why did you take the serum"?
"I always knew you would screw me somehow, but the second I saw the serum on the ground I just wanted to believe in you it I wanted to belive I had another chance to survive. Even though I knew you would hurt many people at that moment I just wanted to live so badly, I guess I'm only human after all and we all want to live".
"You see that's the difference between you and me Stoppable I'm more than human".
"Well for your sake I hope whatever you are is immune to nerve gas" Ron tightens his fingers around the glass and small cracks form. Astuzia takes a step backwards.
"Is that fear I see in you're eyes, it suits you" Ron prepares to smash the rest of the glass, but then he feels the world begin to spin around as the virus affects him again "no not now" he thinks.
'Too bad" Astuzia yells, he moves quickly as Ron droops and grabs his hand. Ron tries to fight him off but he is severely weakened from the virus. Astuzia drops him to the ground places a foot on him and pulls the orb from his grasp. He glances at it and then hurls it into the depths of the chasm.
Astuzia looks at Ron on the ground "This just isn't you're week is it Stoppable"? He picks Ron off the floor "I've given an extra week on you're life and this is how you repay me". He punches Ron in the ribs, and then delivers a punching combo on Ron's face.
"Tsk tsk tsk I do wish Possible had survived she would have put up more of a fight, I'm pretty sure we would have had a lot more fun".
The sound of Astuzia's arrogant voice enrages Ron and his body is filled with a little adrenalin. Ron gets off the floor an charges at Astuzia who swings at him. Ron deflects the blow with his left arm and hits Astuzia with a right hook. Astuzia's head snaps back but Ron is on top of him again. With a flurry of punches to every part of Astuzia's body he could reach Ron unleashes all the anger he was holding in, he then ends his attack with the hardest uppercut he could muster.
The attacks drain all of the energy he had left in his body and he falls to the ground, Astuzia stands over him smiling he had taken all of Ron's attacks and didn't even come close to falling down.
"You surprise me again Stoppable it's been so long since someone has hit me" he says rubbing his jaw "too bad your attacks were about as effective as a bee sting. He grabs Ron's blond hair and positions Ron on his knees. "Now the merciful thing to do would be to kill you quickly but after the way you've greeted me I think I'll let you die in the snow alone".
"Take your filthy hands off of him" a voice yells from the distance.
"No stay away" Ron thinks as he begins to pass out.
Astuzia looks over his shoulder and faces Kim. "Why Possible the little liar here told me you were dead".
"Let him go" she repeats.
"I admit this looks bad but it's mostly his fault I gave him the serum to survive for another week and he tries to kill me".
"A week; you gave your word you'd cure him".
"I believe I promised he wouldn't die by the end of the week", Astuzia replies nonchalantly.
"I've done terrible things believing you would have the decency to keep your word".
"Hey if you haven't realized it yet I'm a bad man" he backhands Ron in the face "maybe if you didn't go around playing Wonder Woman all the time none of this would have happened, don't blame me you should have been at home worrying about boys and fashion instead of interfering with my plans".
This was the last straw for Kim she had never hated anyone more than she hated him right now, his very existence seemed to be against nature. She took out small cylinder from her waist band opened it and poured it's content down her throat. Instantly she felt a surge of raw power.
"Well that looks like X45" says Astuzia, "that won't help you" before he can prepare for the fight Kim speeds toward him and punches him hard. The blow knocks him into the ground.
"I'm going to kill you and rid the world of your evil'" she tells him.
"Know there's the fire in you're eyes I adore so much" he says right before she kicks him in the face.
"Get up and fight".
"I guess it's time to stand and deliver". He replies once again with a smugness in his voice.
He charges at her and throws a straight punch that she catches with one hand and unleashes a barrage of punches into his face, then tosses him into the ground.
He rolls across the ground to avoid her; when she attacks with a kick he blocks it, grabs her leg, pulls her towards him and clotheslines her into the ground. Thinking he had knocked her out her out his eyes left her for a moment. When his gaze returns to the ground he realizes she was gone. He turns and comes face to face with a her foot, she attacks again trying to catch him off guard but he was went on the defensive and blocked all of her attacks. She back flips away from him to think of a new plan.
