Here's my newest chapter, and this is my first attempt at a longer fight scene. Please let me know how I did. Thanks…

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters involved…

Advancement and Birth

It had almost been two months of quiet for Kim and Ron. It was nice, while it lasted.

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"Dude, seriously, do you have any idea what you are doing?"

"Yes, Eddie. I do. Now stop asking me that, seriously!"

"OK, Cuz'. Just makin' sure. What did you call these things again?"

Drakken backed away from the two 10 ft. tall metal exoskeletons after making some final adjustments, and tightening a few more bolts. He then walked over to a flip-style chalkboard, and flipped it over. The letters H.A.R.M.E were printed in large block form.

Then, with much bravado, Drakken spoke. "I present to you, the Humanoid Armored Robotic-Mechanical Exoskeleton. I call it Harm, for short."

"But, Dude, that spells Harm E." Eddie said, with emphasis on the E.

"Rrrrr… The E is silent!"

Eddie laughed. "OK, OK. This is cool though. How exactly do they work? Do we get to try them out?"

"Oh, but of course, Eddie. I'm going to strap myself into this one, and you watch. Then you do the exact same as me. OK?"

"Righteous! Ahhhh… ahhh!" Eddie did his air guitar.

Drakken then climbed into the nearest HARME unit, and put each foot on a small platform. He strapped his feet in tightly. Then he straightened up, and wrapped another large strap around his waist, and then pulled a shoulder harness down, and snapped all three together. He then pushed his arms through two small padded tubes, and inserted his fingers into another padded tube, and then his thumb into a smaller one. As soon as he clicked his thumb and fingers together, the unit powered up, and Drakken stood there smiling his biggest smile. "Yes! They work perfectly!"

Eddie then climbed into the other one, and strapped himself in exactly the way Drakken had just done. The two were quite a site. Each was strapped inside 10-ft tall metal exoskeletons. The shape was basically humanoid, as they had large arms and legs, but at the ends of the arms, instead of hands, were large curved mechanical clamps.

"Now watch this." Drakken said. He then turned around, and looked over some old equipment he had laying around the workshop. His eyes landed on the twisted shape of an old Death-Ray laser that Team Possible had destroyed about a year ago. He was now glad that he never got rid of it, because now he could test his newest invention.

Each step slammed down on the concrete floor as he walked over to the old equipment. Foom Foom Foom … He then picked up the obviously heavy piece of equipment with both clamps, and then gave a slight grunt. He moved his own arms very little, but the arms of the HARME snapped the old ray in two with a loud CRACK!

"Beautiful!" Drakken said, his face beaming. "If Shego wasn't on vacation, she would be proud of me!"

"Dude!" Eddie then said. "I gotta break something!" He was looking around the shop.

"Uhmm… How about that miniature rocket over there." Drakken said, pointing with the arm of his HARME unit.

The "small" rocket was about 15 feet tall, about 5 feet taller than the exoskeleton, but it was narrow, only about 3 feet in diameter. Eddie grabbed it with the HARME claws, and with a slight grunt, snapped the rocket in two!

"Righteous Cousin! Seriously!" He dropped the two pieces of rocket, making a huge racket. "Drew, we are so ready for the air guitar!"

They both then went into the air guitar poses in their HARME units, and yelled. "Ahhhhhh… ahhh"

"Well isn't that cute!" A female voice said from the shadows, echoing in the room.

"You know, I never pegged Drakken as a guitar man." A male voice then said, also echoing in the room.

"Kim Possible!" "Red!" Drakken and Eddie spoke at the same time.

Both Kim and Ron then stepped out of the shadows, and into the light. They were easily able to enter the lair since both Drakken and Eddie were making a huge racket destroying things.

"Don't forget me!" Ron said.

"Hey, the blonde dude!" Eddie said.

"Uhhmmm… ahhh…" Drakken STILL couldn't remember his name. "Oh snap… The Buffoon!" Drakken finished quickly, trying to think of Ron's name.

"Let's get 'em!" Eddie yelled. "I got the blonde dude!"

Both Drakken and Eddie then ran towards their respective targets, and Kim and Ron just easily stepped out of the way. The two sailed right on by the teens, and skidded into the far wall, destroying a bunch of filing cabinets. Papers went everywhere.

"My taxes!" Drakken yelled. "You two are so dead!"

