Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Full Metal Mayhem! 9
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible, Street Hawk or Full Metal Panic! Wish I did though.
Kim in Her Loft and Entering Chinese Airspace
Back in Middleton, Kim is in her old loft bedroom, looking at her photo album and softly speaking to her belly. As she speaks to it, she gently strokes it, wishing that Ron was there to caress her the way he always does. When she gets to when he started being the Mad Dog, she lets out a soft sob, knowing that she had made a mistake. A mistake of not believing in him to begin with.
When she gets to his proposal to her, she sniffles again and says, "Babies, your Daddy proposed to me right in our high school gym. In front of everybody, and it made me blush with happiness. And I thought going out with Josh Mankey wouldn't embarrass me silly. It almost got me killed, however. But, your Daddy saved my life and did what no other guy would. He respected our friendship and later we got together. He then gave me your brothers and sister and proposed to me two months after that. He may not have much romance sense, but he's a good man. I just hope it'll be one boy and two girls among you at least."
"Kimmie-cub, you all right?" James pops his head up through her floor, a concerned look on his face.
"Yeah, I'm alright, Dad. It's just that I'm missing Ron so much."
"Kimmie, I'm sure he misses you too. But this is important for your futures. Along with the future of our grandchildren. Ronald knows what he's doing. After all, he did work at Bueno Nacho for a time. Just think, Kim. If he's able to secure employment with the Head Office after graduating from college, you both won't be hurting. I think you said something about Criminal Justice, Lawyer work. That kind of thing for your major."
"Yeah, Dad. After all, having fought crazies that wanted to take over the world does inspire one to try improving the Legal System. I mean, there are too many Lawyers out there that happen to be corrupt. Willing to pull every single dirty trick in the book to get their clients off scotfree. That cannot stand, Dad. It simply cannot."
James nods as he says, "I know what you mean, Kimmie-cub. But, I know something you should keep in mind. It's Latin, but you should hold it well in the Courtroom. 'Sic vis pacem para bellum'. It means, 'If you want peace, prepare for war'. Now, I'm not exactly condoning war-like behavior, Kim. But there is more than one kind of peace and more than one kind of war. Never forget that, Kimmie."
"I won't, Dad. Thanks. Good night."
"Night, Kimmie-cub." At that, James walks down the steps and closes her loft door. Kim brings out her Kimmunicator and beeps Wade.
"Hey Kim. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Just wondering where Ron is."
"He and the others are just now about to enter Chinese airspace. His tracking chip is the only thing I have a lock on. Norman's tracking the vehicles. So far, all weapons systems are green."
"What about enemy radar systems, Wade? Won't they be able to track down the signal from Ron's chip?"
"No need to worry about that, Kim. I upgraded his chip to have a scrambler on it that changes frequency every five minutes. It'll make tracking him very difficult at best, impossible at worst."
"Aren't you worried that someone might hack your systems?"
"If they do manage to get through, my computers are hooked into Command Center so Norman can contact Ron and issue the abort." Kim nods in relief as Wade goes on.
"In any case, your husband is as safe as he can be. Oh, Josh Mankey was committed to the Institute for the Criminally Insane about a month back. I've been meaning to let you know. But, then again, who gives a nut about that guy?"
Kim giggles as she replies, "I sure don't. I thought he'd wound up behind bars. What happened to him?"
"According to Penitentiary Officials, he was laughing like a hyena. That gave them reason to think he was nuts."
"Thanks, Wade. Let me know if you find anything weird that Ron should know about."
Wade nods and signs off. "Ron, Bonnie, Hirotaka and Jessica. Please, be careful over there."
At that point, the Rescue Squad has penetrated Chinese airspace and is making it's way to Shanghai. To say they are all nervous and worried would have to be an understatement.
Inside her M9, Melissa is doing an extra check on all the Arm Slave's systems to ensure all are in proper order. After getting the last okay from her A.I., she nods with approval and activates her weapon systems.
On War Bird, Kurz is setting up his VSS Vintorez sniper rifle. War Bird had some reservations about a sniper rifle being assembled. But Kurz reassured her that he knows what he's doing. Not quite feeling reassured, War Bird took it at face value.
On Geybo 13, Street and Hard Hawk are checking their weapons. Hard is using a Mossberg 500 'Persuader' shotgun, much like the one she went to China with to rescue her Mother. Street is ensuring his Glock has fully lethal loads, eager to shut down the Sho-Da-Kah. Once and for all.
Sousuke and Kaname are checking over Sousuke's weapons stash. Kaname opts to use Sousuke's Glock 17 while Sousuke takes his Steyr SPP and secures it to his person. Kaname uses a shoulder holster while Sousuke opts for a specially designed thigh holster for the SPP. After both of them ensure lethal loads in all magazines, they exchange a quick glance and smile at each other before Kaname sighs.
Sousuke heard the sigh and says, "A nuclear warhead for your thoughts, Kaname." Kaname giggles at the sweet and absurd offer. She then blushes and smiles brightly at him.
"I have a hypothetical scenario for you, Sousuke. If we were to be expecting a child someday, what would your reaction be? I mean, this is out of the blue I'm talking about here."
Sousuke sighs and says, "I can't really answer for sure, Kaname. However, if the circumstances allow, I imagine my reaction would be shock, curiosity and hope. After all, I didn't exactly have a happy childhood. But, I'm sure my parents loved me. I hope to find out for myself what kind of Father I'd be. Especially with what my capabilities are. After all, I'm a mercenary, Kaname. Ever since I was a child, I was a warrior, growing up in a hostile land. Struggling to survive day by day, I almost gave up several times."
