The Rook III: Vendetta
By mkusenagi2
The
story concept © 6-28-2006
All
Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim
Possible and other Disney characters
are
© Disney Co.
Let's
Set The Tone Folks.
With
all due respect to Mr. Bill Withers
AND
his EXCELLENT Music…
Lean
On Me Lyrics
Artist(Band):Bill Withers
Sometimes
in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we
are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean
on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll
help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please
swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no
one can fill those of your needs
That you WON'T let show
you
just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need
somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that YOU'LL
understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean
on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll
help you carry on
For, it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
YA just call on me brother, when
you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might
have a problem that YOU'LL understand
We all need somebody to
lean on
If
there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm
right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call
me
call me (if you need a friend)
call me (call me)
call me
(if you need a friend)
call me (if you ever need a friend)
call
me (call me)
call me (call me)
call me (call me)
call me
(call me)
call me (if you need A friend)
call me (call me)
call
me (call me)
call me (call me)
call me (call me)
call me
6-24-2004
Somewhere
in the
American
Southwest
5
miles outside
Project
Pegasus
1200
hrs
Logan and Ron were trekking across the desert away from the Pegasus complex…
"So why are we walking around out here sir, I thought we were gonna use a jet or something to get to our 1st target?"
"…"
"Ok kid, we're gonna cover some things about technique while we get this thing done. You've been lucky so far. When you're in the battlefield it pays to fight with what you started with first. Powers are great, but there's NO replacement for diplomacy and a battle hardened skill set." Logan said while he and Ron walked through the desert.
"…"
"Ok."
"You take opponents to a scary place when you decide to fight 'em like a man from time to time." Logan tapped Ron on the arm and motioned for him to watch a tarantula.
"Oh! Like a 'Do you really have me where you want me' kind of thing."
"Exactly. There are 2 reasons we're out here… 3 really." Logan said as they watched a tarantula bite a lizard, a scorpion sting the tarantula, and a Gila Monster eat them all.
The desert's a really cool place and full of life if ya know where to look.
Deserts are great teachin' tools… builds character.
They're beautiful.
"Cool!" Ron said. 'This is SO cool! I'm walking around with one of the greatest heroes on the planet like it's nothin'… just 2 guys out here takin' in God's country… I hope the girls are ok…'
"Oh yeah Ron… there's a fourth reason…" Logan said as he walked up to an outcropping.
"What's that… Logan?"
"While yer in this biz always make sure you've got some key hidden assets." He said as he pressed a portion of the rockface. A door opened in the outcropping and they entered.
"So what's down h… WOW!" Ron asked as they walked down a corridor that was 'shaped' out of the living rock into a hidden complex.
"When you've lived as long as I have… ya learn ta 'salt' some things here an' there… for a rainy day. We can fly out of here on a fully armed an' stealthed version of the Xbird, teleport anywhere ya like on earth, drive out in one of my 'small' vehicles, or use the tube network (that's worldwide)."
Ron SMILED.
"Dude… can we try out the jet?"
"Sure."
---
Meanwhile…
"Kim, did he go for it?" Sheila asked.
"Yeah. He didn't stand a chance. How'd you know he'd go for it?"
Sheila turned Scarlet.
"oh."
"Don't worry Kim… Logan's a great guy… he won't let anything happen to Ron."
"Cool."
"You should feel sorry for the other guys out there."
---
Part I
6-25-2004
Oxneck
Prison
MaxSec
Block
Go
City, CA
1400
hrs
'Man he was pathetic before but this… chicken legs!' Ron thought as he and Logan sat across the table from one Mervin Putz aka Aviarius dressed in a prison issue shirt, shoes, and… cutoffs (Dear God No… My EYES).
"So tell us again," Logan growled as he popped a clawtip, "How did Drakken get his hands on your samples?"
"I TOLD you… he had this woman… an athletic type… long dark hair… Asian… moved like a cat… visit me… conjugally… and she demanded to know where I hid them… couldn't… wouldn't say no… she worked me over SOOOO GOOOD that I told her…"
"POW!" went Ron's fist as he smacked it into Aviarius' face. The guards 'didn't see anything'.
"LOOK dude… we're here 'cause one of my partners is dinged up, NOT to hear about your Twisted life… just tell us what we need to know or I'll break those 'chicken legs' of yours for starters… Capise?"
