The couple had landed at the foot of the mountain where the coco bean shipments have been reportedly being delivered. They went to the GPS location that Wade had sent them and found a duffle bag. Inside the duffle bag they found what appeared to be a highly modified super soaker water gun, a curling iron that Ron wasn't exactly sure was for, a container of eyeliner and a note.
The note read that the water gun was a high pressure water canon, the curling iron will fire a high powered EMP wave, which will disable electronics and the eyeliner was a highly concentrated acid that once applied would burn thru anything in 10 seconds.
There was a side note, "Don't let Ron handle the mascara."
Ron winced at this, "Wade never makes me cool stuff." He told Kim in a disappointed voice.
Kim just shrugged, "You don't need it, you got me." She said smiling at Ron.
Ron shrugged, "True nuff." He replied happily.
The two started up the mountain until they reached a service road. Even in the dark, they could tell that the road was yellow and made of brick.
Ron shrugged, "Follow the yellow brick road?"
Kim nodded, "Follow the yellow brick road."
They started up the yellow brick road. After about a 100 yards Ron looked over at Kim, "Follow, follow, follow, follow, the yellow brick road?" he sang.
Kim grinned, "Stop it." She said with a smile.
Just then there were voices coming from up the road, moving down the road towards them. Kim pointed to the undergrowth at the side of the road, "Off the road, now." She ordered.
Once hid, Ron whispered to Kim, "You think it's the Scare Crow or the Tin Man?" he asked.
"Shhhhhhhhhh" Kim said putting a finger to her mouth.
An electric golf cart with a familiar shaped cab came down the hill towards them. They could hear guards talking about what guards always talk about; being outside all night, miserable pay, boss is a jerk and so on. The cart rolled by them and down the road, "That cart is shaped like something but I can't put my finger on it?" Ron said scratching his head.
Kim nodded, "I think it's a chocolate drop." She told him.
Ron smiled, "Sweet ride." He said.
Kim looked up the long winding road to the top, "We need a sweet ride up." She told Ron.
They heard another cart approaching headed up the hill. Kim told Ron "Go stand in the road and let them see you and I'll do the rest." Ron was on the job.
Ron jogged out to the side of the road and stuck out his thumb as though he were trying to hitch a ride. The cart came to a stop, the guards got out of the vehicle, "What are you doing here?" on of the guards barked at Ron.
"Any of you guys headed to Indiana?" he asked.
Before the guards could answer Kim was on them in a flash, she punched the first guard in the back of the head dropping him instantly. The second guard turned to see what was happening and a side saddle kick to the head. Once both guards were down, the two took the cart and returned to their journey up the hill.
They noticed the cart was loaded with large 50lb bags of granulated sugar. They looked at each other, shrugged, "Follow the yellow brick road?" Ron said.
Kim shook her head, "The jokes wearing thin Ron." She replied.
Ron smiled, he was enjoying himself. "How many high school students get to fly to Brazil, follow a yellow brick road and ride in a chocolate drop shaped golf cart" he thought to him self.
He leaned over at Kim, "KP, want to go parking?" he asked in a devilish voice.
Kim shot him a look, "Guess not" Ron said obviously disappointed.
Kim smiled and shook her head, "Ron was definitely in the zone tonight." She thought.
They started to get close to the top; they pulled off the road to do some reconnaissance work. There was a large metallic door built into the side of the mountain, there was no other activity in the area that they could see. Kim looked at Ron, "Time to ditch the cart and go the rest of the way on foot." Kim told Ron.
Ron nodded and they started to slowly work their way closer to the large door, "KP, next year, we'll be seniors, and I want to get a car for next year, ya know." Ron said thinking about a new set of wheels to replace the scooter.
Kim nodded, "Sounds nice, where you gonna get the money for one?" She whispered back at him.
Ron shrugged, "Haven't figured that one out yet." He told her.
Kim put her hand up signaling Ron to stop; there was movement by the door.
The door opened, light spilled out into the night. The two could see workers, could hear them talking to each other in Spanish.
Ron could smell chocolate coming from inside, "Smells good in there." He whispered.
Kim nodded in agreement. Two more chocolate drop shaped carts came out and the doors closed again. Kim motioned for Ron to follow, they moved in a crouch working their way closer to door, there was a noise off to their left, they both dropped onto their stomach's to listen.
Kim looked back towards Ron, "animal, probably?" she whispered.
Ron nodded, as they reached the door. Kim reached and tried to find an access panel.
Ron wasn't sure this was a good idea, "Kim maybe we better look around some more." Ron advised.
Kim looked at him and smiled, "Your suspended and I have to get home by 10 for school tomorrow." She told Ron.
Ron winced, "Oh, yea, I forgot." Ron said shaking his head.
Kim returned to studying the panel, there were two buttons, a green one and a red one. Kim smiled, "No big" she thought and pushed the green button. The door slid open and the two slipped inside.
Once inside they ran into a dark corner behind some large shipping crates. The studied the layout, the interior of the complex appeared to be as tall as the mountain.
Ron looked at Kim, "Mountain's hollow?" he asked.
Kim nodded, "appears to be." She whispered back.
