Well here we go with chapter two and as usual let me know what you think. Disclaimers go.
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Chapter 2
The Lowerton section of the Tri-city area has always been home to the more blue-collar types of work than the other towns of Middleton and Upperton. Lowerton employees can look forward to going to work at the wharfs, factories and warehouses that bring in, produce and manufacture various goods. However the area is also home to the lesser appreciated aspects of society. Abandon buildings are not an uncommon sight in Lowerton.
Most of the time these buildings are used by the various villains that attack the Tri-city area as hideouts, the dark, gloomy atmosphere was perfect for nefarious deeds. However one such building is failing to meet those standards now. If people were to walk by this abandoned factory near the wharf they would think that a laser light show was going on inside.
Inside the factor Ron was practicing using his power ring, conjuring objects, lifting things and zooming around in the air. Ron was quickly learning what the ring could do, although he seemed to find trouble getting it to work on things colored yellow. And the ring won't enlighten me on exactly why. Ron thought to himself as he tried to lift a yellow barrel again for the fourth time. Annoyed he willed the ring to pick up a steel pole and hit the barrel with it. The crack of metal followed as the barrel flew across the deserted factory floor.
Ok so the ring itself doesn't work on yellow, still it's got enough power to make up for one little flaw. Ron created some rings in the air to practice his flying when his Kimmunicator went off. He waved his hand and dismissed his green constructs before answering. "What up Wade?"
"Ron you know Kim's been looking for you for over an hour?" Wade said as he typed on his keyboard in his room. "I'm going to patch her through now."
"Thanks Wade."
A second later Kim's image replaced Wade's on the little screen. "Ron where are you we have a meeting at Global Justice in five minutes?"
"We do?" Ron didn't remember any meeting being planned.
"Dr. Director wanted to talk to us about yesterday, remember."
"About yesterday, what's there to tell KP? Drakken showed, we kicked his butt and GJ took him into custody same old same old."
Kim shook her head, "No Ron, that guy calling himself Green Lantern took care of Drakken. Plus there was a lot of alien tech lying around."
Ron mentally kicked himself; he forgot that he now had a duel identity. He also forgot about the power ring as a green boot materialized behind him and gave him a swift kick. "Ow!"
"Ron what happened?" A shocked Kim asked after seeing Ron jump in the air.
"Oh no problem KP just stepped on something, no big." Ron gave a shy laugh trying to down play the little mishap. Kim gave him a confused look and passed it off as Ron being Ron.
"Listen our ride's going to be here soon so get over to my place."
Ron nodded his head, "Will do KP, be right there." Ron switched off the Kimmunicator and stowed it back in his pocket. He focused on his ring and in a flash of green light Green Lantern flew out one of the factory's windows and was moving through the open sky. Green Lantern passed over Lowerton into Middleton flying toward his destination, all the while enjoying the rush of flying.
With the Possible house in sight Green Lantern landed a block away and changed back into his normal clothes. Not wanting to accidentally make something from a stray thought again Ron slid his ring into his pocket and walked toward the Possible house.
As usual he strolled into the house like it was his own, "Hola Possible clan, how goes it?"
Mrs. Possible was sitting on the couch in the living room watching Jim and Tim playing a videogame. Before any of them could say hello back Kim arrived and pulled Ron back out the front door. "Sorry Mom our rides waiting for us, see you when we get back."
Nearly falling over as Kim dragged him down the lawn Ron spied a sight that would only be uncommon to other people. A small jet was parked in the street in front of Kim's house, the gangplank lowered and waiting for the couple to get in. Seated the captain told them that they were ready for take off.
"Do we get peanuts on this flight?" Ron asked only to have Kim shake her head.
Because the jet was in a residential area the pilot adjusted the engines and performed a vertical take off. The force pushing down on him, Ron wished he could slip his ring on and fly to GJ headquarters himself.
"So what exactly are we being debriefed on KP?"
"Dr. Director said that with all the alien tech that they found around the air field they wanted to give us the low down on some of it."
"Why would we need to know about it? Global collected it all didn't they?"
"Ron you might not have seen him but that Green Lantern guy definitely must have gotten his hands on something. What if other people did as well, we need to know what we're dealing with just in case." Kim said.
Ron's hand drifted to his pocket, he hadn't thought about anyone else getting something from the ship. Maybe I should use the ring later to make sure no one has anything from Abin's ship. After some time in the air the pilot's voice came back telling them that they would be landing in a few minutes.
