And it continues… Thanks to all who are still hanging with this story. I really appreciate it! Thanks to all the readers, even if you don't review. Although I would like to thank those who have done so: dataweaver, AtomicFire, CajunBear73, Alphamech, Aacire, sveta89, trecebo, kim's 1 fan, Whisper from the Shadows, and RealitybreakGirl.
Chapter 18
"What?" Kim said, completely surprised at what Shego had said, and then reached up to her neck to touch… nothing! The voice modulator was gone! She either forgot to put it on this morning, or it had come off in the fight.
"Don't play stupid with me Princess. I know something is going on. After all, you're supposed to be dead, and I find you here ripping thousand –pound shelves off of walls like they're made of balsa wood? You get a new super-suit or something that I don't know about?" She looked Kim over trying to figure out if what she was wearing was giving her strength somehow.
Kim smiled meekly, looking at her current (or maybe former) enemy.
"That was you at Stoppable's funeral, wasn't it?" Shego said, as realization dawned on her.
"Umm, guys?" Ron said, "Can we… talk about old times later? I think we may need to get out of here."
At that moment a loud rumble was heard, and the massive safety door moved about an eighth of an inch! The three looked at each other with wide eyes, and Rufus squeaked out a surprise.
At that, they all began to move down the tunnel, and towards what they assumed was an exit out of the base, and to safety. Well, their assumption was half-correct. It did take them outside, but they were far from safe, as the other two Eric drones were waiting just as they opened the other safety door.
"Crap!" Shego yelled, and shot a plasma blast at one as it tried to grab her, and Ron flipped the other one as it had taken hold of his arm.
The one Shego blasted still stood in front of her, but it had a large gaping hole in its midsection. It looked down at the wound, and the hole closed up, but it had a noticeable indentation on the surface where the hole had been.
"Guys!" Ron called out again as he sidestepped a leg sweep from the drone he had just flipped. "I've got an idea! Kim, take over for me here, Shego you keep your drone busy, and I'll keep those other three from coming out of the door!"
Kim immediately jumped in front of the drone Ron was fighting, and blocked a few punches, and hit the drone hard enough to snap the head back, almost ripping it off. She looked over her shoulder at Ron as he pulled the door open, and heard him do a Han Solo-type scream as he started to barrel down the tunnel.
"Good luck Ron." She whispered to herself, and blocked another punch from the drone.
Everything Shego and Kim threw at the drones for the next 20 minutes just didn't seem to be enough. Whatever damage they did, the drones just repaired themselves and kept coming back.
Shego was breathing hard, but Kim seemed to be barely phased. "So Kimmy… dead seems to suit you. (huff) You're not even breathing hard, and you've barely broken a sweat. (huff)"
"Yeah, well… as you said earlier (she blocked another kick)… I got another upgrade." It seemed that Shego was unaware of her bionics, and she wanted to keep it that way. For now at least.
"Kim! Shego!" It was Ron! Kim threw her attacking drone into the other one just as Shego blasted them both into a nearby tree. They fell into a mass of gel, but then started to reform, a little slower than they had before.
Ron came out of the tunnel breathing hard, and his clothes soaked with sweat. "I've… (huff) slowed the other three down a bit! Can you two get the other drones back into that tunnel?"
"Why should we listen to your sidekick, Kimmy?" Shego said, watching the drones she just shot plasma at start to re-form.
"I think I know what he want's to do." Kim said, and narrowed her eyes at Shego. "And he's not my sidekick anymore. Ron's my equal."
Again, realization dawned on Shego. Get the enemy in an enclosed area, and block them off!
Kim did a couple handsprings, and eventually landed on her back about halfway between Shego and the door. "Ron! Help Shego, and toss each of those drones my way!"
Immediately understanding what Kim was going to do, Ron ran to Shego's side, and dropped into one of his Monkey Kung Fu fighting stances.
"So what the hell is she doing laying on her back while we continue to fight? Has your girlfriend gone wacko?"
"Watch and learn, Shego, watch and learn." Ron then beckoned one of the drones toward him, and he backed himself up a few feet, his back pointed directly a Kim, who had her head up, waiting and ready.
Sure enough, just as the drones always did, it charged at Ron, ready to do him some damage. As the drone lashed out with a punch Ron sidestepped and grabbed the arm, did a hip-check, and sent the drone over his head, slamming it onto the ground.
The drone stood back up right where Ron wanted him to be, and he took two large steps that placed him a few feet in front of the drone. Keeping his momentum going, Ron then leaped into the air over the drone's head, fully expecting it to reach up for him, and it did.
He grabbed the drone's arms by the wrist, and landed behind it, did a standing stomach crunch while holding onto the drone, and flipped him head over heels towards Kim. "First one incoming!"
Kim saw the drone flipping towards her, and caught the drone in it's midsection with her feet as it was coming down on top of her, and thrust out, over her head, sending the drone through the door, and back into the tunnel a good 20 yards!
"Next!" Kim yelled, signaling she was ready for the other one.
"This ones yours, Shego." Ron said bowing with a flourish as the other drone had finally coalesced and charged the green woman.
