Kim was changing into her cheerleading uniform, picking up snippets of conversations but mostly concentrating on the routine they'd be practicing. She perked up when she heard someone talking about Ron. Trying not to look obvious, she eavesdropped on Bonnie and Tara.

"Is he really that good?" Tara asked,

"He's amazing. The things he's showing me," Bonnie gushed.

"Ron's got to have a lot of strength and endurance for all that."

"You'd believe it if you saw how he looks under all those baggy clothes."

Kim couldn't believe what she was hearing. There was no way it could be what it sounded like. Ron said Bonnie came out there for the peace. He wouldn't lie about this to her. He couldn't.

"You guys must get sore going at it like that, don't you?" Tara inquired.

"Me moreso than him. I have to work harder than he does," Bonnie replied.

"And you haven't gotten hurt?" the blonde girl asked in amazement.

"He's strong, but he's gentle. It can get kinda intense sometimes, and he'll stop of he thinks he's even bruised me."

"That's sweet of him. I always figured he was a nice guy."
"Yeah. I'm glad I was able to get to know him. I can't wait for when we can go at it without the protection, but he doesn't think I'm ready yet."

With a feral growl, Kim pinned Bonnie to the locker, holding the brunette's top at the collar. "Ron isn't a whore like you!"

Bonnie stared, fear filling her eyes. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Enraged, the fiery redhead pulled back for a punch. But the brunette was faster. Grabbing Kim's left wrist with her right hand, she quickly stepped out to the right with her left foot to pivot behind the other girl and snaked her left arm up to grab the back of Kim's left shoulder. As she twisted the arm behind the redhead's back, Bonnie knocked the back of Kim's legs, putting her on her knees and pressed against the locker.

Kim tried to break free, wrenching her arm even more. "I won't let you use him like some piece of meat."

"What are you talking about? Ron has been teaching me how to protect myself. And I would never throw his friendship away like that. I care about him, too." Bonnie let go of the other girl and stepped back as Kim stood, rubbing her arm.

"I'm sorry, Bonnie," she apologized. "I just don't want Ron to get hurt. But if he trusts you, I can at least try to."

"Thanks. Don't worry. I won't tell him about this."

"Thanks," Kim said, appreciatively.

"You going to be ok to practice with that arm?" Bonnie asked with concern.

"I'll test it out. If not, I can still direct from the side,"

They smiled as everyone else sighed in relief and left the locker room to practice.

The two teen heroes walked off the beach of the large deserted island, decked out in their mission gear. "This is so cool, KP. I never thought I'd get to see a giant mech in my lifetime," Ron said in excitement.

"You mean besides the ones Drakken sends?" Kim reminded him, rolling her eyes.

"Bah. Those were just twenty-foot tall doomsday devices. This lab has a real robot built with all the world's technologies that's hundreds of feet tall to fight alien invasions like in the movies."

"Yeah, but that was fifty years ago. The technology has to be majorly outdated by now. You could probably find it in some kid's science project."

"Kim, Kim, Kim. No appreciation for the simpler joys in life," the blonde admonished.

"Whatever, Ron. Lets just stop Drakken and get out of here. I still have a test to study for."

"Where did Wade say the hidden entrance," Ron was interrupted, tripping over something. "Ow. What'd I kick?"

Checking the ground, she grinned at him. "Congratulations. You found the door."

Ron got up, rubbing his shin, while Kim got the door open. They silently walked through the hallways. Finding their way deeper into the hidden base, they came across some of Drakken's henchman guarding the door to the main control room. "It looks like there are five goons," she whispered. "Think you can handle them while I go after Drakken and Shego?"

Ron nodded as he ran around the corner to slide feet first into the group of henchman. Using the last of his momentum, the blonde kicked his feet out to windmill his legs around, tripping his opponents. Kim followed shortly after, somersaulting over everyone to enter the control room.

Staying to the shadows, she assessed the situation. She could see that the control room was separated from a large pit-like bay by a rusting guardrail that came up from the floor. If Ron was right, the floor of the bay was several hundred feet below her. It looked like her partner would be disappointed, too. The scientists must have either dismantled the robot or never got it built. Sneaking up on the two villains, she saw Shego was leaning on the large computer console, and Drakken was trying to figure out how to download the information he wanted.