Back on the ground and inside Global Justice's headquarters Kim and Ron were met by Dr. Director. "Kim, Ron good of you to come." She led the two through the building, passing various agents going about their duties. Finally they entered Global Justice's science division and were surprised to find Mr. Possible with other scientist working on the various pieces of alien technology.
"Dad what are you doing here?" Kim asked
"Well Kimmie-cub Betty here needed experts in their fields to look over some of this neat stuff and I was all too happy to lend a hand."
"More like you would give up your right arm to help, right Dr. P?" Ron asked nudging Dr. Possible in the arm.
Dr. Possible laughed a little, "You know me too well Ronald, but of course we are talking about extraterrestrial technology who wouldn't want to be a part of this team."
"So what do we have so far Dr. Possible?" Dr. Director said interrupting the small talk.
"Right so far we have been able to identify most of the devices purposes." Dr. Possible began to lead the group through the lab. "We have been able to also identify various different minerals and chemicals, but need more time testing them to determine what purpose they could serve."
As they walked along various experiments were being conducted on different things. Some scientists were in a clean room, completely suited up and testing some kind of minerals. Other scientists were working with what seemed to be a small box, it seemed that they couldn't get it to work. Ron went to take a closer look, but pulled back as his ring's voice sounded off in his head.
Warning items in vicinity are rated dangerous by Oan law.
"Um I don't think they should be fooling around with some of this stuff." Ron said while the group moved on.
"Don't worry Ron; we have the best minds on the planet working here. I'm sure they can handle anything that comes up." Dr. Director said matter of factly.
"Yeah but they are dealing with things not from this planet, a little caution is all I'm saying here."
Dr. Director turned on Ron, her finger poking him in the chest. "The only way we can keep one step ahead of the criminals out there is if we can integrate this stuff into our own technology. We already know that Green Lantern character is running around out there with alien tech, how long before some super villain comes along with something just as powerful?"
Ron's face took on a serious expression completely unlike him, "From what I've heard the Green Lantern isn't a bad guy. Look all I'm saying is that this stuff is completely unknown to even the experts, they should just be very careful."
Kim stepped into the middle of the argument, "I agree with Ron Dr. Director, a little caution wouldn't be so bad. It's not like we're telling you to stop researching."
I don't really think that would be a bad idea from what the ring is saying. Ron kept to himself not wanting to escalate the argument into an actual fight.
Dr. Director apologized and made it clear that the tour was over. She led Ron and Kim, who said goodbye to Mr. Possible leaving him in the science department, toward the briefing room that they would be using to go over the alien tech in more detail. As they walked along a sudden quake shook the base and caused the lights to go out. A few seconds later the hall was lit up by emergency lights.
"Is everyone ok?" Dr. Director asked. Everyone in the hall reported no injuries and waited for orders. Dr. Director took out a communicator, "Control this is Director give me a report. What the hell just happened to my base?"
We're trying to figure that out now ma'am. An agent's voice said over the communicator. From initial reports it looks as if an explosion occurred in the science department. The explosion let loose some kind of energy pulse that knocked out our electrical systems.
"Was it some kind of EMP?"
No ma'am, if it was an EMP the back up systems wouldn't be responding at all.
"So then what exactly are we looking at here?" Dr. Director's voice was taking on a stern edge, making the agent uncomfortable.
We don't really know ma'am, this is alien technology we're dealing with after all.
Dr. Director brought her hand up and rubbed the bridge of her brow, "Agent give me a status report on all base operations."
Yes ma'am. Main power and systems are down, the backups have kicked in at most of the facility's stations. Communications in and out of the facility are down, but internal communiqués seem to be working.
"Obviously agent otherwise we would not be having this conversation."
Yes ma'am, sorry.
"You said backup power is working in only some of the stations, which ones are not receiving power."
That would be the science department, hangars four through seven, the dining hall,
"Man things can't get much worse than that." Ron interrupted
"Ron shh."
And, oh no.
"What's the problem?" Dr. Director asked when the agent stopped.
Ma'am the detention blocks are powered down.
"Which ones?" Urgency now filling Dr. Director's voice.
All of them and I'm not getting a response from the guards on duty either.
Dr. Director hit the wall next to her hard, "Damn it this is probably our worst case scenario. Agent lock this place down now, sound the alarm and have all able bodied personnel armed and on their way to the detention blocks. We can not let any of those criminals get out."
