Black Lotus

Corridor of Space Center

Ron walked quickly out of the room and caught up with the assembled group. He grabbed Kim by the arm and pulled her from her family. The synthodrones stepped between the group, Kim, and Ron. Dr. Possible turned to Ron.

"Ronald, what are you doing now?"

Ron held Kim's arm tightly causing her to wince. She would have moaned from the pain but she was not going to give Ron the satisfaction. "All of you continue with the drones to the vehicles. We will join you in a moment. Someone wants to meet your daughter and explain her situation. Any resistance will be dealt with severely." Ron stated. "Her continued health is in your hands. I have no doubts that you don't care what happens to yourselves, but Kimberly will be the recipient of any punishment dealt out, so think about it."

Dr. Possible stepped up Ron and stared deep into the mirrored sunglasses on Ron's face. "If you cause my daughter any more pain, Ronald, or if anything else happens to her, there will not be a place on earth you will be able to hide from me. Then when I find you, I promise you a first class seat on the first missile that I can get my hands on."

Ron smiled at Dr. P. "You and what army?"

Mr. Possible's face turned a brilliant red. Mrs. Possible came over, took her husband by the arm and pulled him away from Ron. Her face turned toward Ron with fear, sorrow and disappointment.

The drones herded the families down the hall and around the corner and disappeared from sight. Kim turned to Ron and was about to ask whom they were waiting for when a familiar smell and voice came to her nose and ears.

"Well, squeeb, I see you understood my orders to hold your former girlie back for a minute."

Kim whirled to see Gill limp from the shadows. He had a number of bruises and burns on his skin.

"Oh yeah, the little surprise you two left me in that room really hurt. I was lucky the new body my new boss gave me was able to survive. It does my heart good to see Ronnie here doing my bidding. He has a lot of work to do to make up for the pain he has caused me." Gill hissed.

"and you Miss Possible, oh I do have plans for you."

Gill reached out and laid a finger on Kim's face. Kim cringed at his touch.

"Squeeb, take her back to her cell, I think I will keep her here."

"Master that might anger her father. He is barely cooperating as it is. If you keep her here and not release her as promised he will have no reason to cooperate any more." He stated bowing his head to Gill.

"Besides, you will have time later, use him until he has no use then take her at your leisure and pleasure."

Kim spun and slapped Ron hard enough to snap his head back.

Ron reached up and rubbed the side of his face.

"She has spirit."

Kim's arm flashed forward again but this time Ron caught it and before Kim realized what had happened she had been spun around and her arm twisted behind her back. It didn't hurt, but the threat was there.

Gill gave a hissing laugh and leaned forward to a point where his face was inches from Kim's face.

"Oh we will have time together later, and after a dose of some special spit. You will be obedient and appreciative."

Kim closed her eyes and turned her face away. Gill fetid breath made it hard to breathe.

Ron's hands pulled her away.

"We need to be going. Her father will be concerned if we do not return to the group quickly."

"Okay, Ron, get them settled. You are in charge. Let them know that one mistake on their part earns Miss Possible a one way trip back here and the extras." Gill ordered Ron. "I will send Miss Rockwaller later today. She is to be your assistant. She requested that posting, and I can't think of anyone better to watch over Miss Possible here."

Ron bowed to Gill and guided Kim past Gill and down the hall. After a few steps, he released her arm and gave her a gentle push. Kim turned and gazed into the expressionless face of Ron. She rubbed her arm where he had twisted it. Kim realized that Ron could have inflicted a great deal more pain if he had wanted to. She turned and preceded Ron up the hall to join her family.

Possible Residence

Ron followed the synthodrones into the Possible home, his hand tightly around Kim's arm. He led her into the home and gave her a small push inside. The door and windows had been repaired. Plywood covered the broken windows. The walls and ceiling still had numerous holes and damp spots. The destroyed furniture had been removed and in its place were pieces that seemed to be from the local bargain store. The other Possibles and the Stoppables were escorted by the drones into the home as Ron stood in the door. All of them had been outfitted with an ankle bracelet that would monitor their movements. After all of the families had settled down in the repaired living room, Ron set up the main transmitter unit in the hallway of the home. He pulled a radio from his belt.

"Stoppable to base. Monitor in place. Are you receiving signal?"

"Base to Stoppable. Affirmative all 7 signals coming in loud and clear." The radio squalled back.

"I will stay here for the next few days. There is no need for other guards. Be sure to send the food as needed. If you need Dr. Possible for any reason then contact me here."

"Affirmative, oh, someone here wants to speak to you." The radio operator stated.

"Ronny-poo, I was just checking when I could come to the home. I would just love to help you take care of Kim." Bonnie's voice crackled over the radio.

Kim's head snapped around when she heard Bonnie's voice.

