Ok, I couldn't put this down, I had to put up this other chapter. I already have the next chapter thought up, I just have to put it down and uploaded and on here, just a matter of writing it. The problem is, it is now 8 in the morining, I haven't slept and I should do that soon and I have to go back to my house, the place with no interweb. I should be back this weekend, I'll write the next chappy and get it out. I make Kim a little bit dark in this, but a small bit, a smidge really, but it's there. Anywho, thanks for all who read.
Thank you CajunBear73, it is a rocky start and going to get rockier.
And thank you spectre666, I'm glad you like it and have been reading it, I apreciate it.
"So what is this?" Kim asked Wade as she picked up what looked like a hair dryer.
"A grappling gun," Wade said, looking through several boxes in his over-stuffed room. There were three computer's, one looked like it was in working order on a computer desk and the other two looked as if they had been pulled apart for parts. There was several shelves on the wall that held parts that she didn't recognized. There looked like there was a small robot in one corner and she thought she saw a bed somewhere in the corner but it was covered in parts, paper and boxes.
"What are you looking for?" Kim asked sitting down on the computer chair and watched as Wade pushed another box aside and grabbed another.
"It's a…" Wade's muffled voice came out and suddenly he stood with two devices in his hand that looked like a box with a screen and was blue. "Aha! These are communicators that I invented about a year ago," he said handing one to her. "This way you, me and Ron can keep in touch." Kim took the communicator and looked at it, it had a small screen that she had seen before and three buttons.
"Do they work?" she asked and he gave her an annoyed look.
"Of course they work," he said and pocketed the other device so he could give it to Ron when they met him at the airport. He picked up the things that he had pulled out of the boxes that he had searched and handed them to her. "This," he said handing her what looked like a tube of lipstick, "is a laser."
"A laser?" she asked skeptically and opened it but Wade grabbed it from her before she could do any more.
"Be careful!" he admonished and put the cap back onto the tube. "Push the button on the side and you'll blow a hole in the wall."
"Sorry," she said looking down and Wade chuckled.
"Don't worry about it, these walls have had so many holes blown through them that I don't think there is any of the original's left." She looked up and smiled at that and he turned and placed two of the hairdryer/grappling hooks and the tube of laser into a bag with some other things. "Ready to go?"
"Yes," she said and followed Wade out of his room.
When they arrived at the small airport, Wade's mom driving, they found Ron waiting for them wearing khaki cargo pants and a black t-shirt looking anxious but determined.
"What kept you guys?" he asked and they rolled their eyes.
"Wade had to find his gadgets," Kim said walking past him towards the private plane on the tarmac.
"So everything is ready to go?" Ron asked following, Wade falling into step next to him.
"As ready as I can make you," he said and handed Ron a communicator.
"What's this?" he asked.
"A communicator," Wade replied and then handed him the duffle bag full of his gadgets.
"A Kimmunicator?" Ron asked, hearing him wrongly as the plane started up and Wade laughed.
"Sure, I like that," he called back. "Kim, Ron, be careful all right?"
"Will do Wade," Ron said and Rufus poked his head out and Wade smiled.
"Watch out for them Rufus," he said as they borded the plane and the naked mole rat saluted him.
Once inside, Ron took a seat across the aisle from Kim who was staring out the window, only half listening to the pilot as he went over the safety procedures.
"Kim?" Ron said quietly and she turned a small smile on him.
"I'm ok Ron," she said and threw something onto his lap. He picked them up and found them to be a pair of black gloves and he looked at her questioningly.
"They'll help," was all she said in response.
"Thanks," he said and pulled them on.
"I spoke to the pilot and he said we'll be taking a small stop in New York then to London then Edinburgh," she said and Ron nodded.
"Great, I haven't been to any of those places," he said sounding a bit excited.
"We're not there for vacation Ron, the stops in New York and London will be short and when we get to Scotland, we'll be working."
"I know," Ron said, feeling a bit flustered at her reprimand. "I've just always wanted to travel." Kim didn't respond but went back to looking out the window. The ride was mostly silent, and when they reached the airport in New York, they were able to get out and get something to eat. They had something on the plane but it had not been much and so they stocked up for the rest of the flight with drinks and snacks. Once they reached London, they again stopped to get something to eat before boarding the plane once more and they turned towards Scotland. The closer they got to Scotland, Ron noticed the more Kim became tense. Once they had landed, they thanked the pilot and was told that a transport would be waiting for them inside. Once through customs they made their way through the airport and towards the front where they found a man holding a sign saying "Possible" and they made their way to him.
"You're waiting for Possible?" Kim asked him once they had reached him.
"Aye," he said, holding out his hand and grinned. He had bright red hair, light blue eyes and a large smile with a few crooked teeth. "I'm Ian, Wade said you'd be needing a ride and well seein' as I like 'im I thought I'd help out."
"Thanks Ian," Kim said and they followed him out to a beat up car parked near the front.
