Dark Hero Rising
Chapter 9
"Oh man" Ron thought as he exited Mr. Barkin's office "That was way too much weirdness to absorb in one hour".
Ron looked around the empty halls of the Middleton high, looks like he'd be a little late to class.
"Ah to hell with this" Ron said to no one in particular "I don't need this crap, I'm outta here".
The front doors were so close, a few more steps and Ron would be free.
"Wait a minute Stoppable"
Figures.
Ron turned around to face the owner of the voice, though it sounded familiar to him, there was a sternness he'd never encountered before.
"Bonnie?"
The brunette stared at the blond for a few seconds, like she was trying to bore a hole through him with her gaze.
"Where do you think you're going?" She asked, her tone lacking its usual superiority, or anything else for that matter.
"Just for a walk" Ron lied, he didn't know why, but he felt as though telling her the truth would be a bad thing "I'll be back in ten minutes"
Once more she looked at him. It was a dark look, like she knew something he didn't.
"Very well" Was all she said. No taunts, no sarcasm.
That freaked Ron out just a little.
"I am the school captain now Stoppable, don't let me catch you skipping school again" She added.
"Whoa, thought she'd be all power trippy or something" Ron thought.
"You got it Bon-Bon" Ron replied, adding a mock salute.
There was no one in the empty halls to hear him.
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A few hours of pointlessly walking Middleton and Ron arrived to his new home. Fiddling with the keys, Ron opened up a door to a stylishly furnished house. He'd have to recommend Wade as an interior designer if his current priorities of site manager ever dried up. A quick trip to the fully stocked kitchen and Ron continued looking around his done up premises.
Something started ringing back in the dining room.
A small device was placed there. It's grey casing making it easy to see.
"What up Wade?" Ron answered into the screen "Nice work on the house man"
"In the word's of Kim, no big-" The 10 year old genius stopped himself from finishing that sentence.
He'd rather not have half of Middleton caught in Ron's rage.
"Just tell me what wrong Wade" Ron said, his voice icing over slightly.
"Uh… right" Wade barely got out "Just thought you should know, I'm picking up some weird energy signatures over near the Middleton mountain range, you can reach it by road"
"Bitchin Wade" Ron answered, his voice returning to room temperatures "Can you hook me up a ride?"
"No need" The now smiling child responded, "Go check the garage, there's something waiting for you".
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"Hello, what's this then" Ron said aloud as he opened the door that connected to the garage "Whoa".
Apparently Wade had pulled some strings and gotten Ron something he'd never thought would be in his possession. A card rested on the item. Picking it up, Ron read the simple message written in Wade's handwriting.
'To Ron. Somewhat of a Belated Birthday Present'
A slick black and grey motorcycle stood proudly before him. Ron ran his hand over the polished metal, over the dark leather seat, over the 'Kawasaki Ninja' logo.
"It's… so … SHINY!" Ron cried in glee.
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Half an hour later, Ron was quickly ascending the steep gravel roads up the side of a very large hill.
"Crap" Ron thought "I can't reach that area by road"
The teen ninja pulled out the Kimmunicater replicant from his jacket.
"Wade, any suggestions?" Ron asked.
"Judging from the roads, looks like you can't get anywhere near the site, you'll have to walk it from this level" The master of the computing world replied.
Ron smiled "Can't do that Wade, but I've got another idea"
Shutting off the small device, Ron kicked his bike back to life and roared higher up the mountainside. It was about 2 minutes later he was at the closest distance to the area the roads would allow.
"Oh well" Ron said as he took off his helmet. "Time to see if can survive falling a few hundred feet".
And with that, the blond teen casually walked towards the edge of the gravely cliff, and jumped right off.
"Guyver".
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"Almost there Wade" The teen hero known as Kim Possible confirmed as she and her partner crept around the dense foliage towards the small cave entrance "Any idea what we're up against?"
"Knowing Drakken, it probably isn't something nice" Wade replied.
