In three locations in Middleton, Colorado, three pocket communicators suddenly made a familiar four-tone alert. The devices were removed from pockets, and keyed to make contact with Wade and each other. To prevent confusion, it was agreed that Kim would answer, and Jenny and Ron listen at first.
"What up, Wade?" asked Kim. The small screen was split into quarters; Wade in one, Ron in a second, and Jenny in the third. The fourth quarter was flashing data.
"DNAmy and some of her creations have been spotted in Iowa," answered Wade. "She stole a tractor-trailer, and her destination seems to be an animal food plant."
"Any idea on what she's up to?" asked Kim.
"None. You know it's hard to tell with her," he added.
"Yeah. Ride?" asked Kim.
"At your house in twenty minutes," said Wade. "It should get you there not very long after she does."
"Thanks, Wade. Guys, you know the drill," said Kim.
"Be there ASAP, KP," said Ron.
"On my way," said Jenny.
Three communicators were keyed off, apologies were made to friends, and the members of Team Possible were off on another mission.
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Amy drove her stolen truck up to the gate at the Checkerboard Animal Food Plant No. 3 and stopped. A bored-looking guard came out of his shack and went to the cab as Amy rolled down the window. She gave him a big, friendly grin as the door on the other side of the cab quietly opened, and a hulking figure got out.
"You lost, lady?" the guard asked.
"Oh, heavens no, dearie, I'm right where I need to be," she said, and held out her hand to him. "Cookie? Made them myself!"
"Ah, no, thanks. We don't have any trucks sched--" replied the guard.
"You're just a meanie!" Amy interrupted, "Refusing a perfectly good cookie like that!" She looked behind the guard. "Snout!"
The guard spun, caught a glimpse of a manlike figure with a pig's head, then was out like a light.
Snout gently picked up the guard and returned him to his shack, then hit the button that opened the gate. While it opened, he climbed back into the cab.
"You did make sure he was comfortable?" Amy asked. Snout grunted in reply, and Amy smiled. She put the truck in gear, and headed for the loading dock.
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About ten minutes later, Kim, Ron, Rufus, and Jenny arrived to find people fleeing the plant, both on foot and in vehicles. They heard a roar in the direction of the building.
"I remember that roar! The Snow Beast!" said Ron, teeth chattering.
"Yeah, snowbeast!" added Rufus, looking scared.
Jenny looked at Kim. "Snow Beast?"
"Long story. It's a rabbit crossed with a rhino, and huge," said Kim.
Jenny stared at her. "You're kidding, right?"
"I wish. DNAmy is one of the world's top geneticists, but she's also insane. She's made all kinds of weird crosses like that, calls them her 'living Cuddle Buddies'."
"Oh, like your Pandaroo," said Jenny.
"Um, yeah," said Kim. "Keep an eye out. There's no telling what she's brought with her."
The last of the workers had passed through the gate, so Team Possible had a clear path to follow. They jumped into a golf cart by the guard shack, and headed in the direction of the roar.
At the building they climbed out and cautiously crept around the side. The loading dock came into view, and Amy's truck was backed up to a door. There were scraping and thumping sounds coming from it, but nothing of what was going on could be seen.
Turning the corner they crouched low and slipped inside a door, apparently unseen.
"Okay, Ron and I will scout outside the truck, see what she has with her. Jinx, you go through the building, and see what you can find out there. We'll meet back here and decide what to do," said Kim.
"Right," said Jenny, and she was gone.
"C'mon, Ron," said Kim, and started to open the door.
"Ah, I'd like a better idea of where the Snow Beast is, first," said Ron.
"Me too, but it's so big and noisy, we'll have plenty of warning," answered Kim.
Reluctantly, Ron followed Kim out the door and toward the truck.
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Quietly as a mouse, Jinx slipped between the hastily abandoned machines toward the storage and warehouse section. When she heard a female voice, she stopped and hid behind a crate. Cautiously she looked around it.
The truck had been backed up to the bay door, and the doors opened wide. Two large men (?) were loading hand trucks with 100-pound bags of feed, and carrying them into the truck. A short, plump woman wearing a pink sweater was watching them.
"That's it, babies, load it aaaall the way up!" she said, and did a pirouette. Jinx got a glimpse of short black hair and glasses.
Suddenly the woman stopped moving, and tilted her head like she was listening to something. "Back in a few minutes, dears, momma's going to see what else her babies might like!" She walked away and out of Jinx's view.
"Kim was right, she does have some issues," thought Jinx as she watched the truck being loaded. "I'd better find out where she went." She crept up to the end of the crate, and just as she stepped into the open, she heard a sound like 'phhht!" and felt a sharp pain in her neck. She was out almost instantly.
Amy caught the pink-haired teen, and laid her down gently. "My, she certainly is unique! I can't wait to study her DNA!" Amy pulled up the sleeve of Jinx's mission shirt, swabbed her inner elbow with alcohol, and took a blood sample. She swabbed a coagulant over the needle's entry point and pulled the sleeve back down. Then she clipped a couple of hairs and put them into a test tube and sealed it tightly.
"That should do it!" she said in triumph, and put the tubes away. The sedative should wear off in about ten minutes, but Amy was prepared to administer another dose if she woke up before they were through loading the truck.
That meanie Kim Possible should be around here somewhere, but the Rhinobit, once known around Mt. Middleton as the Snow Beast, would take care of her.
Back at the truck a lot of progress had been made. It was nearly half full of bags.
"Good work, my lovelies! The quicker we get it loaded, the quicker everyone will get dinner," she said.
Suddenly a door by the bay opened, and in walked Kim and Ron.
"Is that what this is about, Amy? Dinner for your... creations?" asked Kim, crossing her arms.
"Why, yes, it is! I'm out of food, and they have to eat, so I came to the source!" replied Amy.
Kim and Ron looked at each other. "Couldn't you have just bought it over the web and had it delivered?" asked Ron.
Amy looked puzzled. "Buy it? Buy it?" Then she brightened. "That never occurred to me! My babies do need exercise too, you know."
Kim took a fighting stance. "They'll get plenty of food and exercise when you're in jail and they're in a habitat."
Amy giggled. "Silly girl, I can't wait that long! I'm out of food NOW! And I don't think my babies will like it if you stop them from being fed."
There was an earsplitting roar from farther inside the building, and with a loud thumping sound the Rhinobit hopped into view. It glared at the teen heroes.
"Get them!" shouted Amy, pointing.
The Rhinobit roared again, and hopped towards them.
Kim turned Ron and pushed him back out the door. He didn't need much encouragement.
Outside they hopped off the top of the bay that was level with the truck bed, and ran towards another building. They were halfway there when the metal door of the next bay down suddenly bulged out and flew off the hinges.
The Rhinobit roared and looked around. It spotted them, and hopped after them.
They got to the building and turned around. They were in an indented section of the building, which was two stories tall. There were no doors.
The Rhinobit arrived and roared again. Kim and Ron looked both ways, but it was no use. They were trapped.