R - Factor
"The Unforgiven"
By : Metallica
New
blood joins this earth
and quickly he's subdued
through
constant pain disgrace
the young boy learns their rules
with
time the child draws in
this whipping boy done wrong
deprived
of all his thoughts
the young man struggles on and on he's known
a
vow unto his own
that never from this day
his will they'll take
away
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through
in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might
have been
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined
through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee
unforgiven
they dedicate their lives
to running all of
his
he tries to please them all
this bitter man he
is
throughout his life the same
he's battled constantly
this
fight he cannot win
a tired man they see no longer cares
the
old man then prepares
to die regretfully
that old man here is
me
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined through
in what I've shown
never be
never see
won't see what might
have been
what I've felt
what I've known
never shined
through in what I've shown
never free
never me
so I dub thee
unforgiven
you labeled me
I'll label you
so I dub thee
unforgiven
Chapter 15 : Reckoning - Ron's Solo Mission
Deep within her tower the Dark Goddess watched what was transpiring with a look of sadistic glee on her features. A large demon-like creature walked up to her and bowed.
"Lady Xandra, all is going according to plan." The beast growled. "The final preparations have been made and now all that is left is for you to state when you wish to implement the final phase."
"Excellent…" Xandra's silky voice purred. "Soon…yes very soon indeed we will start the final phase of my plans. But for now I wish to enjoy the entertainment…leave me." She waved her hand as if shooing off a pesky insect.
The beast bowed once again and scurried off into the shadows of the towers throne chambers. Xandra then returned her attention to the large orb hovering before her; on the orb was a picture of Doug, Scott and the others with Kim in the hospital. The only one absent was Ron. A evil grin crossed her lips as she traced the area Kim was being displayed. Her plans were coming to fruitition, now it was only a matter of time.
0o0
Doug, Scott, Tara and Monique were all that remained with Kim in the hospital at the moment. Kelly and Josh had taken the others home so they could try and rest. But the truth was that everyone was worried about Ron, none of them had ever seen him that angry before.
"This is going to be like those two other times isn't it?" Tara asked.
Scott nodded. "Yeah…Ron-man has been pushed to far, this is his fight, he needs to do this and those bastards need to pay for what they did to him." Scott said, his jaw set firmly.
"But Ron's going to be okay…right?" Tara asked glancing at Kim worriedly.
"That's hard to say, Tara." Doug commented. "Ron is the most powerful of the three of us but we got our asses handed to us by those freaks. Whatever power they came across is very evil and powerful…all we really can do is believe in Ron and hope for the best."
"I'm sure Ron will make it…after all, he has to much to look forward to." Monique said looking at Kim.
"I hope your right." Anne Possible said as she walked into the room. "I'd hate to think of how Kimmie would take it if she were to lose Ron."
Doug and Scott's faces remained stoic but a dark look passed through their eyes, Tara and Monique however shuddered at the thought. They all knew full well what would happen if Ron died…Kim would die to…soul mates cannot live without the other mate after being bonded.
"What's this?" Anne asked pointing to a long blue glowing object next to Kim. She pulled the Lotus Blade out from under the sheets, the glow faded as it got further from Kim.
Doug winced and Scott crossed his arms, a dark look crossing his features. "Ron left his sword to guard Kim, it means that he has been pushed far beyond the limits of rage…I almost pity Drakken and the others…they have no idea what they have unleashed on themselves." Scott said quietly.
The Lotus Blade flickered once as if agreeing with him before returning to normal. Anne put the beautiful sword back down next to her daughter and watched as the glow started back up.
0o0
In the Middleton warehouse district a news chopper was circling the area. The ground was littered with hundreds of Syntho-drone foot soldiers with Drakken, Shego, Monkey Fist and Fukushima lurking somewhere in the warehouse.
Then like a shot from a cannon there was a bright blue streak that passed the chopper and impacted into the ground near the center of the drone army. They began rolling film to catch the action below, not knowing that certain people in Middleton Memorial were watching the whole thing.
"This is Tanya Burns for Middleton action news. We are in a chopper above the Middleton warehouse district where known master criminals Dr Drakken, Shego, Monkey Fist and Fukushima are holding as their base. Surrounding the building is an army of Syntho-drones, only seconds ago a strange light shot down from the sky and hit the center of the drone army."
