Greetings once more, dear reader. I am your narrator, the Lurker: What happened to the angry mob that was chasing me in our previous installment? A mystery, to be revealed at the conclusion of our current tale. Kim also faced a mystery. In Book One of The Last Kim Possible Story, Trial By Furry, Kim learned the man she had opposed for much of her career, the architect of numerous take-over-the-world plots that she had foiled so steadfastly, was a synthodrone, felled by a simple spray of soda pop. This doesn't bother our friend Ronald. He's cool with it. But Kimberly? Not so much. She vows to find out what happened and learn
Who Was Drew Lipsky?
Chapter 1 – Ye Olde Evil Lair
by Shawn Q. Evans
Kim Possible and related characters copyright Walt Disney Co.
Ron usually gloried in the feeling of jetpack flying. Unlike the freefall of parachuting, which invariably caused Ron to pop his 'chute early, Ron enjoyed the control the jetpack afforded him. But the joy was gone now, replaced by trepidation.
Their current situation was beginning to wear on his longtime friend and soulmate, Kim.
"Wade", Kim barked into her Kimmunicator, "What do you have on this lair of Drakken's?"
"Automated laserweb defense field and aerobots.", Wade answered. "So watch out!"
"Hmphh! They better watch out for me!", Kim snapped, as she powerdives the pulsing lasers.
"Follow me, Ron!"
"S-sure! Right behind ya, KP!"
As Kim soars past the shifting lasers, an aerial ballet that the lasers knew not the choreography of and so were always a split second too late, Ron attempts to follow but does not quite have the same moves as Kim.
"Kim! I'm hit!", yelped Ron, as the lasers demolish one of his wings.
"Ron!", Kim yelled, as the flying aerobots surround her, guns locked on.
As the aerobots fire, Kim executes a perfect Immelmann (180 degree turn and roll), leaving the aerobots with no target - but themselves.
As the aerobots blow up, Kim races after her friend, avoiding the targeting lasers.
With only one wing, Ron quickly spirals downward. The spiraling, however, does prevent the lasers from zapping him again.
Kim grabs Ron by his arms and flies back up, dodging the laserfire. Mostly.
A stray blast clips Ron's other wing.
"Ron!", Kim exclaims. "They've locked onto your jetpack! Lose it!"
Ron's trepidation only grew.
"Uh, Kim, is this such a good idea?"
"Just do it!"
"Okay. There it is.", said Ron, loosening his jetpack restraints.
As the jetpack flies off, faster than Kim and Ron can move because of the greatly reduced weight, the lasers attempt to target it, aiming above Kim and Ron.
"And there it goes!", said Kim, exulting in the success of her plan.
"And there they go! My pants!", announced Ron, as his pants fall off.
The pants fall onto the laser, blocking it.
"Hey!", exclaimed Ron. "It worked!"
"Did you ever have any doubt?", asked Kim.
"Well, now that you mention it..."
Suddenly, the skies fill with aerobots.
"Uh.Oh", said a worried Ron.
"Hang on, Ron! I'll have to move fast!"
Just then the spent jetpack falls out of the sky.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
As Kim and Ron fly away from the aerobots, the discarded jetpack falls into their midst. Fire from the aerobots hits the jetpack, igniting a fiery explosion that demolishes the last of the aerobots.
The force of the explosion sends Kim and Ron tumbling into the mad scientist's lair.
"Oofff!", Ron utters, as he hits the floor hard. Kim, meanwhile, flips and lands on her feet.
"Rough landing, much? Kim, you could have hurt our naked mole rat buddy!" said a peeved Ron.
"Aw! I'm sorry, Rufus!", said Kim, as she kisses the naked mole rat.
"Awshucks!", cooed Rufus.
"Not to mention a pantsless Ron", added a wounded Ron.
"Don't be such a baby, Ron! We made it, didn't we?", said an agitated Kim.
"A baby? Kim, that was foolhardy! We could have..."
"But we didn't! Now please hush so I can scan the lair for traces of Drakken."
Ron stayed quiet, because for once he did not know what to say. He had never seen Kim like this before. So driven. Almost possessed. It worried him.
"What's the verdict, Wade? Picking up any traces of Drakken?", asked Kim of the supergenius on the screen of her Kimmunicator.
"I'm getting the same result as before, Kim! The same thing you and Global Justice found in all of Drakken's other lairs!", answered Wade. "That synthogoo mixed with human DNA that was left at the trial."
"Not again!", said an exasperated Kim. "I thought this time it'd be different since this is an older lair!"
"Mixing the synthogoo with human DNA was pretty ingenious. It fooled everyone. Well, unless you know what to look for. So this scheme must have been in the works for a long time", commented Wade.
"Wade, can you do a search on the earliest appearances of Drakken? Maybe it'll provide a clue. Meantime, Ron and I will check out the Lipsky home. There has to be something there!", said a frantic Kim.
"If it hasn't decomposed", offered Wade.
"Wade...", implored a weary Kim.
"I'll get right on it", said Wade, as he clicked off.
"Kim", asked a worried Ron, "When are you going to give this up? You're not going to find Drakken! No one's been able to find him after a worldwide search! He's gone, Kim!"
"You don't know that, Ron!", Kim argued. "He could be out there right now, laughing at us!"
"But he's not! Kim, that was Drakken at the trial! We saw him, talked to him! It was him! Even the court agreed it was him! He's over, Kim! He is so over!"
"Check the transcript, Ron! After he dismissed the case, the judge stipulated that if Drakken was found, the charges would be reinstated! So we have to find him so he can face justice!"
"The prosecutor put that in to cover himself, Kim! No one took it seriously! Think about it - if Drakken is found, any lawyer worth their salt would claim the synthodrone committed all the crooked acts! And Drakken would skate! So looking for him for that reason is pointless! He's gone, KP! Let it go!"
"I can't, Ron."
"Oh. Is this that guilt thing, again?"
"Ron, if you were my friend, you'd help me. Please."
He wanted to tell her no. That as her friend - and lover - he cared for her too much to let this crazy quest destroy her. But he couldn't. All he could manage to say was
"Of, of course, Kim! Always. I just want you to know this may be a big waste of time."
"I know. And thank you."
"No problemo."
As they hug, Ron thinks it's a very big problem, indeed. He can't escape the sinking feeling that something is seriously wrong. Wade only found traces of Ron's DNA on the ferretmobile. No big deal, according to Wade. Whoever moved it used gloves. Except no one saw anything. So who moved it? It wasn't him. Well, he was 99.9 sure it wasn't him, anyway. So somebody wanted this to happen. But who? And why? He wanted to forget the whole thing and move on, but Kim wouldn't let it go. He was afraid they wouldn't like the answers they found.
Next:
Mrs. Lipsky!
More on the conspiracy!
And how does the Ferretmobile fit into all this?