Trio
Chapter 10
Going down.

Kim blinked several times. She wasn't quite sure what had just happened. One moment she was cradling the possessed Shego's head in her lap, the next moment a stranger shows up and was about to blow Shego's head off and the next thing Kim knew the stranger was across the hall half way embedded in the wall.

Embedded in the wall by Ron, a blue glowing Ron, the glow wasn't just around his hands this time but playing all across his body. The borrowed suit Ron was wearing was showing no sign of being destroyed but the shotgun in Ron's left hand was slowly melting. Ron's right hand was wrapped around the stranger's throat and this was what was pushing the man into the wall. The stranger's face was showing shock but no signs of agony so Kim figured that Ron must be controlling the glow so as not to harm the man… Yet.

All the times they fought Monkey Fist, he was always worried that Ron would reach the level of Monkey King before he could.

Kim watching knew she wasn't looking at a Monkey King; she was staring at a Monkey God. And the way Ron's lips were pulling away from his teeth in a snarl of pure rage and growling it was a vengeful Monkey God that was one step away from ripping apart the stranger with his bare hands.

Dr. Director was also staring in shock at Ron Stoppable. So this was what a Mystical Monkey Master utilizing 100 of his power could do. Unlike Kim Possible she had noticed Ron crawling towards the intersection when he had heard the stranger approaching, so she had witnessed all of Ron's transformation. He didn't just leap up and move quickly from lying almost prone on the ground to having his hand around the stranger's throat. He flared into blue fire and was simply not where he had been but over to where he now was. There was no rising to his feet and running to stop the stranger. He just was instantly THERE!

Ash Williams, survivor of multiple attacks by the Necronomicon Ex Mortis, fighter of Deadites, traveler in time and witness to more things strange than any human has a right to have seen, was seeing something new. What at first glance appeared to be a scrawny blond haired teenage boy lying on the ground exhausted suddenly turned into a blue fiery protector... Of all things, a Deadite!

"You got thirty seconds pal to tell me who the hell you are and why you tried to kill Shego or I'm going to splatter you all over this hallway." Ron snarled at the man.

To add even more weirdness to what was going on, some kind of naked rat was perched on the glowing blue guy's shoulder. Not only was it not being affected by the glow, it too was glowing with swirling blue flames and looked as pissed off as it's owner was.

The small pink rat nodded its head at Ash and then bringing its tiny paws together it squeaked. "Splatter!"

"Listen up kid." Ash drawled. "The name is Ash Williams. That thing on the floor is a Deadite. I hunt those creatures and destroy them. Considering I was once sucked back in time by the Necronomicon, I can honestly say I've fought them longer than you have been alive.

No matter who she was to you before she is now gone! All that is left is a vessel for evil and the best way to deal with them is the way I was trying to do when you stopped me."

Ash glanced over to Ron's left hand and spotted his sadly wilting shotgun.

"Aww crap! You melted my boomstick! That shotgun was a 12-gauge double barreled Remington. It had a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel and a hair trigger. Do you know how much that thing cost me at S-Mart? $109.95 in the Sporting Goods department. I expect you to pay for that!"

Kim moving slowly got up and gently allowed the high pitched giggling possessed Shego to rest fully on the floor; she moved over to place a hand on Ron's arm. While she was overjoyed that Ron had stopped this lunatic from killing Shego, she was deeply afraid that Ron might do something extreme while under the influence of anger and Mystical Monkey power and she knew Ron would never forgive himself if he severely injured or killed someone.

"S-Mart?" She asked trying to distract Ron and the stranger somehow.

"They are a sub division of Smarty Mart Kim." Ron answered turning to glance at her.

Ron's freaky eyes with the blue flames shining from them scared Kim but she was determined not to show it.

"Ron amp down! Shego is okay. You stopped him and destroyed his weapon. Don't hurt him Ron. Shego wouldn't want that." Kim said.

Ron eyebrow rose.

"Well… Okay, maybe Shego would want him hurt a little but I don't want you to hurt him Ron." Kim corrected herself.

Ron's freaky eyes softened and Kim was relieved to see the blue going away to reveal Ron's warm brown eyes looking back at her. He turned to look back at Ash.

"You say you have fought these creatures for a long time?"

Ash nodded his head.

"And in all the time you have fought them you have never seen or heard of someone coming back from being possessed like this?" Ron said gesturing at Shego's tied form on the floor.

"Never." Ash said but then glanced to the side. "Well hardly ever."

That tiny shred of hope was all that Ron needed.

Shaking Ash and slightly dislodging some plaster from the wallboard he had Ash embedded in, he snarled at the man. "So there has been at least one time when someone made it back. Tell me!"