Yes ma'am! The agent signed off going to work.
A second later the dim emergency lights turned from pale yellow to flashing red, an alarm sounding while the agent relayed orders. Dr. Director turned back to Kim and Ron, "Looks like we could use a hand with this situation, you two up for it?"
"No big Dr. Director, just who exactly are we dealing with?" Kim asked while accepting the mission.
"It's a regular whose who of evil Kim, of course you know we have Dr. Drakken and Shego in custody from yesterday. We also have Prof. Dementor, Duff Kiligan and Monkey Fist. Not to mention all the henchmen and monkey ninjas in their employ."
"Wow that's a lot of villains." Ron said.
"As long as they don't get to the evidence locker then they will not be a problem." Dr. Director said.
As if on cue her communicator came back on, This is Agent Du, Director the criminals have gotten into the evidence locker. They are armed and fighting back, we need back up down here.
"Well it looks like we've got a fight on our hands. Kim and Ron come with me, we'll join the reinforcements and shut those clowns back in their cells." Dr. Director said as she started making her way toward the detention centers. Only to stop when Ron spoke up.
"What about the science department, someone should make sure everything is alright there."
"That is actually a good idea Stoppable, fine then you go check the science department out. Think you can handle that assignment on your own?"
"No problemo Doc." Ron said and turned to Kim who had a worried look on her face, "Don't worry KP, after all someone has to check and make sure your dad's alright."
Kim gave Ron a hug and a quick peck on the cheek, "Thanks Ron, just be careful ok."
Ron returned the favor and kissed Kim on her forehead before running off, "I'll join you as soon as I can." And Ron ran off back toward the science department. On the run he reached into his pocket and slipped his power ring back on. "Ring give me some news."
Qwardian energy signal confirmed as source of power outage. Life signs in area of explosion confirmed, no fatalities detected.
"At least there's some good news." Ron said to himself as he entered the dark science department. The power was still out and the scientists were filing out the exits, some being helped out because they were injured. A quick look around and Ron found Dr. Possible helping another scientist to his feet. "Dr. P!"
Dr. Possible turned toward Ron's voice, an expression of relief coming over his face. "Ron you're all right, good. What about Kim is she alright?"
"No worries Dr. P Kim's with Dr. Director helping out doing the usual hero thing." Ron looked around, "How's everything here though?"
"Everyone is fine Ron, we're getting the wounded out. Once everyone's out we are going to seal the entrances so nothing can be compromised."
"All right since everything is ok here I'm going to go join up with KP and lend a hand. See ya later Dr. P." Ron walked back to the entrance with Dr. Possible wishing him luck. Still in the darkened room Ron quickly focused his ring and changed into his Green Lantern uniform and took of quickly through the air so that the only thing visible was a green trail of light. Hang on KP I'm coming.
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"Ok people listen up," Dr. Director was addressing her troops, "there are numerous prisoners on the other side of this door and I intend to not let a single one of them escape."
She walked along the Global Justice agents who were prepping their gear, ready to charge in for some action. In front of them were large armored doors that lead into the detention blocks where the prisoners were already fighting with the guards inside. Dr. Director noticed that some of her people were looking a bit shaken up, but wasn't surprised to see that Kim was eager to go.
Not having come to GJ headquarters in her mission clothes Kim had accepted a Global Justice uniform to wear. Dr. Director patted her on the shoulder, "The uniform looks good on you maybe you should consider joining up."
Kim smiled at the comment, "Maybe after graduation I'll consider it, but right now doing the Team Possible thing with Ron is enough for me. Thanks for the offer though."
"Offer will stand until you say yes Kim." Dr. Director said as she turned back to address her troops. "All right the moment these doors open I want two teams moving up in flanking positions. There is going to be plenty of cannon fodder so keep your eyes open for the major threats. I'm saying this again not a single one of our guests will be leaving today. Understood?"
All together the agents called out, "Yes Ma'am!"
Dr. Director took a pulse rifle that was handed to her and joined the first team. Not surprising but Kim was at her side ready to go in. When an agent offered her a weapon Kim declined, "I don't use guns."
"Admirable sentiment Kim but someday you may learn otherwise." Dr. Director said before she signaled for the door to be opened.
