Kim Possible

R - Factor

Chapter 3 : Interesting discoveries

The day had gone through without a hitch and for that Kim Possible was happy. Although Ron had vanished during their final period, which was phys. ed. and she had no clues as to where he could have gone off to. Monique, Josh, Brick and Felix met up with her and asked if she knew where Ron was.

"I don't know...the only place none of us have checked is the school dojo or outside." Kim answered.

"Actually." Brick spoke up. "I checked the dojo...no one was there but the punching bag had a hole in it about the size of a fist." He shrugged.

Kim didn't like the sound of that, for someone to punch through a punching bag was a hell of a feat. "Alright then let's check outside and then go to the basketball courts, he might already be there." She suggested and every one followed her outside.

As the walked towards the track field they all got the shock of their lives. Ron was running but at a speed that even Middleton's best track runners couldn't hope to accomplish. Behind him was a cloud of dust that was continually kicked up by his feet, which were mere blurs under him. The group of friends sucked in a breath as he charged towards the fence at full speed. Then they gasped as he leapt into the air and flipped with all the grace of an expert gymnast. After he hit the ground he then did several more flips and handsprings in rapid succession.

Ron hadn't noticed his audience so he kept training his powers and abilities. He was having so much fun that he lost track of time. He glanced down at his watch and noticed that he was already a few minutes late. Ron cursed loudly and then like a shot took off towards the courts to play some basketball with his friends.

Kim and the others were just staring slack jawed and wide eyed at where Ron had once stood seconds ago. "What the hell was that?" Josh asked incredulously. "No normal human can move at those speeds and since when did Ron-man get so agile?"

Felix gasped. "That's it!" He exclaimed. "Ron isn't a normal human! Remember how he got blasted with that Mystical Monkey power a couple years ago. I'm betting that when he destroyed the statues that he some how absorbed the remaining power within them and it's been dormant inside of him until his body was physically able to handle it. Last year when he started to do all of his self improvements, it must have been the trigger!" Felix said excitedly.

"Dude I think you've been playing to many video games." Brick chuckled.

Kim shook her head; it was all starting to make sense now. "No! Felix is right." She said. "Some how Ron has learned how to use his powers. I wonder how though and to what extent." She mused and pulled out her Kimmunicator.

"Hey Kim, what up?" Wade asked as his face appeared on the screen.

"Wade that chip you have in Ron can it measure his levels of Mystical Monkey power?" She asked.

"Yeah it could have...but about four months ago it stopped working, right around this time of the Drakken incident. Why do you ask?" Wade was curious.

"I think Ron has learned how to use his Mystical Monkey power. We just saw him running through the track field at speeds a normal human isn't capable of." Kim said and thought for a moment. "Wade can you do a complete background check on our sister school in Japan, the schools name is Yamanochi?" Kim asked.

"Sure but it could take a while, I'll send you all the information I can get in the next couple of days or so." Wade replied.

"Please and thank you." Kim said with a smile as she switched off her Kimmunicator to let her friend start on his search.

Ron was surprised to see his friends walk in fifteen minutes later than he did but he didn't think too much about it. He grabbed a ball and tossed it to Felix who grinned at his friend. Ron walked over to the group and they all noticed that his baggy t-shirt was soaked in sweat, most likely from his run. Kim and Monique quietly took their seats on the bleachers.

"So guys you ready to play?" Ron asked.

"You bet!" Josh answered.

"Ready and willing!" Replied Brick.

"So long as your ready to loose Stoppable!" Felix chuckled.

"We'll see Steel wheels, We'll see." Ron grinned as he wiped some sweat from his brow. "Damn...you think they would at least leave the A.C. on for a hot day like this." Ron muttered.

"No shit." Brick agreed, already beginning to sweat.

"Ugh!" Josh groaned. "No way in hell am I playin in a shirt today." He grumbled and removed his shirt. Josh was of a small build with little tone to his muscles.

Brick followed suit. He had a large and bulky build like most football players, but he did have some muscle tone. Felix was like josh but more toned in the upper area of his body. Ron was the last to remove his shirt and when he did it earned him several surprised gasps and a couple of holy shits. Ron had a medium muscular build that was well toned and defined. Form his broad shoulders, toned chest all the way down to his very defined six-pack. One could easily tell that Ron had been doing some serious body conditioning and weight training.

Kim and Monique stared openly at how much Ron's body had changed. Four months ago he had a nice small build that was decently toned and looked great but now he looked perfect, although Kim did wonder where he got a few of his scars. As Kim continued to look at Ron's masculine form with a glazed look in her eyes she failed to notice that she had nearly turned a red as her hair.

