Kim Possible
Frequency of Evil
Chapter 6
Realizing that he wasn't going to die, at least not at the moment, some of Drakken's arrogance began to reinsert itself as Shego carried him out of the building that had been his lair.
"Shego! Take the hover car!" He barked at her.
Shego looked over at Ron who was running beside her. "I could dump him? It might slow those things down as they pause to torture him for the whole 5 seconds it would take for him to die of fright."
Ron seemed to consider for a moment. "Nope. Sorry I guess I'm just too much of a good guy. We have to save even him."
Drakken began to pout. "Your words hurt me deeply."
"You tried to throw us to the wolves to protect your worthless ass!" Shego yelled at his rear end as she was carrying him over her shoulder with his head facing her back.
"I had a plan. I was going to lull those things into believing I was a coward and as soon as they released me I was going to…"
"Run like a scared rabbit and never glance back." Shego finished for him.
Drakken nodded his head. "Exactly." Realizing that he had been tricked into being honest he folded his arms and was silent.
Reaching the hovercar parked behind the building Shego roughly tossed Drakken into it and then to Kim's surprise held out her hand to help her and Ron into the vehicle as well. Seeing her surprise, Shego just raised an eyebrow. "You got a faster ride?"
Thinking of Ron's scooter, Kim had to shake her head no and climb aboard.
"Shego! Why are we giving our enemies a ride?" Drakken breaking his silence asked.
Shego shot him a look to shut up. "Oh I don't know. Maybe because Stoppable saved my life twice while you were willing to let me die to save yourself?" She yelled and then giving a slight smile she helped Ron into the vehicle.
"Hell even Kimmie wouldn't have left me to die like you did!" She added as she turned to the controls to the hovercar and got it started.
Kim trying to get a grip on her jealousy after seeing Shego smile at Ron wondered to herself if Shego's last statement was still completely true, climbed up to sit next to Shego in front forcing Ron to sit in the back with the still pouting Drakken.
As the hovercar took off and started down the hill Ron looked back and saw the spinning pillar come out of the building and race towards them.
"Um Shego? We need to go faster. Much faster!" He said nervously.
Shego glancing into a rearview mirror that had the tiny text on it that stated. "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear." Could see the pillar gaining on them rapidly.
Stepping on the gas she whipped the hovercar around and tore off down the street. The pillar somehow managing to keep pace with them.
"Let's see you do this!" Shego yelled and pulling up on the stick she caused the hovercar to gain altitude till they were flying.
Suddenly chains shot out of the center of the pillar and connecting to the rear of the hovercar begin to pull it down towards it.
"RON! Do something back there before we are ground round!" Shego yelled as with Kim's help she wrestled with the controls to keep them from crashing.
Searching the car Ron finally found a crowbar and prying and smashing at the chains he managed to break their hold on the rear of the vehicle but the sudden release almost caused a crash anyway.
"Where to princess?" Shego asked Kim. "Your place?"
"Are you nuts! I'm not going to bring this thing home to my house! Head towards the high school. We can take cover in there!"
Ron being too busy trying to knock away the chains the pillar was attempting to hook them with didn't hear Kim and he couldn't take his eyes off the pillar to see where they were going.
Finally even the once again whining Drakken had found a heavy metal piece of pipe in the back of the hovercar and was doing his best to help Ron deflect the lashing hooks that came their way.
The rear end of the hovercar was still being slowly chewed to pieces by the hooks and chains that managed to connect with it and with one last shudder the hovercar started spewing smoke and began to spiral downward.
"We're going down!" Shego yelled unnecessarily.
The hovercar came to a rest crashing against the Middletown High School sign and all of the occupants were thrown clear.
Ron shaking his head tried to clear his vision. Something was lying prone across him and reaching up he allowed his hands to wander across the object as he tried to identify what it was.
"You know most guys at least buy me dinner before they try that Stoppable." Shego's voice said dryly. "Or they would if I ever went on any dates." She added to herself.
Ron with his face turning bright red in embarrassment and glad of the evening darkness stuttered. "Shego… Um, sorry about…Um, I didn't know what was lying across me. Here let me help you up."
Struggling to his feet with Shego still in his arms Ron wondered what the round, soft but yet firm objects were in his hands. About that time the nearly destroyed school sign flickered back into life and by its light he was able to look over Shego's shoulder and see where his hands were.
Unfortunately, so could Kim and Dr. Drakken who had gotten up from being thrown from the car.
"Should we leave you two alone?" Dr. Drakken with a scowl asked.
"Ron?" Kim's voice while asked calmly was still very cold. "Why are you standing behind Shego with your hands on her breasts?"
Ron's hand moved so fast they were almost a blur as he released Shego and stepped backwards.
