Here's the next chapter. Hayden is my character. I don't own Kim Possible. Enjoy!


Chapter 3 - Powers That Be

It has been many hours since Ron arrived at the hospital. Hayden, Felix, Tara, Jim and Tim, and even Wade was in the Waiting Room. Monique heard but she couldn't make it. Almost every few minutes, they asked Hayden what happened. The last time they asked, he gave one final response.

"I've said everything I know. Why do you think I still have information?"

Dr. Possible came out to the Waiting Room and everyone turned to her.

"Is he going to be alright?" Felix asked.

"That's the strange thing. When he came in, he nearly died. Now he's recovering quickly. More then any normal person." Dr. Possible said.

"So, he's going to be ok?" Tara asked.

"Of course. You can go see him." With that, everyone went to Ron's room. He was lying motionless on his bed. His features was uncertain. Everyone was worried about Ron, but Hayden. He just kept looking at the neckless Ron had. He picked it up, with awe, gaining the attention of the others.

"What are you doing?" Tara asked.

He kept his attention on Ron's neckless. "What do you know about Merlin?"

They all exchanged confused looks. Not that they couldn't at least think of a lot of ways of answering his question, but it was a totally random question. Despite the circumstance. Hayden looked at them. "Well?"

"He was a sorcerer, but most importantly, he was just a legend. He didn't really exist." Wade blurted out.

Hayden shook his head, clicking his tongue. "A super genius, and yet you've missed everything."

"There's no scientific proof to prove that he even existed." Wade replied.

"We've got all the proof we need, right here." He held out the neckless.

Everyone in the room remain skeptical. "It's just a neckless." Felix casually replied.

"This is not just any neckless. This once belonged to Merlin, himself." Hayden said.

"If it really did belong to Merlin, and it was passed down, then that would make Ron a descendant of Merlin!" Tara exclaimed.

"Now you're are catching on!"

"Wow! Talk about an interesting family line." Jim remarked.

"But what about Ron? Is he going to be alright?" Wade said.

"I believe so." Everyone turned to Tara.

"How could you know?" Tim asked.

She seemed to hesitate to respond, but decided to say anyway. "In a journal Ron and I found, Merlin foresaw that a descendant of his would confront an evil force. I don't think he has yet."

"Confront? You mean he's going to be fighting him?" Felix wondered.

"No, Felix, he's going to be baking him cookies." Hayden sarcastically replied.

"I wonder if Ron knows any of this?" Wade said.


Ron was inside a cave, with the light dimmed. There was no writings to tell him anything. He turned and saw a hooded figure. The feeling Ron got from this man, was one of peace. The man removed his hood, revealing his brown hair, and he had the demeanor of a powerful man, and dressed like a medieval sorcerer.

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Ron slowly came forward. "What do you want with me?"

Merlin slightly chuckled. "You've read my journal, have you not?"

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Ron was trying to absorb everything he was told, but it seemed too much for him. Ron started sharking his head. "This much be a dream. I'm going to wake up and be in my own bed."

A staff appeared in Merlin's hand, and he hit Ron on the head with it. "Ow!" Ron cried out and started rubbing where Merlin hit him.

"Did that seem real to you?" Merlin asked.

The pain subsided. "Ok, let's say this isn't a dream. What do you want me to do?"

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"How did you influence her?" Ron asked. "You're dead!"

"I may be dead, but I still have a trick or two." He replied with a smirk.

"Where am I suppose to go?"

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"He's..." Merlin never had the chance to answer Ron. His voice became disorient as everything vanished.


Ron's eyes fluttered opened, and he looked around. "What's going on?"

"We almost lost you." Tara said. "You alright?"

Ron groaned as pain throbbed through his head. "I've got a nail in my head."

"That sounds like Ron's feeling better." Wade said with relief.

"But I had this strangest dream that I was talking to Merlin. He told me that the fate of the world rested in my hands." He looked up at Hayden. "I suppose thanks are in order."

Hayden shrugs. "Think nothing of it. I've got plenty of that. I'll be watching your back."

Before the discussion could go farther, Dr. Possible came in and told everyone that they needed to leave so Ron could rest. In they morning, Ron would be permitted to leave.

When they arrived in the Waiting Room, they found Kim Possible waiting, next to her was Bonnie. They seem to have an arrogant look on their face. Kim stood and came forward.

"So Ron has finally missed up, and now he's here. Not surprised." She looked around at the group and stopped at Hayden. "You I haven't met. That I'm sure. Why don't we go and get acquainted."

Hayden didn't get a chance to response, as Kim finally noticed her brothers. "Hey, Kim." They simultaneously said.

At the moment, Kim seemed like she was going to explode. "What do you think you're doing here! I told you not to go near Ron, or even speak to him!"

