Kim Possible and Street Hawk: Full Metal Rescue! 2

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AS Training and Message

On Merida Island, Mithril's Pacific Island Fleet Base, two Arm Slaves are duking it out in a fierce battle in an area known as Twin Rock. Sgt. Major Melissa Mao and Bonnie Rockwaller are piloting M9 Gernsback Arm Slaves and facing off against each other. Bonnie fires her mecha's weapon and gets an indirect hit on Melissa's mecha, with Melissa returning the same.

The round from Melissa's mecha directly hits the weapon arm on Bonnie's mecha, causing it to disengage.

Bonnie snarls as she says, "Engage ECS invisible mode."

"Roger. Engaging ECS invisible mode." Once the M9's Electronic Concealment System is fully active, she moves to another position. She then switches arms quickly and moves again.

Inside her AS, Melissa smiles and scowls at the same time, thinking, 'Damn, she's getting good. Hard to believe she's only a helicopter pilot that knows ballet.'

Back inside her AS, Bonnie smiles her barracuda smile as she says, "ECS cancel."

"Roger. Canceling ECS." Once the ECS is deactivated, Bonnie fires again, repeatedly. This results in a series of direct hits on Melissa's mecha, right in the cockpit area.

The AI for Melissa's mecha says, "Exercise terminated. Rockwaller wins."

The hatch on the M9 opens and Melissa steps out, grinning proudly with her violet eyes twinkling in amusement. She then looks at the paint-covered torso and laughs madly. "Just like that match between me and Tessa! That was very good work! You sure you're not related to her, Bonnie?"

The other one's hatch opens and Bonnie steps out, grinning broadly. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure, Melissa. Now Ron, on the other hand, could practically be Tessa's brother."

Melissa waves it off, retorting, "That was just a freak accident that could happen to anyone. It happened to you, too. Remember? After all, it was your first time piloting an Arm Slave."

"Yeah, I remember. However, I didn't take out a frickin' hangar with my limbs flailing about and my AS flopping around like a dying fish! I just fell backwards."

"You got a point there. But, you gotta admit. Ron's a pretty strange guy. Just like somebody else I know."

"Yeah, I'll say."

At that, both ladies crack up laughing and simmer down when they see Lieutenant Sousuke Sagara coming up.

"Good work, Ms. Rockwaller. Using the ECS to cover yourself while switching arms is very efficient. Combined with a group of clean kill-shots right on the cockpit. You've certainly made significant progress in the past two weeks here. How do you rate her, Sgt. Major Mao?"

"I'd say she's ready for underwater training, Lieutenant Sagara."

"I agree."

Bonnie blinks in disbelief and asks, "Whoa, underwater? You mean these things can be used underwater as well?"

"Affirmative, Ms. Rockwaller. With the proper equipment, the M9 is suitable for underwater infiltration and combat. Along with search and rescue. I believe I told you that in my portion of the letter some time back."

"Well yeah, you told me Tessa took one for a swim without it being prepared. But I didn't quite believe it. You see, I have a general rule of thumb. Unless I see it happening, it's not worth believing. Just like when the TDD-1 torpedoed my 'Father's fishing trawler and snuck away."

Sousuke laughs in agreement as he quietly walks away, recalling that conversation when Mithril's Team Hawk counterparts arrived at the Base.

"What do you mean you torpedoed it? Ron could have been killed by accident!" Bonnie's face was livid and Ron was staying remarkably calm as he tried to calm down his friend.

"Easy, Bonnie." That had Bonnie blinking incredulously before she snarled and turned towards him, concern in her eyes.

"Easy? Easy? Ron, they fired a torpedo with you right behind my 'Father's trawler! That is a sign that the Captain is going nutty!" Tessa let out a slight growl before taking a sip of her tea, as they were in her quarters at the island.

She then calmly replied, "Be that as it may, our torpedoes are of the smart kind. It was locked onto the trawler before it was fired. Before it was fired, however, the sonar picked up the cycle on the water's surface and the computer rerouted the torpedo to dive down and rise back up, eliminating the danger to Mr. Stoppable." Tessa gave Bonnie a sharp glare and added, "If anyone is nutty, it's your 'Father', Ms. Rockwaller."

Bonnie sighed before starting to chuckle, saying, "Yeah, he is. He actually believes he's going to get the family mansion when he knows that he had abandoned my Mother, sisters and myself. He doesn't deserve a thing except a heart attack. If he even has a heart."

