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 stage with the Awesome music that only Sting and The Police can provide…
If
You Love Somebody Set Them Free Lyrics
Artist(Band):Sting &
Police
Free,
free, set them free
Free, free, set them free
Free, free, set
them free
If
you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can
do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to
lock it up and throw away the key
If you want to hold onto your
possession
Don't even think about me
If
you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If
you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them
free
Set them free
If
it's a mirror you want
Just look into my eyes
Or a whipping
boy
Someone to despise
Or a prisoner in the dark
Tied up in
chains you just can't see
Or a beast in a gilded cage
That's
all some people ever want to be
If
you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If
you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them
free
Set them free
You
can't control an independent heart
Can't tear the one you love
apart
Forever conditioned to believe that we can't live
We
can't live here and be happy with less
So many riches
So many
souls
With everything we see that we want to possess
If
you need somebody
Call my name
If you want someone
You can
do the same
If you want to keep something precious
You got to
lock it up and throw away the key
You want to hold onto your
possession
Don't even think about me
If
you love somebody
If you love someone
If you love somebody
If
you love someone, set them free
Set them free
Set them
free
Set them free
Set them free
Part VI
What Is A Hero?
6-25-2004
Project
Pegasus
Hangar
2
2015
hrs
"You HAD to make him mad… DIDN'T YA?" Kim asked Shego.
"Don't look at me, he started it 3 years ago with his Eugenics crap! He tried to make it sound REAL nice, but all he wanted me for was to be his BREEDING MARE!" 'He's just as bad as H… Never mind! What's the plan?' Shego asked.
"CLANG!" went Cap's shield as it hit the android's head and rebounded to his waiting hands.
"WHAM! WHAM! WHAM!" went Iron Man's and Jocasta's fists as they hit the droid wherever they could.
The Stoppables and William III bodyshot the droid with MHD cannon fire while the Guardsmen hit it with concussive blasts from their repulsors.
'We've got to knock him out of here… I've got an Idea!' Kim said.
'What?' Shego said as she flew around the hangar and tried to blast the droid.
"So you're still ticklish huh?" Shego said as she threw plasma blasts after the dodging droid.
"When this is done… I'll use you 'PERSONALLY' for my 'projects'!" Sublime exclaimed.
"!""THAT'LL BE THE DAY, FIRE IN THE HOLE PEOPLE!" Shego cried as she hit the droid with a pulsar.
The Avengers scattered as the pulsar hit.
"OOOGGGHHH!" the droid moaned.
'Damn! That should have burned him… What're we gonna do?' Shego thought to Kim.
'To quote Ron we're gonna 'Use The Power Of Imagination!''
'?'
"Skuld to all available troops, I need you to attack the John Sublime android… We MUST Hold The Line until our reinforcement gets here."
"COPY!" they roared as the Guardsmen, Binary, the Cols Stoppable, William III and Rufus in a cybertronic battlesuit joined Cap, Iron Man, Kim, Shego, and Jocasta in the hangar. The assembled warriors scattered and fired upon the android from various positions, and caught it off balance while Kim called Xavier.
The Guardsmen, Binary, Iron Man, Shego, and Rufus flew around the droid and hit it with a barrage of punches and blasts eventually forcing it back towards the hangar doors.
'Possible to Xavier.' Kim called during the barrage.
'Yes Ms. Possible.' Xavier replied.
'I need to speak to Dr Richards. Please and Thank You.'
'Of course.'
'Richards here. How may I help?'
'What's the android's powers, and how do we stop it?' Kim asked.
'The portion that's based on my work used my quantum solids research that's used to create our uniforms. The android scans a person and duplicates their powers by copying their molecular structure. An energy surge SHOULD destroy it.'
'I shut down the Andy version years ago by using a telepathic bolt.' Xavier said, 'This new one compensates for it by fusing Sleeper technology with elements from The Leader's androids.'
'…'
'The 1st thing on my list is to get it OUT of here gentlemen, then we can focus on destroying it…'
'How do you propose to do that Ms. Possible?' Xavier asked.
'It's Kim.'
'Very well Kim. How?'
'Uh… well… Professor… what do you know about Prisoner Omega 001's present mental state… I uhh heard that they wanted to… Do Their Time… for what happened when a child was killed on a mission. From what I understand they DON'T belong here.'
'That's true… your Idea's sound…'
'I say we should do it. Tell Col. Danvers to tell Ben to release them and he'll take care of the rest.' Richards replied.
"Skuld to Binary." Kim Linked.
"Go Ahead." Binary replied.
"I need authorization to release Prisoner Omega 001 so we can BOOT Sublime out of here and even our odds." Kim stated.
"Copy. Make it happen. Binary out."
'Ok Kim. Anything's Possible for a Possible… lets do this.' She mused as she ran towards Humanity's most unlikely hope.
