Tian Cai

By mkusenagi2

The story concept © 5-19-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters
are © Disney Co.
I do not own Fred Saberhagen's characters
either.

Level 3: Wu Li Shi (Knight/Mystic)

Part V

12-06-2004
Ship's Medbay
In Geosynch orbit over
Sparta, Spartax Prime
The Triangulum Galaxy
3.14 Million Light Years
From the Milky Way
1400 hrs

While Peter, Linda and Rufus conducted routine maintenance on Team Possible's armor, and John was relaxing in his cabin since he'd passed his bioscan and got his vaccinations; Kim, Ron, and Sheila were undergoing their turn.

Kim had passed…

Sheila had passed after Aurora adjusted her sensory array to account for Sheila's energy profile…

Ron though…

Made her go "Tsk!"

"Ship?" Kim asked with a concerned frown as she looked at the holographic readout, "What's wrong? Is Ron ok?"

"…" "Yes. … I'm going to call John in here. Just wait a second." She said.

"Hon it'll be ok." Sheila said, "I'm sure it's nothing." 'I hope'

"Uh… Yeah, yeah… nothing." 'DAMNIT!' Ron thought, 'They Found It!'

---

John Brimmstone's Quarters…

"Hello John." Ship said.

"Uh. Hello… Ship." He nervously replied as he zipped up Athena's datacase, "What's up?"

"I need you to come to the Medbay… Ron's got a unique… item in his DNA…" she said.

"Ron? Is he ok?" John asked as he put together a kit.

"Yes he's fine… Just hurry up! Oh and John?" she coolly said.

"Yes?"

"Just bring Athena. I've got everything you need to run some tests. Does she have a 'complete' core?" she asked.

"Yes." A Scarlet John replied, "Yes she does. Dr Richards gave her a complete duplicate of his database and several others." 'I should have realized she'd sense her! As Kim says 'No Duh!'

"Good. It's ok that you like her… just don't do this again, ok? Just tell me when you'd like to bring her along next time." she said.

"Sorry. Uh… it's just that… She's good company… I didn't mean to infringe on your hospitality." he said with a sheepish grin.

"I understand." Aurora said, 'I'll have to grease the wheels a little…' "Now hurry up!"

"Yes Ma'am."

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John, Athena, and Aurora pored over their findings while Kim and Co. waited for a verdict.

'He's awful calm about this… he knows something!' Kim guardedly thought as she gazed at her man. 'Hon… What is it? What's wrong?'

'I… I'll tell KP… just give me a sec.' he sent. 'Trust Me.'

'We DO trust you, and we're here for you.' Sheila sent as she squeezed his shoulders.

"Hrrmm!" went John, "We KNOW what it is… and can get rid of it… Our question is HOW did it get there? Don't worry girls, the 'taint' won't affect you. This 'compound' is unstable outside of his body and is rendered inert in a matter of picoseconds…"

"Oh Thank God!" the girls cried. "So what is it?" Sheila asked.

"A HYDRA bioweapon. A controllable, self replicating version of Cap's Supersoldier serum." John said as he flashed the molecule's structure on screen. "It's got a more insidious purpose however. This compound was designed to map out a person's DNA and exploit its weaknesses by weaving itself through the victim's genes. With a chemical trigger or a keyed pulse of energy a person could become enhanced, or…"

"killed?" Kim asked.

"Yes." John replied, "Except in Ron's case. The Mark has mutated this into something new… Fragments of the core molecule were found at…"

"Mengele's Auschwitz labs." Ron said as he turned away from the others. "It's a project that they were working on… The Beasts of Auschwitz…" 'BASTARDS!'

'Hon. We're here for you. They CAN cure you. RON?' Kim cried as he walled himself off…

"How did it get in his system?" Sheila asked while Kim tried to console Ron. 'THAT'S why he went after Strucker like that on his first Rook mission! Oh Ron!'

"Welll… Agents like this can be passed down from one generation to the next through the germ plasm… However his IS clean. Now all we have to do is give him a nanobot vaccination and he'll be fine… Uh where's he going?" John asked as Ron shook himself free from Kim's embrace and ran off.

"He's running from the past." Aurora said.

"How do you know?" Sheila asked as she saw Kim give chase.

"Peter did it too." Ship said.

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Ron Stoppable's Quarters…

Kim Possible…

The Girl Who Can Do Anything…

World Hero…

Was Helpless.

'How can I help him? What can I do?' she thought as she stood before Ron's door and heard him smashing items inside…

Then all grew quiet.

"Ron. It's me Kim. C'mon Hon. Open the door." She said.

"I can open the door for you if you like." Ship said to Kim.

"That's ok Aurora. HE'S got to do it. RON! OPEN THE DAMN DOOR! (BAM! BAM! BAM!) Now! … please?"

She heard him shuffling to the door…

He opened it and let her in.

His room had been hit by a hurricane of destruction.

'sorry kp.' He sent. 'I… HATE THEM FOR WHAT THEY DID! NAZI FUCKS!'

'OW!' Kim cried, 'Hon, not so LOUD!'

'Sorry. Guess I owe you an explanation huh?' he said as he sat on his bed and stared at the wall.

"Yeah it would help." She said as she sat on his left and took his hand. 'It's hard for you to talk about… The Holocaust I mean.'

'Yeah… For me it's because they killed EVERYBODY at the camps. If you were a German citizen that stood against Hitler, a Jew, or 'impure' you were sent there to die…' he said with head bowed. 'Have I EVER told you my other reason for loving you and Sheila so much?'

"No. What is it?" Sheila asked as she entered his room and sat on his right.

'You guys are like my Great Grandpa Imi… he ALWAYS fought for what was right…' he wept.

'Is this how you got…?' Kim asked as she hugged him.

'yeah. Great Grandpa Imi ran into an OSS unit named the Howling Commandos… They were going after some project at the camp… Imi saved… a friend of the family… and got exposed to the compound somehow… I just wish this shit would END! It's BAD ENOUGH that Drakken works with them after what they did… But this…! WE'RE OUT HERE AMONG THE STARS AND THE CRAP'S FOLLOWED US OUT HERE… GODDAMN THEM!'

"ow!" Kim and Sheila cried. "Sorry." Ron.

"…"

'Hon. I'll ALWAYS be there for you… no matter what. Let's just get this crap out of your system and get ready to face things like WE always do. 'k?' Kim sent as she raised his chin and gazed lovingly into his eyes while Sheila leaned on him.

'C'mon Hon. We've come TOO far to quit now. It'll be ok. You'll see.' Sheila sent.

"Besides Ron. You still have to show me how to cook… Ya gotta admit anything I whip up has GOT to be worse than ANY crap Strucker's chemists can cook up!" Kim said as she playfully punched him in the arm. ''Sides you know I've got your back just like you've got mine and Sheila's right?' she said as she kissed his cheek.

"Yeah. Ok. Gotcha KP, Sheila." He said as he shook it off, rose from his bed with Kim and Sheila and went back to the Medbay, "Let's get this over with and PARTY with the Spartoi!"

---

'Thanks KP.'

'No B… You're Welcome Hon.'

'You Too Sheila.'

''s Nothing.'

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Later…

'When I get my hands on you guys… You're DEAD!' Ron's Dark Heart thought.

End Part V