Chapter 12: Assault on the Tower of Villainy

The next morning before sunrise, in the girls' bedroom, Kim, Monique and Anne were getting into their new mission clothes. "Shame I never tried this style when Kim-style was all the rage. But who'd have thought it would've inspired Drakken to take up cloning?" asked Monique. "I think he's been considering it since Professor Ramesh brought it up," said Kim.

"Hope these clothes are as tough as Matt says they are. We'll not only have to deal with your usual foes, Kim but also the mysterious Number One whom we have no idea who he is," said Anne. "I'm sure I can handle it. Remember, I can do anything," said Kim. "Really? As I recall from what you and Ron told me, you weren't very adept at working at Bueno Nacho," said Monique slyly. "Ix-nay on the ueno-Bay acho-Nay ob-jay," said Kim gritting her teeth and sounding annoyed.

Just then, there was a knock at the door followed by Ron's voice saying, "KP? Girls? You ready yet?" "Just a minute, Ron. We'll be out soon," said Kim.

"So Monique, what are you planning to do once we run the Legion out of town?" asked Kim. "I don't know. Maybe go shopping at Club Banana for a new dress for the year-end dance. Maybe I'll see if Will wants to go. What about you, Anne?" asked Monique. "I think I'll just head home. I'm sure the 'rents are pretty worried about me," said Anne. "What about you, Kim? What are you going to do after this mission?" asked Monique. "I don't really know. For once, I have no idea what I'm going to do," said Kim. But within, Kim was thinking, 'I think I'll talk to Ron. I don't know if he feels the same way. But I have to let him know that I love him.'

The girls then strapped on their belts and headed for the door. Kim opened the door and found Ron, Rufus, Matt, Will, Big Mike, Wade and Larry standing outside. Most of them were wearing new mission clothes. Wade and Larry remained in their usual outfits and Rufus was still wearing his favourite suit: his birthday one.

"You ready?" asked Kim. "I'm ready for those bad guys. The question is are they ready for us?" asked Ron. "I certainly hope not. This is a surprise attack," said Will. "Then let's go for it. To the Villainator!" exclaimed Matt. The group of heroes headed off.

Soon, in Matt's hanger, the team approached the mighty vehicle known as the Villainator. It was even more impressive than the holographic one. Matt opened the side door of the vehicle. "We're all set to go, Kim," he said.

"Thanks Matt. Well team, its time. For too long, Ron, Rufus and I have fought these villains one by one. However, now that they've banded together, I'm thankful that we were able to train a team of our own. Now the day has arrive in which we finally put everything we've worked toward to the test. We're going to fight those villains, run them out of Middleton, and turn everyone back from naked mole rats," said Kim. "The Legion is no match for the new and improved Team Possible!" Ron chimed in. Everyone cheered. "All aboard!" yelled Matt.

The interior of the Villainator was very spacious. It was like the interior of a high-tech airplane. In the front was a long dashboard with various monitors and dials. A large windshield separated the outside from the inside. To the left and right of the seats were turrets; ready to pop out when they needed to use them. There was even a ladder leading up into the upper level of the Villainator. In the far back was a small laboratory. It was quite an incredible vehicle.

In a few moments, everyone had gotten in and was seated. Kim, Ron, Rufus and Matt were seated up front with Matt behind the steering wheel. Behind them in the next row of seats were Monique, Will, Big Mike and Anne. Behind them were Wade, Larry and the robot known as SITCH.

"The sun rises in T-minus one minute. Then we launch. Everybody fasten your seatbelts," said Matt. Everybody buckled in. Matt started to press several buttons and the Villainator began to hum as it started up. Kim looked at the monitors. "Everything seems to be functioning right, Matt," she said. "Thanks Kim. Preparing for conversion to flight mode," said Matt as he pushed some more buttons.

On the outside, the Villainator began to transform. It pulled its wheels into the bottom. Airplane wings sprouted from the sides and jet engines sprouted from the back. It now looked like a miniature space shuttle.

