"Ugh my head" Kim moaned, as she came to, "it feels like a sumo wrestler fell on it."
"More like a dozen sumo wrestlers" Ron replied.
"Ron! You're okay!" Kim said happily.
She tried to run over to her boyfriend, but found that something was holding her down. Looking down, she discovered she had been tied to a conveyor belt. Ron was a few feet away, also tied down.
"What happened?" Kim asked, "last thing I remember, we were fighting Ember, then she knocked me out."
"Me too" Ron said "so I've got no idea where we are."
Kim heard a muffled noise from nearby and craned her head towards; it was Britina, still tied to the chair and regagged.
"This seems pretty elaborate for a Goth rock star" Kim said, "who, for some unexplained reason, is trying to kill me."
"She's not trying ta kill ya Red, I am, seriously" came a familiar voice from nearby.
"Motor Ed" Kim said, upon recognizing it "I never would have guessed you were involved."
"Believe it Red" Ed said, approaching the belt "and I've totally got a narly little revenge planned for you and blondie there, seriously."
"And how does Ember fit in to all of this?" Kim asked.
"I'm helping him" Ember explained, materializing from out of nowhere.
"Neat effect" Ron commented.
"See, I've totally joined this team since the last time you busted me" Ed explained "but my boss man wouldn't help me take you down, seriously. So I got a couple of my teammates together, and planned my perfect revenge, seriously."
"That would explain the cyborg in my car" Kim said.
"My bro Gearhead" Ed explained "I figured once he jacked your ride, it'd disable your mobility. And then my pal CF, took out your communications with your computer dude, seriously."
"But why kidnap Britina?" Kim asked.
"That was Ember's idea" Ed explained "she suggested we bag one of your pals to make sure you'd come to their rescue, seriously."
"Let her go, she's not the one you want revenge on" Kim said angrily.
"I would Red, but Ember has some plans for her, and you do not want to get this chick mad, seriously."
"Let's just say Britina is going to have a rather unfortunate 'accident'" Ember said, which elicited a muffled shriek from the pop singer.
"And as for you and your boy toy Red, I've planned the perfect death. See this conveyor belt? It leads to one narly smasher, which is gonna turn the two of you into mag car parts. Then I'll use you to totally trick out my monster truck, seriously."
"Car parts, made of humans?" Ron asked "that is sick and wrong!"
"Oh, and don't expect any help from your little weasel" Ed said "I've taken care of him too, seriously."
He pointed to a nearby birdcage where Rufus was locked. "He's a mole rat dude!" Ron shouted.
"Don't care bro, seriously" Ed said, starting the belt. "I know I should stay and watch you be killed and everything, but I've got a date with a monster truck, seriously. Later Red, not! Yaaaaah!" he said, performing his air guitar.
Then he and the other Bean Brigade members left.
"Okay KP, any plan you have to get out of here would be greatly appreciated!" Ron shouted.
Kim struggled against the bonds, but found that they still held firm.
"It's no good" Kim said "I can't reach my laser."
"C'mon KP, you've always figured out ways to get us out of stuff before" Ron said.
"You're right" Kim said, "I can do anything after all. Let's see…" and she began scanning their surroundings.
"If I can find a way to disable the inner gears of the machine, we might have a chance. Ron, can you give me your shoe?"
"I'll try" Ron said, attempting to slip off one of his sneakers.
He was successful and flipped it to Kim, who caught it in her mouth.
Got to time this just right… she thought. As she approached the crusher, she hurled the shoe towards the gears of the machine. As expected, it stopped them, and the machine.
"Way to go Kim!" Ron shouted happily.
"Nothing to it" Kim replied "now to get out of here and stop Motor Ed."
"Can I be of any assistance?" came a familiar voice.
"Wade?!" both teens exclaimed.
"What are you doing here? How did you find us?" Kim asked.
"When I found I couldn't contact you, I figured somebody was jamming the Kimmunicator" Wade explained "so I did a trace on the source of the disturbance and it led me here."
"Lucky for us" Kim said, "quick, untie us"; Wade did so, and Ron subsequently freed Rufus.
"Now what Kim?" Ron asked, "those villains Motor Ed has helping him are hardcore!"
"I brought the supersuit, just in case" Wade added.
"Wade, can you design the suit to battle ghosts?" Kim asked.
"Possibly, why, do you know any?"
"Let's just say I'll need it to deal with one of Motor Ed's new friends" Kim replied.
Speaking of Motor Ed, he and his BB buddies were hanging out a local tavern. Ed was currently engaged in a game of darts with Gearhead, with the cyborg proving to be quite the dart player.
"Red and her pal should be totally crushed into car parts by now, seriously" Ed said, "after this game we need to go back and pick 'em up."
"I still think it was a stupid idea to leave without anyone staying behind to watch them" Ember replied "you know heroes always escape when that happens."
"Chill Em, seriously" Ed said "I totally made sure there was no way Red could get out of that trap."
"I still think we should've left somebody behind" CF added.
Fine, you dudes think my trap isn't all that?" Ed asked "well let's go back to the junkyard, and I'll show you that Red is now a sweet chassis or something, seriously."
In the final chapter Kim, and her new enhanced supersuit, take on the baddies, and she has a special surprise for Ember.