Chapter 6: The Girl and the Professor

Kim and Ron stared into the face of a pretty teenage girl. She had brown eyes and blonde hair tied in a ponytail. She was wearing a black leather jacket over a silver body suit with a belt that had various gadgets dangling from it and silver boots and gloves. A black backpack was hanging on her back.

"Thank goodness I found you two. I almost thought those villains had caught you," said the girl. "Wait just a minute. Who are you?" asked Ron. "And why aren't you transformed?" asked Kim. "I don't have time to explain. The two of you have to get out of here at once," said the girl.

"Where to? If Drakken speaks the truth, every human in the world is being transformed into naked mole rats," said Kim. "And how are we supposed to get out of town? The place is swarming with the villains and their lackeys," said Ron. "I have solutions for both of those problems," said the girl as she took off her backpack and opened it up.

She took out a roll of paper and threw it to Kim. "Follow the directions on that map. It will lead you both to a place where you will find help. As for the villains, leave them to me," said the girl taking out a wig that resembled Kim's hairstyle. She tucked her blonde hair under the wig and put it on. She was almost a dead ringer for Kim if it weren't for her brown eyes. "I'll keep the villains distracted. While they chase me, you two make a run for it," she said as she moved toward the entrance of the restaurant.

"No, I can't let you distract those villains," said Kim advancing toward the girl. The girl turned around with a smile on her face. "Don't worry. They can't catch me. Not as long as I've got these," she said pointing to her silver boots. She clicked the heels together and ran circles around Kim in a blur. When she stopped, she said, "My Hyper-Speed boots will enable me to run like the wind. The villains will have a snowball's chance in summer of catching me. They'll pursue me thinking I'm you, Kim Possible," said the girl.

"Are you with GJ? Can you at least tell me your name?" asked Kim. "My name is Anne and let's just say I'm a friend. Now get a move on," said the girl as she sped off in a blur out of the restaurant.

"Anne, huh? Wonder where she came from," said Ron. "Yeah. How did she avoid getting transformed?" asked Kim. "Maybe she's one of Drakken's Kim clones that you missed. She may have dyed her hair and took on a whole new identity. I read it in a comic book," said Ron. "Ron, her eyes were brown and not green," said Kim. "She could be wearing contact lenses," said Ron. "She couldn't be a clone. The clones we faced were like vicious wild animals," said Kim. "Yeah. But those clones were very good-looking. Except for the Bonnie ones," said Ron remembering the adventure they had fighting Drakken's evil clones of them.

"Let's worry about where she came from later and hope that wherever this map leads us, it will be helpful," said Kim as she unfolded the map. Ron walked over and looked at the map over her shoulder. "It looks like where she wants to us to go is on the outskirts of Middleton," said Ron pointing to a spot on the map labeled with an X. "Let's go Ron and hope that Anne girl does a good job of keeping the Legion of Villainy distracted," said Kim. They headed for the door and started to follow the directions on the map.

After leaving the city limits of Middleton, Kim and Ron were hiking up a steep hill. The sun was starting to set. Ron was huffing and puffing while Kim was studying the map. "According to the map, the place where we're supposed to go is up on the top of this hill," said Kim. "What a day! First we're running from villains and now we're hiking," said Ron exhaustedly. "Just be glad we got out of Middleton without any trouble. Anne obviously did a good job of distracting those villains," said Kim as they neared the top of the hill.

When they reached the top, Kim and Ron gasped. There was nothing there at all except an old wooden outhouse. "She tricked us!" exclaimed Kim as she crumpled the map in her fist. "Hold it, KP. If there's one thing I've learned from all these missions with you, it's that appearances can be deceiving," said Ron as he advanced to the door.

"I'll bet when I open this door, it will reveal." said Ron as he grabbed the handle, opened the door, and looked inside. Then he held his nose as he saw what was inside. "A very stinky seat. PU! How could anyone live without flushable toilets?" asked Ron. "Yuck! Reek!" said Rufus popping out of Ron's pocket and holding his nose.

"Well, that was a disappointment," said Ron. He kicked the door of the outhouse hard. At the exact moment the door shut, a mechanical tendril with a gray orb on it sprouted from the top of the outhouse. It reached toward Ron who was stunned at the sight of it. Kim was equally surprised as she walked over to Ron and gazed at the tendril. A round panel slid up revealing a blue eye. It looked over the two teens. Then a mechanized voice came out of it. "State your names. Full names, please," it droned.

Kim said nervously, "Uh Kimberly Anne Possible?" "Ronald Bailey Stoppable," stated Ron. "Sensors indicate three organisms. Third party please identify yourself," said the mechanical voice. "What is it talking about? There's only two of us," said Kim. Then Rufus piped up and said, "Rufus Stoppable!" The voice said, "Subjects correctly identified as Kimberly Anne Possible, Ronald Bailey Stoppable, and Rufus Stoppable. Please wipe your feet and come in."

The door automatically opened revealing an elevator compartment. "Now this is more like it," said Ron as he and Kim stepped in. Metal doors closed in front of them and it started to lower. "I can't believe that machine asked for Rufus to identify himself," said Kim. "Must want to make sure we're the right people. I mean, how many teen heroes and their sidekicks travel with naked mole rats?" asked Ron. "Good point," said Kim. Suddenly the elevator stopped and the doors opened.

Kim and Ron stepped out of the elevator into a giant silver-plated room. It appeared to be some kind of laboratory. All around, various robots were constructing gadgets of many varieties. Disco music blared through loudspeakers.

"This place is sort of reminiscent of a typical bad guy's lair. We could be walking into a trap," said Ron. "Please Ron. If it were an evil villain's trap, they wouldn't have politely asked us to come in. Anyway, I wonder who's in charge here," said Kim.

