Kim Possible: Calm before the Storm
By Tucsoncoyote
Disclaimer I still don't own Kim Possible or any of the related characters, The Walt Disney Company does. But I, like about everyone else would like to.
However Dr. Stormfury (and the Ninja in white), are my own creations. and I say you can't have them Disney! Taven Llewelyn is © to KPCrazed ( Who I politely asked, and who graciously allowed me to use her character, within this story). And yes Disney, You can't have her character either! (Okay we'll both take 100,000 shares of Disney Stock, If the 100 Million Dollars doesn't work out!)
Chapter 2: In a Fog
Eaglewood Federal Security Prison, Eaglewood, Colorado, Ninety Minutes later….
Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable looked at the hole that had been blown in the wall of the cell that had held Shego, and Ron shook his head in disbelief. "Okay Now I'm Confused." Ron Began, "I really don't understand whoever it was who did this, just taking Shego and Leaving Drakken in his cell to rot. Usually isn't it that when Shego breaks out of jail, doesn't she take him along? After all they go together like Chipperitos and Diablo Sauce."
Kim Smirked when she heard Ronald Stoppable make that quote. Apparently every time there was a crime scene, he always was comparing the actual crime to some sort of dining combo at his favorite haunt, Bueno Nacho. After the "Diablo Incident" (Time Amount) earlier, Bueno Nacho did rebuild, but a lot of the regular customers left after that event and in fact only very few people actually visited Bueno Nacho. To them Bueno Nacho would always be remembered as 'the place where evil almost won'.
But to her boyfriend, Ron Adrian Stoppable, Bueno Nacho was his third home, next to her own household and of course his 'True' Home with his parents. And whenever Ron started to focus on crime and evil taking over, Kim Thought to herself sarcastically joking, Crime to him was one big buffet table. Kim dismissed the humor and decided to get down to business.
Reaching into her pocket she fished out the traditional Light blue PDA that was her own and hit the "Call" Button and a moment later, Wade Load, Kim's eleven year old techno-genius webmaster popped onto the screen. "Wade," Kim Began "Can you give me a tech scan of the wall in front of me?" Kim asked the young techno-genius. Kim could see Wade quickly tap in a few commands on his keyboard and as he looked at Kim, he spoke "Hold the Kimmunicator out at Arm's length and I'll begin a scan to see what trace residue I can get off the edges of the wall." Kim did as Wade instructed and a second later a bright green beam of light started a systematic sweep of the wall tracing the contours of the broken concrete, looking for whatever was out of the ordinary.
Ron in the meantime had pulled out of his pocket not only his version of the Kimmunicator, what Kim called his 'Ronnunicator', and of course his second best friend and trusted pet, Rufus. Rufus yawned and stretched a little and looked at Ron as Ron Spoke to the Hairless Rodent.
"Alright Rufus, buddy," Ron Began, "I want you to look around and see if you can find anything out of the ordinary with this wall, or in the debris." Rufus tilted his head slightly and then gave a bit of a military style salute and squeaked "okay!" then scampering down Ron's Leg began to move tiny bits of debris to see if he could find anything out of the ordinary.
A few minutes later Wade Finished his tech scan of the wall, and after a moment of silence, let out an exasperated huff.
"I can't find anything at all guys Absolutely Nothing!" Wade said as he then sipped some soda through a straw as he looked at Kim on the other end of the video conferencing window. "Drakken and Shego were alone in this wing of the prison and in fact all the scans I'm showing for explosives are negative. In fact I highly doubt that explosives could have made such a hole."
Kim Bent down and Looked at Rufus as he popped his head out of the debris he was digging through, "Got anything Rufus?" Kim Asked softly to the little pink rodent. But Rufus just shook his head and squeaked back "Nuh uh".
"Thoughts about this, Wade?" Kim said as she looked at Wade on the Picture screen of her Kimmunicator, "If it wasn't explosives then what could have made such a large hole in the Wall?"
Wade Replied "No real idea here Kim, but from what the smoothness of the hole, this looks like some sort of new type of weapon. But one thing is for certain. There is no explosive trace residue."
Kim quickly thought out the next logical approach she could take. And that was maybe this part of the facility had security cameras on at the time of the incident.
"What about the security cameras? Maybe they could have caught something." Kim asked. Wade then frowned a little.