Shego actually let the drone reach her and she promptly fell to the ground tucking her legs between her and the drone, and pushed up, launching it into the air towards Kim… but it wasn't going to reach her! Still lying on her back, Shego brought her head back so she could see the drone, and sent out a plasma blast that caught it, and pushed it's trajectory right onto Kim's waiting legs!
The second one impacted with the other drone as it had reached the door starting to come out, and the momentum sent both back into the tunnel a good 10 to 15 feet!
"Shego! Blast it!" Kim yelled, as she stood up to get out of her way. Shego ran to within about 10 feet of the building, and sent a continuous blast of her plasma a good 20 feet above the door, causing the entire wall to collapse and block off the door with a good 20 tons of debris!
"Boo Yah!" Ron cried, jumping up and down pumping a fist into the air. "That's us-2, them-Zero!"
"That should hold them for a while. Now we need to find our parents and make sure everyone is safe." Kim thought for a few seconds. "But first we need to find out which way to go."
"Try your new Kimmunicator." Ron said.
"Oh yeah." Kim said, and brought her hand up to her ear. Immediately the motion triggered the device, and she could hear Wade.
"Hey Kim. What's up." Almost as fast, a small screen representation of Wade appeared in front of her bionic eye. It was generated internally by the eye, so only Kim could see the image. For a all intensive purposes, the image looked like a 15 inch screen was placed in front of her about 6 feet.
"Wow… now this is spankin' Wade!"
"I thought you would like what your Dad did for you. I helped him a little bit with the concept, but he did 90 percent of the work. Now what can I help you with?"
"Can you find where our parents went to hide? They had to leave the GJ base when it was attacked."
Wade typed on his computer for a few seconds. "Found 'em! Dr. Director is broadcasting a homing beacon on the same wave that we used before to communicate. I'm downloading their position to your systems."
"Thanks again, Wade. You Rock!"
"Glad to help, as always. It's good to see you back in action. Tell Ron Hi for me."
"Sure will. Bye."
The signal shut off, and Kim then turned towards Shego. "Well… we could use some transportation."
"Sorry, Princess… but I'm working alone on this. You guys are on your own."
…x x x x…
Shego walked away from the shocked faces of Kim and Ron, her mind racing.
Just what the Hell is going on here? I track the drones here and I find the Princess and the Buffoon already fighting them? Something just doesn't seem right…
…x x x x…
"I don't like this Ron." Kim said as Shego jogged away from them, well out of earshot. "Shego suddenly shows up and helps us fight these things? Plus she immediately sees through my disguise? She might destroy everything if she says ANYTHING about me to the outside world!"
"Would that be so bad Kim?" Ron asked innocently.
"Ron… if the knowledge that I'm alive gets out, Big Daddy and Phillipe Boullion could go in to deep hiding, and we'll never stop them!"
"Stop them from doing what Kim? I'm still a little foggy on that point."
"Ron… weren't you listening in the cafeteria? Brotherson and Bouillon are going to take over the world with the only in-exhaustible type of fuel available!"
"But Kim… wouldn't there need to be an energy shortage, or something for that to work? I DO remember some of that 'Supply and Demand' thing from Economics class."
Kim's eyes went wide. "Ron… I might not ever say these words again, but… You are a Genius!"
"Huh…?"
"It may be a long shot, but I believe I know what they are planning to do!"
…x x x x…
"You never did tell me your entire plan, Brotherson." Phillipe said as he took a sip from his tropical drink.
"But it's working so well. Why should I tell you?"
"Was that a shot? Because if it was…"
"No… no. I merely don't want to jinx the whole thing."
"Well… I WOULD like to know where all my money is going. A backer should know what kind of a final result is expected."
"I told you before. World Domination. We have three more atoms of anti-matter, and one of them is placed somewhere very special. I estimate in about a week we will see the beginning of the end."
"You're still not telling me anything."
"Do you remember the computer models of what would happen if an atom of anti-matter was placed with an atomic bomb?"
"What?" Phillipe blanched, as he had indeed seen those results. "You… wouldn't…"
Big Daddy smiled. "I have."
…x x x x…
In a town near the center of Iraq, the central hub for shipping equipment and materials to all oil fields, a shipment of boxes arrives via ground transport. One is removed and placed in a warehouse with other boxes and equipment, and it has a peculiar symbol that no one recognizes. It looks like the letter B with the bottom hump thinner than the rest of the symbol.
Another symbol was also on the box that made the warehouse personnel handle it extra careful. It was the universally known symbol for radiation.
…x x x x…
After walking around the complex for about an hour, Kim was finally able to locate her Mustang. They took off following the signal coming from the homing beacon Dr. Director was using. They didn't notice the hover car that was hiding behind a stand of trees.
When they left the premises, Shego turned the flyer around, and landed on the top of the building where she had collapsed part of it earlier. She sat there patiently watching the syntho-gel ooze out from under the bricks and cement.
To be continued…
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Well? I realized I never put in the entire plan of Big Daddy. Hope it doesn't seem just 'Plopped' in there. As always, please review and let me know what y'all think…