"Just come on in a couple of hours or so, Bon-Bon. I need sometime to get a few things straight then I call for you. I am sure we all will have some fun." Ron responded over the radio as he stared at Kim.

Kim's eyes narrowed and her knuckles crackled as she clenched her fists. Ron just smiled and turned his back. Ron motioned for all the drones to come to him. They strode over and circled around him.

"Return to the Space Center. I will be able to handle things from here. Miss Rockwaller will need transportation here in about 3 hours. See that she arrives here on time."

The drones turned and went out of the door. Ron turned to the two assembled families and started to speak.

Ron felt a blow to his face that snapped his head hard to the right. A kick to his midsection knocked him spinning into the wall. His body bounced off the wall and he fell to his knees. Stunned he turned to face an enraged Kim, who was recovering from the flying kick and punch she had just dealt him. Her eyes burned with a fire he had seldom ever seen. A fire of rage. She threw a punch that lifted him off his knees and onto his back on the floor.

Kim pinned the stunned Ron to the floor and sat on his chest. "I loved you, you were the one I always thought I could trust. You showed me a love that most people dream of getting. I thought I saw everything in you I could ever want in someone." She screamed as she knelt over top of him. She pulled back her fist ready to deliver a highly satisfying blow when a hand stopped her.

Her furious eyes turned to see her father holding her arm back.

"Stop, Kimmie-cub, it's Ron, it's all been a fake." He said with tears in his eyes. "Don't hurt Ron, he tricked us all."

"F..fa..fake?" Kim stammered.

She slowly turned to face Ron as he lay on the floor. He turned to her and opened his eyes; blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. She drew a breath in. He had one brown eye and one green glowing eye. She then felt wetness on her fist. She looked at the fist that she had struck him. Something green and glowing was stuck to it. Her father released her arm as her other hand touched the green glowing object. It looked like, it felt like…..

"Contacts?" she whispered.

She turned back to Ron to see him reach up to his other eye and remove the other contact. He showed it to her.

"Kim" he started. "Wade and I came up with the idea. We figured I would end up in a fight sooner or later. He and I thought that I would have the opportunity to fake being turned into a drone. Wade sent me these contacts to make my eyes green. They even glowed the same color as the real drone eyes. He also gave me a pill that would show up in my blood in case they tested me. I couldn't tell you because that was part of the act."

"Part of the act?" She asked slowly.

"Yes" Ron continued as he sat up. He held her hands gazing into her eyes. "If I carried you in cooperating then they might suspected something. So, I tricked you like this, knowing it would upset you and that you wouldn't be acting. Bonnie being around was unplanned but was just an added bonus to help the charade work. She wanted to get back at you so bad."

Ron stood and stepped up to Kim as she stood also. He took her into his arms and gently touched her face. His voice quivered as he gazed into her emerald eyes. "Kim, I am so, so sorry. I hurt you in so many ways I never ever imagined I would. I betrayed your trust and your love. I threw you on the ground, I pushed you, I hurt you. I want you to finish that punch. I deserve it."

He dropped his arms and stepped back as he stood straight.

"Finish the punch, Kim." He stated.

He waited, a few seconds passed, then a few more. He opened his eyes to see Kim standing there arm cocked back ready to punch. She stood there lip quivering, tears pouring from her eyes.

Anger still boiling within her, remembering the shock, being bound and gagged, thrown around like dirty laundry. She remembered the words he spoke and the hurt and pain they caused. It was all a fake to rescue their parents. Now he stood before her, telling her to hit him. His soft brown eyes were tearing into her soul. She saw his pain; he knew the hurt he had caused her. As much as he had hurt her, it had to have hurt him even more. Her heart broke again, not in sorrow, but in pure love and joy. This boy, this man, had laid it all on the line again. He was willing to risk everything to keep her and their families safe. She dropped her arm and took a couple of steps toward him.

Ron watched as took a step toward him then another. Her hand moved like lighting and the room resounded in a solid slap that made both sets of parents wince. Then her arms were around his neck and her face buried into his shoulder. She sobbed soaking his shirt. His face stinging from the slap, he raised his arms, and wrapped them around her, molding himself to her. He planted his face into her hair kissing the top of her head as he held her. After a few moments he glanced up to see their parents and the twins standing there. The parents eyes gleaming and the twins watching in wide eyed wonder.

"Super cool, like Ron"

"fooled everyone"

"Hoo-Sha!" they said together and gave each other a high five.

Ron and Kim laughed at the twins' reaction and then turned to face each other again. Ron glanced into Kim's eyes and saw that same demure glance that she had given him the night of the prom. The same look of love and trust that he had gained that night. However, this look now was the same yet different. Something in that look showed that she felt something deeper that she had ever felt before. He reached down under her chin and brought it up to gaze into her eyes.

