The Destroyer

By mkusenagi2

The story concept © 5-19-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters
are © Disney Co.
I don't own Warren S. Murphy's
and Richard Ben Sapir's
characters either.

6 How Kim Found Ron Pt II

12-25-2000
St Thomas' Unitarian Church
7th & Adams Streets
Middleton, CO
1230 hrs

The Possible clan were standing on their church's steps and were trying to figure out where they wanted to have lunch despite Kim's warnings. James Possible had decided that 'no matter what' he and his family would live in defiance of 'show folk'.

Kim loved her Dad dearly, but she knew he had his moments when he was out of touch with what was really important… at least to her…

And his Family…

Like his survival.

He refused to change his routine despite Anne's and Kim's better judgement.

She'd checked with Wade and Betty Director and had come up with nothing except that Rembrandt had come on the scene and was suspected of successfully assassinating over twenty targets with stones and other items.

He was the perfect accident man.

Now for some reason he'd leaked news of his latest target to her website…

And he'd challenged her to stop him two days ago when he'd plinked her Dad's office at the Space Center…

With ball bearings.

No one could figure out the weapon he'd used to get them to slam through 6" of armored glass.

Kim and GJ had searched the area and had come up with nothing.

Now he'd issued another challenge…

He was going traditional…

She had to stop him before he shot her Dad with a .50 round from a modified sniper's rifle on Christmas Day…

When they left her church.

Unfortunately GJ was called in on several nationwide terrorist attacks that centered on banks and Federal research installations…

So Kim had to make do with Middleton's finest.

Kim had prayed that day for a miracle…

She got one.

---

Ron (dressed in his usual black T, chinos, and loafers) sat on an office building's ledge across the street from Kim's church and breathed…

He calmed his center and listened…

Earlier when he'd arrived… he'd felt something when he'd been evading MPD's SWAT on this roof… then it was gone.

It kinda felt like Chiun… but different.

He knew Chiun and Conn were there too, he'd seen them.

Now he was waiting for the assassin to appear.

'I know you're here… but where?' he thought as he perched on a gargoyle below the building's lip and waited.

Then he FELT it!

'He's Sinanju too! Poor bastards.' Ron slowed his pulse and metabolism… and listened with his whole being as he silently pulled some nickels from his pocket and emptied his intent from his mind.

---

A wraith had climbed onto the roof and had silently killed the 4 man SWAT team.

Now the assassin prepared their tool as they slid to the roof's edge, prepped the shot, and took aim.

'?' they thought as they sensed something and shook it off…

Rembrandt centered the shot and slid the weapon forward with oiled precision…

---

A gun barrel slid into place over Ron's head…

A round was chambered.

Rembrandt ranged his target…

And fired as…

The barrel was knocked up!

A sting hit Rembrandt's shoulders as a figure blurred up over the building's lip and kicked him in the chest as it threw something at him that thocked his armor and penetrated it!

"Not today asshole. KP and her family's off limits. Capise?" Ron said as he hit Rembrandt's right arm and fractured his humerus.

"Sss." Was heard as the assassin blocked out the pain and flipped away from him. 'HIM! ALIVE?'

"What the matter? Sinanju got your tongue?" Ron quipped as he tore a piece of stone tile free from the roof and prepared to chuck it at his foe.

"You better hurry. I missed his heart… but he's bleeding out… nicked his shoulder… heh heh… ungh!" the assassin hissed as Ron fragged Rembrandt's ribs with the chunk of masonry and kicked him off the roof. "I'll deal with you later… round one to me." He said as he ran over to the roof's opposite edge and looked down…

Ron grabbed the lip of the roof and climbed down to the alley below.

'Hang on guys.'

---

"Bang!" "Unh!" was heard, then screams of terror as James Possible got tagged by a .50 caliber round as it brushed his left shoulder…

"GO KIM!" her Mom screamed as she fought through her worst nightmare to help her husband! "Boys HELP ME!" she cried as Jim called 911, while Tim helped her apply direct pressure.