---
6-27-2004
The
Principality
of
Madripoor
Lowtown
Legayen
Bay
Docks
The
Boomslang
0915
hrs
"So… What's this place again?" Ron asked Patch.
"This used to be my ex' place… 'til she lost it to my other ex… her namesake… in a 'game'. All of the heavies in the assassin guilds hang out here at one time or another. Just be quiet an' follow my lead." Logan said.
'Glad the girls made it… now it's our turn.' Ron thought.
Patch and Ron aka The Kid walked into The Boomslang, bellied up to the bar and waited.
"You have NERVES of steel to come in here." A woman said from behind them.
"Nerves no… Bones yes… but you already knew that." Patch said as he turned around to look at his ex.
"I know why you're here… It's a Fool's errand Patch… You can't save her or stop them by yourself." The Yellow Claw's niece known as Boomslang said.
"Since when has that EVER stopped me before… 'sides I brought help… This is The Kid… Zorpox' evil brother." Patch said as he nodded in Ron's direction.
"I heard he was VERY skilled, but that may not be enough. Come." and with that she led them to the back of the bar, through a secret passage to her underground lair.
"To find out what you need to know Patch, you must best my Champion in The Pit." She said.
"Ok."
"That would be me." said a voice from the shadows.
From out of the shadows walked… a dinged… Monkey Fist.
"After I finish you the Pretender's next."
"I doubt it Bub. I'm The Best There Is At What I Do, And It's Not Very Nice."
---
Ron, Boomslang, and the spectators watched as the two men walked into the arena and waited…
"Ding!"
Patch walked into the arena's center went into Shizen No Kamae and waited.
"So… you have some paltry Ninjitsu skills at best… Let me show you what a REAL master can do!"
Patch took a drag from his Cuban and waited.
Fist rushed forward and lunged with a right Leopard strike to the head.
Patch calmly stepped back and reached out with a Rock Bridge and hit the starpoint on Fist's right forearm.
"Unngh!" 'It feels like he hit me with a bar of steel!' Fist thought.
"Hurt?" Patch asked.
"No."
"Well let me know when you want to get serious an' I'll oblige ya." Patch said as he waited.
'I know this man… but from where?' Fist thought.
'This guy's scent's familiar… why?' Patch thought.
Fist rolled forward and struck at Patch's legs and groin with a flurry of kicks and strikes, but Patch cartwheeled back and cartwheeled forward, caught Fist on his right leg and COLLAPSED on it!
"OW!" Fist cried. 'I'll have to lure him in… and poison him!'
Patch flipped up into the air and tried to land his feet on Fist's chest, Fist rolled out of the way and lashed at Patch's leg with his poisoned Adamantium kris.
"URRR." Growled Patch as he felt the bite of the blade as it clove into his leg.
"Tink!" the blade sang as it hit Patch's Adamantium laced bones.
'That SCENT… I DO know it! This bastard worked for Shaw! Urrr… the blade's coated with the SAME poison he used on Miko!' Patch thought as he slumped over.
'Something BAD'S gonna happen!' Ron thought.
"It comes to me now…" Fist said, "You're the fellow that was going to marry the Lady Mariko… the poison that courses through your system is my parting gift to you… The dose you received is more than I ever gave her… Don't worry you'll see her soon… Fool." Fist gloated as he backed off and waited for Patch to die.
'Good ol' healin' factor… gotta keep him talkin'.' "Why?" Patch whispered.
"Why? It's quite simple really… you're a gaijin to some factions among the Royalty in Japan, the Emperor's 2nd cousin to be precise. I on the other hand am viewed as an equal. I was bored and wanted to see a lowly animal suffer… You fit the bill perfectly."
"…"
Patch waited until Fist walked over… reached out and feebly grabbed the sash at his waist…
"So you killed her for sport?" Patch hissed with head bent.
"In a manner of speaking… Yes." Fist replied with a smirk on his face.
"SNIKT!"
"UGGHGAGGLLE!" gargled Fist as Patch gored him with his claws.
Logan leaned in and whispered to a goggle eyed Monkey Fist…
"The Name's Wolverine of the Xmen ASSHOLE… and for what you an' your friend did to her I'm gonna set an example… startin' with disembowelin' ya with my bare hands… PUNK!"
Ron got to see what Logan meant when he said you take a person to a scary place when you fight them as a MAN…
Fist learned the price to be paid when you torture a man that's lost EVERYTHING…
Logan set a new standard for torture that day…
And THEN he beheaded him.
---
"Awright darlin', I'm finished playin' around. We need that data yesterday." Patch growled in Boomslang's office as Ron looked on.
"Fine. Here's the data you need. The place you're attacking is HYDRA's MAIN Biowar station, are you happy now?"
"Yeah… But I'll be happier still when we catch up to the blue asshole himself. I got a score ta settle with 'im." Patch rose and went to the door with Ron in tow.
Patch stopped at the door.
"Hey." He said over his shoulder to her.
"Yes?" she said.
