The Rook

By mkusenagi2

The story concept © 6-20-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters
are © Disney Co.

Prolog

6-10-2004
(3 days after the end of Level One)
Condor 1/SHIELD Helicarrier flagship
In hover mode over
Middleton, Colorado
Mission briefing in
The Ready Room
1330 hrs

The SHIELD Strategic Triumvirate: Col. Nicholas J. Fury; Col. Thaddeus A. C. "Dum Dum" Dugan; Maj. Gabriel Jones were in a round table session and waiting for one newly promoted, 15 year old Lt. Ron Stoppable (and his molerat) to enter The Ready Room.

"'Bout time you showed up Lt. Stoppable," growled Col. Nicholas J. Fury, "What kept ya?"

"Sorry Sir, uhh Aunt Bobbi…"

"What!"

"Uh… Agent Mockingbird just told me about this meeting Sir. Sorry Sir, Won't happen again Sir!"

"Humph… Lights!" the lights faded out to be replaced by the glow from the table's holopad.

"Alright lissen up. This is an easy mission. We need you to fly Kennedy to Orly to Prague as a tourist to retrieve an item from this lab," a photo of the Stane International facility in Prague floated above the table.

"The item in question Lt. is one Carbonadium synthesizer," said Maj. Jones.

"Coolio! THE Carbonadium Synthesizer!"

"You know about this item?"

"Yeah, there's only one in the world… the last person rumored to see it was Lo… Wolverine… its old Cold War tech that was created in the Soviet Union for their super soldier projects…"

"!" the Triumvirate thought.

"Carbonadium's a flexible version of Adamantium… the molecular structure resembles a 'plastic diamond'… it's unstable under EXTREME conditions like a crustbuster bomb or exposure to antimatter…"

"Hey kid," Dum Dum asked, "How do YOU know so much about it?"

"Uhhh, I wrote a research paper for it in school for chemistry class, a lot of the stuff I quoted is on the internet… also talked to Dr. Richards…"

"What kind of grade did you get?" Nick asked. 'Gonna have a talk with Reed…'

"An A… I got A's in Chemistry when I figured it's like Gourmet cooking but with chemicals…"

'Gotta let him hang out with the lab boy's… under EXTREME supervision!'

"You're going to fly into Prague via Ruzyne International Airport, meet your contact, set up shop and retrieve the device." said Maj. Jones.

"Ok, after you get the 'dingus'" Fury said as a roadmap of Prague floated over the table, "we need you to transport the 'dingus' to the airport, load it on the SHIELD transport we've hidden there and escort it home."

"Once you get in German airspace you'll be escorted buy a joint SHIELD/NATO taskforce and land in Dresden where we'll switch the 'item' to a hypersonic quinjet."

Ron raised his hand.

"Yes?"

"Shell game? If so why?"

"The Czech's don't want 'it' in their country 'cause of it's importance… and who might come after it, but they want it to look like it was stolen…"

"Stane doesn't know."

"Correct."

"Gotcha!"

"How will I know my contact?"

"Trust me, when you see 'em you'll know why everyone will think it's stolen…"

A slot opened in the desktop and extruded a package.

"You've got passports and $100,000 in various denominations for the regions you'll be passing through. Your kit is on the jet I 'borrowed' from a friend. I pulled out all the stops to get your pilot." Fury said with a Smile.

'Why's he smiling like that?'

"Dismissed!" Fury said, "A minute Ron?"

"Yes Sir!"

"Be careful, these simple missions can make ya' or break ya'… don't be afraid ta trust yer gut."

"Don't worry about Kim, son. Yer Aunt'll take good care of her." Nick said as he patted Ron on the back.

"Yes Sir."

"Ok, let's go meet your chauffer!"

And with that Ron and Nick went to the flight deck…

---

As Ron ( with Rufus in pocket) and Nick walked onto the flight deck they saw Dr. Director's personal hoverjet land on the deck…

"Wow! That's Dr. Director's…"

"I know. Wait a sec."

After the plane taxied to a halt and was secured Betty Director and Agent Will Du crossed over to the safe zone.

"Nick it's so good to see you again, you remember Agent Du?"

"Oh Yeah, how's that right arm of yours… sorry about dingin' ya up like that at the interagency combat competition last year."

"The arm's better Sir… uhhh…" Du went pale while his superiors looked on.

"Whassa matta Du?" Fury asked. (Heh couldn't resist!)

"Yo ha Bro ha!" Lt. Ron Stoppable said. "Howyadoin'" (Heh!)

"Hello," said Rufus.

"Uhh Col. Fury… this IS a joke right… Ron Stoppable…"

"That's Lt. Stoppable to you soldier!" Nick growled.

"Uhhh… he's a Lt. … that makes him my…"

"Superior Officer." Dr. Director chimed.

"Got a problem Du?" Fury asked.

"Uhhh…"

"FYI Du… Ron here beat my PERSONAL best on the post-apocalyptic scenario by 3 minutes!"

"!"

"Oh and the Secretary General and I gave Possible the rank of Captain."

"!" Impending Stroke. Betty's smirking.

"He, He, He," said Rufus.

"So I expect you to treat both of my TOP AGENT'S with the respect they deserve SPECIALIST DU. Are we clear?"

"YES SIR, CRYSTAL SIR!"

"Good man, carry on. Ron I want a full report when you get back." Nick said as he winked at Ron.

"Yes Sir!"

Nick linked his arm with Betty Director's and they walked off talking about killing a bottle of 250 year old cognac.

---

Ron and Will Du flew to Kennedy in palpable silence. While enroute Ron changed into a navy Brioni suit, darkened his hair to an ash blond, and checked his kit.

'Con… Unc' put Cond…' "!" 'Why!' 'I'm invisible to the ladies… !'

"How?"

"How what?" Ron said.

"The… Promotion…"

"Oh Nothin'… KP and I busted some small time guy… Fu Manchu."

"That was YOU… and Possible…"

"Yeah."

"…"

"Good Work."

"Huh!" 'KP's gonna freak when I tell her this!'

"I said Good Work. You… earned it…"

"Yeah… it wasn't easy dude lemme tell ya!"

"Uh Huh," chirped Rufus.

The rest of the trip Ron and Will really talked to each other.

---

After leaving a still somewhat dazed Agent Du, Ron boarded his flight to Orly, and flew via Orly to Prague.

Ron grabbed a taxi at the airport by using the universal language of 'cold hard cash' and checked into the Sonagachi or Golden Tree Hotel. After he settled in Ron got dressed, had Rufus stand watch in their room, and went to the Golden Tree Disco in the hotel's basement.

'Let's see, my instructions were to wait here and my contact will find me… they're SO notorious I can't miss them.'

A hand gently caressed Ron's right shoulder… a firm bust massaged his back… a tongue gently licked his ear…

A strong soft supple hand entwined itself with his… and a voice that haunted his erotic nightmares said…

"You clean up pretty good sidekick! Let's Dance!"

Ron turned in his seat to see his contact was none other than…

Shego.