She continued to watch as the boys played basketball but all her attention was on Ron. He was still as handsome as ever but his new build she found suited him very well. Now Kim knew she had to get him to notice her. He was, in her opinion perfect. Kind, gentle, funny, a great personality and a body to die for! All her previous thoughts about his powers were shoved to the back part of her mind as she continued to gawk at Ron.

After nearly two hours of non-stop playing the boys got tired and decided to quit. Josh, Felix and Brick were a bit surprised that Ron never once used his powers during play. Kim and Monique also noticed this but Kim rationalized that Ron was a fare type so he wouldn't use any type of power or help when playing any games. Ron stretched and then walked over to the bleachers to grab his shirt. He noticed that Kim was looking at him funny and she was flushed. "Hmmm...I wonder? What the hell might as well give it a shot." Ron thought. Ron usually never flirted with Kim but for some reason he just couldn't resist this golden opportunity.

Ron let out a yawn and stretched again, this time he also flexed his muscles before relaxing again. To his surprise Kim had began imitating a tomato. Ron arched his eyebrow and looked at her with one of his usual flirty smirks. "So KP, like what you see?" He asked smoothly, hardly believing he did so.

The different reactions were immediate. Josh, Brick and Felix all grinned proudly that Ron had finally gotten the guts to make a pass at Kim, a very smooth one at that. Monique's jaw nearly hit the floor. Since when was Ron so smooth? Kim on the other hand giggled turned beetroot and began looking everywhere but Ron. Ron just chuckled. He was quite pleased over his little secret victory, now all he had to do was to get her to notice his true feelings and hope she felt the same way.

"Alright guys and gals let's go get some snackage!" Ron said trying to reverse the sudden awkwardness he had created. "Where should we go? Bueno nacho or Pizza palace?" Everyone answered in the positive for pizza so the boy's left to freshen up so they didn't smell like a locker room.

After the guys were out of sight and ear shot Monique let out a squeal of excitement. "Girl! He was flirting with you! I can't believe it!" The African-American beauty exclaimed.

"I know!" Kim said just as excited, she never thought Ron would ever in a million years make a pass at her or do it so smoothly. "I've been waiting for him to do that for a little over a year now. I guess he is a bit interested in me after all." Kim said as she calmed down.

"So whatcha goin to do about it girl?" Monique asked. "You can't wait to long, with a body like that and his improved attitude other girls are going to be all over him. Hell I'm even half tempted to ask him out on a date."

Kim glowered at her friend. "Don't give me that look Kim." Monique said. "I've known for a long time that you've had feelings for Ron and I will not try to come between the two of you. To be honest I think he might have feelings for you too." Monique said and Kim's face softened.

"But he's so hard to read anymore." Kim sighed. "I haven't been able to read his emotions for at least two years now, ever since his first fight with Monkey Fist he changed. At first it was slow but when he started with all the self-improvements it became nearly impossible. After Josh and I broke up I began to feel a connection to Ron, I've always felt one but it became much stronger and then there was that damn Moodulator incident. I remember the whole thing and I know that when Ron broke up with me then he did it for the right reason since I was being controlled by that computer chip. But it still hurt non-the less, it made me think that Ron could never see me as anything more than just a friend. To be honest I did feel something during that incident but Ron just brushed it aside like it never happened." Kim said looking off into space.

Monique sighed. Kim was right, Ron had been difficult to read the past couple of years. She remembered when Ron briefly dated Zita Flores. Though Kim hid it well she was very jealous of Zita. Then after Ron's self improvement began he had dated Tara King one of Kim's fellow cheerleaders for about three months. That was just a month after the Moodulator incident. She recalled how upset Kim was during the three months Ron and Tara dated and how happy she was when Ron broke it off. Ron and Tara were still good friends but it was easy to see that she was still quite taken with Ron.

Although Ron probably didn't know it he had turned into a bit of a ladies man since his improvements. There were quite a few girls, herself included that would like to date Ron but two factors stood in the way. The first was Kim Possible and the second was the fact that either Ron was oblivious or he just ignored how he affected the females around him these days.

"Damn man did you see the look on Kim's face when Ron made a pass at her?" Brick asked excitedly, like many others he wished Kim and Ron would stop beating around the bush and just admit how they feel about each other. Unfortunately what seemed so obvious to the entire student body and many others seemed to be oblivious to the teen heroes.

"Yeah I did." Josh chuckled. "Say Ron-man, what possessed you to do that anyways?" He asked curiously.

Ron shrugged. "Not sure." Ron lied. "Just sorta happened." Ron knew full well why he did it; it was so he could gauge Kim's reaction. He was a bit surprised but knew full well not to get his hopes up.

