Tian Cai
By mkusenagi2
The story concept © 5-19-2006
All Marvel characters are © Marvel Comics.
All DC characters © DC Comics.
Kim Possible and other Disney characters
are © Disney Co.
Level 4: Jian (Mage)
Part X
5-21-2006
Condor 1/SHIELD
Helicarrier flagship
0530 hrs
Roll call.
"YAAH!" Ron screamed as he was zapped out of bed by a plasma spark! "WHAT THE HE…"
Sheila loomed in his vision… dressed in her old Shego suit!
"As senior agent here I'm taking charge… somewhat." She grinned. Ron shivered. "Get The Fuck Up." She walked to the door. It popped open.
"Meet us at the Practice Room in 15 or else." She growled.
"Or else what?" he groaned.
"You'll curse the day you were born." Her eyes flashed at him over her shoulder. "Old Mission gear only."
---
Ron ran up the hall towards the Practice Room…
Kim was visibly shaken.
"KP?" He said as he ran up.
Sheila spun him around. "Get IN THERE!" she growled as she threw him in and followed.
"Hey!" Kim cried as she ran in.
Sheila held her hand up for quiet.
"It's good and secure Agent Goble-Baux." Al said over the PA.
Sheila looked at her partners. "We SUCK! I've knocked everyone off the list 'til we're back." She poked her finger into Kim's chest. Her gaze slid to Ron as she stepped around a shocked Kim Possible. "Your factor. Is it working?" she whipped out a blade and nicked Ron's hand.
"AHHH! YEAH! YOU FUCK…crunch!" a rib gave way as she kicked him away and squared off against Kim.
"WHAT THE FUCK'S WRONG WITH YOU!" she screamed as she threw a flurry of punches and kicks at Sheila.
'Nothing.' She sent to a shocked Kim and Ron as she evaded the attack. 'I found out it was coming back… now you have to work through your crap… The best way I figure is to beat it out of us.' She sent a picture of what she'd done to her teammates.
"KP!" Ron cried as he rubbed his healed rib.
"I know Ron." Kim said as the Sentinel Master Mold appeared before them…
Then Venom…
Doc Ock…
Taskmaster…
Titanium Man…
Strucker…
Sandman…
Bullseye…
"She's set the Room's LMD's to lethal." She looked at Sheila. 'You crazy bitch!' she sent.
'Whoa! KP! Language?' Ron sent as Sheila tossed something at him…
Ron caught it and grinned.
It was his bo in bracelet mode. 'Show her.' She grinned at them through the Link.
'Show me what?' Kim sent as they began to evade their foes attacks.
'Show Kim what The Rook's really like… Show us what happens when someone threatens you… Show her the steel in your soul.'
They dove in.
---
While they began to thrash their way back to the Pinnacle, Sheila tapped her link and spoke to Wade…
"Ok Nerdlinger." She cooed as she ducked under Titanium Man's fist and blasted his armor to a crisp with a lashing pulsar. "I need a solid."
"Ok Ms Goble," Sheila frowned. "Uhhh… Sheila. What do you need… and what's in it for me?"
"I want you to look for any business deals done under the name of Drew… Merriam Drew. It's one of Viper's aliases. Watch Abad's money too. He's SO afraid of being broke. Look for something in food or utilities… it's a hunch." She purred as she conjured a wave of plasma that drove Ock and Sandman back while Ron fought to free Kim from Venom's clutches while she blinded the Master Mold, and Bullseye with her pulsars…
Ron released his bo and watched as it shocked Venom with a focused subsonic burst, decapitated Eddie Brock, and burnt it to a cinder as it tried to slither away…
Kim rolled away and hit Sandman with a blast of P-energy causing his powers to shut down…
Ran up his frame, leapt off his shoulder, turned in mid air, kicked him in the back of his head and landed silently as he dropped!
She ducked as she felt Ock throw a tentacle through the space her head had been in…
Ron shut off his eyes and saw Ock in The Dream… flowed around his flailing attacks and thunked him as he was clipped in the face by a grapple on Ock's tentacle…
He dropped to the floor and let Strucker grab him by the throat with his Satan Claw as Ock fell dazed…
Ron's blood ran… Pain bled through him… Kim felt a spike of panic and shoved it into the furnace her heart had become…
"Now you shall die Juden!" the LMD growled as it squeezed.
He dropped his head as a projectile smacked into Strucker's face.
