StD - Diablo
"Headstrong"
By : Trapt
Circling your
Circling your
Circling your head
Contemplating everything you ever said
Now I see the truth, I got a doubt
A different motive in your eyes and now I'm out
See you later
I see your fantasy
You wanna make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our heads, yeah, well now that's over
I see your motives inside
Decisions to hide
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
If this is not where you belong
I can't give everything away
I won't give everything away
Conclusions manifest
Your first impression's got to be your very best
I see you're full of shit and that's alright
That's how you play, I guess you get through every night
Well now that's over
I see your fantasy
You wanna make it a reality paved in gold
See inside, inside of our heads, yeah, well now that's over
I see your motives inside
Decisions to hide
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
If this is not where you belong
I can't give everything away
(this is not where you belong)
I won't give everything away
I know, I know all about
I know, I know all about
I know, I know all about
I know, I know all about your motives inside
And your decision to hide
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
Headstrong, we're headstrong
Back off I'll take you on
Headstrong to take on anyone
I know that you are wrong
If this is not where you belong
I can't give everything away
(this is not where you belong)
I won't give everything away
(where you belong.. this is not where you belong)
Chapter 13 : Drakken Strikes
The prom was going full swing as everyone danced with their dates or loved ones…well…most did. Shego was currently talking to Barkin while the other members of Team Possible scowled as they watched Kim force herself to be polite and dance with Eric Mitchell.
"So…Mitchell is a robot/cyborg/droid thing is he…?" Barkin asked quietly.
Shego nodded. "That's about the size of it, we suspect he's going to make some sort of move against Kim tonight. All we need you to do is make sure everyone can be evacuated quickly and safely just in case." She replied.
"What about Stoppable…it's a shame he can't be here?" Barking muttered.
"He's patrolling and making sure Drakken's army…whatever it is…isn't causing problems." Shego said with a worried look on her features.
Barkin noticed. "Don't worry about him to much, Stoppable is one hell of a man and a fighter, he'll be just fine." Barkin said as he watched the various couples on the dance floor.
Ron was now standing in the middle of the street, an uncountable number of Diablo battle droids surrounding him. His face was covered in a stoic mask as he now cold and emotionless eyes shifted about and looked at his enemies.
Ron's eyes narrowed and began flashing a rainbow of colors as raw energy crackled off his body. He could sense an odd signal coming from Bueno Nacho…which meant that Drakken had somehow turned his favorite fast food joint into a place that not only distributes his little death machines but relays signals to them as well.
Unfortunately fighting his way there would allow that herd of Diablo's heading for the school to get away from him. This was not an option…he had to protect the school and Kim.
"Well…?" He snapped through gritted teeth at the demonic machines.
Suddenly, all at once the Diablo's began sporting not only large arm cannons but sharp blades as well. "PREPARE FOR ANNIHILATION!" The lead Diablo boomed with a monotone mechanical voice.
"How original…I think blue-boy watched to many Transformers cartoons when he was a kid." Ron grumbled. "Time to show you overblown happy meal toys just who you picked a fight with."
Ron dismissed his staff, teleporting it to a safe place for him to retrieve at a moments notice. His eyes finally settled back on their usual brown color but his pupil was gold and the whites were silver. Different colored energy fizzled and cracked around him as his hair whipped violently in a wind that wasn't there.
The first Diablo lunged in for the attack. Ron caught the robots giant sized metal fist causing his feet to sink into the cracking pavement beneath him. With a grunt Ron flipped the massive robot over his shoulder with a loud clang only to be clipped in the leg by a heat ray from another.
"You need to chill out!" Ron snapped and blasted the large droid with a white beam of ice freezing it on the spot…that is until it broke loose again. "Okay…ice won't work…how about a Fireball!"
The force of the explosion forced Ron back several feet and into the Diablo he had just flipped over. He groaned in frustration as he watched the Diablo he'd just blasted repair itself in record time.
"Damn Hephestus project." He grumbled.
Ron considered his options…if elements and brute strength separately wouldn't do the trick…then he would have to combine them. Being machines and having computers within them they must be susceptible to electricity and water. A strong enough jolt of electrical energy should be enough to short out the Hephestus units in them and hopefully shut down their OS, computer cores and their receivers.
Ron drew the Dragon Blade and let electrical energy surge through his body, channeling it into his sword. Brown retina turned electric yellow as power surged through him.
"I've spent long enough toying with you bastards." Ron growled with a grin. "Zeus ain't got nuttin on me!"
