A/N: I got another review...I'll put up another chapter.
KP: Shadows
Chapter 3: Darkness
Kim and Shego jump into a tree near Rockwaller Estates, the home of Bonnie Rockwaller and her family. Kim's cloak shifts back into her bracelet and Shego's cloak shifts into a collar of sorts. Kim and Shego had been staking out Bonnie's house for nearly two hours, watching for any sign of Mrs. Rockwaller. The two of them just saw her enter the house and Kim wraps one of her arms around Shego, whispering her plan into the ex-villainess' ear.
Shego shivers in anticipation as she and Kim jump down and land in front of the door. Kim's cloak reappears and she pulls her hood up over her face so she would not be recognized. Kim and Shego had knocked both of Bonnie's sisters unconscious before leaving them. Bonnie had been a long time pest to Kim in school, but Kim had not realized that Bonnie had ties to the big evil corporations like Henchco. Sure Kim had no aversions to working with them, as long as the stuff was stolen from them and not by them.
The door opens before them as Mr. Rockwaller looks at the two women standing before him in mild shock. Shego makes one quick motion and knocks Mr. Rockwaller on his backside with a punch to the solar plexis. Kim takes a step forward and summons a scythe into her hands, she has Otrix disguise her voice as she talks, making her sound like she's slightly demonic.
"Where is Ronald Stoppable."
The demand having the desired effect on her target, she takes a step forward and holds the back of the scythe to his throat. Mr. Rockwaller whimpers slightly and starts to ramble.
"I've been away on business for most of the year...I only get to be home about five days out of the year, why are you doing this to me? My wife manages all the money and stuff...besides who's Ronald Stoppable...I've never heard of him."
Kim growls and pulls her scythe back then cracks him over the head with the butt of her weapon. Shego follows Kim as she walks into the house, the bell on her collar jingling softly as the two of them walk, not exactly trying to be stealthy. The Kimmunicator goes off and Kim answers, after pulling back her hood and un-disguising her voice.
"What's the sitch, Wade?"
"Ron's tracking chip has stopped moving, and you are currently about sixty feet below where it's signal originates."
"You rock, Wade."
Kim turns off the Kimmunicator and stows it away in one of the pouches on her black cargo jeans. Shego looks at Kim questioningly, as if asking what to do. Kim wraps an arm around Shego and puts her hood back on. The two of them walk into the wall and enter a void portal, using the void to ascend the sixty feet required for them to find Ron. The two of them walk out of the portal and into what appears to be a forge. Kim sees Ron sitting against the far wall of the forge looking severely tired.
"Hey, KP, what took you so long?"
Kim smiles and dashes across the forge and wraps her arms around Ron's neck. Shego smirks at her ex-rival.
"Princess, we should probably get out of here before Mrs. Rockwaller finds us here."
Ron looks mildly surprised.
"You mean Mrs. Rockwaller kidnaped me?"
Kim sighs and Shego walks over to the other two, her collar jingling softly as she walks. Shego put her hand on Kim's shoulder as Otrix opened a void portal beneath their feet, dropping them into the black embrace of the void.
A few seconds later Mrs. Rockwaller returns home and sees her husband passed out on the floor with a huge bump on his head. She growls and picks him up by the collar of his shirt, none too gently. She gives him a harsh shake and he wakes up.
"Who did this to you."
Mr. Rockwaller whimpers slightly at his wife's tone of voice. (Can you say whipped?)
"A girl with pale green skin in a green and black cat suit and another girl in a cloak...I didn't recognize either girl but the one in the cloak didn't sound human."
Mrs. Rockwaller growls loudly and takes off to the room she was keeping her Artificer, she didn't even bother getting his name when she replaced him with a synthodrone from Henchco. She tears the door open and finds the room empty. She screams loud enough for her daughter, Bonnie Rockwaller to hear, but Bonnie doesn't really care, she's off in her own world, Kim's new look scared her more than she dared admit, something about how the girl felt like she was no longer human, although Bonnie wondered if she had ever been human in the first place.
'Our lives begin again'
Kim, with Ron and Shego in tow, reappears in her room and plops down into her bed, falling asleep almost instantly. Shego curls up at the foot of Kim's bed and Ron leans against the wall, watching the girls sleep. He walks over to the door and opens it, walking down to the living room where Kim's parents are sitting on the love seat worried about their daughter.
"Hey, Drs. P."
Both Mr. and Mrs. Possible turn to see Ron standing there with his jeweled black necklace twirling on one of his fingers.
"Ron! We thought you were dead."
"All reports of my death were highly exaggerated, I've been held captive by the Rockwallers for the past two months, last thing I did before my captivity was kiss Kim at your door before heading home after prom."
Both of Kim's parents look skeptical about Ron's story.
"You're telling us that Mrs. Rockwaller was keeping you prisoner for two months? Then explain why we were seeing you up until two days ago when Kimmie-cub started wearing black and disappeared."
"Simple, the Rockwallers purchased a Synthodrone with my DNA from Henchco and used him to fool KP so that she wouldn't come looking for me until it was too late. They forced me to make several enchanted items for them, including a pair of whips that could cut through steel when swung right."
Kim's father blanches at hearing that.
"Since when have you been able to make things like that?"
"Ever since that first solo mission against Monkey Fist...but I had to go through some training before I made my first Wood class artifact."
Kim's mother cocks her head to one side curiously.
"Wood class artifact?"
"Artifacts come in five classes. Wood, Stone, Metal, Energy and Living. Wood class artifacts are the weakest version, Wood cannot hold much in the way of mystical energy after it has lost it's life source and Magic contained in a wooden artifact deteriorates rapidly, they rarely last for one generation without being recharged. Stone class artifacts hold the magic better, however they cannot be repaired if broken, they usually last for several millennia unless broken, in which case the energies are released and can be pulled into other artifacts, like the jade bracelets your daughter is wearing. Metal Class artifacts have almost the same properties as Stone class, except they can be repaired and when broken their energies do not get released instantly but over time, they last for millennia even if broken. Energy class Artifacts, like this necklace here, usually don't last very long, however they contain enough power to level even the largest of cities. And finally Living class Artifacts, where an enchanter places powers within a living being, most often an animal but can be another person. These artifacts have a tendency to die but often live disease free lives, Rufus and I are examples of a Living class Artifact, and so is Kim now that Otrix is calling her mistress."
Both Drs. Possible feel like their minds have blown, magic really exists...talk about a shock to the systems. That and their daughter, her best friend and her best friend's pet are artifacts. The two of them stiffly walk up to their rooms and lay down in bed, wondering what the hell they let their daughter get herself into.
Bonnie's Room
Bonnie is sitting there, her mother had come into her room and threw a ring at her that was supposed to guarantee that she would be capable of taking down anyone, even Kim Possible. Bonnie didn't know what her mother was doing but she refused to be a part of it. Kim had delivered an ultimatum last time she had seen her...Bonnie knew better than to cross Kim at a level other than what she normally did, the girl could be brutal. Bonnie looks to the roof of her room and prays.
"What am I supposed to do? Kim will kill me if I try to do anything to her and those close to her. My mother will kill me if I don't...so what am I supposed to do?"
A/N: Sorry this chapter isn't as long as some of the others...I haven't really been able to get my muse to come back...I wrote this one without her.