Chapter 2

A Dream and a Journey

Four days later and Kim and Ron are sharing some romantic moments to celebrate their relationship, they went eating at one of the finest restaurants in town, then they were dancing under the stars in a beautiful field as the silver crisp night sky hung over them. The two now found themselves on a mountain, they had know idea where they were and they didn't care, they were wearing very formal wear as they stood there, the sun setting behind them. They peered closer to one an other preparing to share a kiss before Kim eased her lips towards his ear and whispered softly her words tickling is neck "Ron, I belie……" before she could finish however the ground from beneath her crumbled away as Kim fell down the mountain side, Ron's feet were frozen and he couldn't move until he heard Kim's screams "RON! HELP ME!" Ron finally manage to throw himself to the ground and stretch out his hand for hers, he was inches within her grasp until a strange force pulled Kim further into the abyss, Ron caught her from falling but the force continued to drag her down. Ron led his eyes down to the source of the thing trying to take away the one he loved.

He was shocked when he saw that it was a hand pulling her down but at the end of this was……him, Ron was looking into his own face, it was him dragging her down his dark maniacal expression gave him Goosebumps it was him but in a way he could never know him to be like….this.

He screamed with all his might only to find himself shooting into an upright position wrapped in a sleeping bag with Kim in their tree house. It was a dream, a horrible nightmare. The commotion taking place was enough to cause Kim to also shoot up in slight shock as she scanned the whole room until her gaze returned to Ron who was staring off into his own world. "Ron…..are you ok?" She asked as he simply sat there, a cold sweat trickling down his face as he gazed into his hands knowing what he had done in that dream, that nightmare. Kim sigh in a very upset tone, she knew what was wrong it had been four days since the concert and this had been happening the first night was the worse so Kim had decided they would camp out every night in their tree house till they stopped. "You want to talk about it?"

Ron looked at Kim in the corner of his eye almost uneven until he shook it off and turned to look deep within her eyes which displayed nothing but love and concern for him "It's just a dream"

"No Ron it's not, it's a reoccurring dream and they don't come without a message or reason" Kim pronounced with a slight fury, she was given four days of 'I'm fine' and 'it was just a bad dream, something I ate' and she wasn't buying it anymore. "I think it is all linked to when that relic was stolen. If you just talk about it I can help you, please Ron, don't shut me out." Before Ron could say a word the sound of the Kimunicator beeping its merry tune "What's the sitch Wade?" Kim famously asked with a mix of tired and upset in her tone.

"Didn't wake you did I?"

"No, Ron and I were already awake" she replied looking over towards Ron as he continued to gaze out into the night.

"That dream again?" Wade asked

"Yeah…"

"Enough…..Wade what have you discovered" Ron snapped not liking being spoken about as the third person.

"Oh yeah, well it turns out the map leads to an area in the rain forests of Cambodia."

"Makes sense, Cambodia is where the Monkey temples were discovered" Kim confirmed as she notice Ron flinch slightly, he was still not a big fan of monkeys.

"Right, but I checked satellite photos and there is nothing there Kim, it's just miles of forest land"

"There wouldn't be a map if it was out in the open" Ron finally said sounding very insightful for him. Kim looked on a little impressed at him then added.

"Good point, so Wade, can you get us a ride?"

"Sorry Kim, but the place has earned a reputation for bringing down planes with its serious weather condition, so I'm afraid if you want a ride you'll have to fly there yourself"

Kim rubbed her chin for a moment in thought until an idea came to mind "Wade, Global Justice have that new jet right…" she noted Wade nod his head as she continued "Well I think they still owe us a few favours give them a call, I think it's time we took that thing for a test run"

"Will do, I'll set it for tomorrow morning, so try and get some sleep."

Kim was about to say her goodbye until Ron intervened "Wait, Shego stole the map right."

"For Drakken…."

"When the only villain we know with Mystical Monkey Power is Monkeyfist" Kim looked at him. Ron had made a good point.

"Maybe the two of them are working together" Wade added to this conversation before Kim concluded.

"Well either way you guys we have to find whatever it is this map leads to and secure it before Drakken can"

Wade nodded his head in agreement whilst adding "Your right, but it's safe to say that no one has it yet due to the fact it took ME so long to read it.

Kim placed a hand on Ron's shoulder giving him a look of sympathy knowing that he has to return to that nightmare again "Ok Wade I'll talk to you tomorrow morning" after Wade gave her the two fingered salute the screen went blank, Kim then turned to Ron "Okay Ron open the sleeping bag, I'm coming in"

Ron's blush knocked him out his current funk as he began to stutter "but…but Kim what about you dads whole 'one sleeping bag each' clause that made your dad agree to this sleeping in the tree house." He was cut off when he found Kim nestling nicely in his sleeping bag and his chest.

"Oh hush Ron, maybe being alone is part of the problem. Maybe if I'm with you they won't occur" She didn't really believe this; she just wanted an excuse to sleep next to him.

The two then went to sleep without any nightmares preparing for what the next day had in store for them.

Meanwhile in the English mountains a castle looms and within Monkeyfist and Shego are studying the map she had stolen from the charity event whilst Drakken sat at his desk with one hand resting his head while the other was strumming the table. Eventually he lost patience "Ahhh! WHAT IS TAKING SO LONG?"