"While under normal circumstances I might enjoy this." Shego stated and then quickly added. "I mean watching Kimmie explode in a jealous rage. I would just like to point out that we are all about to die horribly!" She said pointing to where the spinning pillar was just arriving in the school's parking lot. The pillar made straight for the hovercar and hitting it started to literally shred the car into very fine pieces.
"In to the school! We can barricade the doors!" Kim shouted but was halted by Ron's hand on her arm.
"Kim! Have you forgotten?" Ron gestured to the school's parking lot.
Sparing a glance in that direction Kim's face once again paled as she spied several cars in the school's parking lot. "The cheerleader practice! Bonnie and the rest are here! We led those creatures straight to them!" She cried in shock.
"We?" Shego asked as she grabbed her arm and started dragging her towards the school's entrance. "You were the one navigating and picked this place. Now come on! That thing won't spend much more time destroying Dr. D's car and when it is finished it will come after us! Not too mention any moment those creeps might show up!"
Reaching the school's entrance they darted inside and Shego using her plasma powers wielded the doors shut behind them.
"Shego, that thing just shredded my car. Do you really think it will have any problems with a school door?" Drakken asked standing next to the wielded school doors.
Suddenly a loud boom was heard and the doors shuddered as the pillar crashed into it. The chains with hooks on it shot through holes in the door and if it hadn't been for Ron grabbing Drakken and pulling him back the hooks would have ripped in to him.
The chains missing Drakken continued to weave around for a moment before they returned to the door and started criss-crossing in front of it.
Shego waited a moment for the door to be ripped off by the chains but when nothing else happened she looked over in surprise at Kim Possible. "What's going on? Why is that thing waiting? Why doesn't it just rip the door open and come in and get us?"
"It's sealing us inside." Ron with a calm emotionless voice stated. "Keeping us from running till its masters the Cenobites can reach us."
Turning he started off down the hallway.
"Ron where are you going?" Kim asked.
"The computer in your locker Kim, it has a direct link to Wade. Maybe it will work while your Kimmunicator isn't?"
Shego and Drakken without anything better to do and being creeped out by the continuing crawling chains across the school door turned and followed the two heroes.
"I always hated this place." Drakken muttered to himself as they walked down the hallways.
"Bad memories?" Shego asked in a not very interested voice.
Drakken nodded his head. "I used to hide in the lockers to keep from being mauled by the bullies. They hated me because even back then I was brilliant."
Ron reaching Kim's locker rapidly spun her combination lock and opened the door.
"You know the combination of my locker?" Kim asked in surprise.
"Kim we've been friends since pre-K. I can't count the number of days I leaned against the locker next to yours and watched you open this thing. I would really have to be dense to not have noticed the combination after all those times." Ron said to her. Turning to the computer he pressed a few buttons.
"Wade are you there?" He asked hopefully.
The screen flared to life and revealed was the boy genius at his habitual spot in front of his computer.
Once again Ron briefly wondered to himself if the kid ever slept, went outside or even had family dinners. No matter when they called, Wade was always right there for them.
"Ron! I was so worried when I lost contact with you and Kim. What's been going on?" Wade asked frantically.
"Did you notice any time where you couldn't speak for a while?" Ron asked him first.
Wade looked confused. "No but I use a computer for almost everything. The only time I really talk to anyone is when Kim or you contact me using the Kimmunicator."
"Okay well I need you to contact Global Justice and tell them that we are trapped at the high school and need immediate help. Tell them that Dr. Drakken opened some kind of portal to another world and some mondo evil creatures have come through. Its not just Kim and I trapped here but the cheerleaders are also here."
Shego walked into view behind Ron. "Sure just forget me and Drakken."
Wade's eyes grew wide in shock.
"We have a truce based on survival at the moment Wade. Just contact G.J. and tell them we need help." Ron said.
Wade couldn't help it. He looked over at Kim.
"Do it Wade. Ron has kind of taken charge on this mission and he is doing well so far. We're still alive." Kim said.
Wade nodded his head and his fingers flew over his keyboard.
"Oh and Wade? Can you find me anything on the name Cenobites?" Ron asked after a moments thought.
Confusion and curiosity could be seen on Wade's face but he just nodded and kept his fingers flying on the keyboard. He frowned as the computer gave him the definition.
"It says Cenobite refers to a member of a religious organization."
"You mean like worshippers or priests of some kind?" Shego asked looking over Ron's shoulder at the computer.
"No. It means more like a militant branch of a religion. Think a God's army." Wade clarified.
Ron's face drained of color. "Those corridors were still open when we left Drakken's lair. That means more of those things might exist and be able to flood into our world. If not their God itself."
Kim's face became as pale as Ron's. "And considering how its followers looked. I'm betting this isn't a god of sunshine and fields of flowers."
Ron and Kim stared at each other in shock. Wade looked to Shego. "What did these followers look like?"
"Take your worst nightmare and triple it kid. And once you did that you still haven't imagined how bad they looked." Shego replied.
Wade frowned at the less than helpful description.