Warning lights flashed and the armored door began to open, coming apart at the middle and withdrawing into wall. As planned the first two teams moved in swiftly sweeping the area as they went. The first block that they had entered showed that the battle had moved on, agents and henchmen alike were on the ground. Dr. Director motioned for everyone to keep moving as they passed the fallen not stopping to help.
As they approached the next block the obvious sound of fighting could be heard. Men were yelling and weapons were being fired, plus the loud screeches of monkeys were a dead give away. The remaining Global Justice agents were losing ground as the larger force of criminals overwhelmed them in numbers, that is until the reinforcements arrived.
"All right people show these who's in charge." Dr. Director yelled as she charged in weapon firing. The rest of the teams moved in and laid down suppressing fire holding the bad guys advance. Dr. Director spotted the person she was looking for and made her way to Agent Will Du. "Report Agent Du."
Du fired off another shot from his pulse rifle, ducked down and saluted his boss. "Ma'am after the prisoners armed themselves the high profile prisoners sent out their lackeys to keep us busy. I believe that they are attempting to escape at some other location, because no one has seen them since the fire fight began."
A laser blast flew over their heads and Dr. Director swore, "Damn it we need to clear the area now if we want to secure those prisoners."
"Don't worry ma'am I'll get through to them." Kim said and dove out into the battle using all the speed and grace of a world class gymnast.
"Lay down some cover fire for Ms. Possible people." Dr. Director ordered as she fired on a henchman about to shoot at Kim. The Global Justice agents followed the order and fired at anyone who even looked at Kim the wrong way.
While in the midst of it all Kim continued to move through the battle, knocking out anyone who got in her way. One henchman ran up and took a swing at her, which Kim ducked and followed up with a round house kick to the guy's jaw. When he fell two more took his place and Kim rushed them, jumped into the air flipping over them and slammed their heads together knocking them out cold. She continued on until a large explosion erupted from the other end of the prison block, the major baddies were finally making their appearance.
Duff Killigan was knocking his exploding golf balls right into the midst of the Global Justice agents, causing them to scatter. "I do so love me a good round after being locked up for so long." He said as he drove another set of explosives into the air. Monkey Fist had joined his monkey ninjas, pummeling any GJ agent that got close to him. Kim rushed to help fight off the new comers, but was cut off as a bolt of all too familiar green plasma shot in front of her.
"Hey Kimmie decided to finally go professional in the world saving business?" Shego mocked at the sight of Kim in a Global Justice uniform.
"Doesn't matter what I wear Shego, I can still always take you down no problem." Kim said as the two began their usual dance.
Shego threw a plasma bolt at Kim, which she rolled to the side to avoid. Springing from the ground Kim lashed out with a spinning kick to Shego's side. Shego blocked the kick at swiped at Kim with her plasma claws, only to have Kim grab her by the wrist and throw her into the air. Using the momentum Shego brought her legs up and flipped, skillfully landing back on the ground.
"Come on princess you can do better than that, can't you? Or are you all tuckered out from fooling around with the boyfriend earlier?"
Kim's cheeks flushed scarlet, "We were not fooling around earlier!" The embarrassing moment was all Shego needed to distract Kim. She let loose a massive bolt of green plasma which took Kim so by surprise that she didn't have time to get out of the way. The burning plasma engulfed her and Shego was laughing as she watched Kim burn.
"I don't think you have time to be laughing right now." A male voice said right behind her.
Shego turned around to a glowing green fist connecting with her jaw. As she fell to the ground she saw the flames around Kim dying, and couldn't believe that Kim didn't even have a scratch on her. "Just what the hell…" she began to say but was cut off as she was hoisted into the air by a green light.
"You know I totally dig the color now, but I think green works better on me," Green Lantern was saying while he suspended a shocked Shego in the air, "don't you think Ms. Possible?"
Kim was just as shocked that the flames were kept off of her just by a green light, that she didn't even hear the question. Green Lantern gave her a little shake on the shoulder, "You with me Kim?"
She shook her head and finally noticed Green Lantern. "What are you doing here?"
"Saving your life for one thing Kim."
Kim crossed her arms across her chest, giving Green Lantern a stern look, "I can take care of myself thank you."
"Sure you can but it can't hurt to have some help right?" Green Lantern turned his attention to Shego. "So Shego care to tell us where Drakken and Dementor are, they seem to be absent from this little party."
Shego struggled in the emerald bonds that Green Lantern was holding her by. "Can't help you there glowing boy, after all I don't plan on being here long."
