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Chapter 10 – Kim and Alan's First mission

It had been 2 months since Ron had disappeared and still Kim had gotten no word from him or of him. She had spent much of the last two months going through the five stages of grief. She at first refused to believe that Ron had really left, he was just away for a few days and tomorrow he would show up at the door acting like nothing had happened. But tomorrow never seemed to come.

Then she was mad. She started by being mad at Ron for doing this to her. She next felt mad at the world for letting this happen at all and finally she had been mad at herself for getting mad at Ron, after all he was just being Ron wasn't he.

The next thing to happen was that Kim had started making promises to herself. She promised to treat Ron better as soon as he came back, hell she'd even treat the tweeb's better if Ron would just come back. She soon discovered that no matter what she promised or to whom Ron was still gone and apparently not coming back. This led to the next stage, depression.

This stage had lasted the longest and it was hard on everyone around her. Monique felt helpless and her heart went out to Kim for having to go through this. Her Mother and Father really started to worry about her. She slept hardly at all, she didn't eat unless she was told to and she had let herself go to the point that most people would not even recognize her. Wade had stopped calling her to try and cheer her up because he was afraid he would break down and start crying right in front of her. Felix felt the worst, he knew the reason Ron had left and seeing Kim like this made him want to strangle his old friend for putting Kim through this.

Then one day she woke up, took a long hot shower and put herself together. Although she had lost a little weight when she walked into the kitchen that morning her Mother looked up and smiled, a little. She saw Kim as she had been before, she could tell that Kim still wasn't happy, maybe she would never be totally happy again, but at least Kim looked like her old self. Kim had decided she had to come to grips with her current life accept what she couldn't change and move on. This was the day that Kim had called Wade and asked him to start accepting missions again.

Very early the following morning Kim was startled out the best sleep she'd had for a month.

BEEP---BEEP---DA---BEEP

"Hey Wade what's up" Wade noticed with a wince that the "What's the sitch" was gone, he hoped that it would eventually come back but he wouldn't hold his breath.

Wade: "Hey Kim, just got a call from Lasertech Industries, sometime last night their research laboratory was broken into and the plans for a new type of laser where stolen. This looks like a bad one. The spec's that would give me show that a laser like this would be really bad new if it got into the wrong hands. It's able to follow the curvature of the earth using some type of gravitational signature and it's extremely powerful"

Kim: "Any idea's on who may be behind this Wade?"

Wade: "Yea, I think so, an analysis of the door that was forced to get into the lab shows definite signs of plasma discharge"

Kim "Shego!"

Wade: "Yea, that's what I was thinking too so I started checking around for any sign of her or Dr. Drakken. I finally got a lead that a blue skinned man was seen buying supplies in Hogland Canada. That's pretty near that lair that Dr. D and Shego used about two years ago if you remember the case with the missing cows"

Kim: "Yea I remember Wade, can you get me a ride?"

Wade: "You sure you want to go by yourself Kim? Ya know Global Justice has offered to send a couple agents with you to help. I know for a fact that Wil Du is chomping at the bit to work with you again"

Kim: "Thanks but No Thanks Wade, I've got to do this alone. I have to prove to myself that I still can ya know"

Wade: "Yea I guess so. I can understand it even if I don't agree with it. But GJ has already informed me in no uncertain terms that they will be heading out that way. With the ride I have set up you should get there about 30 minutes before they do. Your ride will be waiting outside your front door in 5"

Kim: "Thanks Wade. I'll call again when I get to the scene"

Kim pushed herself out of bed and started getting into her mission cloths. By the time she was tying her shoes she had started to fell like her old self again. She left a note on the kitchen table telling her Mom and Dad not to worry and as she locked the front door behind her a sleek looking VTOL was landing in the street in front of her house. As she climbed aboard the jet she has started to reach out behind her but stopped herself short, Ron wasn't there to be helped aboard anymore. This was a habit she had to break she reminded herself as she settled in for the ride to Canada.