"Uh, Kim, Shego and Drakken had been put in here temporarily as they were overcrowded at the Main facility and the Cameras on this new wing weren't even operational yet."
"What about the Guards?" Ron replied into his Ronnunicator.
Again Wade Frowned. "All the guards and security personnel were hit with some knock out gas or maybe they were stunned, more likely the latter. One of the medical people I conferred with before you got here, found no trace of any gas or blunt trauma points on the guards body they examined, and the only marks on any of the other unconscious guards Were small burn marks." Wade Added. "But they were out cold. Suggesting that they were stunned by some sort of electrical device like a taser, possibly an electrical cattle prod."
Ron gulped when he heard this, "Wade, there were over 200 personnel here and all of them were knocked out by one person?"
"Well that's where it gets weird guys," Wade began.
"How Weird, Wade?" Kim Replied as she cocked her right Eyebrow a little.
"Well of the 200 or so security personnel here at the prison, about 120 of them were for the section of the facility that housed the female prisoners," Wade Continued, "And what is surprising is that after the breakout the only ones that were found unconscious were in fact all male security personnel, about 90 in all."
Ron couldn't quite see the pattern that Kim was starting to see. "Wait a second, Wade," Ron Said, "So only the men were unconscious? They must have really eaten a lot of the prison cafeteria food just to pass out!"
"Ron, get your head in the game!" Kim shot her boyfriend a rather irritated look, "What Wade is saying is that of all the people here at the Facility, only the men were left, so what about the female guards?" Kim Asked.
"Gone, they just vanished." Wade replied, "All the male guards were accounted for, but as for every last female personnel? They're just missing, without a trace." Wade said as he sipped on his soda.
"What about escape vehicles?" Kim asked, "Vans or Trucks?" Wade did some typing on his computer and suddenly it seems that they their first real clue. "Kim There's a set of Tire prints in the exercise yard... but what is weird is that it's only one set of prints. And from the looks of it, the set doesn't even look like it's a truck …more like a plane." Wade said as he continued his scan on the prints.
"How could a Plane land here?" Ron asked but it was then Wade spoke up. "You forget Ron about Harrier Jump jets?" Ron thought about it for the moment while Kim spoke, "You mean those aircraft that can take off near vertically?
"Something like that" Wade said, "but from the spacing of the tire tracks the distance of the spacing of the wheels suggests something along the lines of a small business jet.
"And business jets don't have hover capabilities" Kim shot back.
"But what if it could take off like a GJ Hover jet, Or maybe a Military Jump Jet?" Ron Asked. Ron crouched down to examine the tired tracks intently. It was then Kim smiled.
"Wade," Kim asked into her Kimmunicator, "Can you do a search on say Companies that could have Technology that is much like Global Justice, Or maybe the Military?" Kim then noticed some odd marks on the ground near the rear set of Tire tracks. The exhaust pattern on the ground to her suggested that the plane could not only hover if it wanted to but also take off over short distances. "Try and find if there are any companies that have Vertical Take Off and Landing or Very Short Take off and Landing capabilities and see if there is any plane that you find that could get clear of a 20 foot wall in say, under 300 feet."
Wade thought about it for the moment, then quickly started to Type the Parameters for the plane specs. "This could take some time Kim," Wade shot back, "I've got at least 70 companies that could have those specs and in fact that's in the entire world, but of those maybe 20 of those are for small Military jets so that leaves about 20 or so companies that could design a plane with that technology."
"Well that at least narrows the field a little." Kim said, but how much time are we talking about here, Wade?"
"A few days at best," Wade replied, "After all it does narrow it down, a bit but then still some companies could be "Under the radar" and we could be looking at a week tops."
"Thanks Wade do that search, and I'll see what 'our friend' has to tell us," said Kim before she switched off the Kimmunicator and put the device back in her pocket, before heading back to the cell wall that had been blown open. As she got near the wall, she looked back over to where Ron and Rufus were still crouched down looking at the tire tracks. As if they were intently looking for a pattern in the tracks, or some other clue.
"Hurry up Ron." Kim replied with a slight irritation in her tone.
"I'm coming KP," said Ron as he started to stand up Kim watched in shocked amusement, as her boyfriend took two steps forward, and then promptly tripped over his own two feet, causing him to fall face forward into the dirt.
