Chapter 9

So not the Booyah

A large figure suddenly rose from the trees. Its shadow completely covered the two heroes. They slowly looked up…

"Oh, Snap!" Kim exclaimed.

Ron began to shiver. "That would be so cool if it wasn't going to hurt us."

"Bring them with us, Precious. I need to have a little discussion with them."

The two teens turned to see DNAmy step from behind what was apparently her newest creation. The creature stood several feet tall. Both teens shivered as this new mixture brought back bad memories for both of them. It had the body and head of a gorilla but the eight arms of an octopus.

"Sick and Wrong, Ron!" Kim yelled, and she turned to ski away.

"Wrong-sick, KP" Ron added as he prepared to ignite the jet engines that were built into their skis.

The arms of the creature extended out, grabbing Kim and Ron before they could escape. Arms wrapped around them, pinning their arms and legs, other arms stripped their skis off their feet. Kim tried to yell to Josh and Tara when one of the arms covered her mouth. She turned to see Ron held in the same way. The creature pulled them into the trees.

Ron tried to struggle, but the arms held him tight. He could see Kim being held next to him as the creature strode through the trees. The horizon tilted side to side as the monster brushed through the trees. DNAmy was being carried by another creature that looked like a polar bear with an eagle's head. This creature had wings, and was walking in front of the creature that held them. Minutes passed as they continued to fight to get free. Kim shook her head to tell Ron to stop struggling. They realized that there was no escaping the hold the creature had on them. Struggling would only wear them down.

Snow was falling from the limbs of the trees as the monster brushed through. Kim and Ron noticed they were in the same area where they had dealt with DNAmy and her creatures during their class ski trip to Mt. Upperton. DNAmy entered a cave they had not noticed before. The tunnel opened up into a new, smaller lab than before. One wall was completely covered in Cuddle Buddies. Some had scorch marks from the explosion of the first lab.

DNAmy put away her parka as she approached some of her equipment. "Put those two in restraints, Precious. Make sure they can't call for help."

The gorilla creature strapped Kim and Ron to two inclined tables. Straps went across their chests, wrists, waists, and ankles. The Octorilla's arms searched their pockets and removed all the contents, putting them on the table. It then shambled over to stand behind Amy as the equipment in the room started to hum.

"Now, we are going to see what my new genetic zipper can really do…"

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Tara giggled to herself as she and Josh skied back and forth across the trail. They had left Kim and Ron behind just for a bit. She and Josh had been playing to see how close they could ski to each other without running into one another. There had been a couple of close calls, so she stopped when she reached the main turn back to the lodge. She was laughing as Josh slid to a stop beside her.

She slid her goggles off her face and up on her helmet. Josh did the same, as they both looked up the trail for Kim and Ron.

"I wonder what happened to the two of them?" Tara asked.

Josh smiled. "You know Ron. If he wasn't wearing one of these one piece suits, then his pants probably fell down. Maybe they're just hanging back a minute. Or Ron skied into a tree."

Tara scanned the trail with her eyes for a few moments. Their eyes met for a second, then Josh lifted his arm and spoke into the communication grid on the sleeve of his suit.

"Kim, Ron, where are you two?"

The speaker on the sleeve remained silent. Tara spoke into her sleeve comm unit. "Okay you two, this is not funny. If this is a joke, you both will pay, especially you, Ron Stoppable."

Both comm grids remained silent. Tara and Josh began slowly moving back up the trail, to a point where they could see up the trail where they had last seen Kim and Ron. Nothing could be seen. Tara tapped the controls to her comm unit and Wade's voice came over her earphones. "What's up, Tara?"

Tara looked over to Josh. "Wade, we can't find Kim and Ron. They were right behind us on the trail, now they're gone."

"Tara, Josh, if you don't have your goggles on, put them back on. They have a binocular function as well as an infrared setting. You should be able to see them" Wade explained.

The two put their goggles back on, and found the controls to use the binocular function. They saw Kim and Ron's skis on the snow amidst all of the torn up snow. "Wade, are you seeing this?" Tara asked.

"Yeah, Tara I am. I did an infrared search, and couldn't see anything. They're not anywhere nearby. I'm going to do a scan for their suit tracking chips."

Josh and Tara activated the rocket motor to their skis, and soon were standing in the snow where Kim and Ron's skis lay. They looked, and saw the trail of torn up snow going into the woods. Their eyes scanned the snow, and they sighed with relief when they did not see any blood spots.

