Kim Possible in A Mouse By Any Other Name by Kim's #1 Fan
Once again I need to thank some people, first and formost, my beta reader,(Whom I could never this without,) Lonestar, secondly Mr Dr P, and also Acosta Perez Jose Ramiro. Now once again I must ask, if anyone who reads this is an artist, (as I am not,) could you please draw a picture of Kim as a mouse, and her new friend Gadget Hackwrench. I do not own Kim & Co. or the rescue rangers. Now, on with the story.
Chapter 2 - Hijinx and Help
The mouse that was once Kim Possible scampers through the halls of Middleton High.
" It's a good thing that classes are still going , "
she says to herself. The last thing that she needed was to start a panic in the school, which would, no doubt, make it harder for her to move around.
"I have to find Ron." She stops and thinks to herself. "Okay, he said that he's in algebra, so I just need to find the right room." She glances down the hallway. "Oh , why does this have to be so difficult?"
"Don't worry so much. You'll live longer."
"That's pretty good advice. Thank...you" Kim turns around. A stunned look forms on her face as she looks up. Standing behind her is a cat, which would be bad enough for any mouse. Unfortunately, this cat is black with pale white-green chest fur and an angry glint in it's green eyes.
Kim squints her eyes. "No. Shego?"
"In the fur. By the way, nice voice Minnie." She hisses, her ears flattening against her back. "I feel like a good chase."
"Well you look like what the cat coughed up!"
With a violent meow, Shego swipes her paw at Kim, who ducks it. She dodges her following swipes. With great speed , she rushes toward the feline's tail and picks it up. Before Shego can react, Kim takes a bite. The cat yells out and swishes it's tail, flinging the mouse down the hall.
"Yeecch! I'll need to gargle after that!" Kim takes off running.
The black cat arches it's back and rushes after the rodent. As angry as she was at Drakken for turning her into an animal, Shego couldn't help admit that she liked her new form : the agility, the animal instincts and the fact that her arch-rival was nothing but a helpless mouse. Yep , life is good.
Kim rounds a corner and continues running. The human part of her wants to search for someone – anyone- who could help. However , the mouse part of her wants to get away from the cat closing in behind her. Much to Kim's chagrin, the mouse part is winning.
"Oh, man. I'm gonna give out any minute." Her breaths start to become short.
" Just...need...a sign... from above."
The sound of the bell pierces through the air.
The door of a classroom opens out. Kim ducks under the crack. Shego leaps at the mouse ... and crashes into the door.
Several students walk out. "Man , could that class be any tougher? Just a few more, then I'm Bueno Nacho bound."
"Bueno Nacho!" Rufus pops out in elated agreement.
At the sound of their usual hangout, Kim looks up at her best friend/ boyfriend and his naked mole rat.
"Ron!" She scampers after the blonde boy.
Meanwhile , the classroom door closes. From behind it stumbles Shego. She shakes her head and looks down the hall. Lots of teenagers, but none that look like mice. The cat growls and continues the hunt.
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Kim hangs onto Ron's Pant leg. "I just need to... get Ron... to listen."She climbs upward, panting heavily. Her mouse body isn't used to such strenuous activity.
"I wonder where K P can be. She has be around..." Ron's train of thought is derailed.
He feels something tugging at his leg. "Whoa! A mouse!"
"Ron! Thank goodness. Something happened to me. I was zapped with this... thing and now I'm a mouse and Shego's a cat and she's chasing me."
The blonde cannot understand any of this. It sounds like very fast and very frantic squeaking.
"I'm sorry, but I got to get to class. Besides, these pants are one – rodent accommodation type."
At this Rufus looks out at the mouse. He looks closely at her, almost like he knows her.
Ron scoops Kim into his hands. "You are kind of adorable though." He lightly rubs his finger along her back. She smiles and seems to melt under his touch. " I'm sorry." He places her on the floor. "You better keep out of sight . Who knows what would happen if you were found"
Kim huffs as Ron walks away. She starts to run after him. A paw slaps down on her tail, stopping her from further movement.
"Now, now , Mrs. Brisby. What's your hurry ?"
Shego smiles revealing a very menacing set of feline teeth.
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A plane makes its way through the sky. Unusually the plane looks like it is made of an empty bleach bottle and a balloon. Given these facts, it can only be the Ranger Wing in flight, which means...
" That Nimnul and his crazy technology." At the controls of the craft is a mouse. Oddly, this mouse seems to have strawberry blonde hair and a lavender jumpsuit on.
Surprisingly, it was not her first encounter with Professor Norton Nimnul. Sure, he would have to be stopped from launching what ever foolish scheme he had concocted, but every time she faced him, she'd bristle at the fact that his obvious skills were turned toward evil.
A tailwind whips across the skies. The plane shakes plummeting toward the ground. The mouse tries to turn it, but the bottle cap steering wheel is jammed. She yells as the plane crashes in a tree.
