Chapter 3: Night Night Now
Kim and Ron exit the school and walk out into the school's courtyard. Both look around in all directions yet see nothing. As they stand there looking, a rope descends from seemingly out-of-nowhere. Kim sees the rope and, with her eyes, follows it up to its apex. The rope seems to disappear into thin air but a haze shrouds the area enveloping the top portion of the rope.
Kim taps Ron on the shoulder and says, "I think our ride is here, Ron. C'mon."
Kim climbs up the rope and disappears into the haze at the rope's end. Ron continues to look up at the rope. With trepidation, he slowly approaches the rope. Kim's upper torso appears out of the haze and waves to Ron. "Ron, it's OK. Let's go."
Ron enters the jet's interior. Kim and Ron are greeted by the plane's pilot, Capt. Buzz Yeager. "Welcome to the ZX-77, the world's most advanced aeronautical transport system." Capt. Yeager begins to count-out the plane's abilities using his fingers. "It has radar invisibility, visual invisibility, it can fly at Mach 4, and has hover capability. In addition –"
"KP! Look! Xbox!", Ron suddenly shouts and runs to a nearby seat.
"You have to excuse my friend. He's a little…excitable", Kim says apologetically.
"No problem. I have children of my own. Heck, I've even collected a few plasma swords on Delta Halo myself, if you know what I mean", Capt. Yeager nudges Kim, "but I'm sure you are in a hurry. Come on up to the cockpit and buckle-up."
"Ron, the Xbox can wait", Kim tells Ron, "you'll have plenty of Xbox time during Holiday break."
"Killjoy", Ron mutters under his breath.
"I heard that and I know what that means", Kim mockingly sings her partner.
Capt. Yeager turns off the ZX-77's invisibility shield. What emerges is a black, futuristic jet with backswept wings. The jet ascends vertically then takes-off in a flash towards its destination in Panama.
As the jet propels towards its Panamanian destination, Kim and Ron sit behind Capt. Yeager. Much to Kim's chagrin, the conversation has turned back to Ron's "Word Power".
"What's really cool is knowing that bloviate – March 12th- has nothing to do with vomiting the vegetable drink", Ron comments.
"Ron, that is sooo disgusting."
"That's what I thought, too, but it actually has to do with talking loudly about nothing. Who knew?
"I knew! I meant that…", but, hoping to end this conversation, simply offers up a, "nevermind."
But nothing stops Ron Stoppable that easily. "And imagine how shocked I was when I found out that commodious has NOTHING to do with smelling like a toilet!"
"But, Ron, those are words you should have learned back in 9th grade vocabulary", Kim argues.
"That's 'vocabulario', Kim, and the only words we ever learned was –"
"-were-", Kim corrects.
"-WERE….words like 'silla', 'ventana', and 'sombrero'."
Kim tells him, "Ron, you're confusing Spanish and English again."
"¿Yo estoy? No me gusta", Ron says as he slaps his own forehead.
Capt. Yeager turns around and tells the duo, "OK, kids, we're approaching the villa of Chepo. We're going into visual and audio stealth mode. People on the ground will be able to neither hear us nor see us. We'll hover over a remote dispatch point allowing you to repel out of the plane."
"Great", Kim replies. "Thanks for flying us down here so fast."
"Don't mention it at all. After you stopped that industrial espionage ring that was trying to steal design plans out of our lab, it's the least we could do for you."
''Oh, that?'', Kim dismisses with a wave of her hand, ''That was no big. I didn't have any plans that weekend anyway.''
The black plane instantly transforms to nothing but a barely noticeable translucent haze. About one-half mile from the Senior's mansion, Kim and Ron repel onto a hill in a tropical forest overlooking the Senior's compound, which includes the mansion and the giant reservoir, now filled about halfway to the top.
"Look at that!" Kim nudges Ron. "That's where all the water from the Panama Canal is being emptied. But what is Señor Senior Sr. up to? It almost looks like he's…? That's it! He's stealing the Panama Canal. He's using the abandoned quarry to build his own canal! All he needs to do is a little excavation to extend the quarry and he'll have it. If he gets away with this, he'll regulate about 40 percent of the goods bought and sold in the Western Hemisphere!"
Kim points to the near end of the mansion. There are several guards on the ground protecting it in addition to three guards on the rooftop. "Look, one section of the mansion is the only part that seems to be guarded. There must be a reason it's so well guarded. C'mon, let's go."
Kim and Ron make their way through the brush of the tropical forest. Ron whispers to Kim, "How do we get in there?"
"I don't know just yet." Kim continues to survey the scene. "See the windows on the second level? The guards aren't anywhere close to them. They're all close to the balcony's edge looking over it. They're expecting people to come via the ground."
She motions to the flagpole above the second floor. "We can repel in through the window below that flagpole. Quick! Follow me."
Kim and Ron climb a nearby tree. She shoots her grappling gun and the hook wraps around the flagpole. She secures the gun to the tree. Kim and Ron attach their repelling carabiner clips to the line and quickly slide towards the second floor of the mansion.
Unbeknownst to Kim and Ron, two small security cameras placed on the corners of the building follow the path of Kim and Ron as they slide toward the building. Kim and Ron both land on the balcony. The guards notice the two and start running after them. Kim kicks the nearest window and dives in, closely followed by Ron.
Inside the building, they both perform a little flip-and-roll maneuver and instantly stand up only to notice that the room is completely empty. They both look around, their footsteps echoing in the hollow room.
"Something isn't right, Ron. I get the feeling this could be – "
A loud succession of thuds resonates around the two as hi-gage steel panels close over the door and the windows.
"- a trap", Kim dejectedly concludes.
Señor Senior Sr. greets his new captives via loudspeaker, "Welcome to casa de Senior my teenage adversary. I –"
Señor Senior Jr. interrupts, "-we-".
"we", Señor Senior Sr. continues, "have been expecting you. Frankly, I was expecting you twenty minutes ago. Is everything OK?"
"Yeah, well, seventh period ran over a little bit. You know how it is", Kim responds.
"Good. Good. I was worried that my opponent would not be at the top of her game. Your defeat would not be as satisfying if that were the case."
Kim will have none of the senior Senior's shenanigans, "Señor Senior Sr., we both know how this end; you know we'll end up thwarting your plan –"
"Not this time you won't, Kim Possible. Why not join me in the research facility? I have a special surprise waiting for you", Señor Senior Sr. offers.
Kim asks, "Do we have much choice? How do we get there?"
"It's a long trip. First, you'll need your rest", Señor Senior Sr. answers.
Kim and Ron wait. They look around in anticipation of something happening but there is nothing.
Señor Senior Sr.'s voice is heard over the loudspeaker, "Junior! Why aren't you paying attention? I just said the 'you'll need your rest' line."
"Sorry father."
Another protracted silence.
"Father, do you want me to push the button now or do you want to say your line again? You know, like we rehearsed."
"Just push the button, Junior, just push the button. The moment is lost."
A sigh is heard over the loudspeaker, followed by what sounds like walls starting to sigh.
"Ron! The walls!" Kim anxiously surveys the room. Gas nozzles extend from the walls and emit an unknown gas.
"Kim? What is that…stuuuuufff….?" Ron slurs his last words. His shoulders hunch over and he starts to slump.
"Ronnnn…..i-i-it's some sort….some sort of….knockoutttt….gas", Kim mumbles just as she passes out on the floor.
Ron sports a lazy grin as he stumbles across the floor, "Kim…and…Ron…go…night-night…now….". Ron falls to the floor, "night-night…now…. night….night…now….night….."
Ron lands with a thud onto the cold floor.