Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Full Metal Mayhem! 10
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The Final War Begins and Fall of the Sho-Da-Kah
Inside the Sho-Da-Kah compound, Gauron's face twists with rage as he watches the remainder of his statue be destroyed. The initial detonation startled him while the rest of the destruction infuriated him.
He then yells, "I just had that statue made last week! Who did that?"
"Gauron, radar has picked up two ground vehicles with parachutes and a helicopter! They just came out of nowhere, sir! Almost as if it's your enemies mounting an attack!"
"Thank you, Kyle. Now, come closer to me, my boy." When Kyle does so, he gets a bullet in his forehead. "Next time, do not use my name so informally. Call me 'Master Gauron', you incompetent fool." He then releases Kyle, with the corpse falling back onto the floor.
"Call our men within the Military. Have them send us our Hind crews. The ones responsible should not be allowed to get away from us!"
"Master Gauron, we only have three Hind crews within our ranks! If they go down, we'll be without evac for you, sir!"
"It doesn't matter at this point. Have the Hinds come here, now!" The lackey nervously nods and proceeds to call in their remaining Hind crews. Gauron sneers disgustingly as the lackey finishes the call. He then brings out his gun and shoots the lackey in the side of the head. He then scoffs as the corpse falls to the floor.
"Lazy, incompetent fool. He should have known better than to tell me tactics when it comes to inventory."
Turning back to the screen, Gauron sees a motorcycle and a dune buggy. Both which can only be described as 'aggressively nightmarish'. Along with a helicopter. Suddenly, when both ground vehicles get close to the ground, they start their engines and separate from their parachutes.
"It can't be, but it is. It's Team Hawk. But how did they get here?"
He then sees one figure get out of the buggy and make his way to the cycle, firing at the goons in concert with the machine guns on all three vehicles. He gives a smirk as he recognizes the figure running toward and mounting the cycle right behind the rider.
"Kashim. So that's how they got here."
With War Bird and Sand Hawk covering them, Sousuke and Street Hawk ride double on the cycle, firing their weapons at Gauron's goons as they infiltrate his compound. Once inside the house, they hear his greeting.
"Hello, Kashim. I see you brought a new playmate with you. Street Hawk, I believe. It's wonderful to meet you, Mr. Hawk, really great."
"Where's my cousin, you shithead?"
"Now now, Kashim. All in good time. But, for now, tell me where and how your precious Kaname is and doing."
"Why should Sousuke tell you a thing, you jackass? Our main concern is shutting down your organization, the Sho-Da-Kah, and getting Luke away from your crazy ass."
Gauron's pleased chuckling disturbs both men as he replies, "I figured Mithril and 'Team Hawk' would join forces sooner or later, Street Hawk. I just didn't figure on your language towards me. Remember Venom, Kashim?"
"How could I forget? I thought you finally died when I launched your ass off the de Danaan. I even told Kaname once that you're harder to kill than a ninja cockroach. I guess the description about you is proving apt after all." Gauron laughs once again, this time truly amused.
"Kashim, that is the most flattering thing you ever said. I can safely say the same about you. Now, for your cousin, Luke. Did you know your Uncle was a 'Star Wars' buff? That was news to me, too. I like those movies as well, Kashim!" He laughs again, getting on both men's nerves.
Street Hawk, thoroughly annoyed with the laughter, finally yells, "His name's not Kashim anymore, you demented ding-dong! It's Sousuke Sagara, Sergeant of Mithril! Now, where is Luke, you damned loony?"
"I'll show you who's loony and damned, Street Hawk! Get them!"
Sousuke rolls his eyes as he brings up his SPP and asks, "Ready to kick some ass, Street Hawk?"
"That's affirmative." At that, both heroes laugh and charge into action, guns blazing and rockets launching.
Meanwhile, Kaname and Hard Hawk are shooting the Sho-Da-Kah's goons with the buggy's gatling guns when Kurz's voice comes over the line.
"Hey, Angel. Looks like Urzu 7's having the time of his life. Are you?"
"Affirmative, Urzu 6. Now quit jawing and start finding those snipers!"
"You're as bad as Urzu 2, Angel. Have you been taking lessons from her or something?"
"Urzu 6! This is no time for chatting! Angel's correct. Do your job and snipe those snipers! I'm canceling the ECS on my M9 right now."
Melissa's Arm Slave appears before them. The A.S. then brings out it's monomolecular cutter and starts cutting up the Savages. All before their pilots can get to them or power them up. Within five minutes, all Savages within the Sho-Da-Kah's compound had been destroyed.
