Steve fired multiple laser blasts at Ron and Kim, causing them to scramble for cover, behind the rows of large crates, narrowly dodging the initial blasts.
"Great I'm being shot at, what a way to spend a Saturday night."
"I think you should be used to it by now Ron."
Laughing hysterically Steve fired wildly in their general direction. When suddenly he felt some tapping on his shoulders.
"This is the second time your time you've interrupted my today Ralph." He said as he continued to fire.
"But boss if you don't stop you might hit a crate with a bomb in it, then uh we'll all die."
Steve stopped "ok that's sound advice." He turned to his men "the first man to kill them gets a ten percent bonus".
Hearing this the clowns gave out a loud cheer, and charged at the heroes.
"I think this is the perfect opportunity for me to destroy some evidence," Steve thought as he slipped away.
"What's going on"? Asked Kim from behind a crate
"Well he's stopped shooting and I think he's escaping. But he also seems to have sent the clowns to kill us".
"Alright, I could use a little exercise", she replied.
"Wow, KP you sure are Gung Ho today".
She broke into a sprint towards the nearest clown, just before she reached him she launched into a kick that struck him the face knocking out his teeth. The moment she landed, two more clowns attempted to jump on top of her. She back flipped out of the way causing them to crash into each.
Ron watched from behind, "she still never ceases to amaze."
Without warning Ron threw a forearm shot behind him, which hit a clown in the gut knocking the wind out of him.
"Dude, don't sneak up on me while I'm watching my girl fight, it's just rude."
Another clown ran up to Kim and threw a punch. She leaned backwards with the blow, letting his fist pass over her. She quickly countered the attack with an uppercut.
"You're a lucky man" the clown said to Ron from the floor.
"Yep" he replied then he punched the clown in the face knocking him out.
Kim took down two more guards, as another attacked. Bringing her body forward she thrust her foot into his gut doubling him over. Suddenly she was knocked into the ground by a blow from behind. She looked up to see a foot coming down on her face. She braced herself for the impact but Ron knocked her attacker away with a flying roundhouse kick.
"Thanks Ron" she said picking herself up "where did that attack from"?
"That attack came from Friday night Kung Fu theater, presenting for my viewing pleasure Circle of Iron. It was on last night."
"Well Ron I hope you've got more moves, because here comes some more clowns."
Ron surveyed the area to find about seven of the remaining clowns encircling them.
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"Wow they're pretty good" the voice in David's earpieces exclaimed.
David removed the goggle from his face, "please, while they're playing with these guys the leader is getting away."
David hung onto the rafters overlooking the fight down below. Thanks to his stealth suit he was completely hidden from them.
"Aren't you going to help them?"
"I don't have time for that, furthermore they shouldn't be here in the first place," he said as he prepared to drop down.
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"Kim, you should go after the head guy, I'll keep these guys busy."
"What?" She asked already in a fighting stance "this isn't the time to get all macho on me Ron."
"Can't the sidekick get some action every now and then?"
She narrowed her eyes "we've talked about this Ron, you're not my sidekick you're my partner".
Ron rolled his eyes, but deep down he felt a growing happiness, since they had started dating she refused to call him her sidekick, she even went as far as to correct other people about the issue.
"Kim if we waste time fighting these idiots, the ringleader is going to get away. You go ahead and I'll catch up later."
"You're right, we can't let him escape. Alright I'm going."
Ron knew she would be worried, it was another change she had gone through ever since they became a couple. She had gotten a lot more protective of him during missions. Ron had never bothered to talk about it, though in a way he thought it was endearing
"I'll be fine" he said smiling "we do only what we're meant to do".
"I like the way you believe spouting random movie lines, is going to reassure me."
Kim sprinted forward, in full stride she leaped on top of a crate. Pushing herself off it, she launched a double-legged kick that caught a nearby clown in the face. Keeping her momentum she flipped into the air and sailed over the remaining clowns landing a few feet away from the exit.
"If you get hurt I'll kill you," she called out to Ron upon landing, then she dashed out the door.
"She had to take one down before she left" thought Ron before realizing that all the attention was now on him.
"Alright the rest of you line up" he said puffing up his chest. "I've come here to chew bubblegum and kick butt. And I'm all out of bubblegum".
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Steve placed another C4 block along the walls of a cubicle as he made pass the office area of the convention center. He was placing a lot more then needed but he couldn't take any chances. There couldn't be any traces that led to the syndicate.
"Nothing takes care of evidence like plastic explosives" he said merrily.
When he was a safe distance away he would use his cell phone detonator to set the building ablaze.
"Now for me to get the hell out of here."
