"Big Time"
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
So now the end game begins. I promised when this fanfic was started last year that it, started last summer, would be done before the end of the summer. Now, a year later, I promise it'll be finished by THIS summer's end. Lots of good action on that way!
With that, here's Chapter 14!
Disclaimer: The characters and places of the TV show 'Kim Possible' do not belong to me. They are property of Disney and the show's creative staff.
Part Fourteen - Delete, Delete! (06.28.07)
Underneath Noirish Pak, Inc. HQ - San Mateo, California
11 Hours Until the Senior Class Graduation from Middleton High...
Kim and Ron stood in fright as they were face-to-face with four uniformed agents in the building's elevator lobby. Kim leaned back in a ready position, prepared to fight her way through if need be.
But suddenly, the four of them began to laugh hysterically, at which point Kim lowered her guard, a bit confused as to what was happening.
"You're kidding, right?" one of them laughed out loud. "You two?"
Kim and Ron looked at each other, then back at the giggler.
"Man, they'll recruit ANYONE these days. Eh, guys?"
The agent broke out in laughter again, and the rest followed suit. They continued to chuckle as they walked away, off to go back to work. As they left, Kim and Ron quickly ran into the open elevator car just as the doors closed.
"Talk about a lucky break," Ron sighed with relief.
"No time to relax," Kim told Ron as she pulled out her clearance card. "I'm betting Global Justice is planning to get back at WEE for invading their headquarters. We don't have much time."
With that, Kim inserted the keycard into the reader slot next to the elevator's instrument panel.
Back above ground, Agent Will Du was leading a group of operatives around, attempting to find the entrance to WEE's headquarters. But so far, they were having no luck. Even after knocking out the two guards, they hadn't been able to obtain any useful information from them. But not willing to give up so easily, they searched the grounds anyway, hoping to eventually stumble upon it.
"C'mon... it's gotta be around here somewhere..."
Will walked up to a warehouse with the letter 'A' painted on its doors. Two operatives whisked the doors open for him, and he led his squadron inside.
They tiptoed their way around the dark warehouse, searching for some clue as to what to do next. Suddenly, Will heard one of his agents screaming. As well as the screams of someone he didn't recognize. He quickly looked about and noticed one of his operatives was not there with the rest of them.
"Mitchell... Mitchell... where did Mitchell go? We're supposed to stay together. Doesn't he know that?"
The group ran towards the sounds of screaming and struggling to go help their compatriot. Finally, after rounding a corner, they saw Agent Mitchell and a guy in a security uniform grappling. Agent Du aimed his stun watch at the guard and shot a line at him. The guard was instantly shocked upon contact, fainting after receiving a fair dose of electricity in his body. Mitchell sighed with relief as Agent Du and the others trotted over to him.
"And you call yourself a GJ agent... useless..." Will uttered.
Suddenly, an alarm began blaring loudly from somewhere outside of the warehouse. As Agent Du and the others looked around for a way out, nine armed guards appeared from three different directions, trapping the operatives with no way out.
Or, so it seemed, as they quickly scattered all about the dark warehouse to elude the guards.
"Find them and eliminate them! That's what the boss said!" one of them yelled, as the nine guards started tossing crates and boxes aside as they began searching for the GJ agents.
"Yellow Alert! Level Two battle stations!" exclaimed a female voice over the PA system. "Yellow Alert! Level Two battle stations!"
Kim and Ron were standing in the open elevator car, which had stopped at the second floor, when the announcement blared above them.
"Just as I figured," grumbled Kim, "But I never thought Dr. Director would work this fast."
"You mean they're storming the place?" Ron wondered out loud. "NOW?"
Kim ran out of the car and into the hallway. She started fiddling with doors, hoping to find one that was unlocked.
"I thought he said 'Level 1 clearance.' Apparently, that doesn't mean much in this place..."
"How about that room that guy suggested... what was it... ah, Room 208!"
"Aha!" Kim exclaimed, finding an open door... marked 212 on the opaque glass frame.
"Kim, wait!" Ron shouted.
Ron ran in and found Kim staring in awe at a computer lab. A pretty state-of-the-art computer lab, with scanners, drawing tablets, printers, electronic testing equipment, virtual reality helmets, and a whole lot more.
"Cool!" Ron exclaimed. "They must have some pretty fly video games here!"
"Play ya!" challenged Rufus, popping out of Ron's pocket.
Ron ran over to the nearest computer, where he took Rufus out of his pocket and put him on the table. Rufus immediately slid into a helmet from there, while Ron grabbed a second and placed it on his head.
"Okay then... I have NO idea how to start this thing! Is there a button, or do you just have to tell a game to start?"
"Ron, this is no time for games..." chided Kim as she spotted a card reader near one of the computers. "Then again..."
Kim pulled out the Kimmunicator and immediately contacted Wade.
"You ready to do some more code crackin'?"
"I was BORN ready!" Wade replied, cracking his knuckles. "Just plug me into the Kimmunicator, then slide the keycard into the reader!"
"You're the best!" Kim exclaimed as she followed Wade's instructions.
Once everything was set up, Wade went right to work. As he did, Kim watched as Ron and Rufus tried, in vain, to get the 'games' started.
Up above ground, laser fire had begun exchanging between the guards, all of whom now were confirmed to be agents of WEE, given the patches on the shoulders of their shirts, and the operatives of GJ.
Unfortunately, while WEE's agents were armed with laser rifles, GJ's operatives only had... laser pens?
"Take that... and that... and that..." shouted one of the operatives, aiming the beam in the direction of the laser fire... but with no results.