"Josh. Tara. I checked their suit tracking chips on the satellite system. It tracks them to the turn in the trail where you are. Then they move at a slow pace to the north. The tracking system trails them to a series of caves on the side of the mountain above the Lodge."

Josh grabbed Tara's arm. "Let's get back to the room and get our stuff, then go find them." Tara nodded, and together they skied toward the lodge.

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Kim and Ron struggled against the straps that held them to the tables as Amy continued to work at the main control console. Electricity arced across the machine as the two clamshell doors on both sides of the genetic zipper opened. The two tables holding Kim and Ron started to move toward each end of the machine.

"NOOOO" Kim screamed.

Ron thrashed against the straps of the table as his eyes began to glow blue.

"Oh, no you don't! Montykins warned me about you." Amy giggled. She pressed a button on the console and Ron screamed as an electrical charge surged through his body.

"Don't you hurt him" Kim yelled.

"Oh, don't you worry. He's not hurt. But I couldn't let him stop me. Besides, you two seem to be destined to be together. Now your dreams will really come true…"

The doors slid closed on Kim's scream. Amy put on her goggles, and then started the final sequence. Electricity arced across the machines, the tubes of liquid started to boil, lights flashed over Amy's maniacal face as the zipper reached a high pitch. Then, quiet as the machine slowly whirred down to stop. Smoke and steam poured from the central clamshell door as it opened. Amy dropped her goggles, and started the fans that pulled the steam and smoke out of the room. Something moved in the central shell of her genetic zipper. A smile split her face. "Yes, YES, YES it worked… My greatest creation yet!"
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Josh and Tara entered the room they were sharing with Kim and Ron. Their mission backpacks lay in a line near the door. They donned their packs and belts and prepared to leave. Kim and Ron's packs lay on the floor as the door closed. Before it locked closed, Josh stepped into the room and picked up both packs. The door clicked shut as the two ran down the hall and out of the building. Outside, they started to put their skis back on when a number of skiers came screaming down the mountain.

"Monsters, snow beasts, they're all over the mountain! Call the police!"

Tara and Josh glanced at each other as they put on their skis. The crowd saw them getting ready. One little girl asked. "What are you doing? You aren't Kim and Ron. Where are they?"

Tara smiled at the little girl as she patted her on the head. "Kim and Ron are already up on the mountain. We came back to get our equipment. We're going to go find Kim and Ron right now and help them get rid of the monsters." She stepped beside Josh, and they both activated the rocket engines on their skis. The people cheered as they headed up the mountain. Josh spoke to Tara over the helmet intercoms.

"Sorta stretched the truth back there, didn't you?"

Tara glanced over at Josh. "I didn't think we should tell everyone that Kim and Ron were missing. It wouldn't have helped. As it is, everyone believes that Team Possible is on the job."

They arrived at the area where Kim and Ron had disappeared. They took off their skis and headed into the trees. The bottoms of their ski boots automatically deployed snow shoes so they could walk on the snow easier. The tracks were easy to follow as they headed up the mountain.

"Tara, Josh, my scan of the mountain shows a lot of movement around you. I'll warn you if one of them gets close to you. Otherwise, just keep following the trail in the snow."

The cave entrance appeared in the shadows of the trees and bushes. Tara and Josh had to hide several times on their way to their destination. They watched as a variety of creatures appeared and disappeared among the trees. The creatures seemed to be a mix of different animals. There were bears with lion's heads, huge rabbits with rhino heads, and huge snakes with cat heads. What they thought were human revealed bird heads and pig heads. Wade had been able to tell them when to hide, and when to move.

Josh pressed the comm switch on his sleeve. "Okay, Wade, we see the cave. Now what do we do?"

Wade rolled his eyes. These two were truly amateurs, but they were the only chance Kim and Ron had.

"Alright, Josh, my scan shows there are no guards. The information I have on the base shows a main room down a hall you will see when you enter the cave. There are also a number of rooms off the main hall that appear to be storage and living areas. My scans showed a huge spike in the power there, so Amy may have been using a zipper machine."

Tara touched her mike. "Have you been able to scan for Kim and Ron?"

