Little know religious fact (and no I am not really religious) is that Trinity is the name of the right hand of the devil. (Google search fro "Right hand of the Devil")
And while it would make sense for God to get involved in this, there is the whole 'turn the other cheek' mentality they have. (I can't use violence, even if it's a being from hell killing people)
Now, Christine gets a new toy, and the usual Kim/Ron Romance is up in this chapter, hopefully.
Kim Possible: The Cars Strike Back
Chapter 5
Restoring a Evil Car
Drakken's hover Car landed back in the Southern California lair, overloaded with numerous tools and late 50's Plymouth parts.
"Ok so this Car is possessed by something that allows it to repair itself and destroy others?" Shego asked, lugging a large amount of boxes out of the Car.
"Yeah that pretty much sums it up" Kim said as she carried another large grouping of boxes out of the car.
"Sounds like someone I could actually like working with" Shego mused.
"Shego! What about me? Don't you like working for me?" Drakken asked.
"Whenever you get one of your hair-brained schemes to work is when I'll like working with you" She replied.
The group set the packages down in front of the parked Christine; Ron rolled four brand new tires out of the hover car and pushed them towards Christine.
Rufus rode on top of one of the tires as it headed over.
"Hey Ron, does Christine look different to you?" Kim asked, tilting her head slightly as she stared at Christine.
"Why, something wrong?" Ron asked as he stopped the tires by Kim's side.
"That's it Ron, nothing is wrong" Kim said looking at him.
Ron looked over at Christine, he noticed that her body wasn't as rough as before, and he could swear that her headlights were fixed when only one worked when he drove her in.
"Let me check something" Ron said, moving past Kim towards the driver side door.
Ron opened the door and glanced at the odometer,
It read 93,210 and 3/10ths
"The odometer rolled back" Ron said, slightly confused.
"It's starting" Drakken said quietly.
Everyone looked over at him, during their time in the parts store they all had learned how much Drakken knew about this particular Car, and how it was one of his boyhood dreams of having something so 'delightfully evil' in his own words.
"Wait, what's starting?" Shego asked, confused.
Kim and Ron both ran their hands through their hair. Shego wasn't too keen on the evil car thing they surmised.
"Shego, she is already starting to repair herself. With the help of Eddie we should have her back to her former glory within a week!" Drakken said with youthful glee.
There was a knocking at the front door.
"Better see who that is" Drakken said as he headed towards the front door.
Standing there was a UPS man, holding a small package.
"Kim Possible?" The delivery man asked.
Kim jogged over to the door.
"That's me"
"Package for you, have a good night now"
"Thanks!"
Drakken shut the door, Kim looked at the package curiously.
"Who knows you're here?" Drakken asked, surprised that a package came for his arch foe.
"Only Wade knows" Kim said as she opened the package.
Inside the box was what appeared to be a cigarette lighter for a car.
"What is it Kim?" Ron asked as he came to her side.
"Looks like a cigarette lighter that plugs into a car." Kim said curiously.
Kim reached into her pocket and called Wade on the Kimmunicator.
"Wade, what exactly is this package you sent us?" Kim asked
"It's a universal translator, it should allow you to talk to Christine as if she was a person. Figured it would be easier than trying to figure out what she was trying to say to you" Wade said, never once looking towards her.
"Wade are you ok?" Kim asked, sounding concerned.
"You aren't going to believe this Kim, but I just finished talking to The Car." Wade said as he frantically typed on the keyboard.
"You what?" Kim asked.
"Did he just say he talked to the Car?" Drakken asked.
"Apparently so, what did it say?" Kim asked.
"Well, it told me that its name was Trinity, which deciphered means the right hand of the devil. It also warned about using another potentially possessed vehicle to stop it." Wade said, starting to finally relax.
"Okay, so it's an actual demon from hell then." Kim said.
"It appears so Kim, during the conversation it mentioned that it was actually the second demon sent up to collect souls, saying the first demon went up twenty years before it." Wade said.
"So, what does that mean? The other demon returned to hell then right?" Kim asked.
Wade slowly shook his head.
"Unfortunately it also said that the demon never returned, its still among us. And as my digging has just discovered, it's closer than we think." Wade finished, giving Kim a serious look.
Kim started to think about what Wade just told her, trying to see what he was getting at. The realization hit her like a ton of bricks to the face.
"Wade, you can't mean…" Kim started, but trailed off. Not believing that it was possible.
"Afraid so Kim. Now if you'll excuse me, the Car is about to hit General Simms men, I am going to have to guide in additional forces." With that Wade disappeared from the screen.
Kim was stunned, so stunned that she stayed in her shocked state, staring over at the parked Christine.
Another demon, went up 20 years before the Car was in New Mexico in 77……That would make it 1957…
It was a one in a million chance of this happening, yet it seems Kim and Ron had beaten those odds, and were dealing with two demon possessed cars.