"Sorry but that's not going to happen," a voice said from behind him.
He turned and found himself face to face with Kim Possible.
"Oh an unarmed girl, I'm so afraid".
"You should be" she said to him.
He pulled a cell phone from his pocket "back away from me sweet heart, or I'll blow this place sky high."
"Uh huh, call me naive but you don't seem like the suicide bomb type".
He stared at her and then he began to laugh "cute and smart huh, well let's see how smart you are."
He put the phone back into his pocket "I'm not the type of guy to fight little girls, so here's what I'll do."
Out of his pocket he pulled out a small diamond, and tossed it to her, "how about you just let me go, that's worth at least ten grand."
Kim studied the diamond "well diamonds are a girl's best friend."
"Exactly, I knew you were a smart girl".
She clutched the diamond in her hand, then winding up like a pitcher she threw the diamond at the C4 explosive with all of her might.
"Are you insane?" He screamed in horror only to watch the diamond bounce harmlessly off the bomb.
"What the hell?"
Before he could say another word Kim was upon him. She sent him flying into the air with a single uppercut.
"Because of the stabilizer elements, it takes a considerable shock to set off C4 explosives" she said standing over him. She had apparently knocked him out.
"Well I'd better check on Ron."
As she turned around, she was grabbed from behind and forcefully thrown against the wall.
"You stupid skank" Steve huffed as he wiped the blood off his mouth "you should have taken the damn diamond."
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Ron took a deep breath and blew it out slowly.
"Okay, that's three down and three more to go". He knew he was only running on will power now.
"I may have bitten off more then I can chew," he told himself preparing for another round of attacks.
"Alright guys I think this has gone on long enough, its time this ended" he said panting as he returned to his fighting stance.
The closest clown rushed forward and threw a mid-level punch that Ron dashed to the side to avoid. Then he attacked with a kick that Ron merely parried and countered by sending a knee to his gut. Using some quick footwork Ron moved swiftly to his next opponent giving him a strong uppercut to the chin. Sensing an attack from behind Ron barely blocked a hard fist to the head. Luckily he countered, and spun around, managing to catch his assailant off guard with a hard back kick to the stomach. When the last clown fell Ron leaned against the walls exhausted.
"What the hell is wrong with me? That was not one of my brightest ideas".
He reflected on his actions for a moment and realized after all these years, he was still trying to impress her. He had even started training on his own to improve his skills during the missions. Sometimes one can get tired of being a distraction. He picked himself up and massaged his jaw knowing that he would be in trouble if he took to long.
"This relationship may end up killing me" he said aloud to no one in particular "but as they say a love that risks nothing is worth nothing."
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"David what the hell are you waiting for, I thought were going to get the gang leader".
"Don't need to sis, I'd hate to admit it but those guys---"
"Team Possible!"
He sighed "Yes Team Possible, they're pretty good. I think I'll just hang back until the fights are over".
"I thought you wanted to interrogate the boss?"
"Yeah, when the battle is over I'll just grab him before they figure out what's going on"
"So you're going to let them do all the work, then take the credit for the capture."
"Yep"
"You know you're a jerk right David?"
"I've come to terms with that years ago sis"
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Steve pulled out a pistol and placed it on Kim's temple as he stood over her "man you must be one of those feminist type chicks, but you're playing man's game now, sorry baby cakes but you're in way over your head."
"Keep talking, it just makes it easier for me to do this," Kim quickly disarmed him before he could realize it, then she sent her foot to his face.
The kick sent him reeling backwards, trying to recover he threw a punch which she easily blocked and jabbed him, again in the face.
"Alright, I surrender, just stop ruining my beautiful face" he begged as he backed away into a corner.
"Surrendering huh, what happened to this being a man's game?" She told him smugly.
"Well" he said slowly reaching into his back pockets "sometimes a man knows when he's over matched".
With one swift hand motion he tosses a small ball at her. Upon impact with her face, the ball releases a small smoke screen blinding her.
"Yeah you can kick my ass I'll give you that, but that doesn't mean I won't walk out of here a free man," he said as he walked past her.
Picking his pistol of the floor he heard the sounds of foot steps heading in their direction.
"Hey KP are you okay" Ron stood still as he suddenly found himself staring at the barrel of a gun.
"Sorry kid , bad timing," Steve said as he squeezed the trigger
He fired only to see Ron pushed away by some mysterious invisible force.
"Ron!" Kim called out while rubbing her eyes "are you alright?"
"I'm fine, I think" he said checking his body.
Suddenly the shape of a man began to materialize from nothing right before his very eyes
"Damn" said David holding onto his left arm, the bullet had managed to graze it.
