Chapter 3

A Curse reawakened

The trees within the Cambodian rainforest parted as the force of the GJ jet rocketed over them, the ship piloted by Ron and Kim flew low for a few moments until Ron punched in a few key commands and suddenly his and Kim's seats were lowering and from underneath the ship dropping like a bomb the two were on Ron's bike (bet you were all wondering why I had Ron was piloting) The bike crashed to the ground and swerved slightly. When Ron manage to regain control he continued on towards the destination with Kim wrapping her arms tightly round him for safety (and because she loved to be close to him) they hadn't even noticed the ship had automatically switch to auto-pilot and flown away back to base.

Ron swerved and weaved round tress and rocks until he stopped at the edge of a small hill which led down into an opening, after a quick survey of the area they drove down and parked in the centre, as the path seemed too cluttered to continue. The two dismounted and removed their helmets stretching off there long journey.

Kim pulled out the Kimunicator "Wade, we're at the location and you're right there is nothing here. You sure you translated that map correctly?"

Wade spat out the soda he was halfway through drinking as his genius was questioned "Kim I'm sure, I went over everything and even double checked my work with help from Professor Dickens and he confirmed them"

They were then both cut off as Ron staring off into the jungle said "It's here"

The two paused and looked over at him as Kim asked "What?" Kim asked slightly confused by Ron's claim as he continued.

"I can feel it"

Kim was getting freaked out slightly, Ron never spoke like this "You can feel it….Wade?"

Wade scratched his head and pondered for a moment "I got nothing Kim, there is a lot about Mystical Monkey Power we don't know about and we know whatever this map leads to it is connected to Ron so, I would go with him"

Kim turned towards with a concerned look in her eyes as she said "Ok Ron, lead the way"

The two continued through the jungle pushing trees and bushes bout of the way until they reach another clearing, "We're here"

Kim looks around the clearing scanning everything until see comes across a small Monkey statue that held its hands palm up in the air. She gazed at it for a few moments with a raised eyebrow "We are?" She questioned in disbelief. Ron didn't reply instead he approached the small three foot tall stone monkey and placed his palms onto the large simian hands. Kim watched on as nothing happened then suddenly Ron body became engulfed within a blue light as the ground shook ferociously as a huge stone archway rose from the ground bearing many monkey carvings. Kim looked down into the abyss of the darkness wondering what could lay down its corridors, she snapped her head back round to Ron "H…How did you do that?"

Ron looked up at her to reply "Not sure, just had a feeling to do it, like I already knew" he continued passed her and took the first step on the flight of stairs, this caused the touches aligned on the wall to light revealing it in a dimness of lights. Ron turned towards Kim "Be careful, there is something very wrong here"

"I agree" Kim nodded as they proceeded down into the dark hallway.

The two slowly creep down the damp corridor until they come to fork in their path. One lead into more darkness while the other had a gleam of hope in the form of a bright light "finally a bit of sunlight" Kim stated as she headed towards the warm glow in front of her. Ron watched on until he was struck by a vision of the corridor and the danger it holds. He rushes up towards Kim and quickly pulls her back with all his strength, they fell to the ground as a huge stone axe swung at the air where Kim's head would have been, she turned her head realising that she was on top of Ron "Th….thanks" she rolled off him as they returned to their feet, Ron without a word stared down the corridor of light as Kim stared at him "How did you know?"

Ron faced her with a look of confusion in his eyes "I…..I don't know. I just had a vision. It's like this whole place is familiar some how, like I have been here before"

Kim looked on with concern but with everything that had happened so far she accepted it "Anything else you recognise?"

"All I know is that that corridor leads to a trap and we should go this way"

Kim handed Ron a touch hanging from the wall. There was no use in denying it, Ron had some connection to this strange place and she had to let him take charge "Maybe you should take the lead"

The teen heroes continue down the long dimly lit hallways choosing a different path every time the option rose this went on for a rough hour before they finally came to a huge room without running into any more life threatening surprises.