"Ow…." Was all Ron could say?
Ron slowly got up off the ground, and walked towards the where Kim was with dirt covering his face.
As Ron got to where Kim was at the hole in the cell wall, Kim decided to poke a little fun. "Are you done taste-testing the ground?"
"Yep, dirt cakes and mud pies are permanently off my menu."." Ron replied with a smirking grin on his now dirt covered face.
Kim smiled as she thought to herself. That's my Ron, Mr. 'Dumb Skills'.
As the Two teens were just about to enter through the hole that was once part of the outer cell wall, Kim could see that Ron's face was covered in dirt. "Uh Ron," Kim said, "I think you better clean up a little before we talk to Drakken."
It was just then that Rufus Popped out of Ron's Pocket with a small hankie in hand. "Here." squeaked the small pink hairless rodent.
Ron took the hankie from the rodent. "Thanks buddy." Ron replied. And immediately cleaned his face before looking back at Kim. "Better now?" Ron asked. Kim smiled and nodded a little. "I just didn't want Drakken to freak to see you brown faced."
Ron then Looked at Kim just before they stepped through the hole in the wall. "Well, he's used to Shego being around, and the green on her skin doesn't come off."
Ron quipped softly to Kim so that Drakken wouldn't hear it.
Kim Replied just as softly, "Want to take another dive to test your theory?"
Ron kind of was left with an odd look on his face as the two teens stepped through the hole in the wall into what was once Shego's Former home.
The cell door across from the two teens stood ajar, the need to guard its prisoner lost. Kim pushed the door open and Ron followed her into the hall across from the now destroyed cell. The Two teens stopped just a few feet from the cell that held Drakken, and Ron Came up to stand by Kim and slipped his hand around hers protectively as they looked in on the blue skinned evil genius who had his leg propped up on a pillow as he was reading the latest Issue of 'Villains Digest'. Drakken Looked up, removed his reading glasses and slowly reached over and got his crutches and hobbled over to the cell bars on his cell looking at the two teens holding hands.
"Kim Possible, and her buffoonish boyfriend," Drakken Said smugly as he looked at the duo. And from what Kim and Ron both saw, Drakken's Nose was a little bruised.
Ron asked. "Dude, what happened to you?"
Drakken frowned a little when Ron said that "I Kind of had a little bit of an accident." He said gently rubbing the bridge of his bruised nose. "Then he saw some of the dirt on Ron's face, "Buffoon, you look a little bit brown faced to me."
"Hey, the least you could do is remembering my name." Ron replied a bit indignantly.
"I know your name Stoppable, Just as I know why you're here." said Drakken as he got up and hobbled over in his cell to stand in front of the couple, separated by a set of steel bars
"Then we won't waste time with words. Tell us what you know about whoever it was who freed Shego." Kim said in a bit of a business like tone.
"Why should I? "Drakken said in a bit of a bemused tone, "You never did anything to help me."
"That's because you're trying to take over the world, doi." Kim shot back.
"Ah yes, well some people's dreams are different than others, but that doesn't mean that they should be shunned as I was." Drakken shot back.
"So why did your sidekick leave you?" questioned Ron.
"It was because that stupid mysterious guy dressed in white offered her more money than I could. That and I think she liked the way he looked, kind of built like a hunk, heck she was practically drooling all over him!" said Drakken in a melancholy tone.
"A Guy in white, only interested in breaking out Shego and Not Drakken?" Kim Queried. "Could it have been Senor Senior Junior? After all he's been rumored to want more training." Kim finished her sentence but Drakken cutKimto the quick, "Senior Junior? It was definitely not him. This guy looked like a ninja." Drakken said,
"And it's not Junior's Style." Ron Finished off Drakken's statement. "He's not the 'ninja type' Ron said as he made 'air quotes' with his fingers
Kim rolled her eyes "Puh-lease Ron, Junior? Wearing a ninja outfit? That's definitely so not Junior." Kim shot back to Ron.
Ron thought about it for a moment. "Good Point, after all wearing a ninja outfit with the mask, would mess up his hairdo, after all you know Junior. He loves keeping his hair nice and smooth."
"Well it could be Monkey Fist," Ron added, "besides; He's always into the Ninja gig."