Kim blasted Bullseye from the Dream's depths, disorienting him, and proceeded to shatter his joints…
"Oh Yeah. A scarred Nazi Cueball's gonna kill me…" Ron finished healing his wound and grabbed the Claw. He grinned at a stunned Strucker. "Do you have me where you really want me?" he said as he shattered the Claw with a blast of force.
Strucker was thrown across the room unconscious.
"Hmm. What's in it for you…? I'll do some poster shots for ya…" Sheila grinned.
'SHEILA!' Kim cried over the Link.
"Don't worry Princess… It'll be tasteful. Deal?" she asked as she burned Taskmaster with her right as he threw shuriken at them, and shielded them with her left as they fell back to regroup. "Deal." he clicked off.
'Whoa! This is even better than last time…' Ron sent to Kim and Sheila, 'It's like…'
'You've got it back?' Sheila sent with a smirk. 'I realized I got my share back when I saw Braddock Sr. … He tried to dis me, and it clicked on when I got pissed… I accept what I've done… what I am…'
'And you don't care what others think!' Kim completed for her as her aura strengthened. 'That's why Ron's been able sometimes to link with the bo…'
"And I'm gun shy around people… cause I know what they can do… and then it'd fade… 'til now…'
They ran/rolled away from their point as the Mold fired a proton pulse at their position…
'You figured it'd take a 'Life or Death' sitch to cure us…' Kim.
'So you went all 'Shego' on us!' Ron said as he glowed with Hanuman's Fire and…
Pulled out the bo…
Transformed it into the Vajramukti Mace of Hanuman before a shocked Kim as she was tackled and rolled out of harms way by Pulsar…
It whipped forward… and tore through their remaining foes as they tried to flee…
Wreckage and blood flew as The Rook tore through his enemies…
Kim was amazed to see…
That Ron had Compassion for their foes while he rent them.
The lights went out… then came up.
The Room was clear. The walls shone with a silvery glow.
"Clap. Clap. Clap." A man walked into the Room. One known to Ron and Sheila…
He stood before Kim…
Grinned around his eyepatch…
And shook her hand.
'(WHAT THE HELL'S HE DOING?)' Ron and Sheila unknowingly echoed behind their shields.
"Hi." Nick Fury said to Kim as he glared at a shocked Ron and Sheila. "Good job… Great Job actually…"
"And You Are?" Kim asked him while she sized him up. 'This guy… he knows us… them! The way he moves… he's soooo dangerous I don't even want to think about sparring with…'
She took in his grizzled visage… and was shocked to find that… in the Quantum Dream… the Essence warded her from seeing who he was… Kim looked at him with her Ninpo trained senses… This Man… was Everyman. He had paid a price for others… repeatedly… and would do so again without hesitation. He loved people… her, Ron, Sheila… everyone.
She looked at his scarred, eye patched visage… and somehow knew she… NO… they were safe.
"Uh pardon me Sir?"
"I SAID why are you hanging out with a THICK SKULLED LAME-BRAINED LUNKHEAD LIKE STOPPABLE?" he yelled.
Kim emptied out. "Because he's… They're the best partners I've ever had. Sir."
Fury peered at Kim. "I like ya kid. Ya got chutzpa…" and vanished before her shocked eyes! "I think you'll do ok when ya have to fight the Big One."
Kim turned to Ron; The Question in her confused eyes. 'Uh. Need to know.'
She nodded. 'Ok.' Kim looked at Sheila and Ron. 'But when the time's right?'
Sheila kissed Kim's cheek and hugged her. 'We'll tell. Trust me. It's worth the wait… If you knew now… It'd get in the way. We don't need that right now since we're fighting HYDRA.'
"By The Way Kids," Fury growled in their ears with his disembodied voice. "Yer back on the roster. The Heart and Hammer's back in Town."
"BOOYAH!" Ron cried for all of them.
---
Somewhere in the Caribbean…
Herr Smith sat in his office, thinking of the Good Old Days…
'Soon… all shall be broken by the might of HYDRA just as we broke Europe with the Third Reich… Until that idiot ignored me and attacked Russia too soon… When Frau Possible falls I shall rise… The symbol… no! The Heart of Hope shall be shattered and no more…' he lit a cigarette, placed it in his holder and took a puff. His scarred visage writhed into a smile. 'But first we must crush that verdammt Drakken… sigh… and Viper…'
---
Viper thought…
'Soon my new toy shall bring me the means to break free… I shall be truly reviled by all…'
She picked up a kris.
'And when it's done… I will harvest what's mine from the ruined Earth.'
