We get closer to the end, what a wild ride it's been
Thanks to all of those who are reading, I'll give out real thanks on the last chapter.
When we last left out heroes…….
Horrors of War
Chapter 13
The Time has come Today
"Go ahead" Drakken said.
Ron let his rifle hang around him as he started to talk.
"We know about your recruiting of Vietnamese for your army, what you don't know is that they are turning against you as we speak." Ron said
"Bullshit! He's just trying to get us to go with him" Shego protested
"Go with us were exactly Shego?" Kim asked as she crossed her arms.
Shego had a blank expression on her face
"Your Time travel device is fried correct?" Ron asked as he reached into his backpack.
"Yes, it is. But how do you know that?" Drakken asked.
Shego rolled her eyes.
"How do you think I got here Drakken, with magical pixie dust?" Ron said getting slightly agitated.
Ron pulled out the second time travel device and tossed it to Drakken.
"That one is fried too." Ron said
"Figures, Dementor can't make anything that can be used a second time" Drakken grumbled.
"Oh, like you have?" Shego mocked
"This isn't the time Shego!" Drakken snapped
"So we both have 2 fried time travel devices, so what?" Drakken said as he set the second device next to the original.
"Dementor strengthened some other parts in that one" Ron said pointing at the one Drakken just set down.
"I figure you could use the good parts off of one of them and repair the other." Ron said
"Why would I want to do that?" Drakken asked as he crossed his arms.
"Because if you don't, then the NVA will show up here and kill us all. Now I should just kill you two on the spot for what you did to Kim, but for now I'll let it slide as you are the only one who can fix those" Ron said as he cracked his knuckles.
"What did we do to her? We turned her into a jail!" Drakken argued
"You really have no idea what that camp was do you?" Ron said with an angry tone.
Ron turned to Kim and nodded; Kim turned around and dropped her backpack to the ground.
"That was a POW camp run by the Vietnamese; you want to see what they did to her?" Ron angrily replied.
Drakken's face went from a defiant stare, to one of confusion
"Kim, show them"
Kim lifted the back of her shirt, exposing her back to Drakken and Shego, who gasped in surprise.
Kim's back was full of scars and cuts that she had received as treatment in the camp, they were mostly healed now and could be removed by Global Justice medics back home, but for now they were still there and still gruesome to look at.
"My god," Drakken said as he stared at the marks that covered Kim's back.
He turned to face Ron, whose face was full of anger.
"I didn't know" Drakken whimpered
Kim dropped the back of her shirt down and turned back towards Drakken.
"So you'll cooperate with us then?" Kim asked
Drakken nodded.
"Good, I suggest you get started Dr. Drakken." Ron said
Drakken turned around and started for the table to begin tearing into the devices.
"So what do you want me to do?" Shego asked her hands on her hips.
"I want you to stay back, and watch for the enemy while Drakken takes care of the devices" Ron said as he turned to face his men.
"Johnson, Josh. Leave the extra M60s here, watch outside for them. They saw us come in so they should be here anytime." Ron said as he slung his M16 back in front of him.
Johnson and Josh turned and dropped the M60s off of the chopper on the floor, as well as the radio.
Johnson sprinted out the only door towards the exterior, Josh was right behind him.
"Well, now what do we do?" Kim asked as she looked at Ron.
"We wait Kim," Ron said as he watched Drakken slowly take one device apart.
"We wait"
Abandoned Temple
1 hour later
Ron, paced the inside the temple room where he Kim, Wilson, Shego, and Drakken were in.
Drakken had finished pulling both devices apart and was starting on reassembly of one of them as he layed all the good parts out.
The sound of automatic fire echoed through the temple as Josh and Johnson came running back into the room.
"Sir, they're out there…..they're coming" Johnson panted
Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned towards the two.
"How many" Ron asked
"Don't know, looked like 2,000, we're cut off" Johnson finished.
Ron gritted his teeth as he turned back towards the group.
"Lock and load people, they are on their way!" Ron said.
The squad brought their weapons up in a ready to fire position,
"Shego!" Ron called out, catching the raven haired woman off guard.
"Take this, you'll need it" Ron said as he kicked over to her one of the spare M60s, it slid to a stop at Shegos feet.
She looked at the weapon briefly before she understood why she would need it; she lugged the M60 off the floor and held it at her waist, pointing at the open doorway.
Tiiiime won't save our souls
The squad heard commotion out in the narrow hallway; they could hear shouts in the Vietnamese as the commotion grew closer.
Tiiiime won't save our souls
"Here they come guys, get ready" Ron said as he cocked back the primer on the M16.
Tiiiime won't save my soul
The door way filled with NVA as the clatter of assault rifles opened up on the figures, which quickly dropped to the floor.
