Countdown
The clock was ticking down. Kim knew it.
Only a few moments were left.
Only a few moments until the disaster was unavoidable.
In front of her were the doombots. She dove to the side, careful of the precious package she held, barely avoiding their beams. Tossing the package up into the air, she flipped, smashed the doombots cognitive interfaces with her feet, and landed, catching the package before the first doombot fell.
"Not this time, Drakken." Kim said, and kept running. Just a few more feet….
She dove under a falling door, avoided a pair of spinning tops of doom…
I wonder where you buy those things… She thought as she avoided them. Leaped over a minion with his stun staff…
And then was in the central control room, unnamable devices and energies flickering. Drakken looked at her in horrified disbelief.
"No!" he shouted. "You're too early…you have to wai-" The large clock started chiming. He looked at the clock.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO…." Drakken screamed falling to his knees. "Once again you foil me!" Kim grinned. Yep, 20 seconds to go…and….
She held out the package she had so carefully protected.
"One pizza…and 20 seconds before our "20 minutes or it's free offer" came due." She fluttered her eyes. "Now, is it going to be cash or credit."
"What about check?" Drakken said.
Kim blinked. "Do you know what the bank charges for remote check clearing?"
"Kimberly… you can trust me…" Kim gave him a look.
"You mean trust Dr. 'bounced check" Drakken?"
"You've been talking to Jack Hench?"
"He's a reliable customer…" Kim said.
"I could pay you in pennies…" Drakken said, and a new voice spoke up.
"Not unless you want the last place that will deliver to ban us." Shego said strolling in. "How much Kimmie?"
"25.95" Kim said, and Shego handed her a fifty. "Keep the change." Kim kept the glee off her face. "How's the buf-" The raven haired mercenary changed her wording at Kim's look. "How's Ron?"
"Great!" Kim said as her beeper went off. "Oops, gotta go!" She said and left. Drakken frowned as the door closed.
"One day, I'll delay her…and we'll get the pizza for FREE!" He cackled manically. Shego sighed.
"Hello lowered expectations…"
"What?"
"Nothing, Dr. D…"
Kim hopped onto the scooter and headed out. OK, she couldn't cook and she'd been expecting a summer of horrible part time jobs…until Ron had discovered that his pizza was the best…and there was a huge untapped market out there that would pay VERY well.
Super villains. No sane delivery boy would go to them…and that meant that she and Ron were really cleaning up. Didn't hurt that they were also getting a great tour of every lair…just in case, you know.
"Hey KP…" Ron said on the comlink, "Ready to come back?"
"Yeah… last job of the day."
"Not exactly." Kim blinked, and frowned. They were going to a movie tonight…
"It's a challenge…" Ron said, "Dr. Dementor wants a pizza.."
"That's a challenge? He only eats cheese pizza!" Kim said. "But he does tip really well."
"It's not for him. It's for his newest monster plant…he wants a pineapple and anchovy pizza for it." Kim made a face.
"And I'll go with you…" Ron said. "Oven's off and the place is cleaned up, except for this last pizza…"
"And then movie?"
"And then movie…and…" Ron grinned, Kim grinned.
"OK…I'll be there in a hot minute." She said.
Who said pizza delivery had no adventure to it, she thought, as the took off down the road.
End.
