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Kim Possible: Morality's Choice - Chapter 1.6 & 1.7 - Actions & Reactions
Anyone who had been watching would have seen nothing more then Kim smiling to herself, however in Kim's mind that simple smile meant so much more then the watcher would have ever guessed. After she had gotten home that night from the warehouse she had continued to think, continued to mull over what Shego had said. The thoughts had kept her up all night, but once she had realized the truth of her situation she knew exactly what to do.
It began with getting Bonnie someplace away from prying eyes, a task that was itself quite difficult given their general reluctance to share even the same room. She had decided to wait until after practice to approach Bonnie, hoping that the fresh reminder of her status as head cheerleader would make it Bonnie react in just the way she needed her to.
"Hey B, got some time to talk? It's about me being head cheerleader"
Kim cast her head down slightly, lowering her eyes toward the gym floor. It was a body language trick she had learned that showed the other party that what you were saying was hard but needed to be said. She had no doubt it would add authenticity to her act.
"You may have noticed that my missions have been picking up lately and it's going to start really hurting the squad if I have to keep running out of practice every 5 minutes to save the world. What would you think about taking over as head cheerleader, just for a while until things calm down? It would be a big help to the team and I'd owe you."
Bonnie, as shallow and self serving as she was, was still suspicious. Kim wasn't the type to let go of a position like head cheerleader so easily. Hell, the fact that she had fought Bonnie tooth and nail time and again to maintain that position was indication that she wouldn't ever let it go without a fight. So to suddenly just come right out and offer up the position? She knew it meant that Kim must have some sort of ulterior motive. Still, the thought of Kim owing her a favor was enticing, and the prospect of seeing Kim's face when she realized she had just given up another important part of her life to her worst enemy was something she wasn't willing to pass up. She wasn't about to let Kim have her way so easily though, it would be much sweeter to make her beg a little.
She put on her best annoyed look.
"What's in it for me? I already carry this team, why would I want all that extra stress?"
Kim was genuinely surprised by the response. She had expected her to jump at the chance, everyone knew Bonnie wanted to be head cheerleader more then anything, but here she was acting as if being head cheerleader couldn't mean less to her. Kim mentally sighed. She had no intention of letting Bonnie escape her carefully crafted plans, which mean she would have to play to her ego more.
"Please Bonnie? I just really don't want to let the team down and as much as I hate to admit it you are the best cheerleader here and the only one who could handle the position."
"Damn straight I am Possible and it's about time you admitted that"
She gave a hollow sigh of frustration.
"Fine, if I have to."
About damn time Kim muttered to herself. She raised her eyes back up to meet Bonnie's and stuck a cheerful grin.
"Great, thanks Bonnie I really owe you. Here you'll need this."
She pulled out the address she had jotted down and handed it to Bonnie.
"I have to help some scientist protect his invention tonight, but if you want stop by his lab around 9pm I can give you the cheer book. Don't worry, I'll make sure he knows your coming."
Bonnie sighed and looked at the address. It was for some place downtown in the warehouse district and she knew that driving out that far that late at night would be a huge pain. Still it would be worth it in the end. Soon Kim was going to get exactly what was coming to her. Ironically, though unknown to Bonnie, Kim was thinking exactly the same thought about her.
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Ron looked out at the dark parking lot of Bueno Nacho and sighed. He had been sitting in this booth for a while now desperately trying to sort out this mess he was in. On the one hand he knew things with Kim were going bad and had been for a while. He also knew things couldn't keep going like that and that if he wanted to save anything from their friendship he'd have to talk to her and soon.
On the other hand things had been picking up with Bonnie at a rather steady rate. Ever since she had kissed him in the cafeteria she had become oddly more affectionate around him. She had begun smiling at him openly in the hallways and actually went as far as to be seen talking to him when almost half the school was around. He hadn't expected to develop any feelings for her, she was supposed to be just someone who he could talk to Kim about who might understand, but somewhere along the way that had changed for the both of them. It had gotten to the point where he actually liked hanging out with her, something he could say about Kim, not anymore.
He probably would have been spent the rest of the night pondering his problem, lost in his own little world, if Rufus hadn't suddenly started yelling and pointing across the booth. He looked up to where Rufus was indicating and was shocked to see Shego standing just beyond the booth seat, with a camera.
She gave him a wicked grin and raised the camera in front of her face in preparation to use it.
"Hello buffoon. Don't mind me, just here getting a before picture".
Ron, despite the growing fear he felt growing inside himself, did his best to look intimidating.
"What are you talking about Shego? Why are you here?"
Shego lowered the camera and smirked at him.
"Oh didn't you hear? It seems somehow Kimmie found out about a certain sidekick and cheerleader sneaking off together behind her back. I'm willing to bet that the police will need a picture to identify your body when she finds you. I don't even want to imagine what she's going to do to that Bonnie bitch.