"Fine just thought I would give you the chance." Green Lantern sent a pulse through his ring and sent Shego flying toward one of the empty cells. When she landed inside Green Lantern sealed the cell door closed with a beam from his ring. "One down a whole lot more to go." He turned back to Kim and realized what she was wearing. "Planning a career move Kim?"
"Maybe someday but I don't think it's any of your business. Now how about we deal with the criminals?" Kim said and rushed back into the mix of things.
Guess I'm not the only one who might be joining a new team. Ron thought to himself as he scooped up a few henchmen with a giant shovel he created from his ring. He threw the lackeys into some cells and sealed them inside like he had done with Shego. With his arrival on the scene the Global Justice agents were beginning to push the villains back. Green Lantern was splitting his focus between capturing henchmen and throwing up shields for his allies. With his concentration split Green Lantern didn't notice the golf balls flying toward him.
"Four!" Killigan yelled just as the golf balls exploded right next to Green Lantern. The blast knocked him back to the ground, his ears ringing he slowly got back on his feet. He pointed his ring toward Killigan and pictured a driver knocking the villain into a cell, but the driver never manifested.
"Ring what gives?" Green Lantern asked.
Charge at 2, ring can only maintain protective field and baser functions.
"You mean you come with batteries?" Green Lantern was shocked, he didn't think that the ring's power was limited. However time to be surprised was not a luxury he had, some of Monkey Fist's monkey ninjas were bounding toward him. "Ok so we do this old school." Green Lantern said as he connected with a right cross on one of the monkey ninjas. From the way the monkey flew it looked like the ring's protective field could be useful in hand to hand combat. This shouldn't take very long. Green Lantern thought as he leapt into battle.
As the battle raged on the Global Justice forces and Green Lantern made quick work of the remaining criminals, when the last henchman fell Dr. Director and Kim noticed that the major villains were unaccounted for.
"Agent Du where are our main targets?" Dr. Director yelled furiously.
Will Du shook his head and reported the bad news, "It appears that they managed to escape ma'am."
Dr. Director was rubbing the bridge of her brow again before barking out orders, "I want all the prisoners that we managed to keep secured, after that I want a full sweep of this base for the missing prisoners. And as for you," she spun around and pointed at Green Lantern, "you are to be detained until we can sort you out."
"Detained are you kidding!" Green Lantern yelled back, "If you didn't just notice I came in and saved your asses Doc. How could you possibly want to detain me?"
"You show up at a secret government facility, have some kind of extraterrestrial technology in your possession, and your hiding your identity. That gives me plenty of reason to detain you. Agents!"
On her word the GJ agents in the area trained their weapons on Green Lantern. He looked around at all the weapons pointed at him. Ring do I have enough power left to make a strong flash.
Affirmative, power charge is at adequate levels to facilitate action.
Green Lantern raised his hands in the air, "Ok Doc, I'm not going to fight it out with you so I give up."
Dr. Director smiled as she ordered two agents to take Green Lantern into custody. When they started to move toward him Green Lantern focused on his ring and a blinding flash of green light erupted from it. When the flash subsided and everyone could see again Green Lantern was gone and Dr. Director was livid.
Mean while out in the hall leading to the detention center Ron was slipping his power ring back into his pocket. Ninja training at Yamanochi really comes in handy in a pinch. He thought to himself as he hurried back in where the others were.
"Looks like I missed all the action." Ron said only to have Dr. Director in his face.
"Stoppable you better have good news for me or so help me."
Ron held up his hands and motioned for her to calm down, "Whoa Doc take it easy, no one was hurt at the science division and Dr. P said he was going to lock everything down once they were all out."
"And did you see them lock the division down?" Dr. Director asked.
"No once everything seemed fine I rushed down here as fast as I could." Ron made a show of looking around, "But it looks like you didn't need the Ron-man's help this time."
"No Green Lantern offered the help this time around." Kim said as she joined the two. Ron and Kim shared a quick hug and turned their attention back to Dr. Director.
"I think it would be best if you two went home, with Global in this condition I need to focus all my attention on getting it back online."
"Don't you need help with the search for the escapees?" Kim asked.
"No we'll handle it and if they do manage to get out I'm sure that you will have them back to us in no time Kim."
"Well if you're sure then I guess we'll just being going then, c'mon Ron." Kim pulled on Ron's arm as she moved toward the exit. Ron noticed he got a cold look from Dr. Director as they were leaving. When they were alone in the hallway Kim turned on Ron, "So care to explain what happened back there?"
