Ok there has been some controversy over Ron's actions last chapter,
This one will explain all (I hope).
There will also be a lot of in head conversations going on, think arguing with yourself.
So to keep the confusion down here is a key
Italics means this is their rational self talking
'These quotes are for when they go off the top of their head'
Now onto Chapter 9!
Horrors of War
Chapter 9
The Change Amongst Us
The medical ward of the hospital tents was unusually empty, few patients came in, and even fewer left.
Ron was in the back corner of a Recovery room; Kim was lying in a hospital bed in front of him.
While Kin initially didn't look too bad when the squad found her, the X-rays told a different story.
Kim had 4 ribs broken; her left arm was broken then healed, then broken again. And the massive bruises she had was a result of a beating with a large blunt object that had caused minor internal bleeding. If left untreated in this condition for a day longer, Kim would have certainly died there in that camp.
Ron rubbed his hands through his messy blonde hair, his actions in the camp gnawing away at him; he had to talk about it. But Kim was still unconscious, and none of the squad wanted to go near him. So Ron talked to the one person he could in this sitch, himself.
What the hell has happened to you?
'I don't know, its like I can't control myself'
No Shit! You blew the brains out of a Fucking 10 year old boy! That sound like something the Real you would do?
'I'
What would Kim think of you know? Her precious sweet little Ron; has become a cold blooded murderer, way to go Ron!
'You don't know what she'd think! Its this war, this Fucking War! Christ look what its made me!'
You lost control over yourself because this is a situation you have no control over
'Tell me about it, past 2 weeks I've had to kill so many people to get here. Why?'
Because if you didn't they you'd be face down in the mud with shrapnel wound in your chest, this is a Kill or be Killed place and you had to keep from becoming one of the latter.
'But I was never meant for this! I always help Kim bring the bad guys in alive'
Look around you, you are fighting with people your age and younger, not even finished with high school. Are they meant for this?
'No, no they aren't. Just like me'
Exactly, But they also don't have mystical monkey Kung Fu coursing through their body.
'I guess this place pushed me too far, God why did I let this happen! I lost the trust of my squad, I probably lost Josh for good, and I might even lose Kim after all of this'
Calm down Ron, The men need to hear the truth of the matter,
'Why the hell should they believe that? Oh guys Me, Josh and Kim here are from the future tracking some bad guys, yeah they'll believe that'
Don't forget, they seen you in full out Monkey Rage in the camp, glowing blue calling the lotus blade and all. I think it explains for some things, and it gives closure.
'What about Kim, If I tell her what I did to that kid, and the villagers there I might lose her forever'
Kim needs to know the truth, but now is not the place, wait till you are all safely back in Middleton before you tell her about what you did. Musing about it in a combat zone is not going to help.
'Now I just need to keep my anger under control'
Should be easier now, you have your partner back; Kim can look out for you better than Josh did.
'Josh tried, but I guess it wasn't the same without Kim'
There you go, now stop talking to yourself, people could start to talk you know
"R-Ron?"
Ron was drawn out of his conversation with himself, he turned towards the bed. Kim's beautiful green eyes were staring at him, accented perfectly by her auburn hair.
"Hey KP, good to see you" Ron faintly said, pulling his chair closer
"Good to see you Ron" Kim smiled weakly, looking into Ron's brown eyes.
"I almost lost you Kim, I never gave up fighting till I got to you" Ron was tearing up at this point.
"How did you get here though? I mean the portal closed after I went through right?" Kim asked gaining her strength sitting up in the bed.
Ron told her the story of the past 3 weeks, how he got Dementor to build another device, the discovery of their names on the Vietnam Memorial, that Josh Mankey wanted to tag along, the training Barkin gave them, the intro to the squad, the loss of 2 of their squad members, and the 2 weeks at LZ X-Ray.
Kim lay there listening to every word; she got teary at some points like the loss of the 2 members and the time at the Landing Zone.
"Kim, I want you to understand something about me" Ron said to her, Kim nodded slowly
"This war has effected me, and its effected Josh. We have done things, I have done things that I am not particularly proud of doing; I've even lost control of my actions. I don't want to tell you the things I did now because this isn't the place to have that on your mind, but we will talk about it when we get back, Understand?"
Kim had thoughts racing through her head
What has he done? Was it really that bad? I hope I didn't lose him through all of this
Kim managed to answer
"Yes, I understand Ron."
Corporal Josh Mankey stood outside the door to Kim's recovery room looking in. He had a large bandage on the right side of his face and nose from Ron's strike.
'I can't believe that son of a bitch fucking hit me'
He was angry and upset and you got in his way
'Not my fault if I have a Fucking conscience, sick asshole'
Josh groans as he shifts his weight on the wall, still watching Ron sitting by Kim's bed
'Look at the cocksucker in there; he is practically killing himself over what he did'
No Shit Sherlock, would you be all joyful and cheery after you blew a kid brains out?