There were more behind them as they fell, the squad kept the pressure on as they kept firing on the doorway
Little things are going down
Nothin' seems to feel the same
Ron ejected his spent magazine and grabbed another from his belt and slapped it into the rifle. Shego and Johnson fired in short bursts at the door.
No one seems to know my name
No one seems to go my way
Soon the bodies were piling up in the door way as they tried to keep them from entering the room; soon there was a slight pause in the waves coming in.
Who knows if I'll see you again?
Who knows if I'll see you again?
Ron heard them yell something from the doorway as a figure quickly popped out from behind the wall, a small tube in his hands.
"RPG!" Ron screamed as he dove at Kim, knocking her down to the ground.
Shego pulled Drakken down as the rest of the squad took cover as the NVA soldier fired the RPG into the room
It roared over head and exploded at the back of the room, blowing a giant hole in the wall, exposing the outside to the room.
One before the soul made dreamers
One before the wicked man
Ron slowly got up as he fired a short burst into the doorway, but the figures pulled back behind the walls.
Soon everyone was back on their feet as another assault wave came in. Gunfire filled the small room
One before the peaceful protests
That keeps the War in demand
"Jim! Get over here!" Ron called as he scrambled to the newly formed hole in the temple.
Jim Wilson rushed over, firing his rifle as he got close to Ron
"What is it Ron?" Wilson asked as he shot at another NVA.
"I need you to grab the Radio and get out of here" Ron said grabbing the radio off the ground.
"What?" Jim was surprised
"Listen, Wade contacted us before we got here, there was only one person who made it out of here, and that person was you" Ron said as he handed Jim the radio.
"No, Ron I'm not going to leave you guys here" Jim protested
"Wilson listen, we have the device here, so we will be long gone by the time you call in. But when you do call in, I want you to Napalm this place" Ron said with a final tone.
Jim looked at the radio, and then to Ron. Tears were in his eyes as he embraced Ron in what could be the last time they see each other
Who knows if I'll see you again?
"When we get back I'll look you up" Ron said as he broke off the emotional hug.
"I'll never forget you guys" Jim stammered as he made his way out the back hole.
Who knows if I'll see you again?
"I know you won't, now go" Ron said breaking into a crisp salute
Corporal Jim Wilson returned it before disappearing out the hole.
Tiiiime won't save our souls
"Ron! We need help!" Kim called as she slammed another clip into her rifle.
"Drakken, how much time!" Ron yelled as he started firing on some more NVAs
"About 10 minutes or so!" Drakken called as he placed another piece into the device
Ron pulled out the Communicator and called Wade as the firefight continued.
Tiiiime won't save our souls
"Wade, get everyone to the Middleton War Memorial! EMS, Global Justice the works!" Ron screamed as emptied his gun on a charging NVA soldier.
Tiiiime won't save our souls
"Got it Ron, they will be waiting" Wade replied before a bullet shattered the Communicator in Ron's hand.
He recoiled his hand in pain as it was pierced by part of the bullet. The blood gradually flowed out and dripped onto the floor.
"Ron! You ok?" Kim asked as she turned to Ron
"I'm fine goddammit" Ron said as he gripped his M16 and rejoined the fight.
They soon heard a scream as Johnson fell to one knee; blood came out of a spot on his chest covered by his hand.
"Johnson!" Ron cried
"Fuckers got me sir, But I ain't going out without taking a few of them with me" Johnson wheezed as he forced himself to his feet.
Johnson slowly made his way towards the doorway, M60 in hand as he mowed down some more NVA, he walked into the doorway and turned and fired some more.
He turned back to the remaining squad members and smiled before he disappeared behind the wall.
They heard his M60 a few more times, then nothing
Tiiiime won't save my soul no
"How are you doing on ammo guys!" Ron called out as more NVA troops made their way into the room.
"I got one more clip left" Kim said
"I got 10 in this one and one other" Josh said
"I got what ever else is left in this thing" Shego said as she tapped the ammo box clamped to the bottom of the gun.
"Drakken, how's it going?" Ron yelled as he took down some more troops
"One more minute!" Drakken yelled back
Ron heard a bullet wiz by his head, and heard Shego scream in pain.
"Shego!" Ron cried, turning to look at her.
She was holding her right arm as blood trickled down from her wound
"I'm fine, take care of them!" Shego shouted
Ron, Kim and Josh continued firing at the emerging troops, they were growing tired and were covered in cuts from the RPG blast as well as from some close calls they didn't report.
I never thought I'd see it coming
I never thought I'd ever know
"I got it! Its ready, lets get going!" Drakken cried as he activated the device.
Soon a big portal ripped into the center of the room, Drakken motioned for everyone to hurry through.
Ron grabbed Kim and pulled her towards the portal, Josh hung behind for a little, finishing off some slackers.