Shooting forward Ron slammed his charged fist into the nearest Diablo blowing a huge hole out the back of it as his energy fried its circuits. The large robot fell to the ground sputtering and flailing about before its systems shut down and it shrank to its compact size. Ron stepped on the worthless things and crushed it under his boot.
"Booyah…" Ron smirked as he brought his sword up ready to attack. "Looks like tonight's going to be a real shocker after all."
"I'm having a real good time tonight Kim." Eric said happily.
"That's nice." Kim said nonchalant. "Care to tell me why you attacked Ron that day…why you tried to kill him?" She asked in a sweet tone.
Eric's features darkened to a evil and almost insane smile. "Seeing as how it no longer matters I did it to get him out of the way." Eric said nonchalant.
"Why would you want Ron out of the way?" Kim hissed her emerald eyes narrowing dangerously.
Eric laughed mirthlessly. "Simple my little flower…" He purred. "…for my entertainment pleasure and so I can carry out my mission." He grinned evilly.
Kim pushed Eric away only to have his arms stretch like rubber and snake their way around her petite form. Kim let out a gurgled scream of pain as electricity then pumped into her body.
Near by students saw this and began backing off. Brick and Josh charged Eric to free Kim but were blasted off their feet by red stun beams shot from the droids eyes.
Shego growled as her plasma came to life, she shot and blasted the two apart, catching Kim before she hit the floor. Kim shook her head a bit still a stunned from the electric shock she got from Eric.
"Damn…this might be more trouble than we thought." She grumbled as Shego helped her to stand upright. She reached for her EMP gun and pulled it out…it had been fried in Eric's attack. "Prime…" Kim groaned and took a fighting stance.
"Oh please…an EMP gun?" Eric asked with dark amusement.
Suddenly some sirens could be heard in the distance and a voice came over the loud speakers. "This is Officer Hubble of the Middleton Police Department. We are at a code red emergency. Giant battle class war machines have begun attacking all over the world and in every city. All civilians are advised to seek shelter, do not, I repeat, do not attempt to engage robots. They are armed and extremely dangerous, five police casualties and twenty civilian casualties have been reported in this area alone. Please remain calm and go to your nearest shelter or place of hiding…thank you." The feed ended leaving most of the school in a panic.
Eric laughed cruelly. "Well…looks like father has started already!"
Kim glowered at him. "How can you laugh!?" She asked angrily as tears of worry began to form in her eyes. "People! Innocent people are being slaughtered and you laugh!"
Kim in her anger shot forward and punched him, then she followed up with a series of kicks and jabs until one round house kick knocked his head around backwards. He shrugged the attack off and straightened his head, a vicious grin on his features.
Shego didn't like the overly smug look on the droids face so she tried wiping it off with a blast of plasma fire…to her horror it did absolutely nothing to him…not even a scratch, only his clothes were a bit singed.
Growling the raven haired beauty lashed out with her sharp claws as Kim attack from the rear. Shego grinned as she left four long cuts down Eric's artificial flesh.
Eric grinned insanely as the damage sealed and repaired itself. "Did I forget to mention that father gave me the most powerful improvement?" He asked with a chuckle. "I am ten times more powerful that the Diablo war machines!" He grinned and nailed both women with his fists pumping a nasty charge of stunning electricity into them.
Both women screamed in pain as they were flung back several feet, their dresses singed and burnt. Weakly they got to their feet, both mentally calling to Ron for help neither knowing that he heard them.
"BBOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!!!!! CRRRAAAASSSHHHHH!!!!"
The side of the gymnasium wall was blown inwards with a mighty crash and explosion as bricks and the mangled form of a Diablo flew into the room. Dust and smoke filled the area creating an eerie fog.
Many of the students gasped as a lone figure appeared in the smoke and dust. Kim and Shego began smiling, they knew that profile anywhere. Two glowing red eyes could be seen and then Ron appeared as the dust and smoke cleared. His clothes had long since been shredded from his body leaving him in only his battle suit, it too had a few tears in it, and blood could be seen but no visible wounds.
Ron looked over and saw both Kim and Serena standing against eachother weakly, their dresses tattered and burnt. His eyes flared brighter red and you could hear his teeth grinding as he looked at the smug Eric.
"Did you do this to them?" He asked with a growl, his fist closing so tightly that his knuckles popped.
