Forbidden

By mkusenagi2

The story concept © 11-09-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters
are © Disney Co.

1-09-2013
14th and Clifton St, NW
Washington, DC
Ron's Armory
The Room
0930 hrs

The Avenger was dressed in a stealth suit stalking his latest adversary in the cityscape The Room had generated…

The Alchemist.

She had started her run through the sim as a blonde 30 minutes ago and had transformed into a brunette, then a strawberry blonde, a Chinese girl, and an African woman. Now she had donned a stealth suit of her own design and was giving him the slip.

The goal was simple: place a tag on your opponent.

In The Avenger's case it was a gas operated velcro dart pistol.

The Alchemist was using projectors that she'd grown out of the back of her wrists to shoot barbed darts.

The rules were simple, use any means necessary short of harmful force to achieve the goal.

This was the longest session The Avenger had spent in The Room.

And he was loving every minute!

'!' 'There you are!' he thought as he saw a tall shadow flit down an alley and duck into another construction site. 'Shit! Now I'll have to watch it… The heights thing…'

He eased his head around the corner and rolled forward as he sensed… "Thunk!" a dart hitting the area his head had been 5 seconds ago. 'Yikes! That could have left a mark! What the he… OW!' he thought as The Alchemist kicked him in the rump and backflipped out of sight behind some girders. 'Why you…'

The Avenger crept behind the stack and found the Alchemist was gone! 'Ok… flow with it… she's around here somewhere.' He thought as he scanned the area… AND Looked up into the scaffolding. 'She's up there?' he thought as he saw she was standing on a girder 3 floors up.

The Alchemist waved at The Avenger and walked into the maze of steel.

The Avenger followed. 'Shit! The damn Height thing all over again.'

He 'gripped' the girder (hard enough to dent it) and climbed up…

The Avenger crept through the steelwork trying to sense his opponent. 'How's she doing this? Hanuman can't even sense her!'

"WHAP!" The Avenger was kicked in the head by The Alchemist as she dropped down from the girder above his position and fell…

Only to be snagged by a loop of energy from The Alchemist's aura as the ground rushed towards him!

'Man! Gotta get my Head In The Game, as Kim would've said.' He thought as he was lowered to the ground next to the girder stack he had passed earlier.

The Avenger rose and checked his surroundings only to find himself looking down the barrel of one of The Alchemist's projectors! He dove back around the corner…

"PffT! OW!"

"Game Over. Have A Nice Day!" Rachel said as she ended the sim to reveal the white walls of The Room and withdrew, "Victory goes to Anne. Better Luck Next Time Sir."

"Thanks." He grunted.

"(Giggle!) Let me see it. I'm a doctor." Anne said to her fiancé.

"No. That's ok I got it…" Embarrassed Ron said.

"Hon. Let Me See It, NOW." She ordered.

"…" "ok." He said as he unzipped his stealth suit and lay prone on the floor, "Be gentle…"

"I will Hon. Oh! I'm sorry! Ron I didn't mean to hit you there!" she said as she extracted her medkit, popped it open, and proceeded to work the dart out with a hemostat, "Does it hurt Hon?"

"Only my pride… OW!" he yelped a she pulled it out of his right buttcheek, 'I gotta admit you're GOOD… It's the first time in awhile that I've had someone tag me like that. Oh yeah! Thanks AP." He said as she patched the wound with a salve and bandage.

"You're welcome Hon… next time we'll do it MY way… paintball only… ok? I don't want this Gorgeous skin of yours to get scarred by another training accident." She said. "Since you're a good patient I think some Anneshine's in order." She purred as she rolled Ron on his left side and snuggled with him.

"I'm ALL for that AP. Thanks." He said as they lay there and basked in the moment.

"Ahem!" Betty Director cleared her throat as she walked into The Room. "We need to talk, it's Urgent."

"Ok. Hold on a sec." Ron said as they got up and followed Betty to the study.

Betty, Ron, and Anne entered the study and sat down. "What's up?" Ron asked.

"I've got it cleared with the President… Anne we'd like The Alchemist to work for SHIELD as a 'contractor.' You'll get to work in the field with Ron's unit… Under his command of course. Interested?" She asked.

"… Ok. I'll do it. What's happened?" Anne asked as she reached over and squeezed his hand.

"We found a friend of ours at the Watergate Hotel… We're worried that something big's going down…" Betty said as she pulled a picture from one of her jumpsuit's pockets and passed it to Anne.

Anne blanched, "Hon? AP, what's wrong?" Ron asked.

She passed the picture to Ron and shivered. "He got away from Cap… and now me." Anne said. "He's the one that pushed for MODOK's creation during his ubermench projects. I'll… We'll do it." Anne said as she looked at Ron. He nodded yes. 'I've GOT to settle this!' she thought.

"He's ALIVE?" Ron hissed as he stared at the picture.

The picture showed none other than Baron Heinrich Zemo entering a room.

"Yes. We believe he's here to contact someone… possibly a Senator. I want you two to find out what you can… and if possible sanction him." Betty said with a steely glint in her eye.

"We'll do it." Anne and Ron said.

"Good. We'll have things set up by tonight." Betty said before she left.

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After a nice leisurely shower, Anne and Ron got dressed and made a light lunch. Afterwards they lazed around the house and eventually fell asleep in each other's embrace in their bed.

Until.

"Ron! Wake Up… NOW!" Betty cried.

"Whazzat? Huh?" he said as he was startled awake.

"It's 2000 hrs. Where's Anne?" She asked.

"I don't know." He said as he noticed an envelop on the dresser. 'No!'

He opened it and read:

Dearest Ron,

I'm sorry. I DO Love You With ALL My Heart

But I HAVE to do this.

Zemo

Put Drakken up to killing Kim and my family.

I'm sorry.

If I come back I'll understand if you never want to see me again.

Love You,

Anne.

Ron felt something in the envelop…

It was her engagement ring.

He looked at Betty.

"Tell the boys to saddle up. Today's AIM's lucky day." He said with Hanuman's face. 'When I get a hold of her…'