Sigh its finally over, I had "I Can Go the Distance from Hercules, Lose Yourself from 8 mile, Europe's The Final Countdown, and The Verve's Bittersweet symphony" playing in a continuous loop as I wrote this. Sniff, I'm getting overwhelmed this is the second story I've ever written in my life. The first multi chap one too so it's this is kind of tough on me now that its done. This has allgiven me a new discovery I freakinglove to write.
Oh well life moves on, here we go enjoy. And don't forget to review, this will be your last chance to tell me what's wrong with this story before I write another one.
Astuzia stared at the two of them, his plans were going straight to hell. He never hated anyone more than the two standing in front of him now. No one had ever caused him so much trouble, ever.
"I've got to hand it to you two, for surviving this long", he told them.
"You'll regret you ever got involved with us" Kim shouted at him.
"This is your last chance Possible, you can still save your self and gain unlimited power".
"I think I've already given you my answer", she replied.
"Have it your way" Astuzia said as he charged at her.
Before he could strike Ron pushes her out of the way and takes the hit.
"Why do you continue to fight Stoppable you have no future".
"Its not about the future its about now" Ron tells him.
He threw a punch at Ron who deflected the attack and sent a straight jab to Astuzia face. The punch caused Astuzia lip to bleed which further fueled his anger. When he turned to face Ron again; Ron took a step to the right as Kim leaped into the air and kicked Astuzia's face, knocking him backward.
"Now" Ron screamed as he hit Astuzia in the back knocking him forward.
Kim followed Ron's attack by punching Astuzia in the stomach. As he staggered backwards Ron side kicked him in the ribs then Kim sent a barrage of punches into his chest and face.
"Enough" Astuzia screamed as he placed his hands on the ground and sent electric currents along the floor in all directions around him.
Kim and Ron scattered away and barely managed to avoid being caught in the electric crossfire.
"How dare you" Astuzia seethed "you think you can win just because you're together".
"We don't think, we know" Kim shouted at him
"Is that so, maybe you should take a closer look at your boyfriend" Astuzia told her.
Kim looked over at Ron who was breathing heavily, holding on to his arm. He was only running on will power now and that fact was clearly obvious.
"Ron are you ok"? She called out to him.
"Damn I'm starting to lose feeling in my left arm, I just want to go to sleep". He thinks trying to hold his body up, his eyelids became heavier by the second.
"As you can see he may no longer have use of his left arm, the virus will continue to slowly shut down various parts of his body", explained Astuzia.
"He's nothing more than a liability to you now".
"No I won't be a liability" Ron thought pushing the cold away , "we're going to stop you" he said catching his second wind.
"Even animals are scared of death Stoppable".
"Some animals are the most dangerous when there about to die", Ron tells him.
Ron's smile infuriated Astuzia for a reason he couldn't explain, something about the boy set his soul afire.
"I'll wipe that smile from the face of the earth" he said as charged at Ron.
Ron could have barley seen Astuzia even if he had been healthy, he closed his eyes ready for the blow.
"Ron duck".
The second he heard her voice he did so immediately. He opened his eyes to see Astuzia's fist pass over his head he used the opportunity to uppercut Astuzia for the second time knocking him back. Kim rushed over and kicked him in the face at the same moment Ron kicked him on the base of his spine.
Astuzia fell to the ground like a heap of garbage, there he lay staring up at the sky.
Kim held Ron up as he began gasping for air, he leaned against her trying to conserve some energy.
"That brought back some memories" he said to her.
She noticed the blood running down his lips as he talked.
"Kim I don't think I have the strength to continue I can barely feel my legs any more".
"I don't think I keep going either" she says to him.
Astuzia picked himself off the ground his eyes burning with anger.
"Kim do you still have the EMP sword"?
"Yea".
"Take it out but don't activate it yet, just hold it out".
"You have a plan"? She asked
"This has gone on far enough" Astuzia thought, he wouldn't give them time to put any plan in motion.
"Ron are you sure about this", Kim asked.
"If I know anything about this guy its that he doesn't think too highly of me" he looked at her "you trust me right"?