Ron's face displayed a look of disbelief and confusion.
"What are you talking about? Kim wouldn't..."
He stopped as the full truth of what Kim knowing could mean. A flash of images from the past hit him like a ton of bricks. Shego...Eric...the signal tower. A panicked look crossed his face. He had to run, he had to hide...he had to...Oh god, Bonnie!!! He had to keep Bonnie away from Kim, there was no telling what she would do to Bonnie. He bolted from his booth and ran to his scooter, instantly forgetting the fact that Shego had ever even been there. He had no idea where Kim was right now and he had no way to call Wade to find out so he only had one real chance. He had to go to Bonnie's house as fast as he could. Maybe between the two of them they would be able to come up with a way to stave of Kim until he could explain things. He cranked his scooter up to it's top speed and squeeld out of the parking lot. He didn't want to think what would happen if he was to late.
If Ron had looked back through the the main window of Bueno Nacho, he might have seen Shego's reaction to his panic. He might have seen the smile of her face, the look of pure pleasure in her eyes and If he had stayed he might eve have heard her only words before she left the restaurant.
"You had your chance with her. She's mine now."
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Kim sat in front of the security console and smiled indulgently as she waited for Bonnie to arrive. In her head thoughts of what was going to happen tonight, of what Bonnie was walking into played and it was all she could do to check her growing impatience. Tonight had been a long time coming and Kim was going to make sure that it would be a night that neither of them would ever forget.
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The camera panned over the building's entrance, displaying everything it saw on a monitor. It did what was asked of it and nothing more, a trait Kim had begun wishing more people had. She watched in anticipation as Bonnie walked into frame with a cellphone pressed to her ear. Kim let out a small grin and moved away from the console, slipping into the shadows to prepare for Bonnie's entrance.
Though there was no one remaining to watch, no one to see what was happening, snippets of the conversation Bonnie was holding continued to pour out from the monitor.
"...Yes...Yes...YES I KNOW MOTHER. Look I'll be home just as soon as I pick up the cheer book. It's not my fault that Possible has to spend her time slumming in downtown. Yes...I know daddy said that...LOOK ILL BE HOME GOD!"
Bonnie slammed the phone closed and let out a frustrated yell. She hated her house a lot of time and tried to spend as little time there as possible. Whenever she was there she was treated like some sort of second class citizen, with her mother constantly comparing her to her sisters and her sisters constantly putting her down and insulting her. Even her father, who was the only one she could stand, ignored her and choose instead to just buy her something rather then talk to her.
Her life hadn't been so bad at first. When she was younger she had loved all the new things she was constantly given, but as she got older she realized that sometimes having everything still left you feeling as if you had nothing. That was all going to change now though, It would all be better when she was head cheerleader. Her Mom wouldn't be able to put her down for not being in charge of the squad and her sisters would have to stop rubbing in her face the fact she had lost the position to Kim Possible of all people.
She let herself into the building and looked around in disgust. She couldn't believe Kim would waste her time in dirty place like this. It didn't even look like a lab, not that she could say what a lab was supposed to look like. She wouldn't have been caught dead in any sort of lab that wasn't cosmetic so she wasn't really a good judge. She walked gingerly through the overshadowed entranceway and looked around, finally spying the cheer book lying on a table across the room. As she went to pick it up she idly wondered where the hell Possible was and why the hell she hadn't been here to greet Bonnie. She looked over the cheers inside the book and laughed harshly. These were Kim's cheers? She could make better cheers in her sleep, no wonder she had to carry the entire team.
She never heard Kim drop down from the ceiling, she never even heard Kim sneak up behind her. The realization that Kim was even there came only after she heard Kim's voice float out from behind her. She would later realize that Kim's voice had sounded oddly cold.
"Do you know what I really hate?"
Bonnie only had time to turn and see Kim standing behind her, a decidedly unheroic look on her face, before her world went black.
"You."
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Ron sped down the dark street with a seriously worried look on his face. Bonnie's house had turned up nothing but a set of older women who acted oddly similar to Bonnie during her more bitchy moments.
His initial request to see Bonnie had been met with scoffs and derisive laughter so he had decided to switch tracks. He had tried to be charming only to have it fail. He then tried to begging, but that had only been met with looks of utter disgust. He had only finally learned that Bonnie had gone downtown to see "some cheerleader" when Roofus had pop'd up and the women had began to scream and beg Ron to take "that disgusting thing" away.