On any other day this would seem strange…
"Ah Kim, what did Wade mean by the first demon is closer than we think?" Ron said, still not putting the two pieces together.
"Ron," Kim pointed over to Christine, "THAT is the first Demon!"
Ron suddenly became pale, his left eye involuntarily twitched.
"Y-you mean that Christine, is a demon from hell?"
Kim nodded.
"A demon that we plan on using to fight another demon car from hell?"
Kim nodded again.
Ron rubbed his hands across his face.
"Man, this is Sick-and-Wrong!"
Drakken and Shego looked back and forth between the two teens, and Christine. Wondering just what in the hell they had gotten themselves into.
Kim played with the UT in her hand, wondering if what they were doing was going to be worth it, or if they were opening up another can of worms.
Only one way to find out,
Sighing, Kim grabbed Ron's hand and led him over to Christine.
"Kim, what are you doing?" Ron asked as he was brought to the side of Christine.
"Ron, now that we know what we are dealing with, I want to see if going through with the restoration of Christine is even worth it for us." Kim said, holding the device out in her hand.
Ron rubbed the back of his neck, he didn't like the idea of working with a refugee demon to defeat another demon. But, he trusted Kim's judgment on this.
"So, we plug this device into Christine and see if she would be willing to help us? What if she lies to us Kim?" Ron said, looking over the battered 58 Fury positioned behind Kim.
"It's a chance we have to take Ron, and besides I want to hear things from Christine's perspective." Kim said, putting her hand on Ron's shoulder.
"Well, let's give it a shot." Ron said, taking the device from Kim.
Ron opened the passenger door to Christine and slid across the bench seat, behind the steering wheel. It was only then Ron noticed that Christine's repairs weren't only on the exterior, but the upholstery was in better shape as well. He just hated the positioning of her rearview mirror.
If this device works, maybe I can convince Christine to move this to the normal location on the headliner.
Kim slid in after Ron, looking over the interior again. Rufus scampered out of Ron's pocket and stood up on the dashboard, peering out at the watching Drakken and Shego.
"Here goes nothing" Ron said.
He unplugged the ancient 50s in-car lighter, and slid in Wade's translator. It glowed an eerie blue, then faded out.
Silence followed.
"So, does it work?" Ron asked Kim,
Rufus shrugged his shoulders.
"Christine? Can you hear us?" Kim asked.
"I can hear you fine…."
Kim and Ron stared at the dashboard in shock.
"Wow, this thing actually does work" Christine said.
"Well, why wouldn't it?" Kim asked.
"Because I don't trust anything new, that's why Kim" Christine said.
Her attitude was very hostile towards Kim, making both Kim and Ron uneasy.
Christine sensed this, and tried to cover for it.
"Sorry 'bout that guys, it's just been a rough 30 years for me" Christine said.
To her joy they both seemed to buy it.
"Aw, no big. I can't even begin to understand what you went through" Kim said.
"Yeah, I've been recovering over the years as you could see."
"And doing very well at it I must add" Ron said.
"Thanks Ron." Christine said, noting that Kim was slightly agitated by that.
"I've heard your conversations, and I guess you want an explanation of what I am exactly."
"Yes we would, we want to know if you would actually help us drive this other demon possessed Car back to hell." Kim said.
"Well, considering how I haven't been back there since I went up, and knowing Satan's policy on deserters, I honestly don't have a choice in the matter. Because I never came back when I should have, supplying them with what I was initially sent up for, I basically have a bounty out on me. And if I'm captured and brought back to hell I would be in for a world of hurt you couldn't even begin to describe."
"Wow, so what exactly happened that possessed you to not return?" Ron asked, fully interested in the story, and frankly so was Kim.
"If you would believe it, I fell in love" Christine said with a sigh.
Ron and Kim became puzzled.
"Ohh, I get it. You're first owner!" Ron said.
"Yeah, I didn't want to leave him. But I didn't want anyone to get between us, including his family."
Ron and Kim both squirmed in their seats.
"After he committed suicide, I lost all faith and was ready to face my fears and go back to hell. Then came Arnie"
Christine explained her story for another 40 minutes or so, allowing all the collected information to sink in, even Drakken and Shego hustled around her to hear her tale. But like any story it had to come to an end, which in this case was the beginning of another one.
"Wow, interesting life you led" Ron said, Rufus nodded in agreement.
"Thanks, Ron. It's probably not as interesting as yours though" Christine said.
Kim grumbled, she was sure that Christine was hitting on Ron. Although she hoped that Ron didn't see it, as he was always oblivious to women.
"Well, it's not that interesting but you know I've had my moments" Ron said.
Kim breathed a sigh of relief, Ron missed the point of Christine's response all together.
"I'd love to hear about them some time" Christine mused, her tone was clearly flirtatious.
Ron picked up on this obvious signal and immediately became nervous.
Oh man, I think I'm being hit on by a Car!