"Not likely" Kim added. "Monkey Fist loves black, and besides I think he hates Shego."
"So why is it that Bad Guys wear black?" Ron asked, losing focus for a second. "I thought Good guys wear black?"
Kim pondered that question for a second "Because," She tried to answer that but couldn't. "Oh never mind." She said with a bit of look of puzzlement herself.
"What about Professor Dementor?" Ron suggested, "After all we've never seen him without his helmet on."
"Hello!" Kim said, "Dementor is all about the Helmets, he's not into ninja cowls."
It was then that Drakken spoke up again. "Definitely not Dementor, this guy was tall, dressed in white, and it looked like he had blue eyes" Drakken then added, "And definitely not short like Professor Dementor. Besides, Dementor, is bald, like your bald rat, Stoppable."
Just then Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket and growled "Hey!" at Drakken.
Ron just looked down at his pet, then at Drakken, "Don't be Dissin' Rufus; you know how he hates the 'bald' jokes." Ron then looked downagain at thenaked molerat, and said, "It's okay little buddy, I don't think he meant it."
"What about Motor Ed?" Ron Suggested. But this timeDrakken cutRon to the quick.
"Cousin Eddie busting out Shego, Oh come on, time out, for a date maybe…but to take over the world?"
Kim shuddered at the thought of Motor Ed and Shego dating. "Come on Drakken, think, there had to be something about this guy and he's not any of the ones we know about!"
"Maybe he said something like his name or something." Ron Added.
"I don't know. I've never seen him before. He sounded foreign though."
"Foreign, in what way?" Kim shot back as she cracked her knuckles a little bit.
"I don't know, " Drakken said, "It could have been Russian or maybe broken English, B-but he did say who he worked for, but it escapes me at the moment."
"Well tell us who he works for. Give us his Boss' name," said Ron looking squarely at Drakken. "Say it!" he said, but this time with more force.
"You won't get me with your goading this time Stoppable. There's no way I'm going to tell you that his boss' name was Stormfury."Drakken said in an irritated tone.
"Stormfury huh? Thanks Drakken," said Kim smiled smugly at her arch-foe.
"Oh blast, outwitted by the buffoon again," Drakken muttered, as he hobbled back over to the corner of his cell and sat down on his bed, his arms crossed in insecurity with an angry look on his face as he looked at the two heroes.
"Later Dr. D," said Ron, turning to leave the prison as he did so he saw on his watch it was already 9:30 PM. "Come on KP, if we hurry back I can still get you home before 10 PM else your dad will send me into that black hole. After all, curfew you know."
Kim smiled back at him and the then planted a kiss softly on his cheek. "You know daddy wouldn't do anything like that. I saved his life and you helped. He owes us both for that, besides, since it'swe're not inschool and it's aschool night, the curfew is 11 PM , not 10." she said as the two of them left the prison through Shego's empty cell. "Besides maybe we need to talk about that," Kim replied, You know what tomorrow is." She said smiling."C'mon KP Let's go.. I still have to get you home." Ron said as they walked toward their ride waiting for them at the main gate of the prison.
After both Kim and Ron had left, Drakken was still fuming, upset that Kim Possible and her now boyfriend sidekick had defeated him but in his thinking back to what Stormfury's Ninja henchman had said. Oh and one final thing. When you do get out, Drew, Tell JT and Ann, I said Hi.
Drakken was still puzzled by what Stormfury's henchmen had said, but then a bit of a revelation came quickly into Drakken's mind... No, it can't be! Stormfury couldn't be… him!
Somewhere over Pacific Coast, on board a black business jet.
Shego sat comfortably in a chair of Stormfury's private jet, as it streaked westward towards its destination. Although she tried to pay no attention to the ninja in white sitting across from her, his arms folded looking at her with full intent; she couldn't help but study him as well when she thought he wouldn't notice her watching him. It was then that Shego Spoke up.
"Do I know you from somewhere? You look familiar." Shego said in a casual tone.
The ninja in white looked back at her intently and didn't say a word. It was then another ninja approached the ninja in white and whispered softly in his ear. Shego noticed that the ninja whispering to the ninja in white, was a tall female, and had her long black hair, pulled back into a ponytail that protruded from her mask.