This time, Kim and Ron attacked. Kim went for Drakken, and Ron went for Eddie. Kim tried a flying kick at the body of Drakken, but he blocked it easily with the large metal arm. "Quite responsive, aren't they?" Drakken said smiling, but not as a question.

With her kick blocked, Kim then pushed herself off and landed in front of the Drakken HARME in a fighting stance. She quickly looked over at Ron, who was starting his attack against the Eddie HARME.

Ron ran straight towards Eddie, and then started a foot slide about 8 feet in front of him, sliding between the legs of the HARME. He then took out the grappling gun that Kim had handed to him as they were leaving the house. He shot it at the left leg, and it attached about 3 feet above the foot. He then ran around a nearby cement pillar, and hastily tied a knot with the cable.

"Good move, Ron!" Kim said, and blew him a kiss.

"Arrgghh… Teen mush!" Drakken said as Eddie was trying to pull himself free. He then quickly took two steps towards Kim, and swung the arm down towards her. Kim quickly rolled out of the way as the metal clamp/hand slammed into the concrete, just missing her! The swing pulverized the area of concrete, causing a small cloud of dust.

As Drakken was looking around for Kim, he noticed Eddie had turned around and had grabbed the cable from the grappling gun. Was he about to…?

"Eddie! No! Don't…!" Eddie then yanked the cable, breaking the pillar in two, weakening the ceiling. Drakken thought for sure the ceiling would cave in, but it didn't.

Eddie looked up, and saw a large crack appear in the ceiling right over Ron, but it never fell. He looked around, and grabbed a large chunk of cement with the claw, and threw it at the crack! He then ran to a far corner, as the immediate area of the ceiling over Ron collapsed! Ron looked up just in time to see large chunks of ceiling coming down over him!

"Ron! Nooo!" Kim yelled as she leaped out of the way of another strike by Drakken. She ran towards where Ron had earlier stood, under cover of another dust cloud from the missed strike.

Kim's eyes streamed with tears as she started to pull away chunks of cement and concrete. She was so involved with trying to uncover Ron, that she didn't notice Drakken stomp up behind her, and grab her around the waist with the HARME clamp.

"Ahhh!" Kim was able to twist herself around and look at Drakken as he lifted her up to his eye level. Drakken wanted to look into Kim's eyes just before he finally disposed of his arch foe. When their eyes finally locked onto each other, Kim had become quiet, almost in a trance. But he didn't see her usual green eyes. They were blue! But they weren't a normal blue. Energy tendrils seemed to dance over her eyes, and then went around her body. Eventually Kim's entire body was covered in this weird blue energy.

She then placed her hands inside the clamp between her body and the metal, and with a loud grunt, opened the clamp, and dropped to the floor! Drakken just stood there in his HARME unit, with his mouth open.

Suddenly a sword appeared in Kim's hands, and she slashed at the legs of the exoskeleton, cutting them both in half, causing the Drakken HARME to topple over onto it's back. FOOM! Dust and concrete flew everywhere!

Eddie then decided to attack. (Bad decision Eddie) Kim leaped up as Eddie brought the HARME's arms together trying to catch her in between and crushing her. She landed on one arm, and then quickly dropped off, slashing at the other arm, cutting it off as she dropped. Kim was still covered in the blue energy. Landing by one of the legs, she then swung at the lower leg, cutting it off just below the hinged knee. The lower part of the leg fell first, then followed by the body of the Eddie HARME. FOOM! More dust and concrete pieces flew.

Kim then walked over to the pile of cement and concrete that had covered Ron, and lay down the sword. Glowing with blue energy, and without a sound, she then started to pull pieces off the pile. Some looked way too large for her to even lift, but she was doing it! Finally, she was able to get to a small pocket where Ron was lying. He stood up and dusted himself off, looking no worse for wear. Kim walked up to Ron, and without a word, the two embraced. The blue energy swirled around them both, and then seemed to enter into Ron through his forehead. They both then collapsed to the floor, exhausted.

Almost as soon as they had fallen, both started to cough from the dirt and dust that was still hanging in the air.

"Ron… (cough) Wh…What happened?" (cough, cough)

"L… let's (cough) get out of this first Kim (cough), and I'll tell you!"

The two ran out of the building into the fresh air, coughing to clear their lungs. When they finally stopped coughing and were able to catch their breath, Ron spoke.

"Kim? Do you know what happened in there?"

"I… I'm not sure."