---
Nick as well…
'Ron chose well. (snicker!) I like how she dropped bein' pissed at me ta learn more about me… hopefully Ron's picked the right one just like Imi did when he talked to Cap's recruiter all them years ago… and got him ta see what we really needed…'
---
Kim…
'Ok Possible. It's time to step off the cliff… into Never-Never Land…' she thought. 'Gonna have to check the conspiracy theory sites about that guy… Ron knows him… Sheila respects him…'
---
Sheila though of things while showering…
'Gonna have to do it. My brothers deserve it. We need this… It's only fair… they have to die… Strucker, Zola… Smith, as he calls himself…'
---
"BAM!" Ron kicked open the Ladies Locker Room door and strode in eyes shut and covered. "SORRY!" he cried as he used his 'sight' to find Sheila.
It was deserted. He made his way through the maze and stood before her.
"RON! What the hell do you think you're doing?" Sheila growled.
"Sorry. I…uh…" BLUSHING. "We need to talk… about you."
She frowned. Then smiled.
"It's ok knothead. I'm the only one in here... and I'm decent" '(Heh! Never thought I'd say that about myself and mean it!)' She growled as she zipped her suit. "You can open your eyes…"
"Nah. I'm good. 'bump!' OW!" she guided him down to sit next to her. His skin warmed… from her body heat. 'Heh. It's true.' He unintentionally sent.
'What?' 'Your senses get sharper when you can't see… uh use your eyes… (he tweaked the 'sight' and saw her. She was frowning.) uh never mind. What's up?'
'I… can't.' "I can't tell you." She said.
"Won't you mean. It's about your family. Isn't it?" he peeked at her.
She turned away.
Ron could feel her emotions roiling inside. 'What can I do to help? Guess it's out of my league.' He thought. He turned to her and placed his hand on her shoulder. "Why?"
She looked at him. "Why what?"
Serious Faced Ron. "Why'd you go there? With me. I'm not handsome an' stuff. So why?"
"Welll…uh."
"Is it Nick? 'Cause you see him in me, or is it something else? See the reason I'm asking is because I'm confused. I thought I was your 'go to' guy. At least that's what I've been thinking… y'know we've been all over and seen and done things that… are amazing. KP and I couldn't have done 'em without ya at our backs… I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you girls and how much you love me…" He peered into her stricken face. Gears linked. "It's Smith. He did something…to you…" he squinted. "Your family."
She silently wept and turned away.
He gently turned her face towards his. "Do you think you're the only one he's marked? Guys like him…" shadows passed. "The Holocaust…" Stone Face. She gasped. "I…lost family there…cousins…Nick and Great Grandpa… saved my Great Aunt there… no one else…" she crushed him in a heartfelt embrace. He pushed her back. "Whatever he did to you…ISN'T worth losing your soul over…"
'He's right.' Kim sent as she walked up and sat down. 'Don't worry. Al's set up a sign and popped a panel open. Don't know how… he…he said I needed to get inside…' she looked at Ron. 'He's goofy, stumbles, got a pet that's unusual… but his heart… is the truest thing I've ever seen…' Kim smiled. "And that's saying a lot. I try not to think I'm all that… but where it counts…" she punched Ron's arm. "He really is." She looked at Sheila, her partner. "He's right. It's not for you to do. If it happens that there's no other choice, ok. Otherwise…listen to Ron."
"Guys." Ron looked at Kim and Sheila with the Stone Face. "I figured it out. We've been played."
"What? What are you talking about Ron?" Kim asked.
'Smith. I know who he is.' He sent. 'He's the worst… ever. Hego is right. He's that bad.' Ron hugged himself. 'And he's half Jewish.'
Kim was thunderstruck. Sheila watched. Ron looked at her. 'You know too.'
Kim watched as a heavily shielded Sheila nodded. 'Who is he?" she asked.
'KP… I refuse to say his real name. He's…' Ron looked at them and caressed their souls with his. They dropped their shields…
He showed them.
Kim gasped. 'It's impossible! NO WAY! He's just a fable of the War!'
'Did Nan ever tell you any stories about him when she talked about her missions… against HYDRA or the Serpent Society?' he grimly sent. 'I don't remember her mentioning him… he was there. Cap's worst foe… ever.'
'But why? The World's Governments are quiet, they deny he ever… I mean…' she sputtered.
'So no one would get any ideas I guess. A whitewash. He's believed to be dead.' Ron sent. 'He's content to let folks think that too… that's the scary part… if I'm right… No I AM Right. What's worse is what happens if he dies…'
Sheila grit her teeth and growled.