Nobody was expecting what was to come next. Not even Kim Possible. Kim found herself being slammed to the wall. She then realized that it was Hayden who had her pinned. "What's your problem?" She demanded.

"You are!" He sieved. "You don't realized how fortunate you are to have your brothers. An older sibling is to protect their younger siblings, be an example to them. I tell you just once: You hurt either of your brothers, or anyone else of Ron's friends, I will make you regret it." Hayden threatened.

Normally Kim would have disregarded the threat and fought. But the look in his eyes was like a flame of hatred. More then Kim saw in any of her foes. Hayden then noticed a neckless hanging from around her neck. It was like Ron's, but dark. He looked directly into her eyes.

"Where did you get that?" He asked.

Kim pushed Hayden away. "That's none of your business. Come Bonnie. Let's get out of here."

Both women left the room. Hayden turned and saw the surprised look in everyone's faces. "What?"

Everyone was still in shock. In the one moment, it was clear that there something wrong with Hayden. Tara was the first to speak up. "Is anything wrong?"

Hayden made eye contact with everyone, but broke it off. "No." It was a bold face lie, and everyone knew. Hayden was hiding something. Nevertheless, they didn't question it farther.

The Next Day, Ron was released with a full recovery. After which, he went to Bueno Nacho. When he entered, he noticed Hayden, Tara and Felix sitting in the usual booth. They waved for Ron to join them.

"What's going on?" Ron asked, as he approached the group.

"Just waiting for you to show up." Felix responded.

"So you are alright?" Tara asked

"Yeah. But what happened with Monkey Fist?" Ron asked.

"We have him in custody, but he doesn't remember what happened. His lair was destroyed." Hayden informed him.

"So the stone was destroyed as well." Ron mumbled.

Hayden thought for a second. "Would it be a white stone with some strange inscriptions on it?"

Ron slowly looked to Hayden. "Yeah. How do you know?" He asked.

He pulled out the gemstone for his pocket. "Because I should thank you for the distraction, Ron."

Ron thought about it for a second, then realized what he was talking. "Glad I could be of help." Ron sarcastically replied. "Can I have the stone back?"

The stone was tossed back to Ron. The moment it landed in Ron's hands, it start glowed. Ron looked up and around. "What's going on?" He asked, more confused then irritated.

"Yesterday, you said you had a dream about Merlin. Couldn't that have been some sort of a vision?" Hayden asked.

"I guess so." He looked at the inscriptions. "Where does this lead to anyway?" He pulled out his communicator. "Wade, I need a location." Ron gave Wade the coordinates.

After a few seconds, Wade responded. "Got it. It's Glastonbury Tor."

"Glastonbury Tor? What's there?" Ron asked.

"Well, the stone is suppose to be a key, as well as a map to Merlin's library. There is an old church tower there." Hayden said.

"Maybe the tower IS Merlin's library." Ron said.

"Not a chance." Hayden said.

"Why do you think that?" Ron asked.

"Because certain Celtic legends says that Glastonbury Tor, the hill overlooking the town, is actually hollow. And that contained within it is the entrance to the underworld, Avalon." Hayden replied.

"Is it the entrance?" Felix asked.

Hayden scoffs. "Of course it is. According to other certain legends, the entrance is a portal. But Merlin most likely sealed it before he died. The key, however, disappeared long ago."

Ron thought of a second. "I've got nothing better to do today. Why don't I check it out." Hayden cleared his throat. "Yes, Hayden. You're also coming as well."

A grin climbed Hayden's face, but Felix stopped them. "Before you go, Wade made this for you." He hand Ron a small devise. "It's a personal shield. He wanted you to take extra precautions."

"Thanks." Ron said, then they left for England.

Glastonbury Tor

Ron and Hayden continued up the hill. Ron, however, was still unsure about what lay ahead. "What is important with this hill again?"

"Glastonbury Tor is said to be the entrance to Avalon. It should also be the first place to find Merlin's library." Hayden Replied

"That's it? I expected more of Avalon."

"Well, other legends say that Arthur was carried off in a barge by Merlin, saying that he was headed for the Vale of Avalon, which according to legend, was a magical place where the dead would meet. Now at the time, some said Arthur never actually died but would in fact one day return."

"So he might still be alive?" Ron asked.

"Well, Monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have found the king's grave. On a cross was the inscription: 'Hic iacet sepvltvs inclytvs rex artvrivs in insvla avalonia'. "Here lies buried the famous King Arthur on the Island of Avalon". The claim wasn't taken seriously until the grave was exhumed.."

"Really? That's very interesting." Ron replied, not really serious, but more sarcastic.

They made it to the top of the hill, and a tower loomed on the hill. They were lucky that no one was there when they entered the tower. "Now what?" Ron asked.