"Thanks for finding him for me… I…"
"It's the least I could do. Dishonorable slugs like him need to be dealt with. If it helps… i liked her too." 'Be safe, Beloved…'
And on that note they left.
---
Earlier…
6-25-2004
Project
Pegasus
Prison
Complex
Prisoner
Omega 001's
Cell
2020
hrs
Captain Kim Possible of SHIELD and Ben Grimm of the Fantastic Four stood before the access to Prisoner Omega 001's cell.
"Ready… Kim?" Ben asked.
"Yeah." She said.
'Here goes.' she thought.
Kim placed her hand on the access panel, waited for the cell to open and entered… a twisted zone of Spacetime…
'How… wait… I'll just relax… and think myself there.' She thought as she floated through the warped pocket dimension.
Kim saw an island of stability ahead of her. 'I guess this is as good a place as any to start looking.' She thought.
Kim passed through a 'membrane' and landed on what appeared to be a floating island… and suddenly stood in front of a HUGE MOUNTAIN of a man with carrot colored hair that sat in full Lotus with all seven of his chakras blazing.
"May I help you?" 'Nice lookin' frail… good muscles… Gutsy too like Marvel Girl…'
"I need your help."
"The answer's No." he replied.
"Why?"
"When I tried to help, a kid was murdered… all I've EVER done is hurt people… it HAS to stop." The man said.
"So more innocents have to die because you're finding yourself by staring at your navel? Do you think that kid would think any better of you if you gave up now?" Kim asked.
"…"
"Sammy Pare." The man replied.
"Pardon?" Kim queried.
"His name was Sammy Pare… not KID ok?"
"Sorry." Kim replied. 'This is taking too long, I hope this works!', "May I show you something?"
"Go ahead… all I've got here is time." He replied.
Kim relaxed and opened herself to The Realm… and became a conduit of experience!
The man was shaken to his core as he experienced everything Kim had gone through in the past few weeks!
"STOP!" He Roared.
"Sorry… it was the only way."
"…"
"The name's Cain Marko, Ms. Possible."
"…" "Ok." Kim.
"I'm a fan. You're one of the reasons I decided to come here and cleanse myself, 'cause you're pure and selfless when you help people."
"Uh… Thanks…" 'This is SO weird!'
"I'll do it on one condition." Cain said.
"What's that?" Kim asked.
"You gotta play this on the PA." he leaned forward and whispered into her ear.
"!" "Ok." a puzzled Kim replied. 'Men!'
---
6-25-2004
Project
Pegasus
Hangar
2
2018
hrs
Kim ran back to the hangar.
"Skuld to The Line… how're we doing?"
"It's a draw, the droid's clinging to the hangar doors and won't budge even when Shego blasts it with her plasma."
"Hang on, I've got reinforcements on the way. When you get the signal cease fire and MOVE people!"
"Copy!" the troops roared.
'Ok Kim, I'll bite. What's up your sleeve?' Shego.
'You'll see.' Kim.
"ALL PERSONNEL CLEAR THE HALLS, I REPEAT CLEAR THE HALLS!" the duty tech cried over the PA.
The PA began to play…
On
the day I was born
The nurses all gathered round
And they gazed
in wild wonder
At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke
up
Said "leave this one alone."
She could tell right
away
I was bad to the bone
"boom!" The floor rumbled.
Bad
to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone
"?" went the troops.
I
broke a thousand hearts
Before I met you
I'll break a thousand
more, baby
Before I am through
I wanna be yours, pretty
baby
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya, woman
That
I'm bad to the bone
"boom!"
Bad
to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone
"Boom!"
I'll
make a rich woman beg
And I'll make a good woman steal
I'll
make an old woman blush
And I'll make a young girl squeal
I
wanna tell you pretty baby
What I see I make my own
I'm here to
tell you pretty woman
That I'm bad to the bone
"BOom!" Debris started to slide around the floor.
Bad
to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone
"BOOm!"
Now
when I walk the streets
Kings and queens step aside
Every woman
I meet
Heh,
Heh
They all stay satisfied.
I wanna tell ya, baby
What I
see I make my own.
And I'm here to tell ya, Honey
That I'm
bad to the bone
"BOoM!"
Bad
to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone
Bad
To The Bone
by
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
"BOOM!" A Crimson Helmed Giant stepped into the room! The Juggernaut had returned… but as a HERO!
"SCATTER PEOPLE, NOW!" Binary roared over the Link.
"Hey PUNK!" "BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!" The Juggernaut bellowed as he ran towards John Sublime.
"EH?" went Sublime.
"POW!"
"I Heard Ya Been Tryin' Ta Fuck Over Some FRIENDS O' Mine. Aint Gonna Happen Sunshine!" "KAPOW!"
Juggernaut knocked the droid out of the hangar, fell with it to the foot of the mesa and…
"KABOOM!" The mesa shook from the impact.