Eric grinned cockily. "And if I did looser? Are you going to try to stop me…please your little tart girlfriend and the slut have a better chance." He sneered.
"Dead man walking…" Bonnie said as several other nodded.
Eric ignored the barb and pointed one arm, which had morphed into a cannon, at the girls and the other at Ron. "One little move Looser and I splatter their pretty little bodies all over the walls." Eric said with an evil grin.
Ron glared at him in such a way he'd be dead had he been alive to begin with. "Stop hiding behind women you artificial asshole and face me…or are you just all talk." Ron baited.
Eric bit. "I'll show you talk Stoppable, I am the most powerful war-class bio-droid ever created!" Eric yelled.
Ron rolled his eyes. "There's a ringing endorsement…this coming from a droid made by a man who has to drop his pants to count to eleven." Ron said dryly.
Despite the situation Kim and Shego laughed along with many of the students. Eric's answer to the insult was to shoot two powerful blasts of energy at Ron from his arm cannons.
The two beams of energy impacted with Ron causing a large explosion that knocked several of the near students over. Eric laughed. "Is that all the more powerful you are Stoppable? Fiske was a FOOL!" Eric boasted.
The smoke cleared revealing Ron standing with his arms crossed, an emotionless look on his features mixed with a hint of boredom. Many students gasped at the sight, many had seen some of his abilities but to take two full laser blasts almost point blank and be unfazed…it was unbelievable.
"I wonder…" Ron said in a deadly calm voice, almost an evil purr. It sent chills down everyone's spines. "…did Drakken program you with the ability to feel fear or pain? Shall we find out?"
Ron started walking slowly towards Eric, his full power aura bursting to life as he took confident steps toward his prey. His hair had begun whipping about making it look like a golden inferno upon his head, his eyes flashing and changing colors so rapidly that it was impossible to tell which it was. Each place his foot touched was cracked and scorched from the raw power flowing through him, his power, the power of both Warrior and Destroyer.
Monique's eyes widened in shock. "The Prophecy…it's altered…he's a Destroyer Warrior!" She breathed as her friends gawked.
Ron stopped a few scarce feet from Mitchell; his eyes had stopped flashing different colors showing their true form. The whites had become a rich golden color and the retina was a brilliant mix of silver and platinum. His pupils though were the strangest yet, constantly changing from one color to another, never stopping and giving him a god-like appearance.
"I am not a Destroyer Warrior, I am a Mystic." Ron said his voice giving off a ethereal echo. "This is my power, my destiny, my fate, my honor and my burden. As guardian of this world I will no longer allow you or Drakken to harm it or it's life." Ron's face darkened as anger set in, multi-colored energy sparking out the sides of his eyes. "You hurt two women I care for deeply, you threatened my friends and your pathetic creator has killed innocents in his insane desire for domination…for that…I show no mercy." Ron's voice snarled.
"Fuck off Stoppable!" Eric roared and punched Ron with all his mechanical might. The thud from his blow rang out through the now silent gym. Ron stood stock still, the droids fist against his face yet he felt no pain.
Eric's optic sensors widened as he felt a single emotion…one he never felt before…fear. Ron's hand shot up and grabbed Eric's wrist, clamping down so hard that the sound of metal and syntho-waste could be heard crunching. With a sharp tug Eric's arm was harshly torn from his shoulder, green syntho-goo spurted out like blood.
Ron's other hand shot up and grabbed Eric by the throat lifting him up a couple feet from the ground. "No one will ever hurt Kim or Serena so long as I live…ever again." Ron growled as he crushed the droids neck and then pumped electrical energy into him shorting out his OS and mainframe.
Ron dropped Eric to the floor sputtering and seizing. "D…drone…X459-1 E…er…eric….M…mit…chell…data…error…system…em…lost……"
With that Eric Mitchell ceased to function, the computer components within him fried beyond repair and his body trashed. Ron let his power go back to normal levels, his eyes returning to normal as he looked over at the girls with concern. One was the woman he loved and the other a woman he had grown to care for deeply in a way he didn't yet understand.
"Are you two alright?" He asked softly as he began healing them with his power.
Kim and Shego's answer was to glomp him and kiss him on each cheek leaving him rather embarrassed. "I'll take that as a yes."
"That was so awesome Ron, you were Badical!" Kim gushed happily.
"No shit! You really kicked Mitchell's synthetic biscuit!" Serena grinned enjoying the closeness.