Wade shook his head. "I can't get a good scan inside of the base, Tara. Their suit chips aren't showing up. Something must be blocking the signal. Or worse…"

Josh and Tara took off their helmets and hid them in the bushes. Both of them slowly approached the cave opening and went in. The dirt inside the cave became a concrete floor further on. Armored light fixtures dimly illuminated the inside of the cave as they slowly moved forward. They listened as they took each step, and watched for any movement. The concrete slab continued into the depths of the cave. A much brighter light came from the end of the hallway. Each of them in turn would check doors as they passed them. Some doors were locked, and some were not. The unlocked doors revealed storage rooms of equipment and supplies. Soon, they had arrived in the main lab. The brilliant light hurt their eyes for a moment until their eyes became accustomed to it. They hid behind some equipment and looked down into the open bay of the main lab.
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"It's time for Ginger Snaps!" sang Amy as she did a pirouette in front of the control panel. She turned to face her machine as the steam and smoke cleared. A figure stepped from the machine. Amy's eyes gleamed as she beheld her creation. The figure had two legs, two arms, one torso and two heads. One head had brown eyes and long blonde hair. The other had short auburn hair with green eyes. The head with blonde hair had Kim's face, the auburn haired head, Ron's face.

"This is so not Booyah" said the Kim's face, but with Ron's voice.

"Oh, man! This is furiously over the top on the weirdness scale" commented the Ron's face with Kim's voice.

Both head looked at each other, and then down. The torso was half male, half female. The arm on the Ron head side started to reach down, only to be slapped by the Kim half side.

"Hands Off, don't touch you" the Kim head ordered.

"Hey, we don't know what's down there, it may be you, and it may be me" The Ron head argued.

Both heads then turned to see Amy standing there.

"OH, You so going down" the Kim head said. The body moved into at attack crouch, and the pants fell down to reveal heart panties.

"EEEkkkk!" both heads screamed, as both arms reached down to pull the pants up.

"Well, that answers that question." The Ron head stated.

"How did the suit get changed to pants?" The Kim head asked.

"Oh, stop it." Amy ordered.

The two heads turned and glared at Amy.

"Now, you two sweeties behave and Amy won't do something bad." She waved to two of her creatures, and they stepped forward to grab KimRon. The Kim side tried to go into a defensive stance again, but when the Ron side moved, it tripped. KimRon fell to the floor.

"We so have to learn to cooperate here" The Kim head spoke.

The two creatures picked KimRon up, took them to a room down the hall, and locked the door.

Tara and Josh surveyed the room. Two creatures came out of a hall below them, and approached the squat figure of a woman in the middle of the room. They recognized her as DNAmy from the first time Kim and Ron had dealt with her on that fateful skiing trip. Amy was standing in front of some strange machine. "Did you lock them up?" she asked the two creatures. They nodded yes.

"Goody" Amy said. "Now, come with me. I need all of you to get ready to get me some more people so I can make more friends." Amy and the creatures left the room.

Josh activated his commlink. "Wade, we are inside. That Amy woman has set up another lab. We don't see Kim or Ron. Now that we are inside, maybe the suit sensors can boost your scan and you can find Kim and Ron."

Wade tapped rapidly. "Done and done. Kim and Ron are in a room below you. Take the stairs down and enter the hall. They're in the second room to the right."

Tara spoke into her commlink. "Now, can you turn off the lights, so we can get down there and get Kim and Ron?"

The lights went out, and only the dim emergency lighting came on. Josh and Tara stepped quietly down a nearby set of stairs and entered a dark hallway. They had to feel their way down the hall until they found the door they were looking for. Tara pulled one of the special computer combs from a pocket on her suit, and slid it in the doorjamb. The comb beeped, and the door clicked open. Josh and Tara slid inside, and stood quietly as their eyes scanned the room. They saw two familiar heads in the very dim light of the room. Tara approached the short haired head, and putting her arm around the neck, gave the lips a kiss. Josh did the same to the other head.

"Gee Tara, like, I know we're friends, but…" Tara shrieked and jumped back when the Ron head spoke with Kim's voice.

"Josh, dude, like, let's not go there…" Josh jumped back so fast, he stumbled and fell.

A light came to life as Tara activated her suit illumination. She nearly screamed again before Josh slapped his hand over her mouth. They both stared at the apparition in front of them. Josh tried to speak, but couldn't. Tara gently pushed Josh's hand down, and with a quivering voice, asked… "HOW?"

The figure shrugged its shoulders.

"Amy stuck us in that freaky machine of hers" one head stated.

"And this is how we came out" the other head finished.

"Great, now we're talking like the tweebs." The Kim head stated.

Wade's face came on the screen on Tara's suit.

"Tara, have you found Kim and Ron yet?" he asked.

"You could say so." Tara answered and turned her suit camera to show KimRon.