As the dust cleared from the impact Ron Stoppable stood up, masonry could be seen falling off of his now bare chest. The impact had torn half of his shirt away and part of his pants. His eyes were glowing an intense cobalt blue with golden energy sparking out the sides. His tail was swishing angrily behind him, the fur on it spiked out and charged with energy. His blonde locks were waving about violently in a wind that was not there. All things considered he looked as if he were an angry deity about to smite the world.
Middleton Memorial…
Doug, Scott and the three women there stared in shock at the TV screen. This was the first time any of them had seen Ron at this level of power.
"The identity of the blonde man down there is none other than Don Toppable of Team Possible…" Tanya drawled.
"That's Ron Stoppable you damn tart!" Doug growled.
"Kinda makes you wonder how a blonde bimbo like that keeps her job doesn't it?" Scott said with a snort.
"Lets just say she has an active social life with her bosses." Anne growled, she was sick and tired of people overlooking Ron too.
At that moment Kim began to stir slightly. "Ron…." She murmured in her sleep.
Warehouse District…
Ron was stone faced as he surveyed his surroundings. From an objective point of view he was surrounded, from his point of view he had a very unfair advantage that he would fully exploit.
"Syntho-drones eh, how friggin typical." Ron snarled.
Ron waited no longer and lit into the drones like a gun shot. Ron nailed the first drone hard, splattering its head a melon. At this point Ron was not going for subtle takedowns, now he wanted the ones who hurt his family and Kim to feel fear.
Grabbing another drone by the throat as it flailed about he smirked darkly at it. "I wonder…do you bastards feel pain or fear?" He almost purred at the drone. "Let's find out." He closed his hand around the things throat causing syntho-waste to leak out of its eye ports and mask. "Booyah…" Ron smirked and tossed the destroyed drone to the ground.
A laser shot grazed Ron's cheek; he turned to see six drones armed with some kind of laser rifles. He ignored the slight sting and feeling of blood dribbling down his jaw.
Summoning the mystical energy within him into his hands he dodged several more blasts from the lasers. "You picked the wrong guy to get into a firefight with." Ron growled.
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor!
Thrusting his hands towards the drones he let out a primal roar as a massive beam of pure energy shot from his hands. Easily a hundred drones in the way of the blast got atomized as the beam of energy impacted with another warehouse turning it into an inferno of molten steel and ash.
Ron then grabbed a near by light post and ripped it from the concrete. He gave the massive pole and expert twirl before using it to cut through another mass of Syntho-drones.
Above the scene in the news chopper everyone had gone silent. Tanya Burns was completely awe struck at the display below then…so much so she never noticed her camera man wet himself when Ron picked up a delivery truck and crush seven drones with it.
One-Nothing
wrong with me
Two-Nothing wrong with me
Three-Nothing wrong
with me
Four-Nothing wrong with me
One-Something's Got To
Give
Two-Something's Got To Give
Three-Something's Got To
Give
A burst of black energy narrowly missed Ron as he flipped out of the way. Righting himself and landing on his feet he saw Drakken and Shego looking at him with insane grins on their faces. Their black lifeless eyes stared into his blue and gold surging ones as if measuring eachother up.
"Oh please…Drakken…?" Ron snorted.
"You will find that I am no longer so easy to beat Buffoon!" Drakken growled.
The blue skinned madman then let out a inhuman howl as his muscle mass quadrupled, black veins could be seen pulsing under his tight blue skin as his lab coat tore from his upper body.
Ron narrowed his eyes. "Dejavu…" He muttered.
"SHEGO!" Drakken roared. "Tear the buffoon limb from limb…but save his heart for last…I wish to personally deliver it to Kim Possible before I snap her neck!"
Shego hesitated for some reason and Ron saw her eyes flash green for but a second. "What the hell…?" Ron dodged as she lunged at him, the madness once again in her black eyes. "Shit…she's being controlled…but…" Ron used his telepathy to scan Drakken…the bastard was doing this of his own free will, oddly enough it only seemed like Shego was the only one being manipulated.
Now!
Shego whipped around and slashed Ron across the chest, five long tares could be seen in his flesh as crimson fluid leaked from them. Ron let out a grunt but he had, had worse.
She went in for a second strike but stopped just inches from Ron's face; her eyes returned her normal green color. "S…Stoppable….h…help…meeee…" She strained out before the darkness took control again.
Before she could even move Ron's hand shot up and grabbed her by the face. His hand muffled her scream as he pumped her full of his own energy forcing a vile black mist to exit through her ears and fade away. She went limp and fell into his arms; her eyes were now back to normal.