"I'm just thankful those mutants he made a few months back aren't around any more" The red headed hero said "I don't think I could take those things on"
"They were probably too strong for even Drakken to control" A voice behind her said.
"You're probably right Dan" Kim replied "Anyway, let's get going. Who knows what Drakken wants that can be found in there?".
The two teens were about to leap out of the bushes and enter the cave when something made Kim freeze up.
"Shego?" The girl asked "But I saw her die".
The sound of a stick cracking alerted the green tinted women of the intruders.
"Well well well" The dark haired women smiled "Miss teen hero, looks like you've found a replacement for that bastard who killed me. I guess he got too powerful for you and quit, a wise career move in my opinion".
"Shove it Shego" The Possible girl replied, "How the hell did you come back?"
"I'm a clone you ditz" Shego answered as she took off the glove on her right hand.
Lifting it up, Kim could clearly see the '01' tattooed on the back.
"You" Dan said from behind Kim "You're the one who kidnapped me"
"Yeah, yeah I did" Shego smirked "But enough talk, I'm itching for a bout"
But before she could even fire up her hands, Shego pressed a finger against her ear.
"Shit" The green skinned woman began "Looks like I have to report back, but these strapping young lads should be more than enough for you".
Shego leapt to inhuman heights in a single bound and away from the two teen crime fighters. In her place though, five men in dark uniforms and helmets appeared from the cave.
"Tch, five goons, no problem" Kim smirked as she lowered into a defensive pose.
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"Hahaha, silly bitch" The giant Ramotith zoanoid laughed as he held Kim Possible by her hair against a rocky cliff face.
Its long tongue slithered out of its mouth and licked a bloody patch off Kim's face. It's free hand grabbed tightly onto her black top and tore it cleans off, bra and all.
"You son of a bitch" Dan growled as he charged at the beast.
"Fuck off" The purple zoanoid growled, swatting the puny opponent away into the small body of water near by "I'm going to have some fun with this one".
"Excuse me" A voice behind Ramotith said as a finger tapped the beast's shoulder.
"What the fu-" Was all the big-eared monster got out before a fist grabbed onto its face and rammed it into the cliff wall beside the half naked teen.
"I love it when their faces go concave" The figure said, pulling its bloody fist out of the bloody remains of the creatures face.
"No, it can't be" Kim said weakly as she gaze up at who she once thought was her best friend.
The storm guyver said nothing, merely glancing at her for a few seconds before turning his back on her.
Four zoanoids remained, two Gregoles, one remaining Ramotith, and a Vamore.
Unsheathing his frequency blades, the black and grey warrior dived right into the group of zoanoids. His first target was the remaining Ramotith, running right passed it with a blade aimed right at it. A few seconds later, the furry zoa exploded in a shower of blood, it's torso and two arms cut cleanly in half.
"Okay then" The dark warrior taunted "Who's next on the menu?"
In a scream of rage, one of the Gregoles charged at the guyver.
"Ole" The guyver said, sidestepping the charging beast and slamming its head into the rock wall, crushing its skull.
But before he had time to gloat, a ball of energy exploded near the armour-clad teen.
The Vamore had its shoulders open, and was preparing to launch a barrage of energy blasts the guyver's way.
"Shit" The guyver thought, "That hurt like a bitch, and it barely scraped my leg"
Running to dodge the hail of energy blasts, the dark guyver leapt onto the side of the cliff face and rocketed off towards the remaining Gergole. With the combined power of the rebound and gravity at his favour, the guyver crashed into the zoanoid and pinned it to the ground. Grabbing it by the horn with his left, an armoured fist slammed into the creatures face, sending it deep into the soil and ripping the protruding spike right off.
Quickly leaping to his feet, the guyver threw the horn lightly into the air before catching it again and throwing it point first right into the Vamore's left shoulder. The wounded zoanoid screeched in pain and attempted to charge the guyver.
Instead of avoiding, the guyver merely stood there, it's legs together and it's arms stretched out. The zoanoid was able to easily grab its opponent and slam it into the cliff face, sending up a cloud of dust that covered them both.
