The Mythbusters meet Team Possible.
Chapter Three
By Captainkodak1

Ron stepped up to where Kari, Grant and Tori were standing around the VW they had built to use with the rocket engine.

"Hey dude, what now?"

Grant picked up a small model of a VW from the table.

"Well Ron, normally before we go full scale we normally test what we are trying to do on a smaller scale. Jamie has made a number of small radio controlled cars that we use in testing. We have one here that will fit the scale of our VW, but the radio controls on this one are not working and there is no way to get Jamie to fix it anytime soon."

Ron smiled and crossed his arms.

"Problemo solved my friend. You need a driver for the smaller car? Well Rufus will fill in as driver won't you buddy?"

Rufus crawled out of Ron's pocket and jumped out on the table. He was wearing a small crash helmet and goggles.

"Ahuh, ahuh."

Rufus made like he was driving as he ran all over the top of the table. Kari pulled back for a moment.

"I know I have asked before but I'll ask again. What is the freaky thing?"

Ron reached out and picked Rufus up.

"This is Rufus, my best buddy next to Kim and one of the team. Expert in undoing locks and finding ways into places."

Grant placed a model car on the table.

"Rufus, do you think you can drive this?"

Rufus scrambled over to the car and crawled in. He stuck his head out as he squeaked at Ron and pointed to a few things in the car. Ron nodded.

"He says that he needs a seat and a steering wheel. He also said to make sure the seat has seatbelts and padding."

Tori looked over a Ron.

"You can understand what he says."

Ron nodded.

"Sure, clear as day to me."

Ron looked back down as Rufus waved to get his attention and then listened as he squeaked. Rufus spoke to Ron for a moment then turned to the Mythbusters team with his arms crossed as he tapped one foot.

"He says let's get ready and light this puppy."

Grant nodded.

"Okay, let's try out the toy car and we will see what we can do."

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Adam stood with Jamie as Kim walked up with her flight pack. Setting her pack down, she flipped her hair back over her shoulder.

"Okay, let's take a look at your personal flying machine."

Jamie pointed to the rack where the flying machine they had built stood. Kim looked it over. She pulled her Kimmunicator out, did a scan, and then consulted the screen. She nodded then turned to face Jamie and Adam.

"It looks like a great idea. Do you mind if I try it?"

Adam and Jamie looked at each other as Jamie scratched his beret.

"Well, I guess you could. The last time we tried we could not get it off the ground. But, you are smaller than the two of us, so it just might have the power to take off with you. Do you really think you can fly it?"

Kim pulled her helmet on.

"Check my name."

Jamie strapped Kim into the machine while Adam attached a safety line to her.

"We just want to make sure you will be safe. Don't want any accidents."

Accidents? What are accidents? The Mythbusters never have accidents.

Kim gave a smile as the engines to the fans were started up. She slowly adjusted the speed until her feet lifted off the floor and she flew the backpack in a hover. She kept it there for a moment then reached down and up hooked the safety cable. Increasing the power to the fan she gained altitude until she was able to fly over one set of stacks and touch the floor then fly back to where Jamie and Adam were standing. With a light touch Kim landed the craft and shut off the engines. Jamie and Adam helped her mount the backpack onto the rack that had been holding it. Kim unbuckled herself and stepped away from the craft.

"That's a sweet little ride. A little rough around the edges but it's a start. How well did it work the first time?"

Adam and Jamie looked as each other. Jamie turned back to Kim.

"Actually we never got it off the ground."

Kim picked up her flight pack.

"Would either one of you want to try my flight pack?"

Adam jumped over and grabbed the pack.

"ME! ME! ME!"

Kim gave him a wary eye.

"Okay, but I'm going to have Wade fly it by remote control until you learn how to fly it better."

Kim helped Adam put the jetpack on and adjusted the straps. She put a flight helmet on him and stepped back. Pulling out her Kimmunicator, she pressed the key to call Wade.

"Wade you ready?" Wade nodded.

"Anytime Kim."

The motors started up and Adam lifted off the floor. Wade maneuvered the jetpack in a hover and flew it slowly around M5.

Adam glanced down at the hand controls.

"What's this button?"

Kim yelled. "NO DON'T PUSH…."

Adam pressed the button and the jetpack began to wobble.

Kim slapped her hand to her head.

"That turns off the remote control."

The jetpack did two loops within the confines of M5 along with two barrel rolls. Kim watched in amazement.

