Ch.2 Stoppable Gone Missing

Kimberly Anne Stoppable awoke to find her husband nowhere to be found. At first, she didn't think anything of it. "Maybe he's making breakfast," she said to herself as she got into the shower. Thirty minutes later, and an all clean Kim stepped out. She wrapped her hair in a towel, and proceeded to dress. She wore a turtleneck shirt and a pair of cargo pants. She stepped out of the bathroom only to find there was no sign of Ron anywhere.

"Ronald Eugene Stoppable!" she shouted. She was starting to get worried. The couple owned a modest four bedroom ranch-style house in Upper Middleton. It had been modified by Wade to include an underground base of operations of sorts. Everything they needed, from a vehicle hangar, to training facilities that rivaled the best Global Justice had to offer was below ground. "Where is he?" she asked to no one in particular.

She figured she'd start at square one. He'd went to bed the previous night, so she checked the bedroom. She noticed a folded piece of paper on the nightstand on her side. "He didn't," she said as she unfolded it and read:

Dear Kim,

I want you to know that I'm perfectly alright. There's no need to worry. I know you don't like me going on solo missions without you knowing but this was an emergency. Yori called me late last night to tell me that Monkey Fist is at it again. I don't know what he's after, but Yori says it's as powerful as the Lotus Blade. So I'm going with her to try to track it down. If all goes well I should be back by tomorrow night. I have my Kimmunicator, so you can still reach me. Call me as soon as you read this.

Love, Ron

P.S. Please Don't Kill Me!

She angrily crumpled the paper. "Oh, you'll wish I had killed you!" she said angrily. She realized she couldn't be too mad at him, he had after all taken his Kimmunicator with him. And he did say to call him. She pressed a button. "Ronald Stoppable, answer me!" To her surprise, his line seemed to be dead. She began to get very scared for her husband's well being. She tried to call Wade, only to not get an answer from him as well. "What, has everyone dropped off the face of the earth?" she asked. She decided to try calling Yori.

"Greetings Kim Possible-San," Yori greeted. "Save it," Kim grumbled. Yori was confused at her anger. "Is something wrong?" she asked. Kim tried to keep control of her temper. "Look," she began. "Ron took off on a mission last night. A mission he said you contacted him about." Yori shook her head. "I'm sorry, Kim. But I haven't talked to Ron for about a year, now." She tried to explain. Kim's anger quickly faded. "But he said Monkey Fist was at it again," Kim said. Yori shook her head. "Monkey Fist is in prison right now. He couldn't have escaped without us knowing."

Kim noted worry in Yori's voice as well. "Then where's Ron?" she asked. "I'm sure it's nothing. Nevertheless, I'll be in Middleton as soon as I can." Kim nodded.

"I look forward to seeing you," she said as Yori hung up. She began to go into mission mode herself when her Kimmunicator went off. "Go," she said. Wade Load was in a bad mood.

"Where is it, Kim?" he asked. Kim was confused. "Where's what?" she asked back. Wade shook his head. "Don't lie to me Kim. I have surveilence footage of someone stealing my new prototype jet," he said. Kim was shocked. Was Wade actually accusing her of stealing? "Back up one second Wade. What are you talking about?" Kim could feel the anger rising in her voice.

Wade's expressioned sofened a little. "Last night someone broke into my hangar and stole the new XG-9000 jet I'd been working on," he explained. "Someone with red hair," he continued. Kim frantically shook her head. "Well it wasn't me! I didn't even leave the house last night!" Kim was beyond angry that one of her closest friends would think she could do something like this.

Wade realized he'd been wrong. "If you didn't do it, who did?" he asked. "I don't know, but we've got another problem," she said. "Tell me," Wade said with a smile. Kim hesitated before replying, "Ron's missing." Wade felt his stomach drop. "I'm starting to think this is all connected," he said. "I only wish I hadn't acted so rashly." Kim gave him a quizical look. "What do you mean?" she asked.

"Well, I may have contacted Global Justice," Wade began slowly. Realization began to sink into Kim, as she realized what this meant. "What did you do?" she asked angrily.