The room was held up by huge pillars riddled with beautiful and artistic carvings of monkeys. At the end of the hall there stood a large flight of stairs leading up to a stage the middle of which there stood a pedestal only visible by a stream of light seeping through the ceiling. In the centre of the stage stood another pedestal, only this one had a monkey with its palms together, almost in prayer. The monkey was made of Onyx and had two strange black diamonds for eyes that gleamed a haunting twinkle. Ron and Kim approached the base of the stairway and gazed at its peek "That's it" Ron said being so sure of his answer.

Kim followed his gaze then questioned herself on how he could know that until she said with a firm serious tone to tell him she was really focused "Can you sense it"

Ron looked back and for a brief returned to his light hearted self "Well…yeah, but why else would it be the only thing in here?" Kim blushed with embarrassment a she realised how obvious it was, she then quickly giggled nervously as Ron's face return to being serious. He took the first step and said "Wait here"

"What? No way, you and I our in this together"

"NO!" Ron snapped as he spun his head round to Kim she had flinched at his reaction, Ron never spoke to her like this and it scared her the way his eyes stung her like pins and needles in her heart. Ron saw the pain in her eyes and took a deep breath "I'm sorry, I just have a really bad feeling about all this" His words were soft but couldn't stop the tear forming in her eyes, he walked over to her and gently cradled her chin in his hands and stared into her eyes, the last time he ever did that with such love and devotion was at the prom where they shared their first kiss. Kim fought back the tear as Ron said in a soft tone "Please, for me." Kim simply nodded as Ron proceeded up the stairs alone.

As he got halfway up Rufus who had been asleep the whole time poked his head out of Ron's pocket and saw their destination, his animal instincts quickly tell him something was wrong. In a shot he leaps out of his second home and rushes down jumping into Kim's arms. Kim felt her arms vibrate as the naked mole rat shook in fear. Kim stroke him hoping to offer some sought of comfort "My sentiments exactly Rufus" She said, feeling his anticipation of what he felt was happening.

Ron reached the top of the stair way and walked into the centre of the tall stage and up to the pedestal. He was not alone though as he heard the sound of bare feet slowly and gently made there way out of the shadows revealing the simian man known as Monkeyfist, the poised English gentleman approached his blonde haired rival.

"Welcome Ron Stoppable. We have been expecting you"

Ron clenched his fist as he stared at the Monkey man. He hated him more then anything, Ron believed that given the chance good can be found within anyone but not him, Monkeyfist was a monster and Ron would never find a thread of compassion towards him. Ron finally set aside his pure hatred to say something "Monkeyfist...! We?" Ron contemplated on what Monkeyfist meant until it came to him. He snapped his head round back towards Kim whilst screaming "KP WATCH OUT!" It was pointless however as by the time Kim could turn round a green bolt sent her hurtling losing consciousness while Ron was forced to watch "KIM!..." He screamed in fear, then turned back towards Monkeyfist "…..What's this all about Monkeyfist?"

The black haired gentleman slowly approached Ron in the centre of the stage "Power Ron, it's all about power, a power you and I are about to attain!" Suddenly without warning a huge wall of white light erected all around them and the black eyes of the Monkey statue began to glow. "You see Ron the two chosen by Mystical Monkey Power must be present for the transformation to occur, and since you destroyed the four Jade monkey statues back when we first met that makes us the only two people on earth with such power…..well, until now!"

Ron arched an eyebrow towards Monkeyfist confused about what he meant. He wasn't given much chance to think as the glowing eyes of the monkey statue shot out two separate beams hitting the pair of them suspending them in mid air.

Back at the bottom of the stairway Shego stood over an unconscious Kim Possible being quite proud of herself as Drakken joined her. They soon found themselves covering their eyes as the light grew more intense as it began to fade two figures hung in the air resonating with a blue glow before the lowered back onto the centre of the stage.

Ron could feel pins and needles through is whole body as well as something more "WH….What happened?" Ron was confused but not scared which really surprised him. He continued to pat himself down expecting to find something he shouldn't "I can feel my Mystical Monkey Power, it's like it felt back when I first attained it?"

Monkeyfist began to chuckle with a maniac charm "That is not Mystical Monkey Power you feel….brother!"

Ron looked up towards at Monkeyfist not realising what he just called him "It's not……and did you just call me brother?"