Shego tried to make out what the female ninja was whispering to the white clad ninja, but it was hard to make out what she was saying, in the hushed tones. The ninja in white nodded, then looked at Shego, "Excuse me," He said as he rose from his seat, "but my boss, Stormfury is inquiring if I had secured your services. I will have Tomiko keep an eye on you while I take this call."
Shego was surprised to hear the ninja talk, for initially when she had heard him speak, it was with a bit of a Russian accent, but now he was speaking in perfect fluent English. It was intriguingly frustrating as the ninja in white got up and headed to the back of the jet towards a small office that was located in the back. Shego then refocused her attention to the female ninja across from her.
"So…" Shego said casually to the female ninja sitting across from her, "Read any good magazines lately, perhaps Villain's Digest?"
Again Shego got the silent treatment.
Shego thought to herself as she rolled her eyes upwards. Oh great, this is gonna be one heck of a looooong flight.
But unbeknownst to Shego after the ninja in white, had left his seat, and walked towards the back of the plane, he passed a seat that was near the back of the jet; he gestured to another ninja, and silently ordered the ninja to follow him to the office. As soon as the two ninjas were in the office the ninja in white secured the door, and pulled off his mask.
"Your thoughts on her potential loyalty to us Taven? Do you think she can be trusted?" The man in white said, as the other ninja pulled off their own mask to reveal the face of a young woman who had long brown hair, and had a small scar on her cheek.
"Can we trust her Sensei?" Taven said, "I think so, but I would be wary of her, after all she was at one time a hero, as you have told me." The young woman said. The man in the white ninja gi, thought about what the young woman had said, and then replied. "When we get to Japan, we'll see if she can be trusted. After all I do have a test that can determine to us whether or not she can be."
"And that is?" The female ninja known as Tavensaid sarcastically raising her right eyebrow slightly.
"You'll see." The Ninja in white replied…
That's what I am worried about. Thought Taven, whofrowned as she looked at her Sensei, I really dislike this 'Shego-Chan.' as the plane headed westwards towards Japan.
A/N: So (Not) the Rehash? -- First off to the reviewers who've read the story so far: (A lot of Readers wonder why I did the Prologue in the So the Drama style in the first part? Well it's quite simple really. Not all readers of this potential story are in fact Kim Possible fans, or in fact have seen the Movie So the Drama. Now for Most Kim Possible fans, I know you're saying, "Why the rehash?"
Well it's simple. It's from a third party's POV. But if you re-read that prologue, you'll notice a lot of weather and weather related terms. (After all before I became a fan fiction writer, I used to study meteorology, (and I love the forces of nature, even the most violent kinds). But if you re-read the prologue you'll notice something else, and what that is comes to the next part of the A/N comments:
The Puzzle book— puzzles and Mysteries, they're also part of the Kim Possible genre. And in fact in the first two chapters, you are left with a puzzle and given some clues. Some are "Red herrings" others are not; in short if you've ever played Clue, you know that you're trying to solve a crime, and in the end, you will figure it out. The object of any puzzle is to guess what is going to happen next. And that's the whole idea even Kim has to think things through.
Humor- Believe me, humor is part of the story and there will be moments of humor. This story explores the trust of Kim and Ron as well as the mistrust of other characters. But for those of you wanting some of the humor? Check out this Chapter, and the next one. (In fact all chapters have some sort of humor, only the prologue is rather humorless. But some chapters will have humor in them, others won't. After all I'm listening to what the reader wants.
Finally, Senior Year- So the story continues. We all have come to know and love the Kim and Bonnie Rockwaller rivalry, and in a way, the episode Bonding still lessened that rivalry, but it still exists. And now that Kim and Ron are dating as a couple, you'll start to see the other characters interact in ways that would be so different or in similar ways, after So the Drama. (Will Monique and Brick remain a couple? Will Bonnie fall for some new Hottie, or maybe finally get Josh Mankey? And what about Tara? After all the plots are wide open and we're going to try and get a few going here as well but also the villains will have a plot as well). As things go on, it could get better, it could get worse, but like the weather, wait five minutes and it will change. And speaking of our next chapter:
Next Chapter: Winds of Change Part One -- It's the Start of Kim and Ron's senior year, and things seem to be going alright for them. Meanwhile Shego is put through her paces being taught some "new moves." And what does Strawberry Bribery and Puppy dog pouts have in common? Stay Tuned!