Chapter 5: Ron to the Rescue
A/N: Thanks to everyone who's read this, enjoyed it, and those who have reviewed. I wasn't sure how this story would go over, but I'm glad I decided to unearth it and dust it off. That said, here's the final chapter. I'm not really one for writing fight sequences, so most of this will have to be imagined, I'm afraid.
DRAKKEN'S LAIR – SOMEWHERE
Ron arrived at Drakken's lair and quickly snuck in via the front door. Drakken never did figure out he needed to actually protect the entrances to his lairs, Ron thought. He hid behind a stack of crates and canisters near the door, which actually was a pretty good hiding place: he could see the entire main room, and he couldn't be seen from the catwalk that ran over the middle of the room. Off in one corner, he saw Shego talking to one of Drakken's goons, who was sitting at a console. Fortunately, they were within earshot.
"Miss Shego," the goon told her. "I think we've got a problem. I would tell the boss, but he's talking to that girl."
"And what problem would that be?" Shego asked in a sickeningly-sweet voice that scared the goon.
"Um, I was checking the security video, and we saw this." He pointed to a screen that clearly showed Allysin sneaking in after Shego, who was carrying Kim. The goon continued, "Just to make sure we didn't see it wrong, I told Lou to go and check that closet he put the dead girl in, and he told me that the dead girl's still there."
Shego mulled that over in her head. "If Kim's still dead, then who's that over there?"
"I don't know, but she looks an awful lot like the dead girl. Like I said, I would tell the boss, but he's busy."
"Don't worry," Shego scowled. "I'll tell him."
Upon hearing this, Ron gulped and looked over at Drakken, who was at the other end of the room, talking to Allysin, who, luckily for the Stoppables, he still thought was Kim.
"Come on, Kim Possible, what is so wrong with answering my questions?"
Allysin hesitated. "I don't feel like answering any questions right now. I'm kind of tired."
"You've been dead for 15 years! Don't you think that's rest enough?"
"Yeah, well, coming back to life wears you out." Allysin hoped that sounded plausible, not that Drakken should know what coming back from the dead was like. "Can I please go home and sleep?"
"Doctor Drakken?" Shego interrupted. "I'm sorry to interrupt."
"Can't you see I'm busy with Kim here?" Drakken growled.
"That's what I need to talk to you about."
"Fine. I'll be just a second, Kim." And he left with Shego.
Once they were out of Allysin's earshot, Drakken hissed, "Shego, what is this about?"
"That girl," Shego replied, pointing at Allysin.
"Kim Possible, you mean. I'm so happy! It worked! You know what this means? I'll kill Kim all over again, re-animate Doctor Lindwurm, and we'll take over the world the three of us."
"Um, yeah," Shego started. "About that. You might want to see this." She led him over to the video console and asked the goon who talked to her earlier to play the video over again.
Upon seeing Allysin sneak in, the goon added again, "I asked Lou to check the closet you had him put the dead girl in, and he said she was still there."
"WHAT?" Drakken shouted.
"I keep telling you that we need a live security feed! The United States Marine Corps Force Recon Team could be in here, and we wouldn't know for a half hour!" Shego yelled.
"Never mind that. Besides, those things are expensive," Drakken said sullenly.
Drakken returned to where Allysin was still sitting. "Okay, Kim Possible, I think that's about it, and we really have no more use for you, so...back to the dead you go!"
"What? I thought I could go back home!"
"Yeah, back home to the cemetery. Shego, if you wouldn't mind. . ."
"With pleasure, Doctor," Shego replied. Never mind her pledge to never kill again. She really hated being played like this, and to put this intruder in her place seemed like just the thing to do. Besides, she wouldn't kill her exactly – Drakken relished the idea of destroying his enemies, and Shego was just fine with that.
Allysin put up a good fight against Shego, but she wasn't as well-trained as Shego was, and it didn't take much for Shego to stop Allysin. After the exhausting struggle, Allysin was strapped to the table where Kim's body had been earlier. Drakken toyed with the knobs and buttons again. "See, this beam works two ways," he explained. "All I have to do is reverse the polarity, and it's so easy to undo its effects! You know," Drakken sneered, "last time, I didn't get the pleasure of killing you myself, but it looks like I'll get a second chance. Thank you for assisting my research; please pick up your check on the way out!" With a gleeful grin, he prepared to fire the beam. "Goodbye, Kim Possible!"
