And yet another chapter… No A/N on this one, just the Big Thanks to all those who are reading, and a special thanks to those who reviewed the last chapter: calamite, AtomicFire, Cyrus Majin, Alphamech, CharmedMilliE, Yankee Bard, Aacire, kim's 1 fan, RealityBreakGirl, and DuffKilliganFan…

Disclaimer: I guess this is where I repeat myself and say I do not own squat…

Chapter 22

The unlikely trio of Kim, Ron, and Duff Killigan were silently floating in the now sky-blue blimp. They weren't far from their target, according to the map on the Kimmunicator's screen, so they were now in silent running. Any communication between them was done by hand gestures.

Kim gave each man in the basket with her a questioning glance, and received slightly different responses. Duff stood a bit taller, and shrugged his shoulders a bit readjusting the strap on his golf bag. He silently took out a few exploding golf balls, and held them in his hand, ready to begin the attack.

Ron just gave her a goofball grin, gave her a thumbs up sign, and snatched a couple of the balls from Duff's hand. A short scuffle ensued between the two, and Kim silently stepped between them, pushing the two apart.

If these two would only convert their hostility towards each other into aggression towards the bad guys, we should win hands down. Kim thought to herself as she held up a mocking finger in front of each of their faces. The two backed down, and dropped their heads, acquiescing to their obvious leader.

So far their plan was going along as predicted, and they reached the building without being seen. Now all they had to do was drop down onto the roof, gain access, and take out the bad guys. At least that was the plan.

A unique sound was heard, and Kim immediately realized what it was! She tried pulling the rope that opened a flap on the blimp, making it go down, but realized too late that she wasn't quick enough. A ball of green plasma caught the upper portion of the blimp, blowing a huge hole in its side, and immediately the craft began to plummet down towards the roof!

Since there was no use to staying quiet anymore, Kim yelled. "Ron! Grab Duff and get a chute on him, quickly! Shego and Big Daddy just pulled up to the building and saw us! She just hit us with a plasma blast and we're going down!"

Ron quickly placed the three golf balls he had grabbed from Duff earlier in his pocket, and then helped Duff get his chute on. After Duff slapped his hands away and telling him to 'Keep your hands to yourself!', Ron was able to get his own chute on, and all three jumped out of the basket. They were at about 1000 feet, so they had to pull immediately. This also made them sitting ducks!

Suddenly there was a blast near the car Shego had gotten out of causing her to dive behind the car for protection, and Kim looked over at Duff. Somehow he had dropped a golf ball, and hit it with a club (all in mid air!), sending the small explosive with deadly accuracy.

"I didn't know you could do trick shots!" She yelled at Duff, who smiled a toothy grin.

They descended the last 50 to 75 feet fairly quickly, and Kim and Ron landed like professionals. Duff on the other hand, this being only the second time he had parachuted, landed a bit harder and rolled a few feet after his legs collapsed under him, causing a few clubs to fly out of his bag.

"Ach! Me irons!" The Scott bellowed, and stood quickly to gather his wayward clubs.

"Over here!" Kim yelled to get Duff's attention, and he turned to see Kim helping Ron. They were both prying open a large grate, which would be their access inside.

He ran over to the two teens, and just as he reached them an explosion blew nearby, causing bits of the roof to spray over them. They all turned to see Shego climbing the rest of the way onto the roof.

"Duff Killigan?" Shego said after leaping over the last two rungs of the ladder, and landed on the roof, hands blazing. "I never expected you to team up with the Princess! Oh well…"

She sent another blast of plasma at the golfer, who quickly pulled out his chipping wedge, which began to glow gold with energy. Right before the ball of green plasma landed on the roof in front of him, he swung the club and hit the plasma ball! It was sent directly back at Shego, who ducked and watched her energy land on the car below, which immediately exploded!

She thought of Big Daddy, and then noticed he had just made his way inside the building. Shego shouldn't have taken the time to worry about Big Daddy, as when she turned back around, Kim, Ron, and Duff had her surrounded.

"What are you doing here, Shego?" Kim asked, ready to take on the green clad woman.

"Well, if you must know, Kimmie… I'm thinking of a slight career change!" And with that she hurled another plasma blast at the cheerleader, who vaulted out of the way effortlessly.

"That super suit will only help you so far, Punkin'!"

Super suit? Kim thought as she landed in a fighting crouch, ready for another blast to come from Shego. Oh well… shouldn't hurt to let her think that's what I'm using.

A blast from Killigan suddenly blew Shego off her feet, which was enough of a distraction for the three of them to finally drop through the open shaft. The three landed on a catwalk in an enclosed area. After only a slight pause between the three, they immediately ran down the steel truss, and through a door that led them into a maintenance room of some sort. Kim quickly pulled out her laser lipstick and melted the lock, knowing full well that a locked door would only slow Shego down by maybe 2 seconds.