Steve stared in shock as he tried to comprehend how someone could just appear out of thin air. His fear kicking in he prepared to fire again. His slight hesitation gave David enough time to reach into his pocket and toss an object at him. The object magnetically attached itself to the gun and generated an electrical current that spread through the gun causing Steve to drop it quickly.
"I think its time I exit" Steve said before he broke away, running towards the exit.
David rolled across the ground and grabbed the fallen gun.
"Sorry buddy but no one gets away from me" he said as he aimed.
Seconds before David fired Kim pushed him to the side, causing him to misfire.
Steve glared at the hole in the wall created by the bullet that had come much to close to his head.
While he was thinking about how close he had come too death. The lights of the building began to flicker on an off. Then there was complete darkness.
"What in the world?" He cried.
Abruptly a strong pair of hands grabbed him and pulled him into the darkness. When the lights came back on Ron, Kim, and David searched the room only to find that he had disappeared without a trace.
David became severely frustrated as he turned to Kim "why the hell did you interfere, I had a clear shot at him"
She cocked an eyebrow "excuse me you could have killed the guy."
"I wasn't going to kill him, I was just going to stop him from escaping."
"Is that so, maybe you should check how high that bullet hole is. If I hadn't "interfered" the hole would have been in his head instead of in the wall."
"Well guess what, I didn't let the perp escape," screamed David. "At least if the bullet had been in his head. He wouldn't be out on the street hurting more people."
"Who are you anyway?" Asked Kim
"Ok, ok let's calm down everybody" said Ron. "Dude thanks for saving my life back there, but you can't go around shooting like some kind of NRA nut. This isn't the old west."
"Please, like I need to hear from the sidekick."
"He's not my sidekick, he's my partner" Kim called out, pushing Ron to the side.
David rolled his eyes "you're supposed to use all the necessary force available to stop crime. I guess it should be expected from vigilantes who live in a hick town like Middleton."
"Whoa we are not vigilantes, we just occasionally save the world" said Kim.
"Whatever just back off. I've been chasing the Shadow Syndicate for years."
"Shadow syndicate?" Kim and Ron said in unison
"Jeez you guys don't even now what's going on, forget I even mentioned it. Just stay off this case and stay out of my way." As he finished talking he disappeared.
Ron walked over to Kim "was that my guardian my angel?"
"No Ron" she sighed "that was a jerk with a stealth suit."
"So this Shadow syndicate thing, are we backing off?"
"I'll have Wade look into it in the morning" she replied.
"I thought so" he said, "so KP I believe we have some unfinished business"
"Ron not now."
Middleton U: The next morning.
Ron leaned against his locker, his cell phone against his ear, held up by his shoulder.
"Look dude I need these tickets, my girlfriend's birthday is coming up."
"Sold out" growled a voice from the other side of the line.
"I've got three hundred dollars."
"Oh in that case, sold out."
Ron hung up the phone in disgust, "wow that guy was really uncooperative"
"Yep" said Rufus from the inside of his locker.
"What am I going to do buddy, I need to give her a great gift for her birthday. Something that will blow her mind."
Rufus gave Ron a hush up signal as Kim came walking towards them.
"Hey KP" he said as he leaned over to kiss her.
"Ron I was wondering if after we meet up at the mall with Monique today you'd like to come over to our dorm room and study."
"Ooh study hmmm, well I'd thought I'd catch up on some sleep tonight."
"Really" she said "if I had invited you over for some other "activities" I'm sure you wouldn't hesitate to say yes."
Ron opened his mouth to say something, but decided it would be best if he remained silent.
"Ron we need to talk"
He groaned " I'm not going to like it, am I?"
"Why do say that?" She asked.
"You've got that tone in your voice. You know, when people are uncomfortable, like when they want to break up, or tell you that that they've cheated on you, or they want to borrow money, or even worse they want to tell you that you've got to work harder in school."
"Bingo" she said.
"Oh man, I think it would have been easier if you told me we were breaking up."
"Seriously Ron you're in college, you need to start thinking about your future."
"Alright Mother, I'll start working on MY future ASAP."
She looked him sternly "alright if you going to use that tone I'm just going to leave."
"Jeez I've done it now" he thought to himself, then he pulled her back before she could walk away.
"Look I'm sorry, I've just had a bad morning, but I really, really appreciate your concern."
She smiled "apology accepted" then she kissed him lightly on the lips. "Check this out," she handed him a newspaper.
Ron read the headline "Crime rate in Middleton rises to record numbers, gang violence spreads chaos throughout the city... Whoa stuff like this doesn't usually happen in Middleton."