"Roger that, Urzu 2. Great job on those Savages. I'll tell you something though. War Bird is one heck of a machine. No doubt it could benefit from having ECS as well. Maybe even a Bofors along with a Hellbore."
War Bird chuckles as she replies, "Thank you very much, Urzu 6. Now, shut up and snipe already! Or do I have to do it myself?"
At that, Kurz snipes a target, blowing his brains out through the back of his skull. "Let's see you top that, War Bird."
"Watch this, Urzu 6. I'm gonna give them vertical with a sadistic twist."
"Bring it on!"
At that, War Bird lifts it's nose into the air and starts flying inverted, heading toward the goons on the roof. The steel blades start chopping off the goons' heads and dissecting them. When the helicopter is righted, War Bird opens fire on an attacking Hind. When it's done, it goes down in flames.
Kurz cheers her on and says, "That was sweet, War Bird! How much practice did you do before mastering that technique?"
"Actually, none. I just thought I could do it and decided to go with the urge to do some mayhem."
"You're as bad as Urzu 7, War Bird. But at least you're a lot more fun. I like fun."
Back in Sand Hawk, Hard Hawk asks Kaname, "Is he always like this? Or just on days that he's shutting down an International Crime Syndicate?"
"Pretty much all the time. Of course, he does have his serious moments. Sousuke, however, is all business. Of course, he has a sense of humor. It's a work in progress right now, though. But he's getting there."
"That's good to hear."
"How about you, Hard? Any special guys in your life?"
Hard is about to reply when she sees another target in front of her. She's about to trigger the gatling guns when Kaname stops her. Curious, Hard stops the buggy and looks at Kaname quizzically. She then sees a rare sight on Kaname's face. A face of revulsion and sadism at once.
"I take it you know her."
"Oh yeah. We go all the way back to Khanka. That's the crazy-ass quack that tried to exploit me."
"I see. Need any help?"
"Negative. As my boyfriend would say, 'It's not a problem for me'. I'll deal with her and be right back. Sousuke taught me a thing or two about self-defense before we even got here. He taught me some more just last night."
She then winks and adds, "You may want to eat some popcorn or beef jerky if you got it. I'm sure you'll find this very entertaining."
Without a further word, Kaname gets out of the buggy, a sadistic smile on her face as she walks toward Dr. Svetlana Romanova. Romanova smiles when she sees Kaname walking toward her with a smile on her face. Her smile soon turns to a frown when she sees that the smile is not one of joy, but sheer sadism.
"Come on, you can't be serious, Miss Chidori. The 'Whispered' are considered to only be advanced brains, not superb warriors."
Kaname, still smiling, cracks her knuckles and replies, "Yeah, well. I'm no ordinary advanced brain. I happen to be the girlfriend and mating partner to a Specialist. Remember the boy that rescued me in Khanka? He's my guy and he taught me a thing or two. Care to see?"
At that, Kaname launches her attack on Romanova, ignoring her screams of pain as she breaks the major joints in her body. All the while, Hard Hawk is chewing on beef jerky, wishing she had some popcorn with her.
She is finding this to be truly entertaining. She then swallows in time to see Kaname slam Romanova headfirst down onto the ground, breaking her neck.
"That was for trying to gain my secrets in Khanka, you crazy-ass bitch. Never again will you do such a thing. To anyone, for that matter." Kaname then walks back to Sand Hawk, gets back in and says, "Let's finish this, Hard. I vote we burn this dump down with Thermite charges."
Hard Hawk nods in agreement as the buggy starts forward, leaving the broken corpse of Dr. Svetlana Romanova in it's tracks.
Outside in the compound's perimeter, Melissa's M9 is fighting against an RK-92 that had somehow survived her onslaught only by being camouflaged as a very awkward lawn ornament. The pilot even had the insight to sleep inside the Savage to be ready for battle. Upon hearing the proximity alert, he had brought the Savage on line and engaged Melissa as she was walking past.
The fight had gone on for five minutes until Melissa finally gets tired of screwing around with the guy and elects that she's had enough.
She then snarls out, "You bastard! Burn in hell!"
At that, Melissa sends a 75mm round from her Arm Slave's Bofors rifle into the Savage's cockpit, killing the pilot. She then brings out her M9's Anti-Armor dagger and proceeds to cut a message into the shell. When she's done, she puts the dagger back into it's sheath and proceeds to check the rest of the compound. This time with closer scrutiny.
The message on the shell reads, 'TH&M: 8. SDK: 0.'
