Chapter 13

Raid on Asteroid M

When Kim, and her team returned to the mansion, the tensions were running high, Ron had disappeared to his room, and was found there few minutes before the start of the raid, praying, Kim had gone to the Danger Room, to work off some pent up energy, Monique was found in the quiet of the library, a rosary in her hand, Brick was sitting beside her, his head bent in silent prayer, Bonnie had taken a walk on the grounds with Cannonball, where the two talked for what seemed to be hours, Wolverine was extremely taciturn with everyone, snapping at anyone that dared to talk to him, and Cyclops was pacing the War Room like a caged lion, just waiting to pounce on anyone that came within a foot of him, finally, the call came,

"All X-Men, report to the war room, immediately."

Slowly, the members of the X-Men filtered into the war room, and took seats at a large round table,

"Okay, we need to go over battle strategy, and plans of attack." professor Xavier said, looking at the team leaders,

"Okay, it'll be a three pronged attack, with blue, and gold teams going in here." Cyclops said, pointing to the airlock, and then the two teams branched off, one going left, one going right,

"Charlie team, You will enter through this vent here." Cyclops said, pointing to a vent that led from the outside of the asteroid, and into a control center,

"Any plans for a meet up?" Kim asked, looking at Cyclops,

"Yeah, we meet up in the main control room, more than likely, that's where Magneto is hiding at." Cyclops said,

"Alright, Cyclops, you'll lead blue team, Storm, Gold, Shockwave, you'll lead Charlie team, you all have your objectives, God speed, and good luck." Professor X said, dismissing the meeting, and following the team out to the hangar,

"Take care of yourself up there, Kim, and watch out over your team." Professor X said, smiling up at the pretty redhead,

"No big, professor, I'll get my people home, alive, if possible." Kim said, smiling,

"I have every faith that you will, Kim, but up there, you might face your worst fear, I want you to be ready, and be strong." Professor X replied,

"I have only one really bad fear, professor, and that's losing Ron." Kim said, looking at Ron, with a sad look in her eyes,

"If you do your job right, you will be able to bring them home safe, but there will be fierce fighting there, worse that you've ever faced thus far," Professor X explained, "Magneto's not going to give up without a fight, I can assure you of that, so, you must be on your guard."


On Asteroid M:

Kim had gotten her team through the small vent, and into what appeared to be, at first glance, a storage room of some kind, until she stepped down, onto the floor, then, she realized that she was standing in a control room,

"Ron, take half the team, and move in on that control panel over there, get as much information from it as you can, and move out, the rest of us will catch up with you down the hall." Kim said, pointing out a control panel at the other end of the room, there was one guard in front of it, looking intently at the monitor,

"On, it, KP." Ron said, calling for Cannonball, Brick, and Magma to follow along with him,

"Okay, ladies, it looks like it's just us now," Kim said, looking back at Bonnie, Monique, and Psylocke, "let's move out, quietly."

Kim led her team around to the other side of the room, how she was able to do it without being detected, she had no clue, the room was a wide open space, and it appeared, at least to Kim, that there were more guards in there than first anticipated,

"Is it my imagination, of does this room seem to be heavily guarded." Bonnie said, speaking what Kim was thinking at that time,

"Are you sure you're not psychic, Bonnie?" Kim asked, looking at her one-time competitor,

"No, K, why do you ask?" Bonnie replied,

"Because you just said what I was thinking." Kim replied, smiling at Bonnie, who smiled back,

"Okay, you two, enough chatter, you're going to get us spotted." Psylocke commented, pointing to a guard that was walking toward them, a flashlight in hand,

"Oh, great, now what do we do?" Bonnie asked,

"If he moves, we take him down, got it?" Kim said, looking back at her team, all of them nodded,

"Wait, be steady," Kim whispered, "he's spotted us, take him down, now."

Monique stood up, and acted fast, knocking the guard out with a thought, Kim then pulled him toward her, on a sonic wave,

"Well, just who are you?" Kim asked, removing the all concealing helmet the guard was wearing, revealing a face that was better left undescribed,

"Wrong sick." Kim said, placing the helmet back over the guard's face, and moving, near the monitor.