"Yea I know you'll come through I just don't want to see you to die here", she told him.
He grabbed her hand the one that held the sword "I promise I won't die before taking this guy down, here he comes".
Astuzia appeared before them both, Ron pushed Kim away and dropped to his knees.
"Please I don't want to die" he cried to Astuzia.
Astuzia smiled once again. "No matter how strong a man's will is, it all disappears in the face of death".
He grabbed Ron by the shirt collar and lifted him off the ground.
"You won't even fight back you weak piece of trash" he said inspecting Ron's body "I see the virus has already paralyzed you, it was bound to happen".
He charged his fist with electricity again "allow me to put you out of your misery".
He hit Ron at point blank range, the blow sent Ron flying a few feet in the air, he landed on the ground with a loud thud and remained motionless.
Turning his back to Ron's body he smiled " And then there was two".
"No!" screamed Kim as she activated the sword.
"Come to me" Astuzia said gleefully.
Kim slashed at him with the sword, which he ducked easily. She followed it with a thrust of the sword which he deflected.
"I don't understand why you continue, you now the sword will have no effect"
He grabbed the edge of the sword and stopped her attacks.
"You fool I--", he stopped noticing the lack of power the sword contained.
"Why would you even use this it doesn't even contain a chi... No" Astuzia turned towards Ron but his body was no longer where he had seen it drop.
Ron's lungs where on fire and his feet felt like lead but he couldn't stop moving. Chip in hand he ran towards the EMP gun June had used earlier.
"This is it we can win".
Astuzia watched as Ron ran towards the gun "I won't let you" he screamed placing his hand on the ground he sent a powerful surge of electricity toward the gun. It contained so much energy that it tore up the ground as it traveled. He would destroy them both at once if he could.
"Crap I have to make it" Ron thought as he saw the current of electricity make its way towards his target.
He pushed himself to run faster as he and the electrical current seemed to be on a crash course. He dove at the gun grabbed it continued moving by rolling across the floor the current passed his body by inches but it was close enough to make all the hair on his head stand up.
Stopping himself Ron slapped on the chip aimed and squeezed the trigger. A look of terror came over Astuzia's face as the ray from the gun sped towards him. Knowing he had to escape, he tried to use all of his speed to side step the attack only to run into Kim. She used her remaining force to punch him in face, the punch knocked him backwards, back in the path of ray.
"No" he cried as he closed his eyes.
The ray hit him exactly in the chest, upon impact every nanomachine that was regulating his nerves and muscles self destructed as the electromagnetic waves coursed thorough his body. Astuzia felt as if his insides were about to ignite into a ball of flames. He clawed at his skin trying to extinguish the imaginary flames that were devouring him then suddenly his skin went numb as if he was frozen solid. The pain was enough to drive a lesser man insane.
He attempted to stand but his legs returned to their normal state of paralysis, he continued to scream out as all of his hair fell out followed by most of his teeth. His body convulsed for another minute and finally subsided when the last of the nanomachines was destroyed.
Astuzia rolled to his back and attempted to lift himself up. He found that he had gone blind in one eye and probably seventy five percent of his body had been paralyzed. He knew instantly that his body would never be the same again.
"How, How" he whimpered as he attempted to crawl with his right arm towards Ron's body when someone grabbed him from behind. He focused his eye to see Kim standing over him.
"Wait" he said as she picked him off the ground.
"But it was my destiny" he cried.
"Who is the weak one now"? she says before viciously jabbing him in the face.
He coughed up blood as she struck him in the chest then drove him into the ground. She followed her attacks by bringing her foot down on his right arm. He screamed out in pain as she pinned him to the ground with her knee, and begin to pound on his face like it was a piece of meat.
"How do you like it when you're the one in pain" she cried continuing her savage barrage.
"This isn't even half the pain you've put us through". She pushed back the fact that she was beating on the face of another human being to the back of her mind.
Suddenly Ron grabbed her fist and pulled her towards his body and just held her for a few seconds.
She was surprised at first and then began to cry on his shoulder.
"It's ok Kim its over" he told her.
The doors of the elevator opened and Will Du stumbled through them carrying what looked like a small shoe box.