"SSsssppppppp" Wade spit half of his drink all over his computer screen.

"Kim… Ron… What happened?" He asked.

"This is getting rather…" Kim's head started

"Repetitive" finished Ron's head.

Both heads looked at each other.

"We have got to stop talking like the tweebs" The heads chorused.

"You stop." One head stated.

"No, you stop." The other replied.

"YOU BOTH STOP!" yelled Tara. "You two are giving me a headache."

Tara sighed, and spoke to Wade. "Do you think we can reverse them?"

Wade started tapping at his keys when the Kim head spoke. "No need, Wade, I remember how to do that from switching Barkin and Rufus back. Tara, I'll set up the machine, and then you can start it."

"Ok, Ro…I mean Kim…Oh, let's get this over with." Tara covered her face as she spoke.

The three entered the darkened hall and approached the lab.

"Okay Wade, we need you to turn the power back on" Josh whispered in his commlink. KimRon stepped up to the control panel and made a number of settings, then stepped back.

"Tara, when we get in the machine, you press this button here, then push up on this lever here. The doors will close, and I hope that we will end up split in the two end spheres."

KimRon turned to give Josh and Tara a kiss then hesitated. "Let's wait on that until we're sure who is kissing whom" the Kim head said.

Tara and Josh stood behind the console, and KimRon entered the machine. Tara pushed the first button and the clamshell doors of the machine closed. The door to the machine slammed open when DNAmy stormed into the room. Her Parrothead and Hoghead henchmen stood beside her, the Octorilla looming behind her. Tara and Josh stepped from behind the control panel and faced the group.

"So, you are the sweeties of the 'ole meanies. That won't help you any. GET 'EM!" Amy ordered. Josh pulled a mission ball from his backpack as Parrothead and Hoghead ran toward him. He threw the mini basketball at them. The ball split open on the way and released a large net. The net enveloped the two creatures, and they crashed to the floor. The Octorilla approached Tara as she pulled her hatchet from her mission belt. She took aim, and threw is at the creature. It ducked, and the hatchet flew past its head and slammed into a catwalk over its grotesque head.

DNAmy laughed. "HA, you missed."

"Did I?" asked Tara. The catwalk collapsed and swung down, smashing into the creature, knocking it to the floor, unconscious. Amy turned and ran. "Help me, sweeties, your mommy needs help!"

Josh and Tara ran back to the control panel and pushed the main control lever. The machine cycle started again. Electricity arced across the equipment, smoke and steam hissed from openings. Then, there was quiet, and the two end modules opened. Kim stepped out of the module she was in. Her hair, face and eyes seemed to be ok, her snowsuit back in place.

"KP, help!" came a straggled cry from the other module. Kim started to run over when she stopped, and pulled at the seat of her pants. She turned her back and unzipped her suit to look in. She quickly stepped back into the module.

"Kim, what's wrong?" Josh asked as he ran up to the module.

Kim's arm appeared from the side holding a pair of Ron's boxers. "I think something got switched" she said.

"Kim, if you have his boxers, then that means Ron is wearing…." Tara started to say, and then her face flushed red.

"Eeeeppp" came a scream from the other module.

Josh shut one eye. "OHHH… painful."

Josh grabbed Ron's boxers and approached the shell where Ron was.

"You ok in there, dude?" he asked.

Ron's hand came around the edge of the shell and took his boxers. "I hope you two have our backpacks, 'cause I think I stretched out Kim's delicates… but not before they cut off some major circulation."

Tara picked up Kim's backpack and handed it around the side of the shell where Kim was hiding.

"Thanks, Tara" She said, and the backpack disappeared around the edge of the shell.

Tara and Josh both stepped back from the machine and waited. Smoke and steam still came from the device, then Kim and Ron stepped into the open. They ran over to Josh and Tara and the two couples reunited. Tara and Josh pulled back from the kisses offered. Josh looked at Kim. "Now are you really in there?" The kisses Tara and Josh got then answered that question.

Breaking the kiss, Kim looked around. "What happened to Amy?"

Josh pointed to the creature lying on the floor. "She took off up the hall after we decked her creations there."

"Well, we need to take care of her now" Kim ordered.

Tara stepped around the still unconscious Octorilla and picked up her hatchet where it had fallen. She slipped it into the holster on her belt, and turned back to the others. Ron took her hand and the four ran from the lab down the hall. They exited the cave entrance to see Amy standing there with many of her creatures.

"Well, now I have four to play with. This could be most interesting!"

