Suddenly, Rufus develops an idea as he looks over at the motionless, deadpan figure of Kim, who still stands in front of an extremely worried sitting Ron. He uses his own mystical monkey powers and activates the mask. Instantly, Kim somersaults to Rufus' aid and intercepts the monkey ninjas in mid-air with a missile dropkick, which slams both into the nearby wall. Both fall unconsciously to the floor as Kim gets back onto her feet.

Rufus breathes a sigh of relief before Ron shouts instinctively a warning to Kim as Monkey Fist takes action. "Kim!"

On account of her current condition, Kim's reaction time is less than nil as Monkey Fist hits a jump kick square into Kim's upper back knocking her into the wall and knocking her out.

As her motionless body lies on the floor, an irate Monkey Fist looms over a stunned Rufus. "No where to run now vermin!"

A worried Rufus exclaims, "Oh boy!"

"If you don't mind, I'll be taking my mask back."

As Monkey Fist bends down to snatch the mask from Rufus, Rufus, with all his strength, slides the mask along the floor until it collides with Ron's foot.

"No, my mask!"

Ron grabs the mask, but Monkey Fist, abandoning Rufus, quickly begins to cover the distance between himself and Ron, who manages to pick himself off the floor and attempts to run with the mask. Determination and obsession aid Monkey Fist in closing in on an already beaten and weary Ron and knocks him to the floor near a pile of a few loose hand sized stones with a jump kick connecting to Ron's backpack. At impact with the ground, Ron loses his grip on the mask and it pops out, bounces for a few seconds and comes to a stop a few feet away. With wild eyes, Monkey Fist leaps over Ron, lands right along side the mask, and picks it up.

A victorious smile forms on Monkey Fist's face as he thrusts the mask over his head in triumph. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha… what?"

His joy becomes perplexity, which instantly turns to anger, as he stares at the mask. Empty eye holes where there use to be red gems of unknown substance stare right back at him. He immediately realizes what has happened and turns to witness the precious items lying on the floor next to Ron holding a hand size stone over them.

"Nooooooooooo," Monkey Fist screams.

Ron smashes the mask's eyes with the stone and shatters them. Upon impact, a large flash of red light fills the alcove before disappearing and surrendering the task of the alcove's illumination back to the torches. Enraged, Monkey Fist drops the now worthless mask on the alcove's floor and quickly makes his way back to the prostrated Ron. Picking Ron up by the shirt collar with both hands, Monkey Fist slams him against the wall with enough force to knock Ron out if Ron wasn't wearing his backpack, which absorbs most of the impact.

Monkey Fist pins Ron against the wall with his face inches away from Ron, who feels Monkey Fist's rage come off him like waves. "You'll pay dearly for what you've done!"

Monkey Fist prepares to deliver one of a series of raged fueled punches upon Ron's face. He brings his arm and fist back as Ron prepares himself for the blow. Just at the beginning of Monkey Fist's attempt, an arm hooks into the crook of his arm interlocking with it and blocking his punch. Simultaneously, a closed gloved fist delivers a sharp blow to Monkey Fist's exposed rib cage causing him to release his grip on Ron, who slides to the floor. A weary, large smile forms on Ron's face as he sees who his savior is. Monkey Fist turns to face his attacker and meets a gloved fist delivering a straight punch right between his eyes. The momentum of this punch causes Monkey Fist to make a complete 360 on his feet. At the instant of the completion of Monkey Fist's 360, Kim delivers a powerful and devastating superkick to his chin, which causes him to blackout before hitting the floor. She looks down at the unconscious prone body of Monkey Fist before heading over to check on Ron.

She stoops down and kneels next to him with a concern look on her face. "Ron! Are you all right?"

A still slightly dazed Ron turns and smiles at Kim, being so happy to see her back to normal. He just stares into her concern green eyes and enjoys losing himself in their light, which was absent just a few minutes before. Rufus hops onto Ron's knee and joins in Kim's concern for Ron.

"Ron!" She notices how he looks at her. "Ron?"

Kim's voice brings Ron out of his self induced daze.

"You know you were right," Ron calmly states in a tranquil manner.

"About what?"

"I didn't lose you."

A small smile develops on Kim's face as her eyes gladly betray her relief. She reaches over and engulfs Ron in a firm, love filled hug.

"Owwwwww!"

"Sorry."

An apologetic smile replaces the smile of relief before a thought develops in her head and the smile morphs into a playful one. "But I bet I know one place that doesn't hurt."

Placing her hands on top of her thighs, Kim leans in while tilting her head and slowly kisses Ron on his lips. She places all her relief and joy she's experiencing at that momentinto it. Ron just closes his eyes and relishes the kiss absorbing everything behind it while Rufus makes his way back into Ron's pocket in order to give the two reunited lovers some privacy. After what seems to be an eternity, Kim gently pulls away and flashes the same playful smile while Ron has a contented look on his face.

An eager Kim asks, "Well?"

"Hurts there too but if there's more of that coming I can definitely deal."

With a quick sigh but still sporting a smile, she gently places Ron's nearest arm on her shoulders, giving him support as he pushes against the wall with his other hand in order to stand up. They look at the still unconscious body of Monkey Fist and around the alcove.

"Two questions: how are we going to get out of here and what are we going to do about him?" asked Ron.

"I have an idea for both problems," Kim cheerily responds.

Kim reaches into a small compartment in her utility belt and pulls out her laser lipstick.