'Serves the cold bastard right, No one is responsible for his actions but him'
But he wasn't in his right state of mind at the time, you knew this, you even tried to stop him before, why such the hostile attitude towards him all of a sudden?
'Because before hand he never broke my nose and bruised my cheekbone! Fucker is on his own now; I ain't helping him with shit'
Fine be a Fuckwad, he still has Kim. She will probably show some compassion for him.
'And what about me? I don't deserve some compassion for the shit Ron put me through?
I didn't say that
'Besides I doubt Kim would still want to be with him after she hears about what he did to that Kid and villagers'
An evil smirk appears on Josh's face after he says this, now he is watching Kim wake up.
Jesus Christ, You are actually going to try and drive a wedge between them! For your own agenda?
'What's it to you, you've held me back from my true feelings. Now I can take Ron out of the picture and away from Kim, leaving me right there'
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU! You offered to help Ron get to her, you knew the shit you'd have to deal with and now you're going to stab him in the back!
You have become one sadistic little fuck
"I know, ain't it great?"
Josh said aloud to the empty halls as he started walking back towards the entrance, a sadistic smile on his face and a look of pure madness in his eyes as he chuckled out of the tents.
Private Jim Wilson sat by the barracks tent watching the activity going on in the base, in particular around the Medical Station.
Christ, it's been 2 days since we got here and he still hasn't left her side
Wilson was still trying to get that horrible image of the rescue at the camp out of his head, he could still see Ron getting up with the balls of blue fire in his eyes, and he could see him calling a sword out of midair and it to catch fire.
Worst of all he still had that image of Ron putting the bullet through the kids head.
Wilson shook these thoughts from his head, Ron had something they didn't and Wilson wanted to know what gives.
But how the hell do I ask him? "Excuse me Sergeant but what's up with the glowing blue eyes and the calling the sword out of the air?" Yeah that'll fly over real well.
Then he though back to her, the mysterious woman found in the camp that they brought back. The one his Sergeant wouldn't leave her side for?
So many questions, so little time
Wilson sighed, he was 2 weeks away from shipping back home and he had a leader who is lust after a woman.
But the weird thing is, he knew her Name
Wilson thought on this for a while, it seemed odd that the first woman ever to be in a POW camp be known by his Sergeant. Something didn't make sense.
Unfortunately Wilson wasn't the only one wondering these things, behind him William Johnson and Shaun Jacobson were already trying to figure out what to do with their Sergeant, and it wasn't talk to him.
"I'm telling you, the guy is some psycho voodoo motherfucker! I've seen freaks like that in New Orleans" Johnson protested.
"No, he is clearly mentally unstable and we need to get rid of him, after we know what the fuck is up with that glowing shit" Shaun argued.
Wilson stayed away from this conversation; he was one that actually liked the Sergeant. Sure he has a few questions for him, but at least he didn't want to off the guy like the two behind him.
Soon as he is up and about I'll ask him
Wilson thought a little more on what exactly he would ask the Sergeant when he saw Corporal Mankey come out of the Medical Station, a slight smile on his face.
Maybe the Corporal knows, I'm on good terms with him, and he's not hold up in a room
Wilson started to make his way over to intercept the Corporal when he heard the two behind him start to follow him
Aw hell, well they have to find out at some point as well.
"Corporal Sir!" Wilson shouted across the compound, Josh stopped in his tracks and turned to face him
"Can I help you with anything Private?" Josh asked
It was this point where Wilson became a little uneasy, Josh had a look in his eye that Wilson had seen all too often, and it was usually with those soldiers in the psychiatric ward of the Med stations.
Holy shit, I think he might have lost it.
"Ah, Sir." Wilson fumbled with his words; he never expected the temper minded Corporal to lose it.
You don't expect your friends to lose it either, but look what happened to you
Wilson shook the thought from his head and tried to continue
"Well I was just wondering-"
"HEY Corporal!" Wilson was interrupted by Jacobson who pushed past him, getting right in the Corporals face.
"We need to talk Right now!" Johnson said as he grabbed the Corporals arm and started to drag him to the latrines.
"Hey! What the hell are you two doing!" Josh protested, struggling a bit
"Just shut up, and follow us. We want to know what the fuck is going on" Jacobson said as he led them to the latrines, making sure they were open.
"Wilson! Are you coming?" Johnson said back
Fuck, don't have a choice now do you?
"Yeah, I'm coming" Wilson said as he sprinted towards the group, hoping this didn't get ugly.
Josh was unceremoniously shoved through the doorway to the latrines, tripping on a raised board he lost his balance and crashed to the floor.
Josh turned to get up when he saw the looming figures of Privates Johnson and Jacobson standing over him, cracking their knuckles.
Wilson stayed by the door, not getting anywhere close to the three.
"All right Corporal, You know something we don't and we would like to know what that something is so you and your buddy Sarge don't get us killed" Jacobson said.
