Here's the next chap where the heroes meet and Kim starts getting a feel for Ron's new identity.
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Chapter 4, Kim Possible meets Spiderman
In the weeks that succeeded Benjamin Stoppable's murder, word spread throughout Middleton, Upperton, and Lowerton about a red and blue clad hero who would leave criminal's tied up in a kind of web and would leave behind a calling card: curtsey of your friendly neighborhood Spiderman. Many had led to believe this mysterious Spiderman as a hero, people like Tara Stacy, her father, and Flash Thomson. Other's however had a bit of a different opinion.
"This guy's nothing but a showboating vigilante." Kim said, crumpling up the newspaper and throwing it across the room, just barley missing Ron's head.
"Hey, relax baby." Josh said, placing his hands on her shoulders and gently rubbing them.
"Yeah KP." Ron said. "If this guy had been around, maybe my dad would still be alive."
"Maybe." Kim snapped, and then immediately regretted it when she saw the look in Ron's eyes. "Oh, Ron, I'm so sorry."
"It's cool KP." Ron said, standing up. "I'm gonna get some air." He walked out of Kim house, his hands in his pockets. When the door closed, Kim groaned and fell back on the bed.
"Why did I have to open my mouth?" He groaned, rubbing her forehead.
"Hey, don't worry about it Kim." Josh said. He never called her KP, that was Ron's name for her and he didn't want to do anything to screw up his friendship with him, especially now. "Personally, I think you're just ticked that you've got some competition in the hero business."
"Yeah, but I didn't have to take it out on Ron." Kim said.
"Kim, you guys have been best friends for nearly 10 years, it'll take a lot, a whole lot, to break that up." Josh said, stroking his girlfriend's hair.
Ron walked down the stairs to find James and Ann Possible sitting at the couch, the twins Jim and Tim sitting on the floor working on God knows what.
"Hey Ron." Tim said, noticing the unofficial third son of the Possible family coming down the stairs. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm ok." Ron said, smiling at him. "Just thinking you know?"
"Are you sure something's all right Ron?" Ann asked. "Everything going ok at home?"
"Yeah, we're fine Mrs. Dr. P." Ron said. "I've been trying to find a job somewhere just to have some extra spending money."
"Well, if you want, James and I could see if we could get you a job." Ann said.
"Thanks Mrs. Dr. P." Ron said, chuckling to himself. "But I think that the most I would be able to do at a hospital or a space center would be clean the toilets. Thanks for the offer thought."
"Hey, you're pretty good with a camera Ron." Jim said.
"Maybe you could try and get some good pictures of Spiderman." Tim said.
"The only pictures they have in the Daily Bugle are blurs." Jim finished.
"Thanks," Ron said, "I just might do that." With a smile, he walked out of the Possible household. As soon as he walked out the door though, he got a call on his PDA.
"What's up Wade?" Ron asked.
"Ron, you are not going to believe what's flying around in down Upperton." Wade said. The screen suddenly changed to a man in a bright green outfit literally flying around the skyscrapers. "His name's Adrian Tombs. He's a wealthy old man who just lost a bundle to Mank-corp."
"Josh's dad's company?" Ron asked.
"Yep." Wade said. "All that stuff he's wearing is allowing him to fly and he's been calling himself the Vulture."
"What, a bird version of Monkey Fist?" Ron asked.
"No, he just bases his outfit off a vulture, he doesn't worship them." Wade said.
"You talk to KP about this?" Ron asked, as he started to make his way down the street, looking for someplace to change.
"No, you said you wanted to work on protecting the city and leave the world to Kim." Wade said.
"Right." Ron said, finding an ally and slipping into it. "Thanks man, but I get the feeling this isn't the kind of thing Kim's gonna miss."
"All right Ron." Wade said as he watched Ron's face disappear beneath the mask of Spiderman. "Good luck." Spiderman nodded and leapt out of the ally, flying on a web line.
Kim was crossing through the living room when she saw what was on the news.
"And our top story, a strange old man who has yet to be identified but is being called the Vulture is terrorizing Upperton." The reporter said. "He has been claiming that the CEO and founder of Mank-corp Norman Mankey had stolen something from him and will do everything he can to exact revenge."
"Why didn't Wade call me?" Kim asked.
"He probably though that it was something that the police could handle without you sweetie." Ann said.