Kim ran across the street with Officer Hobble in tow…

When her miracle brushed past her at high speed!

"I've got him. It'll be ok." Ron said as Anne felt someone gently push her away from her precious burden, hit several points to stop the rapid bleeding, picked James up and…

BLURRED away!

Kim and Anne were speechless…

As were the tweebs.

Kim stared at her Mother.

"no." she whispered, "He's…"

"Kimmie let's go. He's headed to the Medical Center." Anne cried as they took Officer Hobble's car and took off amid the chaos.

---

Chiun and Conn McCleary were in pursuit.

---

"Hang on Sir. I've got you." Ron said as he ran through the streets of Middleton. 'God… don't let him die. PLEASE!'

"rrron? I must be dead… cause I see you… i love you son… I wish Kimmie had married you…" he moaned before he passed out.

'yeah… me too. Good!' he thought as he ran up to the ER Heavy Trauma entrance and kicked the door open. "I've got a man here that's been shot with a .50 round! Anne Possible's Husband!" he cried as he placed him on a gurney and backed off as the staff snatched him away.

---

20 minutes later…

Kim and her family ran into the ER. The Dr on duty took Anne aside and told her the extent of James injuries as Kim watched…

Anne smiled, tearfully hugged her colleague and ran to Kim and her brothers. "He's going to be ok… they said his arm will be fine… with therapy. Kimmie… Ron?" she asked with tears.

"I saw it too Mom. We ALL did. He's alive. Mom… Something's going on… HE KNEW! I have to find him…" she cried as she hugged her mother.

"I Know Dear. School can wait… You're almost finished anyway. I Thank God he was here, if your Father had…" Anne wept.

"Mom. I need to look around…" she said as she felt something. "I'll be back. Promise." Kim started her hunt. 'How'd he DO that? Ron's NEVER been that strong or fast before!'

---

Conn took out a silenced flechette pistol and walked into the ER. 'I hate to do this. She's a good kid, but I've got NO choice.'

"No." Chiun said to Conn.

"No? You know what our orders are. She's the one person that can really blow his cover. They have to… Let go." Conn hissed as Chiun grabbed his arm and walked them across the street into an alley.

"Reconsider." The Korean said.

"No. We have to kill them. Damnit Chiun, I like her too, but she's got the power to blow us wide open!" he said as he tightened his grip on his pistol. "Why?"

"That is not your concern. No." Chiun had felt Ron's heart as well when they had first met… He was a pure soul. As they had grown together as Master and Pupil… Chiun had been healed… for years he'd despaired over a secret shame… He had NO heir.

Ron was THE ONE…

And Kim COMPLETED him.

Chiun decided he would act against the wishes of his employer and would protect her…

She was the reason he was still pure.

'It is the Prophecy. Shiva and his Bride.' "I am sorry my friend." He said.

Conn McCleary died peacefully that night.

'I love you My Son.'

Chiun walked off into the night.

---

Kim searched the ER and the waiting areas until she felt it again.

'Ron?'

She felt him.

She turned and saw him.

He was looking at her from the ER's exit!

Across the sea of injured and scared humanity he sadly waved at her, his love for her etched painfully on his face.

"Ron!"

And then He was gone!

Kim ran outside…

All she saw was a flash of unruly blonde hair as it blurred under a streetlight.

'ron… thank you…' she wept outside until her mother gently coaxed her into the ER's warmth.

"It'll be ok Kimmie. You'll see." 'Thank You God.' Anne said as her daughter wept with tears of hope.

---

12-25-2006
Two miles from
Pop Pop Porter's
Lab
Middleton, CO
1445 hrs

Ron smirked as Chiun browbeat Pop Pop for poisoning the People of the World with his junk food as they wandered through his huge lab.