"Ok, ok… Like I said that's how he got my samples of the Go meteorite."
"I guess we're done here… we'll tell the Warden you Co-opped… let's go dude." Ron said as he walked over to the exit.
"Sure."
"So tell me…" Putz said as Ron started to leave, "what're they like… Shego and Possible… in the sa…"
Several things happened at once…
The ROCK Face emerged…
The guards turned to face the wall…
Logan spun out of the way…
Ron somehow was in front of Putz and kicked him SO hard in the googlies that a 'CRACK' was heard THROUGH the soundproofed walls of the interrogation room.
Blue eldritch fire blazed from Ron's eyes while Putz crumpled and went into shock.
Ron looked around at the guards…
The Warden's voice came in on the PA…
"He FELL… RIGHT?"
"Yeah."
"Good. I hope you catch 'em Sir. We'll clean up this mess."
---
Later at the Nest…
"So what are we looking for… exactly?"
"You're lookin' for any material clues while I use my senses to check the place out… hold on… I'll be right back…" Logan went into the henchladies room.
While Logan searched Ron found a 5 Gig datastick under a table and put it in his pouch.
'I'll let Wade and the lab boys check this.'
'Somethin' smells familiar… I got a blood scent… I KNOW this one too…'
'Gotcha!'
Logan entered the room, Ron told him about the datastick.
"Great. Ron we've got to go to Madripoor."
"Why?"
"To check on an 'ex' of mine."
"Ok, but I have to make 2 stops 1st."
"Lead on McDuff!"
---
1st stop Go Tower…
"Logan are you SURE they're here?"
"Scents don't lie kid. 'Sides someone brought some mushroom wraps into this place. Don't ya smell 'em?"
"Yeah… let's get this over with…"
"What's the problem Ron… you said you needed to come here." 'I hope Hego and the guy's don't get bent 'cause I'm here…'
"You'll see."
Ron unclipped the hanbo (in bracelet mode) from his wrist, returned it to its normal state, placed his hand on the sensor pad and activated the Name. His hand glowed blue like Hego's and the doors slid open.
"Ok Dude be ready for anything… I'm sure they'll have an alarm going off…"
"5 by 5, kid."
They walked into Team Go's headquarters…
And rolled to opposite sides of the room to avoid being hit by the Go Tower round table!
WHOOSH… BAM!
"You dare to come here after what you did last TIME?" Hego roared at Logan.
'I guess he still is mad…'
"Team Go… ATTACK!"
---
Meanwhile
at…
Project
Pegasus'
Infirmary
Sheila
Goble's
Room
1400
hrs
Bonnie was trying to talk to Shego while Kim watched on with a smirk. One of those 'just us girls' conversations.
"So… uh… how are you feeling?"
"Like roasted dogshit. Why do you ask?" 'Heh!' Kim and Sheila echoed.
"Uh… well…" Ghost.
"Look… if you're wondering what he's like… well… he's a gentleman… he's VERY sweet, compassionate, a master chef, intelligent, stacked… Great Package…"
"Oh uh… Really?" Nova Beetroot.
'Call the New York Times and The Wall, Bonnie's visible from orbit!' Kim thought as she Cheshired.
"Isn't that right… Kim?"
"OHHH YEAAAHH!" Pink.
"But that's NOT the reason WE love him."
"?"
"Ron took two bullets for me… despite the way we've treated him… he laid his life on the line for me… Kim… and the world."
"WOW!"
"Yeah… when you get through all of his defenses… You find out that Ron has a way of making a gal feel Golden… He only wants to be with YOU… not try to snag you so you're another notch on a belt 'cause of the way you look… He has a way of making your life look great and magical and coaxes you into seeing how enchanting you are in his eyes… and why he'll work hard not to let you down."
"oh."
'Gotcha!' Kim and Sheila echoed.
"So… do you like Prada?" Sheila asked with an innocent Smile.
---
Back at Go Tower…
"What the HELL did you DO to piss them off?" Ron asked while kicking several Wegos in their heads with the 'Lightfoot' while twirling on his bo Drunken Monkey style.
"It's complicated… see they wanted to join the X-Men…"
"Your leader said NO…" Hego said as he tried to grab an evasive Logan.
"Yeah… What he said…"
"Ok… So why?"
"Ow!" Mego said as Ron coldcocked him with the Bo as he tried to shrink and evade him.