"He… sacrificed… my folks… in a Weapon X experiment…Monod was there… He's dirty. And Smith… Schmidt was his sponsor. He's done things for our government through the back door." She grit her teeth. "Viper's the result of crap like this. She…she's got to pay."
They sat. Thunderstruck. "So that's why you asked Wade to…" Kim said.
"It happened when I was 16… Mom was career Air Force. A spook. She was one of the best… she and Dad volunteered… Kim." Sheila's eyes flashed with feral rage. "He gave them flawed samples of Rebirth serum. On purpose. Her and her clones!"
"Sheila…" Ron said as they tried to comfort her.
"NO! DON'T!" she shoved him away. "They deserve it! ALL OF THEM!"
"What about us?" he grit out. "You think we don't feel it too? I'VE LOST FAMILY TOO BECAUSE OF THEM! STRUCKER AND ZOLA MURDERED MY COUSINS IN THE WAR! SCHMIDT ORCHESTRATED IT!"
"Guys." Kim interjected… Heart breaking for them.
They were startled out of their growling match to see they were squared off… "Sorry." They said.
"We're not the enemy…and we won't win if we let them get to us like this." Kim said to the two people that she loved and trusted most. 'Especially someone like Schmidt.' She sent. Kim looked at Ron. 'Hon… if it's him… then we're in for the fight of our lives with Drakken since he was his pupil…' '(So since he's real… maybe Ron's Uncle IS… Noooo! That's just… TOO crazy for words!)'
"Yeah KP. You're right." He looked at Sheila. "I got your back. It's the least I can do… as the guy that's engaged to both of you." He looked at the stunned girls. "Just 'cause you bailed don't make it so for me KP. I'm still your guy. You too Sheila." Pin drop. "Sheila. I won't let you destroy yourself over this. We've come too far. As terrified as I am of him… I've got your backs." He rubbed the back of his head. "I…gotta go. There's a pile of stuff I've gotta look over. Unc thinks I have what it takes to make Colonel…" he noticed Kim looking at him curiously. "Uh I talked to 'im. Heh. Cap stopped by and gave me a copy of his stuff too." He looked at Sheila.
Sheila stared at this man. One she had picked… One that loved her… despite what she'd been perceived to be… and set aside most of her rage.
"It's ok." She looked at him… pensively. "I'm good. I'll listen to what you said. Really." She looked at Kim "Go ahead… I know Cap's one of your faves. I'll see you guys later. Got some thinking to do." She shoved them out the door into a small crowd of grumpy SHIELD women agents. "Ok guys, drill's over. You Pass. Thanks Al."
"Don't mention it. Glad to help." He said as he finished closing the panel. "Ok. Now the circuits are back on line. Sorry ladies." He said before he went up the hall kit in hand.
"They can't do stuff in their quarters?" Special Agent Gail Runciter asked as she shoved past.
Ron and Kim grinned.
They walked up the hall… 'Ron.' They heard. 'Yeah?' he sent while Kim listened. 'THAT'S why I chose you. What you just did…from your heart.' Sheila sent a wordless message of love to them. 'That goes for you too Princess.'
'Double for me…Hon.' Kim sent back to a stunned Sheila. 'Just bear with me. I've… got some things to work out. Stuff I've gotta grow past.'
'Been there. See ya later.'
Ron and Kim walked up the hall. 'Ron?' she sent. 'Yeah KP?' 'Could you tell me some stories about…Imi…and Uncle Nick…?' she popped out a sheepish grin. 'What you're comfortable with…' he turned to look at her. 'The reason I'm asking…Well the other day…Logan stopped by my cabin…he sensed I was in pain…and set me straight…about… What We Do …I just wanted to know more about the guys that helped you become the guy you are…' she frowned. 'The guy you always have been. When we talked…he…Logan had this look…he told me they had him in Sobibor…'
'A hellhole…just as bad as Auschwitz…'
'…' 'He got this look when he thought of Imi… he said you reminded him of Imi…' she thought for a moment. 'Hon how old is Logan?'
'He's old by our standards. At least 120. He was born in the 1800's. It's his mutant healing thingie…'
'Wow.' They found themselves standing in front of his quarters. Ron fidgeted. Kim clasped her hands behind her back and nervously rocked on her heels. 'May I come in?' she asked.
'Sure. Gonna take a shower, then hit the books. Wanna take a peek at Cap's notes?'