"MSG is one of the deadliest poisons known to Man. For many years it was used to poison men in my profession. You must stop feeding this to your customers." He said.

"But y'all don't understand! My customers like the MSG. We won't have a good product if we leave it out." Pop Pop said as Ron and Chiun walked with him as he checked his lab equipment. '?' he thought as he saw the readout on one of his scanners. "Hold on. Could y'all stand on that X on the floor to your right please?"

"Why?" Ron asked.

"I uh got a strange readin' on this here biofield scanner… just wanted to check it is all."

"Oh ok. Little Rabbi?" Ron asked as they stood next to each other on the X.

"It is the energy that we have stored in our bodies from practice." He coolly replied.

"HOLY…! The scanner shows you guys are using your FULL neural potential! How are you doing it?"

"My training program.' Chiun said as he walked over to Porter and began to negotiate, "With my help we could create a program that would heal your customers… 80/20."

"WHY THAT'S HIGHWAY ROBBERY! 50/50." Porter said.

Ron smiled and thought some more about how the love of his life had found them.

---

06-18-2002
Somewhere in
The Amazon Basin
Professor Acari's
Treehouse Lab
0945 hrs

Kim had called Wade later that Christmas and had asked him to check for anything odd…

He'd found an obit on the MPD Forensic database about a dead spook that had disappeared from the CIA's roster several years ago. The report said that internally the man was in superb shape for his age…

Then Wade's network got sacked and all of his data on the case had been erased before his eyes!

For Kim that was all she needed to hear.

She'd followed her folks advice and had graduated with a MS in International Affairs with several minors.

Three in particular were used in her search for Ron…

One in Archeology, another in Anthropology, and the last was in Mythology.

She'd heard some legends about a group of men that were so powerful that they could cave a horse's ribs in with a single blow.

They had lived in India thousands of years ago and had disappeared.

Her travels had led her around the world…

When asked she claimed she was researching a book on warrior legends.

Then an old friend hit her website and said he knew someone that could help.

So she came to Prof. Acari's lab in what Ron had called 'the Amazin' Rainforest'.

Ron.

Everywhere she looked she saw his face or something that reminded her of him. She felt stupid about not realizing what had been sitting in front of her.

Whatever it took…

She'd find him.

"I'm sorry Professor… I was thinking about something. Where did you say I need to go?" she smiled at the short dumpy entomologist as he stroked a millipede.

"Kim you have to go to Yamanouchi. The man there will have the answers you seek… for your 'book'. I was there several years ago researching the insect populations there and saw him do some amazing things… then while I was preparing to collect some samples his brother showed up. It was simply amazing to see what he could do. When I asked him how it was possible he told me."

"Yes." Kim felt a thrill as a solid lead formed before her eyes.

"Sinanju. He told me he was Sensei's brother… then…" he paused with a frown.

"Yes?" 'GOTCHA!'

"He disappeared."

---

Kim had Wade set her up with GJ's fastest jet and broke Yamanouchi protocol by landing in their courtyard several hours later.

The students stepped aside as Sensei greeted her and took her inside.

"You know why I'm here." She said as she knelt in zazen.

"Yes. I will tell you for honor's sake. Stoppable-san NEEDS you. It is true. Sinanju exists. The present master is my half brother. I was too weak internally to complete all of the physical training, my brother was not."

"Sensei… I saw Ron. He saved my Dad. The things he could do…" she broke down.

"That is the power of Sinanju…" he said.

"…"

"I have not heard from my brother in years… he had to come out of retirement to support the village of the same name."

"I'll go to North Korea then." She said.

"No. It is not necessary. He's in America. Washington."

'Ron!'

"Listen to your heart Kim. It will be your guide."

---

11-20-2002
The new CURE HQ
14th and Clifton St, NW
Washington, DC
0231 hrs

A stealth suited figure watched the brooding brownstone below.

Kim's journey had led her here.

For some reason she could feel Ron like that time in the ER.

