Chapter 17

Part One

I.

"Just had a thought." Little Mary muttered.

"Tell us about your vision later," Bonnie snapped, "we're almost there."

"Yeah, that's kinda what I was thinking." Little Mary retorted.

"So?"
"So where is this elevator taking us? Kim didn't mention it and nobody asked.."

"Oh, snap." Bonnie moaned as the elevator doors opened on a roomful of startled female GJ agents.

II.

As Jessica and Crystal stepped out of the tubes, robotic arms snatched them. Before either girls could scream, more appendages began stripping their clothes off. The robotic arms carried them down the hall. Just as Jessica glanced back to see the next two girls being grabbed, she was drenched in a sudsy liquid. "Shampoo?"

III.

Monique frowned in thought, "Okay, GF, I know it's been more than twenty seconds, I mean, you've had time to locate the main vent and place the gas."

Kim glanced back at her friend striding slightly behind her. "And your question is?"

"Where are the others?" Monique puzzled.

Monique couldn't see the wicked grin behind the gas mask, but she could see the laughter in Kim's eyes. "I don't know, I just told Wade to send them somewhere interesting."

Monique froze, "Kim, you...you...they're gonna kill us both!"

IV.

Wade stared at the multitude of monitors flashing scenes from Global Justice security cameras; a dazed look in his eyes, a small string of unnoticed drool sliding down his cheek. "Cameras in the automatic decontamination room, whoda thunk?"

V.

"Betty, don't you think that's the wrong ambiance for Ron to wake up to?"

"Hmmm?"

"The Tarzan tape? I mean, given Ronnie's known thing about monkeys, don't you think the jungle sounds might freak him out?"

"What are you talking about? I don't have any...wait, I'm hearing it too. Monkeys, chimps, and ...and...Is that an elephant?"

Part Two

I.

"Wade? Wade? WADE!"

The tech guru's image finally showed on the Kimmunicator screen. "Huh? Oh, ah, Kim...ah..."

"Wade, where is...Wade, look at me when I'm talking to you." The boy's eyes were floating to different sites off the pickups range. "Wade, where is...WADE! Are you all right?"

"Ohhh, yeah, so much better than all right." came the moaning reply.

"Wade, wipe the drool from your chin and look at me! Where's Ron?"

Without moving his gaze from whatever was mesmerizing him, Wade's fingers flew over his keyboard. "Just follow the yellow brick road, Dorothy." His image snapped off, replaced by a map of GJ headquarters with a route marked in yellow.

"Dorothy?" Monique snickered, "What does that make me, Toto?"

Kim raised puzzled eyes from the Kimmunicator, "I don't know, but I think we really need to get Wade out of his room."

II.

The two groups stared at each other in shock. "Um, is this the way to the ladies room." Melody quivered.

"I recognize them, they're here to get Ronnie before we get a chance! Get 'em." Willi shrieked.

"Anyway, Monique, the gas should hit them right about..."

The female fighters met under the ventilation grid. "Oh, That suit is just so last season." Bonnie snarked before she fell to the floor.

III.

"Are you sure about this Kim? I mean breaking into GJ's headquarters is one thing, but breaking into someone's home is different." Monique quivered.

"It may be her home, but it's also a GJ safe house." Kim snarled. "I can't believe that one eyed witch kidnapped my Ron! I've got to save him before she...before she..."

"HHWWWH?"

"Huh?"

"Has her wicked way with him?" Monique grinned.

"YES! Before I have my wicked way...that is...I mean...save him! Yes, before I save him."

"Don't you think maybe Ronnie-poo should make that choice?" Monique managed before she collapsed in giggles.

Unable to think of a rejoinder, Kim thankfully turned to the opening elevator.

"Dr. Director!"

IV.

Amelia and Suzy stomped through the silent GJ corridors, searching for their foe. "I swear, Possible is going down! And her little geek friend too!" Suzy snarled.

A chorus of agreement arose from those trailing the two.

"What kind of place is this?" Tara moaned. "Our clothes, even our underwear, taken and then that grungy soap!"

"At least we're not naked, they did have these uniforms ready." Amelia snarled. "If Kimmie poo thinks she's getting close to Ron after this, she's living in la la land."

"Hear, hear!" "Truth, she speaks true." "She is so going down."

"Well, let's see what's behind door number ten, shall we?" Suzy opened the door on a room of collapsed agents and teenagers.

V.

Shego stepped slowly backwards, away from the creature stalking her. "Big brave Global Justice agent, my ass! Betty, you are so going down if I get out of this able to walk." She could swear the thing had giggled when she hit it with a plasma blast. "I may be up for the monkey love, Stoppable, but this is just insane!"