Suddenly, they felt the floor start to move beneath them. The floor was moving them forward. "Looks like we're about to find out," said Ron.

The moving floor carried them through the lab. They caught glimpses of what the robots were building. They didn't know what they were building but they didn't seem to evil weaponry like Drakken's. Ron snapped his fingers to the disco music. "Whoever owns this place has great taste in music," said Ron. "Get down!" exclaimed Rufus. Kim shook her head but retained a smile on her face.

Suddenly, the floor stopped. Kim and Ron stood in front of a glass wall. Behind it was a room similar to racquetball court. At one end of the room was a gray laser gun attached to the wall. On the other side, striking a fighting pose was a boy. He looked like he was only about sixteen. He had brown hair and was wearing only a pair of black pants and shoes. A white blindfold covered his eyes and a metal pail was balanced on his head. He held a metal ninja staff in his hands. The laser seemed to be targeting him.

All of a sudden, the laser blasted a beam of green energy. The boy dodged the beam by leaping to the side. The laser kept shooting many more beams and the boy dodged them all while yelling various karate yells. He continued this until he used his staff like a pole vault, leapt over to the wall and pressed a red button. The laser shut down. A computer voice said, "Fifteen point three seconds. New record."

The boy undid his blindfold revealing that he was wearing black- framed glasses. He removed the pail from his head and tapped a button in the middle of his staff. The staff shrunk down to the width of his hand and he put it in the pocket of his pants. He walked over to a hook on the wall next to laser on which a white lab coat was hanging. He put on the lab coat, walked over to the glass wall, and opened a door in it. When he stepped outside, he saw Kim and Ron. He smiled.

"Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable! What a pleasure it is to finally meet you!" he exclaimed as he rushed over and shook their hands warmly. "Uh it's a pleasure to meet you too, Mister." said Kim unsure of what to make of the boy. "Doctor. Dr. Houston," said the boy. "Well Houston, we have a problem," said Kim.

The moment Kim finished, Ron and Rufus burst out laughing. So did the doctor. "You cannot believe how many people fall for that," said the boy between laughs. "But seriously, Kim. My name is Professor Matthew. Welcome to my home," said the boy.

"Well Professor, your friend Anne sent us here. Can you help us?" asked Kim. "So Anne managed to find you. Thank goodness. The moment Dr. Drakken and the rest of those scoundrels arrived in Middleton, I feared the worst. And please, just call me Matt," said the professor.

Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket. "This must be Rufus the naked mole rat. Such a cute little guy," said Matt scratching under the rodent's chin. Rufus giggled.

"Wait a minute, Prof.I mean Matt. What was the deal with that laser? And is Matthew your first or last name?" asked Ron. "Oh that. That was just a little exercise I do. The pail was full of water. I time to see how fast I can deactivate the laser without spilling any water. And in regards to my name, I don't really know. I've just gone by Matt for so long, I've forgotten," said Matt.

"What exactly are your credentials, Matt?" asked Kim. "Let's see. I'm a brilliant inventor, expert in many forms of hand-to-hand combat and master of disguise," stated Matt.

"What forms of combat exactly?" asked Kim. "Karate, judo, pro wrestling, jujitsu, kung fu, and disco dancing," listed Matt. "Disco dancing?" asked Ron. "When I disco dance, I am a force to be reckoned with," said Matt with a slight sinister tone to his voice.

"And how good is your art of disguising?" asked Kim. "Allow me to demonstrate," said Matt raising his right arm. A small circular watch with a computer screen on it was attached to his wrist. He aimed it at Ron, pressed a button on the side of it and a flash burst out.

"Remove Rufus from your pocket and stand next to me please, Ron," said Matt. Ron took Rufus out of his pocket and handed him to Kim. Then he stood next to Matt.

As soon as Ron was next to him, Matt pressed another button on his strange watch. A strange ripple moved across Matt's body and his clothes and body started to change form. When the ripple stopped, Matt had transformed into an exact likeness of Ron Stoppable. Kim and Ron gasped at what Matt had become.

Matt quickly grabbed the real Ron and spun them both around in a circle. After they came out, one of them asked, "Okay KP. Which one's the real Ron?" Kim looked from one Ron to the other. "This will be easy. Both of you say 'Boo-ya!'" she said. "Boo-ya!" exclaimed both Rons in the exact same voice. "Whoa! He can even imitate voices. That makes it harder to tell which one is the real one," said Kim. Then she got an idea. "Rufus, go find your dad," said Kim setting Rufus on the floor.

Rufus scampered toward the Rons and sniffed them both. Rufus went to the one on the right and hugged his leg. The Ron on the left said, "I can fool Kim. But I can't fool the naked mole rat." The Ron on the left tapped the side of his right wrist and a ripple moved across his body. He soon turned back into Matt.

"That is one uncanny art of disguising. How do you do it?" asked Ron. "It's my little invention called the Disguise-O-Matic. It's a kind of nanotechnology that spreads across my body and changes me into whatever I want. Providing I take a picture of the subject first. This makes me the ultimate master of disguise. But enough of me showing off my skills. We have work to do if we're going to save the world and give those villains such a butt whooping. Follow me to my control room," said Matt as he walked off.

Kim walked up to Ron who had picked up Rufus. "So what do you think? Think he's bad road?" she asked. "Nah. I think we can trust him. He's a pretty great guy," said Ron. "I agree. Even if he does act a bit like Jim Carrey," said Kim. "With a hint of Dana Carvey," added Ron. "Kim! Ron! We haven't got all day," called Matt. Kim and Ron followed the wacky professor to his control room.