The genetic man rose his hands to the heavens above to proclaim "This is NEO MONKEY POWER! We have become more powerful then any being on the face of this earth, even you beloved Kim Possible!"

That news did shock not only Ron but Drakken and Shego who were listening in, the idea of being stronger then THE Kim Possible was a bit much but Ron became quickly confused "Question. Why make me more powerful as well?" he asked in a lighter tone then before but not breaking his focus on the hairy handed adult.

Monkeyfist quickly straighten out his ninja KI and recomposed himself "You see in order for the statue to become active it must sense the two chosen by the Mystical Monkey Power, the one of pure heart and the one of tainted so that it may balance it out. That is why the two of us will control the world together!"

"WHAT!" Both Ron and Drakken shouted at Monkeyfist claim.

"Really" Shego smirked with a very seductive tone on her voice, she never admitted it but she always did find the buffoon rather cute especially when he turned evil a while ago thanks to the moodulator she found him quite irresistible, so she welcomed the idea of him becoming evil again. She was disappointed however when Ron shouted back at Monkeyfist.

"Not likely Monkey boy!" Ron yelled as Monkeyfist made his way towards the stairs chortling to him.

"Oh you say that now but you WILL change you mind, why right this very second it has begun crawling through you" Ron ran to the stairs as Monkeyfist reaches the bottom.

"What is?" He shouts down impatiently as Monkeyfist refused to give him a straight answer. Monkeyfist turns back to him before he leaves to shout.

"THE CURSE OF THE NEO MONKEY!" He noticed Ron's surprise then continued past Shego and Drakken "We must leave now" he said as he walked towards the same doorway.

The two looked at him in confusion as he had forgotten about a certain red head, Shego walked on after him while Drakken stood their and asked "But what about Kim Possible?"

Monkeyfist stopped in the doorway and as he turned his head slightly and looked at Kim with a smug yet sympathetic look in his eye "Leave her. She has a worse fate yet to face"

The three villains make the exit as Kim begins to wake up. At first her vision is blurry until it comes in focus the first thing she looks for is Ron who she finds still standing on the stage, by now the blue aura around his body had vanished "R…Ron!" Kim shouted, she remembered seeing Monkeyfist and Shego sneaking up on her then blacking out. She wasn't given much time to reflect on it as the room began to shake violently Kim quickly pulled out the Kimunicator as Wade's image popped up "Wade what's going on?"

"Just checking" Wade said as he punched the keyboard at lightning speed "Kim it's the temple, it's sinking again you and Ron have to get out of there NOW"

"Best plan I've heard all day" Kim ran towards the exit grabbing a curled up shaking Rufus on her way she then turned and looked up for Ron "Ron come on lets move!" Ron sets off but stops abruptly on at the first step and looks back towards the statue "What's the hold up?" Kim demanded as she saw Ron halt

"I have to destroy it" Ron said looking into the black diamond eyes of the onyx monkey

"WHAT?" Was all she could scream, it was strange usually in this situation Ron was the one who was always running for his life when it got like this.

"This statue is too dangerous to leave here I have to destroy it. If I can just focus my new powers" Kim looked to one side as Ron mentioned this 'new power'

"New power" she whispered to herself. What had happened while she was out? While she was thinking of this Ron approached the Monkey statue and raised his arms to either side of it, closing his eyes he tried to focus which was very hard to do seeing as how the whole building was collapsing around him. Suddenly his arms began to glow white almost like Shego's Go team glow. He slowly positioned his hands around the statue as Kim watched on then whipped the Kimunicator back out to speak to her ten year old genius "Wade what's he doing?"

"Checking" Wade typed so fast any quicker and his fingers would begin to smoke. His computer bleeped and his face was stunned at what he saw "Whoa Kim this is amazing. If this is right what Ron is doing is described by archaeologists as 'the crush of the thousand monkeys' taken from an ancient unearthed tablet it says that only a person with Mystical Monkey Power can focus the strength of a thousand monkeys into their arms and……" Before Wade has a chance to finish his computer begins to beep furiously which caused Wade to jump in fear "Oh no. Kim after a scan of the area with all of the residual energy and fused neutrons flying around….."

"In English Wade" Kim shouted impatiently.