Up ahead, at the other end of a large tunnel, a pair of hanger doors began to open. Once they were opened, it showed the horizon where sunlight was just beginning to peek over.

"Doors have been opened. I hope you guys are used to roller coasters because this is going to feel like one. So hang onto your hats because we launch in ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five four, three, two, one…blast off!" yelled Matt as he pulled a lever back.

The exact moment the sun rose over the horizon, the Villainator blasted into the air and sailed through the tunnel toward the doors. "Glad we skipped breakfast!" yelled Ron.

The Villainator soon took exited the doors and headed into the sky. Matt turned the Villainator around and soon they had a glimpse of Middleton and the Tower of Villainy right in front of them. "Initial takeoff successful. Now we begin our assault on the Tower," said Matt.

"Okay, now let's go over phase one of the plan, team. Our first attack will take place outside. Before we can even try to enter that Tower, we have to take out its outer defences. Matt's morning surveillance has determined the locations of the Legion's minions around Middleton. They are mostly Drakken's henchmen and Senor Senior Jr.'s disco bears. We must disable as much as we can," said Kim. "Any chance of surface-to-air defences?" asked Will. "The surveillance picked up several anti-air missile launchers stationed around the city. We'll have to drop paralysis bombs on them. Fortunately, the Legion doesn't know we have something like the Villainator so they probably won't expect an attack from us from the air until it's too late. Even if they do, this Villainator is well armoured. However, if worse comes to worse, we'll have to take the battle on the ground," said Wade.

"After we take out the outer defences, the field team will enter the Tower and try to get SITCH to wherever they have the transformation beam weapon. It's integral in order to turn everyone in the world back into humans," said Kim. "Hope this works. We are severely outnumbered," said Ron. "Yes. But they're just expecting one girl, one boy and one naked mole rat. They're not expecting an entire team," said Monique.

"Let's give those villains a wake-up call. With a tremor missile!" yelled Matt as he pressed a button on the dashboard.

Outside, the Villainator shot out a missile toward the Tower of Villainy. As it got closer, it sprouted spider-like legs and embedded itself in the side of the tower. Then a jackhammer-like contraption emerged from the bottom and started to pound on the Tower. "If that doesn't get the Legion's attention, nothing will," said Matt.

In the Tower of Villainy, Dr. Drakken burst into the top room. All the other members of the Legion were there. They were struggling to stay standing since everything was shaking as they watched the Villainator on a giant monitor.

"What's going on?" Drakken asked angrily. "We've picked up a birdie in the sky coming toward us," said Duff Killigan. "Birdie? It looks more like a plane," said Junior. "Not that kind of birdie. I mean birdie as in potential enemy," said Killigan. "Then don't you mean bogey?" asked Shego. "Are you daft, lassie? In golf, everybody knows a birdie is more favourable than a bogey," said Killigan. "Think you play a little too much golf?" asked Shego threateningly.

DNAmy, in the meantime, was at a computer checking out some readings. "DNA scan's positive. It's that meanie Kim Possible," she said. "Ha! She's finally come! I don't know where she got that flying machine. But who cares? We can defeat her once and for all," said Drakken happily.

Shego walked over to the computer screen and took a look at it. "This can't be right. According to the readings, she's not alone," she said. "Of course she's not alone. You don't think she would come without Stoppable or the hairless vermin, do you?" asked Monkey Fist. "Oh they're there. Along with seven other people!" yelled Shego. "What! But we turned everyone into naked mole rats! Aside from us, the only humans in the world in the world should be Kim Possible and the buffoon!" yelled Drakken. "Uh huh. Well, read the readings and weep, chief. There's ten people and one naked mole rat on that flying machine," said Shego. "No fair! We team up so she has to make a team of her own?" asked Junior.

"So what do we do, Drakken?" asked Gill. "I'll tell you what we're going to do. We're going to carry out this plan like nothing's changed. Get to your floors and await Kim Possible should she make past the outer defences," said Drakken. The villains nodded and immediately left the room. Soon, Drakken and Shego were the only ones left.