"Wow, even I have'nt been able to make them do that. Ron on the other hand…"

Wade got control just as Adam flew into a large cargo net hanging from the rafters. The engines shut off as the wings and Adam's legs got caught in the netting. He and the jetpack flipped over and he ended up hanging upside down looking at everyone.

"This wins as the strangest position I've ever been in...on this show."

Don't you love how he qualifies it with "on this show"? Adam up put terror back into terra firma.

Kim crossed her arms.

"Okay, now we know who "not" to let try the equipment."

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Grant set the toy car down on the concrete of M5. Rufus jumped out of Ron's pocket wearing a miniature crash helmet and crawled into the car. He looked around then stuck his head out and gave everyone a thumb up.

"Hokay" he squeaked.

Ron nodded.

"He's ready. How about you guys?"

Grant picked up the control to the car as Tori set the car on a path towards a ramp set up further down the building floor.

"Okay, we have a small rocket engine built into the rear of the car. Its power is scaled to that of the toy car. If all goes well, then we will know how big a rocket engine to put in our car."

Grant turned to Ron.

"Is Rufus ready?"

Ron pointed to Rufus in the car.

"Ask him yourself dude. He understands you."

Grant looked at Ron for a moment then got down on his knees and looked in the car.

"You ready Rufus? Here we go."

Grant took the safety off the control and pressed the ignition switch. The rocket motor fired and sent the car across M5 in a cloud of smoke.

We clearly have ignition… but what the hell's going on in there?

Kari and Tori grabbed a couple of fire extinguishers and chased the car into the smoke, putting out small fires as they went.

Not so much "fire in the hole" as fire in the whole shop

The car flipped over on its back and disappeared in a flash of light and impressive "BOOOM!"

Adam came around the corner from one of the stacks.

"WOAH!" Then he asked in a quiet voice. "Ok... is everybody ok?"

Eh... fresh underwear for Mr. Savage, please.

Ron ran to where Rufus had disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Rufus! Rufus! Where are you buddy?"

Rufus came running out from under one of the equipment stacks trailing a stream of smoke. Climbing up on the table where Kari sat watching the test and drinking a cup of coffee, he ran across the table and grabbed the cup from Kari's hands. Placing the cup on the tabletop, he turned around and hoisted himself over top of the cup and sat down. A slight hissing noise came with the smile across his face and an audible sigh of relief. He turned back to Kari and handed her cup of coffee back to her. Kari looked at her cup then dumped it all cup included into a nearby trashcan.

Ron ran up and picked up Rufus.

"You okay little buddy?"

Rufus nodded then turned to Grant and shook his paw at him while his squeaked at him. Then Rufus turned around and show Grant his singed tail.

Grant looked at Ron. "What did he say?"

Ron shrugged his shoulder. "Dude, you really don't want to know, but if you can hand him a nice wedge of cheddar he will forgive you. What happened to the car?"

Grant held up the remains of the car.

"I think we didn't have a strong enough tube around the rocket motor. We will run another test in a few minutes. Will Rufus drive for us again?"

Ron looked at Rufus how was making a show of thinking of it. Until Tori come up with a block of cheese.

"What do you say Rufus? Would you do it for a Rufus snack? A nice block of Parmesan?"

Rufus thought for a moment then a grin split his face and he leaped across the table to grab the block of cheese. He gave Tori a thumb up and proceeded to eat the cheese. Tori nodded.

"Well, looks like we got our driver back. You ready again Grant?"

Grant walked up with a new body for the car and a new engine installed.

"Okay, I put in a stronger tube and picked up the other body. Are you ready Rufus?"

Rufus gave the OK signal and hopped back into the car. Tori set it back on the floor facing the ramp. Grant pressed the ignition switch and the rocket engine ignited and pushed the car in a flaming streak across the floor of M5. The tiny car hit the ramp and flew several feet across the workspace and crashed against the far wall. Grant, Tori, Kari and Ron ran across the room to check on the car and Rufus. Ron got to the car first and picked it up.

"Rufus! You okay in there buddy?"

Rufus crawled out of the side window and gave everyone a thumb up.

Tori and Grant measured the distance the car had flown and did some calculations.

"That worked perfect! Now we have a rocket motor installed in the VW that has proportionately the same amount of power that this model had. So Ron, are you and Buster ready to try it out?"

Ron turned to Grant.

"Buster is riding with me? Coolio!"

Ron stepped over to Buster in his seat. Picked up his hand and gave Buster a high five.