Feeling the need to agree, Tessa did so. "Oh believe me, I know exactly how you feel, Ms. Rockwaller. So, Mr. Stoppable, where's Mrs. Stoppable at?"

"Kim's in the mess hall right now. She's having those cravings of hers again."

"Oh. Those must be interesting." Needless to say, her curiosity was peaked by it.

"That's right and one way of saying it. Before we left to begin training, she used the PDP on me to ensure I get back to her and then all of us home without a scratch."

"PDP?"

"Puppy Dog Pout. It's Kim's most powerful way to get Ron to do her bidding. Every time she pulls it out, Ron just gives in. That's why she loves him so much. He sacrifices so much to ensure she makes it through anything. He's her strength and she is his."

Tessa then nodded in understanding and said, "Well, seeing that you'll just be training with Arm Slaves, I think you could avoid getting banged up too badly. Lieutenant Sagara."

"Yes, Madam Captain?"

"Please take Mr. Stoppable, Miss Mach, Mr. and Ms. Rockwaller to the hangar. Along with Mr. Tuttle. I'm sure he'd like to observe the training first hand."

"By your command, Madam Captain."

Sousuke comes out of the memory in time to see Ron and Kim Stoppable, along with his Fiancee, Kaname Chidori. "Bonnie won the match. I'd say she's ready for underwater training, just as Sgt. Major Mao believes as well."

"Well, that's great, Sousuke. Come sit down. Walking up that hill must be tiring for you." Chuckling, Kaname scoots over on the blanket and reflects on the arrival on the island.

Kim can't help a sigh as she thinks, 'Has it really been that long?' Ever since that day two weeks back, Ron, Bonnie, Hirotaka and Jessica all trained to operate an AS. Even though Norman is not a field operative, his engineering curiosity got the better of even him. So, he tried it as well. She then sighs at the memory.

"Okay, Mr. Tuttle, let's see what you can do."

"Roger that, Sgt. Weber." Surprisingly enough, he handled the cumbersome Arm Slave rather well. So Sgt. Kurz Weber decided to teach him some defensive maneuvers to use both in and out of the AS. While Sousuke taught Ron.

Needless to say in Ron's case, Mithril needed a new hangar to be put up as the sight was that bad. Pieces of the hangar were lying on the ground, left, right, front and center of the Arm Slave. When Ron was pulled out of the cockpit, he was dazed with a screwball grin on his face.

"Man, that was a wild ride."

Sousuke and the others simply couldn't believe it. A hangar made of the most durable materials on the planet were rapidly taken down in seconds. By an Arm Slave flailing it's arms and legs about. Sousuke then looked incredulously at Bonnie and asked her if he was like that before becoming Street Hawk or even after.

Bonnie could only shrug as she replied, "I thought his clumsiness had faded away, but then again, he's never operated an AS before."

"What about the cycle though?"

"He's had past experience riding his old scooter. Of course, the Hyperthrust was a new twist on him, but he handled it okay."

Ever since that day, Ron had improved his AS operation skills, with Sousuke as his trainer. His skills with the AS had been so improved, it was often joked that Sousuke was in the cockpit with Ron even though Sousuke was right outside.

Back in the match area, Bonnie turns to admire the head of the M9 and nods, saying, "It may not be what I'm used to piloting, but it's very formidable. I'm glad it's on the side of right. Along with 'Arbalest'. I'd hate to be it's enemy."

"I'm glad it is too, Bonnie. I'm just glad you beat me with state-of-the-art specs while Tessa used an old M6 Bushnell. That was such a low blow to me."

Bonnie can't help but laugh as she says, "At least you didn't lose to Ron on the talent show. He wiped the competition clean away." She then sighs as she looks inside the cockpit, thinking, 'To think I missed out on all those years of friendship, just for popularity's sake. I know I shouldn't feel guilty anymore, but I can't help it. At least the one most responsible for my being such a bitch is in Jail now.'

Bonnie had Melissa as her trainer and used her ballet training to, quite literally after a week, make the AS dance. In all her years as a Marine, Melissa had never seen such a sight. She even wondered if Bonnie would put a pink tutu on the AS and asked Bonnie the same thing. An emphatic no was Bonnie's answer, with Bonnie stating she wouldn't want Mithril to be embarrassed. Even if the world at large didn't know about it's existence.

"Besides, if the terrorists saw an Arm Slave dancing ballet, they'd probably be so confused, it'd make things too easy for you."