"What do you mean KP, I told her I rushed over as quick as I could." Ron said going with his story.
"It's not just that Ron, you were even questioning whether Global Justice should be researching what they recovered yesterday."
Ron couldn't believe what he was hearing, he was being questioned for voicing a reasonable concern. "KP no one knows what any of that stuff does, just look at what happened. Someone was messing around with one of those things and the whole base is practically shut down." Ron said obviously agitated.
"I'm not saying you were wrong Ron, it's just you were really combative with Dr. Director. That's not like you." Kim said defensively in response to Ron's tone.
"Well she's the one who came at me in the first place. I mean sure I'm not renowned for saving the world, but I still do my part." Ron went on feeling angry about how he was treated by the Global Justice commander, but a squeeze on his arm from Kim brought his attention back to her. "I'm sorry KP I know that stuff doesn't really matter but she didn't have to come at me like that."
"It's ok Ron I know that your heart is in the right place, so don't let her get to you ok." Kim let go of Ron's arm and took his hand in hers. Ron let his feelings about the day drift away as he walked with his girlfriend back to the jet that would take them home. As they arrived in the hangar and boarded the jet Ron commented on Kim's outfit.
"So planning a career change KP and not telling me about it?"
Kim looked at Ron and gave him a wink, "As long as you're around Ron it will always be the two of us on a team."
Ron let his goofy smile stay on his face the whole ride back to Middleton. When the pilot dropped them off out front of Kim's house Ron told Kim that he was going to head home, since it was already late. They shared a kiss and Ron watched as Kim walked into her house. Alone, except for Rufus who was snoozing in his pocket, Ron began the walk back to his house. He reached into his pocket and took out his power ring, the events of the day playing over again in his head.
"If I knew how to use this thing better then none of those bad guys would have escaped. But now that it's practically out of power how am I supposed to use it now?" Ron asked himself, and was surprised to hear an answer.
"If you simply recharge the ring then you will have no problem on learning how to use it, Ron Stoppable of Earth."
Quickly Ron slipped the ring on his finger and lit it up, "Who's there?" He said as he spun around ready for anything. Anything that is except for a very short blue floating man, who did not seem in the least alarmed that Ron was pointing his power ring at him.
"Be calm Ron Stoppable, I am Ganthet, one of the Guardians of the Universe who forged the ring you now possess."
"You made the ring?" Ron let things work in his head before speaking again. "So then that means you must be from that place the ring wanted to take me to right?"
Ganthet nodded, "That is correct, I am from the planet Oa which is at the center of the universe." Ganthet hovered closer to Ron and began examining him. "When we learned of Abin Sur's death the other Guardians and myself were curious as to why you did not come to Oa as instructed."
"I can't just exactly take off and leave without telling my family and friends something, they'd freak if I just disappeared." Ron said as the Guardian floated around him.
"Yes you Earthmen are still ignorant of the complexities of the universe, but still it appears that you have been able to use your power ring without formal training." Ganthet motioned to Ron's ring, "Curious, but you show promise."
"Uh thanks I guess." Ron said unsure if he had just been given a compliment or not.
Ganthet had now stopped circling Ron and spoke in his monotone voice once again. "Since your ring is nearly depleted I have come to give you your orders personally. Ron Stoppable you are to report to Oa for basic training until such time that you are appointed Green Lantern of Sector 2814. Do you understand?"
"Sure but how exactly am I supposed to get to Oa, it's not like I have a space ship at my place."
Ganthet motioned to Ron's power ring, "Your ring is capable of transporting you through space. It will allow you to enter transluminal space and travel across the universe to Oa."
"Great, except that my ring is nearly dead."
Ganthet shook his head and Ron could have sworn him mutter earthmen. The Guardian waved his hand and the space in front of him seemed to split, revealing a crack in space. "This is a pocket dimension that our Lanterns use to store their power batteries. Reach in and retrieve yours."
With everything that had been happening since yesterday Ron didn't even hesitate to reach into the rift. As he reached in his hand touched something that felt like metal, he wrapped his hand around it and pulled it toward him. Ron held in his hand what looked like an old lantern, it was colored green and shone with a familiar green light from its opening. As Ron held it he felt a familiar energy course through him.
"This feels familiar somehow." Ron spoke in a daze.