Drakken grabbed Shego as they both went through the portal together.
"Kim, you go first" Ron said, giving Kim a little push in the portals direction
"Ron no, you go fir-"
"I almost lost you, I want you to go first so I know you'll be safe." Ron said as he gave Kim a small kiss
"Now go, I'll be right behind you" Ron said as he looked into Kim's beautiful green eyes, eyes that he thought he might never see again.
Nothing seems to take me over
Nothing seems let me go
Reluctantly Kim made her way to the portal
She looked back at Ron who smiled at her
"Don't keep me waiting" Kim said sternly as she stepped through the portal
Ron watched her disappear into the portal before he started towards it.
"Aw, so sweet" Josh mocked from behind Ron, causing him to stop in his tracks
"Too bad you actually are going to keep her waiting Stoppable" Josh said, rage filled his voice.
Ron felt the sweat pour off of his forehead as he slowly turned around.
Josh was 5 feet away, in his right hand was a 5 inch serrated combat knife. His eyes were dark and full of hatred.
Who knows if I'll see you again?
"Goodbye Stoppable" Josh said as he lunged at Ron, holding the knife above his head. Ron started back pedaling towards the portal, he felt his right foot enter the portal.
Unknown to the two, the NVA saw that they were distracted by the giant object in the room and took advantage. They rolled into the room two grenades.
Josh took one step forward in his attack at Ron when he stepped on one of the grenades and flung it backwards as he lost his balance.
The grenade went off, shrapnel struck Josh in his back and legs, a small piece managed to hit Ron in his left leg as they tumbled into the portal seconds before it closed.
Who knows if I'll see you again?
Jim Wilson wiped the tears from his eyes as he made his way around the side of the temple, radio in hand.
Please guys, make it through this
He quietly made his way towards the smoking remains of the helicopter they arrived in, the sound of gunfire from inside the temple echoed throughout the jungle.
Wilson knelt by the side of the helicopter and keyed the radio.
"This is Corporal Jim Wilson, is anyone reading me?"
Silence
"This is Corporal Jim Wilson, does anyone copy this transmission?"
The radio crackled to life.
"This is Jolly Green 21, we read you Corporal"
Thank God
"I need an evack, my squads chopper was hit and were somewhere behind enemy lines!"
"Copy that Corporal. Are there any distinguishing land marks that you can see?"
"Affirmative, I'm in a treelike by a large open field with a temple"
"Roger Corporal, we are 2 minutes away from your location, just hang tight. The Calvary is on its way!"
"Roger Jolly Green 21" Wilson said as he tossed the radio down on the ground.
He could only sit and wait as the gunfire continued in the temple.
Soon he heard the blades of an approaching chopper, which he saw shortly after as it flew over his head and hovered over the field.
Wilson waved his hands franticly trying to get the choppers attention, he saw who he thought was the crew chief signal the pilot down.
Just then 2 explosions were heard inside the temple, Wilson turned back and saw smoke rising above the tree line.
The chopper touched down and Wilson was helped aboard by one of the crew members.
"Call the air force, tell them to Napalm this place!" Wilson yelled as he looked out the open door.
Good luck guys, we'll meet again
Wilson continued to watch out the door of the chopper as the distant Phantoms flew in low, releasing their payloads.
Wilson tuned away as the area erupted into a large fireball, destroying everything that contacted the deadly substance.
Mr. Steve Barkin stood with EMTs and Global Justice agents in the Vietnam Memorial, he got word from Possibles genius friend that they'd be arriving back with her at the memorial.
Barkin wanted to be there to welcome them back from whatever hell they went through.
Suddenly a portal opened up on one of the walls of the memorial. The wind picked up as the portal stayed in its spot.
Global Justice Agents moved in closer, Barkin was right behind them when 2 figures emerged, one was in a blue lab coat and on his right was a woman in a green and black jumpsuit that looked vaguely familiar to Steve, she was holding her right arm.
"Global Justice, don't move!" One of the agents yelled
The two put their hands up, the woman had a hard time with her right one so she left it down as the agents slapped the cuffs on them.
As they were being led away another figure came through the portal, Steve Barkin recognized her immediately.
"Possible!" He called,
"Mr. Barkin?" Kim said surprised.
She walked over to Mr. Barkin who shook her hand.
"Glad they were able to get to you Possible, where are they by the way?"
Kim turned towards the portal
"They should be right behind me Mr. Barkin" Kim sighed
Then Ron came out of the portal back first, and right after him was Josh who had something in his right hand.
Ron hit the ground hard, quickly followed by Josh. Kim and Mr. Barkin heard Ron scream out in pain.
They rushed over to where the two landed.
Kim gasped and covered her mouth with her hands, Mr. Barkin just stared.