"Shego! Go tell the Drakken-Droid what's happening. Assure him that everything is under control," said Drakken. "Yeah. I'll just go up and tell him you blew it," said Shego sarcastically. "I have not blown it! This makes no difference. Whoever those other people are, they are probably just scared rookies who have no idea what they're getting into. Now go tell the Drakken-Droid!" yelled Drakken. Shego humphed and then left.

Drakken stomped over to a control panel with a microphone. He took the microphone and pressed a button on the panel. "Henchmen, Bebes and all soldiers stationed outside. Shoot that flying machine out of the sky at all costs! And get rid of that thing on the outside that shaking the tower!" he ordered into the microphone.

Outside, Team Possible had heard everything that Drakken had ordered. "Man, when we want to get someone's attention, we sure get it," said Monique.

As the team watched, the Tower of Villainy sprouted several laser guns and started to fire at them. And from below came a flurry of laser blasts. But before they could hit the Villainator, they bounced off an invisible shield.

"Good thing the Villainator's equipped with a deflector shield," said Larry. "We really went all out on the special features for this vehicle," said Big Mike. "The shield's energy's at maximum. But it won't last forever. The energy will be eaten up more quickly when we're flying. If it gets too low, we'll continue the battle on the ground. In the meantime, start the assault. Use the pulse lasers for the Tower while dropping the paralysis bombs on the groundlings. I keep flying around the town," said Matt.

Kim immediately went to work. She grabbed a control stick and while watching a targeting monitor, she fired the outer pulse lasers, taking out several turrets along the Tower's walls.

Meanwhile, Wade and Larry used the target screens in the back. Once they were above a target, they pressed a button. In response, slots opened in the bottom of the Villainator and out came small, green and blue spheres.

On the top of a building, a couple of Drakken's henchmen were manning a large anti-aircraft gun. "Keep firing or we can kiss our paychecks goodbye!" yelled one of them. "What paychecks? Look out!" yelled the first one as he saw the bombs coming down. The moment the bombs hit the floor of the building, they exploded in burst of electric energy. It lasted only for a few seconds. But when it cleared, the henchmen were out cold.

"Thanks for letting us analyze your paralysis watch for the construction of the paralysis bombs, Will," said Wade. "As Miss Possible would say, no big," said Will. "Did you just say 'no big', Will? Oh yeah! The man's loosening up," said Monique. Will blushed.

The fight in the air continued. And it was clear that the Villainator had the upper hand as the Tower lost a lot of its guns and many forces were paralysed on the ground. "We're doing all right! Nothing can stop us because we're unstoppable!" exclaimed Ron.

Suddenly, the Villainator shook. Something had rammed into it. "You just had to jinx it, didn't you Stoppable," said Big Mike.

Kim looked out the windshield and her jaw dropped. It was the Killer Bebes. But they had something extra. Each Bebe now had a pair of mechanical wings on their back. One by one, they slammed into the Villainator's shield with such force, it shook the mighty vehicle.

"They never were able to do that before," said Ron. "Apparently, Drakken's been upgrading," said Kim. "This is bad. Their impacts are pushing the limits of the shield. We're losing power faster than I anticipated. We'll have to head to the ground," said Matt. "Aw. And just when we we're winning," said Ron. "On the contrary. We'll actually be able to do more on the ground than in the air. Beginning landing procedures and preparing for conversion to ground mode," said Matt.

The Villainator began to drop in altitude. It headed towards the street and immediately converted back into a van and started to roll through the streets. Immediately, the henchmen started to fire lasers at them. In addition, the disco bears had started to emerge from the alleys and added their lasers to the melee.

"It's turret time! Ron! Will! Big Mike! To your posts!" commanded Kim. "Wish me luck, KP," said Ron as he got out of his seat. "Just do what we did in vehicle training, Ron. And by the way, good luck," said Kim.