The plane is tangled on a branch, it's right wing clipped. The mouse crawls away from it and jumps down to another branch. She peers out past the leaves.
Just up the street is a building which looks like a school. In front of it is a billboard atop a twenty foot pole. It reads ' Where smart students study smart.'
"'Middleton High' sounds peaceful enough."
At least she wouldn't have to deal with any crazy scientists, here.
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Shego walks down the halls holding Kim in her mouth by the tail. The rodent looks defeated. Down the hall, a bunch of students filed into a room, each carrying a different musical instrument.
"The School band!" Kim said that a little louder then she thought.
"Ha! Like a bunch of band geeks can save you."
Kim starts to swing back and forth like a pendulum. After a few swings, she grabs onto the fur of her captor and gives a sharp tug.
"Yeeeooowww!" Kim falls to the floor. She runs as fast as she can into the music room.
Shego, a very hateful look in her eyes, rushes after her.
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The Middleton High marching band practices every day. Its members hope to get something out of their involvement, like an appreciation of music or an easy way to avoid classes.
The students sit in their instrument-designated sections, ready to play. The teacher, a middle aged woman, taps her baton on the music stand. She raises it and the string section begins to play.
Kim runs past the players unnoticed. Shego slinks along the wall, quietly studying her prey's movement.
The brass section joins in, acting as counterpoint to the warmth of the strings. Kim looks over to the section, whose players yield a french horn, a trombone and a tuba. The rodent's eyes widen as she glances at the huge instrument.
She runs to the feet of the french horn player and crawls onto a shoe. Shego strolls from the wall toward the mouse. Kim jumps toward the trombone player's foot. The draws closer, licking her lips.
Kim looks directly at Shego as she jumps onto the pant leg of the tuba player. She scurries up and approaches the player's hands. Feeling a bit of a tingle, the young man shakes his hands, erring his performance somewhat. The other players stop. Kim falls back to the pant leg and hangs on for dear life.
The teacher taps her baton. "Scott, what was that?"
"I really don't know Mrs. Bradley. It's like I felt something crawling on me, like a mouse."
"A mouse? Be serious." some of the surrounding students laugh. "Now back to the piece, with the horns."
Scott exhales and resumes his playing. Kim crawls up the leg and stands on his lap. She looks at Shego still approaching. "I only get one shot at this. Sorry , Scott." The mouse jumps up and bites Scott's hand. He yells out and shakes his hand. Shego leaps at Kim. He drops the tuba on the cat, who lets out a loud yowl.
The door opens, interrupting the mayhem. Mr Barkin peers in. "Sorry to interrupt your session Mrs. Bradley, but have you seen a new student? Goes by Shay Geaux."
The woman shakes her head. " I'm sorry, no."
"Ah-ha A truant. I knew she was trouble. Carry on." He turns to the students. " And you, work on your playing. Sounds like your torturing a cat in here." Barkin walks away. Kim rushes toward the closing door.
Scott picks up his tuba. Shego Hisses at him and rushes toward the door, which shuts . She slides into it with a thud.
Shego starts scratching at the door, leaving deep claw marks in the wooden finish.
"Oh you want to be let out do you?" Mrs. Bradley walks over to the door and opens it. The cat walks out.
A blonde flutist raises her hand. "Whose cat was that?"
"Who knows? I'm just counting the minutes until three."
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Outside the school, Drakken chacks his watch. It reads 2:47 pm. "What is taking so long? It only takes seven minutes in the cartoons." He folds his arms and pouts. "Grabbing the penlight he hops from his vehicle.
He twists the cap and points the device at himself. " If you want something done right..." A red light engulfs him as he crouches down.
" Do it yourself." A forboding shadow casts over the wall of the school.
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The final bell of the day rings. From the excited chatter the students couldn't be more glad to get out.
"Thank goodness that's finally over." Ron walks down the hall. Rufus peeks out of the pocket.
"Now we can meet Kim at Bueno Nacho."
At hearing her name, Rufus thinks back to that mouse who crawled up Ron's leg. There was something about her : the red hair, the green eyes and the fact that it smiled when Ron pet her. For the naked mole rat, it all fell into place.
Rufus jumps out of the pocket and runs down the hall.
Ron looks down at his pocket. "Rufus?" He glances behind him. A beige blur zooms away. "Oh Rufus!"
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Kim lies flat against the wall in a classroom. Nervously , she peeks out the door. The coast is clear. She scurries out the door.
She rounds a corner and crashes into..." Rufus! Oh I need your help. This thing turned me into a mouse. Shego's a cat and she's trying to catch me. I have to get to Ron. I..." She slumps down. "Oh, what am I telling you? It's not like Ron can understand me like this."
"Don't worry Kim, I'm here now."
"Thanks Rufus I..." Her eyes grow wide. Now Rufus was able to communicate with her and Ron through affected grunts and the occasional word. However, she had just heard him speak, in complete sentences.
She faints. This is obviously a bit much to process.
TO BE CONTINED