Ron was lying on the ground, conscious but in his left thigh was the handle of a combat knife, and below that shrapnel wound.
Josh wasn't moving, his back was covered in shrapnel and blood, his right hand firmly gripping the knife in Ron's leg.
Ron screamed again as he pulled the knife out of his thigh. Just when Josh started to come to.
"Ron!" Kim cried as she started towards Ron
"Kim, stay back!" Ron said as he tried to scurry backwards away from Josh.
"You need to die Stoppable!" Josh hissed as blood poured out of his mouth
Josh slowly made his way to his feet, it took him a while, but he got up.
Ron kept backing away, he couldn't get up because of the severe pain his left leg gave him. Ron left a bloody streak as he dragged himself away from the possessed Josh.
"Josh stop it!" Kim cried
"Mankey, what's gotten into you!" Barkin screamed
"You" Josh said as he passed the knife to his left hand, allowing his right to grab the Colt 1911 .45cal handgun on his hip.
"You, made me this way, you made me feel worthless, and you need to die Ron" Josh said as he weakly stepped towards Ron.
Kim rushed in and grabbed Josh's arm
"Josh don't do this! This isn't you, we can help you!" Kim pleaded, tears forming in her eyes.
"You couldn't help me then, what makes you think you could help me now!" Josh said as he shook off Kim's hand.
"We have hospital staff here to get you back to normal!" Kim cried.
"I am normal! It took a piece of shit like your boyfriend to release the true me! Now you will both suffer because of it!" Josh screamed as he raised the .45.
Kim made an attempt for the gun, she and Josh struggled for a few seconds before Josh smashed Kim across the face with the gun, sending her reeling back from the blow.
"Goodbye you ungrateful bitch!" Josh said as he squeezed the trigger.
BAM!
"KIM!" Ron screamed as he saw Kim take the bullet.
She fell back onto the ground where she remained still,
No, please God I don't want to lose her again
Ron felt the tears in his eyes as Josh turned back to Ron.
Neither of them saw Mr. Barkin rush over to Kim
"Too bad Ron, so close to saving her." Josh smiled as he coughed out some more blood.
"You bastard" Ron muttered.
"Maybe, but I'm going to at least have the satisfaction of watching you die" Josh said as he raised the gun.
"This is the end for Team Possible" Josh finished, cocking the hammer back on the gun.
Ron sat there and awaited his fate.
We'll be together again soon enough Kim
BAM!
Everything went into slow motion, Ron saw Josh's grip around the trigger tighten. Then he saw a blurred object come in from his right.
The object struck Josh in his left hand, spraying blood everywhere. The surprised pain caused Josh to drop the knife and grab his hand in pain.
The knife clanked to the floor of the memorial, imbedded in the handle were the remains of a 45calibur round.
Josh clenched his teeth in rage and turned towards the source of the bullet, bringing the gun up to firing position
BAM, BAM, BAM!
Ron saw the three rounds strike Josh in the chest,
The first hitting him in the abdomen, the second in upper chest, and the last went through his upper left chest, piercing his heart.
Josh fell backwards into one of the memorial walls, the .45 falling from his hand as he checked his wounds.
He started to slide down the wall, his blood smearing the wall as he fell.
Josh looked at the blood pouring out of his chest as he sat there against the wall.
"But,…..I'm not………Supposed to……..Die" Josh said as he slumped over on his side.
He was dead before his head hit the ground.
Ron watched as Josh slumped over before he looked over at the direction of the shooter.
There he saw Mr. Barkin kneeling beside Kim, a smoking Colt 45 in her hands.
Kim handed the gun to Mr. Barkin and immediately grabbed her left shoulder.
Ron felt the tears start to flow as he watched her hurry over to him.
"Kim, you're alive" Ron stammered.
"Of course I am Ron, I would never leave you" Kim cried as she knelt beside Ron.
Ron was starting to lose consciousness, he was losing a lot of blood from both wounds in his leg.
"Ron, stay with me please." Kim was crying as she tried to keep him awake.
Barkin motioned for the medics to rush over. They heard them running to them
"Kim" Ron wheezed
"Stay with me Ron, I don't want to lose you again. Please Ron!" Kim cried as she looked at Ron's paling face.
Ron summoned every last ounce of strength he had to bring his arm up to Kim's face, his hand brushed her hair, as he brought it under her chin.
"I'll always love you Kim" Ron whispered.
Ron's hand abruptly fell from its place as Ron went limp.
His head fell to one side
"Ron" Kim called, no reply
"Ron?" Kim called again, worry setting into her voice
"ROOOONNNN!"
The song I used for the large battle is Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's Shuffle Your Feet, I think it fit the fight scene pretty well and had a good ending message (which I wanted to emphasize in the next to last chapter)
We still have one more to go gang,
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