Chapter Five
Kim moved to the other side of the room, preparing for a run at the window. "Break the glass!" she shouted at Ron. He quickly looked around and spotted Duff's golf bag.
"Got it covered, KP!" Ron replied, grabbing a putter and flicking a switch in the handle, causing the head to glow with an orange energy. He turned his face away as he swung, the window shattering in all directions.
Kim leapt through as the glass fell away. Bonnie barely had time to turn before she was sent rolling into the crowd from a drop kick square in the back. "Connie, Lonnie... run!"
A monstrous snarl erupted from the Jackal as the mythical monster turned toward Kim, yellow eyes blazing. "Why must you constantly interfere?" came a distorted version of Junior's voice.
"It's a habit..." Kim said, ducking the Jackal's first swipe, then back flipping up onto the stage. She hoped Lonnie would remember this moment. "Ron! Get the Rockewaller's out of here!"
Ron had been looking at the distance to the dance floor and had decided to take a less dramatic entrance by sliding down the banister of the stairs. He managed to reach the older sisters as Bonnie scrambled to her feet. "Out that way, ladies." he directed, pushing them behind himself.
"Don't tell us what to do, loser!" Lonnie said, brushing her platinum blonder hair out of her eyes.
"Shut up, Lonnie!" Connie shouted. "Or we're both going to get killed!"
"Mom is so gonna hear about this, Bonnie!" Lonnie called as a parting shot as her older sister dragged her out of the Hazy Inferno's side door.
"Hmm... while I did have revenge against my sister planned tonight for eighteen years of torture," Bonnie said, glaring at Ron. "this will do."
Kim smiled as she performed a high flying flip over the Jackal. Amplifiers and subwoofers scattered in all directions as the Jackal's massive hands swept across the stage. "Oh, come on, Bonnie. We've been saving the world longer than you've been cheerleading." Kim said as she flew over Bonnie's head, putting the woman between herself and the Jackal. "What makes you think you're going to win?"
"Oh, just a little surprise..." Bonnie said, smiling.
"We know all about your genetic mutations, Bonnie." Kim retorted. "And Junior's talisman. Speaking of which..." Kim trailed off, leaping into a series of back flips.
Bonnie turned as the Jackal thundered forward, nearly running over her on his way to Kim. "Junior!" Bonnie shouted as she threw herself out of the way. "Get rid of the squeeb, Kim is mine!"
That Jackal looked back at her, glaring with yellow glowing eyes before recognition came back to him. "Of course, my love..." replied Junior's distorted European accent. He turned his attention back to Ron.
"Wow, Junior. Even your now excessive back hair looks decent. Still using Le Goop?" Ron asked, a blue halo brightening around him, started at his clenched fists.
"I guess you could say Ron's got some surprises of his own, Bonnie." Kim smiled, facing off against her old High School rival.
"Oh please, K. Your BF's glow is old news. I, on the other hand..." Bonnie began as her hair lightened into an auburn tinge, her complexion lightened, and even her clothes changes to match Kim's mission gear. "still have a few tricks." she grinned.
Despite the evidence that her and Wade had come up with, it still came as a shock to see Bonnie using her stolen genetic abilities. Now, to look into her own face, Kim was certain that the Bonnie she knew in High School was gone. Replaced by a true to life super villain.
Bonnie's now emerald green eyes flashed violet for a moment before she charge, and both Kims met in a flurry of strikes, evades, kicks, and leaps.
Ron stomped the floor of the nightclub, sending out a ripple of tile and cement. The move was more to clear a space in the crowd around the Jackal and himself. Unfortunately, the Jackal was unhindered and struck Ron full force. Ron raised his hands, catching each of the Jackal's clawed paws as he was pushed back. The Jackal leaned in, snapping his jaws at Ron's face. "This is not Junior!" Ron shouted.
"I... am... the Jackal!" the creature shouted in anger. He clapped his hands together and picked Ron up by his arms.
"Uh oh..." Before he could react, Ron was tossed over the Jackal's head and across the crowd toward the rear of the stage. Rufus plopped out of Ron's pants pocket and landed on the stage with a squeak, screaming and scurrying to the side as the Jackal landed on the stage, moving towards Ron. "Kim!" he coughed. "I don't see the talisman!"
Kim was easily dodging Bonnie's attacks. Despite her greater strength and agility, Bonnie knew nothing of martial arts and was getting visibly frustrated. But she also seemed tireless. As Kim went through dozens of hand springs, back flips, ducks, and leaps, she had to think. So far, Bonnie had exhibited not only genetic traits of mutants that she had captured, but also personality traits as well.
Gill had such hatred for Ron that he had set up elaborate traps, and even turned himself back into a mutant to exact his revenge. Camille... well, Camille wasn't all that much different from Bonnie. But if she was lucky...
Kim leapt high and knocked Bonnie to the floor before turning to check on Ron. "Ron! Get Junior on stage, I've got an idea!" Performing a cartwheel towards the stage before Bonnie threw her off, Kim ended with a tumbling leap onto the Jackal's back, scrambling for the talisman's chain before the monster swiped at her.
Ron leaped to his feet. "Dude, I've taken on aliens that were bigger than you. You're goin' down!"
Kim was dodging back and forth from the Jackal's shoulders as he struggled to grab her. "Ron! Enough with the one-liners. Find the talisman!" she shouted.
"I'm on it, K- - urgh!" Ron choked. The Jackal had his one hand wrapped around his torso and his other fist drawn back. "Oh, this is bad..." he rasped. The blue halo that surrounded him brightened, then flickered as he struggled against the Jackal's grip.
"Do it, Junior!" called Bonnie, grinning evilly.
"Rufus!" came Kim's voice from the crowd. "Mole Rap!"
The naked mole rat winked and snapped his claws at the DJ that had been providing music for the night club. The large dark skinned man grinned and stepped up to his mixer. "Aww yeah..." he said, flipping over a pink compact disk.
Ron winced as the Jackal seemed prepared to strike. When the music began and Rufus began singing, the Jackal hesitated and turned. The crowd had began to cheer at the sound of the song.
"What? No!" Bonnie cried, unconsciously changing back to her natural form. "It's a dumb, stupid song!"
"They're cheering for you, dude!" Ron said, still gasping and struggling. But the Jackal's grip was weakening.
"Cheering?" he asked, disbelieving at first. "For me?" The Jackal dropped Ron and turned toward the crowd. In a flash of yellow smoke, the Jackal diminished into Junior, who grabbed the nearest microphone and began to sing along. "Do not know what the truth is, how Ron met Rufus!" he sang.
Ron stood up behind Junior, his blue halo once again bright. "On second though..." he began as he mustered his strength in a dual handed strike. "You're just gonna butcher it."
Junior had only a moment to wonder what was about to happen before he was thrown off of the stage, over the crowd, and through the double doors of the Hazy Inferno's entrance. Bonnie watched the attack in horror. "Junior!" she shouted, running after her husband.
"Kim, we won!" Ron shouted over the music. "KP?" he asked, looking into the crowd where the Jackal had tossed her. He jumped off of the stage and pushed his way through the crowd. "Kim!"