The mission did not go well. Wade had been able to get through the security alarms okay but she had run into five of Drakken's henchmen as soon as she entered the main section of the lair. She would have normally made short work of them but 30 minuets later when GJ landed outside the lair, making their normal huge amount of noise, two of the henchmen were still on their feet and fighting back. With all of the noise that GJ had made it was not surprising that Dr. Drakken and Shego had made it to their hover craft and escaped. The only redeeming part of the mission was that Dr. Drakken and Shego must have been at the far end of the lair when GJ had arrived and had not been able to make it back to the lab and retrieve the plans for the Laser.

Over the next month Kim had been called out on three more missions. The results of these three missions made her first mission seem like a win. First Duff Killigan had knocked her down three times with his stupid exploding golf balls before the forth explosion had sent her over a cliff and into the ocean 40 feet below. She was wet and nothing was hurt except her pride but Killigan was able to escape and he was able to take the stolen hot house with him. GJ caught up with him the next day and Wil Du was able to not only recover the hot house but capture Killigan….single handedly just to make matters worse.

The next mission was against Dr. Dementor and this was even worse. She had taken so long fighting guards and getting to the center of the hideout that Dr. Dementor had not only left but had time to write her a note saying goodbye. Quite a lengthy note at that, he had written a poem telling her how nice it was to be up against the great Kim Possible again. The poem was dripping with sarcasm.

The last mission she had gone on was the worst of the lot. Dr. Drakken and Shego had tried again to steal the plans for the Lasertech Industries Laser. She had gotten word very quickly and was able to make it to the labs while Dr. Drakken and Shego were still there. When she had stepped around the corner right behind Dr. D. and Shego, who were cutting through a thick security door reinforced against Shego's plasma, she had stepped directly in front of an emergency light which cast a shadow on the wall in front of the villainous duo. Dr. Drakken had not wasted a moment as he turned and cried "SHEGO!".

The fight that followed was a short one with Shego getting in most of the hits. Kim was finally kicked in the chest so hard she flew backward about 10 feet into the wall behind her knocked senseless. She later learned that Shego had been advancing on her, apparently to finish her off, when a group of security guards had charges around the corner and started firing at Dr. Drakken and Shego. Needless to say Dr. Drakken and Shego made a hasty retreat through the hole they had blown through the wall and escaped, fortunately without the plans they had come for.

Kim was left with three cracked ribs and a sprained wrist. Those were the physical injuries; the mental injuries went much deeper. She had lost. Not only had she lost but Shego had made her look like a beginner. When she contacted Wade for her wrap-up report on the mission Wade could see that she was breaking. He found it hard to believe but Kim Possible was loosing heart. He knew if things kept up like this Kim would no longer have enough faith in herself to continue her missions. That would be a huge loss to the world sure, but the loss to Kim would be much worse. Wade knew in his heart that a Kim Possible not able to save the world from time to time was a Kim Possible that was as good as dead.

It was after this mission that Wade had talked with Ron. Wade had told Ron about Kim's state of mind and what he felt was eventually coming. Ron told Wade he had to think about some things and would call him back later that night.

After their Bueno-Nacho meal the first night in the new house Ron talked to Hirotaka and Yori about his plan, his NEW plan. Ron felt he couldn't just walk back into Kim's life after what he had done but he had to help her. She needed to regain her confidence. She needed to become Kim Possible again. Ron would help Kim but do it in a way that she wouldn't know she was being helped.

After calling Wade again Ron explained what he wanted to do and asked for Wades help. During their talk Wade had expressed the desire to send a Kimmunicator to Ron so they could be in touch without having to rely on an iffy cellular network. Ron thought about this for a few seconds and told Wade to send the Kimmunicator to the Lowerton Post Office under Ron's name and that he would pick it up. Wade had informed Ron that it would be at least 3 weeks before Kim would be able to go on another mission due to her injuries. Ron hoped that would be enough time for him to set his plan in motion.