Ron watched as Will fell to the ground "hey you should go check on him" he told Kim.
She looked at him confused but he didn't say another word, then she ran towards the elevator.
Ron walked towards Astuzia's body, and sat down next to him.
"Man just when I thought you couldn't get any uglier you prove me wrong" he told Astuzia.
"Mercy is an invention of the weak to deter the strong" Astuzia said to Ron coughing up blood his face badly bruised up.
"You're still talking trash huh" Ron replies.
"It seems the only law with any truth to it is Murphy's law" Astuzia says.
"A few years ago I used to see to believe in that too".
"I was a big fish caught in a shallow pond", Astuzia replied.
" As much as I enjoy this therapy session; I want to now how I can cure myself Buttner, I don't want to die today".
Astuzia looked up at him "Even if I told you how it takes days create the vaccine, time you don't have".
Ron looked at him knowing for once Astuzia was not lying. "I guess that's it then"
"Hold on Stoppable, the virus should have paralyzed your body you have to tell me why you still have the ability to move".
Ron looked down at him "I'm not to sure my self, but I knew I had to do my best no matter what".
"So my well calculated plans were defeated by basic emotions".
"Emotions are more powerful than you can imagine especially love its an incredible feeling ... beautiful and chilling, inspiring and haunting it can make people do the impossible. Man why didn't I think like this when I was in that poetry class".
"That sounds like a fairytale" Astuzia replied.
"Believe what you want you're the one on the ground".
"You're right you did defeat me".
"Correction" said Ron "I didn't beat you, we beat you".
"One last question why didn't you let her kill me".
"Unlike you; Kim is a good person, killing you with her bear hands would have haunted her forever. I figure the way things are going I'd save her from having one more thing to cry at night about".
Ron rose to his feet "I hope you're ready to spend the rest of your life behind bars".
"I'd rather die than be saved by you, if I can't save myself I don't deserve to live.
"Still living by that old "the weak should die" philosophy are we "?
"People do not change that easily Stoppable I have no regrets about what I've done, just let me die with some dignity".
"Why should I"? Asked Ron
"That fact I'm begging you like this is punishment enough in my eyes, even if they lock me away I will find away to take my own life. At least let me have the dignity to die on the field of battle than by my own hands".
"I don't think you are in any position to ask for favors", Ron tells him.
"Carrying me will take too much time away from their escape, the less people they have the easier it is for them to move".
"I don't ca---".
"I beg of you" Astuzia pleads.
"After all of the suffering you've caused you have the nerve to ask me for that, I don't care if you beg".
"If not for me what about the girl what would all of this mean, if she died here on the island", Astuzia told him.
Ron remained silent.
"Its only logical", Astuzia continued.
Ron stared at him for a moment "I've always let people push me around, I'm too nice a guy I guess" he said limping away from Astuzia's body.
"Ronald I'll see you on the other side".
Ron continued to limp away "As fun as kicking your ass for all of eternity sounds; unless my rabbi was lying to me I doubt we're headed down the same path" he called out not bothering to turn around.
Ron made his way to Kim who was helping Will stand up.
"Ron I've got Rufus" he told Ron handing him the small box.
Inside of the box Rufus laid on a pillow wearing a miniature full body cast, unable to move Rufus could only let out a small squeal when he saw friend.
"Hey buddy you're still in bad shape huh, Well, I'm going to take you home today alright".
"Ron what we're you talking to Astuzia about"? Kim asked.
"Oh that it was nothing Will can you hold onto Rufus I don't think I can carry his box", Ron replied.
"I'm going to carry Astuzia's body with us" she continued.
"I'm sorry but we can't, he told me he's spread some poison on his body so we can't touch him". Ron lied.
"Are you sure" She said to him puzzled.
"Trust me it's for the best, he doesn't want to be saved", Ron told her.
Will looked at his watch "Guys we need to get moving we've got like twelve minutes until this place blows".
They climbed the elevator as it began to descend they took one final look at the body of the fallen God.
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They exited the elevator to find the base in complete destruction, walls had been torn down and sporadic fires blazed across random areas.