Ash sighed. "Okay, the time I was sucked back into the past by the book, I met this woman named Sheila and we kind of hit it off. A sort of super Deadite general captured her and turned her into one of those creatures. Long story short. I fought the general and when I destroyed him, Sheila returned back to normal. Even the injuries she suffered when she attacked me while she was a Deadite were healed."

"So all I have to do is destroy the source of evil and not only Shego will be returned to me and Kim but all the other Global Justice agents might be changed back as well?" Ron asked.

Ash started to shake his head but then stopped. "Um, actually I don't know. Sheila was returned back to normal but the other Deadite creatures were reanimated dead bodies. Look kid, I don't want to get your hopes up. It worked once. It probably won't work again. It would be better to end your friend's suffering now."

"No." Ron said flatly.

"If there is even a chance we can get Shego back we are going to take it!" Kim said.

Dr. Director keeping an eye on Shego walked over as well. "And as Ron pointed out I lost a lot of my people as well. If there is a chance to get them back, then we are going to do everything we can to make it happen."

Ron slowly pulled Ash out of the wall and lowered him to his feet.

"We are going to find the source of evil that has possessed Shego and the G.J. agents and end it but you are not to hurt any of the possessed agents or try anything against Shego again. We got a deal?"

Ash frowned at the now warped and ruined shotgun still clutched in Ron's left hand. "Not like I could do much anyway without my trusty shotgun. It's a pain in the butt that I left my chainsaw in the trunk of my car but I was just passing by that dry cleaner when I felt the pull of the book. I went to check it out and left the chainsaw behind."

"Dry cleaner?" Ron asked as his blue glow faded.

"Yeah I said dry cleaner. And for a bunch of guys working in a dry cleaner they sure were armed to the teeth. You get many stained clothes in this town that fight back?" Ash replied.

"The dry cleaner is one of the secure hidden entrances to Global Justice. We can't use the travel tubes for everything." Dr. Director explained.

"Global Justice? That sounds like something from a very bad comic book." Ash replied looking Dr. Director up and down. She was quite an attractive woman and to Ash the eye patch just made her look more… Experienced in life.

"Global Justice is a top secret police organization who's purpose is to stop the super criminals that normal police agencies can't handle. My name is Dr. Director and I'm in charge of the organization." Dr. Director told him coolly.

Ron gently picked up the possessed Shego from the floor being careful to avoid her teeth as she tried to snap at him and using the makeshift hose rope he tied her on to his back so he could carry her. Since Shego was almost the same height as Ron, he had to tie her up high on his back so she couldn't trip or kick back with her feet and cause him harm. A normal human wouldn't have been able to support the off center weight but Ron still had an amount of Mystical Monkey power in him so he was able to handle her easily.

Kim stared at Shego sadly. "I can't stand to see her like this." She finally said to Ron.

"How long as she been a Deadite anyway?" Ash asked as they set off down the hallway. "I've never seen one go gangrene like that. Usually when they die their bodies just turn white or gray, not usually green."

Ron turned his head to look at the strange man walking beside him. "The green is Shego's natural coloring. You have never heard of Shego before?" He asked with a little amazement. While most of Dr. Drakken's 'world conquering plans' didn't work out and were kept from the public, Shego's criminal past was well known by the public. "Where have you been dude? Shego has been profiled on America's Most Wanted, F.B.I. Files and even 60 Minutes."

Ash gave a half shrug. "Where have I been? Stuck in a haunted cabin in the woods with Deadites trying to kill me, then I was sucked into medieval England where I fought a evil version of myself to keep the book from being used to end the world and just recently trying to rebuild my life by getting my old job back at S-mart. Haven't had a lot of time for television watching kid." Ash frowned and falling a few steps back he examined Shego who tried to spit at him.

"So Greenie here was some kind of criminal?"

Kim shot him an annoyed look. "She used to be a criminal. She was turning over a new leaf."

"And she got taken out by a Deadite? Shame she didn't have a chance at that new life." Ash replied trying to be sympathetic.

"Stop talking about her in the past tense! Ron and I will find a way to get her back!" Kim snapped at him.

Ash raised his hands in a placating manner. "Hey, sorry. Wish you all the luck in that. Just don't think you are going to have a snowball's chance in Hell of it working though."

Ash walked along for a few more yards and then glanced back at Kim. "Hey you want to tell your boyfriend here to stop growling at me? I said I was sorry about talking about Hergo in the past tense."

Ron frowned. "First off her name is Shego, not Hergo and secondly. I'm not growling at you."

Ash looked at the mole rat that was still riding on the kid's shoulder. It kept patting the tied Shego's back as if trying to comfort the snarling creature. Rufus looked over at Ash and shook its head. "Not me." It squeaked.

Kim moved up beside Ron and listened, she then smiled. It was a tired and tense smile but it was still a smile. "It's your stomach Ron. It's growling."

