Chapter 15: Rooftop Battle for the Future

It was only a short ride but it seemed much longer to Kim as the tendril pulled through the air duct and outside onto the roof. It dropped her on the ground. She wasn't hurt. But she was very confused.

"Okay. What's the sitch?" she asked as she looked around. But she could see anything. The roof was covered with a heavy fog which was odd because it was perfectly clear when she and her team first entered the Tower of Villainy.

Kim pulled out her Kimmunicator and pressed a button. "Wade? Are you there?" she asked. All she got was static. She tried the Omni-Gauntlet's communication device. But she got static from there as well. Then she heard a voice coming from somewhere in the fog.

"There will be no calling for help this time, Kim Possible. I have jammed all means of communications up here. You are all alone up here," said the voice. "Who are you? Show yourself!" demanded Kim. "I must congratulate you. You did better than I expected. You defeated the Legion of Villainy and I am also surprised you were able to train a whole team to help you. So I've hoped you savored that victory because it will be short-lived," said the voice.

Kim struck a battle pose. She kept her eyes and ears open for any sign of the owner of the voice. "So not! I may not have been able to take on all my foes. That's what my team was for. But a one-on-one match? That I can handle. So reveal yourself, whoever you are," said Kim.

Kim kept her cool. Then she heard metallic clanking and mechanical whirring coming from behind her. She turned around and saw the shadowed figure of the Drakken-Droid looming over her. He had his arms raised and his fists balled.

"I, Kim Possible, am the last thing you'll ever see!" he yelled as he slammed his arms down. Kim jumped out of the way and ran away. The Drakken-Droid pursued her. He was pretty quick despite his big bulk. 'What is that thing? Whatever it is, it's obviously pretty strong. I think I might need the others,' thought Kim.

Then she saw something in the fog. It was a door that likely was the rooftop entrance into the Tower. Kim wasted no time in reaching for the doorknob. However, to her shock, there was no doorknob. There was no obvious way to open the door.

"Okay, time for plan B," said Kim as she started to pound on the door. She hoped to be able to break through with the strength booster in the Omni-Gauntlet. She succeeded in making a few dents. But it seemed to a fool's errand since it would take a much longer time than Kim had to fully break through the door.

A cruel laugh came from behind her. She turned around and saw the silhouette of the Drakken-Droid walking toward her. "There's no way out, Kim Possible. That door can only be opened from the inside and currently your team is incapacitated," said the Drakken-Droid as he finally stepped into Kim's full view where she could see him in all his detail. More fog poured out from his shoulders.

Kim's jaw dropped. Then her expression became annoyed. "I know Drakken is so conceited. But to build a robot version of himself? As Ron would say, sick and wrong," said Kim. "Enough chitchat! It's time to battle, Kim Possible. I have been waiting to do this for a long time. And once I finish you, the Legion of Villainy will rule the world," said the Drakken-Droid as he threw a punch toward the teen hero.

Kim avoided the Drakken-Droid's blow with a cartwheel. The Drakken-Droid turned toward her. "I'd watch your step if I were you. We're fighting on the roof of a very tall tower. And with my fog cover, you can't see where the edges are. So the chances of you making a false move, Miss Cheerleader, are very high," said the Drakken-Droid. "That may be true. But I've picked a few more skills in addition to my cheerleading," said Kim. "Really? Then let's see if they're worth anything," said the Drakken-Droid as everyone of his fingertips burst open to reveal what looked like laser gun barrels.

He took aim at Kim and fired a barrage of laser blasts. Kim didn't flinch. Instead, she dodged each of them with a few moves. Moves that vaguely resembled dancing right out of the seventies. The Drakken-Droid fired a few more shots until he stopped.

"What is this? My databank has no record of you having moves like those," said the Drakken-Droid. "Then I guess you're not up to date on current. I learned these moves from a rather odd but friendly professor," said Kim.

The Drakken-Droid growled and lunged at Kim. At the same time, Kim leapt into the air, spun around once in mid-air and executed a kick. It struck right in the side of the Drakken-Droid's face. The cyborg groaned in pain. "That one I learned from Ron," said Kim.

The Drakken-Droid responded with a sideswipe. Kim ducked and slid in between the Drakken-Droid legs. At the same time, she reached into her belt and drew out a small pen-like device. She tapped a button on it, activating a small laser sword. In an instant, she jabbed it into the knee joint of the Drakken-Droid's left leg. The Drakken-Droid bellowed as he collapsed to his knees just as Kim slid out. With one leg damaged, he couldn't walk.