"I don' have the car to make it to where your goin' but my friend does and he agreed to let you borrow it." Ian turned out to be a very chatty person and the whole way to his friends house, he spoke of his life, his wife and their baby on the way. Ron spoke with him, but Kim kept mostly silent. They drove further into the country for about an hour until they stopped in front of a small house with a large property.
"All right, we're here," Ian said and they all climbed out and walked to the front door and knocked. A woman opened the door wearing blue jeans and a blouse, her brown hair pulled back in a ponytail and a little girl about four years old on her hip.
"Ian, good to see you!" she said and pulled him in for a hug which he returned.
"Hello Abby," he said and kissed her on the cheek. "These are friend's of Wade's," he said, indicating Ron and Kim.
"Well 'ello," she said, shaking their hands, "a friend of Wade's is a friend of ours."
"Thank you," Ron said and Abby led them inside.
"Bernard should be back in a few minutes, then you should be on your way," she said, offering them tea which Kim turned down but Ron accepted. About twenty minutes later, a big, burly man came in, he had dark brown hair, brown eyes that held a twinkle and a large smile.
"These them then?" he asked when he was introduced to Kim and Ron.
"Yeah," was all Ian said as he still sat at the table, sipping his coffee.
"Well everything is set for you, you'll be taking the truck, I've got a map for you here," he said handing the map to Kim who took it, along with the keys. "I'm not sure why you're here, I don't ask questions, but be careful, that castle you're headin' to is rumored to be a lot of trouble." Both Kim and Ron thanked him and took the keys out to the car where they threw their duffle bags into the back and started off.
"This was really nice of Bernard and Abby to let us use their car," Ron said, trying to start a conversation but Kim remained silent. "Kim are you going to be ok?"
"I won't be ok until I know what Killigan knows," she said and they lapsed back into silence. They drove for several hours along back roads and through the country until the reached the top of a large hill and found a large castle sitting on a cliff.
"Is that it?" Ron asked, leaning forward to look closer at the intimidating building.
"Looks like it," Kim said and proceeded to continue down the road until they reached a gate. "Darn it!" Kim cried hitting the steering wheel.
"Hold on," Ron said, climbing out of the car and walked to the gate, pulling Rufus out as he went. Kim watched as Ron said something to the naked mole rat and Rufus jumped from his hand and made a dive for the lock. He worked on it for several moments before it popped open and Rufus looked up at Ron with a grin and Ron shouted something while pumping his fist into the air. Ron picked Rufus up and placed him back into his pocket and climbed back in.
"Who needs a lock pick kit?" he asked, grinning at Kim who only smiled back before driving forward through the gate and towards the castle. As the approached the place seemed dark but they kept their eyes open, looking for traps.
"What's that?" Ron asked, as something small and white came flying at their car.
"Exploding golf ball!" was all Kim could say before she turned the wheel sharply to the right, trying to avoid the small explosive and just barely as an explosion rocked the car, hitting where they had just been.
"Exploding golf ball?" Ron asked, gripping onto the arm rest and dashboard to steady himself as Kim weaved in and out of the small, exploding objects.
"His specialty," she said and drove them into a small copse of trees and stopped. "We'll go on foot from here," she said, turning to grab the duffle bags as she climbed out.
"On foot, isn't that more dangerous?" Ron asked, exiting the car slowly.
"Not as bad as in the car," Kim said, walking to the tree line and looking out before turning to Ron. "You can stay here if you want," she said and Ron shook his head.
"I'm with you KP."
"KP?" she asked, not used to the nickname.
"Yeah," was all Ron said before looking both ways and exiting the lines of trees.
"Ron," she said grabbing his arm before he could go far. "Remember what I said, if things get rough, stay low."
"Gotcha Kim," he said and followed as she made her way towards the castle. The way to the building was exploding golf ball free but Kim was still on her guard and once they reached the wall, she took a quick look around the corner but saw no one.
"All right," she said quietly, turning to Ron, "I want you to go up, and try to find a way in. I'm going to go in the front, he'll be expecting me but not you," she said pointing in the direction and Ron looked upwards at the tall wall.
"Up?" he asked and Kim nodded before handing him a hairdryer.
"Up," she said and disappeared around the corner.
"Up," Ron muttered before taking a step back and aiming it at the edge of the wall and fired the gun and was surprised to see his pants on the hook heading for the edge of the building. Looking down, he was horrified to find himself now only in his boxers. Quickly covering himself, he looked around and was relieved to find himself alone. Feeling embarrassed, especially when Rufus stuck his head over from the edge he sighed and stared climbing the rope, glad that Kim had given him the gloves. He reached the edge and pulled himself over, breathing hard and found himself on what looked like a balcony that led to a bedroom. He grabbed his pants and pulled them on, feeling a bit distressed when he saw the rip down the side. Rufus climbed onto his shoulder and patted his cheek in comfort and he sighed before approaching the doors. A loud beeping made him jump a foot in the air and looked around but could not find where the sound was coming from. Rufus pulled at his shirt and he looked down to see him pointing at the Kimmunicator and Ron laughed a bit to himself. Pushing the large button in the middle, the screen blinked a bit before he saw Wade on the other end.