"And now, Spiderman has entered the fray." The reporter said, and sure enough, the red and blue clad hero swung onto the screen, soaring towards the Vulture.
"If nothing else, this is going to be a chance for me and Spidy for meet." Kim said and took off to her room to get her battle suit.
"So, Vulture was it?' Spiderman said as he swung up to the flying villain. "May I ask why you want to find Norman Mankey and waist him?"
"Hey stole my technology and then fired me, claiming that he created all my inventions." The Vulture said.
"So how owes you." Spiderman said. "Why don't you just settle things in court?"
"It's too late for that!" The Vulture screamed. "Now get out of my way or else I will destroy you."
"Well as much as I don't want to be destroyed," Spiderman said, swinging off his web and landing against a wall, "I also can't let you hurt anyone." He jumped off the wall can collided with the Vulture, spinning the two of them out of control and onto the roof of a nearby building.
"You have just signed you own death warrant!" The Vulture screamed and rocketed at Spiderman and tackled him around the middle and lifted the two of them into the air. The Vulture let Spiderman go and he started to fall to the ground. Reacting quickly, Spiderman shot out a webline that connected with a building and he swung up after the Vulture.
"That was a cheap shot bird-brain." Spiderman said, swinging up to Vulture and kicking him in the stomach, sending him spinning. Before the Vulture could regain control, a pair of white and blue boots came in and slammed into his head and sent him floating to the side.
"Ah, the legendary Kim Possible." The Vulture said as he righted himself. Kim stood atop a building in her battle suit, her hair blowing in the breeze. "Are you and the Spider working together?"
"Not that I'm aware of." Spiderman said, clinging to a wall and looking up at the Vulture. "But it will certainly be an honor to work with the famous Kim Possible."
"Don't get to use to it Spidy." Kim said. "After we're done with this freak, we're gonna have a talk."
"All right then." Spiderman said. "Shall we?" Kim just nodded and jumped at the Vulture, lashing out with a barrage of punches and kicks. But the Vulture knocked Kim away with his wings and shot upward while Kim fell to the ground. Kim screamed, trying desperately to think of a way to stop her fall. And then, she felt a jerk and looked up to find herself in the arms of Spiderman.
"What about the Vulture?" Kim asked as soon as they landed.
"Can catch him another day, but I had only one chance to save you." Spiderman said.
"You're serious?" Kim demanded.
"I don't care what the situation Miss Possible." Spiderman said his voice hard and serious. "If given the chance of letting the bad guy go and saving a life, I'll save the life any time."
"Really?" Kim said, there was a degree of shock in her voice.
"Miss Possible, do you know the most crime ridden city in America?" Spiderman asked. When Kim shook her head, Spiderman raised his finger and turned it downward to the city itself. "The whole world is safe, but the Triton area has the highest crime rate in the entire United States. So you keep doing the whole save the world from two-bit villains like that Drakken character, and leave whatever this city dishes out to me."
"Why do you do all this?" Kim asked.
"Because I seriously screwed up and this is just my way of making amends." Spiderman said. "And with great power, comes great responsibility." Kim stood there in shock, staring at Spiderman. He just turned around and shot out a webline and spun off.
"Maybe he was wrong about him." Kim whispered as she watched the red and blue figure swing away.
"You think you were wrong about him?" Josh asked, his arm around Kim's waist as they sat on his couch, Ron sitting on the chair across from them.
"Yeah, from the sound of his voice to, well, the fact that he saved my life, I think we can trust him." Kim said. "And, Ron, I owe you an apology."
"What for KP?" Ron asked, looking at Rufus who squeaked and shrugged.
"For saying that stuff and bringing you down, what with your Dad and everything." Kim said.
"It's no problem Kim." Ron said with a smile. "I guess it's all just some stuff I just have to get use to, and I will." Kim returned the smile to her best friend.
"You see Kim, I told you that it would be damn near impossible to ruin and friendship as long and deep as the one you have with Ron." Josh said. Kim just smiled at her boyfriend and they shared a brief kiss.
"Father in the room." Norman Mankey said walking in. "So what are you kids up to in here?"
"We're just talking Mr. Mankey." Kim said. "About Spiderman."
"Ah, that tights wearing vigilante." Norman said. "I've read about him."
"Well Kim's got you beat, she met him this afternoon." Josh said.