"Ron shouldn't touch the……!" But before Wade could finish Ron grabbed the Statue causing bolts of lightning to fire out of his body, Ron screamed in pain as the electricity surged all around him.

All Kim can do is watch on as the one she loved screamed in unbearable pain all she could do was scream encouragement "RON, YOU CAN DO IT!" Hearing Kim cheer him on filled Ron with a strength he never knew was there, he found himself taking control, his eyes focused on the Monkey as it began to crack then in an explosion shattered in his hands.

He slowly turns and looks down at Kim; he smiles and gives her thumbs up while saying weakly "under control" he collapsed to the ground. Kim gasped and ran up for him using all the strength she had she flung Ron over her shoulder and made her way to the exit. They make it out moments before it the archway sunk back into the ground. Kim looked around for Monkeyfist, Drakken and Shego but they had already gone, she had other things to worry about as Ron was unconscious.

She lay him down on the ground and pulled out the kimunicator once again "Wade call GJ and have them meet us at the rendezvous, and have a medical team on standby, there is something wrong with Ron!"

8 hours had passed and Ron lay in a bed at Middleton general still in an unconscious state as Kim watched on from outside the room. She still was wearing her mission clothes; she refused to go home even to change leaving Ron like this was out of the question. She had cried a river of worry already and now just stood quietly with her hands pressed against the window leading into his room. Her focus was cut short when her mother, who had been working on Ron's mental state, walked down the long white corridor towards her. This was enough to break her silence "MOM. Is Ron alright? Why is he still out cold? Will he wake up? Will he….." she was cut off as Dr Possible held her hands up to calm her down.

"Kimmie, Kimmie Kim calm down Ron is physically fine he has no serious injuries to report of please calm down" Kim finally eased herself as tears began to trickle once again down her cheeks.

"Mom I'm so scared, Ron has always been there when I was scared and now he is the one I'm scared for. I can't take seeing him like this"

She was given a loving hug as she sobbed in her mothers shoulder, this truly was the first time she was alone without the support of the one person who could give it her the best Ron. "We're doing the best we can honey ok"

"What's wrong with him?" Kim asked breaking off the hug and going back to the window.

Her mother joined her at the window whilst pulling a monitor on wheels alongside her inserting a disk she had in her pocket "Take a look at this. It's a recording of Ron's cat scan we took a few hours ago" all of a sudden the monitor lit to life as two sets of wavy lines began to whistle along the screen, one red and one blue. "You see the blue line is running just like any other human frequency should be"

Kim nodded in agreement as her curiosity got the better of her "So what does the red line represent?"

"Well that's just it Kim. This red line shouldn't be here, it is showing another set of brain waves fluxing in Ron's mind"

"Meaning?" Kim asked with a worried unsure tone in her voice.

"It means that there are two consciousnesses fighting for control of Ron's body, Ron and someone or something else….." she then pressed her own hand on the window with her own upset look in her eyes as she continued "….and from the looks of it, Ron is losing!"

Kim gasped as she heard this news, she felt her eyes tearing up again until her mother placed her hands upon her shoulders and looked warmly at her giving her a vote of confidence "Mom what should I do?"

"Get some rest. You can't support Ron if you're exhausted"

"Sorry mom but I'm not going anywhere, I'll be here for Ron when he wakes up and I refuse to go home till he is awake"

She was soon being guided by her mom towards the lobby as she resisted her mom said "Just catch a nap in the lobby for a few hours of sleep, Ron will be here when you wake up and if anything changes you'll be the first to know ok sweetie, just please rest for just a little while"

Dr Possible found it easier to guide Kim as she began to walk with her rather then against her "Ok mom I'll try and catch some sleep, but please wake me if anything changes"

"You'll be the first Kim I promise" Ann Possible felt more at ease when she saw Kim walk herself out and into the lobby. She knew deep down however that Kim would find it hard to sleep if she did at all as Ron was forced to fight some unknown force, one she had no idea on what it was. She knew it was up to Ron to fight this unwanted guest and Kim would be he when he woke up, but who would he be?