"Fuck you, Private" Josh said, anger burning in his eyes
Yuppie Fuckers think they can muscle Josh Mankey around? They have another thing coming.
Josh got a knee to the stomach from Johnson, bringing him back down to the floor.
"Jesus Christ guys, What in Fuck's name are you doing?" Wilson protested
"Just watch the door Jim" Jacobson called back as Johnson started to pick the Corporal up
"He's our Fucking superior! You want to get court marshaled over this?" Wilson screamed, getting in Jacobson's face.
"If it keeps us alive then fuck yes!"
"But we could be subject to a goddamn firing squad if he talks you Irish prick"
Wilson was pissed; the last thing he wanted to be part of was a group beat down of a superior officer.
All I want is some answers, not to be put in front of a bunch of rifles
"Fine, Johnson no more hitting" Jacobson reluctantly said back.
Johnson grunted in displeasure as he looked Josh in the eyes, Josh spit on his foot.
"What do you bunch of Pricks want to know?" Josh said as Johnson backed away, Wilson stood by the door, as Jacobson said what they wanted to know.
"First, who the hell are you guys, second, who is that tasty bitch we picked up. And finally what was with that Blue fucking glow the Sergeant had."
Josh told them everything, the time device, the training, everything. He finished up talking about Kim and Ron. The three squad members had looks of surprise on their face, all of them but one.
"So you mean to tell me that you three are from the future, and you came back here to find the broad? I can understand that Ron guy, but you? What in fucks name made you come with him? He is obviously doing this because he cares immensely for some ungrateful bitch but why did you volunteer to help? Were you high at the time?" Jacobson asked curiously.
"I originally wanted to be some support, because without her he is nothing. However now, after all the shit he dealt me over the past three weeks I've had it." Josh changed his expression to a darker one as he finished up.
"See this whole thing was just to get her, to save her, to rescue her, to bring her home. Please, He doesn't deserve someone like her." An evil grin crossed his face "Especially if she hears about what he did at the camp."
"No way!" Johnson shouted,
"Yes way, I break the news to his little bitch in front of the entire base and he not only loses her, but he'll be brought up on charges and be stripped of his command"
Josh laughed a little on this. Jacobson and Johnson joined in; they knew it would get the liability off of their backs.
They were so overcome with glee that they didn't notice the door behind them open and shut.
"Kim, are you sure you are ok to be walking around?" Ron asked as Kim slowly made her way around the small room, even in a full hospital gown she looked beautiful to him.
"Don't worry Ron; I have to get up at some point. Besides my Arm should be all healed in a few days, my ribs might take a little longer though" Kim said as her good arm clutched her chest, wincing at the pain.
"We won't move till you are 100percent ready, besides it gives Wade more time to find out about Drakken and Shego and where they are"
Ron cringed, he still couldn't believe that Drakken and Shego did this to her.
When I get my hands on them I'll……………
"Ron" Kim said as she brought Ron's head up, looking into those beautiful brown eyes.
"I know how upset this makes you, but you have to understand that I don't think Drakken even knows what he's doing here or what they did to me for that matter"
Her words filled Ron's head; he was swimming in her beauty and sincerity, even after what they did to her she still didn't blame them.
I still have so much to learn from you Kim
Kim was leaning down to Ron as he was reaching up to her, their lips touched for the first time in three weeks, a mixture of love and passion flowed through the two of them as they seemed stuck in that moment for a endless amount of time.
Suddenly the door to the room burst open, startling the two out of their passionate kiss.
"Sergeant I—whoa!" Wilson said as he walked in on the two teens. Both quickly separated from each other and both began to blush a deep red.
"Am I interrupting something?" Wilson asked raising an eyebrow.
"No, not at all Private." Ron said quickly getting out of his seat.
The three stood there for a moment as an awkward silence covered the room, Ron decided to break the nervous tension.
"Oh, Private Wilson I'd like you to meet Kim Possible" Ron said motioning towards Kim.
Kim gently elbowed Ron in the ribs "Oh sorry, Lieutenant Kim Possible" Ron said rolling his eyes.
"Thanks, Sergeant. Pleased to meet you Private?" Kim asked extending her good arm.
Wilson obliged and gently shook her hand "Wilson, Private Jim Wilson. And the pleasure is all mine Lieutenant Possible"
"Well, how could we help you Private Wilson?" Kim asked
Wilson sighed "There is something you two should know"
Oooo, Cliff hangar! Don't you just hate that?
So Josh has lost all mental capacity and is now crazed on destroying Ron and Kim, funny what a simple pistol whipping will do to a guy.
Ron is recovering from his mental breakdowns and will be on a rocky road to recovery that is made easier now that Kim is back.
Next chapter, The confrontation between the Old Ron, and the New Josh. Someone is going down.
Chapter 10
The Lines are Drawn
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