Inside the house, Street Hawk and Sousuke dismount the cycle and perform a sweep of the rooms, intent on finding Luke. Working in tandem, they alternate the role of 'Kicker' and 'Sweeper'. Every room they find clear, they proceed on until they reach the end of the hall.
Street Hawk then says, "Let's hope he's in here. My prosthetic knee can only take so much kicking."
"Roger."
At that, Sousuke kicks the door in and Street Hawk sweeps the room. He switches on the 'Light Amplification' for the helmet and sees a form tied to a chair. Drawing his boot knife, he gets ready to cut the bindings when he feels the need to check the body's face.
Behind his visor, his face turns from worry to joy as he sees Luke's face for the first time. He then checks his pulse and finds it weak.
"He's in here and alive, Sergeant. But his pulse is also very weak. We better get him out of here."
"Roger. You take Luke while I track down Gauron. He should be in here still."
"You got it. I'll call War Bird and have her meet us up on the roof so she can fly Luke to de Danaan. I'll come back down and help you look. I hope you find that bastard before I get back though. I have some questions I would prefer to have answered. But I may just kill him on sight."
"That's the plan anyway, Street Hawk. But I think I know what your questions are. I'll see about getting your answers and then I'll kill him. This time, it'll be point blank range."
"Right. Don't forget what the Lt. Cmdr. said, though. He's very hard to kill. But, he's also in the 'crazy, not stupid' category."
"Roger that." At that, Sousuke bolts away from the doorway as Street Hawk cuts Luke's bonds off of him.
Weakly, Luke opens his eyes and asks, "Who are you? Please, tell me your name."
"Hawk, Street Hawk." Street Hawk then lifts Luke onto his shoulder in a fireman's carry and walks out of the room, calling ahead to War Bird.
"War Bird, I have the package. Meet me on the rooftop. You'll have to fly him to de Danaan. He's very weak, may need serious Medical attention. Urzu 7 has gone hunting."
"Copy, Street Hawk. I'll be on the roof in two minutes. Hopefully you'll be there ahead of me."
"If there's a doorway for the roof, you better believe it."
"Well, if there isn't one, then I'll just have to make it. Gatling gun style."
"Oh, I like that style."
"Son of a nut, so do I."
At that, the teammates and friends exchange a quick laugh as Street Hawk carries Luke toward the roof level. Sure enough, there's no doorway. Street Hawk gives his position and takes cover with Luke.
Outside, Kurz grins as he watches War Bird get ready to open fire. When she does, he turns his grin into a smile as he sees an opening being created. When the new makeshift doorway gets big enough, War Bird ceases fire and touches down.
Back inside, Street Hawk checks Luke's pulse and finds it weak, but steady. "His pulse is still weak, but it's also steady. We're coming out now. I wouldn't recommend the thrusters. Unless, of course, he's in severe danger or you are. How's it look out there?"
Ninja replies, "Looks like a good day for Sho-Da-Kah Shish-ka-bob. We may even have time for Sho-Da-Kah Barbecue if all goes well."
"Great. Open the door so we can get this party wrapped up, if you please."
Kurz grins and says, "One grand opening, coming up." Hitting the door open button, he stands at the door, watching it go down. When he sees Street Hawk carrying Luke, he runs out and takes over, saying, "You best go back and keep an eye on Sousuke. Who knows what he'll do since Gauron pulled this crap?"
"Roger that. See you back on the sub."
Kurz nods and carries Luke into the helicopter, closing the door as he lies Luke on the floor. As the door closes, War Bird lifts off, heading in the direction of the Tuatha de Danaan.
As it lifts off, Street Hawk goes back down and remounts the cycle, intent on catching up to Sousuke.
As he starts rolling, he mutters, "Where are you, Sousuke?"
At that point, Sousuke is checking a hidden passageway that he found by accident. He follows the path until he comes across a wooden door. Finding no doorknob and having no time or patience to find a release mechanism for it, he reaches into his combat harness and brings out a wedge of C-4. After applying it to the door, he follows his protocol, takes cover and blows the door open.
As he walks in, he sees his enemy, aims his SPP and says, "Knock knock, Gauron."
Gauron turns around in his wheelchair, smiles and says, "Kashim. How nice of you to come on in. You know, you could have twisted the candle outside."
"I didn't have time, shithead. Or the patience. Luke's on his way to de Danaan and Street Hawk is bound to find this room pretty soon." Suddenly, one of the walls explode inward, showering Gauron with wood and masonry. "That should be Street Hawk right about now."