Ron had better luck, he had taken out the guard, and his fingers were flying over the keyboard in front of him, gleaning as much information from the central computers that he could, as soon as he was finished, he met up with Kim, and the rest of the team outside of the main entrance to the control room,

"What'd you find out, Ron?" Kim asked, looking at her longtime partner, and boyfriend,

"The patrols through the passageways come at hour intervals, so as long as we keep a low profile, we're golden." Ron replied,

"Anything else?" Bonnie asked,

"Oh yeah, Magneto is not in the central control room." Ron replied,

"Where is he?" Monique asked,

"Something called the Gravitron room, it's seven levels down." Ron replied,

"We need to get this information to Cyclops." Kim said, looking at Ron,

"No need, KP, I already commed him, he knows." Ron replied, pointing to the comm device on his wrist,

"So, what does he want us to do?" Kim asked,

"Get to the main control room, and shut down the power to the Gravitron room." Ron replied, smiling,

"Then what?" Monique asked,

"Get our rear ends to the Gravitron room, Kim, you are the only one that can't be affected by his power, at least that's what Cyke was telling me." Ron replied,

"So, I'm the one that needs to take him down." Kim said, placing her right hand to her chin,

"That's what it sounds like, Kim." Brick said,

"Alright, K, it's your call." Bonnie commented, looking at Kim with a small smile on her face,

"Okay, Ron, you take Brick, and Monique, and go pay a visit to the central control room, the rest of us will head for the Gravitron room." Kim replied.


In the Central Control Room:

Ron had led his small team into the central control room, without being detected, it was no small feat either, with Brick itching to get his hands on a Brotherhood guard,

"Amp down, Brick, you'll get your chance." Ron said, opening the door,

"Maybe sooner than expected." Monique replied, pointing through the door, at Toad, who was standing at the other end,

"Well, well, three of the famous five, and what should I do with you?" he asked, looking at Ron,

"Well, let me think on that one," Ron said sarcastically, then, taking a huge amount of air, he bellowed at the top of his lungs, "ATTACK!"

The movements were swift, and decisive, Toad hit the ground in a matter of seconds, knocked out from the force of three attacks, coming from separate directions,

"The winner by knockout." Brick said, holding up his hands in a victory celebration,

"Now, we need to find the main power switch." Monique replied, looking around the room, and finding a console that looked promising, she flipped several switches in succession, until the power went out in the room,

"I think that did it." she replied, running out of the room, while Ron concentrated on the panel that Monique had been messing with, with a huge energy burst, Ron short circuited the panel, effectively cutting off the power to the base.


Outside the Gravitron room:

Kim, and her half of the team didn't fair quite as well as Ron and his team did, at the moment, they were in a heated battle with several members of the Brotherhood, led by Pyro, Havok, and Juggernaut,

"Who's the blob in the brown suit?" Kim asked, looking at Juggernaut, and smiling,

"You're gonna pay for that one, wimp." Juggernaut said, charging at Kim full bore, Kim jumped into the air, and hovered, just out of Juggernaut's reach, then, she released a sonic blast that sent the huge man back, but only a few inches,

"Uh-oh." Kim said, noticing that Juggernaut was still on his feet,

"Let me have a go at him, K." Bonnie said, launching fireball after fireball at the man mountain, to no effect,

"Oh, great, now what?" Bonnie asked, it was at that time, that Monique flew up beside of them, and concentrated,

"Uh-oh, I can't get into his mind." Monique replied, looking over at Kim,

"Let me try something." Ron said, encasing his body in pure electrical energy, and hitting Juggernaut with enough force to kill a norman human, but it did little to faze the behemoth,

"Uh-oh, Brick, batter up." Ron hollered, getting out of the way, as Brick's body began to fill the passageway,

"Let's do it, Ronman." Brick said,

"KP, I'm gonna need you over here." Ron replied, as Kim touched down beside Ron, and stepped in front of him, the two once again joined their powers, firing off a sonic bolt even more powerful than the one they used during the attack on New York, the first phase done, Juggernaut had staggered back into Brick, who reached down, and removed the man mountain's helmet, allowing Monique a clear view into Juggernaut's mind,

"GOTCHA SUCKER!" Monique said, now locking her mind onto Juggernaut's worst fear,

"GET ME OUTTA HERE, THIS PLACE IS TOO SMALL, I CAN'T STAND IT!" Juggernaut said, cowering in a corner, and curling into a fetal position,

"Claustrophobic, huh?" Kim asked, looking at Monique,

"Yep, to the point of going into complete shock." Monique replied, looking at Juggernaut, and smiling,

"Okay, now what?" Bonnie asked,

"Brick, knock him out." Kim said, looking at Brick who was waiting for the call. He quickly molded his right arm into a large tire iron, and hit Juggernaut across the jawline with it, knocking the man mountain out,

"Good night." Brick said, now walking up to the main entrance to the Gravitron Room,

"He shouldn't be too heavily guarded, most of his cronies are sitting pretty in the brig at the mansion, so, let's get this done, and over with." Kim said, concentrating on the door in front of them, in a matter of seconds, the door flew off it's hinges, and revealed Magneto, now standing in the center of the room,

"I should've known that Charles would send his children after me, he never gives up." Magneto commented, looking at the X-Men assembled in front of him,