She was breathing hard and she was starting to feel the effects of X45 fade. "How are you feeling Possible, another advantage to having nano's in your body is that I don't get tired".
"Shut up" she screams.
"You want to here some more depressing news, I haven't even used my electricity yet, face it you can't beat me".
She couldn't take any more of his arrogance again, in a blind rage she charges at him.
"What's the matter girl am I getting into you're head", he deflects her fist attack and smacks her in the face. When she recovers from the insult he is already behind her. He grabs the back of her head and forcefully sends her face into the snow covered ground. Trying to avoid being pinned she elbows him into face and sends elbow after elbow into his face with savage fury.
She wraps her arms around his head entangles her legs with his and fall backwards now sending his head into the ground. He doesn't seem to move at first, thinking she may have done some serious damage Kim gets up to her feet and begins to stumble around; the effects of the X45 wouldn't last much longer.
A rough hand lands on her shoulder "this isn't over", Astuzia turns her around gives her a punch so hard the pain registered through her whole body as she fell into the ground.
The X45 wasn't enough and it was beginning to wear off, she decides to use the sword while she still had the strength. She removes the sword handle from her pockets activates it and stands up.
Astuzia spots the sword and begins to laugh "are you going to use that to scratch my back".
She slaps on the chip Dr. Director gave her and the and the sword cackles as it's power increases.
"Now that is interesting"he says as he notices the difference in power.
"This will take you down for good" she tells him.
"Maybe but you'll have to hit me first" he charges at her trying to knock the sword out of her hands. She dodge the attack and swings the sword at him the sword barley misses touching his face.
"Well that was close" he says pretending to wipe sweat from his face. "This game is so much fun".
"This isn't a game, you're playing with people's lives" she yells at him. She charges at him again with the sword but he dodges her again purposely letting the sword miss him by inches.
"It seems that you're getting slower is the miracle juice wearing off".
She leaps in the air to bring the sword down on him but he catches her by the wrist keeping the sword centimeters away from his face. He tightens his hold around her wrists.
"Just face the facts you can't beat me"
Despair filled Kim's body as she realizes he was telling the truth she couldn't touch him and the X45 effects was almost gone. "I hate you so much" she says staring into his eyes.
"That's too bad I could have swore we had a some electricity between us".He sends a current of through her body and uppercuts her a feet away from him.
"That's that I guess" he says to himself.
"It's not over yet", she says picking herself up. She had enough energy left in her body for one more attack she was determined to make it count.
"You just don't know when to quit do you" he tells her
" Neither do I" a familiar voice states.
Ron jumps onto Astuzia's back and locks onto his body to keep him from moving "Now Kim attack him".
She hesitates for a moment this was just like when Ron was under Dark Sunday's control.
"Kim there are too many lives at stake, get him now".
She pulls herself together knowing it was the right thing to do. She charges at Astuzia ready to impale him with the sword.
"Not today Stoppable" he says as he bursts free from Ron's hold and smashes him into the ground. He had broken free from Ron but it was too late for him to dodge the sword.
"I've got you know" she screams right before attacking. With blazing speed Astuzia catches the sword with his bare hands.
Kim is at first speechless as she see Astuzia standing in front of her holding on to the sword. "How is that possible"?
He smiles at her "an inferior Global Justice weapon even powered up by ten is still no match for me, you probably managed to destroy a few nanos in my arm but they are easily replaced".
"It can't be" she explains in complete shock.
"I though I already explained that I was a God". He rips the sword from the her hand and tosses it away. With her last bit of energy she sends an open palm attack into his chest.
"Now what was that" he laughs then hits her with an open palm attack of his own causing her to slide across the floor.
Astuzia's android pilot lands the plane behind him and appears before "Master Astuzia we have picked up Global Justice planes on our radar, it would be wise if we departed" it says in a robotic voice.