At before that point, Street Hawk heard Sousuke's voice through the helmet's headset. He then used the telemetry to find him thanks to help from Wade. Upon arrival at the hidden room, he saw a wall and elected to send a rocket into the obstruction. Upon detonation, he had just dismounted the cycle when he heard Sousuke mention him.
"Room service!" Street Hawk steps into the room through the new doorway and draws his Glock. "Gauron, I presume."
Gauron incredulously shakes his head and asks, "What is it with you, doors and walls, guys? Do you not like them or are they simply impractical?"
Sousuke replies, "We'll ask the questions, you crazy shithead. First off, why did you kidnap Luke?"
"So I could reunite you, Kashim. In death, that is."
"Well, first off, Gauron. My name is not Kashim anymore. Second, we already had our reunion. Before you grabbed him."
Street Hawk nods before saying, "Now for my first question. Were you in charge of the Sho-Da-Kah when Officer Jesse Mach was killed?"
"Yes, I was. But, I told Miller that no Police Officers were to die. I guess Miller thought that since your predecessor was a plain vigilante, instead of a cop, he would have gained my approval. But, when I learned that he was a cop, I turned my back on him. And also, his friendship with that dead, deranged drug lord. That guy did too much product in my opinion."
Sousuke then asks, "How did you survive, Gauron? The blast would have been enough to kill everyone within the sub and destroy it, let alone fry your crazy ass underwater."
"I ejected at the last five seconds before Venom went into the water. When it exploded, I caught some shrapnel in my lower back, severing my spinal cord. As a result, I cannot operate an A.S."
Street Hawk asks, "How many operations do you have remaining, Gauron? If you tell us, we'll make your death quick and painless."
"I have five more, only one is not an operation. It's more of an unwitting patsy in Los Angeles. He's currently the Commissioner of the L.A.P.D. It seems Miller set it up as a contingency plan in case something happened to him. You've finally won, Sousuke Sagara, Sergeant of Mithril. You as well, Street Hawk of Team Hawk. Congratulations. However, you've also lost. The knowledge will now die with us. Computer."
"Yes, Gauron."
Before Gauron can say anything else, Sousuke and Street Hawk fire their weapons at the same time, finishing him off. Sousuke's rounds go into Gauron's head while Street Hawk's go into his chest. When the remainder of Gauron's head slumps forth, both heroes cautiously approach the body and search for a pulse. They both then sigh in relief after finding no pulse.
However, Sousuke feels it would be foolhardy to pronounce Gauron dead. So he does the most logical route he can think of. Demolition work. Taking a fist-sized amount of C-4, he places it into the corpse's lap with the blasting cap already in place. Giving Street Hawk the 'Back-away' sign, he then unspools the detonation cord. At that, both of them go out into the hall, with Street Hawk watching the body intently.
Curious, Street Hawk keeps the Glock at the ready as he asks, "Any reason why we shot him at the same time? Now we're gonna blow him to Kingdom Come? Isn't that a tad much? I can only figure that he has a voice-command rigged bomb with a timer. And he could be playing a very convincing possum."
"Actually, yes. Undoubtedly, he had set up a Self-Destruct Mode within this compound. If it was set for his voice alone, he would have killed us right here and now." At that, Sousuke gives Street Hawk the 'Duck' signal and presses the trigger switch. Next thing they know, body parts and pieces of Gauron's wheelchair come flying out. Along with Gauron's head.
Sousuke then bends down and picks up Gauron's head, remarking, "Maybe now he'll stay dead." Getting a small duffel bag out of his harness, he puts the head of his late enemy into it without any further words.
Street Hawk nods in agreement and says, "I think now would be a good time to withdraw, Urzu 7. We need to let the Commissioner know about the trouble he's in." Accessing his communications, he sends out the word. "Hard Hawk, you and Angel go on ahead. We'll meet you at Geybo 13 as planned."
Kaname's voice comes back as she says, "Hard Hawk and Angel, roger. We're about to wrap up on planting some explosive surprises here. Is Urzu 7 about? I just heard an explosion inside there. Three to be exact."
"I'm here, Angel. Gauron's finished. I have his head as proof."
"Too much intel. Urzu 7, I'm pregnant. I want to see your face on the sub, my darling Specialist. I'm so in love with you, Sousuke."
"I love you too, Kaname." Sousuke smiles at the thought of becoming a Father and goes into shock.
This prompts Street Hawk to chuckle, hoist and carry the Specialist over his shoulder. He then mounts the cycle before putting Sousuke behind him. At that, the motorcycle powers up and rolls out, heading for the staircase, intent on getting out of the temple.
