They Say Everyone Has a Twin Chapter 17 revised, a kim possible fanfic

The Trinity Sitch – Book 1: They Say Everyone Has a Twin

Chapter 17

The Kimmunicator was useless. In order to pack so many features into such a small device, it had almost no internal computing power. All of that was done via a satellite link-up. Even the automated functions of her battle suit would not function without the uplink to Wade's network, as it could mimic many of her hand-held's functions. The only good to come so far was a door that slid into place behind Drakken, concealing her movements from him. She could hear him shouting at something, probably the Trinity in pursuit.

Somehow she had to get into the cockpit and get Drakken away from the controls, hopefully without causing the ship to crash, though if there was no other choice…

The fate of the entire planet was at stake. Under no circumstances could she let him take the ship into warp.

Maybe it wasn't so good. The door was locked from the inside, cutting him off from her. She looked at the controls, but it was yet another palm-print interlock. Still, she peeled her glove off, putting her hand flat on the panel. The light at the top remained red. She was locked out.

She studied one of the two consoles with an acceleration lounge, set to the left and below the ladder leading up to Drakken's cockpit. Much of it was labeled but lacking knowledge of anything but the barest basics of flying she didn't know what all of it was. There were simplified flying controls at the console, but it seemed like its primary function was to control the sophisticated weapons and countermeasures systems of the ship.

The countermeasures! That's why she couldn't contact anyone! Being a military ship, it was designed to jam any unauthorized communication as well as disrupt most kinds of scanning beams. Something in the back of her mind wondered exactly how Drakken tracked the ship in the first place, but that was an answer needed at another time. That didn't help her now.

What she really needed right now was Ron. Somehow his random mind could always come up with a way to defeat sophisticated control systems like this, even if it meant messing with every control on the board.

Yet he wasn't here. He was very likely back on the Trinity, following her, frantic for her safety. That was a new dimension to their relationship they would have to work out. While he loved him and his devotion to her, he would have to trust her just as he had when they were just best friends.

Maybe he did. They had been on so few missions over their first summer together it had not been put to the test. That would have to come later, if there was a later.

What would Ron do?

Just as she thought moments before, he would simply start pressing every button, flipping every switch until something happened.

But what would happen if she managed to shut the system down? What kind of alarm would be raised in the cockpit. She didn't know if Drakken was armed in any way, but she doubted it. Still, that was a chance she knew she wasn't quite ready to take.

Or was she? The clouds and sky were turning darker as the ship started clearing the atmosphere. Neither Drakken or the sophisticated AI of the Valkyrie knew what would happen if he went to warp and all he had to do was tell it to do so.

She scanned the console. There were several different kinds of ports along the bottom edge, but she had no clue what would fit any of them. It was a dead certainty that it didn't rely on twenty-first century parallel, serial or USB technology. Frustrated, she set the Kimmunicator down on a smooth, flat panel on the console.

It suddenly winked to life! Something in the ship's system had recognized her device as being benign and was 'talking' to it. For a very brief moment it was tied directly into the main communications system. That was all it took.

Her heart skipped a beat when it lit up, followed by the four note chime. Thank goodness she had turned the volume way down. Joyfully she punched the accept button. Wade's face appeared both on the tiny screen and the larger one on the WSO console.

"KIM! I don't know quite how you did it, but I'm patched into the Valkyrie's AI!"

"Can you shut down the electronic countermeasures?"

"I can try. The system is pretty advanced, it can barely carry on a conversation with my network. Hey! I've got a better idea, why don't I patch you through to Jimmy so he can key in the shut-down code!"

"Please and thank you!" She shut the screen off, finally noting the small wires that had snaked from the console, connecting with the USB port on the bottom of her device. Of course! In the future they would have come up with some sort of universal adaptor!

"I can go one better." Jimmy said as his face appeared on the Kimmunicator. "All I have to do is type in the code from here and…"

The 'thrum' that permeated the ship suddenly stopped. Through the hull you could hear the engines winding down as the Ion WRAM collectors slowed their spinning. Everything went dark for a moment, until red emergency lights came on. The whole ship became silent and all you could hear was the hiss of the air handlers in the life support system. Her stomach wrenched as the artificial gravity cut out, leaving her in free-fall.

From the moment everything shut down she could hear the plaintive "NOOOO NOOOO NOOOOOOOOOO!" from the cockpit. With the master override code now in place, the locks had all been disabled. She shook her head and opened the hatch. Drakken had his head down pounding on the console, not noticing the redhead in white and blue coming up behind him.

His eyes snapped open as she grabbed him by the shoulders, pulling him out of the unbuckled harness and sending him floating into the larger cabin.

"NO, THIS ISN'T HAPPENING! HOW CAN IT BE POSSIBLE?"

She rolled her eyes and shook her head. "How many times do I have to tell you…" she said with a grin to the man trying to cower in freefall, patting him gently on his head.

"Anything's possible for a Possible!"

A/N Revised 2-26-06