"Cootie alert, Cootie alert" Tim and Jim called.

Ron and Kim laughed at the twins. Ron pulled Kim's chin up and gently kissed her lips. Kim closed her eyes and felt the warmth of another kiss. She put her arms around Ron's neck and pulled him into a long kiss. Ron soon broke the kiss.

"Ahh…KP our folks and your brothers are watching." Ron whispered into her ear.

Kim turned to her father as she was wiping her eyes. "How, daddy… how did you know?"

James Possible came up beside Ron.

"Well Kimmie-Cub, when Ron took me out of the cell and got me on the elevator he told me what was going on. From then on, I trusted him with everything. His ideas allowed me to get into the main computer systems of the center. I was able to plant several viruses designed by Wade. I was also able to insert several other programs that will allow us to fully monitor everything they are doing."

Ron continued. "and while he was working on the computers I was able to place some other monitoring devices and most importantly, I was able to place a number of charges in the main lab. Before we fire them, Wade will send a false evacuation alarm in the main lab buildings. Then we can blow it without anyone getting hurt."

Mr. Possible turned to face Ron. "Ronald, no matter what the reason, I do believe you could have told Kim what was going on. I know the reasons that you did not, but you hurt her more than anyone else ever has. If I could have gotten my hands on you, you would be on your way to Mars by now. You did rescue us, but I am still very angry with you with the way you treated my daughter."

Kim stepped up to her father.

"No, daddy, please don't be angry with him. The plan was right. I am not that good of an actor. What he did was fine. Yes, it hurt; it hurt more than anything else in this world."

She turned and took Ron's hand.

"But, I have learned that the Ron I know and love risked everything to save me and all of us. Even if it meant that he could lose my love forever, he still did it. I trust him now more that ever."

She reached up to cup his cheek with her hand and looked at Ron with loving eyes.

"Now what, Son?" Mr. Stoppable asked.

"First, we get the monitoring devices off of all of you. The system I set up is sending a fake signal. It is telling the Space Center that all of you are here. The monitors on you are not really transmitting. Wade had already set up a system to fool them so when we cut them off they will not raise an alarm. Our transport is waiting in the garage. He told me that he had a place for us to hide. Then with Wade and Dr. P's help, Kim and I will try to find a way to stop these dudes. So Kim, if you please, I think you should be first."

Kim sat down and Ron knelt in front of her as he drew the knife from his belt. He took her ankle gently in his hands and carefully sliced through the band holding the monitor on her leg.

He raised his eyes and gazed into her eyes. She smiled.

"Are you sure you don't have something to ask while you are down there on your knee?"

"WHA..? HUH…?" Ron asked then his eyes grew wide when he realized what Kim was hinting at.

BEEP BEEP BE BEEP

Ron reached into his pocket, pulled the Kimmunicator from his pocket, and gave it to Kim. She took it and activated the screen. "Go Wade, and I have a BIG bone to pick with you."

Wade gave Kim a sheepish grin on the screen. "I uh take it that Ron just gave you the story."

Kim pulled Ron over and gave him a kiss in full view of the screen.

"I take that as a yes." Wade grinned.

"What's the plan Wade?" Kim asked.

"There is a stealth hovercraft in the garage. I have a place for you and everyone to hide." Wade mentioned.

Jim and Tim came running up. "RON, KIM, Bonnie is coming up the walk."

"Later, Wade got a situation here." Kim turned off the device and put it back into her pocket. She handed Ron back his sunglasses then sitting down in a chair forced herself to cry. The others took the hint, gathered around her, and glared to Ron. Ron put on his sunglasses and turned to face the door as it opened and Bonnie sauntered in.

Bonnie saw Kimmie crying and smiled a gleeful smile.

"Oh, poor little Kimmie. You can sit there and watch this."

Bonnie stepped up to Ron, wrapped herself around him, and began a slow dance. She smiled and raised her hands and took off his sunglasses as she danced with him. She stopped for a second. She realized his eyes were clear brown. A hand tapped her on her shoulder, and she turned to face Kim with her eyes blazing in anger.

"Cutting in" Kim said. Her fist slammed into Bonnie's face spinning her around and dropping her to the floor.

"Oww," Kim said shaking her hand, "Remind me not to do that without gloves anymore. That hurt, but it felt SO good!"


Bonnie groaned and then hissed at them from the floor.

"So, somehow it was all a big fake. Well Kimmie and Ronnie, you both are so in trouble." With that, Bonnie brought out a device and pressed a button.

"Every synthodrone within miles will be here in minutes." Bonnie growled at them as she stood.

"Say good night Bonnie." Ron stated and with a smooth spin caught Bonnie in a near perfect kick that dropped her like a stone.

Kim pulled out the Kimmunicator and called Wade.