Sighing Shego tried again. "Let's put it this way, mutilation and torture seem to be a prerequisite to joining that particular religious order."
"Ron?" Wade asked trying to get through to the stunned teen. "Global Justice says they will be there in …5…4…3…2…1. Right about now."
Hearing someone coming down the halls Ron, Shego and Kim turned to see… One very annoyed cheerleader. "Kim! Where have you been? You are late…Again! And by chance are you the one responsible for that weird period of time where none of us could talk or make a sound?"
"Bonnie now is not the right time." Kim Possible started but was cut off by Bonnie.
"And what is she doing here!" She asked pointing at Shego.
"I've always wanted to join a cheerleading team and Kim said you were on your way out so I thought I would drop by." Shego replied with a smirk.
Bonnie Rockwaller folded her arms across her chest and glared at Shego. "I see you are as funny and clever as you are good looking. Which is to say, not in the least!"
"She's better looking than you are." Ron muttered to himself but was heard by all three women in the corridor.
Bonnie flushed in anger. Kim flushed in jealousy and Shego just blushed, turning a darker shade of green.
"Better be careful Kim, sounds like you might be losing your loser boyfriend to your worst enemy." Bonnie said hatefully.
"Ron is not my boyfriend!" Kim shouted at her.
"Don't call Ron a loser!" Shego yelled. Her hands glowing an ominous green.
Things might have gone even farther downhill if not for the arrival of an attractive young woman wearing an eye patch, the head of Global Justice. Walking along side her was a young overly confident man.
"Will Du? Dr. Director?" Ron shouted as they walked up. "I expected some G.J. agents to show up but why would you put yourself at risk Dr. Director?"
"More importantly Stoppable, why did you have your computer friend declare such an emergency? Dr. Director and I saw nothing as we arrived. There is obviously no emergency here." Will Du said in an arrogant voice.
"Wait? You didn't see a strange pillar spinning around outside with a destroyed hover car in the parking lot?" Shego asked.
Will Du took one look at her and leaping back he then fired something out of his wrist watch in her direction. To say he was shocked would be an understatement as Ron shot out a hand and caught the wire connected to the shocker pad he had fired at Shego stopping it from hitting her. Without a word Ron then tugged on the wire snapping it off.
"Shego is on our side at the moment." He growled at Du. He then glanced at Dr. Director. "You didn't see anything outside the school?"
Dr. Director shook her head. "No, we did find a destroyed door on the main entrance to the school but considering that weird period of time not long ago when no one seemed to be able to speak, I took your call for help very seriously. I've posted agents at the main door and at each of the entrances to the school just in case and we have agents patrolling the school grounds."
Kim looked at Ron in confusion. "Why would it just leave? Where did it go?"
Ron's face drained of blood. "You need to learn the pleasure of agony and the pain of loss." Ron repeated to himself.
"Call your agents tell them to get away from this school now!" He suddenly yelled to Dr. Director.
"Would someone please tell me what is going on?" Bonnie shouted.
A blood curdling scream from the main corridor was her only answer. Without another word Ron raced past them in the direction the scream came from.
The others raced to catch up with Ron but since he was in Mystical Monkey mode they didn't have a chance and lost sight of him around a corner. As they cleared the corner they found Ron standing still as a statue staring at something on the floor in front of the main doors, main doors that were now once again sealed by crawling, shifting chains with hooks.
Bonnie racing around the corner stared at what was on the floor. At first her mind refused to process what her eyes were seeing.
"What are those things?" She finally asked.
Kim's eyes growing wide couldn't answer her so it was left to Ron.
"That used to be two Global Justice agents. They have been skinned alive and their skins taken somewhere else."
Bonnie's face lost all color and it looked like she was about to faint as her mind could no longer deny the sights before her. Two bodies lay on the ground, a spreading pool of blood coming from them. The bodies were twisted in agony and every muscle and ligaments were visible.
From behind her Bonnie distractedly noticed that someone was throwing up. Turning to look she saw it was the arrogant man that Ron had called Will Du. The woman known as Dr. Director wasn't looking so hot herself but she was keeping her composure with a rock like will.
"Call your agents. Warn them." Ron said in a dead voice.
Dr. Director stepped a few paces away and holding up her wrist spoke into the watch she was wearing. A few moments she stepped back to the group and worry was obvious on her face. "I can't reach any of our agents, neither inside at the doors or the ones outside patrolling."
"Perhaps something is jamming your communications?" Kim said but with no conviction in her voice.
Once again Ron raced away at full speed.
The group looked at each other and started walking slowly after him. They found Ron at the main intersection of the corridors. He was slumped to the ground staring at the floor.
"I don't know about the ones outside but all your agents at the doors are dead, all skinned alive and done so quickly they couldn't take a step away from their posts." Ron said without looking up. "And it is all my fault. I had Wade call you and brought you here. The Cenobites used me to set an ambush."