Back outside, Kaname and Hard Hawk are finishing setting up the Thermite charges when Kaname hears motion behind her. She wheels around and draws the Glock, setting her sights on a group of five Sho-Da-Kah foot soldiers. She snarls as she pulls the trigger, blowing the men's brains out.
"Try to pull a sneak attack on me, will you? I don't think so, you loser shitheads." Kaname keeps the Glock out as she prepares the remote detonators on the charges she had planted so far.
"Thank goodness for Sousuke's tutorials in the past couple of weeks. These shooting and demolition skills are certainly coming in handy. This will surely be a blast. I now understand why Sousuke does demolitions at school. There are threats all over the place."
On the other side of the house, Hard Hawk is setting her charges when she hears multiple footsteps behind her. She wheels around and triggers the 'Persuader', knocking down two goons at the same time. She primes it again and lets loose another blast. This destroys one goon's head.
One of the goons saunters forward and laughs as he says, "The little lady's using a Mossberg 500 pump. It can only hold five rounds total. She can't get the rest of us. After all, five people versus three shells remaining? It just isn't done." At that, he charges her, only to lose his head when she primes and triggers it.
"Well, we now know he could add and I can subtract. But, he missed one important detail about this shotgun. This is no ordinary 500. It's a 'Persuader'. With a capacity of seven rounds total. If you have seven rounds of death staring you in the face, it can be very persuasive. So how's it gonna go, boys? Retreat, or death? Just so you know, I now have four rounds remaining, staring you right in the face. So, do you feel lucky, punks?"
At that, the remaining goons charge her. She primes and blasts taking down two in one blast. She primes again and takes down the other two upon blast. She then primes again, sweeps around and finds no other opposition.
"Guess you're not so lucky today, boys." Resuming her task, she sets about setting her remote detonators when she hears more footsteps behind her. Bringing up the shotgun again, she wheels around and halts her attack when she sees Kaname putting her hands up.
"Easy, Hard. Me friend."
"Very funny, Angel. Sorry about that, but I had a pretty close call with some Sho-Da-Kah bozos that thought they could take me out."
"Yeah, I can see that. I had the same problem. So, where's Street Hawk and Sousuke?" Hard Hawk shrugs when she hears a familiar engine revving toward their location.
Kaname then says, "Uh-oh. Take cover!" Both ladies scream in unison as the cycle gets closer to the window.
Inside the house, Sousuke comes out of the shock in time to see the cycle heading toward a window. One that reaches down to the floor.
"Street Hawk, what floor are we on?"
"Second."
"We're going to jump, aren't we?"
"That's affirmative."
Sousuke grins and says, "Let's do it, buddy."
At that, Street Hawk revs the engine on the cycle and propels it through the window, hitting the vertical lift at the same time to soften their landing.
Back outside, Kaname and Hard Hawk duck when they hear breaking glass from above them. They then hear two wheels touch down along with the cycle's revving engine. At that, both ladies know that their two teammates are all right.
Street Hawk pulls to a stop and says, "Everybody's out. Let's blow this rat hole." Sousuke grins and nods at Kaname after hearing it.
Sousuke then says, "I just gotta check with Urzu 2. See what her status is. Urzu 2, do you copy? Over."
"Urzu 2 here. All Savages are destroyed and I'm wrapping up the search for that special A.S. I engaged a Savage that was dormant until I walked by it. When I left it, I included a message. Damn, no sign of that special A.S. at all. Looks like Intelligence had either gotten a bad apple or that thing was already gone from here. I'm linking up with Transport Helicopter 3 now. See you back on de Danaan, guys. Over."
"Urzu 7, roger. Over and out." At that, Kaname hands Sousuke the detonator remote, with a smile on her face. He then turns to Street Hawk and asks, "Shall we toast this place together, Street Hawk?"
"That's affirmative. We should get clear of the blast zone first though." The others nod in agreement as Street Hawk and Sousuke roll away and the ladies head back to Sand Hawk. When they get there, they mount back up and drive the dune buggy toward the safe zone.
When they get there, Street Hawk and Sousuke both put thumbs on the trigger. Sousuke grins and says, "Make a wish." Street Hawk nods at that and takes a moment to reflect, adding a wicked chuckle.
He then says, "Three, two, one. Blast away!"
At that, both heroes press on the trigger, setting off the charges. As the Sho-Da-Kah temple goes up in flames, all four wonder if this will truly be the last of the Sho-Da-Kah. At the same time, they all hope so.
Street Hawk and Sousuke then remember what Gauron had said about other operations and realize that the war is not quite over yet. They then begin their extraction, going in separate directions to confuse and avoid any Government troops that may arrive on the scene.