"Wade, big trouble. We have been discovered. Bonnie just waltzed in here on us. We need to move fast."

Wade started typing on his computer and everyone heard a rumble from the garage. "Ok Kim the engines are started, get to the hovercraft as soon as possible. The coordinates where you are heading have already been entered, so just start the flight sequence."

"Okay, Wade, we are moving now." Kim motioned for everyone and they started running for the garage. There was a cracking at the door. The door that had been repaired came slamming down as a number of synthodrones came in the door. Ron's eye glowed blue and the Lotus Blade appeared in his hand. He raised the palm of one hand and a blast of blue light flew from his hand and destroyed the drones as they entered the room.

"Ron, hold them off, I'll get everyone to the hovercraft." Kim ordered.

Ron nodded and moved to protect all of them as they ran for the garage. More and more drones were entering the house smashing the few remaining intact windows on their way in.

Kim disappeared down the hall as she ushered their families toward the garage. She helped them all into the craft then turned and waited for Ron. He appeared in the door as he slowly backed up. He had fashioned the Blade into a shield and was using power blasts to keep the drones at bay.

Kim heard a smash and turned to see the garage door being torn off the hinges. With an enraged roar, Gill stomped into the garage. Ron turned and leaped in attack. Gill threw up his hands and with his claws deflected the blade but quickly came about and slashed out , hitting Ron across the chest. Ron screamed as Gill's claws dug deep furrows across his chest. Gill's next blow hit Ron square and sent him into the wall where he dropped to the floor unmoving. The already enraged Kim let out a furious scream, her necklace glowing as she leapt at the surprised Gill. He howled as the blue-glowing kick knocked him senseless into the driveway. Running over to Ron, Kim reached down to help her lover as other hands joined her, glancing around to see her father grabbing Ron by the shirt. She then heard the familiar blasts of the standard GJ laser rifle. She turned to see her brothers laying waste to any approaching synthodrones with laser rifles taken from the hovercraft. They covered Kim and Dr. P as they picked up Ron and carried him into the hovercraft. She helped her dad put Ron on a bed and quickly turned to hit the hatch button that slammed the door shut. She then jumped to the controls and hit the switch that sent the hovercraft flying toward their destination.

All was quiet inside the hovercraft as it flew into the unknown. Reliving the recent events in her mind, Kim as unsure at how she suddently was able to call the power of her necklace. But was grateful it helped her save her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Mrs. Dr. Possible had taken off Ron's shirt and was tending to the cuts on his chest. He moaned slightly as Mrs. Possible dabbed disinfectant on the cuts. Kim slid into the seat beside the bed and glanced at her mother for the verdict. Mrs. Possible smiled at her daughter's concern.

"He'll be alright Kimmie; they are just cuts, little deep but still just cuts. He also has a good size bump on his head." Mrs. P told her daughter.

Ron opened his eyes and saw Kim sitting there.

"Wow, what a sight to wake up too. I'll let Gill KO me any time if this is what I get to wake up to." Ron groaned as he sat up. Kim leaned over and gave him a gentle kiss.

"That is what you will get every time you wake up." Kim purred.

Ron turned and smiled at Kim. "We need to call Wade and give those goons at the center a final calling card from Team Possible."

Kim pulled the Kimmunicator from her pocket and contacted Wade.

"Wade, we made it out. Ron was cut up a little and got some sense knocked out of him, but he will be okay. If you will send that fake alarm to evacuate the base, we want to give those guys a little parting present."

Wade typed at his terminal then turned and smiled on the screen. "Okay, Kim, your call, just press the main button on the Kimmunicator to fire the charges."

Ron smiled at Kim and nodded.

"Go ahead, your turn."

Kim pressed the button and the screen on the Kimmunicator changed to an exterior view of the Center. Small explosions were visible in a number of areas and smoke poured from several buildings. People ran different directions attempting to contain the damage.

Wade's face appeared on the screen again. "We'll check later using our snoops and see what damage we were able to do. By the way, I haven't been able to tell you where you are going and it's going to be interesting. This is a special GJ base that has been kept secret. It's small but has living quarters, labs, a kitchen and everything else you will need."

"Just where is this base, Wade?" Kim asked.

"Oh, I'm sure that Ron will be very familiar with the area. The base is located under a place very familiar to him. It's near a lake and under a local summer camp."

Ron's eyes opened wide when he realized what Wade was talking about.

"OH NO, please tell me I am not hearing what I am hearing!" he screamed.

"Sorry, Ron, but the base is located under Camp Wannaweep." Wade said.

"NOOOOO!" screamed Ron as the hovercraft flew into the sky.

Thanks for all the support. Rich and I really appreciate it. We are working on the next chapter now. As always Disney owns all the characters. Rich and I own this story.