Kim Possible in A mouse by any other name by Kim's #1 fan
I'm back, and I want to thank my beta reader, Lonestar whom I could never do this without. And also mrdrp for his inspiration, and encouragement. Again, I am not an artist, so if someone could draw a picture of Kim as a Mouse, and her new friend Gadget Hackwrench. I do not own Kim & co. or the Rescue Rangers. Please read & review.
And now...
Chapter 3 - Of Mice and Searching
Rufus propped Kim's rodent body against a wall. He gave her a light shake. "Kim! Wake up!" She doesn't move. He exhaled and glanced up. His eyes darted to a water fountain. He placed a paw to his chin.
He runs a few yards away. He turns and rushes toward it. With a giant leap, he grabbed onto the knob, twisting it. A stream of water shoots out, dousing the mouse below.
Kim shook her head. "Why am I wet ?"
"Sorry but I wasn't having much luck with waking you dry."
Kim yelped and scooted away.
Rufus put his paws up "Kim, calm down."
"How can I be calm? You're talking to me!"
"You weren't this nervous before, when I talked."
"Yeah but these are sentences! How are you talking? How am I talking?"
"You're not too big on cartoons are you?"
Kim folds her arms. She doesn't seem to be in the mood for an attitude.
"Okay. It's like this, Kim: all animals can talk. it's just that to humans, it sounds like noise."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Barks, meows, squeaks, roars, hissing: it's a variety of different languages."
"I had no idea." Kim to say the least was surprised; a whole other community conversing under the noses of people.
"This must come as a surprise."
"You have no idea." Kim put her paws up."Wait. If animals are able to communicate in squaks and all that , how can you... you know, talk to me and Ron?"
"It's funny you should mention that . You see..."
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Shego sits in the hallway, grooming herself. Her paw rubbed over her head. She stopped suddenly, a disgusted look on her face. She coughs and spits . A hairball flies from her mouth to the floor
"Ewww! Lousy cat body."
"Problems , Shego ?"
"Like it's any of your bus--AAAAAHH!" The feline part of her was scared by the hulking blue dog that stood behind her, but the human part of her looked closely at her 'guest', recognizing his black hair and the scar on his face.
"Oh , it's you , but still... geez! Wear a freakin' bell why don't you?"
"I thought it was the cat who was supposed to wear the bell."
"Remind me to tell you how funny you aren't."
"Where is Kim Possible?"
"How should I know, but she can't be too hard to find. I mean where is she gonna go?"
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The two rodents walked down the hall. "Wow . I never thought of it like that. Thanks, Rufus."
"Don't mention it . Now we just need to find Ron."
"What good will that do us? He can't understand us."
"He can't understand you, perhaps."
Kim nodded her head. "Right." They stop in front of a classroom, it's door open.
Rufus leads her inside. "Now just stay here. You're safer if you're out of sight." He hops off.
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Ron stood at Kim's locker. "Man , K P never said she got detention today." He turns around and spots a pile of clothes.
The boy strides to the garments and stares at them. "Good grief, we've got a stripper." He picked up the shirt and looked at it. "Hey . This looks just like what K P was wearing today. She must be in some kind of trouble . " He rushed off. "I gotta find her!"
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"What's it like being a dog?"
Drakken grimaced . He gnawed at his fur. "Fleas!"
"So I take it that's a 'not good'?"
"How were they able to find me so quickly? I've only been a dog a few minutes ! " A flea is coughed up.
Shego cringed "Charming."
"How is it being a cat ? After all , it's only fair ."
She stretches. "Not bad . I love the agility , but I do miss my body . You know , the one I was born in . Where's the penlight ?"
"It's...oh ."
Shego stopped , glaring at her employer. "That better be 'oh' as in , 'Oh , I've got it close by . ' "
"More like 'oh' as in , 'Oh I dropped it just as I came in' . "
"What! How ! "
"Fleas , like I said."
Her paw swished across Drakken's muzzle , leaving a series of scratches. " So we're stuck like this ?"
"Only temporarily , but think of it like this : so is Possible ."
A Cheshire Cat-like grin threatened to split Shego's face in half . "I guess we're going hunting."
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Kim glanced up at the desks in the room , each of them like skyscrapers. "Man , those desks look huge from down here . I can't believe that this is what its like for mice."
A silhouette appeared on the wall from the hallway. "Hello ?"
Kim whipped her head around. "Who's there ? Rufus is that you ?"
A rodent walked in , but it was a mouse like Kim. Unusually , this mouse wore a lavender jumpsuit and aviator goggles in her strawberry blonde hair . The red haired mouse stared at her guest. "What's a Rufus ? "
"It's a naked mole rat ."
"Huh . I didn't think that naked mole rats were indigenous to this part of the world . Well , maybe Canada , but..."
Kim waved her paw. "Hello . Who are you ? "
"Oh . I'm Gadget Hackwrench." She extends her paw . "Hmmm . What comes next ? " Sweet though she was , the mouse had a slight tendency toward absent-mindedness. "Oh , right . What's your name ? "
"Kim Possible . "
"What a weird coincidence . I've heard about this girl named Kim Possible on the news . They say she can do anything ."
"But I am Kim Possible...and I could do anything . I was turned into a mouse by some crazy device." Kim slumps down . "Sounds pretty crazy, huh ? "
"Not as crazy as you'd think , Kim . I deal with alot of villains and their schemes , myself . "
"You don't go into these things alone , do you ? "
"Golly , no . I have a team : the Rescue Rangers . " Gadget let out a sigh.
"What's the matter ? "
"Well , the other night , I... well , have you ever felt a certain way for a guy you knew , but you weren't sure how to tell him , or how he'd react if you did ? "
Kim looked away at this . "Yeah . "
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Ron walked down the hall clutching something in his hand . He spots Rufus running down the hall . "Rufus !"
The rodent stopped. He ran back to his owner . "Kim ! "
"I don't know where she is either , but she seems to be...naked."
Rufus graoned and grabbed Ron's pant leg , pulling at it .
"Whoa--what are you doing ? "
Ron hopped on his free leg as the naked mole rat tugged at his pants .
"Do you see what I see , Shego ? "The blue dog and black cat peered around the corner .
"Yeah . It's Stoppable ."
"And he has the penlight . " Drakken started down the opposite hall .
Shego followed him . "Aren't we gonna go after him ? "
"We're going to head him off . "
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"...and that's when I ended up here."
"That's amazing . I had no idea that there was this...network of animals fighting crime . "
"It really must come as a surprise ."
"The days been full of surprises . As for your problemn - and I speak from experience - you never know how working with a close friend will turn out . One day , you see him like you've never seen him before and you're sure how to handle it . You should tell Chip how you feel or you'll spend all your time regretting it ."
"That's a good idea ."
"Now , I just need to wait for Rufus to come back . "
"Shouldn't we look for him ? "
"Bad idea . There's a cat out there , well...we're not exactly on good terms . "
"Wait . You've only been a mouse a few hours , right ? "
"Yes . "
"Then how could you already have a cat after you ? "
"Well... I'm not the only animal around here that used to be human . "
The door bursts open revealing...no one .
Kim Stepped forward . "Rufus ? Ron ? "
"Fraid not Bianca ." Shego walked in smiling maliciously . She looked at the two mice standing fearfully in front of her . "Looks like I'm having two helpings of mouse today . "
TO BE CONTINUED