He caught the gaze he had been given from the two "Hey cool it Dr. D, we're working as fast as we can" Shego snapped becoming quite sick of his whining.

"If you're so bored Drakken why don't you join us" Monkeyfist added taking side with Shego.

"Hey…." Drakken snapped back "….the deal was I provided the map and the means to steal it and we take over the world together and, and….."

"And you have no idea how to read a map" Shego mocked with a smirk on her face.

Drakken scowled towards Shego he had grown very sick and tired of Shego's sass "Silence Shego, anyway why is this map so important that I had to risk coming out of hiding to obtain it"

"Excuse Me!" Shego argued back "you didn't DOOO anything; I was the one who had to fight Kim and get sucker punched by Stoppable with that lucky shot, I was lucky to get out of there."

"Exactly and who was driving the getaway vehicle?"

"Err me as soon as you heard that bomb go off"

Monkeyfist looked on as the two argued like an old married couple, he had enough there were things that needed to be done "Enough! And to answer your question Drakken the map leads to a power so great that when I attain it no feet will be too high and I will become the strongest being whoever lived HA HA HA HAAAAA!"

Drakken waited until Monkeyfist's stopped his manic laughter till he continued "Ok, but why did you wait until the concert to steal this knowing Kim Possible would be there, it's like you wanted her to know"

Monkeyfist recomposed himself and cleared his throat before saying "Well, you're half right."

Monkeyfist noted as the two of them stared at him with surprise and confusion as Shego broke the awkward tension "You mean Drakken was right about something?"

"Half right" Monkeyfist corrected "You see it is Stoppable I want"

Drakken arched an eyebrow in unsurprised confusion "What does that buffoon have to do with this?"

"EVERYTHING!" Shego and Drakken stepped back in shock at Monkeyfists recent out burst until he continued with his calm gentlemen poise "You see Ron and I are the only two people on earth gifted with Mystical Monkey Power. Don't you see, as long as he exists he will always be a threat to me attaining true power, once he is out of the way Kim Possible will be nothing!".

Drakken huffed and rested his hands on his hips in superiority "Well Monkeyfist, if you think the side-kick is a challenge then maybe you not fit to play with the big boys" He stopped noticing Shego had cupped one hand over her eyes and began scanning the room "What are you doing?" Drakken asked annoyingly.

"I'm looking for these 'big boys'" She smiled while Drakken snared at her.

Meanwhile Monkeyfist begins thinking to himself "Excellent, Neo Monkey Power will soon be mine. And when I defeat Stoppable I'll become the greatest warrior and the world will fall!" He walked off into the shadows like the ninja he was while Shego and Drakken continued scwabberling. Soon he would attain a power so great and what he had in store for Ron was going to be the icing on the cake, as he departed for a nights rest knowing tomorrow would set everything in motion.

Morning was beginning to rise as a huge building built on a mountain edge just outside of Middleton bathed in the warm red sunlight. Suddenly motion occurred as the side of the build facing the ocean began to move slowly and mechanically as what can only be described as a runway stretch out over the water. Within the building a high powered two seated rocket jet began to rise at the base of the runway. Ron is piloting with Kim behind him in as Co pilot. Suddenly Wade pops up on the screen in front of Ron "Ok when you disengage the ship will automatically return here so when you're done head to the rendezvous where a GJ transport will be ready to pick you up"

Ron simply nodded, he really had his game face on "Got it activating thrusters" Ron then pushed a lever on his right forward and the rockets on the jet ignited the fire burning out the engine as the restraints held it from going anywhere, as another man from GJ announced over the com "Steel Dragon EX, You're clear for launch!"

Wade popped up on screen again to add "I hope you know what you're doing!"

Ron simply stared out the front window and replied "I was just hoping the same thing" with that Ron pushed another lever forward causing their ship to shoot along the runway before departing and flying off into the distance.

The jet bullets across the ocean flying just a few feet above it as dolphins jumped up and swam beside it next they found themselves flying over a nice little town on the coast of Hawaii where their old friends Lilo and Stitch spot the ship and wave.

As they continue on they pass a cruise ship where a little girl holding a balloon also notices the flying wonder, she begins waving franticly until she lets go of her helium filled orb. It floated out of her reach, as she started crying Ron swooped down whilst Kim grabbed the balloon and passed it back to her before the rocketed up into the clouds.

Kim decides to use the solitude of the high altitude to talk to Ron "So….what do you think we'll find when we get there?"

Ron paused before answering "I don't know, but there is something wrong with this I….I can feel it"

"Because of that nightmare you keep having?"

Ron looked back at her "Let's not talk about this" Ron insisted noticing Kim had, had enough of this.

"Why not Ron, what happens in that dream you can't tell me about?" Kim demanded, she saw Ron turn quite again whatever it was he just couldn't bring himself to remember. Kim decided to try a different approach "Ron, we have been dating for about a year but we've been best friends since Pre K. There has never been anything we couldn't share with one another, please Ron don't shut me out, trust me."

Ron looked back at Kim again and smiled warmly, a sight she had not seen for a good few days and it was refreshing "Kim I……" he was cut off however as a beeping sound from his control panel, his smile vanished as he grew serious once again "Prepare to engage". Kim sighed, that beep could not have come at a worse time as she knew Ron was about to tell her everything.

The ship began to descend to the ground as they flew over the rainforest and prepared for whatever evil awaited them.