"Hey Ron, how's it going, I haven't heard from you two since London. Ian and Abby said that you got there all right. What's going on?"
"We're at Killigan's," Ron said quietly, looking for any movement on the other side of the doors.
"Oh, how's it going? Where's Kim?"
"We split up, she went around the front, I'm trying to find a way in right now."
"Hold on," Wade said and he turned to his computer for a few moments before turning back. "That door is locked and has an alarm on it. Go to the balcony to your right, the door there is unlocked."
"Ok, thanks Wade."
"No problem, I'm going to see if I can get a hold of Kim," with that he signed off.
Sighing, Ron turned to the next balcony only to realize that there was a gap of about five feet. Looking down, Ron took a deep breath and took a step back.
"Man I hate heights," he said, swallowing hard. "This is for Kim, I have to help Kim," he said, climbing onto the stone railing surrounding the balcony he was on. Taking a deep breath, Rufus stick his head out for a moment before squeaking and hiding again, and he jumped.
Kim made her way around to the front of the castle to the large front doors, making it obvious she was there. Once she reached them, she saw a small door to the right and quickly turned and tried it but found it to be locked. Dropping the duffle bag, she searched through it until she found what she was looking for and uncapped the tube and used the laser to cut the lock. Once she was done, she opened the door slowly and peeked in, not finding anyone, she slipped in and made her way down the hallway towards where she thought the heart of the castle lay. She was half way down the hall when her Kimmunicator beeped and quickly looking around, still seeing no one, she answered.
"What's the sitch Wade?" she asked quietly.
"Where are you?" he asked.
"I just got inside the castle. Where's Ron?"
"He was on he third story on a balcony, he should be inside by now," came the response.
"Find out where he is would you?"
"Sure," Wade said, turning to his computer and typed something. Watching, Kim saw his eyebrows crease with confusion before he typed again and then his eyes narrowed in concern.
"What's up Wade?" she asked.
"Something's wrong," he said. "I can't get a signal from his Kimmunicator," he said, a trace of fear in his voice. A cold lump settled in Kim's stomach but she turned towards the way she was going.
"Try to figure out what is going on, I'm going to keep trying to find Killigan," she said and saw the shocked look on Wade's face.
"Kim, he could be hurt," the younger boy cried.
"Figure it out Wade, I'm going to find Killigan," she said again.
"Fine," Wade snapped before signing off.
Pushing her concern aside for her friend, she continued along the hallway until she reached a dead end and a door on her left. She turned and used the laser to open the lock and entered a large room made of stone with several flags hanging from the ceiling surrounding the room. On the far side there were floor to ceiling windows that looked out over a cliff that led to the sea. There were statues, mostly of men in kilts around the room with the occasional suit of armor set out in parts.
"Welcome lassy," a voice said from behind her and she turned just to dodge out of the way of a golf ball that exploded in the spot that she had been just standing in. "I haven'ta seen ya in a few yars, what you botherin me for?" Duff Killigan asked as he hit another golf ball at her which she dodged.
"I got an interesting call from Scotland about a week ago," Kim said jumping at him and hitting him into the wall across the room.
"And what call would that be?" Killigan asked, standing and quickly hitting a ball at her which she dodged again but just barely. "Getting rusty, aren't ya lassy?" he mocked as she held her arm where the explosion had singed her.
"Not rusty enough," Kim said as she landed another punch to his abdomen and then a round house kick to the side of the head. "Now tell me what you know of my parent's," she said, grabbing him by the scruff of his neck.
"I don' know nothing bout that," he said, throwing her off and away from him where he quickly dropped four golf balls and hit them towards her. She was able to dodge three of them but the last hit too close to home and blinded her momentarily.
"Ya see lassy," Killigan's voice came from the left and she turned, trying to clear the brightness from her eyes, "I may know more than you think, but I won' be telling you," he said. Suddenly she heard a door open from somewhere and she turned, trying to find out what was going on.
"What?" Kim heard Killigan ask, "who are you?"
"I'm Ron, and that is my friend," Ron's voice reached her and she felt relieved.
"Well Ron, you should pick better friends, she's washed up, fallen hero and all that," he said mockingly and her relief turned to anger.
"I can still beat you," she cried, turning towards where she thought he was and she heard him laugh.
"Well 'friend of Kim Possible', you have two choices, stop me or save your precious hero," Killigan called and Kim heard an explosion behind her and turned her clearing eyes to see a large piece of rock falling towards her.
I'm a bad person, I know, sorry to leave a cliffy, but I'm really tired and I almost stopped after Ron on the balcony. I gave Ron a Kimmunicator at first but since he never had one, I had to get rid of it and it was fun to play with that. Anywho, I'll see if there's some way I can get onto the internet and upload another chapter before the weekend, if not, sorry and you can hate me, or something :).