"Gimme that!" Agent Du yelled, snatching the pen from him and twisting the center ring counterclockwise.
"What are you do..."
"Now try it..." he remarked, handing the pen back.
The operative aimed once again, but this time, an actual laser shot out from the pen.
"Remember, the range is limited, so pick your shots wisely! And don't forget out first priority!"
"Right, sir!" the operatives confirmed before splitting up again.
Kim peered out of the room, which was slightly cracked so she could look down the hall towards where the elevator was. As she stood watch, Ron and Rufus had seemed to have succeeded in starting up some kind of game as Wade continued to reprogram Kim's keycard.
"Left, right... right again, down... c'mon!" Ron shouted. "How 'bout a little help here, Rufus?"
"No... no... YEAH!" Rufus exclaimed, too ensnared in 'helping.'
"Alright, Rufus! Fifty points! I... think... man, you're good at this... hey, I've gotten through more gates than you! How do you have a better score?"
Inside Ron's helmet, he saw 0558 in the top left-hand corner of the screen, while in the top-right, he saw 4575. And in front of him, various green walls in assorted positions left, right, above, and below his current position.
"It must be getting harder... the walls are taller and wider now! And closer together! Dodge with me, Rufus!"
"Will you guys keep it down?" Kim shushed from where she was. "Do you WANT us to get caught?"
"Sorry..." the duo apologized.
"Wade... how much longer?"
"Uh..." Wade hesitated, still in the midst of working. "Three minutes..."
Laser fire continued to be traded in Warehouse A, but Agent Du's side appeared to be losing the battle, as he heard one operative after another scream in agony.
"Don't engage the enemy unless you've got a clear shot," Agent Du told his operatives over the communications channel."
"What's going on down there, Agent Du?" Dr. Director asked.
"We're taking fire! I repeat... we're taking fire!"
At that moment, a laser beam was fired through the crate Du was hiding behind, shooting clear through it and just missing his elbow as it dissipated upon hitting a second, leaving a dark scorch mark behind.
"You are allowed to use lethal force as a last resort," reminded Dr. Director.
"I'd rather not have such on my conscience if I can avoid it," Du replied. "The same goes for all of my men."
"Agent Du... I might've found something!" another operative crackled over the radio.
"Tracking you now," Du said as he brought up the operative's position. "Everyone move towards Agent Cobalt's position! Watch your backs!"
Du then ran towards the southeast corner of the warehouse, hearing another laser rifle shot go off behind him.
"Get it! Get it!" Rufus screamed.
"I'm trying!" Ron responded. "But I keep saying 'Fire' and nothing happens! Where are the weapons on this crate?"
Kim shook her head as she walked over to check on Wade's progress.
"We don't have all day," Kim sourly reminded Wade.
"Hold on..." Wade said, sweating heavily as he typed away at two keyboards. "Three minutes!"
"That's what you said three minutes ago!" Kim recalled as she crossed her arms across her chest and tapped her foot impatiently.
"Sorry, but some... thing's... holding me up from... the Level 5 access..."
"For cryin' out loud, delete that thing already!" Ron cried.
Ron was looking at the screen on his helmet, and as soon as he said the word 'delete,' two round tubes appeared, traveling away from Ron and towards a creature on screen. The tubes hit the creature, destroying it immediately.
"BOO-YAH!" Ron and Rufus yelled simultaneously.
"Aw, man!" Wade shouted, slamming his fists on the keyboards. "Darn security system!"
"Go, go, GO!" Agent Du shouted at his fellow operatives, as they all scrambled down the secret staircase that Agent Cobalt had found.
Once everyone was inside, Will closed the door behind him before any of WEE's agents had stumbled upon them. He ran down the steps and met his teammates at a locked door, where they were already hard at work trying to hack into the keycard reader.
"Hurry up with that!" he urged them.
"Why?" asked Agent Cobalt. "Because those enemy agents will figure out we're down here in a minute?"
"No. Because we only have mere minutes to complete our mission!"
"The security system keeps zapping me out!" Wade complained as he tried to hack in again. "I'm surprised there was no resistance until now, but getting Level 5 clearance is a..."
"Keep working on it!" Kim told her. "The only way to end this is to get to the man himself! And that means we need access to everything!"
"Rufus... looks like the pesky bugger's back!"
"Delete, delete!" Rufus shouted.
"It's trying to take me out again!" Wade exclaimed. "And if it succeeds this time, it'll trip the system's 'three strikes' alarm!"
"Can... can you avoid it?"
"What do you think I'm doing, WOMAN?" Wade screeched as he picked up his typing speed even more.
"He's even faster than the last two..." Ron remarked, before gasping, "and now he's shooting back at us! Dodge, DODGE!"
"DODGE!" Rufus yelled.
"Will you two PLEASE..."
Without warning, the sound of a laser rifle being fired filled the air. Then a hasty second, and a third, resulting in a shower of sparks raining all over from near the computers Kim, Ron, and Rufus were at. Smoke was also generated from the blasts, covering the area thoroughly.
"Intruders in 212, three shots to kill fired. Verifying result."
Two red-uniformed WEE agents, each holding a laser rifle, walked over to where Kim, Ron, and Rufus had been, using their night-vision goggles to look through the smoke. And they were already witnessing their results first-hand.
The screen of the computer that the Kimmunicator had been hooked up to was completely shattered, and the helmet that Ron was wearing...
Was in pieces, as two laser shots had pierced it, having gone in one end and out the other, disintegrating practically everything in it...
To be continued in Part 15 - Coming in two weeks!