For the next three weeks Ron was a busy little beaver. After picking up the Kimmunicator from the Lowerton post Office he had talked to Wade daily deciding on how Wade would contact Ron and getting Wades promise not to attempt to track the Kimmunicator signal except when Ron was already in the field. He had gotten this promise before he had even left the Lowerton Post Office.

His next problem was transportation. He couldn't rely on Wade to get him transportation for obvious reasons, he'd have to know where to pick Ron up and Ron was not ready for this so Ron was determined to locate his own type of transportation and it had to be world wide. Yori and Hirotaka, as it turned out, had saved the day in this department. After talking to Sensi they were able to locate one Yamanochi graduate who was now and aeronautical engineer and another who controlled an enormous manufacturing empire.

Two weeks after their joint discussion with Sensi there was a delivery to the home near Go City.

Parked in the spacious garage at Ron's home was a sleek black jet small enough to be unnoticed on most radar even with the stealth capabilities turned off but large enough to carry up to three people, not comfortable but then you couldn't have it all could you. The jet also had VTOL capabilities and an experimental engine design that allowed for travel past mach 4 with fuel usage so low that Ron could circle the globe three times without stopping for fuel. Ron was on his way.

Four weeks after his talk with Wade about helping Kim it started.

BOOP-BOOP-BOOP-BOOP

Ron had asked for a different call signal than Kim's, the old signal brought back memories that Ron would rather not face just yet but he still insisted on calling it a Kimmunicator. As Ron picked up the device and pushed the connect button he said "Okay Wade, what's the sitch" Wade almost swallowed his straw when he heard this but recovered quickly and smiled widely saying "Boy it's been a long time since I heard that, kinda nice to hear it again" Ron simply smiled back at Wade waiting for the mission details he knew were coming.

Wade: "Ron its Dr. Dementor. He's been spotted on a small island just off the coast of Italy. He's still wanted for stealing that electromagnetic scrambler from Hasbalatten Industries, that's the device Kim had been trying to recover when he uh… you know"

Ron: "I remember Wade, download the coordinates to the Kimmunicator and I'll plug it in when I get to the jet. Please and thank you"

Wade almost broke into tears just hearing that "Please and thank you" again but stopped the tears, at least for the moment, and answered.

Wade: "You've got it Ron. By the way buddy, good luck and welcome home"

The screen went black as Ron was getting prepared. He passed by his old mission cloths that were in his closet and picked out a dark grey Ninja stealth suit, dark gray is actually more difficult to see at night than black. Ha paused for a moment after he had finished tying the suit shut and then making a decision he walked over to his bedside table and opened a long ornately carved wooden box. From within the box Ron withdrew the Lotus Blade. Ron seldom used the Blade because he found that having the Blade in his grasp while wearing the Band of Blade on his wrist seemed to treble the power of both artifacts. This was unhealthy for Yori and Hirotaka during sparing matches as they had found out the hard way. Thankfully the hotel had allowed him to replace the floor of the ballroom without pressing any charges.

As he tied the Lotus Blade and it's sheath to his back Ron began to feel the power coursing through him. "Poor Dr. Dementor" he thought as he ran to the garage and the waiting jet. "Well he's got it coming; I'll make him eat the next poem he writes."

Ron arrived at the island a good 15 minutes before Kim. "Good" he thought "This will give me time to pave the way a little bit." As it turned out the term 'A little bit' was quite an understatement. Ron was able to bypass the alarm systems with minimal help from Wade but he turned each system back on as he passed. Using the power of the Blade and the Band Ron instinctively knew where the guards would be stationed and each lone guard was neutralized before he even realized he was no longer alone. As the guards were taken out Ron dragged them out of sight, two were in closets, three were dragged down long passageways that Ron had informed Wade to tell Kim to bypass and one was stuffed down a waste disposal unit.

Then Ron hit the jackpot. Just as Kim was arriving at the island Ron was standing on a balcony that was overlooking a large room that had been converted into a dormitory for the rest of the guards. Beneath him were thirty men resting in bunks or watching a TV that was placed in one corner of the room. Ron called Wade and gave him the location of the dormitory, it wouldn't do to have Kim walk into this room and see the aftermath of what he was about to do.