"What made you think this place would have satellite link or usb? They weren't even invented back then," Shego berated.

"Shego. We've talked about hurting with our words," Dr. Drakken admonished.

The redheaded hero stepped from the shadows. "It's not hurting if it's true, Drakken."

"Kim Possible!" Dr. Drakken looked around. "Where's the buffoon?"

"Taking care of the henchman guarding the door. He should be done pretty soon," Kim bragged.

The two villains looked at her in shock before Shego finally responded. "He's fighting all fifteen by himself?"

A look of horror crossed Kim's face. "There were only five."

Unsure if she should help her friend or stop her foes, she just stood there. Taking advantage of her indecision, Shego charged in with a blazing fist to the head. Kim barely dodged it as she began fighting for her life. They continued to attack and block, while doing various flips to dodge or gain a better position.

Things were going like their usual fights until Kim tried to block a kick to her left side and felt pain shot through her arm. 'No,' she thought. 'My arm hasn't recovered from the fight with Bonnie.' Shego immediately hit her foe in the stomach with a spinning back kick, sending the young girl into the guardrail. Shego sauntered up to the dazed girl whom was weakly held up by the dent she had formed, the impact breaking the railing. "What's wrong, princess? Feeling a little tired?" Shego taunted, her fist blazing with green energy. "Let me help you get to sleep."

Raising her fists to incinerate the young girl, she didn't notice the blonde boy running to protect his friend. Watching the large blast coming, Ron did what came naturally. Getting between Kim and Shego, he set his feet for the blast and ducked his head behind his crossed arms. Kim came to enough to watch in horror as the green energy washed around her friend to miss her and strike the railing around her. She could see pieces of his shirt tearing off while other tatters flapped with the blast.

Finishing the blast, Shego started to laugh until she saw that, except for Ron's tattered shirt, both heroes were fine. "Uh, Dr. D. Time to go."

"But I'm not done," Drakken whined.

Dragging him to the emergency exist, "Doesn't matter. I'll get the plans off the internet later."

Kim was too afraid of what the attack had done to Ron to move. Her heart hammered in her chest as she watched Ron drop to a knee, then slowly turn around to sit facing her. Aside from a reddening of his flesh and the smoking remains of his shirt, the boy looked fine. "Ron?"

"I'm fine, Kim. At least I didn't lose my pants this mission," trying to lighten the mood.

She smiled back, reaching up to use the guardrail to help her stand. Putting her full weight on the rail, the bar snapped off. "Ron!" she called as she fell. Unable to catch herself, she tripped over a lower part of the guardrail, causing her to hit her head against the wall of the bay below them as she fell.

"Kim!" Ron yelled as he jumped up and leaped after her. Catching the redhead as she was coming back to consciousness, he fired his grappling hook at an angle to what he hoped was a strong section of railing. As soon as the hook caught, he switched the gun to draw in the line. Running along the shortening arc across the wall, the blonde leaped back onto the floor of the command center in a kneeling position, Kim cradled in his arms.

Standing to let her down, he felt his pants drop. "Aw, man. Not again."

She gave him a big hug, and then dropped to the ground. "You're still my hero." Forgetting for the time being that she still wanted to know how Ron took one of Shego's blasts, she ran after the villains. Ron soon followed, once he had his pants back on.

A/N:

So, a bit more action this go around. I wasn't too subtle with the double entendre in the first scene; didn't mean it to be. I'm not totally happy with my descriptions in the second scene, but it's the best I could do without feeling like I was adding to be adding. In case anyone's confused by the layout of the command center room and bay, it's like going to the zoo. The animal exhibits are down in a pit from the sidewalk and guardrail patrons stand at. Drakken and Shego do get away, but they really didn't steal anything. So, it's not a big deal, and I won't be dealing with it in later chapters. Not too sure when the next update will be. I have three scenes that occur around each other that I need to plot out for proper sequencing. Hopefully, it won't be more than a week. These things usually write themselves once I figure them out.

A/R:

Thanks for more good reviews. As this chapter points out, there is a quick hint of shippiness, but more will be revealed later. I won't be having Kim berate Ron because I've been trying to hint and show that Kim has seen improvements in Ron's fighting prowess. The first scene of this chapter is an example of it. As for not noticing the werewolf thing, that's fine. I purposely am downplaying that aspect unless it's necessary for the story.