"Hmm, it certainly would cut the battle time in half."

"Melissa!"

"Relax, Bonnie. I'm joking. There's no way I would be that good to make my M9 dance."

"Hmm, how about this idea then? An AS match, with your combat tactics against my ballet dancing."

"An AS match? I'm game."

At that, both women laughed maniacally and made arrangements to have the match in one week. Same place, same stakes as Melissa's match with Tessa. The loser of the match has to run a lap around the base naked.

Back to the present, Melissa grins proudly at her cohort as she says, "You won, fair and square, Bonnie." She then begins to strip off her AS suit. Next thing they know, they hear a familiar and perverted voice.

"Take it off, Melissa! Whoo!"

Rushing to cover herself back up, Melissa yells, "Weber! Come out here so I can pop a round into your ass!"

"No can do, sis! Besides, there's a message for Team Hawk!"

Annoyed, Bonnie asks, "What is it, Kurz? Make it fast so Melissa can give you a lead enema!"

"It's pretty bad! I'll meet you inside!" At that, both women hear Kurz's footfalls as he runs away laughing madly from the scene and up the hill. "Sousuke, there's an urgent communication for Team Hawk."

"Roger. Shall we go, guys?"

Ron nods and replies, "We shall." At that, he helps Kim get up while Sousuke helps Kaname. They both then make their way down the hill.

Back in the match area, Bonnie and Melissa look at each other and shrug as Melissa puts her AS suit back on.

"Might as well get this over with, Bonnie. Besides, I still owe Kurz that bullet in his ass."

Bonnie nods and looks around. "Yeah. Say, where did Sousuke get off to?"

Melissa looks around, scowls and replies, "He should be back with Kaname, Ron and Kim right now, having a picnic right on top of the hill there. I guess it's a good thing he didn't judge the match this time. Wade's programming for the AI units on the Arm Slaves was a stroke of genius."

"Yeah, that's Wade for you. Well, shall we go?"

"Yeah. Just let me call Sousuke and the others to come on down here. We can carry them in our hands, literally." At Bonnie's agreeing laughter, she then turns back toward the hill and sees that Sousuke, Kaname, Ron and Kim aren't there anymore.

"Looks like Kurz passed the message onto them as well. I think they've been taking lessons from Hirotaka. Either that or Kaname picked up Sousuke's ability to move swiftly and silently simply from being pregnant with his baby. That boy's gonna make a hell of a Father." That gets Bonnie to giggling, with Melissa laughing raucously as well.

Both women then get back into their M9s and pilot the machines back to the base's hangar. Upon arrival, they find the maintenance and cleanup crews are already waiting for them. After turning the Arm Slaves over to them, they report to the Communications Room.

Inside are Kim, Ron, Hirotaka, Sousuke, Kaname, Kurz, Jessica and Norman. What they find out next shocks them.

Norman is seated at a communications console, right beside the Communications Officer with Sousuke standing right behind them. His ever-present scowl on his face.

"What's going on, Wade?"

"Norman, Jeff Tracy just called. The Tracy couples have been abducted. All four of them. I'm terribly sorry, Bonnie. I know it's the last thing you'd want to hear. Especially after all you had been through."

"Lonnie, Connie, no." Bonnie had spoken so quietly, no one except Ron was able to hear her. After feeling his hand on her shoulder, Bonnie gently clasps it and asks, "Who did it, Wade?"

"No idea at all. Norman can get the details from Mr. Tracy. I'm sending the communications signature over to your end. I'm sorry, Bonnie."

Before Bonnie can reply, she breaks down. Ron takes her into his arms and says, "We'll get right on it, Wade." As communication ends, Ron turns to Norman and he says, "Whoever it is has gone too far this time around. When we find them, let's drain their blood."

"Agreed. But until we find out who it is, there's not going to be much call for their blood." With that, he goes to a communications console and punches in the information.

On Tracy Island, Jeff and Sandy are anxiously waiting for Norman's communication when they hear Norman's voice. "This is Norman Tuttle to Tracy Island. Jeff, do you read me? Over."

His face beaming, Jeff replies, "Norman, buddy, I've got six words for you. Good to hear your voice, pal."

"Likewise, Jeff. Wade told me the basics. Who's got them?"

"I'd better let Sandy take this one. Go ahead, Sandy."

Sandy frowns as she leans forward and says, "It's some guy named the Hood. He's working with Simone Prevera."

"That's a name I haven't heard in years. What's her beef this time around?"