The troops lined up at Hangar 2's door and watched the smoking crater below…
To see the Juggernaut rise from the rubble and drag the stunned droid from the crater.
The Juggernaut grabbed the reviving droid by the neck and started to pound its 'face' in.
"The Name's Juggernaut, Bitch!" he roared as he POUNDED the CRAP out of Sublime.
"Friends! How?" Sheila asked.
"I showed him what we've been going through… guess he was ready to listen to reason… no big." Deadpan Kim.
'Glad I went STRAIGHT! I'd hate to see what BIG is!' Sheila thought.
"Well done Capt." Binary said as she clapped Kim on the shoulder and hand signaled the assembled troops to assist the Juggernaut, "What's next?"
"We've got to kill it. But the only thing that works is the plasma from Shego's armor…" Kim said.
"While you get this settled I'll help keep it busy." Binary said before she flew down to the battlefield below.
"…"
"There's another way… get my brothers here before I change my mind…"
'Ms. Goble, the toxin's still in your system. We don't know what effect it will have on your body.' Xavier and Richards echoed.
'I understand that,' Sheila said as she looked at Kim and ruffled her hair, 'but we have no choice. Besides, Doom said that a surge would burn it out of my system… I'll have to take that risk.'
'Could you guys give us a moment? Please and Thank You!'
'Certainly.' Xavier 'backed' off.
'Ok. What did Hego do to you to make you go rogue girl?' Kim asked.
"…"
'He took 'advantage' of me after we got our powers… I lashed out the only way I knew how… since he's invulnerable to my powers… and went rogue…' Sheila 'showed' her and wept.
'HE RAPED YOU!' Kim ENRAGED!
'yeah.'
'When this is over I'm gonna…'
'You're gonna live your life and marry Ron one day… this isn't your fight… never was… I'll handle it… just hug me willya.' Sheila said as she looked at Kim and wept.
'Sheila… i love you… it'll be ok… we'll get through this.' Kim thought.
"Skuld to Team Go you're needed in Hangar 2. DOUBLETIME PEOPLE!"
Kim held Sheila and waited.
Team Go arrived 2 minutes later…
Hego faced The Phoenix' Emerald Glare.
'SHIT! She knows…' he thought.
"I need you guys to form the Go Pulse thingie." Kim said as she glared at Hego.
"Uh… sure Ms. Possible…" Hego replied.
Kim stepped into Hego's 'space'!
"THAT'S CAPTAIN POSSIBLE TO YOU ASSHOLE… WE'RE GONNA HAVE WORDS WHEN THIS IS OVER MISTER… YOU, ME, RON, JUGGERNAUT, AND SHEGO! NOW GET YOUR ASS IN POSITION AND NOT A PEEP OUT OF YOU!"
Hego quaked.
"Man Hego, what'd you do to get HER pissed off?" Mego said.
Kim turned to Sheila.
"ready?"
"…" Shego turned her back and shook.
"Hold on guys… give me a sec." Shego said. Kim stood between Sheila and her team.
'Ron!' Sheila cried as she appeared in The Realm.
'Huh! Whozzat?' Ron cried as he too appeared in The Realm.
'Hon… it's me… Sheila… I came to see you… Xavier and the others are afraid if I power up the poison could kill me…"
'MAN… I wish was there? This totally tanks!'
Sheila 'walked' over to Ron and hugged him.
'I Love You Ron, Now And Forever!' Sheila said as she showed him why she went rogue.
Ron embraced her… and wept.
'Sheila?'
'Yeah Hon?'
Hound Dog's Eyes, 'DON'T DIE I… WE… Kim and I, and the World need you… 'kay?'
'I'll do my best… I gotta go before I lose my nerve.' She 'KISSED' him and GAVE him a PIECE of HER SOUL to HIM. 'Love You.'
'I Love You Too! Knock 'Em Dead! Show 'Em How It's Done!' Ron replied as he gave her ALL of his Strength.
Sheila walked over and squeezed Kim's hand.
"We've got Sublime on the ropes; any time you're ready Skuld." Cap cried over the link.
"Good! We've got some time, are you ready?" Sister/Partner Kim asked Sheila while she gave her a Look.
"yeah." Sheila said as she raised her hand and placed it with Team Go's.
"GO TEAM GO!" they cried.
A Glow Brighter Than A Thousand Suns lit the room…
Shego appeared in The Realm…
The Essence spoke to Shego.
"This is where you were." Shego was shown her past and experienced the pain and suffering she caused.
"This is where you are." Shego was shown events that led from her partnering up with Ron to her present, and experienced the changes she inspired in others: Ron; Sabertooth; Nick Fury; Kim; Esther and Imi Stoppable; Logan; Anne and James Possible; Cain Marko aka Juggernaut; Captain America; Iron Man; countless others; and The Essence.
"You have a choice to make. You may take the boon you have earned or risk the deaths of your Family."
"i will take the gift that you offer me."
"WHY?" Sheila cringed.
