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Kim Possible: Morality's Choice - Chapters 2.6 - 2.8 - Heroes & Villains
Ron's voice rang out as if he had been shot, his words tinged with horror and shock as he saw Kim let go of Bonnie.
"BONNIE!!"
Ron's mind froze, unable to comprehend what was happening, but his body reacted as if on instinct.
He rushed forward as Kim rose and turned to him, a deadly smile on her face. She spun kicked outward as he drew near, but Ron parried with his open palms and leaped over her, throwing himself over the roof's edge. As the floors of the building sped past him and the ground grew ever closer, he saw that he was already to late. Bonnie's body lay prone on the pavement below, her blood leaking out around her awkwardly skewed frame, not a sign of movement to be seen.
Fighting desperately to control the fear he felt washing over him he twisted and grabbed a window ledge as he passed it, the force of his fall straining his grip as his body pulled his arms nearly out of their sockets as it attempted to adjust to the sudden stop. Shakily he dropped the remaining few feet onto the ground and rushed to Bonnie, lifting her body in his arms.
"Bonnie! Bonnie say something."
Despite his pleas she didn't say anything, her body just weighed heavy in his arms. Frantically he shifted one arm free and tried to check for a pulse, relief washing over him as he felt her body weakly respond. She was alive, but just barely. He didn't know where his backup was, they should have shown up immediately after he called for them but they hadn't. He didn't have time to wonder, he didn't have time to think, he knew he had to get Bonnie to a hospital. He took off running as fast as he could, desperately searching for a car to flag down, all thoughts of Kim, of the mission, of anything except the body bouncing slightly in his arms fleeing from his mind.
Kim stared with mild surprise and confusion as Ron sailed over her head and over the roof's edge.
She hadn't expected him to throw himself over the roof after Bonnie. Caught in the surprise of the act she watched in morbid fascination as he fell, transfixed by the duality of wanting him to splat on the ground and wanting him to land safely so she would be the one that ended him. The latter side of her rejoiced as he grabbed a window ledge at the last moment, saving himself. It was less pleased when he scooped up Bonnie's body and took off down the street. Realizing that she had just let him get away she cursed herself and dashed toward the roof door, hoping that she would make it to the street before he got to far ahead of her. She stopped short of the door when Shego landed in front of her.
"Hey Princess. Where'd the doofus and the cheerleader go?"
"I threw Bonnie off the roof...Ron jumped after her…and then took off down the street with her dead body…"
Kim looked away from Shego
"He got away…"
To Kim's surprise, Shego smiled.
"Congratulations Princess."
Kim scowled, her unhappiness with the outcome not at all swayed by Shego's reply.
"Congratulations? He got away. How the hell could I have let him escape? I had him Shego…"
"Don't be an idiot, he didn't get away he ran away. I told you that when you were ready nothing in this world could protect them and you just proved me right. The doofus saw what you did to that cheerleader, realized he was next and ran. The only thing that buys him is more time to live in fear for when you catch him."
Kim smiled up at Shego, her anger melted away with this fresh perspective. In truth as much as she had been mad at herself for letting him get away, she had also been worried that Shego would see Ron getting away as a failure on Kim's part. It was a fear that was unfounded Kim realized. Shego was right, he'd run out of fear and when she found him he wouldn't be able to run away again.
The pair headed back to Shego's jet and Kim, still flush with endorphins from the fight, hung back slightly taking in the full form of the thief in green with a enjoyed smile.
Shego settled in next to Kim on the couch, a magazine in her hand. Neither woman spoke at first, each enjoying the simple pleasure of an evening earned from battle, but finally Shego looked up from her magazine and over at Kim.
"So what did it feel like?"
Kim looked up from her own magazine, a slight look of confusion on her face.
"What did what feel like?"
"That moment when you let the cheerleader go, when you sent her falling off the roof. What did it feel like?"
Kim frowned slightly, unsure of how to reply.
"I don't know how describe it. It felt good...but.."
Shego drew out that final word, waiting for its explanation
"But.…"
"But...not good like I thought it would. Bonnie was a bitch to me my whole life, she made my life miserable and humiliated me constantly, but when I watched her fall...something inside me, some tiny part, didn't enjoy it like the rest of me did. Does that make sense?"
Shego cocked an eyebrow, unaccustomed to seeing Kim so unsure.
"Do you regret doing it?"
"No."
"Would you do it again if you could?"