There were large machines running inside, the two could hear them in the distance. Kim motioned for Ron to follow and they moved further inside the complex.
"The noise of the machinery must be deafening in there, must be why they didn't hear the door open." She thought.
Ron spotted an open shipping container and had a look inside, "candy bars" he said as he handed one to Kim.
All of a sudden Kim and Ron were illuminated by one of the chocolate drop carts, with all the noise of the complex they didn't hear the door open. They both dropped behind the crates but it was too late. Alarm claxons rang all over the complex.
Kim looked at Ron, "Let's get moving." she said in alarm.
Ron didn't have to be told twice; he rose up from behind the crate and started to follow Kim. They rounded a corner, spotted guards, "Wrong way KP", Ron said in a fearful voice. They turned to go back, more guards. They were captured.
The two were quickly escorted to an elevator where they were taken to the top floor of the complex. They were led to an extravagant office, where a figure stood with his back to them.
The figure turned, "I do not believe we have been formally introduced?" he gave the two a cold hard stare while he waited for an answer.
Ron stepped up front, "She's Kim Possible, perhaps you've heard of her and I'm Ron Stoppable her badical boyfriend." Ron said with a voice filled with pride.
Kim winced at Ron's introduction. The figure pointed at Ron, "You will not speak again or you will taste the lash of our licorice whips." The figure said in a menacing tone.
The figure pressed a button on top of the desk, a door slid open and two female robots entered the room. The robots appeared to be of a cybertronic design, they appeared to constructed entirely of candy. The Robots were about 6ft. tall, very shapely, they had a white chocolate coating for a body, black licorice hair, red candy lips, blue gum drop nose and soulless glowing yellow eyes. On their hips they sported a large bull whip, which from what Kim could tell was probably made of licorice as well. Ron wisely stayed silent.
"I have heard of you Kim Possible, now you will know my name...I am Candy Mann, the world's greatest chocolate confectioner and I would like to welcome you to the Big Rock Candy Mountain." The figure spread his arms wide in grand fashion.
Ron whispered to Kim, "He didn't go there did he?" Ron asked incredulously.
Candy Man continued, "When you think of all the great candy producers around the world, which country do you think produces the best tasting chocolate every made?" Candy Mann asked the two.
Kim shrugged, "The Swiss?" she said not quite sure about the answer.
Candy Mann clinched his fists, "THE SWISS? THE SWISS? YOU GO TO THE FOR WATCHS AND COCO CLOCKS! THEIR CHOCOLATE IS AN ABOMINATION AND A CRIME AGAINST MAN!" Candy Mann roared in anger.
Ron just looked at Kim, "uh oh" he muttered under his breath.
Candy Mann continued, "I have studied under the finest candy makers on the planet, but they all rejected my ideas. They laughed at me, AT ME!" Mann roared shaking his fists at the two.
Once composed he started again, "I learned that through the addition of certain chemicals to my candy formula that I could gain control over peoples emotions." Candy Mann said with pride.
He approached the two, "Imagine if you will, candy that can make you fearless, or frightened, candy that can make you susceptible to suggestion.
Mr. Stoppable, imagine a candy bar that will make your girl friend putty in your hands." Candy Mann asked with a wink of amusement.
Ron smiled at Kim, "I'll take a case." He told Candy Mann with a grin.
Kim bristled, "RON!" she said in a tweaked voice.
Ron shrugged sheepishly, "Sorry KP". He said.
Candy Mann turned and walked back behind the desk, "I do not understand why you are here? I am not trying to take over the world; I merely want to pull the strings." He said in matter of fact tone. He stroked his chin,
"but you are here, so the question is what to do with you both?" Mann mused. He turned towards the robots.
"Place them in a containment cell till I think of a suitable way to eliminate them. If they resist, show them the lash" He said with a snap of fingers.
The prisoners were escorted to their containment cells, their backpacks were placed in an adjoining cell. Once the prisoners were alone, it was time for them to concentrate on escape. Ron looked appreciatively at the iron bars, "You can't beat the classics" Ron thought.
Kim's mind was already on the project, "Rufus with you?" She asked Ron.
Ron smiled; "Of course" he told her already knowing where she was headed.
Ron taped his right side leg pocket, "Rufus, your on buddy." He called to the little mole rat.
Rufus popped out of the pocket and looked around; "yuck" Rufus said noticing their predicament.
Kim looked at Rufus, "Rufus can you go into the cell next door and bring back my eyeliner?" Kim asked in a sweet voice. Rufus snapped a smart military style parade ground salute, and left on his quest.
Rufus started to Rummage through the back packs, he pulled out the laser lipstick and showed it to Kim. Kim nodded, "That'll work, Rufus." She told the mole rat.
Once back inside the cell, Rufus handed Kim the lipstick. Kim looked appreciatively at the mole rat, "Thank You, Rufus." She told the happy little mole rat.
Kim sliced the locks out of the door and then of the door next to them. Ron shook his head, "They may have heard of us but they sure don't have much experience with us." He told Kim.
Kim looked at Ron, "Lucky for us." She told him.