They walked in. 'Sure! I mean…' Blushing Kim. 'Kim. It's cool. Really.' He got a shy look on his face. 'I was the same way about Jean Grey…' Kim grinned at Her Beetroot Ron. 'Phoenix…uh 'til…y'know…'
'What?'
'You… and Sheila.' Beety Ron. 'Uh anyhow… did you and Logan talk about anything else?'
'He told me… about you being there when he caught up with Miko's murderer.'
Ron was stricken. "KP…" 'Kim…I…I'm sorry.'
She hugged him and looked deeply into his eyes. "It's ok." She hugged him again… hard. "You're an honorable guy… sorry I dissed it by ignoringmmmph!" He kissed her.
They broke it and looked at each other. "You didn't dis it. You were preoccupied at the time so you didn't notice that part of the Ronman's coolness…KP there's nothing to forgive." He pointed at his dresser. "Some of your stuff's in there…I left it where it was." He was open. "Hey! You wanna see Imi's journals? I got 'em on disc."
She smiled and pushed him towards his shower. "No. Not yet. Stories from you'll be good enough…" she looked around. "Where's Rufus?"
"Him? Oh he's hangin' out with Nick and the guys…" he stood stock still for a sec. "Uh The Specialist and your folks I mean. They're working on Drakken's bug… Sorry. Got Unc on the brain." '(Don't ask me more! Please!)' He thought as he stripped and turned on his shower while Kim watched.
'(YUM! BAD Kim! Gotta wait… sigh. Gotta get straight in my head first.)' "Ok." 'Hmmm.' "Ron…what's up with The Specialist? Guy's like an extra from the Cold War… The scary part I mean." She went to his dresser and sorted through her clothes. 'he's got a lot of my and Sheila's stuff in here…' She held up one of Sheila's bras. '(Maybe one day…nah Ron likes 'em.)' Blush.
"Uh he's cool. Tough but cool. A friend of my Dad's from 'the old days'… Dad says he owes him…" he stepped out, toweled off and tossed on a robe while Kim rummaged.
'Killer ass KP! Uhh…'
She smiled… posed and stepped in.
She rushed into the bath, stripped and showered while he dressed.
'Guess it's comin' back… not gonna push it.' He willed his bloodflow back to normal.
Ron sat in a chair and waited while Kim showered…
He woke to see her sitting on his bed, smiling at him, dressed in capri's and crop top, while brushing her hair. "'PAT!' C'mon over. I'll be good. Promise. You look like you could use a backrub."
"Uh. Ok." He gingerly got on his bed and lay facedown. Kim sat astride and proceeded to turn his back to putty. "Mmm. Nice!"
"You like? Sheila taught me." He purred a nonverbal response. 'Tell me about him. Imi I mean. What was he like?'
'Well… all I know about him… how he was came from Dad. He told me…'
---
Meanwhile…
Al made one last call from inside his alien cyberrig…
To a man…
One others hated… disliked… feared… or Loved.
One he'd adopted as his brother.
One he called…
The Tones.
The link purred and clicked open.
"Goddamned kids. Look you little bastards if you call here one more time I'm gonna skin…"
"Tones. I need ya. It's the Old Man… and Team Possible." Al said. Sweat popped out.
"No. I'm retired. Just run squad these days. … redemption. You know what that means don't ya Al?" a growl shattered through.
"Tell me. How many cases of meningitis have you taken to…"
"Don't ask… An' that ain't what it is… You know… Kids don't ask for what happens to 'em. It's our fault. Which is why I like few adults." He sighed. "Ok. I'll do it. Gotta get my team and… some tools."
"Cool. Brenda's taking care of the C3." Al said.
"Cool!" Al swore he could feel a smile over the link. "Then it's a cakewalk. The Old Man huh?"
"Yeah."
"If it weren't for him… I wouldn't be walking…" Gears spun in frightful ways… "'Cisco has to do the dems. No one blasts shit better."
"On it. Where…" Al said.
"Just tell me. I'll get there; the less you know the better. 'Click!'"
Team Possible's chance grew…
Exponentially.
---
Meanwhile…
The good doctors had made some headway…
And were terrified.
"So. What is it?" The Specialist asked the team. 'Helluva brain trust here… can they do it?'
"It's a construct… designed to act like a pathogen." Anne said. "We've detected transmissions on the quantum level that show this to be true… with Wade and Reed's equipment." James and Reed added.
"The organism's designed to grow and infiltrate the brains of the infected… and disrupts the higher functions." House growled.
"We DO know that it can't infect everyone." Cuddy said as she looked at slides under a microscope. "Specifically those that have had or are resistant to meningococcal infections… or have been vaccinated."