Ron continued. "I was hit pretty hard on the head by some of that debris that fell on me. I thought I had gone unconscious, but I guess I really went into a trance. I fell between two large pieces that protected me as another large chunk covered the two beside me. I was basically entombed. I don't quite know how, but suddenly it was as if I could see through your eyes. As Drakken held you, I realized I could 'feel' your body. I knew what was happening to you! I actually controlled your body, and freed you, then dug myself out."

Kim stood there listening to Ron explain all this. Her mouth was open in shock by what he had told her, but she knew it to be true. The memory was coming back to her. She had felt the energy enter her body as Drakken was lifting her up. It was as though she was conscious, but not aware of any feeling in her body. It was as if her brain had disconnected from it. She could watch what she was doing, but had no control of what she did. Kim was frightened at first, but she had quickly calmed down, as she knew that it MUST be Ron. It was as if he was holding her in his arms, protecting her.

"My mystical Monkey Power must be advancing somehow, Kim. I feel terrible for using you like that. You must have been frightened, not being able to control your body. To me it all seemed like… instinct. I'm… sorry." He hung his head, not wanting to look Kim in the eyes. She must be furious with me for using her like that He thought.

"Oh, Ron…" Kim said, a little more than a whisper. "If you hadn't done that, I would be dead. YOU would be dead." She looked into his deep brown eyes, and drew him into a deep, loving kiss.

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"Get us out of these things!" Drakken and Eddie were screaming, as they couldn't get out of the HARME units. The power supplies were off, trapping them in distorted positions inside the exoskeletons.

"We'll leave them just like this." Kim said, standing on the HARME unit that Drakken was in. "These two won't be going anywhere until the officials arrive." As they left the building a second time, Ron called the sword to him, and it disappeared as soon as the handle hit the palm of his hand.

The two teens then climbed into a VTOL that Wade had dispatched for them, and headed home.

Beginning at approximately the same time that Ron's new-found powers were starting to show, with Kim's glowing blue eyes, the following began on the opposite side of the world in a hospital that was located in a secret ninja school.

"Aaaaarrrgggghhhh!"

"Breath, Yori, breath!" That's it!" The doctor was speaking in soothing tones, belying the turmoil that was wracking her body. "You're doing good. Just one more push, and we should be there… OK, now PUSH!"

"Aaahhhhh!" Yori was now breathing heavy, and sweat covered her forehead. Hirotaka was standing by her, squeezing her hand for support.

"That's it!" The doctor said excitedly. "Here he comes!" And just like ever since the beginning of time, a new life was brought into the world. But what kind of life was this? The pregnancy only lasted 3 months! But by all accounts, the birth went without a hitch. After the umbilical was cut, one of the nurses immediately took the baby to clean it up.

Suddenly Yori's eyes began to flutter, and she slipped into unconsciousness.

"Yori?" Hirotaka said. "Yori! Doctor! What's happened?"

The doctor quickly checked her pulse, and then her eyes with a light pen.

"She's gone into arrest! Nurse, quickly!" He pointed towards a syringe on the nearby table. The nurse grabbed it, and plunged the needle into Yori's arm, emptying the contents. The doctor checked for a heart beat again.

"We're losing her!" The doctor yelled as he jumped up on the table, and straddled Yori's body. He started chest compressions while the nurse readied the defibrillator.

He then jumped off the table, pushing Hirotaka out of his way, and yanked open the gown covering Yori, baring her chest. He then grabbed the paddles from the nurses' hands.

"Clear!" WHUMP Yori's body arched from the sudden surge of current. The doctor checked her again with his stethoscope.

"Again!" He pointed at the nurse operating the defib unit, and placed the paddles back onto Yori's chest. WHUMP

The doctor used his stethoscope and listened. He moved to a different spot on her chest, and listened again.

"Doctor?" Hirotaka asked, his voice full of concern. "Is she…?"

The doctor took a deep breath and pushed it out hard as he stood back up. He removed the stethoscope from his ears and spoke. "She's back. She should be OK now, but I will need to keep her here for a few more days to make sure everything is OK."

Two doors down the hallway, a nurse turned her back on a seemingly innocent baby, for just a moment to grab a towel. It was at this time, a small bluish-black cloud of energy appeared just above the baby's navel, and then immediately disappeared. For a fraction of a second, the baby's eyes then glowed with that same energy coloration.

The nurse then wrapped the baby up in a large towel, and placed him in a crib, oblivious to what had just happened.

To be continued…

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