Kim did not hesitate with her answer, much to Shego's delight.
"Yes."
"Then you did good. What you felt was that tiny piece of you that the society made, the one that tells you something is wrong because the guys who made the rules said it was, trying to take over again. Your always going to feel that Kimmie, you lived like that for to long for it to ever go away completely, but that doesn't mean you have to listen to it. Your the one in charge of your life, not some pre-programmed sense of right and wrong shoved into your head by society. You make you own rules in life, and if feels good then I say do it."
Kim grinned playfully.
"I know what else would make me feel good"
"Hmmm?"
Kim dropped her magazine and pressed herself against Shego.
"Guess."
Shego bit her lip as the feeling on Kim's body pressed into her began to stir her own body. Despite that however, she slid away from Kim as far as the couch would allow.
"Whoa there Princess, slow it down. We agreed last week that we'd take things slow until we were both sure about what was going on with us."
Kim frowned at the implication of Shego's words.
"I'm sure.…"
"Oh really? And how many women have you had feelings for in the past?"
"None…"
"And just what is it your feeling Princess? Love? Lust? Can you look me in the eyes and say for sure? "
"..No."
"Uh huh. Me either Princess and that's the problem. Neither of us have any experience with this type of thing and I'm sure as hell not going to risk one of us getting hurt while we have to live together."
Shego grinned devilishly and put down her magazine, producing a small deck of cards from over the side of the couch.
"But that doesn't mean we can't have some fun while we figure things out. Up for a friendly game of cards?"
:Across town at Middleton Lutheran Hospital:
The ambulance screeched to a halt as it's backdoors flew open and the medics pulled the stretcher out. Various hospital personal swarmed out to meet the arrived vehicle and all involved wasted no time in rushing the patient into the hospital as Ron climbed out of the back of the ambulance. He had been lucky that an ambulance had spotted him carrying Bonnie as he was running down the road. The paramedics had said she was going to be ok, but he had known they were lying. Her blood coated his arms and he may not have been a doctor but he knew that wasn't a good thing. He rushed inside after Bonnie, hoping and praying that she would pull through. He didn't...He didn't know what he would do if she died.
:Many, Many Hours later:
Ron sat in the hospital room in a worried silence as the doctor and nurse talked quietly to each other. Finally the nurse nodded and walked out as the doctor turned and faced him
"Mr. Stoppable, Miss Rockwaller made it through the surgery but I'm sorry to say she's in a coma. Her injuries were extensive, broken ribs, broken arms, internal bleeding, it was all to much for her to take so her body just shut down so it could recover. There is no telling how long she might be like this, it could be days or months or….Mr. Stoppable you have to be prepared to accept the chance that she might never wake up."
Ron grimaced at the news. He should have been relieved that she was alive but all he could do was blame himself for not being fast enough to save her.
"Oddly, aside from those injuries she also appeared to have some minor muscle damage unrelated to the fall you say she took. Did she receive a bad shock at some point with in the last year."
Ron just shuddered.
"I'll take that as a yes. Anyway, I'm sorry to bring this up but we need to know who to bill while Miss Rockwaller is in her coma."
As if by some divine cue the hospital room door opened at that exact moment and Betty Director walked in.
"Global Justice will be taking care of all expenses doctor. Now would you please give Mr. Stoppable and I a moment to discuss matters?"
The doctor nodded and walked out as Betty stared unblinkingly at Ron.
"Tell me what happened."
Ron's face grew hard at the memory.
"Kim happened. She threw Bonnie off the roof during our fight. I leapt after her but I was to slow, she had already hit the ground when I reached her."
"I see...The moodulator had no effect then?"
Ron's voice took on a bitter tone.
"Oh it worked, but it didn't stop her from attacking. I don't know what she did for six months, but she has changed. I saw her face after she threw Bonnie off that roof….she was smiling and the look she had in her eyes…"
Ron trailed off seemingly at a loss for the proper way to describe it. Shaking his head he stared back up at Betty, an edge rising in his voice.
"Now I want to know why the hell our backup never came."
"According to their report someone welded the door of the helicopter closed, trapping them inside."
Ron spit the name out in anger
"Shego."
"Indeed. It seems Miss Possible was not alone after all."
Betty's face softened as she continued.