Luckily for Ron, he was interrupted before he could respond.
"Cousin Eddie's here!" Drakken shouted, opening the lair door.
Into the lair slid a massive pickup truck, outfitted with a Supercharger poking through the hood, and flames down the sides.
Its driver stepped out, waving his long blonde mullet about as he approached Drakken.
"Awwwww Yeeeaaahhh! Motor Ed is in the House! Seriously!" Ed said, doing his air guitar.
"Eddie! Good to see you've made it!" Drakken said as he high fived Motor Ed.
"Dude! Was your call serious? Cause I totally brought all my awesome tools" Ed said.
"Oh, I was quiet serious Ed. It's over here" Drakken said, motioning to the stall that housed Christine.
"Dude, no way. Seriously? This is it?" Ed asked
"Seriously" Drakken replied.
"Dude, Awesome, seriously" Ed said as he started to look over Christine, when Ron and Kim came out from inside.
Ed jumped back in shock.
"Red!"
"Motor Ed"
"Dude, why is she here? Seriously?"
"Because she is the one that came up with the idea Mullet boy" Ron said, resting his hand on Christine's roof.
"Dude, don't diss the Mullet! Seriously!"
"Is this clown for real?" Christine asked.
"Yeah, pretty much." Kim said.
"Ok red, who said that?" Ed said looking about the lair.
"I did" Christine said, starting her engine. "You got a problem with that?"
Ed looked at Christine in shock.
"Dude, since when do you talk?"
"Since I had a translator installed!"
"Seriously?"
Christine started to inch forward, all Kim and Ron could do was watch in amazement.
Drakken and Shego retreated over to Motor Ed's truck, fearing what might happen next.
"If you say seriously one more time, I'm going to remove your manhood" Christine hissed.
"Seriously?" Ed asked, backing against a wall.
Kim and Ron winced.
"Ok, that's it!" Christine lurched forward, the top of her fender catching Motor Ed in the groin. He started screaming in pain.
"Ooooowwwww, Seriously!"
Christine inched closer, Ed's scream started getting higher in pitch.
"Ok, Christine that's enough! Let Motor Ed go!" Kim shouted.
Christine didn't budge.
"Christine, come on now. I'm sure he learned his lesson, now let's all chill" Ron said.
Surprisingly Christine backed off, allowing Motor Ed to collapse to the ground holding his groin.
Everyone was in shock, especially Ron.
"You're right Ron, I'm sorry" Christine said as she backed into her original position.
Kim's jaw hung open.
Ron just nervously shrugged his shoulders as he went back over to Christine.
"I think Kimmie is getting jealous" Shego whispered to Kim.
Kim started to fume.
"I am not jelling over a Car!" Kim hissed back at Shego.
"Sure princess, but for the rest of us it looks as though Christine is trying to steal your man away from you." Shego whispered before walking away.
Kim grumbled.
She knew she was right though, Christine totally ignored her and only listened to Ron, and she was actually trying to steal Ron away from her.
Ron is with me, there is no way he would ever fall for you…
Kim seethed as she watched Ron walk over to her, away from Christine.
"Come on Kim, we should probably begin the tear down process so we can put all this bon-diggity new stuff in Christine" Ron said.
Kim still glared at Christine, sensing what Kim was going through, Ron wrapped his arms around her and gave Kim a small peck on the cheek.
"I know what you're thinking Kim" Ron whispered.
Kim broke off her glare and turned to face Ron. "You do?" she whispered.
Ron nodded.
"Kim, it took me almost 10 years for me to realize how I felt about you. And I'll be damned if I fall for a Car after I already have you"
Kim looked into his brown eyes, she could see that he meant every word.
"Ron, what about what she told us, she may not help us if you don't get involved with her" Kim said casting a worried look over at Christine.
"Kim, your forgetting that I am totally oblivious to when girls like me, remember Tara and Yori?" Ron said with a lopsided smile.
Kim grinned a little, indeed Tara and Yori had it for Ron, but Ron being Ron he completely missed all the signals they sent out. Not to mention Ron missing a few of Kim's signals she sent out to him.
"Yeah, I remember Ron. Let's just hope that your essential Ron-ness is enough to keep Christine thinking that you're falling for her." Kim said smiling.
"Come on, let's get to it you two! Christine isn't going to fix herself!" Drakken shouted as he carried Motor Ed's tools to the stall.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Christine asked, sounding annoyed.
"What? Oh, I ah. Nothing, just a figure of speech is all…….please don't hurt me" Drakken squeaked.
Kim and Ron laughed as they went over to the rest of the group to begin the teardown, which Kim found especially relaxing.
I planned for more to happen in this chapter, but I got carried away in the whole Christine talking thing.
Next Chapter will have the Car hitting the front lines of General Simms, as well as the rebirth (so to speak) Of Christine, and some humorous K/R moments as well.
Read and Review as always!