"Where is everybody" asked Kim.
"Everyone's been evacuated according to Dr. Director's orders, we've got to get ourselves out of here too. Will told her.
They continued to make their way to the east wing, Will cringed as he passed the bodies of his former comrades.
"I hope that guy burns in hell forever" he said through his teeth.
After a few more steps Ron dropped to the floor for the second time and once again began hacking up blood.
Will looked at his watch again "Damn we might be able to make it if we didn't keep st--" he stopped short as Kim glared at him.
"I'm sorry" Will said realizing his error.
"He's right KP it will probably be better if you left me here".
"What are you talking about Ron, we can make I'm sure its not much farther", she told him.
"No Kim I can't walk anymore this is as far as I go".
"But we were going home together, you have to see your family".
"I'll never make it" he told her flatly.
"I'm not just going to let you die here Ron".
"If I die here or there it doesn't matter", he said determined not to take another step even if he could.
Kim sat down next to him "you can go ahead Will I'm staying here".
"What the hell are you doing are you insane", Ron screamed at her.
"I've made up my mind, I'm staying here".
"What! What about your family, Kim I appreciate the thought but you have a future I don't"!
"I told you once before Ron I can't envision a future without us".
"Do youthink I'm doing this just for drama. It's so you can get away safely".
"Will you're running out of time, you better hurry", she said ignoring Ron.
"Why are you so pig-headed; you can't justthrow your life away for nothing".
"I'm not throwing it away for nothing Ron".
He grabbed her by the shoulder "look at me Kim don't do this, the world doesn't need me but it needs you. You can't be this selfish".
The second he finishes she smacks him the face, his head snaps back with the force of the blow.
"The world might not need you, but I do" she told him.
He felt himself beginning to cry, "You idiot why do you have to love me so much, you're making this so hard". He said trying to hold back his tears.
"Hold on" Will told them " I think I hear something, someones coming".
Will's suspicions were confirmed when a group of five androids appeared from behind a a broken wall.
"We're in no position to fight now" Will cried as the androids approached.
"Wait I here something else" said Kim "It sounds like a a car".
Suddenly what looked a van came crashing through the wall and rammed into all of the androids at full speed knocking them away.
"What a coincidence finding you all here" said Dr. Director from the driver seat.
"It's about time" replied Will.
"Just had to run to the armory and pick this baby up", she said.
"No offense but you couldn't have picked something up with a little bit more power" said Will as they climbed into the van.
Dr. Director a button near the steering wheel, metallic sheets sprung out like magic and covered the body of the van giving it a metallic sheen.
"Titanium covering, this girl is indestructible" said Dr. Director.
Suddenly an android landed on the front of the car and smashed through the windshield. She immediately grabbed the shotgun she had next to her and shot the android in the face.
"Well everything except the windows are indestructible" she admitted.
"Noted" said Will, as he noticed more androids gathering near them "We better move it".
Dr. Director stepped on the gas and the van blasted forward.
"Zero to two hundred in three tenths of a second" Dr. Director said proudly.
"I think you're enjoying this too much" replied Will.
In the back seat Kim watched as Ron stared through the window.
"Ron I'm sorry for slapping you", she said.
He turned to her with his normally goofy smile "It's no big I guess I was asking too much of you. I probably would have done the same thing".
"Ron I can't go back home without you".
"I wish I could fight it until then but--"
He suddenly felt dizzy and his body refused to stay up on its on, Kim grabbed him and placed his head on her lap.
"I don't think I've got much longer" he told.
"Look out" cried Will as a group of androids fell on top the car and began smashing in the windows.
Kim used her body to keep the shattered glass away from Ron's face , Will grabbed Dr. Director's gun and began blasting the androids one by one. But with ever one he knocked off another one landed on the van.
"If anymore of them get on we're going to tip over" screamed Dr. Director as she tried to scrape some of them against the wall.
As Will attempts to reload the shot gun, an android's arm shoots through the window closest to him and grabbed him by the neck. The android began to pull him through the window, but before it could pull him out completely it stopped leaving only the first half of his body hanging from the window.
The android stared at him for awhile and then a small beep could be heard coming from its body.
