Kim Possible
R - Factor
"Crazy Train"
By : Ozzy Osbourne
Crazy, but that's how it goes
Millions of people living as foes
Maybe it's not to late
To learn how to love
And forget how to hate
Mental wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I've listened to preachers
I've listened to fools
I've watched all the dropouts
Who make their own rules
One person conditioned to rule and control
The media sells it and you have the role
Mental wounds still screaming
Driving me insane
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I know that things are going wrong for me
You gotta listen to my words
Yeh-h
Heirs of a cold war
That's what we've become
Inheriting troubles i'm mentally numb
Crazy, i just cannot bear
I'm living with something that just isn't fair
Mental wounds not healing
Who and what's to blame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
Chapter 7 : Past Memories
A couple of days had passed since Ron's humorous incident with Doug's 5-Alarm coffee. Since that time Doug had been shadow porting all over trying to scare people. So far he had gotten Kelly, Josh, Kim and Tara. Ron could sense him so it was pointless and Scott was hard to surprise and impossible to scare. So far he had yet to prank his girlfriend.
"What's the grin for bud?" Scott asked curiously.
"Because I just thought of a great way to prank Monique!" Doug answered with a chuckle.
Scott shook his head and left for the bathroom to take a shower while Doug got a sudden idea to pay a quick visit to Monique via shadow jumping.
Doug smiled and strode over to a shadow and vanished into it. Maybe he could even play a prank on his girlfriend if he was lucky...luck was not on his side at the moment. As Doug steps out of the shadow he bonks his head on one of Monique's hanging lights. Then to his surprise and all to obvious delight he finds her standing in her room...in nothing but a towel.
"Wow...all those curves and the towel...! A Towel! Oh shit...oh crap...oh boy..." Doug thought rubbing his head as his mind froze up.
"Well what do I owe the honor of having a handsome young man like you in my room?" Monique asked with a flirty smirk, she was going to have some fun with this.
Doug's eyebrow twitched as he gulped, he turned around as she flipped on the light and smacked into the wall and fell over on his but the light had canceled out his means of escape "Oh shit!" He thought with a slight panic. "Ohhh...Remind me never to do that when there is no shadow around...damn that smarts." He said a bit nervously.
"Looks like you hurt yourself, come here and let Auntie Monique make it all better." She said with a melting look in her eyes and a seductive smile.
Doug gulped loudly and was about to walk towards her when she did something that stopped all brain function...she dropped her towel. Doug swallowed the matchstick he was always chewing on as his eye's nearly bugged out of his head, his face turned a deep shade of beetroot and most logical form of thought ceased. His wide eyes traveled from her pretty face to her silky shoulders then to her full soft breasts and then..."No...panties!" Doug squeaked as he began imitating a tomato.
Monique giggled as she watched her boyfriends reaction, she was ready for this...they had been dating for a little over two weeks now and she was deeply in love him. She sauntered over to him, her assets bouncing slightly with her steps, Doug's eyes remained glued weather he liked it or not. She pulled him into a mind-numbing kiss that caused lamps to flicker as Doug's psionics responded. "I think we have about an hour before we are all supposed to be at your house." She whispered huskily in his ear, the lamp next to Doug popped loudly as she did so.
"A...Are you s..sure?" Doug asked a bit nervously.
Her answer was to pull him into a mind numbing, moral melting kiss. "I'm sure...I love you." She whispered huskily in his ear.
A tender but happy smile crossed Doug's lips. "I love you too." Doug said as she began removing his shirt. She traced the large scar on his chest and kissed it to show she loved everything about him. After Doug was striped they lay down together and made love for the first but definitely not the last time. A crimson glow surrounded them both as they consummated their love.
Two hours later Doug walked into his home with a grin that threatened to split his face. Monique followed close behind with a very satisfied smile gracing her lips. Each now had a crimson Celtic trinity rune on their necks, yet another soul bond had been forged.