"Do you hear that my man, it's going to be me and you going into the true blue yonder."

Weighing in at 180 pounds, this Series 2 crash test dummy retired in 1998, after making quite an impact in his chosen profession…but if it's the quiet life he's after, he's a bigger dummy than he looks. Joining Buster at 150 lbs will be Ron Stoppable. Are we going to find out who the bigger dummy is?

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Ron pulled on his crash helmet and buckled it tight. Tori handed him a pair of gloves.

"Okay Ron this is it. All you have to do is keep the car straight up the ramp and out onto the landing strip. When you hit just hang on, we'll be right there for you."

Ron nodded under the full face mask he was wearing. He gave everyone the ok sign and climbed in. Grant and Kari finished locking the seatbelts on Ron and Buster. Rufus hopped on in front of Ron and gave him the okay sign. Then he scampered out of the car and up on Tori's shoulder. Everyone stepped back behind the blast windows that had been set up. Grant picked up the firing control and started the countdown. 10-9-

Time to take stock. One VW—check. One potentially explosive rocket engine—check. One crash dummy—check. One driver dum… excuse me one brave driver who has been known to trip over his own shadow. What could possibly go wrong? Remember, this is the Mythbusters, something always goes wrong.

5-4-3-2-1 IGNITION!

A plume of smoke gushed out of the rocket engine followed by a cone of fire. The car accelerated down the track toward the ramp. Kari watched at the car bobbled back and forth then straightened up ready to hit the ramp.

"It looks like it's going to work! He's going to hit the ramp and…."

BOOOOMMMMM!!

The car disappeared in a ball of flame and smoke. Rufus gasped and fainted. Grant had to catch him as he fell off of Tori's shoulder. He quickly handed Rufus to Kari.

"Here take care of him while we check on Ron!"

Grant and Tori grabbed fire extinguishers along with the rest of the crew as everyone raced to see if Ron was alright. Kari stood there with a passed out Rufus in her hands.

"Why are you handing me this freaky thing?"

She looked around and saw and extra helmet lying on the ground. She placed Rufus in the padding of the helmet and jumped back flapping her hands as if to shake the feeling out of her hands. She turned and ran for the smoking remains of the car.

Everyone arrived at the site to see pieces of the car lying all over the place. The smoke was thick and parts of the rockets engine lay smoking and sputtering on the ground. Grant turned down range to see an object laying at rest several feet away. The smoke was so thick he could not really see what it was. Then a gust of wind blew the smoke away to reveal Ron and what was left of Buster still sitting in their seats. Ron still had the remains of the steering wheel in his hands. Tori knelt in front of Ron and looked down. Apparently the seats along with the roll cage they had installed as well as the floor of the VW had some how survived the explosion and had flown from the explosion and slid to a stop. Grant started to check Ron out.

"Ron, Ron? Can you hear me are you okay?"

Kari played her fire extinguisher over Ron and Buster to put out any remaining flames and to cool everything off. Then she took a good look at Buster. She grimaced. Buster was a mess. All of the force sensors on his body had been tripped, one of his arms lay twisted back, and one of his legs had broken off and lay a few feet away. She turned from Buster to look over at Grant as he worked on Ron.

"Is he okay?"

Ron let go of the steering wheel. Reaching up he pulled off the face plate of his helmet and let out a breath. Smoke filled the air. He reached up and pulled his helmet off. His blonde hair flopped back down in place and his brown eyes looked at the three as they watched him.

"Hi guys, wow what a head rush! Just like when Kim and I got blown out of Drakken's lair that time."

All three of the Mythbusters blinked.

"You mean this is normal for you?"

Ron nodded as he unbuckled himself and stood up.

"Sure, it's happened a couple of times. We have come out with no problems. Does anyone have a slurpster? I have got a thirst that only one of those can quench. No problem, I check the cooler back at the truck. I put one in there before we left. Later dudes, let me know if you need any help cleaning up. Wait till I tell KP about this."

Ron picked up his helmet and started to walk back to the equipment truck leaving the three Mythbusters staring at his back as he walked away.

Kari shook her head.

"There is no way he should even be alive, much less walking away. Take a look at Buster! He is so busted. Jamie and Adam are not going to believe this."

Tori and Grant looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.

"Well, the first test has shown that so far Ron Stoppable is tougher than Buster."

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Well that's it for now; it looks like Kim and Ron are getting into the action and drama of Mythbusters. Now what will come next? What will the Mythbusters try?

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