"Charles said they couldn't cut it…" Logan said as he ducked and rolled through Hego's legs.
"No… not that…" Ron said as he took on a new wave of Wegos with Drunken Monkey Lashes His Tail.
"Get him!" they cried, "Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow!"
"Oh yeah… welll… Sheila and I go way back…"
'Oh No… wait 'til I get back… She's telling me EVERYTHING!'
"And one thing led to another…" Logan deflected a blow with Hsing Yi's Tiger's Shape Steps Forward and kicked him away with a boot to the ass.
"What's 'another'?"
"They walked in on us… after the meeting… the table that he threw…"
"AAAAWWW MAAANNN… you… and Shego… what is with you guys…" 'Gotta stop this…'
"Wolverine… Duck!" The Rook fired up the Name and pole-vaulted into Hego's face feet first, full force, and knocked him out.
"No!" The Twins cried.
Wolverine popped his claws and waited.
The Twins stopped fighting and surrendered.
Ron bound Hego with the Bo and waited for him to regain consciousness.
While they waited for Hego and Mego to recover Ron asked Logan a Question.
"So tell me something why is it… all the guys I meet screwed her and never got her to go straight… while I'm the guy that refused to do that and got her to go straight just by loving and respecting her?"
"!"
---
Somewhere in Madripoor…
A lackey reported to his Mistress.
"They are asking questions… Patch and the Other… about you… seeking Her… for what SHE did to Shego."
"Let them come… I am Ready." 'I did what I had to, to regain my freedom… hopefully what I've found will square us… Beloved.'
"Yes Mistress."
---
Back
At Pegasus
Sheila
Goble's
Room
1430
hrs
"I heard he was a good chef…" Bonnie said.
"Girl 'Good' isn't the word for what he does in the kitchen. If Kim and I didn't workout as much as we do we'd be Very Big women."
"Yeah… it was quite a shock when I found out he could cook like that. I found out on that mission we had when you tutored Sr. Jr."
"Oh Yeah! The time we tried to steal Granny Crockett's cookie recipe…"
"You should've asked Ron to write a recipe for you. His cookies are WAY better than hers!"
"I heard about that one," Bonnie said, "on the Internet…"
"!"
"Ok Bonnie… Spill!"
"…"
"I'm a fan… of what you do…"
"So… why are you so snarky to me and Ron?"
"Uh… My sisters…"
"Get on your case to the point you have to be tough with everybody out of habit… Right?" Sheila asked.
"Yeah."
Kim looked at Sheila.
"I know the feeling… I've got 4 brothers that drove me crazy… crazier after we got our powers… Hego wanted to join the X-Men."
"No!" Kim shrieked with laughter.
"Ohh yeah… it's one of the reasons that I went solo… the X-Men rejected us and they were right… course it didn't help matters that I was working DEEP cover ops for SHIELD… my brothers thought I went 'bad'…"
"So did I… I'm sorry…" Kim said as she reached over and squeezed Sheila's hand.
"Thanks."
"…"
"So how did you meet Henri and get this 'exclusive' Prada deal" Bonnie asked.
---
While the guys talked about Sheila, Hego and Mego came to.
"Untie Me…" roared Hego.
"Ohhh my head, Hego give it a rest willya?" Mego cried.
"…"
"I came to tell you something… and you're gonna listen… You can stop trying to break the Bo… It's made of Carbonadium…"
"What do you want?"
Ron told them about Sheila working deep cover…
"So she's been working for SHIELD all this time?"
"Yeah. That's how she got hurt… protecting me… 'cause she loves me."
You could hear dust hitting the floor.
"You and my… our sister… are…"
"yeah."
"How?" asked Mego.
Ron rehashed his mission with Sheila in the Czech Rep. While he talked to Hego the Twins told Mego what had happened during the battle after he was knocked unconscious.
"…"
"Dr. Richards, Xavier, and Kim's Mom are working on a cure. It looks like the poison was created from the same meteor that mutated you guys."
"Have you?" Hego looked from Ron to Logan.
"No."
"Can we see her?" The Twins asked.
"Yeah. I'll see about making arrangements for you guys to stay there."
"It's a good idea if you guys stay there anyway until we catch Viper and Drakken." Logan said.
"We've heard enough from YOU!" Hego cried.
