Chapter 6
The Chase
Kim returned from her closet with a large duffel bag in hand. She threw it down on her bed and began to throw clothes and other items inside. She reached into her her secret cupboard and pulled out her locket and several other items she thought precious.
When she was done packing, she went over to her desk and grabbed a piece of paper. On it she wrote:
I heard your conversation. I'm gone for good. - Kim
She placed it on her bed, right under one of her cuddlebuddies. Taking a deep breath, she looked around. The closet and dresser were empty, the bed was unmade, her secret cupboard was open, but empty, her desk drawers had been raided and the note on her bed was well placed.
Kim let out a deep breath. She had made sure to close the window when she had tossed the bags down. She wanted her everyone to know that she was gone when she left. The two large duffel bags she had tossed down to the garage were sitting by her car. Now it came time to make sure they knew she was gone.
She grabbed her computer chair and wedged it under the door handle at the bottom of the stairs so that the door was harder to open. Her old MP3 player with portable speakers would cover the sound her driving away and a gas pellet would buy her more time.
She kicked out the window and jumped down to the garage.
"What was that?" Dr. Director asked, turning around. Anne was already getting up
"That came from Kimmie's room" Anne ran up the stairs. Dr. Director followed.
"What's the matter?" Dr. Director asked as Anne was pushing on Kim's door
"It's...stuck" she grunted, pushing her full weight against the door, to no effect
"Stand back" Dr. Director said. Anne stepped back down the first set of stairs.
Using all her strength, Dr. Director placed a heavy kick on the door's hinges. The door split and fell in.
She opened it and gasped
"What is it?" Anne asked. Dr. Director moved aside so Anne could see. The smoke was drifting down the stairs, the two ladies had to cover their mouthes to keep from coughing too much.
"Where is that music coming from?" Anne asked loudly, coughing a bit.
"Here" Dr. Director replied, seperating the MP3 player from the speakers
"That's better" Anne coughed "Open up the windows"
"They're open" Dr. Director replied.
The smoke cleared within a minute. Anne looked around in dispair at the state of her daughter's room. It was bare save for a few posteres on the wall and the messy bedspread. Glass was shattered on the floor. Anne picked up the small note on the bed. She slumped down on her daughters bed and handed Dr. Director the note, her head hanging low.
Anne stood to walk out a moment later, but she stopped and turned to her friend
"Betty..."
"Yes?"
"Whatever you have to do to get her back. Do it" she said. Dr. Director nodded
"I'll get right on it" she said and ran out, talking orders into her watch comm.
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The Roth SL Coupe roared down the highway at well past the speed limit. Kim at the wheel and a tear in her eye. She came up on a highway sign that read "Go City 80 Miles" Kim was trying her best to hold a neutral expression on her face and concentrate on driving, swerving through traffic at high speed.
At any other time, she would've obeyed the speed signs but she was in a hurry. Dr. Director was at her place when she left and she would've wasted no time calling everything she had at her disposal down like a hammer on Kim.
As Kim neared the fifty mile mark, she glanced into her rearview mirror and spotted several GJ hovercraft as well as some Hummers, obviously GJ vehicles.
"I hate being right sometimes" she muttered and hit gas pedal, pushing the small car to it's maximum speed.
Despite all of Kim's efforts, the GJ vehicles were keeping pace with her car, despite having the speed maxed out to the limit. But she figured that flying wasn't such a good idea with GJ fighter support in the area, so she stayed on the ground.
Dr. Director decided to try what she thought was reasoning with the teen. She had her comm patched into the Roth SL Coupe's internal Kimmunicator
"Kimberly?"
"What do you want?" Kim snarled
"To help"
"I don't want your help. If you had your way, I'd be locked in prison cell"
"Why? You haven't broken any laws other than excessive speeding"
"Then why are you chasing me?"
"We have to"
"You just want her"
"Kimberly, she is one of the most dangerous people in the world. She should be behind bars and getting help"
"Did it ever occur to you that maybe she doesn't want your help?" Dr. Director nodded
"But it isn't my job to give people what they want. It's my job to keep the world safe from people like her" Kim sneered "Anyway, Kimberly, come in, we can get Shego and make you better from this"
"You just don't get it do you? I want to be with her"
"That's the mind control speaking"
"I'M NOT BEING MIND CONTROLLED!" Kim nearly screamed "I'm too strong for that"
"Kimberly, no one is. People are taught to resist, but in the end, everyone will succumb" she says calmly
"Look, just leave me alone"
"Kim, I'm giving you one more chance to come in and let us help. My offer still stands if you..."
"NO! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? NO!" The older woman sighed
"Them I am sorry" Kim looked puzzled "Kimberly Ann Possible, you are hearby charged with aiding and abeding a ruthless criminal and one of the most dangerous people in the world. I hearby order you to stop your vehicle under Global Justice Security act. Section..." Kim smashed the screen with her bare fist
"As if" she commented and resumed the speed she lost during the conversation.
Dr. Director was in the lead GJ aircraft and starting to become annoyed
"This has gone on long enough" she said "We need to end this" she turned to the pilot "Cut her off. We need her in custody. Alive" the pilot nodded and broke formation.