His head rung and his mind felt like it was spinning out of control. Ron felt cold yet he was sweating. He couldn't tell weather his eyes were opened or not as everything around him was black and bathed in darkness. He looked around but it was so dark he couldn't even see his body. He couldn't even feel his feet on anything solid as if he was floating. He then heard whispers all around him "Your better then her you know" it said. Ron tried to find the source of the whispers until he felt his feet touch a ground, soon Ron was walking through the darkness and shadow trying to find a way out as the same taunt continued to hang in the air.

"Who are you?" Ron demanded as he was answered by a manic laughter which echoed deafeningly around him. Soon Ron found he could not work any further as a wall had appeared in front of him, he tried to back step with no luck as walls had appeared all around him, they began to slowly close in on him Ron became scared as his space was taken away from him until the voice whispered I different tone "Save yourself, use your power" Ron screamed with all his might sending a shockwave of energy outward destroying the walls and revealing the path once again as he carried on down it. The whispering continued becoming more sadistic "You could be the greatest, attain true power!"

"Why are you saying these things?" Ron asked "Show yourself!" he yelled into the shadows he heard the voice laughing back at him.

"As you wish" he said, suddenly a figure appeared and it caused Ron to gasp as he knew the face very well. It was him only it wasn't. The face was his except with a pale white skin and onyx black hair with his fringe slightly spiked up at the front followed up with crimson red eyes.

Ron could only stare at this man who was almost his twin, it was the Ron from his nightmares, the one who took Kim away from him, but this couldn't be Ron, could it? "Who are you?" Was the only thing Ron could even think of saying.

The figured look and smiled at him with a cruel grin "Isn't it obvious? I'm you, to an extent the part of you that you can never be because of that pure heart of yours. I'm your opposite so I guess you can call me…..Nor!" Ron approached within an inch of him and began looking over this almost mirror image of him, Nor simply stood there smirking allowing Ron to except the truth he was being told.

He stepped back and glared at this evil looking doppelganger "What do you want?"

"POWER! That's all I want Ron more Power" Nor screamed at him as he put his arm around him like they were old buddies. "And you know how I can get it" Ron gave him a look that spoke 'I do?' as Nor continued "You see Ron you know the location of the Lotus Blade and you can call it at will. You must call it now"

"Can't you?" Ron questioned while removing Nor's arm from his shoulder.

"Only one of pure heart can call the Lotus Blade, and since I wasn't around when you went to the school where the sword is now kept, I can't find it. So Ron CALL IT!"

Nor grabbed the scruff of Ron's mission shirt which he was wearing in this what Ron had now determined to be some kind of dream. Ron knocked him away and straightens himself out "No way! I'm not helping you, I just gotta wake up and I'll be rid of you"

Ron was haunted as Nor's laughter crept up on him "Very well…." He said looking at him "I guess I'll just have to find it MYSELF!" Nor then forced his hands into Ron's chest causing him to scream in pain, an explosion of energy burst out as Nor slowly disappeared into his body.

Kim nearly jumped out of her make shift bed in the lobby as a huge explosion shook the hospital. She jumped to her feet as nurses and doctors made their way towards the wing where Ron's room was. Kim began to fear for the worst as she ran after them. Her stomach began to tighten as the nurses and doctors made the same turns she was making. She turned the final corner and saw dust filling the air as a small crowd had gathered around the hole which was now Ron's room "No" she whispered to herself as she ran through the crowd and gasped at what she saw. The figure had pale white skin and black spiked hair and was wearing Ron's mission pants and throwing on his shirt as Kim arrived. "Ron!" she yelled praying it was him.

She was very disappointed however when the figure turned around with his fire red pupils glaring at her with an evil smirk risen on his face. Kim was shocked, it was Ron whoever it was it looked just like him, she froze in fear as he spoke in a harsh cocky tone "CALL ME NOR!"

The explosion had caused a huge hole in the window, Nor simply jumped out of it then continued jumping rooftop to rooftop with almost super human ability. Kim ran to the edge still shocked at what had just happened. Her hand shaking she pulled out the Kimunicator and called Wade "Wade call Global Justice. Things just got a lot more complicated" She didn't give Wade a chance to respond as she cut transmission and broke down to her knees and wept. What had happened to Ron Stoppable?