"Mr. Stoppable...Ron...I am sorry for what happened. If I had had any idea that something like this was going to happen I never would have allowed you or Bonnie to confront Miss Possible. I had thought your training would be enough...I thought...no, I prayed you would be able to reach her and get her to see the error of her ways. I was wrong. And for that I am sorry."
Ron just scowled
"Tell that to Bonnie."
Ron walked over to the bed containing a comatose Bonnie and just stood looking down at her.
Betty shook her head at the sad state of affairs and walked out of the room. She took a calming breathe and reached for the communication device on her belt.
"I want guards posted outside Miss Rockwaller's room at all times, hell I want those guards guarded as well. I also want all hospital entrances and exists guarded, that includes all vents and windows. No one is to get in or out of this building without me knowing about it, is that understood?"
A rigid voice replied.
"Yes Ma'am."
"Now, what is the status of the jail cell?"
"The architect says it will be ready soon Ma'am."
"I want to know the moment it is completed."
"Understood."
As Betty clipped her device back onto her belt she narrowed her eye. There was not going to be a repeat of last night, she was going to stop Kim Possible no matter what the cost.
As the sun rose on the new day, Kim's eyes snapped open. Someone was in her room, she could sense it.
She scowled and flipped out of bed, landing in a practiced ready to strike position only to find Shego standing at her doorway.
"Good reaction time Princess, just like I taught you. Now get dressed, you've got work to do."
Kim relaxed out of her stance and gave Shego a quizzical look.
"What work?"
"Are you planning on letting the doofus go?"
Kim's face darkened at the mere mention of Ron.
"No, but right now I have no way to find him. It's not like we can just ask Global Justice to send him out to play."
"You leave the how to me Princess, you just get ready."
Kim just nodded and headed to the bathroom to get ready. She had learned to trust Shego at her word so if Shego had a way to get to him then she wasn't about to let the chance pass her bye. Ron was all that was left of her old life...once he was gone it would just be her and Shego, against the world. It was thought didn't scare her as much as it used to.
:An hour later inside a warehouse in downtown Middleton:
Shego turned to face Kim as they walked to the center of the empty building.
"Tell me where we are Kim."
Kim was surprised for a second. Shego never called her Kim. The implication of Shego's choice of names was not lost on her.
"We're in a warehouse in downtown Middleton."
Kim looked around more and a realization hit her.
"This is the warehouse where I brought Bonnie six months ago. Everything is gone but…this is the place, I know it."
"Correct. This is where you made a choice to decide who you really were and not let other people control you. This is where you decided to stand up for yourself for the first time. This is where it began and this is where it is going to end."
Kim stared at Shego, the thief's face hard and impassionate as she continued.
"Show me you have what it takes to finish the fight you started six months ago."
"But Ron isn't even here…"
"He will be. I made sure we tripped an alarm on the way in, and the security camera had a clear view of your face."
"And what'll you be doing while I'm taking care of Ron?"
Shego just grinned and lit up her hands
"Same thing I did last time. Making sure this stays a private fight.
:A little earlier at Global Justice HQ:
"Ma'am, we've got a hit. Both Shego and Miss Possible."
Betty narrowed her sole eye and turned away from the subordinate she had been speaking with. A hit this soon meant a trap, but it also meant that this was a way to end things before Kim got a chance to hurt anyone else.
"Where?"
"A warehouse in downtown Middleton. Pulling up a visual now."
Betty stared at the building displayed on screen with and gritted her teeth. She knew that warehouse...There could be no mistake, this was a message that things were going to end with this battle. She tapped a button on the console in front of her.
"Gentlemen, tell me the architect finished the jail cell?"
An accented yet happy voice replied
"I am just finishing it now Miss Director."
"Good. I want it loaded into a transport immediately."
Betty tapped the same button on the console and cut off the voice off before it could reply. She then reached for the communication device on her belt and pressed the button on it.
"Mr. Stoppable…"
Ron cut her off before she could continue, his voice lacking it's usual emotion.
"I heard. I'm getting ready now."
Betty's voice softened slightly
"Are you sure you can do this? The rest of the team can go without you."
"With all due respect, they would lose and you know it. This needs to stop today."
Unseen to Betty, but not unheard, Ron saddened.
"I wasted to much time trying to save her from what she was becoming and I ended up losing Bonnie because of it. I'm not going to let anyone else get hurt because I couldn't do what needed to be done. Just have the rest of the team focus on keeping Shego busy."
" Understood."
:Shortly, Outside the warehouse:
Ron took a deep breathe as the helicopter set down.