Ron stored the Kimmunicator in a pocket and then made his plan. He walked out over the center of the room on a thin beam and made his way over to the area just above the group that was watching the television. Leaving the Lotus Blade sheathed he dived off the beam and did an almost perfect swan dive toward the group, almost perfect because he landed on his feet almost soundlessly. Ron immediately sprang into the air again and executed a complete 360 degree turn while extending his right foot out in front of him. The three men that had been seated on the couch had no time to do anything at all. As Ron's foot connected with each jaw in turn the three men and the couch fell over backward out for the count.

There were three others in the corner but everything had happened so fast they only had enough time to turn toward the sound of their fellows falling before the each received a jarring fist to the jaw knocking them out instantly. Ron then jumped onto the television and then jumped again landing on the same beam above the group where he had started.

The rest of the guards in the room had heard the commotion coming from the corner but by the time they looked in that direction all they could see were six guards laying on the ground and an overturned couch, Ron was already gone. Several of the guard started toward the TV corner while the rest just returned to their reading or whatever they had been doing, after all, there was no one there and what kind of idiot would attack a room full of guards. That was the last thought that most of had for quite some time.

The few that were paying attention swore later that a black wraith had come out of nowhere and that as each person was touched they fell unconscious instantly. The truth of the matter was that Ron saw the guards as though they were moving in slow-motion and had almost casually walked around the room and stopped at each one determining the quickest and easiest way of putting each one to sleep.

Kim had reached the entrance to the hideout and started to worry remembering her last encounter with Dr. Dementor. As Kim contacted Wade to disable the alarm systems she noticed that Wade was leaning slightly back in his chair sipping his soda with one hand while typing with the other. This relaxed behavior was unlike Wade but each security system went down as if by magic as she approached it so she just forgot Wade's unusual and went about the business at hand. She couldn't remember the last time a mission had gone this well. Each guard post appeared to be deserted and Wade was able to direct her to Dr. Dementor's location quickly by steering her away from what he said were dead end corridors.

As Kim reached the central lab, where Dr. Dementor always was, she silently opened the door. There was the good Doctor standing at a small worktable about ten feet from her. It seemed to Kim that all her luck today was good luck. Dementor had his back to the door and Kim was able to walk directly up behind him. When she reached Dementor Kim placed her hands on her hips and purposely cleared her throat. At the sound Dementor turned around and his jaw almost hit the floor when he saw who was standing there with a very dark look in her green eyes. Dementor almost fainted but quickly caught himself and started screaming "GUARDS, GUARDS, QUICKLY COME TO ME." Kim just glared at Dementor while he frantically looked about expecting guards to come pouring through the doors at any second, but none ever came, they were all sleeping peacefully, well all except for one who had his head buried in garbage at the bottom of a waste disposal shaft.

As Kim quickly grabbed Dr. Dementor and roughly tied his hands behind his back, more roughly that she normally would have, she was unaware that she was being watched. About 30 feet above her, hidden in the shadows of the expansive central lab, was brown haired man dressed all in dark grey. He had a smile on his face that could have brightened a rainy day on London and said softly as Kim led Dr. Dementor out of the room to be picked up by a waiting GL jet. "Hiya KP, it's really nice to see you again. Then he disappeared into the gloom.

Next – More of Kim's missions and a mysterious sighting

AN:

Thanks for all the encouaging reviews.

See Kim is back in the story at last, I think she'll be here through the rest of the story but I can't promise anything. (This thing has a way of writing parts that I didn't plan on)

Felix and Monique will return and later some surprise guests and least a surprise situation.

I'm not to good writing the action stuff, for that I apologize. It would be a much better story if I was able to put on paper what I can see in my head.

Still working on the formatting and the "too many commas" thing hope it's getting easier to read.

Please R&R so I can work on correcting the shortcoming of the story. Please and thank you.