"Th…thank…y…you…." She said weakly before fainting.
Ron just placed her on the ground and began walking towards Drakken. From the thoughts he was able to read from Shego, she had originally wanted to do this of her own free will until she was instructed to murder…apparently she wasn't fond of the idea and tried to back out. Then who ever gave the others their dark power took control of her and forced her to do their bidding.
"Useless bitch." Drakken spat at Shego's unconscious form, he turned his attention to Ron. "I have waited a long time for this, Buffoon, vengeance will finally be MINE!"
Let the
Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Beaten
Why For?
Can't take much more
Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go now
"Wrong Drakken…today I get VENGEANCE!" Ron snarled. "This is it, stripped down and nothing else left to do but die you overblown, motor mouthed, stupid…walking blue pile of crap." Ron stopped twenty feet from Drakken and shot him a look that could melt lead. "Now bring it." He snapped.
"You will pay for that remark!" Drakken lunged at Ron, their hands clenched together in a titanic struggle of brute strength. "I will crush you!" Drakken snarled.
Ron smirked. "I'm sure you would…if you could…"
"CRRRAAACCCKKKK!" Drakken's eyes went wide and he roared in pain as Ron snapped his wrists backwards, blood spattered on Ron as the bones tore through Drakken's wrists.
"Aw…did that hurt?" Ron asked with fake sympathy. "Let me do something to take your mind off of it!" Ron savagely jerked down and ripped Drakken's beefy arms off from the shoulders. The mad man howled once more as blood sprayed from where his arms once were.
One-Nothing
wrong with me
Two-Nothing wrong with me
Three-Nothing wrong
with me
Four-Nothing wrong with me
One-Something's Got To
Give
Two-Something's Got To Give
Three-Something's Got To
Give
"Need a hand Drakken?" Ron asked as he belted the blue mad man with his dismembered arms. "You should stop beating yourself up over this…it's not good for your health!" With one final savage swing Ron brought both arms down on Drakken's head crushing it in a splatter of bone fragments, fluid and blood.
"Enjoy hell, Drakken…perhaps I'll see you there." Ron growled and tossed the dismembered arms aside like garbage and stalked toward the warehouse and his final two opponents.
0o0
"DAMN!" Doug exclaimed. "Is he ever pissed off!"
"Rather brutal wasn't it." Scott commented without emotion.
Tara and Monique had just finished throwing up in the trashcan and sat down. Anne just starred at the Television screen pale and in complete shock, what had happened to the sweet boy she used to know?
Scott seemed to catch this. "Ron is still the same young man you care about Mrs. Possible, he loves your daughter more than anything…even his own life." He said in his usual soft emotionless tone. "However every man has their breaking point…what you just saw is what happens when one is pushed to it."
Anne jus gulped and nodded. "I…can't say that I blame him, I want to hurt those monsters for what they did too…but…he looks like he's almost enjoying it." She said feeling sick.
"I assure you, Mrs. Possible…he is anything but enjoying this." Doug said darkly. "It's psychological tactics…if he appears to be enjoying it, it will scare his enemies…he wants them to feel the same fear that they make others feel. To be honest…right now he probably hates himself."
"How could you know that?" She asked.
Doug tapped his temple. "We Lotus Warrior's share a bond of brotherhood, we feel each others emotions is situations like this. You could say that it helps us help eachother when needed."
"Then why aren't you helping him stop those monsters?" Anne demanded.
"Because…it's his fight." Scott replied. "He would never forgive us if we tried to help him. It's more than just simple revenge…it's about honor."
"Tara and I have each gone through this." Monique stated still looking a bit pale. "Neither of us wanted our boyfriends to go through this and it was horrible not knowing if they would come back alive or not…but all we can do is believe in him."
Tara nodded. "Yes…none of us like this any more than you do. But Ron has to do this alone…not just for honor, but to ensure those….those monsters never harm another innocent. Do you want anymore casualties like his parents or Kim?" Anne quickly shook her head no. "I didn't think so….so please…when Ron comes back, don't look down on him for what he had to do…he will need all the support he can get."
"Do…all of you have to do this…this fighting?" Anne asked.
"Yes…" Doug said with a sigh. "As Lotus Warrior's we are charged with the protection of this world…we are to protect this world and innocent lives at all costs, even with our lives."
Scott nods. "Unlike Ron, we chose this path, we could have easily turned our backs on destiny but we didn't. Ron on the other hand has no choice in this, he has to act as a protector, the power within him and his nature demands it."