Ron gave her a smile as he headed toward the ladder in the back. Big Mike and Will boarded the turrets at the sides while Ron climbed up to the upper level.

In a few moments, on the outside of the Villainator, Will and Big Mike's turrets emerged from the side. Ron's turret emerged from the top. They were all adequately shielded as the aimed the turrets at the henchmen and the disco bears.

The turrets did in fact fire pulse lasers that didn't hurt the henchmen. Rather, they just pushed them back. After getting hit with these pulse lasers only once, the henchmen got the hint and they immediately ran for their lives.

The disco bears weren't so lucky. The moment the pulse lasers hit them, they were knocked into the air and when they came down, they were smashed.

"Boo-ya! Nobody messes with Team Possible!" exclaimed Ron. Then he looked at the buildings. Within them, several naked mole rats in clothing were cheering. "Hey KP! The people are cheering us on even though they're naked mole rats!" he said into a communication device in the turret.

"I see that, Ron. And it is definitely the strangest sight I've ever seen," said Kim from inside the Villainator. "I'm sure there's stranger things you'll see in the future," said Anne.

"There's the Tower entrance!" exclaimed Monique. Sure enough, they were now in range of the entrance. "Let's go a little further, park this thing and head inside," said Kim. "Uh oh! Trouble!" shrieked Rufus.

They all looked ahead and there was a guard at the Tower's doors. But it wasn't a human guard. It was a bizarre creature that looked like a combination of a rhinoceros and a rabbit. It growled angrily at the approaching vehicle.

"The Snow Beast of Mount Middleton!" yelled Ron. "You mean it's real?" asked Will. "It's actually one of DNAmy's twisted experiments," said Kim over the communications.

The Snow Beast began to charge at the Villainator. "Fire all pulse lasers!" yelled Big Mike. Kim fired the lasers on the front of the Villainator while Ron and the others fired the turrets. But the beams looked weaker. Upon contact with lasers, the Snow Beast only lowered in charging speed slightly. "The pulse laser's power is running out. It's not strong enough," said Matt. "So what do we do now? It's going to ram us!" panicked Monique. "Rufus! Hit the big blue button!" yelled Matt.

The naked mole rat scampered across the dashboard and jumped on the big blue button. Immediately, a large airbag inflated on the front of the Villainator. The Snow Beast hit it with such force, he rebounded off of it and high into the air. The airbag then deflated.

"An airbag on the outside of the vehicle?" asked Kim with a questionable tone. "Descendant of an error I made long ago. In my early inventing days, I accidentally put the airbags in the wrong place on a vehicle I designed. That error actually saved my life so it has become something I never do without," said Matt. "Well, as interesting as that sounds, Matt, we have a job to do. You'll have to tell us another time. So park this thing," said Kim.

Matt nodded and hit the brakes. The Villainator stopped and pulled its turrets in. "Let's get a move on, team! We've got to get the Legion of Villainy out!" commanded Kim. "Kim! Look!" shouted Anne as she pointed out the window.

Outside, the three winged Killer Bebes had landed in front of the parked Villainator. "Kim Possible, we demand your surrender. Come with us and you will not be harmed," droned the Bebes. "Fat chance, fem-bots!" yelled Kim over the Villainator's loudspeaker. "Target uncooperative. Shifting to advanced capture mode," said the Bebes. Then they began a horrible transformation.

First, their legs split up into eight spider-like legs. Their arms grew longer and their fingers transformed into scary blades. Their shoulders became spiked. Their necks elongated. Mechanical tentacles shot out from their sides. Two laser guns emerged from either side of their heads and their eyes were covered with crosshairs.

Team Possible's jaws dropped at the sight of the altered Bebes. "Now those are scary upgrades," said Ron. "What do we do now?" asked Will. "We fight Drakken's robots with our robots. Deploying Dukes now!" yelled Matt as he pressed a button on the dashboard.

Outside, a large, round hole opened up in the front of the Villainator below the windshield. Out rolled three white balls toward the Bebes. Once in front of Drakken's robot women, the balls began to unfold. Each of them unfolded into a burly, disco-clad robot named Disco Duke.