"My answer… is still the same… I… love him… and I NEED… no WANT to atone for what I've done."
"So be it… Daughter… I will reward your sacrifice… with the BOON. Use It Well."
---
The light faded away… and returned in the form of TWO sources!
The Essence and… Shego?
"I am here for YOU." The Essence said to Hego.
They vanished. At the same time The Juggernaut flashed with light for a split second.
"?" 'Oh well I'll just keep poundin' his ass 'til the girls get here.'
Shego Glowed with an Aura of Emerald Power.
"Uh Sheila… are You… ok?"
"OHHH YEAH! Hold on Princess… We'll be right back."
"SCATTER PEOPLE!" Kim ROARED.
Music came from Shego's armor for ALL to hear…
It was Fem To Fem's Sin!
Take
me now against the tree
I
can't wait
I
hear the beast
Angels
With Crooked Wings
I
Got Designs On Evil Things
Dark
Sides Are In Us All
In
My Dreams The Wicked Ball
We
are the Wild Ones
Oooh!
We
are the Wild Ones
1, 2, 3…
As troops scattered above and below, Shego scooped Kim up, and rocketed…
Sisters
With Ruby Lips
Rejoice
And Ask To Be Whipped
Pretty
Boys With Pretty Smiles
Down
On Your Knees And Lick The Tiles
We
are the Wild Ones
Wild
Woman
The
Wolf Girls Cry
We
are the Wild Ones
Wild
Woman
The
Wolf Girls Cry
Oooh! Oooh! Oooh!
Down…
Virgins
With Lacquered Hair
Back
Door Priests Ain't So Rare
If
You Believe That We Don't Sin
Sooner
Or Later We ALL Begin
We
are the Wild Ones
Wild
Woman
The
Wolf Girls Cry
We
are the Wild Ones
Wild
Woman
The
Wolf Girls Cry
Oooh! Oooh!
To the Battlefield…
Don't
Try To Tame The Beast
You're
Killing All My Soul
Don't
Try To Tame The Beast
The
Demon's In Control
Don't
Try To Tame The Beast
You're
Killing All My Soul
Don't
Try To Tame The Beast
The
Demon's In Control
NO! NO! NO!
Below…
Gracefully placed Kim on the ground out of range, PUSHED Juggernaut Out of The Way, and PUNCHED a hole through John Sublime's new body with a…
"pock!"
Sublime SAT DOWN.
Shego flew back and hovered before Sublime…
"I was right… uggh… your genetic potential…" he moaned.
"Listen up ASSHOLE. Genetics had noting to do with it. The Love and Faith that my family freely gave me got me to this point. The same family that YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS THREATENED!"
"But… How?"
"Hey Dumbass! Science CAN'T Explain or put everything in a box… and I'm one of those things."
"Shego…" he bubbled.
"BAM!" went her fist as she knocked him back 50'.
"DON'T CALL ME THAT…"
Sheila's hands became Incandescent.
"EVER!" A 'Bolt' flew from her hands…
And Vaporized Sublime as he Heard…
"The Name's PULSAR, BITCH!"
And was naught but a drift of ash on the wind…
The witnesses assembled on and off the battlefield stared at Pulsar as she hovered over Sublime's grave…
"…"
"…"
AND CHEERED!
Sheila landed, removed her helm, sat on a boulder and lit a cheroot with her finger.
Kim and Rufus ran to her and HUGGED her.
"Way to go hero! GREAT JOB!" she cried. 'BOOYAH!' Ron.
"Ah… It's what WE do." Sheila said as she hugged her back. 'Thanks for believing in me… BOTH of you!'
'It's nothin' we KNEW you could do it!' Kim and Ron chorused.
Juggernaut, Binary, the Avengers, the Stoppables, and the Guardsmen ran to them; lifted them onto their shoulders, and carried them in a Victory March toward the ground entrance.
"So… Anybody Know Where a Gal Can Find a Shot of 250 Year Old Cognac Around Here?" Sheila quipped.
---
6-27-2004
The
Principality
of
Madripoor
Lowtown
Legayen
Bay
Docks
Jin
Gang's
Hangar/Boathouse
1000
hrs
"Dude, you knew I was gonna do this. You placed yourself where Kim would find you… WHY?" Ron asked Logan while they prepped Jin Gang's Stealthed hydrofoil and sorted their equipment.
"Yeah I did. I 'volunteered' 'cause I owe that blue Bastard for what he did to me…"
"Yeah?"
"It was 3 years ago… he was working for Weapon X and lured me into a trap…"
"OHHH YEAH! The Secret Government Program designed to create supersoldiers out of humans mutated or otherwise. Deadpool, Maverick, the original Sabertooth, were 'graduates."
Logan Stared.
"What! Internet." Ron replied.
"Anyway Drakken was 'exploring' healing factors in mutants like me an' Creed, and thought he knew how to 'transplant' 'em into himself…"
"And he put the material into himself and became Blue…" Logan STARED, "ok."