Hayden just shrugged. "Why do you think I would know? Try using the stone somehow."

Ron almost scoffed, but thought about it. He had a point. Ron raised the stone, and starting focusing. A few moments later, a beam of light emitted from the stone and shot off to the direct center of the tower. A white hole-like portal formed. Hayden took a step forward, but stopped. He turned and looked around. He didn't see anything.

Ron put his hand on Hayden's shoulder. "What?"

Hayden continued to look around. "Nothing. Let's go."

Quickly, they entered the portal. Minutes after they entered, a mysterious figure dressed all in black jumped through the portal before it closed.

Avalon

The journey was instantaneous and they appeared on the beach of an island. The sun was barely raising over the ocean. No less then one hundred feet from the beach was a monastery barely within a forest. Vines had grown on the walls of the monastery, indicating that it's been abandoned for quite sometime. The only sounds they heard was birds chirping, the wind and waves hitting the beach.

"Ok. First things first. Find Merlin's library." Hayden took a few steps forward, the realized Ron wasn't moving. He turned and saw that Ron was kinda in shock. "Let me guess: This is all so very strange!"

"Well." Ron started. "I didn't believe anything you said."

"Well that certainly is shocking." Hayden sarcastically replied. "Now, would you come. Time is of the essence."

They walked to the monastery. When they entered the monastery, nobody was around and many doorways had caved in. The only inhabitants of the monastery was animals, which shattered when Ron and Hayden approached.

"Looks like we're going to be here awhile." Ron grimaced, looking around.

"Really? What gives you that idea?" Hayden asked. "Let's start looking around. Split up, and meet here in one hour, unless, otherwise you find something."

The monastery was larger then first expected. Ron had a hard time trying to find anything. He went through many corridors, but they all seemed the same. It seemed every doorway he went into either resembled a hospital room, or living quarters. He was about to give up, but stopped. One doorway had a door and it was closed. He tried to open it, but it was locked. Ron was about to call out, when Hayden showed up.

"I can't find anything. You have any luck?"

Ron nodded. "Probably. This one is locked. Must be it." Hayden examined the door. It was a white covered door with a hole at the near top. He looked into it. A light was coming through. "I have an idea." Ron said.

Hayden backed away and Ron held up his neckless to the hole. The light deflected and hit Ron. "Ok. That was a good idea, to a point." Hayden rolled his eyes.

Ron looked at where the light his him. He moved out of the way, and it hit the wall behind him. The wall glowed, then faded, revealing a doorway.

"Nice thinking." Hayden lead the way through the door, and down the stairs. They reached the bottom.. It was pitch black, but when they entered the room, every torch and candle immediately lit up. "Quite convenient." The room consisted of shelves with many books and scrolls, and a desk. "I assume this is Merlin's private library."

Ron walked over to the desk and sat in the chair. A few books were opened before him, and Ron started reading. Hayden just examined the shelves, looking through the books. Then Hayden's head snapped towards the door. This caught Ron's attention and he nearly fell out of the chair. "What?"

"Quiet!" He whispered harshly. They listened and only heard the sound of dripping water. "Huh. It must have been nothing."

Ron sighed, but went back to looking through the book. They weren't at it for long before Ron was finished. "Look at this." Ron said. Hayden came and looked over his shoulder. "To learn how to use ones magical powers, one must first train." Ron leaded back in the chair. "Oh great! More training!" He excitedly said with sarcasm.

"Yeah. Too bad it can't be easy."

"Well, I've done some training when I completed for.." He stopped when he remembered his vow.

Hayden took noticed of Ron's abrupt stop, but didn't say anything about. "If it helped, then let's see what you can do."

Ron stood and walked to small pile of stones lying on the floor. Concentrating on the pile, he tried to lift them up. Moments later, they started to shake, then slowly lift off the ground. He smiled, then focused on connecting them together, and he tried to create something random. He succeed and formed a small statue of Kim Possible. He couldn't help but smile at some memories. Some tears escaped his eye.

"What's that?" Hayden asked, trying to get a good look it

Ron demolished it before Hayden saw it. "It's nothing." Ron said.

Ron started with his telekinetic powers. He first started with lifting up books. It wasn't too difficult. Ron was even getting the hand of it. Afterwards, he went to trying to lift up the desk, but all it did was shake. He kept trying until he managed to succeed in lifting it up off the ground. He let it go, and it clattered as it landed.

"That's good, but try something a little bit more heavier." Hayden suggested.

"Alright." Ron then turned to Hayden and gestured with his hand, lifting him with little effect.

"I walked right into that, didn't I?" Hayden asked.

"Yes, you did." Ron replied with a smirk.

"Well, you're doing good. . . put me down." Ron set Hayden down. "Why don't you try and work on other things. Like some defensive powers. I'll help too. Try to generate a shield and pray that it's working."