All four to them slid into defensive stance. "So not going to happen" Hissed Kim. The creatures attacked.

Kim leaped straight up into the air and came down on a Catsnake. Before it could wrap around her, she tied it in a knot and hung it from a tree. A Rhinorabbit charged at Tara. She waited till the last second, and then leaped out of the way. The Rhinorabbit passed under her and smashed into a rock face and collapsed. Another Octorilla approached Ron. "AH, man, why do I get the monkey one?" The Lotus Blade appeared in Ron's hand as the two circled one another. The Octorilla would fling an arm at him repeatedly, only to have them all blocked by Ron. Ron backed up into the trees, and the creature followed him. Ron waited until the Octorilla ducked under a tree limb. Ron spun and sliced the trunk of a nearby tree with the blade. The tree toppled on top of the creature, burying it with a crash of snow and limbs. There was an explosion inside the cave, and Josh came running out.

"My cuddle buddies" Amy shrieked as she ran into the cave. "Sweeties, everybody save my cuddle buddies." The creatures stopped fighting and followed her into the cave.

Ron gave Josh a high five. "Way to go dude! Now we can double team them on blowing up the lab." His statement was followed by an explosion that shook the ground under their feet.

"I think it's time to leave" Kim stated. They ran through trees until they came to an open side of the mountain. "Snowboards!" Kim yelled. The four pulled off their packs and opened one of the outside pockets. They each pulled out a miniature snowboard looking like a keychain. As each of them yanked on the chain, the snowboard expanded to full size. Ron dropped his to the snow and began to strap it on while the others did the same. There was another explosion, and the mountain shook. Then they heard a distant rumble.

Kim and Ron looked at each other. "Avalanche!"

The four looked up the slope to see the area where the cave was being buried in a mass of rumbling snow. The four pushed off with the wave of snow right behind them. They skied down the slope as fast as they could, but the churning snow gained on them. Then, together Kim and Ron stopped and turned to face the snow. Ron produced the Lotus Blade and formed it into a large shield.

"Kim, Ron, come on!" Josh yelled.

Kim spoke into her commlink. "Josh, Ron and I have to stop this avalanche. If we don't, it will bury the lodge."

Before Josh could react, Ron grabbed Kim's waist and Kim fired her grapple gun into the trees. They started to swing across the slope with Ron's shield digging a large trench in the snow. Kim and Ron made one swing and came back across, digging the trench deeper. They had just made it to the end of the last part of the swing when the mass of snow hit the trench. It exploded up into the air, forming a wall that deflected the rest of the snow away from the lodge. Josh and Tara then watched as the mass of snow enveloped their friends.

The Lodge

Rescue vehicles crowded the lot of the lodge as EMS personnel ran from vehicle to vehicle tending to the injured. Global Justice hovercraft flew overheard, transporting the injured to local medical facilities. GJ agents assisted the EMS teams and the rescue crewman. A news team was set up on the edge of the parking lot. Behind the reporter was the mangled side of the mountain, dotted with lights.

"We are standing here in the parking lot of the Upperton Chalet and Resort where a weekend turned from fun and sun to horror and dismay. Many families and couples were enjoying a weekend of skiing at the popular resort. Among the guests were Team Possible and their friends. It is thought that Team Possible encountered the creatures that were seen on the slopes, and fought to hold them back away from the lodge. The two new members of the team were seen returning to the lodge to obtain more equipment. During the fight, there was an explosion. The explosion released the avalanche that cascaded down the mountain destroying the lair of the creatures. Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable, the original members of Team Possible, remained behind to stop the avalanche from reaching the lodge. They were successful in stopping the mass of snow, but were buried by it as it stopped. We spoke with one of the other team members."

Josh's face appeared on the screen as he yelled. "COME ON, let's MOVE." He turned to face the camera. "Kim and Ron fought off those crazy creatures then stopped the avalanche, but now they're buried in it. We're heading back up to find them." Josh left the area of the camera as it filmed him running, then jumping on a passing snowcat. Tara came from the side and joined him as she climbed on.

The reporter returned on camera. "The rescue teams have been searching the area where the two teens were last seen by their partners. We can only hope that Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable were able to survive, and will be found. This is Dan Harris, Eyewitness News."

Another installment of Four Friends. I really appreciate all of the fans who follow this story. You have been following this one for quite some time. I have a couple more chapters in mind then I think I'll put this baby to rest. It deserves it.

Let me know what you think. I really want to know.

The Captain.