"I noticed that your armor didn't cover your joints. Not a good place to leave unprotected," said Kim. "I've got a few more tricks up my sleeves, Kim Possible. Or rather in my shoulders!" yelled the Drakken-Droid as panels in his shoulders slid back and two large gun barrels emerged. They aimed themselves at Kim and began to fire several laser shots at her.

Kim ran around in a circular motion with the guns following her every move. They had not caught up to her yet. But she was looking for an opening to charge the Drakken-Droid and sever the guns with her small laser sword.

The Drakken-Droid watched her and chuckled. "You may have taken out my legs, Kim Possible. But my arms are still fully functional," he said as he held his arms up. Suddenly, the lower halves of his arms stretched out on long tentacle-like wires. Electricity sizzled across the wires as they reached toward Kim.

Kim took notice of this and began to execute a series of her cheerleader flips to avoid not only the lengthened arms but also the laser blasts. The Drakken-Droid laughed. "You can't keep this up forever, Kim Possible. Sooner or later, you'll get a real shock!" yelled the Drakken-Droid. "A little overconfident, aren't we, Drakken-Bot?" asked Kim as she dodged the edge of the electrified elongated arm. "That's Drakken-Droid!" growled the evil robot. "Bot, droid, whatever. Believe it or not, this is similar to the laser grid in my first mission and I've also recently trained in a sitch like this. So I know I can beat this," said Kim as she flipped towards the Drakken-Droid.

Leaping into the air, she flipped and landed with one hand on the Drakken-Droid's hand. Using her balance and her free arm, she quickly sliced through the shoulder guns with her laser sword. "That takes care of your guns. Now as for your arms, this'll take a little patience," said Kim as she leapt off the Drakken-Droid's head.

The loss of his shoulder guns further infuriated the Drakken-Droid and his arms became even more writhing as they continued in their attempt to ensnare the teen heroine. But Kim evaded him at every turn. In the Drakken-Droid's fury, he hadn't even guessed at what Kim was trying to do or what was happening to his arms. In fact, it was a few minutes of Kim's dodging and the Drakken-Droid's attempts until he finally realized what happened.

Kim stopped and looked at the Drakken-Droid with a sly smile. Her careful dodging and acrobatics had lured the Drakken-Droid's arms into a hopeless tangled mess around him. He bellowed with rage.

"It's a well-known fact that villains, even if they are highly-intelligent machines, don't think too clearly when they're angry. I'm sure Global Justice knows a nice junkyard where they dispose of all mechanical creations," said Kim as she turned away from the cyborg.

The fog was clearing up as Kim walked to the edge of the Tower and looked downward. It was a long way down. But she could make out the parked Villainator and a crowd of people gathering around.

"Now that leaves the question of how I'm going to get down. I could use my grappler and repel down. But who knows what traps there could be along the wall? After all, I use my hairdryer grappler so often the Legion would have expected it. And if that robot spoke the truth, I can only get down if someone comes up and opens the door. I hope nothing bad has happened to the others. Especially Ron," said Kim to herself.

Suddenly, she heard an explosion from behind. She turned around and gaped at what had happened to the Drakken-Droid. For a second, she had thought he had self-destructed. But his body seemed to be intact. The only difference was a gaping hole where his head had used to be. "Now this is registering a ten on the creepiness scale," said Kim.

Kim was so preoccupied with the remains of the Drakken-Droid's body that she almost didn't notice the odd shadow of the object that was plummeting from above her. Fortunately, she did notice the shadow and quickly rolled out of the way just before it landed. Once she was a safe distance away, she gasped as she beheld her adversary.

It was the Drakken-Droid in an entirely new form. He now had a blue metal torso that was the size of a regular human. His head was attached to it by a long tentacle-like neck. His arms and legs were all similar tentacles each ending in a three-pronged claw.

"The fight is not over yet, Kim Possible! Unlike my fully-organic counterpart, I have a backup plan. So prepare for round two!" yelled the Drakken-Droid as he picked up his old body and threw it at Kim. She dodged it and it slid across the roof and off the edge.

'This thing is relentless. It seems like it won't stop until I'm finished. And weirder still, it's not acting like of Drakken's other robots. It's almost as if it has a personal vendetta against me. But Drakken can't put that into a machine, can he?' wondered Kim.

Kim barely had any time to contemplate her predicament because the Drakken-Droid began to swipe at her with his claws. In his new wiry form, he could attack with both his hands and feet.

'I sure could use my team's help right about now. Even if it was just Ron and me, I know we could beat this thing. I may be able to do anything, but I can't do it alone,' thought Kim as she avoided the blows. Any help would have been welcomed because the Drakken-Droid had become an even more formidable foe.