"OK. I've had enough of this crap. Shut it Hego… Right Now… or you'll be stuck in a stasis cage until this is OVER." Ron growled.
"Your just Kim Possible's sideki…"
"That Major Ron Stoppable of SHIELD aka The Rook to you, and if you DON'T shut I'll have the Bo gag ya next, unless you want another rematch."
"Give it a rest Hego, according to the Twins he took you out with one blow." Mego said.
"…"
"Dude," one of the Twins asked, "YOU'RE the Rook? We saw you fighting the Adaptoid on the News and heard about The Rook on the Net… COOL! Can we have your autograph?"
"!"
---
Project
Pegasus
Biogenetics
Research
Lab
1710
hrs
Ron and Logan had returned with Team Go, placed them in their new quarters, and took the datastick to the lab where the Drs Possible and Richards were researching the compound while Wade collated and cross-referenced the data.
"So… what did you bring Ron?"
"We were hoping you could tell us Mrs. Dr. P. I found the stick under a table in Drakken's lab. We're hoping there's something on it we can use."
"Let me look at it Ron." Wade said.
Ron gave him the stick.
"Hmmm. It's been erased but I can reclaim the data on it."
"How?" they asked.
"I can scan it through a mini-SQUID I've been working on and capture the eddy patterns in the stick's substrate then compare it with the QC records from the manufacturer."
"?"
"What Wade means Ron is that he can use the 2 patterns to map and translate the file into code we can hopefully read." Reed said.
"Cool. Uh I'm gonna check on the girls. See you guys in a few. You wanna come along Logan?"
"Nah. I'll stay here, figure I can use all that college trainin' to help 'em. You go ahead, I'll se ya later."
Ron left the lab and went to the Infirmary to find… Kim, Sheila, and Bonnie talking animatedly until he walked in.
'Uh Oh.'
"Hi Ron!" they chorused.
"Hi." Ron walked over to Sheila's bed and sat on her right.
"Please scoot over… missed you… wanna see how you're doin'"
"Only if I get a kiss."
"…"
"It's ok, Kim's mom said the toxin won't affect others due to its chemistry."
"Ok." Ron kissed her, Gently.
Kim hopped on the other side and snuggled in.
"I'll see you guys later… Mr. Grimm said I could get a room in the guest wing like the Prince and Mr. Barkin did. I wonder if they get Satellite here?"
Bonnie left.
"Soooo… What'd I miss?"
Kim and Sheila told Ron about Bonnie being a fan.
"Cool. Uh guys… I uh brought Team Go back here for safekeeping…"
Sheila became very still…
'Oh no!' Kim.
"They want to see you Sheila…"
Sheila got angry…
"I took the liberty of telling them about your cover…"
Angrier…
'SHIT!' Kim.
"After Logan and I fought 'em… I had to coldcock Mego and Hego 1st before they would listen."
Angrier… 'Wait…WHAT DID HE SAY?'
"Sheila…" No response.
"Ok. I'll see you later…"
Ron got up to leave… and was stopped by Sheila grabbing his hand.
"How… no WHY?" she said with a weird gleam in her eye.
"Well we went to Go Tower and I used the Name to get in…"
Raised eyebrows from both women.
"And before I could explain Hego ordered Team Go to attack us when he saw Logan's face…"
"HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA, HA!" Sheila laughed until tears came.
"?" Kim and Ron.
"So you… HEH… knocked out Hego… HEH… HOW?"
Ron told her.
"HA, HA, HA, HA… the only other person to do that was the Hulk… HA, HA, HA… and he did it by Accident."
"C'mere Hon… thanks for Making My Day." Tongues!
"Ahem!"
"Sorry Kim!" Sheila said. Blushing!
"…"
"By The Way SHEILA We Need To Talk About Your Recent Boyfriends… NOW!"
"Uh… do we?"
Kim Cheshire watched on as Stone Face took Jade Mischief's measure.
Sheila looked at Kim pleadingly.
"Don't look over there… she's in trouble too!"
'What? Oh… Rufus isn't here… I've got THAT covered, Whew!'
"Why is it I keep running into your boyfriends… the Director, Victor Creed of the Exiles, Logan… were you trying put a dent in the superhuman community?"
"RON!" Sheila. A VERY SCARLET Sheila.
"Well?"
"I got lonely… and well… uh…" she looked at the sheets.