"So you ever gonna ask her out?" Felix chimed in.

Ron suddenly got a stoic look across his features. "No...I don't want to risk screwing up our friendship over it. KP is my best friend and I know full well that she will never see me as anything more than that...so it's no big." Said Ron with a shrug.

His friends were not buying it, they knew when Ron got like this it was to hide his emotions and keep his secrets. As much as they would have liked to argue over the matter they were all hungry and the girls were waiting for them.

Moments later the boys left the locker room and met up with the girls. Ron was in deep thought about Kim but kept it hidden well enough that no one else noticed. Kim opted to ride with Ron to the Pizza place while the others use their own cars.

It was unusual to see Pizza Palace so crowded but it didn't matter to two young men that sat alone in a large corner booth. On the right was a young man wearing a Chicago Cubs team jacket, he had a mustache, spiked brownish blonde hair and light ice blue eyes. The man next to him had a very long mane of golden blonde hair with three long spikes out the front but his eyes were different. His left eye was a brilliant emerald green with a scar running from his forehead to the middle of his cheek, while his right eye was a striking sapphire blue. He was covered in a long black trench coat. His face was masked in a stoic expression while his friend had a pleasant smile on his lips. Both men had medium well-toned and defined muscular builds and held a confident and pleasant air about them.

"So Scott...how was Kendo practice?" The man in the Cubs jacket asked.

Scott shrugged. "A breeze as usual Doug, shit's just getting to easy these days." Scott replied.

Doug smirked. "Well aren't we getting cocky." He said with a chuckle. "Maybe if you didn't spend all your time training or racing cars you'd have more of a challenge."

"Your one to talk my friend." Scott chuckled softly. "When we aren't training together you are always either at the Baseball diamonds practicing or building another one of you little explosive toys." Scott paused for a moment and sighed. "You know my garage still has a hole in its side thanks to that last...toy of yours." A small smile crossed his lips, he didn't really care but he enjoyed ribbing his best friend every now and then.

"Your not going to let me live that down are you?" Doug asked with a laugh, knowing his friend was just giving him a hard time. "If I hadn't of sneezed because your garage is so dusty I wouldn't have activated the timer before I had it set for more than twenty seconds."

As the two friends continued to talk Ron, Kim and their friends made their way into the crowded restaurant. They made an order and then went to look for a place to sit. As they continued to look they noticed as usual people were looking at Kim and Ron, they also noticed that the only place there was room to sit for a group their size was at a large corner booth with two young men already there.

Ron walked over to the two before anyone could say anything. "Excuse me...my name is Ron, would either of you mind if my friends and I sat here...everyplace else is full?" Ron asked politely.

The two men looked at each other and shrugged to each other. "The name's Doug and my buddy here is Scott...it's no problem, call your friends over." Doug said with a smile.

Ron called his friends over and told the waitress where they would be sitting before taking a seat next to Kim. The introductions were quick and simple much to Ron and Kim's surprise. Most of the time people either treated her like a goddess while they treated Ron like dirt. Doug and Scott however seemed to pay no mind to their accomplishments nor did they fall over themselves like other people did. It was nice to be treated like normal teens for a change rather than super heroes.

Kim noticed that Monique was eyeing Doug up while he took the occasional glance at her. She smiled at this, it was one less rival for Ron's attention and Doug seemed like a nice guy so far. Scott on the other hand was quiet and his face was like Ron's stoic and void of any emotion, his eyes though held a lot of pain...they held a look of a man who has seen things no one ever should. She looked over to Doug who was chatting with Ron, Brick, Felix and Josh. His eyes also held a piercing nature like Scott's did and a hint of pain but they also held a lot of warmth and a slight sparkle of mirth. Ron too made the same assessment of their new acquaintances and like Kim was hoping to make a friendship with them.

"I'm surprised you guys are acting so calm around Ron and Kim." Felix piped in. "Most people stare and gawk at them when we go places."

Scott glanced around the table and arched an eyebrow. "Why would we act like that?" He asked in his usual soft yet deep voice. "Sure they do great things for the world and people everywhere but they are still human just like us. If anything I would think they would want to stay out of the spotlight for a change and just be normal teens."

"Yeah." Doug chimed in. "People shouldn't just look at what others do but rather who they are. You guys seem really nice and to be honest we don't really care about what any of you do. Some people go about and do great things but it rarely reflect whom they truly are. Look at our president, he does things that are good but he's a real jerk when the cameras aren't rolling." Doug said with a hearty laugh.