"Guys like our SHIELD troopers… but not guys like objectors to vaccination." The Specialist grumped.
"Exactly." Wilson said. "Don't worry about Team Possible. They've been inoculated…" he said with a frown. "The vectors airborne. It hits within a matter of hours. Frankly… it's brilliant. Oh yeah… we're clean."
"But you need to see this." Foreman said with a haunted look as he tapped on a plasma monitor. It showed scenes from different ERs around the world. "As we speak… hospitals are being flooded with… children… and adults…"
The Specialist chomped his cigar in half. "What's the ratio?"
Cameron looked away then at him full on. "4:1. He's infected the World's population… in a matter of hours…"
"The Human Race will have lost several generations…" James said.
"We have to tell them. Team Possible needs to know." Reed said.
'He's right Nick.' Xavier said over a shielded link.
"I'll tell 'em… up to a point." He pointed at Anne, Reed, James, and Xavier. "You guys have the most experience dealing with neurological disease and tech that affects the body. Find a way ta stop it… I'll fill 'em in. How'd our guys get infected anyhow?"
"We found traces of a compound that had been used by HYDRA in the 60's in the new agents…" Cuddy said. "The ones that show the same material are in quarantine. On Ice."
"Cryostasis." James growled.
"The HEW/HYDRA thing." The Specialist grated. "HYDRA was tryin' sera on kids back then…" he glared at them. "DON'T tell the SecGen anything."
"But…" Chase said.
"He's right." Said the one person they'd never expect. "He's dirty. He was in the middle of the scandal and walked. Clean. Abad's been in the middle of several scandals and walked. Blood Diamonds to HYDRA and AIM is one in particular. He's got a LOT of money and shell companies to hide it with. Every time he's been put on the spot a patsy appears." House growled.
"It doesn't matter anyway." Another voice said as they came into the lab. "He's dead. Killed by the pathogen when we tried to arrest him. A cover's in place." She sighed as Anne eased her into a chair. "We got his records… for what good they'll do. I've got my troops and resources at your disposal…" she looked at The Specialist. "Sir. Let's hope your weapon can stop them. God knows you've been working on them long enough"
Said none other than a dinged Betty Director.
"What weapon?" Chase said.
"Team Possible…" The Specialist said. "An' they're goin' up against a bastard that's learned… one that's willing to…"
"Take over the world?" Cameron asked.
"No." House said.
"destroy it… all the people in it…" Anne whispered.
"by killing it's children." Cuddy and The Specialist said.
---
Somewhere in the Midwest…
'Hmmm.' Brenda sat before her 'borrowed' cyberrig. It was an experimental THz 'machine'… 'Let's see… Merriam Drew bought a slew of stocks to green mail…! Found You. Or at least where you're headed.'
She told the rig to guide Wade and zipped off an email to Al. 'It's too quiet. Gonna check on the boys…'
---
5-22-2006
Middleton, CO
On the road to Kim's…
0400 hrs
"Here's the plan. LMD's…" Kim quizzically looked at The Specialist as he drove them to her home in a nondescript cable van. "Life Model Decoys, have been deployed at your house Kim to make it look like your folks are home. (Don't worry we set it up so they're on 'leave'.) Our guy in the field says Drakken's gunnin' for ya. A bunch of Viper and pretty boy clones have been poppin' up all over that look like this." A picture of Eric flashed on the windshield. "Just do your day to day an' wait. Sheila's yer backup."
Rufus hopped from one pack to another checking their kits…
"What if this doesn't work?" she asked. Ron nudged her. "Uh Oh!" Rufus chirped.
The Specialist glared at her.
"Right." Kim. 'It has to… or we're sunk.'
"Get to it." He growled as they pulled up to her house. "Rufus keep 'em out of trouble." 'Godspeed Kids…'
"Uh Huh!" he chirped from Ron's shoulder.
---
They stepped in…
A light flicked on.
"How was the mission sweetie?" 'Anne' said from the top of the stairs.
Kim looked at Ron. 'So weird.' "Uh fine 'Mom'. Ron's staying over ok?"
"That's fine Dear. 'Night Kids." The LMD said as it went to 'bed'.
'Why's it weird. I think it's kinda cool.' Ron sent, grinning.
"No funny business Mister, or it's a one way ticket to a black hole for you!" drifted down.
'Yeah you're right Kim. Weird.'
She giggled. So did Rufus.
Ron frowned then grinned.
End Part X