Ron blushed. "Sorry. Haven't eaten anything since sometime yesterday."

Finally they reached the crashed elevator shaft and Ron using his strength pulled the doors open. Far down they could see a flickering light coming from the crashed elevator in the basement.

"Okay. Here is the plan. I'll take the kid with me and we'll drop down to where the book is. You two stay up here where it is safe and look after Greenie. You hear any noises of Deadites coming this way you get your butts up the stairs and get out of here." Ash stated.

"Excuse me?" Kim said, folding her arms across her chest in anger. "I am not staying up here while Ron risks his life below. We are a team and we work together!"

"Look sweet cheeks. This is a job for men. Not a girl who looks like she is some kind of cheerleader and a administration desk jockey." Ash started.

"Uh oh." Ron muttered. He too wanted Kim and Dr. Director to stay where it was safe but not because he dismissed their usefulness but because if something were to happen to Dr. Director it could cripple Global Justice and Kim? Ron just couldn't bear to think of losing Kim like he may have already lost Shego.

Taking a peek over his shoulder he could see two seriously annoyed red heads standing with similar postures. Arms crossed angrily over their chests and their eyes flashing in anger.

So much for trying to protect the two women Ron thought to himself. Now nothing would stop them from coming with him and Ash but Ron knew he had to at least try.

"Kim. I was hoping you and Dr. Director would watch over Shego for me. I don't want to take her down there and get her hurt any worse than she already is…"

"She's a Deadite. How much worse can she get?" Ash asked of no one.

Ron resisted the urge to slap his forehead with his hand in annoyance. "You aren't helping dude." He thought to himself.

"I sincerely hope this is some misplaced desire on your part to protect us than some belief we can't handle ourselves in a fight as well you two could?" Dr. Director said in a frosty voice.

"It's just that you are the head of Global Justice Dr. Director. What will happen to the organization if something happens to you?" Ron tried one more time to explain.

"If we don't stop these Deadite creatures here and now, there may not be much of a future for Global Justice anyway and before I was the head administrator for Global Justice I was one of its best agents. I'm going! Those are my people that have been turned and I will see them restored!"

Ron reluctantly nodded his head. He knew he was going to lose the argument before he started. Turning he glanced at Kim to see silent tears running down her face.

"Kim?" He asked.

"You wanted to leave me behind?" Kim whispered.

"Kim it's just that…" Ron started and then paused. With his voice breaking with emotion he tried again. "Ash here says we have almost no chance to get Shego back. I'm not accepting that but if he is right, we've lost her for good and if you go down there and something happens to you as well. I don't think I can…" Ron swallowed a few times. "I don't want to live if I lose you as well." He finally whispered.

Kim reached out a hand and gently cupped Ron's face. "Don't you understand Ron? If we can't reverse what has been done to Shego, I've lost her too. And if you go down and don't come back up…" Kim stifled a sob. "Then I know I couldn't go on either. I wouldn't want to. We're a team Ronald Stoppable. We go into danger together and we come out of it together or not at all."

Ron nodded his head. "But what about Shego?"

"We take her with us. As Mr. Williams put it, how much worse can she get than being a possessed Deadite?" Kim stated.

"Just call me Ash. There really isn't a need for formalities when you are about to walk into the depth of Hell now is there?"

A distant rustling noise could be heard in the corridors behind them.

"Sounds like the Deadites managed to clear that stairwell I destroyed." Ron said glancing back that way. "If we are going we better do it now before they reach us and we have to fight again."

Ash was standing at elevator shaft looking down. He glanced back at Dr. Director. "Dr. Director huh? Seems kind of a severe name for a lady."

Once again Dr. Director looked Ash up and down slowly. "My first name is Betty. As you say it is quite silly to be formal when risking one's life with others. You may call me Betty."

"Well Betty if you'll pardon one more male chauvinism, instead of letting a lady go first I will just in case something is waiting below." So saying Ash leapt into the elevator shaft and using his metallic right hand he caught the elevator cable and started sliding down it. Faint sparks could be seen coming from his metal hand as it slid along the cable.

Dr. Director reached down to a small almost unnoticeable pouch on her jumpsuit's belt and pulled out a pair of leather gloves and pulled them on. With a nod at Ron and Kim she then leapt out and caught the cable as well and started sliding down.

Kim turning pulled Ron's head down to hers and kissed him. "For luck." She said and then jumping out she caught the cable and started down as well.

"All ready Shego?" Ron asked turning his head and saying over his shoulder to the tied possessed green skinned woman.

Shego gave a high pitched laugh and replied. "We shall feast on all of your souls."

Ron nodded his head. "I'll take that as a yes."

As Ron stood on the edge of the elevator shaft, Rufus climbed down and got into his jacket pocket for the climb.

With a leap he reached out and caught the cable and began his climb downwards.