He had immediately ran back to his scooter and sped off, sure that Kim was the cheerleader Bonnie had gone to see. He know his only chance now would be to beat Bonnie to Kim and try to smooth things over wit her before Bonnie got there, but to do that he had to get a hold of Wade, who was the only one who would definitely know where to find Kim. As he pulled into his own driveway he jumped off his scooter and charged through his front door, not even stopping to greet his parents who looked at him with bewildered looks. He took the stairs to his room two at a time and pulled open his dresser, grabbing the Kimmunicator that was inside. It was a back up in case the main one was ever lost...again, but right now it was his only link to Wade.
As the Kimmunicator screen turned on and Wade's face came into focus Ron could tell he was surprised to see Ron. Normally the two would have made friendly small talk but at the moment Ron didn't have the time or the inclination to be so cordial.
"Wade no time to talk, I need to find Kim."
Wade gave a confused look to Ron.
"Are you Ok? You seem.."
"WADE!!"
Wade was taken aback slightly by the sudden increase in volume but nodded.
"Ok Ron, One second."
He typed quickly, his finger dancing over a keyboard Ron couldn't see. Finally he stopped, only to give a perplexed grunt.
"Thats odd. The signal from her Kimmunicator is coming from a warehouse downtown."
An address appear on the screen and Ron quickly jotted it down.
"The really odd thing is I think that used to be a villain's hideout...Dementors...or was it Drakkens.."
"Great, thanks Wade. Now I know this is gonna sound weird but you have to trust me. Call GJ, call the cops, call anyone who will come and send them to that address."
Wade gave Ron a worried look.
"Ron, Is Kim Ok? Is she hurt?"
"It's not Kim I'm worried about"
Wade looked as if that answer didn't help.
"Is this about..."
Ron shut off the communicator before Wade could finish speaking. He didn't have time for a conversation, he had to get downtown fast. He bolted back out of his house and was on his scooter before the front door had even closed. He had to get there in time...He had to..
- - - - -
Bonnie awoke with a horrible headache, which would have been bad enough if she didn't also find herself strapped into some kind of chair which itself was inside some sort of chamber. She furrowed her brow trying to recall just what had happened. The last thing she remembered was Kim standing behind her saying something, then...darkness. It didn't take a genius to guess who it must have been who put her in here.
"Possible LET ME OUT OF HERE. I know you put me in here. Let me out of here you bitch."
Kim's voice cam from somewhere Bonnie couldn't see, but she could tell that it had an odd coldness to it, one that Bonnie had never heard in Kim's voice before.
"Shut Up. You've been nothing but a bitch to me since kindergarten. You always had to try to be better then me, you were never happy unless you were making me miserable..."
Bonnie scoffed and cut Kim off.
"I never had to try to be better then you, I..."
Bonnie wasn't able to finish her sentence as a painful shock tore through her entire body. It felt like every muscle in her body was trying to go in a different direction at once.
"I SAID SHUT UP. We are just getting started and I don't want you passing out from pain before the real fun begins. You always treated me like crap and I never did anything to you. You gave me the hardest cheer routines, the worst volunteer jobs, anything you could think of just to make yourself feel better by making me feel worse, and all because you were jealous of me."
Bonnie felt herself grow angrier. If that last shock was any indication she knew what she was about to say was going to hurt but she was sure as hell not going to let Kim get away with calling her jealous.
"Jealous? Like hell. I..."
She hadn't even made it five words before the shock came and it was much worse then the last one. It felt like every inch of her body was on fire, like tiny red hot knives were slicing into every inch of her. She tried to stifle a scream of pain, she didn't want to give Kim the satisfaction, but despite her best efforts it still came.
"You just don't know when to quit do you? I shouldn't be surprised, its why your here. You just couldn't let me be happy could you? You had to wreck everything."
Bonnie slumped forward against her restraints as the shock ended, surprised to hear a tone anger suddenly appear in Kim's voice.
"How dare you steal Ron. My boyfriend! The boy I've known since kindergarten. The boy you used to humiliate and insult almost as much as you did me. Oh wait, it wasn't even enough to steal him was it? You had to kiss him in front of the whole school, you had to do everything you could think of make it worse. Well you finally went to far you fucking bitch. I'm going to make you pay for every single thing you've ever done to me and I can promise you when we are done you going to beg me to kill you."
Bonnie knew instantly that Kim was telling the truth. She had never heard Kim speak like that and the anger and malice that the words carried left her little doubt as to their authenticity. Part of her had thought that Kim might be angry when she found out about Ron, but she had never expected this kind of reaction. Kim was a hero, she was little miss save people, she didn't do this kind of thing.
She's really going to kill me Bonnie thought. She could feel the fear rising inside of her, a true dread for her life growing. As Bonnie sat terrified in her restraints she realized that with no witnesses to tell the world what kind of psycho bitch Kim had become, Kim would get away with everything.
Unknown to Bonnie was the fact that she was wrong. There was one witness to everything that had happened, everything that would happen, but it would never say a word. It did what was asked of it and nothing more.
The camera simply watched.