"The will power that you focus through your ring is connected to the battery, as the battery is connected to the Central Battery on Oa." Ganthet explained, but Ron shook his head.
"No, it does feel like the power I've used with the ring but it feels like something I've used before." Ron rubbed his head with his free hand, "I just can't seem to place it though."
Ganthet's almost expressionless face hinted at his curiosity, which he sought to appease when he said, "I believe you know how to recharge your ring."
Ron, still feeling whatever it was that was familiar to him, slowly nodded and held his ring into the opening of the power battery. Both objects shown brightly, practically illuminating the deserted street and Ron began to speak.
In brightest day
In blackest night
No evil shall escape my sight
Let those who worship evils might
Beware my power
Green Lantern's light
Green light flashed even brighter after Ron finished speaking and when it settled Ron stood in his Green Lantern uniform. The feeling of familiarity was gone now and Ron couldn't explain how he knew what to do to recharge his power ring. He looked to Ganthet and heard him mutter, "Interesting." Before the Guardian spoke up.
"The words you spoke were the motto of our Green Lantern Corps.; it is how they activate their power batteries."
"But how did I know it, I mean I've only had the ring for one day?"
"That I can not say, but you have your orders Ron Stoppable. You are expected on Oa do not keep Training Officer Kilowog waiting." Green light surrounded Ganthet and he shot into space leaving Ron even more confused than ever. Rufus climbed out of Ron's pocket after having been woken up by the commotion.
"Gonna go?" The naked mole rat asked.
Ron scratched his buddy's head and took off into the night sky, "Yeah buddy I am, but I'm going to say goodbye first." Ron flew to his house and changed back into his own clothes before walking through the front door. He found his parents in the living room along with his little sister Hana, seeing her older brother Hana giggled and gooed while stretching out her little arms toward Ron.
Ron walked over to her and picked her up, "Hey Han shouldn't you be in bed by now?" He tickled her stomach and got an appreciative giggle out of her.
Mr. Stoppable walked over to his son and put a hand on his shoulder, "It seems she wanted to wait for her big brother."
Mrs. Stoppable joined the rest of her family, "Little Hana just wouldn't stop fussing until we told her we would wait for you to get home." She looked at her little daughter and smiled, "She's really something isn't she Ronald?"
Ron tickled his little sister again, "Yeah she sure is."
"Oho too cute." Rufus added in as well.
"Well now that I'm home it's time for bed Hana, let's get you tucked in ok." And the Stoppable Family made their way to Hana's room where Ron laid her down in her crib. Once Hana was down and they left the room Ron spoke to his parents. "Mom, Dad I've got something important to talk to you guys about."
His parents looked at each other and his mother spoke first, "Whatever it is Ron you can tell us."
"That's right son we're family and we can handle anything together." Mr. Stoppable said.
Ron smiled and knew he could tell his parents. And so he did, Ron explained everything that had happened to him, his parents listening and not saying a word. When Ron was finished he waited for his parents to say something. Mr. and Mrs. Stoppable looked at each other then at Ron. Mr. Stoppable was the first to speak, "Is this something you want to do son, do you have a choice?"
"I could always tell the ring to find someone else, but yeah this is something I want to do. It feels almost right somehow."
"Then you do what you feel is right Ron," Mrs. Stoppable spoke up now, "we know you'll do the right thing."
Ron was stunned, here he had just told his parents that he wanted to fly into space to join some intergalactic police force and they were cool with it. "How are you guys not freaking out about this? I mean this not normal in any way."
"True it isn't normal but most of the things you tell us about that happen on your missions with Kimberly are unusual as well." Mrs. Stoppable said.
"Son we trust you to make your own decisions in life and we are proud of you no matter what you do." Mr. Stoppable put his hand on his son's shoulder, "What ever path you take we will support you 100."
A small tear fell down Ron's face as both of his parents hugged him, and he hugged them right back. "You guys are the best parents any guy can ask for."
When they broke apart Ron clenched the hand he wore his ring on and changed into his Green Lantern uniform. The surprised look on his parents faces was priceless, "I thought you might want to see how I looked in uniform." Ron said with his usual goofy grin on his face.
"And people can't tell it's you with just that little mask hiding your face?" Mrs. Stoppable asked looking Ron over.
"The ring kind of takes care of that for me."
"And Kimberly doesn't know anything about this?" Mr. Stoppable asked this time.