Kim noticed this and sneered
"Leave, me, ALONE!" she yelled and swerved though traffic, trying to push the car even faster.
Back in the craft, the pilot decided against any sudden moves
"I'm sorry, Ma'am" he said "She's to evasive, I won't dive into traffic"
"Understood" she replied and turned to her side. She pressed the button that linked her craft back to GJ HQ
"This is Dr. Director. Get me Wade Load" she ordered
"Hello?"
"Mr. Load"
"Dr. Director. What can I do for you?"
"Kimberly's car. How can we disable it"
"EMP?" he shrugged
"We'd prefer not to take out the area around her at the same time. You were to one who teched up Kim's car, yes?
"No"
"No?"
"No, I didn't. It was her brothers"
"You must know how to disable it though"
"Not really. I'm sorry"
"Thank you Mr. Load" she hung up and turned to the pilot "We have no choice. Blast that thing off the road, but be careful about it!"
Kim was doing her best to evade the GJ search party, but there wasn't much she could do while driving down a highway at well over two hundred MPH, but she was doing a good job so far.
Her plan was to get off the highway at the next town, lose the patrols and then contiune to head to Go City. She hoped that it would-
The road next to her car exploded all of a sudden and Kim swerved, trying to realize what had happened
"WHAT THE...?" she yelled, suprised. She looked in her rearview mirror and swerved. "Going to have to do better than that" She looked out her window and spotted a sign. It read: "New Falls Next Exit" Kim figured that she still about twenty or so miles outside of Go City, but she'd never make it unless she lost some extra weight and this town seemed like the best place to do that.
She swerved, narrowly avoiding another shot and headed onto the off-ramp into the town. She was glad that she had worked with Dr. Director before because that meant that Kim could tell her next move and was already one step ahead of her. Or so she hoped.
Gritting her teeth, she raced through the streets Well, there's one more thing they can arrest me for, evading arrest. Ironic She thought and rounded a corner.
Dr. Director's craft was keeping Kim in sight, not losing the sensor lock for a second. Dr. Director knew that a second would be all Kim would need to slip away and the older lady was determined not to give it to her.
Kim drove along a rode that was in a formerly quiet suburb. As she rounded a corner, a GJ jeep in hot pursuit, she grinned and then looked in fear as the road up ahead was blocked by a tank with "GJ" written on the side. The beheamoth stood it's ground, but turned slightly so that the main gun was aimed at Kim's small car. Kim panicked and turned into a garage, but kept going, tunnelling right through the wall, then the next and the next and the next and the next until she came out onto another street and pulled a hairpin turn, the left wheels came up off the ground as she skidded along.
The small car finally righted itself and Kim hit the gas pedal.
Up in Dr. Director's craft, the woman was thinking. An agent came up behind her and spoke
"Excuse me, Ma'am"
"Yes, Will?"
"If we keep this up, someone is going to be killed and it will most likely be a bystander"
"Thank you, Will. I am aware of that, but I will not let her slip though my fingers like Shego does. I refuse to allow that"
"Permission to speak freely?"
"Granted"
"With all due respect, Ma'am, we all know that Kim is better than Shego. If Shego can slip through, Kim will be able to as well"
"What are you saying? That we should just give up?"
"Yes" the agent pulled a small device out of his pocket "Or at least make it look like we did" he tosses the device to Dr. Director, who smiles and tosses it back "Do it, Will" the agent salutes and moves to the side door.
"Move us in to one hundred feet" she instructed
"Won't be able to manouver much at that distance" he protested
"I know, but we just need to get in close to give Will a shot"
"Understood" he replied
"Remember, Will, you only have one shot to get this right"
"Understood" he replied, putting on his breathing helmet
"Alright, do it" she said. He nodded and flipped the door switch. A computer alarm sounded and the door opened. Will, attached to a harness, hung outside, a rifle in hand.
Tapping his comm, he spoke to the pilot
"Get me closer"
"I'll try" The pilot replied "But it's not easy"
When he figured they were close enough, he lined up and pulled the trigger.
"It's done" he said into his radio and pressed a buttom on his wrist, reeling him back in to the craft.
"You're sure the homing device is secure aboard her car? I'm taking an awful risk here, Agent Du" Dr. Director asks as she looks out and watches Kim's car drive away
"I'm sure" he replied, taking off his helmet
"Good. Now, order all units in the task force to break off pursuit and rendevouz just outside Go City. We'll let her make the next move"
"Doctor Director, should we not alert the GJ network?" Will asks
"No. If we alert the network Kim might go into hiding and we'll lose her, not to mention that she is a hero among most GJ personnel. Morale would sink if this gets out. I'm hoping we can contain this here and now, understood?"
"Understood" Will replied and sat down at his console.
Kim has had enough and is heading for the town exit, figuring that she'll just go into flight mode and jump whatever blockade Dr. Director has set up. But as she gets closer and sees the way out, she sees something very strange. The road is clear.
In fact when she looks in her mirrors, she can clearly see most of the GJ skycraft flying away.
"What the...?" she reacts
That was too easy Kim thought to herself I'd better keep my guard up.
A smile appears on Kim's face as she sees the roadsign that says "Now Entering Go City" She breathes a breath of relief, though her day, and her ordeal, are far from over.