Anne looked at her daughter with a small yet sad smile, she knew that Kim would fall for Ron someday but she never imagined it would come with a soul bonding and powers no normal human could posses.
"I…understand." Anne said softly. "I will do all that I can to support my daughter and my future son-in-law."
Scott and Doug gave her a nod and turned back to the TV. Tara and Monique each gave Anne a hug to offer their own support and comfort.
0o0
Ron entered the warehouse cautiously; Drakken was a moron who knew nothing about being subtle or stealthy. Monkey Fist and Fukushima however...they were a different story all together. He knew full well they would attack from the shadows and try to gain the upper hand.
Now!
Three Kunai ninja daggers shot out from the darkness; two struck Ron right in the right shoulder while the third sunk into his abdomen. A fourth one shot straight at his face; he snatched it out of the air and threw it back at its source. The movement causing the other daggers in him to fall to the floor.
Ron took a few more steps into the empty building until he was in the center; he could sense Fukushima and Fist running about in the shadows but couldn't pinpoint them. His eyes shot back and forth as he surveyed the area.
"Well?" He growled, his voice echoing in the empty building.
Let the
Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Let the
Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
The warehouse remained silent; the only sounds were that of Ron's blood dripping on the floor and his breathing. He felt a slight breeze ruffle his hair, like a lightning strike Ron lashed out and caught Fukushima by the foot.
"Rule number 1, never get too close to your target." Ron snapped and slammed Fukushima into a stack of wooden crates.
Another Kunai shot from the shadows and impaled his left hand. "Rule two, Stoppable, always be aware of your surroundings." Monkey Fist grinned as he walked out and drew his katana.
Ron looked at the blade in his hand and arched his eyebrow. He pulled out the small dagger from his hand and inspected it for a second before it gave off a blue glow and turned into a ten-foot long broad sword. Ron smirked at his new toy.
"Impossible…you are without the Lotus Blade!" Fist shouted indignantly.
Ron shrugged. "I've never been one to follow the rules Monty ol boy, besides…no one ever said I couldn't transform other weapons to meet my needs."
Push me
again
This is the end
Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go now
"Nice trick outsider…but we have new tricks of our own!" Fukushima said cockily as black energy surrounded him and Kunai daggers began swirling around him.
Monkey Fist then summoned his dark powers into his blade making it give off a black glow, a ghostly black tail appeared behind him. "A Telekinetic and a mock monkey master…I'm so not impressed." Ron said in a bored tone.
One-Nothing
wrong with me
Two-Nothing wrong with me
Three-Nothing wrong
with me
Four-Nothing wrong with me
One-Something's Got To
Give
Two-Something's Got To Give
Three-Something's Got To
Give
"Quite cocky for a dead man, Stoppable, surly you don't think we will be as easy as those other two reprobates?" Fist asked silkily.
Ron smirked. "Of coarse not…I was looking for a half way decent challenge…lets see if you two can dish it…" Ron's power flared and surged yet again causing the shadows to vanish in blue light. "…let's finish this."
Now!
Fukushima growled and sent the daggers floating around him at Ron. Ron didn't even bother turning towards his foe as he gestured with his hand and sent the daggers back at their sender.
Fukushima soon found himself impaled with his own weapons. "Oh…did I forget to mention…I'm telekinetic as well." Ron said offhandedly and gestured again. Fukushima found himself being slammed into the floor, walls and ceiling without mercy.
Fist saw his chance and sent a surge of black energy at his arch foe. Ron gestured again and used Fukushima as a shield. The former Yamanochi ninja howled in pain as black energy seared into his back.
He looked down at Ron and spat weakly at him through his pain. A sudden surge of fear welled up within him as Ron's face became colder than ice.
Ron's open hand was still outstretched. "Your usefulness has come to an end traitor…enjoy oblivion." Ron said in a calm cold tone as he clenched his hand shut. Fukushima's screams of pain were silenced, as his body was suddenly forced apart in a fountain of gore, flesh, blood and bones.
Let the
Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
Let the
Bodies hit the Floor
Let the Bodies hit the Floor
"Not a good time to fall apart now was it, eh, Monty?" Ron asked.
"Quite…" Fiske snarled completely unfazed. "I do hope you won't think that I would be so easy to defeat."
"Truly?" Ron asked and took guard with the sword he made. "Let's see what you got old man."