"Dukes! Defend the Villainator and teach those Bebes how to dance whether they want to or not," Matt commanded his robots over the loudspeaker. "Affirmative. Get down," droned the Dukes as they slowly stomped toward the Bebes.

"Subject: Kim Possible's ridiculous defence. Threat: minimal. Open fire," said the Bebes as they fired their head-mounted lasers. The laser beams just bounced of the Dukes' chests and they continued their approach. "Amendment. Threat of defence: substantial," said the Bebes.

The Dukes and the Bebes began to fight each other. The Bebes used their blades. But they hardly made a dent in the Dukes' armoured body. The Dukes launched punches and kicks with their disco flair while the Bebes speedily avoided their blows. But the Dukes kept fighting.

"What they lack in speed, they definitely make up for it in strength and durability," said Wade. "Yeah. Though I still find the disco theme to be very corny. I guess that's something I'll never understand about you, Matt," said Kim. "I just like disco. That's all, Kim. My parents often say that I was born in the wrong era," said Matt. "Okay, team. Now's our chance. While the Dukes keep the Bebes at bay, let's get into that Tower," said Kim.

The team sprang into action. Rufus jumped into Ron's pocket. Wade and Larry headed to the laboratory at the rear at the SITCH robot started up. "Good luck, you guys. Take care. That place is bound to be swarming with the entire Legion," said Wade. "We will, Wade. Team Possible, move out!" commanded Kim.

The door of the Villainator opened and Kim climbed out followed by Ron, Matt, Monique, Will, Big Mike, Anne and the hovering SITCH robot. They quickly ran toward the entrance past the battling robots. "Too bad we can't stay to see how it ends. Who will win the robot battle of the century? The swift Killer Bebes or the muscular Disco Dukes?" said Ron in the style of a wrestling announcer. "Ron, stay focused!" said Kim as they ran into the doors of the Tower of Villainy. "Can't we just stay for a little bit of the fight?" asked Ron. "Ron!" yelled Kim. "Okay, okay," said Ron.

At the top of the Tower, Drakken and Shego watched the team go in. "Blast! They got past the outer defences. Where did Kim Possible get that vehicle? And furthermore, where did she get those robots wearing those retro clothes?" asked Drakken angrily. "You're one to talk. The Bebes look as retro as can be," said Shego.

"So she has entered," said a voice from behind them. Drakken and Shego turned around and saw the Drakken-Droid. "No need to worry, Drakken-Droid. Even if she did make it past the Bebes and the rest of our defences, she won't make it to the top. Even if she does manage to defeat some of our allies, she'll get exhausted and then she will fall!" yelled Drakken with an evil laugh. "Uh-huh. And the fact that she has her own team to help her won't make a bit of difference. I say we just let the Drakken-Droid face them right now," said Shego.

"No. That's perfectly all right, Shego. Let's let the others have their fun. I'll wait at the very top of the Tower for when it comes time for my turn. I'll see you later," said the Drakken-Droid as he lurched off toward some stairs. "You'll be waiting a long time, Drakken-Droid. They'll all be defeated before they even reach the top!" yelled Drakken.

Drakken turned around and grumbled, "I'm really starting to dislike that android." "What's the matter? Can't stand to associate with yourself," said Shego mockingly as she twirled Drakken's ponytail.

Drakken growled and picked up a microphone. "Legion! Places everyone! Kim Possible and her team should be entering the first room any minute. Show her no mercy!" he announced.

On the staircase, the Drakken-Droid heard his past self's announcement. He smiled to himself. "That's right. Have your fun. I'll be there to finish the job when you fail," he chuckled to himself.

Author's note: This could just be me, but I really don't think I did a good job on this chapter. I'm not familiar with writing big battle scenes involving vehicles so. No flames please if you think so too. I'll try to have the next chapter up within the next one and a half weeks. Keep reading and reviewing!