The three stood and looked at each other. What they had just seen sent shivers down their spines. Nearly three million CeCes! It was unbelevable!
Then they remembered the real victim of this encounter, and ran over to the still form. They had to step around and over dead monkey ninjas to reach him. As expected, it was Lord Montgomery Fiske, aka Monkey Fist.
He was lying on his back, face bruised and bloody, arms and legs at impossible angles. Kim whipped out the Kimmunicator, and called Wade.
"Wade, Monkey Fist is here, and may be dead! Will you give me a medical scan, please?" she asked.
"Okay, Kim, point the sensors," said the boy genius. He almost asked why bother, but knew by now Kim would only get mad if he did.
She did, and a beam of light swept over him.
"He's alive, but just barely. Nearly every bone in his body is broken, and several have been driven into internal organs. What happened?" he asked.
"He had an encounter with three CeCes," Kim answered. "I'll tell you the rest later. Can you get some kind of medivac here shortly?"
"Hmm... I think the city you're heading for might have one. Let me check," he answered, and the screen blanked.
Kim called Bonnie and gave her an update. Bonnie said she would check the scrolls and call her back.
Ron was looking at the dead monkey ninjas. He shook his head. He had long since gotten over his monkey issues, and now considered this a huge waste. Yori, who was trained in Monkey Kung Fu, felt the same.
Just then Wade called. "Sorry, the helicopter for the medivac is broken down right now, and won't be repaired for a few days. It's the only one for a thousand miles, too. I'm not sure what to advise."
Ron sighed. "I think I can stablize him enough to transport him on the jeep," he said.
Kim looked at him. "Mystical Monkey Power?"
"Mystical Monkey Power," he said, nodding.
He took a lotus position and centered. Then held his hands over Fiske's chest. After a minute, a blue glow started around his hands, and travelled down to the broken Monkey Master.
After several minutes the blue glow ceased. Ron sighed deeply, obviously very tired.
"Okay, he's safe to move, now," he said, yawning.
Fiske did not appear to be any different to Kim, but she trusted Ron's word.
Just then the Kimmunicator beeped. It was Bonnie. "You were right, Kim. The scrolls are fake, written on modern paper," she reported.
"Thanks, Bonnie, could you send some men with a stretcher? Ron says we can take Fiske out of here now," Kim answered.
"I'll do it," said Bonnie, and signed off.
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The rest of the trip was even slower, as they had to be careful not to give Fiske too much jarring. In the city, he was taken to the hospital for surgery and recovery. He never regained consiousness during the trip.
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On the trip home, Kim consulted with Dr. Director, giving her a full rundown on the encounter.
"This is very serious, Kim," said Dr. Director, "Just like Sensei thought, it's a threat to the entire world."
"If he has already built three million CeCes, who knows how many more are ready to go now?" Kim asked rhetorically.
I'm going to report this to every government, so they will be as ready as they can be," said Dr. Director.
"Are you sure they'll believe you? After all, the information comes from a 'shady operation'," said Kim.
Dr. Director looked at her. "Don't be bitter, Kim. You're better than that. Your team's reputation has been restored by your record since you officially opened. Believe me, I know."
Kim sighed. "Okay, I'll try not to be."
Dr. Director nodded, and signed off.
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At home, everyone had a meeting to lend input to the question of what to do, and how to handle this problem.
One area of agreement is that the battle suits would be critical. Wade had finished Yori's, and she was very pleased. He had modified its abilities to fit better with her ninja skills. In place of the 'jai-alai' glove, he had given it a stealth mode. The power consumption made its use limited, however. Unlike the others, it also had a hood. The eye lenses had infrared and multispectral capabilities.
It took considerable persuasion, but Kim finally convinced Wade to put an override on the time limit for the speed boots. The CeCes were at least as fast as the upgraded BeBes she had fought, and they weren't limited to twenty minutes a day.
When the original super speed shoes got stuck on them, she and Rufus had had to wait for the power to run down before they could get them off.
"One weakness I found out they have is water," said Kim.
"He might have corrected that," said Bonnie.
"Probably not, though. He didn't know what happened to the CeCe I took care of," replied Kim.
"That's an experiment we'll just have to try," said Tara. "Ron, why don't you go to Smarty Mart and pick up some super soakers?" She grinned at him.
Ron laughed. "Cause I still have mine. It's in my closet at home. I'll bring it in tomorrow."
On that note, the meeting ended.
As they started out the door, Kim said, "Oh, one last thing. Everyone into your battle suits. We don't know when or where they will strike, and need to be ready."
Kim went to Adrena's office, where she found her working on a lesson in written Japanese.
"Adrena, would you go man the Situation Room, please? We need to be kept up to date with everything going on," she said.
"Sure, Kim, I'll go there now," Adrena answered, standing up and taking the book and notes with her.
Kim sat at her desk, holding the Crystal and using it like a worry stone again. With the exception of the gloves, she was wearing her battle suit.
'Three million CeCes, and we're the only ones who even have a prayer of stopping them,' she thought, 'I could really use Shego's help about now.'
-one last gift- said a voice.
"What?" said Kim, standing up and looking around. There was no one there.
The phone rang, startling her. "Hello?"
"Kim, this is Dr. Director. I wanted to tell you--" said the voice on the other end.
Suddenly the alarms blared.
"Hold on, the alarms have gone off," she said, and put down the phone. She hit the intercom button to the Situation Room. "What is it?"
"KIM!" said Adrena's voice, "There are at least five CeCes outside!"
Kim quickly put away the Crystal, and put on her gloves as she talked. "Okay, get Francis and Monique where you are; it's the safest room in the building. Tell the others to meet me in the lobby."
"On it, Kim," said Adrena.
She picked up the phone. "Gotta go; the CeCes are attacking!"
"But--" she heard as she hung up the phone.
Suddenly the world turned green.