Once in the other cell they got their gear together. Kim was explaining her plan to Ron, "We sneak out and get as far as we can without detection, I figure we have two shots at the robots. If the Robots are made of candy and we hit them with the water canon they should stick to the floor. If that doesn't work we can use the EMP curling iron. Either way we have to destroy this place." Kim said.
Ron shook his head, "Ok which device you want me to use?" he asked Kim hoping for the big water gun.
Kim frowned and shook her head back and forth, "Ron you know you aren't any good with gadgets." She reminded him.
Ron shrugged, "Just once I'd like to use something cool." He thought to himself.
The two made it back to the elevator undetected, "Top floor Ron." Kim reminded him.
Ron pushed the button and they were whisked up to the top. Once there Kim subdued three guards. Candy Mann was seated at his desk, looked up and casually pressed the button on his desk. From behind the metal door appeared the robots. Kim moved to her left and produced the super soaker from her back pack. She hit both robots with a blast, while dodging the licorice whips that they were snapping in her direction. The water canon didn't appear to be working on the robots so Kim pulled the curling iron out and discharged it.
Instantly the entire complex was in the dark, Ron felt a hand on him that he knew wasn't Kim's. He took off running and tripped over the robots, he stuck his right hand out to break his fall, forgetting the cast on his broken hand. "Yeeeeouwwwwwwww" He yelled when he hit the floor.
Ron looked up from the floor to see a shadow of Kim fighting with one of the goons; he then spotted Candy Mann retrieving the licorice whip off of one of the down robots. Ron yelled "Kim behind you, whip."
Ron was relieved to see a back flip to a crouch and then a leg sweep which took Candy Mann to the ground. Candy Mann rolled to his right and regained his footing; Kim was ready with a snap kick to the side of the head, stunning the candy maker. Ron looked out into the darkened complex through the observation window and saw a bright orange glow; the boilers which were precisely maintained for constant temperature control were now running out of control with out the computer input.
Kim hadn't noticed the problem yet, she was too busy fighting Candy Mann. Candy Mann threw a punch to Kim's head that had narrowly missed her. Kim back flipped out of the way. Candy Mann wasn't pursuing, he flipped a lever to expose an escape trap door attached to a slide. Kim could see Candy Mann smile, what little light there was being reflected off the man's teeth, "You think you are all that Kim Possible, but your not and you won't catch me today, till we meet again then." Candy Man said as he jumped onto the slide that took him out of the mountain.
Kim turned to look for Ron, Ron had found her, "Kim I think the place is going to blow?" he told her.
Kim nodded in agreement, "Down the chute" Kim ordered.
They both jumped through the trap door and rode the chute to just outside the mountain. There were explosions on the other side of the mountain; it almost looked as if a volcano was erupting.
Kim looked at Ron, "Run" she ordered and then the two continued down the side of the mountain. A rope ladder appeared in front of them, they both jumped on.
The rope ladder was attached to a Brazilian Army helicopter which flew the two teens to the USS Siapan anchored off shore. From there they were taken by a US helicopter to Cherry Point navel air station for a return trip to Middleton. Once on the way to Middleton the two finally began to relax.
Ron was in good mood, "We did good, took the bad guy down." Ron said happily.
"He still got away." Kim reminded him.
Then Kim got one of her looks on her face, "I'll take a case, huh." She smiled.
Ron shrugged, "I thought it was a good idea." He told Kim with a devilish grin.
Once deposited on the streets of Middleton the two teens walked home. Kim hadn't really talked much on the return trip. She was waiting for an opportunity to tell Ron that their relationship was about to be put on hold.
Ron was talking to her but she wasn't paying attention, "Kim"
Kim looked up. Ron was looking at her, "I was asking if you wanted to go on a date to see "Blazing Chainsaws 2" at the movies on Friday night or Saturday?" Ron asked.
Kim winced, "Might as well get this over with." She thought.
Kim kept walking, not answering. Ron was confused, "Maybe a different picture?" he asked.
They arrived outside of Kim's house, "Ummmmmmm Ron, I've been thinking, maybe we better slow things down?" she said trying to soothe Ron.
Ron still wasn't understanding, "OOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKK Doooooooooo Youuuuuuuuuuuuu Wannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnttttttttttttttttttt"
Kim cut him off, "Ron, that's not what I'm talking about." She told him sounding annoyed.
Ron froze, "oh, ok" he said still not understanding what Kim was saying.
Kim put a hand on his shoulder, "It's just that we do so much better as friends." She said compassionately.
Ron's eyes got big, now he was understanding, not believing but understanding. Ron looked away, "ummmmmmm, I thought, well...You know, I believed…ummmmmmm ok..." Ron's words trailed away.
Kim said, "It's for your own good Ron, look at your hand. If we go back to being friends you won't get as much grief at school." Kim offered in a lame sounding voice.
Ron now understood very clearly, "Ohhhhhhhh Yeaaaaaaa, ummmmmmmm, right, I gotch…I think..I'm going to head home now…Ok, I'll cya later, I guess." Ron turned and walked away.
Kim watched him head up the street, "Well he took it well." She thought.
She watched him walk in to his house, "He'll be ok." She said out loud.
Then she turned and went inside her house.