"You sure about this Wade?" Kim whispered as she watched the huge brownstone that covered a block of prime DC real estate from her towering perch on the building next door.

"The trace is solid Kim. There's a huge flow of electricity into the building that's consistent with a hard core data network that's CRAY class, but no IT emissions. All federal agencies deny its existence… even the NSA. They were surprised it was in their backyard… and told me to drop it. The present owner's a dummy corporation that's owned by someone that's able to flip ownership with a keystroke." He said. "The wild part is that it's got a MAJOR IT trunk line… it's the most advanced thing I've ever seen! Thanks to those scans you took several blocks away in the sewers with the Kimmunicator, I was able to find out that much. There's an air duct on the roof that you can use. I don't know why but that area's clean."

"Thanks Wade. You Rock!" she said as she took out her grappler gun and shot at the brownstone's roof. 'Gotta be quiet.' She thought as she slid to the roof below, popped the grate and slipped in.

---

Smith's office.

"We have an intruder on the second floor." Smith said to Ron and Chiun. "They set off the passive alarms."

"We shall take care of them O Emperor." Chiun said as they left his office.

"Little Rabbi, lets split up.' Ron said.

"Very well." Chiun drifted into the shadows and waited. 'Good luck My Son.'

---

Ron silently walked between the banks of computers and listened.

'!' 'No.' He heard a sound that he knew as well as his own.

Kim's heart.

Ron relaxed his guard.

"Ok KP. I know you're hereOOOF!" he grunted as Kim flipped down from above and kicked him in the gut.

"You Are SO Busted! You BASTARD!" she screamed as she threw a side kick at his head.

Ron weaved around it and flowed away!

'HOW? Ron's never been this fast before!' Kim pressed her attack and threw a right hook…

"KP…OWW!" he cried as her blow connected. 'She's REALLY MAD!' Ron flowed back and gauged his opponent.

"You FUCKER!" she seethed, "We Thought You Were DEAD!" she roared as she charged into him. "I CRIED OVER YOU FOR WEEKS!"

Ron flipped quietly over two banks of computers and waited. "I'm sorry Kim. I figured it was best." He said as he leaped up and hunkered down on another machine and waited.

"best… BEST! WHAT THE HELL DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S BEST FOR ME?" She yelled as she caught up with him and glared at him. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD RON!" she screamed as she jumped up and tried to smack him.

Ron cartwheeled away from her and skipped across the aisles. "I got drafted by Uncle Sam… They fixed it so I couldn't go back. You had someone… I had no one."

"Didn't I come see you in prison EVERY day?" she growled as she followed him.

"Yeah. But you know I was screwed… They came for me before you got there…" he said as he jumped down and ran into a hall.

Kim followed.

"They told me you were cremated. After you 'died' I was alone. He left me too… on the day of your execution!" She growled as she tried to hit him. "Hold Still!"

'What?' Ron stopped, turned and looked her in the eye… Rather The Destroyer did! "Ok! Go ahead. If it'll make you feel better… hit me. I won't run anymore. Not from you."

Kim stopped and glared at him. 'who IS he? He's so different!'

"why?"

"I couldn't let it happen… and I wanted to see you. I missed you too. They asked me to help save this country and The World… I'm an assassin Kim. I kill monsters that make Drakken look like a schoolboy. Guys like Rembrandt. I figured you'd be ashamed of me… so I made the choice."

Kim stared aghast at her Best Friend.

"I grew up." He said as he sat down and leaned back against the wall, "I saw what these guys were doing to the world, Kim. Killagan, Drakken and the rest are chess pieces to them. I'm sorry about not letting you know I was ok sooner," Ron turned his head and glared at Kim, "But I'm NOT sorry about the lives I've saved."

"You kill people…" she whispered as she sat next to him.

"If you want to call a guy that skins someone like Shego for his pleasure 'people'… then yeah." He said as he huddled against the wall. "I'm a soldier. I got drafted… Trained… and set loose on whoever wants to hurt or kill good people… like your Dad."