"Is that so, well that was a great exercise session" he muses. "Possible I'll let you live to see the beginning of mankind's new era under my rule, Stoppable I'll see you on the other side" he laughs as he boards his plane.
As the plane lifts off Ron crawls over to Kim. He rolls on his back and lies next to her.
"How did you find me Kim"
"I followed you're footprints from the labs". She spoke as if she had just awoken from an endless nightmare.
"I'm sorry I had to stun you Kim but I was trying to take him with me".
"I understand why you did it Ron, you were protecting someone you care for". She says smiling
"I can't believe this, we've lost we couldn't save the world".
"No it's over Ron we didn't lose"
"What do you mean"?
"He didn't notice but with that last attack I implanted a mini bomb on his robe", she pulls out a remote from her pocket. "Would you like the honor".
"Don't mind if I do" he says as he presses the only button on the remote.
Astuzia's plane bursts into flames and the it's bottom half completely explodes into shardes, from their perspective the explosion reminds them of one big firework.
"Boo ya" exclaims Ron.
The remains of the plane plunged into the deep chasm and a large explosion could once again be heard from below.
"It's finally over" she says not feeling a hint of remorse for the death of her enemy.
"We've saved a lot of lives today Kim".
"But I couldn't save the one that mattered the most to me" she says then she begins to cry.
Ron wanted to cry too but he couldn't, he never imagined he would die at such a young age. The thought of it completely drained him of all emotion it was like he was watching everything unfold on t.v. . He took a brief look back at his life it had it's ups and downs but he would give anything to stay alive. "Just when things were getting good" he thinks to himself, he couldn't help but think it wasn't really fair.
He grabs her hand "thank you Kim".
She wipes the tears away from he eyes "why are you thanking me"
"Most of the happiest days of my life have involved you somehow, you've been a vital part of my life".
She crawls closer to him "I could say the same thing about you".
"Lets just think about the good times for awhile" he tells her.
She crawls close enough to place her head on his chest "I'm just going to keep holding on to you until the end, look the sun is coming up".
They smile as the sun's warm glow rises over the horizon and washes over them. "It's beautiful" she says.
"Happy first anniversary Kim".
"Happy first anniversary Ron".
A few hours later
June arrives at the scene where the battle had occurred this was the last place Astuzia's signal was last transmitted but he wasn't here. Maybe he had been defeated after all. While she was getting ready to leave she hears a some grunting noises coming from the cliff side. Out of nowhere a hand clutches at the edge of the chasm.
June gasp as a severely burned man pulls himself up from the edge "Where are they"?
"Lord Astuzia is that you"? She asks rushing to his side. She notices that although he was badly burned some of his skin was repairing itself".
"Where are they"? He asks again
"They were probably returned to the base" she tells him.
Astuzia began to coughup blood he felt like his body was on fire, if his nanomachines hadn't been working at full capacity he would have died. He felt his blood begin to boil, how dare they do this him. He would make them suffer, than he would make their family suffer he would massacre everyone they had ever made contact with.
"We must return there at once, I must make them pay".
"Sir the A.C program has been destroyed and Global Justice will be all over you maybe it would be wise to lay low for awhile".
He leaps at her pins her to the ground and begins to strangle her "No they must pay now, they all must pay I will not rest until they are dead , I will wipe out the whole base if I have too. I will make the floors flood with the blood that will be spilled. No one does this too me no one".
June struggling to free herself looks into his eyes and sees that he has finally snapped, he was no longer a brilliant scientist but was now a blood thirsty madman.
"You will help megain the vengeance I seek right"?
"Yes" she squeaks trying to suck in some air. He finally releases her and inspects his hand as it begins to heal, returning to normal.
"I'm through playing games".
Authors note: well that's all for now I will release the last two chaps at the same time so the next update will be the last for this story, but it's been a great experience for me, being my first multi chap story but I think it came out pretty good. As always please read and review