"Really?" Norman said. "And what do you think of him?"
"I think he's someone who wants to help." Kim said. "And I think he's able to so…"
"An interesting way of," Norman started, but was cut off as the glass in the Mankey penthouse living room.
"Mankey!" The Vulture screamed as he soared around the room.
"Tombs?" Norman asked, stunned.
"Not anymore." The Vulture said. "I have taken the name that you gave me the day you fired me and took my work. I am the Vulture!"
"I called you a buzzard you old fool." Norman said, rolling his eyes. "You can't even get the insults right." The Vulture seemed to ignore him and swooped down, grabbing Norman in claws that seemed to be attached to his feet and soared out the window.
"Dad!" Josh shouted, running after the fleeing villain, almost running right out the window. Ron, noticing that Kim was paying more attention to the chaos that was ensuring in the room, shot a strand of webbing at Josh's ankles and pulled him back, preventing him from running right out the window.
"I'm gonna go after him." Kim said, pulling out her trademark hairdryer,-grappling hook and firing it.
"What about you Ron?" Josh said, but found he was talking to himself. "Ron?"
Spiderman swung after the Vulture. You're not going to get away from me. Spiderman thought. And I refuse to let anyone have to go through what I went through when Dad was murdered. He found the Vulture, he found something that made Spiderman with a combination of worry and hope: Kim wasn't dangling on the Vulture's clutches. You'd better be safe KP. Spiderman thought as he swung up next to the Vulture.
"What's up Bird-boy?" Spiderman said.
"You again?" The Vultures screeched. "First the Possible girl drops herself off on a building and now you?"
"Well, when you've got people dangling from your claws, you're probably going to get a few heroes' attentions." Spiderman said. "How you doing sir?"
"I'm dangling from the claws of a mad man, how do you think I'm doing?" Norman demanded.
"Sheese, at least you're getting a good view of the city." Spiderman said. "I mean, I get that all the time but still."
"Who are you?" The Vulture and Norman demanded in unison.
"You mean you haven't heard?" Spiderman said. "I'm Spiderman."
"The Spiderman?" Vulture asked, shocked.
"You better believe it." Spiderman said. "Now why don't you just put the nice man down and we can beat the shit out of each other like a couple of costumed beings?"
"OK." The Vulture said and just let Norman go.
"No!" Spiderman screamed as Norman fell, screaming. And then, Kim soared through the sky, catching Norman and landing on a nearby building. Way to go KP. Spiderman thought.
"All right Vulture." Spiderman said, turning to the Vulture. "Let's see what you've got." The Vulture, sensing that he was in trouble, turning around and jetting away. "You're not getting away that easily." Spiderman called and fired off a webline that stuck to Vulture's ankles and held on tight. Smirking beneath his mask, Spiderman launched another webline that hit one of the Vulture's wings and pulled, sending the bird-villain spinning out of control and crashing onto a roof. Falling down, Spiderman webbed the villain to the building, pinning his wings to the roof.
"Game over bird-brain." Spiderman said, giving the Vulture a salute and then turning to where Kim and Norman were standing. He gave them a small salute and leapt off the building and swinging away.
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"The police have just apprehended the villain known as Adrian Tombs, aka, the Vulture after his attempted kidnap of Norman Mankey. The kidnap was foiled by the teen hero Kim Possible and the latest hero of the Triton area, Spiderman." The news reporter said.
"Way to go KP." Ron said, patting Kim on the back.
"Oh, it was no big." Kim said modestly.
"You saved my dad's life Kim." Josh said. "By the way Ron, where'd you disappear to?"
"Well, when I saw Kim going after you're dad, I went after them, and when I saw that Spiderman was going head to head against the Vulture, I decided to get some pictures for the Bugle." Ron explained, showing his digital camera and going through the pictures he'd taken. "Figured I'd try and make some money."
"At my Dad's expense?" Josh demanded, his anger growing.
"Calm down son." Norman said, placing a hand on his son's shoulder. "Ron was looking out for his family. I assume they need the money."
"Yeah Mr. Mankey." Ron said. "And for the record I didn't even get there until after KP had snagged you out of the air." Norman Mankey just smiled at the young man before him.
And there you go, Ron's getting into the photographer game and the hero game, and now, Spidy's even got Kim on his side