"I can't believe that. Even though we've known each other for a couple of years now, I've got a pretty good bead on things. Especially when they come to you." Sousuke smiles at that, allowing Kaname to go on.
"Ever since the day we met, I felt there was something special about you. Not just you being a mercenary that's able to destroy and protect at the same time. But also that you have a good heart. You have morals, which is more than I can say for Gauron."
Sousuke smiles again and says, "Thank you, Kaname." Kaname smiles at Sousuke and gently squeezes his hand. At that, the red light comes on, signaling they are nearing the jump point. "Okay, guys. Let's get ready to go."
Hard Hawk, Kaname and Sousuke get into Sand Hawk while Street Hawk boards the cycle. When they're all on-board the vehicles, the helicopter's rear door opens, allowing the night sky to come in. In the background, faint traces of pre-sunlight are pouring into the cargo area.
Kaname sees this, remembers the parachutes and gives Sousuke a nasty glare. "You gave the idea to Street Hawk, didn't you, Sousuke?"
"Negative, Kaname. It seems he's done this kind of jump before."
"You mean with the vehicles?"
Street Hawk replies, "Affirmative."
At that, the jump light comes on and both vehicles roll out of the cargo bay. As the vehicles fall, Kaname is holding the roll bar with a white-knuckle death grip, screaming all the way down.
Along the way, she yells, "Street Hawk! When I get my hands on you, I'm gonna shake you silly! You war-crazed civilian lunatic!"
When the parachutes deploy, they are at five thousand feet and descending. Street Hawk uses the handlebars to steer the chute as he had carefully connected the control handles to them. Hard Hawk steers with the steering wheel, allowing further control of the chute. Kaname looks beside her and sees Sousuke with a smile on his face.
"Enjoying the view, Sousuke?"
"Affirmative. It's not every day one parachutes while riding in a dune buggy armed with gatling guns and armored with one-inch thick Nordoc NATO armor. The real plus is having one's significant other along for the ride. Just like our first tandem jump over and into the ocean, Kaname."
Kaname blushes at the memory before she gets a look at the rising sun, now starting to peek out. "Wow, what a beautiful sunrise. Yeah, you do have a point, Sousuke. How else can you experience a sunrise like this over China if you don't parachute in a dune buggy that is armed and armored? The view is spectacular. I just wish I had a camera."
Street Hawk's voice asks, "Would a copy of the video do, Angel?"
"You have video capability? How? I didn't see a camera on the helicopter."
"All vehicles are tied in with Command Center via closed circuit video and audio. Not to worry, though. We started rolling the second we left the helicopter. War Bird started as soon as she left the de Danaan. Norman respects Mithril's secrecy, so he was able to deactivate it until after we gave the signal of leaving the helicopter."
Kaname nods and says, "If he can us get a snapshot of the sunrise, it'd be a big help. Along with an interesting conversation piece."
"Not a problem, Kaname."
"Oh no, now there's going to be another Sousuke? Street Hawk, please. Don't become too much like Sousuke." Street Hawk's laughter is her reply. In time, she can't help but laugh as well, with Sousuke and Hard Hawk laughing as well. Eventually, they hear the others laughing as well, with War Bird laughing the loudest.
On the ground, children are pointing up into the sky excitedly from seeing two vehicles parachuting down and a helicopter flying with them. Their yelling and carrying on prompt their parents to look up as well. As far as they can tell, there are no ancient prophecies regarding angels coming down from the sky armed and with attitudes. So they are merely content to watch and see what happens.
One of the parents then notice that they are heading toward the Temple nearby to their house. She cringes as she thinks about her husband, who had been a victim of the group within the Temple. Suddenly, she sees something truly shocking. She smiles and laughs, telling her neighbors that their problems will soon be over. For all freaking hell has just broken loose.
At before that point, on Sand Hawk, Kaname picks up a pair of binoculars to see if she can find anything they can use as a landmark for Geybo 13 to land at. As she sweeps with the binoculars, she takes on a joyful look as she sees the beautiful scenery in the sunup light. However, when she sees a landing site for Geybo 13, her joyful look turns into a grimace when she sees a horrendous sight.
Sousuke sees this and asks, "What's wrong, Kaname?"
"I think it's safe to say I definitely found the Sho-Da-Kah's main base."
"How's that, Kaname?"
"Have a look, dead ahead." She then hands him the binoculars and he looks in the direction.
He frowns when he sees the image and says, "His ego knows no bounds. Street Hawk, any ideas on how to start this party?"
"How do you mean by ego, Urzu 7? We can start with a rocket launch."
"The shithead has a big-ass honking statue of himself on top of the Temple. If you can, I would like you to make that ugly-ass thing go away."
"I see. Say no more, Urzu 7. Sending a rocket, now."
At that, Street Hawk sends a rocket into the mid-area of the statue of Gauron. The impact and explosion causes debris to start raining down onto the Sho-Da-Kah's foot soldiers. All that's left of the statue is the lower torso, which promptly disappears when War Bird fires it's gatling guns and destroys the remainder.
"Oh yeah! It's on now!" War Bird's war yell spurs them to open fire as much as possible. At that, they proceed to destroy the base of the statue to add further insult to injury. War Bird then gives the parachuting vehicles cover fire until they can hit the ground. The 20mm rounds quickly disintegrate fifteen heads and destroy thirty kneecaps. The foot soldiers have no choice but to take cover or run like chickens in sheer panic.
Inside the compound's cell, Luke smiles weakly as he says, "Someone's celebrating Independence Day a little late. And it's an American Holiday, no less."