"Right… that wasn't enough though, he decided to 'extract' the Adamantium in my bones. Shego helped me escape by weakening my bonds, and when I did I clawed that sorry sack of shit through his left eye and left 'im for dead 'cause the guards were comin'. I was too late 'cause the factor kicked in after I escaped an' healed 'im."
"So THAT'S how he got that scar!"
"Yeah… Show yerself." Logan said to the darkness.
"I'm a friend of the kid's an' Sheila's. I owe the bastard for what he did to her with that poison. Ron's friend Wade asked me to give you this." Sabertooth of the Exiles said as he walked forward and gave Logan a package. "What's the plan?"
---
6-27-2004
The
South China Sea
An
Unclaimed Island
1630
hrs
Ron, Logan, and Creed stood facing an airlock access in a cave on the coast of the island Boomslang had said the Hydra headquarters were located.
"Your frail was on the money, Logan."
"Yeah."
"Ok guys, ready?" Ron asked.
"Yeah." they said.
Ron focused a little and projected his stealth field while he palmed the lock and popped it with the Mark.
The hatch opened and they floated in.
Logan and Creed looked at Ron.
"I'm sensing something's wrong with the floor, probably pressure sensors."
"Ok." Logan said.
They floated into a darkened corridor and came to rest 20' from the access.
Ron and Co. unstrapped their gear and walked up the corridor to an access panel.
"Ok Guys, Good Luck." Ron said as he popped the panel and eased into the ductwork.
"You too." Logan & 'Tooth.
'This is kinda weird, I'M the hero, THEY'RE the sidekicks and distraction.'
Logan sealed the duct shut, turned to Creed and said, "Ready to party?"
"Yeah, wanna keep score?" Creed asked.
"Sure Bub. High Kill gets to pick the restaurant." Logan said.
"You're on."
---
Ron followed the ductwork and planted nanocharges on every junction box he saw until he heard… Ranting! He crept forward until he could peek out of a grille set in a duct in the rear of Drakken's lab.
"You're NO fun… what's the point of having henchmen if you can't rant around them once in a while." Drakken whined.
"I'll tell you once more, I'm not your henchman. I'm NOT Shego. I am Madame Viper or Viper to you."
'Let's see… focus and wait, the Mark will show me the proper time… Ok now!' Ron stealthily slid out of the duct as Viper stalked out of the lab with Drakken behind her.
Ron crept through the shadows and planted more nanocharges through the lab.
'Let's see… I'll put some on the power couplings and throw some behind the chemical rack here… now all I have to do is wait… Stealthed.' Ron Cheshire.
---
Logan and Creed crept through the halls. Between them they had killed 15 men so far.
"Hold on." Logan said as he crept up to a door labeled Computer Room. 'Some things never change… Thank God Drakken's a creature of habit, Swivel cams, 'BioFurnace', 'Power Plant', and 'Sewage Treatment' now I can get to the meat on the bone.'
"'Tooth!" Logan whispered.
"Yeah?"
"Ya interested in some bank robbing?" Logan said as he nodded at the door.
"Sure… wait here." Creed popped the door and slid inside.
A muffled struggle was heard by Logan as the techs inside were subdued.
Someone was walking up the hall towards Logan's position.
'C'mon… Hurry up…' The footsteps sounded like they were right around the corner!
The door slid open and Logan was snatched inside.
"'Bout time ya got me in here, let's see what this baby that Wade whipped up can do." Logan plugged a huge version of the Kimmunicator into the computer network and let it chuckle to itself.
"Hey Logan, get a load a this!" Creed said as he pointed to a 4' tall safe.
"Hmmm, it's a Mosler with an incendiary trap… I can crack this easy. Watch."
Logan popped a claw and cut the power to the safe's arming device without a fuss and 'knocked' the lock out with the same claw.
A single folder rested inside.
Logan reached for it… and pulled it out.
"WHEW!" they both sighed.
Logan opened the file to find 5 sheets of vellum with Drakken's Swiss bank account numbers and codes on them.
"Here ya go dude, one fer you an' one fer me." Logan said.
"Who gets the other three?" Creed asked.
Logan looked at Creed.
"Oh yeah."
The computer room door popped open and the startled tech hit the alarm!
"Time to go to work." Creed said.
"Oh yeah!" Logan cried as he retrieved the full datapod.
---
"You have to treat me with respect. Herr Smith said so." Drakken raged as they walked back into the lab.
"Herr Smith isn't here, and furt… quiet. Someone's here. It's The Rook."
"The Buffoon! Here?" Drakken whined.
"Who Knows What Evil Lurks In The Heart Of Men? Oh sorry wrong fanfic folks. Heh. I always wanted to say that." Ron said as he decloaked and walked out of the shadows.
"BAM!" Ron pulled and expanded his Bo, hit Drakken with a blast, and squared off against Viper.
"This should be interesting." she said as she pulled out her Dadao.