"Exactly, Middleton is breaking out in gang wars, and it's all happening right under my nose" she said.
"You think this had anything to do with this Shadow Syndicate" he asked.
"I'm pretty sure of it, but I've been having Wade dig up some info around the web"
"Well I reckon its up to Sheriff Possible to clean up this town."
"You better believe it Ron", She glanced at the school clock "well I'm late for cheer practice, I'll catch you later."
As she walked away Ron released his breath "just dodged a bullet there" he said to Rufus who nodded in agreement.
It was then that Ron noticed the crowd of students gathering down the hall.
Ten minutes earlier.
David entered the building of his new school, and already his anxieties began to flare up. Once again like in all social situation he wished he was wearing his costume. At least then he didn't feel like people could stare into his soul.
"Hey how are you doing?" He said meekly to a girl who passed by completely ignoring him.
"Well that was a great way to start" he thought, it seemed like college was no different from high school.
"If these people only knew who I really was."
If they only knew how much of an ass kicking crime fighter he was, then they would show him some respect. Then the girls would come to him, instead of him having to build up the courage just to ask where the bathroom was. But that was the problem with secret identities, they had to remain a secret. He felt pathetic he had fought large gorilla like thugs before but he couldn't face a girl his age.
"I suck" he said to himself before he bumped unknowingly into a boy in front of him.
"Hey watch where you're going" the boy gave him a slight shove, which unfortunately sent David right into the ladies room.
Ron watched from the crowd as a boy sprawled out of the ladies room followed by an enraged girl. The boy looked to be of Ron's age, with a swirl of coarse brown hair,and surprisingly familiar green eyes. Ron made his through the crowd. Judging by the way the girl was breathing out steam, Ron knew the boy was in trouble.
"Pervert" the girl screamed at David.
David could feel the eyes of the student body digging into him, he felt his skin begin to crawl "what a way to start."
"Look I didn't mean too, it was an accident" before he could finish David caught a glimpse of the fist bearing towards his eye, then he felt the pain, then he finally found himself on the ground.
"Ugh what happened"? David asked groggily.
"You got knocked out by a girl" a friendly voice told him, everyone else seemed to have moved on.
"Whoa" David said obviously in shock "you're Ron Stoppable."
Ron looked at him suspiciously "do I know you?"
"No we've never met" said David quickly "but I've seen you on the news you're a hero right,... uh thats how I know you."
Ron blushed "well I've been know to save the world here and there".
Ron helped David off the ground, "first day huh?"
"Yea, and I've already made quite an impression, so you go to school here huh?"
"Yep this is my second semester, how about I show you around, new guy."
David hesitated for a moment, but then realized he had nothing too lose.
Forty Five minutes later.
"Well that was Middleton U, its not Harvard, but its a great school" said Ron as they entered the parking lot.
"Yeah its great but there sure are a lot of people enrolled here", replied David bitterly.
"What's wrong with people?"
"I'm not good with people, people make me nervous. Long story short I've got serious social issues."
"Well we've been hanging out for about forty minutes and you seem alright"
David's eyes opened wide "you're right we have been hanging out, that's what normal people do, they hang out" he said frantically.
"OK" said Ron "now I'm starting to see these "issues" you were talking about."
David stayed silent for a few seconds gazing towards the ground "why'd you help me out anyway."
"Hey you looked like a caged animal back there, anyone could have seen the terror in your eyes. I was afraid you were going to have a heart attack . Besides I'm used to helping people."
Ron suddenly felt a light tug in his pant pocket "oh right where is my head" he reached into his pockets "let me introduce you to my buddy Rufus."
"Hi" said Rufus standing on Ron's palm
"A naked mole rat, you don't see those everyday" David said casually.
Ron was amazed "most people call him a weasel at first glance"
"Well I've done some research on exotic animals, it's kind of like a hobby of mine" David replied.
"Well friend the tour's over what do we do now?"
"Friend? We've just met."
"I've got a good feeling about you dude, unless of course I think we'll get along just fine."
"We could hang out at my house for a few minutes, its not that far from here."
Ron looked at his watch "sounds like a plan."
David whistled loudly into the air, a few seconds later a large stretch limousine appeared and subsequently parked in front of them.
"No way!" said Ron as the chauffeur appeared "you're stinking rich".
"Where will you be going young master" the chauffeur said as he opened the door for them.
"Home Johnson" David turned to Ron who just stared in shock. "Come on in, I've got cable in here"
Ron stepped in and sat down "you know I was a millionaire too, for about two weeks. But I never thought about having cable in the limo. Its genius."