In the kitchen Tara, Kim and Kelly were talking quietly and giggling, Tara and Kim both drinking cups of coffee...Doug's left over coffee. Doug stifled a chuckle and noticed neither Ron nor Scott could be seen. He was about to ask where his buds were when two engine roars and dual whoops of joy sounded off.
First Scott roared by in his Dodge Viper RT/10, jet black with emerald green racing stripes. Ron soon followed in his 65 Dodge Charger; it was deep cobalt blue with green and purple flames painted on it. Kim's Hummer had been parked in the drive so Doug guessed she drove over on her own. The engines soon shut off and Scott appeared in the kitchen with a crack of thunder and a flash of lightning. He was wearing an uncharacteristic grin on his face.
"Damn Kim!" He said happily. "Ron is one hell of a driver! No one has given me a run for my money like that in a long time." He said excitedly.
As soon as he finished there was a flash of blue light and Ron appeared with a pleased look on his face. "Fun drive bud." He said patting Scott's shoulder.
Doug still sporting his grin made Scott cock an eyebrow. "What's got you so happy?" He asked grabbing a soda. "You'd think ya got a little." He chuckled. Doug and Monique went beetroot but the grins never left their faces. Scott choked on his cola and stumbled. "You mean you two really...well I'll be a sonuva." Scott said regaining his usual stoic composure.
Kim then sauntered up to Ron who then noticed just what she was drinking. The words Oh Shit ran swiftly through his mind as Kim gave him a smoldering look laced with caffeine induced hyperness. "So Ron you got some time to spare?" She asked in a fast pace.
"Doug! Dude why did you let her drink that damned mud water of yours?" Ron said already beginning to sweat bullets.
"Sorry bud but I wasn't here when she did it." He said barely restraining a chuckle. It turned to a full laugh as a hyper caffeine buzzed Kim Possible with only one mission on mind dragged a nervous Ron Stoppable off to his fate.
For the next two hours various noises and Kim's rather loud moans were heard from the upstairs guest room that Doug had given Ron to use for visits and such. Scott and Doug were laughing so hard they could barely stand as a very disheveled and spent Ron practically crawled into the kitchen. Kim followed with a radiant smile and a glint in her eyes.
"Rest up well Ronnie, round 2 starts as soon as you're rested." She said with an impish grin.
"Have mercy woman!" Ron groaned, tempted to ask for an ice pack to ease a certain discomfort. "Are you trying to kill me?"
"I thought we were supposed to get some training in." Scott said with barely controlled mirth.
"Oh we will." Kim answered with another gleam in her eyes.
"When the hell did the Kama Sutra become a martial art?" Ron blurted and flushed crimson.
"Snort...Since you and her." Doug said jabbing his finger at Kim. "Started dating." Doug let out another snort and then burst into full out laughter.
Scott got a good chuckle out of the antics of his friends and lit up a cigarette as he watched them make idiots of themselves. "Oh don't worry Ron." Tara said in a tone that made Scott's temperature rise in a most pleasant manner. "Scottie and I have some "Sword" training of our own to do." She said with a giggle and lustful gaze.
Scott gulped loudly as his cigarette went poof in a burst of flame. Kim let out a loud laugh along with the others and grabbed hold of Ron once more and began dragging him away. "Mommy!" He squeaked in a high-pitched voice and tried to make an escape.
Kim grabbed his tail leaving him running in place, which in turn caused Doug and Scott to drop to the floor in laughter. "Oh no Ronnie...I'm not through with you yet." She said happily. The group of friends then listened to the humorous conversation as the teen duo went up stairs.
Bang! "Have mercy KP please!" Thud! "Yipe! No Touchy!" Clunk! Oh no you don't Ronnie!" Giggle...Thunk! "HELP! She's mad I say MAD!" Bang! Thunk! "Only about you Ronnie!" Thud! Boom! Crash! GIGGLE! Thunk! "Oh SONUVA!" Slam! Click! With that the door closed and the rest was muffled.