Monique giggled and looked at Doug while the others had a good laugh at his crack at the president. The group continued to talk even after they had finished eating their pizzas, which they offered to share with their new friends. They learned that Doug and Scott were students at Middleton Collage. Doug was on the Middleton Wild Cats Baseball team, a catcher, #38 and Scott was in the Martial arts and racing clubs. Doug and Monique could be seen stealing glances at each other as they talked. Josh, Brick and Felix soon left leaving behind Ron, Kim and Monique. They continued to talk until it started to get late. Wanting to keep in touch Doug and Scott exchanged phone numbers with Kim, Ron and Monique and decided to get together again some time soon.

Ron was busy in his workshop, glad to have some time to himself for a moment. Pleased with making two new friends he smiled to himself. He was busy working on Kim's birthday present, a hummer that he purchased from the Middleton salvage yard. He had already finished installing the custom green leather interior complete with KP logos, a stereo system that could only be described as "Badical" and the chrome trim. Thanks to Wade Ron was able to get a hold of a new type of armor plating for the outside and some nice gadgets that would make this Hummer capable of missions as well as transportation.

The engine was of Wade's design as was the fuel cell that Ron had installed with Wade's tutoring. The gift was just about finished all Ron had left to do was finish hooking up the last bits of the computer system. It was a masterpiece by design. The rear unit of the Hummer was outfitted with a master computer system and an arsenal of gadgets and two battle suits that Wade had made for him and Kim. The computer had a direct unblockable link to Wade, it was basically a larger version of the Kimmunicator but with a few add-ons. The tires were also designed and made by Wade, they were indestructible. The Hummers defense systems included smoke screen, oil slick, caltrops, EMP gun, hover jets, grappling guns, bulletproof and missile proof armor, under water mode and a high-powered laser cannon for emergencies.

Everything was hidden within the Hummers body so it appeared to be a normal vehicle. Ron had a Team Possible plate made for the front and Kim's logo put on the driver and passenger doors. It was painted a shiny jet black with royal purple racing stripes painted on. Finishing the final connections to the computer Ron got in the drivers seat and fired up the engine, it started without a problem and purred like a tiger. Ron grinned at his accomplishment and went back to the computer and switched it on. Wade's smiling face soon graced the monitor.

"Well Ron it looks like everything works!" Wade said happily. "The diagnostic on my end shows 100 function for all systems. How she run?" Wade asked.

"Great!" Ron said happily. "I hope KP likes it, you don't think it's too much for a birthday present do ya?" Ron asked a bit worried.

Wade shook his head and chuckled, he too knew of Kim and Ron's affections for each other and wished they would just get on with it. "I'm sure she'll love it Ron. After all you put a lot of work into it."

"You helped." Ron stated.

"Yeah I did but you put everything together and paid for everything. It's your gift and I want you to take full credit for it." Wade said with a smirk. "By the way did you get the package I left for ya?" He asked.

"Yeah...thanks for the gadgets, suit and Kimmunicator...they will make my part of the job much easier." Ron said with a smile.

Wade had sent Ron a package and a letter stating that he was ready for his own mission gadgets and a battle suit that he made for him and Kim. Ron's new toys consisted of his own Kimmunicator, smoke pellets, stink pellets, flash pellets, a compact EMP gun, a titanium bo-staff, multi-vision glasses, a laser pen, a micro-flashlight, a new jet pack, rocket skates and a black and red battle suit.

While Ron was gone Kim had taken Ron's 78 Dodge Charger to Wade's and the young genius outfitted it with most of the devices Ron had put on Kim's Hummer, including a remote unit for quick access. This way Ron had his own mission vehicle though Kim thought it was their only one.

"Thanks for the modifications on the Charger too Wade." Ron thanked him. "It will come in very handy if I have to go on solo missions."

Ron then let out a yawn, it had been a long day and now it was nearly midnight. "Well Wade, I think I'll head off to bed." Ron said tiredly. "Tomorrow is KP's birthday and I want to be rested for it."

Wade smiled. "Goodnight Ron, talk to ya later." With that Wade's face vanished from the monitor and Ron got out of the Hummer.

After shutting everything up for the night he went to his room and began removing his clothes. As soon as he dropped his cargo pants he let out a sigh of relief as a long golden furred tail snaked it's way out of a hole he had cut in the rear of his boxer shorts. Ron hadn't been to thrilled at the fact that growing a tail was a side effect of the Mystical Monkey power but thankful that was as far as any changes went. He hated having to keep it hidden by wrapping it around himself under his shorts but that was the only way he could think of.

Ron yawned once more and climbed into his bed, he was asleep only seconds after his head hit the pillow.

Disclaimer : I do not own Kim Possible

Authors : DragonMaster & Doug4422