"Yes it shall." Ron said as the klaxons went off. 'Good job guys, keep 'em busy.'
"ZZZT!" went the door's access as Ron shorted the circuit with the Mark.
"To prevent interruptions." He quipped.
"I wouldn't have it any other way." She said.
---
"Time to even the odds." Creed said as he detonated the nanocharges that they had planted through the complex while they thrashed Drakken's henchmen.
"Fine by me Bub." Wolverine said as he chopped and diced several henchmen with his claws.
"BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!" went several couplings, conduits, and rooms through the complex.
The henchmen started to evacuate the complex, which made it easier for Wolverine and Sabertooth as they worked their way towards Ron's position.
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"I heard you trained with Shang Chi, it shows." Viper hissed as she twirled her Dadao.
"Thank You." Ron replied.
"It wasn't a compliment." She hissed.
'Powers are great, but there's NO replacement for diplomacy and a battle hardened skill set… You take opponents to a scary place when you decide to fight 'em like a man from time to time…'
"Well neither is this… you've got a BIG ass… and it's ugly too. How much did you have to pay Patch to look at, much less touch that thing. It looks like a DNAmy reject. I mean c'mon!"
"Enough!" she roared as she charged him.
Ron floated and twirled out of the Dadao's way by using the Dragon's Mandala from Bagua.
'The Dragon's Greatest weapon is the pattern of energy that we call its Mandala or floor pattern. If you heed its teachings you will be able to defeat 144 opponents in one continuous motion.'
"One more thing, your plasto job looks like something DRAKKEN put together with Elmer's glue…"
"Wham!" Bo and Dadao clashed, sparks flew.
"y'know from the horse end of the glue factory… Heh Heh… I'm sorry… didn't mean to insult the horses, but you ARE the horses' end… oh no need to be polite here we're old friends… I meant horses' ass…" 'Behind YOU!' His senses screamed.
"Whap!" Ron's Bo smacked Drakken in the temple and caused him to drop to the floor as Ron kicked Viper away with a stomp kick.
"That's better!" Ron parried Viper's thrusts.
'The height of this art in weapons is when the Kirin steps forth in the Deer Antler Hook Sword techniques.'
Viper pressed a stud on her Dadao's hilt and charged the blade with a crackling aura of energy.
'Shit! I'll have to relax… hey what's this feeling?' Ron felt a surge of Chi that washed through him like the BEST Jumbo Slurpster EVER.
"?" Both he and Viper thought as his Bo reformed into two Kirin Antler Swords.
"COOLIO!" Ron parried Viper's Emei Golden Dragon's Needle with Lock The Throat With One Hook and had Viper's throat in the blade's grip.
All motion stopped in the room… well it SEEMED to anyway.
Ron kicked her away from him with Green Dragon Stretches Its Claws.
'Always leave the door of redemption open.'
"Don't do this." Ron warned.
"I'm not weak like Shego is. You can't turn me with kind words. There is No Point to our existence at all." The Viper said.
"You're wrong…"
"…"
"I'm a man of my word," Ron said as he shattered the Viper's Dadao with a blast from his reformed Bo.
'While yer in this biz always make sure you've got some key hidden assets…'
"I'll LET you kill me with my Bo If you can pick it up." Ron laid the Bo on the floor and stepped back 3 paces.
"You're a fool."
"Why, because Drakken's behind me with a knife?" Ron quipped as he turned with Drakken's thrust and stripped the weapon from his hand with a Systema flair.
"What! How?" the madman whined.
"A ninja you're not… I told you to sit down, now I'm going to MAKE you sit down." "CRUNCH!" Ron calmly said as he punched Drakken's body partially through the concrete floor, and pinned his right hand to the floor with the blade.
"NNNGH!" Drakken moaned as he passed out.
Ron knelt in Zazen and waited.
"I apologize for the interruption. Let's get this over with."
"Let's." Viper said as she grasped the Bo and TRIED to lift it.
"C'mon… we ain't got ALL DAY… Pick it up!"
"To hell with this foolishness I'll just kill you myself!" she said.
Viper stopped trying to pick up the Bo and started to step over it…
And the Bo erupted into a mass of metallic strands that wrapped around her limbs and crushed them! The pain was so intense that she blacked out without a sound.
The Bo returned to its original form, and Ron slid it into his thigh sheath.
"SMACK!" "Wakey, Wakey Drakken."
"Huh, Wha? YOU!"
"Yeah… me. You're just as pathetic as the Nazis my Great Grandfather fought in the War."
"You think you're all that but you're not without your powers."
"I got news for ya DUMBASS. I Defeated Viper by Myself. I didn't use ANY powers to fight her. What you saw was a 'battle hardened skill set' to quote one of my teachers, and a bunch of blessings. TING!" Ron knelt and pulled Drakken's knife out of his hand.
"What are you doing? You CAN'T… WOULDN'T!"