Scott and Doug were in tears from laughing so hard at this point and leaning on each other so they didn't end up back on the floor again. Scott's laughter cut out quickly as Tara snaked her arms around him from behind. "Time for "Sword" practice lover boy!" She giggled. Scott froze up as she put a mind shattering lip locker on him, he was dragged away with ease sputtering incoherently.
Doug's laughter too was brought to a halt as Monique did the same to him. "Don't think that I'm done with you yet baby boy." She said in a sultry tone.
"Again!" Doug squeaked as Monique dragged him off to his room.
Kelly sat there in silence for a moment, she snorted and then burst out laughing. She hadn't seen neither Doug nor Scott this happy in over five years. It did her heart good to see them get the love that they both deserved. She thanked whatever gods there were out there for they're meeting with Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, it had indeed helped them come out of their shells a bit more than they used to. She giggled again as Scott let out a yipe and Tara a giggle. She wasn't ready for such things yet but hearing her brothers and their friends was great entertainment.
The next day the girls decided they wanted to go shopping at Middleton mall with their boyfriends...weather they liked it or not. A few simple puppy dog pouts and all four young men caved in. Kim was surprised how quick Kelly, Tara and Monique picked up on it and how Doug and Scott caved just like Ron. Though she had a feeling Scott could have brushed the pout off easily, she figured he didn't because he too now sported a royal purple Celtic trinity rune on his neck along with Tara. She could tell that Tara and Monique were thrilled beyond belief that they had soul bonded with their boyfriends...it was a rare thing indeed.
So far the only people that knew the sitch between all of them were Kim's parents, Ron's Parents, Josh, Kelly, Wade, Felix and Brick. Surprisingly everyone approved, even the parents. Kim was shocked that her father was so accepting, her mother on the other hand practically bounced off the walls with excitement. All in all everyone was happy for the most part. Scott still had his brooding moments and Ron occasionally went as stoic as Scott but they all took it in stride.
The group had just reached the center of the massive mall; the girls were debating on going to either Club banana first or one of the other expensive stores. "BOOOOOOMMMMMMM!" A loud explosion roared through the mall echoed by the various screams of the patrons. Kelly, Monique, Tara and Josh were immediately ushered behind as Kim, Ron, Doug and Scott went into instant mission mode.
Two men then appeared out of the smoke. One was a large bald African-American, easily seven foot tall and a mountain of muscle. He was dressed in a black covert ops mission suit and had brass knuckles in each hand. The other man was deathly pale...at least the body parts that were visible under all the cybernetics that littered his massive form. The man had very little pale flesh showing, it almost appeared as if he was all robot.
The cyborg then began firing off his arm cannons at people, luckily he hadn't hit anyone but Team Possible wasn't about to sit and watch the freak try.
"Hey You!" Doug bellowed.
"A little late for Halloween isn't ya animated trash can?" Scott asked, silently cursing to himself for leaving his magnums at home.
The cyborg looked over at Doug with his camera-like optics, his partner just sat back and watched with crossed arms. "What the fuck do you little freaks want!" He snarled in a deep mechanical tone.
Doug arched an eyebrow. "Look who's talking Tin Ass." He chuckled.
"Go fuck yourself Blondie." The Borg growled.
Doug's eyes flashed crimson as he pulled back his ponytail. "Alright then...let's get Freaky." Doug said.
"Dude I think you watched too much Andrea Lynne." Ron chuckled.
"Nah." Doug said waving his hand. "My stunts are real." Doug charged and leapt into the air, in mid air his body shifted and he landed in the form of a Smiladon...Saber Tooth Tiger. "How's this for freaky?" Asked Doug's now growling voice.
Doug in his beast form tackled the Borg and sank his large fangs into its armor. The cyborg growled, grabbed the large cat by the throat and flung him into the wall causing Doug to shift back into human form.
Scott gulped slightly as Doug got back to his feet, his eyes entirely immersed in a crimson glow, Doug then removed his side packs and dropped them to the floor.
"Alright Metal Head...you just bought yourself the whole can of WHOOP ASS!" Doug roared as his body shifted once again, but this time into a Velociraptor.
