Chapter 9

Ron sadly stepped out of the helicopter and walked up the sidewalk to his house. His parents greeted him, but he simply walked past them without a word, and went to his room. In a few seconds he heard a tapping on his door.

"Ronald? Is something wrong?", asked his mother.

"Kim is dead", said Ron.

He heard a gasp from outside his room, and his door opened.

"What happened?" asked Ron's mother in shock. She looked on the verge of crying. She had also known Kim since Kim was a preschooler.

"I don't know. They say it was mountain lions. I wasn't there. I should have been there for her", said Ron.

Ron's mother sat down beside Ron and wrapped her arm around his shoulders.

"You can't go blaming yourself for this. She had a risky job. She was a brave young girl", said Ron's mom.

"Mom, I want to see her body. I have this strange feeling that she's still alive. I have to know for sure", said Ron, "She's in a mortuary here in Middleton."

"Well, alright. There's only one mortuary here. I suppose I could drive you there. Are you sure you want to see her?" asked Ron's mother.

Ron silently nodded to her, and they walked to the car.

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"Oh! Drewbie! My precious little boy!", cried Mrs. Lipsky over a closed coffin at her local mortuary in Upperton, "My little Drewbie can't be dead! He can't be!"

Tears flowed freely from her small eyes as she wailed with sadness.

"Well, we still need someone to identify that the body is indeed Drakken's", said a police officer.

"I couldn't bear to look!", said Mrs. Lipsky, "I couldn't bear to see my precious Drew dead."

Suddenly the door to the mortuary swung open and Shego stepped inside.

"You're the young lady that works, I mean worked, with my son on his radio show", said Mrs. Lipsky.

"Would you mind identifying the body for us, then?", asked the police officer.

"That's exactly what I came here to do", said Shego. She needed to know the truth. To know for certain if Drakken was really dead.

Mrs. Lipsky turned away sadly, as the police officer lifted the lid of Drakken's coffin for Shego.

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Ron stepped into the Middleton mortuary. He saw Kim's parents crying in the waiting room.

"Ron!", said Mrs. Possible, "How are you feeling?"

"Not so good", said Ron, "Did you see her yet?"

"No. They told us it would be better not to see the body considering the condition she was found in. But we saw the kimmunicator, and her jet pack", said Mr. Possible.

"I'd like to see her", said Ron.

Ron walked up to the coffin and lifted the lid. When he looked at the contents, he almost vomited. Before him, laid a pile of bones, flesh, and a few feet of intestine. It was unidentifiable. Then something shiny caught his eye. On one of the torn-off hands was a ring. A woman's wedding ring. Kim was not married. This body could not be hers!

"AABOOOOOOOOOYEEEAAAH!", shouted Ron happily, "It isn't Kim! Kim's alive! Kim's still alive somewhere!"

"What?" asked Kim's parents simultaneously.

Ron told them about the ring, then quickly called Wade to set up a ride. He needed to find Kim somehow, and bring her home.

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Shego looked carefully at the contents of the coffin in front of her. There wasn't much left but bones.

"Why the cheap plastic coffin?", Shego asked as she scanned over the remains, "Oh, and these bones… Sooo not Doctor Drakken's. Look at this flimsy little cheek bone here. And these little teeth. Drakken's teeth are much bigger. This piece of skin here, isn't even blue!"

"You mean my Drewbie's alive?" shouted Mrs. Lipsky happily.

"I don't know. But if he is, I'm going to find him", said Shego, as she ran to her hovercraft.