Then they left the small maintenance room and stealthily went down another hallway. Kim walked up behind Duff and whispered into his ear. "Those weren't our special explosives you used back there, were they?"

He shook his head side to side, and responded back with a harsh whisper. "What? Ya think I'm daft, lass?"

"Just checkin'." She whispered back.

They finally walked up to a door that was labeled MAIN ENTRANCE. Kim slowly turned the knob, and peered through the crack to see where it led. She quickly and quietly shut the door, then turned to Ron and Duff. Rufus was also at attention in Ron's pocket.

"OK, here's the sitch…" She whispered. "The next room is basically a large warehouse, and this door leads to the second floor catwalk. I think I saw 8 of the Eric Drones, and they are guarding a number of hostages. You're not going to believe who the hostages are."

"Who?" Ron asked

"Drakken, Dementor, Monkey Fist, Motor Ed and Triple S."

"Triple S.?" Ron had a perplexed look on his face.

"Senor Senior Senior, Ron." Kim was slightly annoyed by his question.

"Gotcha, KP. So what's the plan?"

"Duff…" Kim said, "I need a few of those!" And she snatched the three he had in his hand, causing a mumble of annoyance from him.

Kim then proceeded to lay out her plan. "OK, we will need a distraction, one that's big enough to pull most of the drones away from the hostages. Think you're up to the job, partner?"

Ron smiled at the word 'Partner', and nodded his agreement. He then took the three golf balls from his pocket that he had taken from Duff earlier, checked for Rufus in his other pocket, and whispered something into Kim's ear that made her blush slightly.

He quickly gave her a peck on the cheek, opened the door, and took off down the catwalk to the right.

Duff started to ask Kim a question. "How are we gonna know…" Kim held a finger to stop him from talking.

"Wait for it… in three… two… one!"

On the word one, as if she had planned it, a huge explosion rocked the far corner of the building!

"I just hope he didn't use the special golf balls!" Duff yelled over the other smaller explosions as they headed out the door and ran the opposite direction that Ron had. Both immediately noticed that all but three of the Eric Drones had left the hostages to go investigate Ron's distraction.

"Distract them…" Kim half-whispered to Killigan just before she split off to try and flank the three they were attacking.

Now Duff Killigan had never been a distraction before, so he really had no idea what to do. He was a little put out that Kim Possible was telling him what to do, but he suddenly got an idea. It was slightly embarrassing for him, but he knew it would work well.

Kim was hiding behind a truck when she heard Killigan's voice, but it seemed to be raised an octave. She took a chance, and glanced around the back end of the panel truck and saw what Killigan's distraction was.

The Scott had lifted his Kilt on one side, showing a hairy and thick upper leg. Kim quickly diverted her eyes, but not enough so she couldn't see that the remaining three Drones had left their posts.

Just as she went to untie the closest hostage's ropes, which just happened to be Drakken, Kim felt a sudden urge to move to her left. Just as she did, a blast of green plasma took out a large portion of the cement floor, sending bits of concrete all over her!

The explosion caused all of the hostages to look around, and they all saw Kim roll underneath the nearby panel truck.

Drakken immediately spoke up. "Shego! Just what do think your doing? Kim Possible was about to free us!"

"Sorry Doc, but I received a better off from Big Daddy."

Kim had flipped herself up onto the top of the panel truck so she could get a good view of what was going on around her. She was lucky in that Shego was facing away from her when she made the leap. But that was the only good thing.

She then noticed that Killigan was slowly being surrounded by the three Drones that he had intended to just distract. He was too close to them to activate his explosives, as he would be caught in the blast.

She then heard a familiar cry from across the warehouse. "Quinn!" It was Ron! And he sounded like he was in trouble! At least he was using her alias.

Another voice cut across the room, bellowing out of a speaker system. "Hold! Bring Stoppable to the center of the floor!"

Three of the five drones that had gone after Ron walked out. There was one holding onto each of his arms, and the third was right behind him with its hands on his shoulders. Ron's clothes were ripped a little bit, and it looked like he had a black eye starting to form.

The other two were lagging behind as they too were returning to the center of the floor. They were attempting to repair themselves from massive damage, no doubt brought on by Ron.

Kim looked him over as Ron mouthed the words 'I'm Sorry'. Almost immediately she noticed something was missing about Ron. She looked down at his pants pocket, and noticed that it was empty...

Her mouth formed the name… 'Rufus'. The only thing she didn't know was whether he was OK, hurt, or worse.

Unseen by anyone, was a small pair of glowing blue eyes as they watched the current situation unfold. The rest of his body was hidden inside the small air duct located halfway up the 30-foot wall.

To be continued…

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