The cyborg fired off a couple of shots, which the enraged crimson-eyed dinosaur dodged with ease. "Well if there's anything left we could always recycle." Scott mused.
"What do you mean dude?" Ron asked curiously.
"Simple." Scott replied. "Don't get around Doug when the belt packs come off...he'll attack anything that moves."
"Sucks to be bolt brains." Ron chuckled.
"Dummer than a box of rocks, that's what I'd call him." Scott said and Kim chuckled at her boyfriend and friend's antics in a dangerous situation, the others weren't so entertained.
The cyborg came rushing towards the group followed by Doug who was snapping his jaws at him. The Borg jumped the group and belted Kim in the head harshly before Ron could act. As she fell back Doug caught her with his tail and Ron took her before Doug charged back off after the cyborg. He wanted to tear tin grin apart himself but he needed to stay here and make sure KP and the others were safe, just this once he's let Doug do his work for him.
"You ok KP?" Ron asked with concern.
"Nothing a good pain reliever won't help." She grumbled and stood back up.
"RON! KIM! LOOK OUT!" Scott shouted and jumped in front of a massive ball of black energy. The blast impacted with Scott and sent him flying 50 feet easily. "SCOTT!" Tara screamed but was too afraid to move.
The massive dark skinned man walked up to them with a murderous grin on his features. "So this is the great Team Possible." He spat in a deep monotone voice. "And Otto was hoping for a challenge."
Ron bum rushed the massive man but was belted away like a rag doll for his effort; he crashed loudly into a vendors cart. "RON!" Kim cried out and tried to go to him. "I don't think so bitch!" Otto spat as he grasped Kim's head in his massive hand and flung her harshly into Tara. Both girls cried out in pain as their bodies collided savagely.
Ron and Scott's eyes shot open, glowing blue and purple respectively. "Big FUCKING MISTAKE ASSHOLE!" Ron and Scott roared in unison as their auras burst to life.
Meanwhile Josh had tried to attack the man and was belted away like a fly. Ron dashed up to Otto and nailed him in the gut with his fist, causing the giant brute to stagger. Ron then went in with a kick but Otto caught his foot and flung him into a wall and then blasted him with another ball of black energy.
Scott nailed him from behind with a fireball that sent Otto reeling, hoping to buy Ron some time he switched to lightning and delivered a large shock to the brute. Ron shot off a chi blast from the side that knocked him forward. Otto took the opportunity to grab his next victim...Kelly. Ron and Scott cursed angrily as a sudden thundering sound of stomps came towards them.
Doug had come thundering back to his friends in the form of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. At this point Otto had the smarts to look afraid as he got a good look at a beast that time was supposed to have forgotten. The T-Rex looked around to see his friends injured and the girls shivering in fear, he then saw his sister nearly being choked to death by Otto.
"Did you order this you cluster fuck nimrod!" Doug's voice roared.
Otto sneered and threw Kelly savagely into Monique with a crunch. Doug, Scott and Ron's eyes flared as the girls landed on the others making them all cry out in pain. That was it! No more playing around.
"Lotus Blade!" Ron shouted as the sword appeared in his hand with a flash of blue light.
"Dragon Blades!" Scott barked. Twin black bladed katanas appeared in a flash of violet light, their purple glow was eerie and powerful.
"Hope your fucking life insurance is paid up!" Ron snarled.
"Because we're about to send you back to whatever hole you crawled out from!" Scott growled with seething anger.
"In a small paper bag you fucking PUNK!" Doug's roaring voice added.
Ron shot towards Otto. "Make a wish motherfucker!" He snarled and slashed the brute's gut, blood spilled freely from the deep wound.
"Hey Doug!" Scott shouted. "You want this ass hole rare or well done!" He asked as his blade severed Otto's left arm, the main howled in pain as his dark red blood spurted and spattered about.
"BLOODY!" Doug roared his answer.