"wow." 'Shego? Skinned? He's right, he's a soldier… no a warrior!'

"Chiun taught me how. Smith's the brains… I'm the weapon. You're right y'know… I should've tried to get in touch… but I thought you were with him and had your life ahead of you… I kinda died that day I made the choice."

He wept.

Kim scooted over and leaned on him.

"hey…" she said. 'He's a bastard to do that to me… but I DO love him… he saved Daddy… what was it like for him…? Can I judge him, do I have the right? I've fought… but what's it take to do what he's done to save lives? When the time comes… can I do the same?'

"yeah?" he replied as he looked into her Jade Ocean of Tears.

"Thanks… for Daddy. He wouldn't be… if you…" they crumpled into each other.

"How touching. Now that she knows, she has to die." Smith said while standing next to them with a .45 trained on Kim. "It's a breach of security."

"No." Chiun said as he stepped forward and took Smith's pistol. "I will do it O Emperor…"

"little rabbi no!" Ron wept as he saw Kim's terror unfold in her beautiful eyes.

And crushed it!

"When she proves to be more of a threat than an ally to the House of Sinanju." He said with a tiny smile aimed at Kim.

"Your orders are to… Our contract states…" Smith sputtered.

"The House of Sinanju declares the contract null and void… however if you require the services of my pupils and myself you will pay double." He coolly said. "Otherwise we shall leave."

"what just happened?" Kim to Ron. "Chiun likes you. He's declared you're a disciple of Sinanju! He's never done this before… except for me." Ron to Kim.

Smith ground his teeth. "Deal. But what about the breach in security?"

"I have an Idea." Kim and Chiun chimed.

---

Smith's office.

"So can you do it Wade?" Kim asked.

"No problem. We can link with Smith's computers and run CURE's operations through the website. Since everyone ignores Ron it'll be perfect. Don't worry I'll…"

Chiun stared at Wade.

"Uh only use the CURE database for missions only." He finished.

"Thanks. You Rock Hard Wade." She said as she switched off the Kimmunicator and bowed to Chiun, "Thank You Master for taking me on as your student. I will work hard to honor your choice."

"You Are Welcome." He said as he stroked his wispy beard.

Kim rushed up and kissed Chiun's cheek.

"That's for keeping him safe." She said to the blushing master.

"Chiun are you blushing?" Ron asked.

"No. I am adjusting my body heat. Go to the gym and resume your exercises. You need to practice. She was able to hit you." He said. 'She kept up with him… she IS his Other Half.'

"Yes Sir. C'mon KP." Ron said as he took her hand.

"Ok… Ron what about Shego?" she asked from behind a blush.

"Uh we uh… Aww Mannn!" he whined.

"Uh we uh what Mister?" she growled.

"We 'got' together…" he took off.

"RRRGH! RON!" she gave chase.

'Happy Hanukkah My Son.' Chiun thought as he watched them with a tiny heartfelt smile.

---

Kim and Sheila were in stealthy pursuit of a person that they had seen skulking in the lab building.

"So you've been practicing?" Kim hissed to Shego.

"Yeah. Ron worked hard with me. Whoever this is knows Sinanju. Uh oh!" she hissed back as they came to Pop's enormous lab and saw the wraith slip inside. "They're going for him!"

"Hold on. Ron." Kim whispered into her link. "Where are you?"

"Chiun and I are in the south end of Pop's lab, why?" he replied.

"We think the intruder's in the north end and making a beeline for Pop Pop." She said.

"Gotcha. Chiun, KP says the intruder's here in the northern part of the lab."

"I know, but Kim is wrong. She is already here." Chiun said as he looked behind Ron.

'She? Who?' Ron thought as he slowly turned around.

"FREAKYYYY!"

Ron saw AdrenaLynn…

And she had a pistol pointed at them!

TBC