'I CAN'T do this… To Her… I DON'T have the right… What CAN I Do?'
Ron reached over and tilted her chin up 'til she met his gaze. Emerald Shame was startled by Chocolate Humor and Compassion.
"I Don't Care About Those Other Guys…"
"!" 'Whew!' Sheila. 'Great!' Kim.
"But I DO Have Something To Say."
'Here it comes.' Kim & Sheila.
"…"
"As great as some of those guys are, all of 'em (except Sabertooth) did you a great dissing by not taking a LOT of time to know you for the Great Woman you are 1st."
HUG.
"!"
Ron turned to Kim.
"Ok Missy…"
"RON!"
"Sorry Kim. Where's Rufus?"
"He's hangin' out with Ben, Dum Dum, and the guys."
"Oh, ok."
---
At that moment Rufus was playing Poker with the guys… and holding his own.
"Awright, ya little… I'll match yer 50 and raise ya 20… read 'em an' weep!" said a frustrated Nick Fury as he showed 2 Pair, 8's and 9's.
"Hmm… Uh uh, gotcha!" he chirped as he laid down a Royal Flush as Ben and Dum Dum watched.
"I'm done… you got us Rufus… Want a beer?"
"Sure!"
---
"BEEP BEEP!" went Ron's comlink.
"Gotta go girls… KISS (For Kim)… KISS (For Sheila)… I guess they found something at the lab."
Ron went to the door.
"Hon." Sheila said.
Ron turned around.
"Yeah?"
"I'll see them… but only while you guys are here."
"Ok." And with that he left.
---
Ron walked into the lab to face a disturbed Anne, Reed, Logan, and Wade.
"Whatcha got?"
"Good news or bad?" Anne said.
"Bad first."
"She's got 48 hrs… after that we don't know…"
Rock Face.
"What DO we know?"
"Drakken DID synthesize the toxin… but he stole the tech…" Wade said.
"Ok."
"We also found out the toxin is a self replicating organic compound that has bound itself to the transuranic elements in Sheila's tissues not synthesized with those elements as we first believed." Reed said.
"The toxin was designed to render her powerless… for starters, but we don't know why, or what ELSE it's doing to her." Anne stated. "We haven't found any notes for a cure either. I called Tony Stark to see if his guys have anything that can help us."
"Good News."
"Her systems are mutating rapidly to compensate for the state they're in at present." A new voice said behind Ron.
"Hello Charles." Anne said.
Ron turned, looked down and gazed upon Professor Charles Xavier, MD, PHD and leader of the X-Men.
"Uh Hello, Sir."
"Hello Ron. I wish we were meeting under better circumstances… I CAN tell you that Drakken DIDN'T map her genome as perfectly as we believed. So the poison is having a difficult time killing her. Her systems are treating it like she has the flu."
"But she can't use her powers."
"Correct."
"I have to talk to Kim… Logan get the jet ready… We have to get to the next stop on my list STAT." 'There's a MOLE here at Pegasus… but Who?'
"Where's that?" Logan replied.
"Latveria. Someone owes me a favor."
"Anything else?"
"No…" Wade said, "except one thing… how did you know you HAD to go to Latveria to see Doom? We hadn't told you that the toxin was modified from his research yet!"
"Doom's a Master when it comes to crafting Take Over The World schemes compared to Drakken."
"Oh."
---
Ron spoke to Kim and Sheila in her room.
"Kim there's a mole in Pegasus… they're going to make an attempt in 48 hrs."
"Ok, I'll bite How do you know?" Kim asked.
"The toxin was poorly designed… Drakken couldn't map her genome properly, which is why you aren't dead yet. Your body's treating it like the flu."
"So since she's powerless you figure someone will make an attempt while you're gone."
"Yeah."
"So we have a mole here at Pegasus that is going to make an attempt on me, and we don't know who they are or what their powers are." Sheila said.
"Right."
"Ok… just keeping score."
"Kim… call the Avengers so you get some extra help while we're gone and use my name with Cap or Hawkeye."
"Ok… be careful… Hon." Blush.
Ron embraced her.
"I will… KISS… Keep Sheila out of trouble willya?"
"Hey!" grumbled Sheila, "MMM!" Dragon and Phoenix embraced each other.
After they came up for air Ron ran his hands through the girl's tresses, hugged them both and left.
---
Next Stop Latveria!
End part I