"With the reaction I've gotten from Global Justice I'm gonna keep it a secret from her for as long as I can. After all she's wanted to join Global since the first time we ran into them." Ron's expression became a little down as he talked, "I could never do anything to cause her to not get what she deserves, even if it doesn't include me." His voice dropped off at the end so that his parents couldn't hear.
"Ron I'm sure that Kimberly could keep your secret, after all she is your best friend."
Ron shook his head, "I know she could Dad but I don't want to do anything that could jeopardize her chances of doing what she always wanted to do." Ron put on a brave front for his parents benefit, "After all I'm sure that when I get back I can work something out."
His parents didn't push any further, like they said before they trusted him to make his own decisions. "So what do we tell people when they ask where you are?" His mom asked.
"Tell them I went on a trip to better myself; it's pretty much the truth." Ron's joke gave them all a laugh. Deciding it was time to go Ron made his way to the back door. As he walked toward the exit Rufus tugged on his ear. "What's up buddy?" Rufus pointed down and Ron already knew what he meant. He picked up his small friend and placed him on the counter in the kitchen, "Sorry buddy but this trip is going to be solo for me. One of us has to be around to keep an eye on KP and plus Hana would be upset if both of us were gone."
Rufus looked up at Ron and sadly nodded his head, "Thanks Rufus, when I get back we'll stuff ourselves silly at Bueno Nacho." The little mole rat scurried up Ron's arm and hugged his cheek.
"Gonna miss you." He squeaked. Ron patted his little back, "I'm going to miss you too buddy." Rufus dropped back down onto the counter and Ron got another round of hugs from his parents.
"Be careful out there Ron."
"Come back soon son."
Ron nodded his head not wanting to say goodbye, "I'll see you when I get back." Again he separated from his parents and walked out into the backyard. He focused on his ring and took off into the night sky once more. Before he left he had one more stop to make, probably the most difficult one as well. Ron flew to the Possible house and straight to the window for Kim's room. As quietly as he could Ron opened the window, powered down his ring and slid into Kim's room. He saw Kim lying in her bed already asleep, her arm tightly around her Pandaroo. Ron crossed the room toward the bed and sat on the edge watching Kim sleep.
People would be amazed if they could see tough as nails Kim Possible now. Ron thought. Slowly he reached out with his hand and gently shook Kim's shoulder. "Kim I need you to wake up for a second." Ron whispered in her ear. The shaking and Ron's voice brought Kim back to the waking world, she rubbed her eyes and said "Ron." While stifling a yawn.
"Yeah KP it's me, I stopped by to tell you that I'm going away for a little bit."
Ron's sudden news worked better than coffee, because Kim was awake and looking at Ron. "What do you mean going away? Is something wrong? Can I help?" Kim asked her questions rapidly and Ron grabbed her shoulders and shook his head.
"There's no problem and everything's fine KP. I'm just taking a little," Ron stopped to look for the right words before continuing, "self improvement trip. No big really."
"So then it's something I can go with you on right?" Kim was searching Ron's eyes, eyes that usually were carefree and unburdened, but now they seemed different almost mature.
"This is something that I have to do on my own KP, it's something I've decided to do."
Kim's eyes were starting to tear, "I don't understand, why now all of a sudden? Is it because of today?"
Ron pulled Kim into a hug, wrapping her in his arms. "It has nothing to do with anything that anyone did Kim, this is something that I decided to do. Something I was entrusted to do." Ron pulled back so he could see Kim's face, he looked into her shining green eyes and brushed the tears away. He leaned in and kissed her knowing that he didn't know when the next time would be that he could. "I love you KP." Were the last things Kim heard before her world went black.
Kim woke up in her bed, Pandaroo still in her grasp and Ron no where in sight. "Was it just a dream?" Kim asked herself as she wiped her eyes. As she moved in her bed Kim felt a piece of paper next to her pillow, she recognized Ron's handwriting and started to tear up again.
See you soon. Was all the note said.
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Rocketing up ward Green Lantern extended his protective field so he could pass through Earth's atmosphere. Passing through the intense heat no one could have seen the tears falling down his face. As he moved into open space he turned around and took in the sight of his home planet. He wiped away the last of his tears and turned toward the vast void before him. "Ring plot course to Oa."
Course plotted opening transluminal window.
A tunnel of light opened before Green Lantern and with one final look at Earth he flew forward not knowing what to expect.
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