Chapter 13
The trail became steeper and steeper as Kim and Drakken continued their long hike. Drakken paused to catch his breath. He leaned forward with his hands on his knees, desperate for a break. It was obvious he didn't share Kim's youthful vigor. Kim looked back at him.
"Wait", said Drakken between heavy tired breaths, "Can---we--- rest here--- for a----moment?"
"Alright", said Kim.
She sat down on a fallen log, and Drakken sat next to her. He pulled out his canteen to take a drink, but it was empty. Kim had emptied her canteen as well.
"You rest here. I'll go get us some water from the river", said Kim.
Kim slowly hiked down the hillside, towards the nearby river. Within a five minutes, she had reached the river, and was filtering some water for their canteens.
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"AAAAAAAAAHHH! Run!" shouted Ron.
Shego and Ron sprinted down the hill, with the mountain lion fast on their trail. As they reached the bottom of the hill, where the river was, Shego bumped into Kim who was leaning over and filling her canteen with water. Kim toppled forward, and was knocked unconscious as her head hit a rock. The mountain lion slowly closed in and prepared to pounce. There was no where left to run, so Shego lit up her green fire hands in preparation to fight. The glowing hands surprised the mountain lion, and it ran away without a fight. Shego caught her breath and looked over at Ron. He was cradling Kim lovingly in his arms. She was bleeding badly from a cut on her head, caused by the sharp rock. Blood was dripping on the ground near her.
Shego smiled at her success in knocking out Kim Possible. With a few more swift kicks, she knocked out Ron, and dragged them to the hovercraft. She flew off towards Drakken's lair, and soon had them in shackles on the wall. She looked at her unconscious prey. They would make a nice welcome-home gift for Drakken, if she could ever find him. She walked back to the hovercraft and flew towards the Rocky Mountains again in order to resume her search.
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Drakken sat on the mossy fallen log, patiently waiting for Kim to return with water. She was taking a long time. He sighed, and got up from the log. He walked down towards the river. As he got closer, he spotted the two canteens and water filter, laying on the ground next to the river's edge. He ran up to her abandonned supplies and picked them up. He felt his heart drop in his chest, as he noticed they were stained with blood.
"Kim!" he shouted.
His shout echoed in the mountains, followed only by silence. As he glanced down sadly, he saw the unmistakable paw prints of a mountain lion in the muddy earth. His breath stopped for a moment and he stood still interpretting the unimaginable. Drakken was never one to hold back his emotions for long. He fell to the ground in tears, clutching Kim's blood-stained canteen, and shouted angrily to the empty forest.
"No! Why? But she was supposed to be able to do anything? All those times I tried to kill her she lived! But why now? Why did she have to die now, when I want her to LIVE?" shouted Drakken.
He continued his long rant, holding his fists up at the sky. When he was finally done, his hair was disheveled, his face tear-streaked, and his heart, broken. He gathered his supplies from the muddy ground, and trudged onward, thinking about how life had always been so cruel to him. He had finally found someone to love him, and she was now gone. Forever.
Suddenly, Drakken heard the sound of a high-pitch motor humming in the sky behind him. It was the unmistakable sound of the hovercraft he had invented. He glanced up, and saw Shego, as she landed next to him.