"Order to terminate canceled" it said with its monotone voice, and leaped off the van.
The other androids soon followed, each stopped their attack and leaped away. Kim used the time to pull Will back in.
"What happened"? She asked him.
"I don't know" he replied "they just stopped, its a miracle" he said.
"We can thank the heavens later" said Dr. Director "we're coming to the end of the tunnel".
"I feel so cold" said Ron
"Hold on Ron we're almost there" said Kim.
The van burst through the exit of tunnel it's velocity sending it into the air. It landed on a jungle filled slope of the island. Expertly dodging through the trees Dr. Director sped through the foliage of the jungle heading for the docks on the beach. Breaking through the jungle, the van kicked up sand as it sped towards its destination.
Dr. Director stopped near the wooden wharf, "all right everyone get aboard the boat" she called out.
"They left us the smallest boat" said Will.
"Hey it took six months of my salary to pay for that" replied Dr. Director
She and Kim carried Ron and Rufus aboard as Will untied the boat, and set it afloat.
A few minutes later she checked her watch "thirty seconds until all of my hard work is gone".
"It's okay we'll come back even stronger" said Will.
She put her head down her eyes closed "I'm sorry guys I'll make sure you all get a proper funeral".
Exactly thirty seconds later a huge explosion could be heard from the island. Suddenly it looked as if a massive tornado had formed in the middle of the island. The large tornado imploded on itself and like a dying star released a blast of energy. The shock waves of the blast rocked the ship sending wave upon wave crashing onto it. A few second later the shock waves subsided.
They all turned towards the island and found the lush jungle island had been turned into a desert.
"I guess now it's really over", said Dr. Director.
They sailed along in silence listening to the music of the sea.
"We'll probably be picked in a couple of hours" said Dr. Director.
"I'll probably be gone by then" Ron thought as his head lay once again on Kim's lap.
"Hey Kim remember when we watched the movie Ghost at your house that one time, and I kept teasing you because you were crying at all the sappy parts".
"Yea" she replied while stroking his hair.
"I never told you but I love that damn movie I even brought the Director's cut DVD, I watch it all of the time".
"Why didn't you ever invite me too watch it with you"? She asked
"I had a problem crying in front of you", he said.
"Ron I've seen you cry billions of times".
"Yea but not like this, that movie really takes me too another level. I guess looking back on it that was another moment wasted".
"It was a sad movie especially when she had to watch his spirit ascend to heaven at the end", she replied.
"Yea but by the end she knew he really loved her, in fact he fought death to be with her again. But the past couldn't be changed he had to go and she had to move on".
"Maybe she didn't want to move on" said Kim.
"Well that didn't matter she was still alive, she had her future ahead of her, a future filled with happiness, love, and first born sons named Ronald", he replied.
"I'm sure she knew she would never love anyone the same way again".
"Well that may be true but I think she also knew that he would be watching over her from wherever he went, and it was ok for her to find love again" Ron told her.
"He sounds like a great guy" she says
"He was" Ron replies.
Tears begin to collect in her eyes and they rain on Ron's face.
"Hey you're getting tears in my mouth" he told her.
"I'm sorry" she says while wiping the tears from her eyes.
They could hear loud sobbing from the box that contained Rufus, Will picked up the box and poured out Rufus's tears before they flooded his box.
"Ron uh I'd just like to say that um you were I mean you are a good guy, and I was happy to have fought by your side, and I'm sorry that um how can say this--" stammered Will.
"Thank you" Ron said before Will could finish letting him off the hook.
"The same for me Ron, I would personally like to thank you for all the times you aided Global Justice in the past", said Dr. Director.
"He's not dead yet" Kim screamed at them.
After her outburst no one talked for awhile, the four of them sat in an uncomfortable silence. All of sudden Ron began to sing.
"I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye, gotta Take a risk, take a chance, make a change And break away Out of the darkness and into the sun But I won't forget the place I come from I gotta take a risk, take a chance, make a change And break away"
Kim stopped crying and started to laugh out loud.
"I knew you couldn't resist that, you never could" he said.