"This is it" he thought as he climbed out.
"Either I bring Kim in or she kills me. One of us is ending this today."
He walked through the warehouse door as a legion of Global Justice soldiers exited the helicopter behind him.
Shego turned her head slightly as the sound of the approaching helicopter.
" This is it Kim. Do me proud."
Shego leapt up to the catwalk and slipped partially out a window. She waited until she saw the doofus walk into the warehouse before sliding fully out the window and landing in front of a veritable legion Global Justice soldiers. She lit both her hands and stood defiantly before them.
Kim watched with grim focus as Ron walked through warehouse door, his face impassive and unmoved at seeing Kim stand before him. He said nothing as he came to a stop only a short distance from Kim, choosing instead to simply stare at her. Kim smirked.
"Not going to try and beg me to listen before we start?"
Ron struck a fighting pose and replied with a cold tone.
"Your not Kim. She wouldn't do the things you've done. Kim was a hero...she would have died before becoming what you are."
The two former friends stared each other down and they both knew, this was going to be their last fight.
The tense mood was broken instantly when Kim struck, throwing a fast combination of punches at Ron's head. Ron ducked and dodged as quick as he could, knowing that if even one of Kim's punches connected it would leave him stunned and open for another attack. He was proven right when Kim feigned a left jab only to slam her right fist into his chin, knocking him forward onto his stomach. Seizing the advantage Kim quickly slammed her leg down onto Ron's back, slamming him back down just as he begun to rise.
"Tell me Ron, what hurts more. The guilt of knowing that it's your fault all this had to happen or.…"
Kim leaped up and slammed the full weight of both her feet on Ron's right ankle.
"Your broken leg."
Ron screamed through gritted teeth as he felt the bones in his leg shatter.
:Elsewhere:
The jet sped silently through the sky, it's pilot resolute. Ron was going to lose, the pilot knew that much. Ron's own report of the last battle had proven that he was no match for Kim's new level of skill, however the pilot didn't need Ron to win, just to buy enough time until the jet could reach the warehouse. The final solution for the Kim Possible problem wasn't going to be found in a climactic battle...The pilot pushed the jet's throttle forward, pouring on more speed as they prepared to do what needed to be done.
:Outside of the warehouse:
Shego hit the ground hard, but was back on her feet in an instant. All around her the bodies of Global Justice soldiers lay unconscious or screaming over various injuries, but the wall of soldiers that still stood before her indicated the fight was far from over. She crouched and lit her hands again, smirking at sea of opponents.
"I don't care how many of you there are, you want to reach Kimmie? You've got to get through me first."
:Back inside:
Ron leaped backwards, his leg screaming in pain as he tried to land lightly on it. It hurt like hell but he wasn't going to quit, not when Bonnie had nearly given her life to try and stop Kim. He let out a monkey screech and stretched out his arms, spinning on his working leg as Kim struck with a forward kick. As her leg sailed past his turning body he grabbed it and used her own momentum to throw her hard against the ground. Though to his eyes she seemed to slam into the hard ground with enough force to at least daze most people, she recovered instantly. His mind boggled at the idea that she hadn't felt anything of that landing yet he didn't have time to think past that thought as Kim hand planted and sprung forward, extending both her legs out as she flew towards his chest. He flipped onto his palms and spun causing Kim to miss him by mere inches. Kim landed and twisted back toward him, smirking slightly
"If only poor Bonnie had been that fast, maybe she wouldn't have ended up street pizza."
It was that taunt that broke Ron. The image of Bonnie lying prone of the ground, her blood pooling around her, surfaced in his mind and he snapped. He felt something deep inside of him, something primal connected to his monkey power, begin to surge. He could feel his whole body become energized and the pain of his broken leg vanished as if it had never even been. He let the power wash over him, filling everything his was and a primal roar of anger came spilling out of his mouth as he lost himself in what he felt and launched himself at Kim. She just laughed and flexed her arms.
"Good. I was worried you were going to make this no fun."
Ron slammed into Kim, clawing at her face with his hands as his feet bicycle kicked her waist. His legs and arms moved in blurs as he covered her body in punches and kicks, then faster than even Kim could react Ron leaped off and grabbed her, throwing her across the warehouse. Kim landed with a hard thud but rose instantly to a crouch.
"Ouch. That almost hurt...Do it again."