Fist roared in anger, he was enraged that nothing seemed to bother his foe. With a thunderous clang their blades met, the shockwave from the hit caused the warehouse walls the blow out.
Skin
against skin
Blood and Bone
You're all by yourself
but your
not alone
your wanted in
now your here
driven by hate
consumed by fear
The air around the two fighters was alight with angry energy, crackling and surging whenever the other moved. Stray energy blasts shot out in all directions as the sounds of swords clashing pierced the air.
Ron could feel his power beginning to weaken a bit, he had expended allot of it and he had taken a good amount of damage, his wounds would heal easily enough but it would take a day or so. However he was far from being finished…Monkey Fist would fall today no matter the cost.
Monkey Fist was growing impatient, he wanted this battle over with so that he could finish what he started with Stoppable's loved ones. He began summoning all the power he had…he was going to atomize the buffoon!
Let the bodies hit the floor
"So that's the way you want it." Ron growled and summoned all of his power as well. "You will pay for what you did to KP and my parents." He snarled in a low tone.
"Perhaps…but after I finished with you, I will finish what I started with them." Fiske grinned evilly. "Is it true that the cheerleader is a screamer. I would love to hear it."
His only answer was Ron's eyes narrowing into demonic looking, blue glowing slits. Golden energy was now surging along his taunt muscles and crackling around his hands.
Then at the very same moment both combatants let lose their energy, massive beams shot towards eachother until they impacted in the middle.
0o0
Middleton Memorial…
Everyone was beginning to get worried. They had just watched the sides of the warehouse get blown off by some massive force. Kim had also awakened near hysterics and Anne, Tara and Monique were now trying their best to calm her down.
Her cries for Ron and screams of fear were suddenly silenced as they watched in horror the events playing on the TV screen. They all watched slack jawed as the five story warehouse was engulfed in a massive explosion on the megaton range, they could feel the vibrations from it on the floor.
Kim's eyes suddenly lost focus; she couldn't feel the bond with Ron anymore. As she fell back onto the bed she went into a state of shock and her heart rate was falling dangerously low.
Doug and the others quickly moved out of the way as several doctors and nurses came rushing in to stabilize Kim. The dead silence from the news people was a sign that they too were in complete shock at what they just saw.
"I'm going to find Ron." Doug said.
"I'm coming too, something seems off." Scott agreed.
Without warning both young men vanished, Doug through the shadows and Scott in a burst of fire. They soon found themselves standing in front of the warehouse remains, Shego still out cold forty feet behind them.
"Damn…this place is totaled." Scott said.
"I know…" Doug replied. "It's going to be a bitch trying to find Ron is all this rubble."
As they began walking towards the ruin they noticed the charred form of Monkey Fist, he had been burnt into a large chunk of concrete. Doug grabbed a katana near the charred remains only to have it turn to dust in his hand.
"Shit…you'd think Ron let off a nuke here." Scott muttered.
Doug was about to answer when a sudden rise in power caught his senses. He glanced at his friend and noticed that, Scott too had also felt the familiar energy.
A pile of rubble a few feet from them began to tremble, then like he had on that first mission they went on with him a while ago, Ron shot out of the rubble sending a huge slab of cement flying backwards.
Ron was bloody, bruised and covered in dirt and wounds. He looked up at his friends and gave them a weak smile and a thumbs up. "It's over…they won't hurt anyone again." Ron said sounding exhausted.
Doug and Scott grinned at their friend, they knew that a building falling on him and a massive explosion wouldn't kill him…he was just to stubborn. "I gotta admit Ron-man…you gave us one hell of a scare." Doug said as he and Scott began helping him out.
"Sorry bout that." Ron said and looked at Shego. "Hey…listen up, Shego over there was being controlled by someone…she did this against her will, can one of you take her to the hospital?"
Scott nodded. "Sure, I'll take her there myself." He said and walked over to the unconscious woman and hefted her over his shoulder before vanishing in another burst of fire.
"What about you dude, Kim is worried sick." Doug said.
Ron sighed. "I'll apologize to her when we get to the hospital…but your going to have to shadow port us there, I don't have much power left at the moment."
"Ah…burnout." Doug nodded knowing full well the feeling. "C'mon buddy, lets go see your lady." With that Doug helped Ron over to the nearest shadow and the two vanished from the scene.
0o0
Disclaimer : We do not own Kim Possible
Authors : DragonMaster & Doug4422 aka Epic Quest INC