"Normally most guys wouldn't admit to liking Kelly Clarkson let alone to start singing one of her songs in public", she told him.
"Never be normal that's my motto".
He began to cough up blood again "I can't keep my eyes open".
"Don't close your eyes Ron please", she cried
"I don't think I have choice, don't forget I've... always... you Ki" he gasped as a trickle of blood ran down his lips.
She grabbed Ron's head and pulled his face closer to hers.
"Kim what are you doing"? Yelled Dr. Director.
"I'm doing the right thing" she told her.
Ron knowing what she was doing tried to fight her off but he couldn't move his body.
"No" was the only thing he could say before she kissed him on the lips, he forgot the pain for a moment as he lost himself in the deepness of the kiss.
"The virus isn't contagious as long as you avoid serious contact with his blood" Vector told Kim as she watched his body from behind the glass
"Just as good as the first one" she said, the blood from his mouth smeared her own lips.
"Why"? Ron says as his eyelids become to heavy to hold up.
The last thing he sees before passing out was Kim smiling over him and then there was nothing but darkness.
His body went limp on the deck of the boat, as Kim placed her hand over his chest. His heart was still beating although it was beating faintly.
"Wait for me Ron" she said brushing his face with her hand.
"Kim how could you"? Asked Dr. Director.
Before Kim could reply the boat began to rock.
"I think we've hit something" Will called out.
To their surprise a submarine rose out of the ocean and parked it self next to the boat. An opening appeared on the front of the sub and the faint sounds of movement could be heard coming from inside. An android pulled itself out of the opening and stared at them with it's glass eyes.
"Damn they followed us" said Will pulling out the shotgun.
"Hold on Will, this one seems different don't attack just yet" Dr. Director instructed.
Dr. Director was right unlike the other trench coat wearing androids, this one looked a lot more human. It wore just a single black t-shirt and some familiar looking brown pants. The android reached into the opening and pulled someone from the darkness.
"June your alive", said Kim in total shock "How"?
June was obviously in bad shape, the android supported her as she leaned against him.
"This is my personal android RS65; I secretly created under Astuzia's nose. I had him wait with this hidden sub until Ron and I could escape from the island", June told her.
"I guess that didn't turn out the way I hoped" she continued. "He's programmed so that if I'm ever in danger of dying his first priority is too save me, he also has the power to control Astuzia's other androids".
"So you're the one we should thank for the androids ignoring us" said Dr. Director.
June ignores Dr. Director her attention on Ron's body "RS65 go" she says to the android.
The android sets her down safely and leaps into the boat. A small panel opened in it's chest and from it the android removed a needle. The android grabs Ron and shoots the needle's substance into his arm.
June glared at the blood smeared on Kim's lips "give some to the girl too RS".
"What is that"? Asked Will.
"It's the cure for the virus" June says as the android repeats the procedure on Kim. "Lets hope it's not to late for Ron".
When the android finished with Kim it jumped back onto the sub.
"The vaccine will soon knock you out for a couple of hours" said June preparing to leave.
"June, Thank you" says Kim.
"I didn't do this for you I did this for Ron", June replies.
"Thanks anyway".
"I guess I should tell you I'm going to take over the Millennium organization due to Astuzia's death, and I'm not giving up on Ron".
"I could never have enough rivals" replied Kim.
"Take care of him for now, I want him in perfect shape until the day I take him from you" June said as she followed the android back into the sub's opening.
"I'll be ready for it you June but that day will never come" Kim called out to her as the sub descended into the ocean.
"We're going to be okay Ron" she said before passing out next to him.
"Do you think they'll be alright"? Will asked Dr. Director.
"I know they'll be okay" she tells him.
"RS you don't think she named it after--"
"I'm sure of it" Dr. Director said before Will could finish.
"Man Stoppable is like a drug to these girls, they just can't get enough" he whines.
"Jealously leads one down a dark path" says Dr. Director.
" Oh I'm sorry Yoda, it's just that some guys seem to have all the luck", he replies.
Tell me you didn't like that chap. Really tell me I'll totally change itif you didn't. What do you people want from me? Why can't I be loved? Sigh just move on to the next chap okay.