"You know" The grey guyver chuckled "That was a very bad thing to do".
His to hands forming fists, the transformed teen slammed them together. The monster's head was caught between them.
"Heheheh, zoa's head go pop" Guyver Ron said as he wiped what was left of the zoanoids head that remained on his hands.
All of Ron's delight though, was gone as he watched the well-toned teen emerge shakily from the water.
"Eric" Ron thought, unloading his blades once again "Time to end this".
Charging at the boy, Ron leapt into the air and began to spin at incredible speed.
From the sidelines, Kim watched as Ron made his move against her boyfriend. Running as fast as she could, she leapt in front of the defenceless boy.
"STOP!"
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Almost afraid to open her eye's, Kim dared to retract her eyelids. A hum filled her ears as she saw the blades and the distorted air around them. The blades shot back into their owners arms and Kim breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Ron" She said, not entirely sure what the boy was going to do next.
She watched as the armour retreated back into its host's body.
"Here" Was all he said, throwing her his jacket "Cover yourself up, I'll take care of everything".
Kim wearily put on the jacket, her attention diverted to buttoning up the denim top. As she looked up, she found Ron nowhere to be found.
"Come on Dan" She said as she grabbed onto the still shaking boy's arm "Let's go home"
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The storm guyver landed softly after leaping a few hundred feet onto the cliff where he left his bike.
"Well lookie here" A sultry voice called out "My dark knight returns"
"You again" The dark armoured teen said "I presume you're going to flirt again and run off, right?"
"Oh come now," The feminine voice teased, "I have some interesting information you might want"
"Oh really?" Ron had no choice; he had to play the mystery girl's games.
"Yes, and I'll be more than willing to give it to you" She said as she showed Ron a small CD "For a price of course".
"And what type of price do I need to pay" Ron asked the advancing guyver.
"Nothing much" She laid her hands against his chest "Just a kiss".
"WHAT?" Ron backed away from the teasing female "That's what you want in exchange?"
"Why not, you have nothing else I'm interested in" The lady guyver replied, "Just a simple kiss, it won't take long".
"Showing my mouth means showing my entire body" Ron retorted "And I have no intention of giving up my identity".
"Silly boy" The pink and purple guyver laughed, crossing her arms "I already know the man behind the mask, Ron"
"How on earth could you-" Ron was silenced when she placed a finger to where his mouth was behind the armour.
"A kiss, or nothing at all" She said simply.
"Fine" Ron grunted, letting his armour retreat back into his body "One kiss, and one kiss only".
"Wear this" She tossed him a black strip of fabric "I'm still not ready to reveal my identity".
"Fine" He repeated, tying the fabric at the back of his head "I hope this wor-"
Ron was cut off from his complaining as slender hands grabbed the sides of his head and soft lips crushed against his. The strangers tongue demanded entry and slithered its way before meshing with Ron's.
And as quick as it began, the pressure of hands, lips and tongue were gone. Yanking off the blindfold as fast as he could, Ron was met only by the dying sun in the horizon. Walking over to his bike, Ron found the CD the female guyver had resting on the leather seat.
"Man" Ron thought to himself as he put on his helmet and started up his bike "This has been one weird ass day".
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Dr. Drakken was once again staring outside his new building, waiting for the latest information about the leak in his faculty and the stolen information.
"Sir" A nameless man in black began "We've found no trace on to who took the information."
Drakken's hands, which were holding each other behind his back, tightened their hold on each other.
"No matter" The blue toned man said "Assemble the designated subjects for project 'Hyper Zoa'."
"Yes sir" The suit said and closed the door behind him.
"All right buffoon" Drakken growled "Let's see what happens when I up the stakes of our little game".
Well what do you know, I finally updated. I know it took a while, but I had school to finish and blah blah blah. I'm not quite sure when my next chapter will be, nor do I know what it will be about, but I can assure you it will be out faster than this one. Tah tah for now, and remember to keep those reviews coming – Wolvie.