Chapter 10

Keeping It Up

Kim, and the rest of the team, had arrived back at the mansion late in the evening, and were ready to get some sleep, Ron had said goodnight to Kim in his usual way(a kiss on the lips) and had entered his room, but he came running out almost as quickly, when he had turned around, and saw Psylocke, stretched out across his bed, as though she were expecting him,

"Psylocke, what are you doing in here?" Ron asked, looking at the beautiful young girl, a long sigh in his voice,

"Why do you think I'm here?" Psylocke asked, looking at Ron with smoldering eyes,

"C'mon, you know that I'm dating Kim," Ron said, "I think you should go back to your room."

"You're no fun." Psylocke replied, a variation of the puppy dog pout on her face,

"Oh, no you don't, c'mon, go back to your room." Ron said, opening the door, and shunting Psylocke out of his bedroom,

'MAN! I GOT to tell Professor X about this.' Ron thought, as he shut off the lights, and went to sleep.

The next morning was an unqualified disaster for Ron in the Danger Room,

"Head in the game, Ron." Kim said from the control room, today was her turn to put the team through their paces, Ron was going to hit Kim with everything he could conjure up as the final work out of the night,

"Ah, I just can't shake what happened last night, KP." Ron said, walking into the control room, and sitting down next to Kim,

"Wanna talk about it?" Kim asked, now placing a hand on Ron's shoulder,

"Oh, I got one of the students chasing me all over the place." Ron said,

"Who?" Kim asked,

"Psylocke, she got into my bedroom last night, and I don't know how she did it." Ron said,

"I'll talk to her, let her know how much she's disrupting the team." Kim replied,

"Are you sure that's going to help, Professor X already tried, but that didn't work." Ron said, hanging his head,

"I'll see if I can talk some sense into her." Kim said, walking out of the control room, and down the hallway to the elevator.


In the day room:

Kim had been looking for Psylocke for the last ten minutes, and still couldn't find her, when she ran into Magma,

"Hey, Alison, have you seen Psylocke anywhere?" Kim asked, looking at the young blonde in front of her,

"Yeah, she's in Professor X's study." Magma replied, pointing Kim to the quickest route to the Professor's study.

Kim walked in, just as Professor X, and Psylocke had finished talking,

"Am I interrupting anything?" Kim asked,

"Not at all, Kim, in fact I was just talking to Psylocke about you and Ron." Professor X said, making Kim look questioningly at the wheelchair bound telepath,

"Really?" Kim asked,

"Yeah, and she has something to say to you, Kimberly, I think you should listen." Professor X said,

"I'm sorry, I don't wish to do anything that'll hurt the team, but Professor Xavier tells me that Ron is unable to keep his focus." Psylocke said, her head hanging,

"That's an understatement, he almost got pulverized in the Danger Room earlier." Kim said,

"In that case, I've been asked to swear a vow to never go after Ron again." Psylocke said, then, looking at Kim, she began,

"I swear that I will never let my passion override my senses, you have nothing to fear from me, Kim Possible, I will discontinue my pursuit of Ron, as of tonight." Psylocke said, her eyes locked onto Kim the entire time she talked,

"Okay, Ron will be pleased with that, thank you Professor." Kim said, turning around, and leaving.

But there was something nagging in the back of her mind, what would Psylocke do if Kim were to never make it back from a mission?

'Don't think that way, Kim, the minute you do, it's going to be lights out.' she thought to herself, as she went up to her room, and changed into street clothes.

Kim and Ron were supposed to be going on a triple date with Brick and Monique, and Bonnie and Sam, and there was no way in the world she intended to miss it.


Later that afternoon, at one of the local malls:

Kim had just come out of the local clothing store, with Monique and Bonnie in tow, when the comm device all X-Men carried with them went off, making Kim sigh,

"What's the sitch, Cyclops?" Kim asked, talking through the cell phone like device,

"We need you back at the mansion, there's been a robbery at the New York Museum of Science, and it doesn't fit the M.O. of any of our usual enemies." Cyclops said,

"You think it might be someone that Ron and I know?" Kim asked,

"Maybe, come back to the mansion, and we'll fill you in." Cyclops replied,

"Alright, you heard the man, pack out your trash." Kim said, heading for the door.


Back at the X Mansion:

Kim and her team were in the war room, watching, as Cyclops brought up the information on the latest hit to the New York Museum of Natural History,

"What have you got?" Kim asked, looking at the leader of the X-Men, a question on her face,

"The only thing that was hit was the Simian exhibits." Cyclops said,

"I'm gonna go out on a limb, and say Monkey Fist." Ron said,

"Who?" Wolverine asked,

"Lord Monty Fiske." Kim said,

"Isn't he like an expert on anything to deal with monkeys?" Iceman asked,

"Yeah, and a little more." Kim said,

"He had monkey hands and feet surgically attached to his wrists, and ankles, he also went through genetic mutation on his body, making him a sort of man-monkey." Ron said, his face turned into a huge frown,

"And. I take it from your look, that you don't like him." Cyclops said, looking at Ron's face,

"Oh, with him, and Ron, it was pretty much hate at first sight." Kim said, smiling slightly,

"Worse than that, K." Bonnie said,

"How so?" Beast asked,

"Well, the first time they faced off, Ron was hit with some kind of mystical monkey power, Monkey Fist has been after Ron ever since, they've fought on several different occasions, with Ron always coming out on top." Brick said,

"Most of it by pure luck." Ron added,

"But you still beat him, and the last time, I thought you'd take his head off." Monique said,

"What do you mean, young lady?" Storm asked, looking at Monique, but it was Ron who answered,

"He . . . kinda bad-mouthed Kim, and I went right off the deep end." Ron explained,

"How bad?" Professor X asked, knowing where this conversation was heading,

"Well, he got a concussion, and a couple of broken ribs out of it, I just got a cut in my scalp for my troubles." Ron said, pulling back his hair, to reveal a small scar just inside of his hairline,

"Well, since the two of you have faced him before, you're going after him again." Professor X said,

"Oh well, nothing to fear, but fur itself." Ron said, shrugging his shoulders, and heading for the door, the rest of the team following in his wake.


And that's chapter 10, only 2 more, and the Epilogue, and this story is done, you'll find out why I'm adding the Epilogue here, instead of the next story in this series, because I'll be doing the back story next, then, the sequel to this story.

57 reviews, WOW! Another story that I thought would never make it past 20, but here it is, this story is now the most reviewed one I have ever written, passing 'The Shadow' by one review.

Let's keep 'em coming, maybe I can break 60 with this one.

As always, keep the reviews coming,

Doug