Ron just smirked and growled. He leaped up and grabbed a support beam and began to swing back and forth. Kim ran towards him and leapt into a flying kick aimed directly for his chest. At the last instant however he flipped up and around on the beam, slamming down onto Kim as she passed through the spot he had been hanging at. Both fighters hit the ground hard, but it was Kim, who had had years of practice of escaping from collapsed cheerleader pyramids, that manage to act first. She rolled from under Ron and slammed her hands down onto his stomach before he could respond, eliciting a groan of pain from Ron.
He raised one arm to shove her off but Kim was far quicker and caught it . Pinning his chest to the ground she snapped his arm backwards, the sound of breaking bone bringing a smile to her face. Ron's mind began to clear from it's haze of power as he felt the pain return to his entire body. Kim dug her elbows into his chest before kicking him in the side and with each blow He felt the primal power that had been driving him slowly fade away.
"This isn't some fairytale Ron. You don't get to win with some last minute power boost."
Kim stood and pressed her foot into his neck, just enough to make him cough harshly and make sure he would focus clearly on her words.
"Goodbye Ron, it was nice...before you screwed it all up."
Kim raised her foot just off his neck and prepared to deliver the final blow...but her body suddenly convulsed in pain as a burning blue energy enveloped her. She let a scream of intense pain and fell backwards, slamming hard into the ground.
:Outside:
Shego slammed her fists into either side of the head of the soldier in front of her, watching with a satisfied grin as he fell to the ground, when she heard Kim's scream. She turned towards the sound reflexively a true concern for Kim welling up inside her.
"Kim!!"
Had she not turned away she might have seen one of the remaining soldiers use the momentary distraction to pull the pin on a gas grenade and throw it at her. She snapped back around as she heard the hissing of the gas but was struck helpless as the gas instantly surrounded her. As she felt consciousness slip from her mind and hey body tilt forward, she silently cursed herself for failing Kim.
:Back Inside:
Ron weakly opened his eyes, wondering why he was still alive when he saw Kim convulsing on the floor, a fading blue glow surrounding her body. He struggled and sat up as best he could, trying to ignore the protests of his body. He had no idea what had just happened but he desperately hoped it was something good because he wasn't in any shape for more bad luck. It was then that he heard a familiar voice from the rafters.
"It's over Mr. Stoppable."
Ron blinked and tried to clear his mind of pain as he looked up to the source of the voice. Betty stared down at him from the catwalk, a pilot's mask lying at her feet while in her hand she held a helmet Ron found very familiar.
"What did you do?"
"I did what needed to be done. The truth is, Mr. Stoppable, Miss Possible is too valuable to spend the rest of her life rotting in a jail cell. "
Ron's mind continued to swim as he came to grips with Betty's words. He weakly raised his good arm and pointed at the helmet Betty was holding.
"That's Electronique's device…"
"The reverse polarizer, yes. Thanks to your own use of the original device, Electronique was only all to happy to build us another. Miss Possible is now in the only prison she cannot escape from, while remaining where she was meant to be, on the side of justice.
Betty's communication device squawked loudly and she reached down to pick it up.
"Yes? I see... Good news Mr. Stoppable, it seems the rest of the team was able to incapacitate Shego as well. She is currently being sedated and transported to a holding facility. Thanks to your efforts Global Justice had captured a wanted criminal and rescued a lost teen hero. All in all I would call today an excellent day. Shall we recover Miss Possible and return to headquarters?
:Later, Global Justice:
Kim had spent the entire ride back to Global Justice in tears, devastated by the memories of what she had done. Ron had spent the ride in silence, unsure of what to feel or how to react to this girl who sat next to him, begging and pleading for forgiveness. As Betty, Ron and Kim walked into the central command room, the hushed murmurs of the on duty agents filling the room at the sight of Kim Possible, Ron held Betty back, unsure of how to explain the discomfort he felt within himself.
"Betty...I...I'm glad to have Kim back but…"
Betty looked at Ron coolly and spoke before he could continue, seemingly already aware of what he was going to say.
"Do you have a problem with how things were resolved Mr. Stoppable? As I recall it didn't bother you when you used the reverse polarizer on Electronique."
Ron flinched at the statement. He had always claimed that that event had been nothing but an accident, but it seemed Betty didn't buy it.
"I know...it's just...this time feels wrong…"
Betty placed one hand on his shoulder reassuringly.
"Wrong? Mr. Stoppable were the good guys. Everything we do is right."