"That's enough, Magneto, now, step away from the machine, and turn yourself in." Kim said,

"For what?" Magneto asked,

"The attack on New your, that was your people." Kim replied,

"I beg to differ." Magneto replied,

"Oh, don't give me that line, buckethead," Kim replied, "we caught Sabertooth, Mystique, Quicksilver, and Avalanche in lower Manhattan." Kim replied,

"I know this, Shockwave, or, should I call you Kim Possible." Magneto commented,

"How do you know?" Kim asked,

"I know all about you, Miss Possible, your strengths, your weaknesses, and your worst fear." Magneto said, and with one swift motion, he was able to focus his powers onto Ron, knocking the young blond across the room, where he slid down the wall, unmoving,

"RON!" Kim yelled, looking at Ron, then turning back to Magneto.

A deep, resounding sound began reverberating throughout the small room, as though a jumbo jet were revving up for takeoff,

"Uh . . . Kim . . . cool it." Bonnie said, looking over at Kim, and watching, as Kim began floating off the ground,

"What are you doing, girl." Magneto asked, watching in horror, as Kim's powers began a buildup to detonation,

"Uh-oh, this is not good, Brick, get Ron and head for the door." Monique said, looking at Brick, who was standing to her right, stunned by the scene unfolding in front of him,

"Right." he replied, keeping his eyes locked on Kim, then, picking Ron up, and into a fireman's carry, he quickly found his way out of the room, followed by the rest of the team, which slowly backed out of the room,

"You're all alone now, Miss Possible, what do you intend to do?" Magneto mocked,

"They didn't leave me alone, they left for their own safety, now, it's my turn." Kim said, her voice seemed to echo from every wall in the room, yet, her voice never rose above it's normal pitch.

It didn't take long for Kim to finally let go, the monsterous sonic wave sent Magneto through a wall, and out, into the hallway, where he hit the floor, and was knocked out from the impact,

"That takes care of him, now, let's get back to the mansion, and find out what he was talking about." Bonnie said, watching, as Monique, and Brick grabbed onto Magneto, and carried him back to the X-Jet.


The following evening:

"Thank God for this break, I tell you." Brick said, this evening, he was dressed in a blue suit, with a white shirt, the collar was unbuttoned, and his hair was combed back, standing next to him, wearing a matching cocktail dress, was Monique, Bonnie had found her way to cannonball, wearing her usual red spaghetti strap dress, and red choker, but it was Kim and Ron that stole the show tonight, both of them were dressed in black, Ron in a black suit, with the collar of his white shirt open, and Kim was in a small black dress, the same dress that, some time before, had practically sent Ron's brain into overload,

"Are we all ready?" Kim asked, looking at her friends, and smiling,

"I think we're all here." Brick replied, looking,

"No, wait, Sam." Bonnie said, noticing that Cannonball had not showed up yet,

"Sorry I'm late, y'all." Sam said, as he ran into the foyer where the five friends were waiting, he had got into a navy blue suit, with a white shirt, and trousers, he was definitely dressed to kill tonight,

"So glad you could make it, Sam." Monique said, a slight smile on her face,

"Yeah, we were just about to leave without you." Ron joked, making Cannonball roll his eyes,

"Everyone's a comedian, ain't they." Cannonball said, taking Bonnie's hand in his, and leaning in for a kiss,

"Alright, let's roll." Ron said, as he walked to a waiting limousine,

"Where is this place Jean told you about, K?" Bonnie asked, looking back at Kim,

"It's a small Italian restaurant on the outskirts of town, I think it's called, "Carlito's," or something like that?" Kim said,

"You mean Carlino's." Cyclops replied, walking down the stairs,

"Yeah, that's the place." Kim replied,

"Where are you six heading off to?" Cyclops asked,

"Triple date tonight." Brick replied, taking Monique's hand in his, and smiling widely,

"Well, have fun." Cyclops replied, smiling.


Chapter 13 is finished, just the epilogue left to go, and this story is closed.

I would like to give a huge thanks to all of the following:

Ranma Masaki: who gave me a ton of good ideas on this story, as well as the sequel, and the prequel.

Captainkodak1: who had helped to further the final product, by helping me out with certain pieces, and some of the fight scenes.

Classic Cowboy: yes, I got help from 'The King of the Crossovers' and I'm very much appreciative for it.

And finally; hbkfan 84: another person who gave me a load of ideas for this story, including the final scene in this chapter.

I'm sorry if I didn't use all of your ideas, guys, you gave me so many, I had a hard time deciding which I should keep, which I should throw out, and which points I should use my own ideas, your input was much appreciated, and if it weren't for the four of you, I would probably still be stuck somewhere on chapter 8, thanks again, and, if you ever need some help with your stories, you know how to find me.

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