Ron frowned though and gently pushed both young women back. "It's not over…far from it. I still have an army of Diablo's, Drakken and Monkey Fist to contend with." Ron closed his eyes. "They are tearing up every major city on the planet, many innocents are dying and I am the only one that can stop them…I am sorry…but this is my fight and I must do it alone, I can't let either of you be hurt."
The girls were about to protest when Ron's communicator sounded off. "Yeah Wade, what is…..Drakken!?" Ron growled.
Drakken's smug face was on the screen; behind him chained to the wall was Ellen Stoppable, Anne Possible and James Possible. "Hello buffoon, lovely night don't you think?" He asked in mock pleasantness.
"Why are my parents and Ron's mom there Drakken! They have nothing to do with this!" Kim almost screamed at him, Shego scowled…this was low.
"Why Kimberly I had my drones pick them up for insurance. Now if you and the traitorous slut would be so kind as to come and surrender yourselves to me…they won't meet any undue…torment." Drakken grinned as his drones put their shock prods to each of the elders throats shocking them.
"STOP IT!" Kim screamed. "We'll come…just please…don't hurt them." She said feeling helpless.
"You win Drakken…" Shego growled angrily, the elder Possible's had been so nice to her, letting her live with them and treating her like one of the family…she couldn't let them be hurt.
Ron's eyes narrowed dangerously turning a demonic shade of black so dark that it seemed to go on forever, his eyes now giving off a eerie silver glow.
"Drakken so help me if you hurt my mom, the Possible's, Kim or Shego…hell will not hide you from my wraith." Ron snarled in feral tones.
Drakken snorted. "You buffoon will go home and twiddle your thumbs or whack off…whatever your pathetic little mind comes up with and wait until I have received a world wide surrender. Then…if you are a good boy, I might let you have the cheerleader and the slut back along with your families…if not…then you will be collecting their bodies." Drakken eyed Ellen a bit. "Though I must admit your mother is attractive…perhaps a little fun later." He sneered. "Now…come to Bueno Nacho HQ, 100 miles east of Middleton on old 54."
The ground trembled as Ron's rage hit it's limit. A low feral snarl erupted from the depths of his chest. "You touch her and I will pull your innards out a centimeter at a time!" Ron's voice had turned a low demonic snarl.
"Behave and nothing will happen…you have my word." Drakken lied. "But if I so much a smell you I will kill them." He promised looking victorious.
Ron growled, he was stuck and he knew it. "You win for now Drakken…but mark my words…you will answer for what you have done." Ron growled.
Drakken laughed. "You and what army buffoon!" He then cut the transmission.
Ron put his communicator away shaking with barely controlled rage.
Kim looked at her boyfriend; she could feel is anger and pain. Shego too could feel his suffering. It was killing both women but they knew what they had to do.
"I'm sorry Ron…we've got to go…I…can't let you lose you mom and I can't let my parents die because of Drakken's stupidity." Kim said and pecked him on the cheek, she knew she was in a losing battle at this point but she would go down swinging.
Shego hugged Ron and pecked his cheek. "It was fun while it lasted Ronnie…remember me when this is all over." She was sure she would die this time…but if she could die doing the right thing then maybe she could find peace.
Ron closed his eyes, his jaw tight. "I…will get you both out of this somehow…go…before he hurts our families. Be safe…both of you." Ron said softly, the rage still present in his voice.
Both girls nodded and ran out of the gym to gather their battle suits from Kim's house and then go to Drakken's lair. Everyone was silent as they watched Kim and Shego leave and then Ron stand there with his eyes shut, a stone look on his features.
Barkin walked up to him and put his hand on the younger mans shoulder. "It will all work out Stoppable, those two can get out of this." He said trying to cheer the young man up.
Ron's eyes snapped open, once again in Mystic form. "This isn't over…not by a long shot." Ron said in deadly calm.
"Are you going after them?" Barkin asked.
"I will not abandon them." Ron stated.
Barkin nodded with a slight smile, if anyone could get them out of this it was Ron. "Go to then." Barkin said and began walking away but stopping. "Stoppable…you've become one hell of a man…good luck to you."
Ron nodded, turned and began walking away. He vanished from sight before he even reached the massive hole he and the Diablo created in the wall.
"Do you think Drakken has any idea of what he's just done to himself?" Brick asked.
"Not one stinking clue…and that will be what costs him." Josh said grimly.
Disclaimer : We do not own Kim Possible
Authors : DragonMaster & Doug4422 aka Epic Quest INC