"Then we aim to please!" Ron said and severed the right arm. "Hope you like dark meat buddy." Ron added as he and Scott comboed Otto with dual roundhouse kicks and savage upper cuts. Otto shot up into the air from the combined force of their blows, he didn't even have time to scream as a set of massive razor toothed jaws clamped down on him and crushed his bones as the teeth tore his flesh, he was dead within seconds.
A few seconds later Doug spat the corps out. "YUK! Now I know what shit tastes like!" He growled as he reverted back to human form.
"Too much Information!" Scott and Ron shouted in unison, a slight green look on their faces.
The girls who had recovered after seeing all three boys combo Otto now sported sick looks on their faces, Josh was losing his lunch in a trashcan at the sight of Otto's mangled corps and Tara followed soon after.
"EWWW! Just lost my appetite." Monique said looking away.
"Same here." Kim said with a shudder.
As Doug was walking over to check on his sister and girlfriend he noticed a body on the floor next to a flower cart. He walked over and there was the headless corps of Agent Will Du, on his chest was a black rose. Doug's eyes widened as he picked up the rose. "How can this be? How did he survive?" He asked no one. His eyes then flashed bright crimson once again as he crushed the rose in his hand, the thorns cutting into is skin causing blood to dribble out of his clenched fist. He then whirled around and stormed out of the mall without so much as a single word, his face set like stone and eyes flaring with rage.
"Doug?" Scott asked and then looked over to where Doug had been. Scott's eyes then flashed violet before returning to normal, his face a mix of anger, worry and something else.
Kelly saw what was going on and gasped loudly before a dark look crossed her features. "Uh-oh...I knew that bastard would come back to haunt us again." She muttered.
"What the hell is going on?" Monique asked worriedly.
"No time...we need to get back to the mansion...NOW!" He said and took off running with Kelly in tow. The others looked and nodded before dashing off after them, the pain in their bodies could wait until after the discovered what the hell was going on.
As they entered the house Kelly shot off towards the garage while Scott shot up the stairs. Seconds later they came back into the living room with worried yet knowing looks on their faces. "Doug's Cutlass is gone." Kelly said with a sad look in her eyes.
A haunted look crossed Scott's features. "SHIT!" He cursed. "And his new mission suit, equipment Widow maker and Peace Maker are gone too! DAMMIT!" Scott shouted.
"Alright spill!" Kim said crossing her arms. "Doug's our friend too and we deserve to know what's going on."
"..." Scott remained silent while Kelly refused to look at anyone.
"Please tell us Scott...what's happened to Doug?" Monique asked in tears.
Scott closed his eyes and sighed sadly, his emotions were starting to work up and he was trembling a bit. He then felt two comforting hands on his shoulders, one
from the woman he loved more than life itself and the other from a girl that he thought of as his baby sister. He took a deep breath and sighed once again. "Ok." He said softly. "I'll tell you all everything I know...but it's far from a pleasant story so sit down and brace yourselves."
Everyone sat down; Kelly and Tara were seated on each side of Scott while Monique sat with Josh, Kim and Ron. "First off." Ron said. "What are Widow maker and Peace maker?"
"Custom built twin sawed off double barrel 12 gauge shot guns." Scott answered.
Ron winced. "Ouch!"
"The last time." Kelly started. "The last time he broke those out he went after a murderer named Baron Whilehelm Von Karnoff." She said in a quiet tone. It's how he got that scar on his chest...Karnoff tried to take off his head."
Everyone sat in shocked silence. "Baron Whilehelm Von Karnoff...where have I heard that name before." Kim wondered out loud.
"The Global Justice top ten most wanted and deadly criminals list KP." Ron answered with a grim look on his features.
"Why the hell did you guys let him go after that psycho!" Monique cried. "He's your best friend! How could you!" She asked through sobs.
"Because." Kelly spoke up. "He was the man that murdered our parents when they were trying to bring him in."
"Karnoff has a sick hobby." Scott added. "He hunts down Global Justice agents like elk, takes their heads and mounts them on his walls. He is a sick and twisted murderer and has caused this family nothing but pain for a little over five damn years now." Scott said. "Doug thought he killed the bastard but it looks like he didn't."