Allysin watched the deadly green beam work its way from the generators to the firing mechanism. She needed a way out, and quick. "Wait!" she yelled above the beam's humming. "I'm not Kim!"
"What?" Drakken yelled. He quickly dialed down the beam so he could hear. "What did you say?" he asked.
"I'm...I'm not Kim." Allysin finished, reluctant to blow her cover. "I'm her..."
"...biggest fan!" Ron finished hurriedly, appearing from his hiding spot. "I hired her to pose as Kim to help take you down. And now, if you'll excuse me, I'll just collect her and the real Kim and we'll leave you alone."
"Oh, really?" Drakken asked. "And what if we refuse?"
"Then I'll take them."
"You were Kim Possible's little friend, weren't you? Pardon me for forgetting, but. . .what is your name again?"
"Stoppable. . .Ron Stoppable."
"Oh, please, the James Bond thing is so passe." Drakken waved Ron off.
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!
"Is not!"
"Enough! Shego, please."
This began a pretty one-sided fight. Shego threw punch after punch, which Ron ducked. He had never really fought Shego before; that was usually Kim's department. He wished Rufus was there with him; Rufus could have freed Allysin while Ron battled Shego. But Rufus wasn't there, so Ron fought on.
Meanwhile, Allysin just kind of laid there, hoping her father wouldn't end up in the same predicament that she was now in. She usually tried to not regret any choices she made, but she was beginning to regret this one. What she really regretted, though, was not being able to do anything to fix the situation. High time I did something, she thought. "Hey, Dorken!"
"The name is Drakken, little girl," Drakken hissed.
"Tomato, tomahto."
"What is it you want?"
"Isn't it a little pathetic, you relying on a girl to fight for you? I mean, can't you defend yourself? Ron told me about you, and you hid in the background while the fighting was going on like a villain on the Batman TV show!" Allysin knew her dad had never told her anything about his past, but "Dorken" didn't need to know that.
"I fight," Drakken said, rather unconvincingly. Taking on his usual tone, he added, "And isn't Batman a little before your time?"
"Hello, they're called reruns. But anyway, are you gonna prove to me that you're as tough as you say? 'Cause right now, I'm not that impressed, or scared. Why don't you untie me, and you can show me what you've got!"
If Shego had been listening to this conversation, she would have quickly stopped Drakken from doing what he was about to do. He untied Allysin, one restraint after another. As soon as she was free, she started to throw punch after punch and kick after kick. Drakken did rather well dodging them, but couldn't manage to do much damage to Allysin.
The two fights continued - Ron fighting Shego, Allysin fighting Drakken - until, all of a sudden, 12 figures dressed in camouflage uniforms and armed to the teeth surrounded the room. A small group of them descended on the fighting pairs and forced Drakken and Shego to the ground. Ron and Allysin were escorted outside.
Once outside, Ron asked, "Who are you? What is going on here?"
"I am Major Stan Arnold, Marine Force Recon. Wade sent us to provide back-up. He figured that you would need it, but from the looks of it, you had everything handled well."
"What? Really?" Allysin asked. "Thank you!"
"Thank you, Major. Will you excuse us for a minute?" Ron asked, leading Allysin to a spot away from the chaos.
"Hey dad, that was pretty cool. You were kicking butt over there," Allysin said as Ron enveloped her in a tight hug.
"I am so glad you're safe," Ron said releasing Allysin. "And by the way, when we get home, you are so grounded."
"Hey wait a second!" Allysin cried. "I help save the world, and I get grounded. That is so unfair!Did Mom get grounded?" she asked accusingly.
"Nope," Ron replied matter-of-factly."But I wasn't her dad."
Epilogue
That night, the media found out what had happened, and Ron and Allysin's actions were all over the news. Drakken and Shego were sent to prison once again, to serve their sentences in solitary confinement. That Monday, Allysin was regarded as a heroine at school. But Allysin wasn't there.
MIDDLETON CEMETERYRon and Allysin stood watching as the casket holding Kim was lowered into the ground once again. Ron squeezed his daughter's shoulder. "Come on, Allysin. Let's go home."
THE END