Chapter 8

Kim and Drakken began the arduous lengthy hike alongside the river. Finding the lab without a map would've been impossible, so the only other option was to hike out of the mountains towards civilization. Light filtered in through the thick canopy of shady pines above their heads, creating misty rays from the tree boughs to the rocky ground at their feet. After a few hours of hiking Kim noticed that the sound of the river reached a roar up ahead as it dropped off a cliff into a waterfall. A large boulder was blocking their path, and Kim couldn't yet get a good view of the upcoming cliff.

Kim easily scaled the large boulder, then reached out her hand to help Drakken up. Drakken grasped her hand with both of his and she lifted him up. They sat on the boulder and looked at the view ahead of them. About 200 feet ahead of them, was indeed a cliff, where the river dropped as a waterfall.

"Gah… how are we going to climb down that?", said Drakken.

"Don't worry. I have my grappling hook gun. We can use it to repel down, no prob", said Kim, as she patted Drakken on the back reassuringly.

Drakken opened his backpack and took out a few hard-boiled eggs. He placed one in Kim's hand, hesitating slightly before taking his hand off of hers. As Kim tried to eat, the strong bitter-cold wind kept blowing her hair in her face. She tried to blow her hair out of her face, and push it behind her ear, but the wind kept blowing it around. She was finding it difficult to eat. Drakken scooted up next to Kim, and pulled a navy-blue hair-band from his pocket.

"I always carry a spare", he said, as he gently brushed Kim's hair away from her face and tied it back into a ponytail.

Kim's heart skipped a beat, as Drakken finished tying a ponytail for her. She was blushing again, and felt embarrassed because it was so obvious. Drakken noticed her blushing. He didn't quite know what to say in response to it. There was a pause of uncomfortable silence between them.

"Thanks", said Kim.

"Now your hair is like mine!", he said with a grin, and flipped his ponytail from side to side.

"Yeah, except mine isn't freaky", said Kim with a laugh, "How do you get your hair to spike up like that?"

"It's a trade secret", said Drakken, proudly running his hand through his spikes.

They finished their lunch and Kim jumped down from the boulder. Drakken stood up to jump down, then hesitated. It was about 6 feet down.

"Just jump. It's easy", said Kim.

Drakken attempted to climb down, but slipped. Kim caught him, and they fell down on the dusty ground together in eachother's arms. Laying on the ground, Drakken looked at Kim's face, just inches from his. His heart was pounding, as he stared into her beautiful green eyes. Kim noticed Drakken's look, and slowly moved her face forward. She kissed him briefly on the lips then pulled back to see his reaction. He was smiling nervously and looking at Kim.

"Umm, er, we should get back to hiking", Drakken said.

Kim held Drakken for a few seconds more, then stood up. She desperately wanted to kiss him again, but didn't really know if he would like it. His reaction to her kiss had been uncertain and ambiguous. Normally his emotions were so easy to read. But now, when Kim desperately wanted to know how he felt, she couldn't figure it out.

Kim reached out her hand to help him up, but he ignored her hand and got up on his own. 'Well there's my answer', she thought to herself, 'I've officially freaked him out.'

Drakken's mind was in a flurry. Kim Possible had just kissed him! And he had enjoyed it, immensely. Of all the weird situations he had been through in his life as a villain, this was by far the strangest. He was attracted to his arch foe. All he could think about was kissing her again. Sure it would ruin his reputation as a villain if anyone ever found out, but perhaps no one needed to find out. He wondered, if he did try to pursue Kim further, what it would mean for the future. What would happen when he hatched his next plot for world domination. He imagined it in his mind:

He would be standing in his lair, polishing his new death ray, when suddenly Kim bursts into the room.

"So Kim Possible... you have come to thwart my evil plans again?"

"No, I just wanted to see you again, you foxy blue stud."

"You aren't here for the death ray I just stole?"

"Take me now"

"Oooh.. Go easy on me! I'm a virgin. Watch it, this lab coat is new!"

-ripping fabric-

"I can do anything. Care for a demonstration?"

"Umm, yes? Ohhhh... yes!"

"Aaah That's how I like it, Drakken. Harder. Harder. Yes!"

"Kim Possible! You think you're all that, and you ARE!"

Drakken chuckled to himself as he imagined the ridiculous scenario.

"What are you laughing about?" asked Kim as she approached the cliff edge.

"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all", smiled Drakken guiltily.

Kim procured her grappling hook from her pants pocket, and attached the gun portion to her belt with a clasp. She fired the grappling hook at a tree that hung over the cliff, and tugged on it to see that it was secure.

"Hold on", she said.

Drakken stepped forward to hold on to her, when suddenly the ground gave way beneath his feet and he fell off the edge of the cliff.

"Nooooo!" shouted Kim.

She leapt off the cliff edge and saw Drakken dangling from a nearby tree root, about to fall down the cliff. Kim reached out and grabbed hold of Drakken, just as the root broke. Looking down, she saw the root break in half against the sharp rocks below.

Drakken looked gratefully at Kim, "Just how many times are you going to save my life while were here?"

He clung tightly to her, as she repelled the rest of the way down the cliff. When they reached the ground at the base of the cliff, he looked right at her.

"It's no big. Saving lives is just part of being a teen hero", said Kim.

"No big? You saved my life! Twice now!", said Drakken as he reached forward and held Kim's hands in his, "You risked your life for me! Twice!"

"Well, I…", began Kim.

Drakken brought Kim's hand to his mouth and kissed it. She smiled and blushed.

He leaned forward and kissed Kim on the lips, wrapping his arms tightly around her slender body. Their mouths opened as they deepened the kiss. She held Drakken more tightly, until they were pressed against each other. Kim felt his tongue enter her mouth and move playfully around. The soft caress of tongue against tongue was a pleasure neither of them had experienced before. Drakken kissed down Kim's neck and she nibbled on one of his large ears. Drakken could hardly believe what he was doing, yet he did not want to stop. They continued kissing for several more minutes, not wanting to let go. Finally they sat down on a rock and caught their breath.