"Why would he think that?" Kim asked.
"Because he shot him point blank in the side and Karnoff was bleeding like a stuck pig."
"You sure he didn't just miss or something?" Ron asked.
"I trained Doug myself in marksmanship...and...I never miss a target as you well know." Scott said darkly and Ron nodded, indeed Scott was a crack shot. Tara just remained silent and clung to Scott's side to offer at least a little comfort.
"But why didn't you stop him?" Monique asked very upset.
"I'd hate to be the one that tried to stop him." Scott answered simply.
"Why?" Kim asked confused.
"Because for the last five years it has been an obsession for him to bring Karnoff in...dead or alive." Scott answered, he was getting increasingly uncomfortable and he was very worried about his "Brother"
"I guess I can understand his motives in going after the Baron." Kim said sadly.
"No Kim...you don't." Scott said darkly. "His obsession is something I know all too well, that's why I like to think that Doug and I are kindred spirits, if you will. Both of us have monsters in our pasts that we need to face. A time comes in every mans life when he must fight and fight alone...right now is Doug's time." Scott said with a haunted look of understanding a single tear fell from his eyes on his otherwise stoic features. "Please do not ask me about my past...I will share it when I am ready but not yet...it haunts me enough as it is." He finished softly and got up and walked out of the room. Tara got up to follow but Kelly stopped her shaking her head with a sad look in her eyes.
"Leave him be...he needs time alone...he has suffered under the Baron's hand as well." Kelly said sadly. "This is hard for him, Doug and I are the only thing close to family he has ever known and this is tearing him up inside."
"You guys haven't had it easy...have you?" Kim said sadly, she felt for her friends and wished there was a way to help.
Kelly sighed and nodded. "Both of them have killed more times than they ever want to think about." She said. All of them were criminals and it was always a life or death situation but it still tears them up inside. Doug hides it behind his sense of humor while Scott hides it deep within himself. That is why Scott is so emotionless I guess...I think he keeps everything bottled inside...and someday it will blow and heaven help the bastard to set him off. Doug gets so upset when forced to take a life that he sometimes puts his fist through a wall or breaks something."
"But they continue so that they can protect people from suffering the same fates that they have. The last time Doug went after the Barron he was nearly killed and Scott followed him, Scott suffered three gun shot wounds and Doug suffered that scar you see on his chest. Scott managed to patch him up and took him to the hospital. One of the doctors there was a lackey for the Barron and tried to kill my brother while Scott was asleep...he removed the stitches and severed an artery..." Kelly trailed off with a haunted look.
"What happened?" Tara asked.
"I went to visit my brother and found the doctor trying to smother Scott while Doug was bleeding to death...I snapped the bastards neck...he was trying to take my family away." She said breaking down in tears.
Kim, Monique and Tara went over to Kelly to try and comfort her. To think she had to kill in order to protect her brothers...the poor girl, it must tear her apart inside. Ron got up from his seat, oh to get his hands on Barron Karnoff...he'd ginsu that bastard into so many fine bits it wouldn't even make good fish food. He walked outside and saw Scott looking off into the distance while smoking a cigarette.
Scott had been lost deep in thought when he felt Ron come up behind him and give him a pat on the shoulder. Scott knew that Ron could sympathize with some of what he had learned...after all Gill was not the first nor would it be the last life Ron had taken in defense. The two men stood silently and watched the clouds pass through the azure sky. Both lost deep in thought about their friend...their brother, both praying that he was a success in defeating his monster and coming home to the woman who sat in the house in tears over his departure.
Fate and Destiny can be cruel bed partners at times, a situation Ron and Scott knew all too well. The three of them were destined to meet by their powers and each are fated to kill the forces of darkness in order to survive and protect the innocents of this world as well as the monsters that plagued their pasts. Perhaps one day they could all find peace...but until then they would never give in...they would continue to fight for the ones they loved and for the future.
Disclaimer : We do not own Kim Possible
Authors : DragonMaster & Doug4422