"Have you SEEN the photos of, or been to the camps You Fuck?"
"…"
"WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG WITH YOU. YOU'RE A JEW WORKING FOR NAZIS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW EVIL THAT IS? NO WONDER SHEILA LEFT YOU! BASTARD!" Ron screamed.
"I'm gonna take advantage of the healing factor that you stole from those poor bastards and give you a taste of your own medicine." Ron said as he stood and dragged Drakken's broken body from its hole.
"Screech!" Logan and Creed wrenched the lab door open and watched.
"…"
Ron gripped the blade and brought it towards Drakken's groin…
"…"
"…"
"fuck it… you're NOT worth it." Ron said as he dropped Drakken.
Logan walked up.
"You ok Ron?"
"Yeah. Sorry."
"For what, being a man? Never apologize for havin' a heart Ron. It's one of the reasons WE care about ya. Gimme yer remote and 'Tooth an' I'll clean up this mess."
"yeah… ok."
Ron gave Logan his remote and left.
Logan walked over to Drakken.
"Hiya Bub, LONG time no see." Wolverine said.
"You!" Drakken whined.
"Yeah ME!" Wolverine snarled as Creed walked up too, "Actually it's US. Got a friend of Shego's here ta see ya about that 'little' poisonin' thing ya did to her."
"NO! I'll pay you… anything you want… just name it!"
"Hmmm. What d'ya think 'Tooth… should we let him pay us?"
"Nah." Sabertooth replied, "We already have his bank codes an' numbers… but he DID say we could name anything we want. I know… how about your life… that'll make us even… ya little Nazi Bitch. And were gonna let Viper watch too."
At that point a hum was heard and a rush of air went through the room as she vanished.
"Guess Not. It's just you and us Chuckles. Lemme show ya what those bastards did to me at Sobibor." Logan said as he and Creed began.
---
After Logan and Creed burned what was left, they joined Ron at the access point, left the site, blew it and went to Jin Gang's.
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6-28-2004
The
Principality
of
Madripoor
Lowtown
Legayen
Bay
Docks
Jin
Gang's
Haven
0800
hrs
Ron and Logan woke and showered, and found Jin Gang sitting at his Dining Room table eating breakfast.
As they sat down, Jin Gang slid two envelopes in front of Ron.
Ron opened the first that was addressed 'To Maj. Stoppable'.
Hey Nephew,
C'mon
Home. All is forgiven.
'Grats
for a job well done.
Fury
PS: They MISS ya!
Ron passed the letter to Logan and opened the second which was a manila envelope.
Ron,
Me
an' Logan found these in a safe
In
Drag ass' lair. We figured it was
A
fiveway split, seein' how we're
takin
the hits for the Free World
an'
all.
Don't
lose this or I'll SKIN Ya
Myself!
Your Pal,
Creed
"?" Ron Looked inside and found three vellum sheets, read them and almost… mind you… Almost passed out.
Each sheet was a letter from the Manhattan legal firm Murdock and Nelson, which stated Major Ronald Stoppable, Captain Kimberly Ann Possible, and Sheila Goble each had a trust worth £1,500,000,000 GBP apiece!
(That's 2,797,046,319.09 USD for us regular folks.)
Ron STARED at Logan. REALLY, REALLY STARED AT LOGAN.
"Uh… this is a Joke right?"
"No."
"Uh…"
"Let's say it's my way of sayin' thanks for what your Great Grandpa did fer me durin' the WAR an' leave it at that."
"Uh… Ok."
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Somewhere in the Caribbean…
"Herr Smith… I don't know how Drakken's funds came up missing," a quivering lackey whined, "we've been unable to track them."
"How much?"
"Sir?"
"How much?" Smith Purred as he put a hand on the lackey's shoulder.
"Uh… 13,985,231,595.45 American."
"I see… Zola, Drakken, and Viper?"
"Zola and Drakken are salvageable. Viper is ready."
"Good. SNAP! Clean this up." Smith said to another lackey as he stepped over the body.
'Thanks to Zola's biotechnology and the Cosmic Cube fragment we found, we were able to save them. Drakken and Viper need to prove their usefulness to me or it's the end for them!' he thought as he walked down to the base's Biofurnace.
'Unfortunately those fools from The World failed to kill Team Possible and got themselves caught. No matter. It was worth it to see Captain Britain's father, Sir James Braddock stand trial for treason.'
Smith walked up to a biotank.
"Why am I in here?" Viper screamed.
"We're going to give you some 'improvements', My Dear Viper. There's nothing to worry about, the process is QUITE safe… just very painful." This last was said as a virulent mass of tissue was released into Viper's tank and started to fuse with her cell structure.
'Once Zola's reawakened he MUST work on the riddles hidden inside The Rook's cells. Fortunately we were able to isolate some of his DNA from the blood sample on Viper's Dadao.'
'This will only be a minor setback… I WILL break them and the WORLD under my heel.'
End Part VI