"I don't like where this is go, but how would I know if it is effective?" Ron asked

"If it's not effective, you'll get a nice size bruise. How is that?"

"Not too reassuring."

"Well, we will use a trial and error approach. Any time it fails, we try again. Any questions thus far?

"How will I know if it is working?" Ron asked.

"When I try to hit you, and if its' working, the shield will keep you from getting harmed."

"Fine." Ron started concentrating. Soon a green light appeared over Ron, then disappeared. Hayden struck Ron, and hit his shoulder.

"It didn't work." Ron said, rubbing his shoulder.

"Yeah. I kinda noticed that. Let's try it again."

Ron started again. The green light appeared over Ron again, then disappeared. He stopped. "It's not working."

"How would you know? It could be working, then again, you might be right. Do it one more time."

Ron rolled his eyes, then started again. The green light appeared, then disappeared. Pulling together everything he could muster, Hayden launched another punch. His fist struck an a green wall-like light. Hayden bit on his lower lip as he squeezed his hand tightly.

"Hey! It's working." Ron said.

"Easy for you to say. You don't have a swore wrist to prove it. I'm not taking part in the nest experiment."

Ron looked uneasy at his friend, but went back to training.


The rest of the week was eventful. Ron had develop his Telepathic powers, perfectly. Even the shield was coming along. His offensive spells on the other hand was more difficult then he thought. It wasn't easy to start, but he was getting the hang of it. Creating and manipulating Fire was getting a little more easier, but not before he set the desk on fire a couple of times. He put it out, thanks to some skills with creating and manipulate water, but mostly to Hayden having some bottled water on hand. Ron looked at the water, then a thought came to his mind. He reached out with his hand, and focused. Slowly, it turned to ice.

"That's cool. Pardon the pun." Ron said.

For some training, Ron left the library. Soon he learned to manipulate the Wind, and sent a gust through the land. Trees and bushes slightly moved. Of the many powers he trained with, manipulating the Earth was by far, more easier then the rest. He raised a wall of dirt from the ground as Hayden fired some darts at him. Ron put the dirt back into the ground, like it was never touched. The one power Ron had that he favored most was to create pretty much any food he desired, out of thin air.

By the end of the week, Ron was still considered more or less an apprentice, but was on his way. They were in the library. Ron was still practicing his magic. Hayden, on the other hand, decided to take a walk, so he headed towards the door. "I'm going out for a few minutes!" He didn't make it out of the room when he stopped.

"What's wrong?"

He hesitated for a second. "Nothing."

Of the many things Ron learn, was that he could sense when someone was lying, some of the time. Ron came closer, and was ready to demand what was going on, when Hayden pushed him all the way to the far side of the room. "What's going on?"

"Quiet!" He harshly whispered, then looked towards the doorway, then back to Ron. "We have company."

"Are you sure?"

They heard the sound of a splash, as if someone had stepped in water, like someone was running. "Pretty sure." Hayden responded.

"What do you have in mind?"

Hayden grinned, rasing an eyebrow. Ron and Hayden walked through the corridors and towards the exit. Meanwhile, a figure dressed all in black followed them. When, they turned the corner the black figure waited, then turned as well, and was a little confused. Ron was alone.

"Where did Hayden go?" She wondered, looking around. "I know he's here somewhere. I can sense him."

She moved forward. Little did she know, but a figure was hanging, to the ceiling, above her. He dropped to the ground. She heard the sound and turned, but no one was there. "Where are you?" She demanded.

"Just watch out behind you!"

She turned and found herself being thrust against the wall. Hayden had he pinned.

Ron came back. "Way to go!"

"It was nothing. Now, let's see whose behind the mask, shall we?" Before Hayden could grab the mask, he was thrown back. Hayden landed on his back. The woman gestured with her hand, and Ron flew down the hall, but he landed on his feet.

"Is that the best you can do?" Ron challenged her.

"Actually," She extended her hand and small orange flames appeared over her fingertips, and grew bigger to a fireball. It hovered on her hand, her black gloves smouldered as the mystic fire grew ever brighter. "No." She was about to throw the fireball, but Ron held his hand. A white mist shot from his hand, turning the fireball to an iceball. It dropped to the ground, shattering. She looked at the ice, then back to Ron. "How did you do that?"

"It's simple to do. Like this!" Ron thrust his hand towards her, and she was thrown out of the monastery. She landed face-first in the dirt. When she got to her knees, Ron and Hayden had came out of the monastery. "Now. I know of only one person that could do that."

The woman got to her feet and removed her mask, revealing the long red-hair of Kim Possible.

"Ah geez. What are you doing here?" Hayden asked a little annoyed.

"I over heard your conversation a week ago. So I decided to check it out." Kim responded, she directed her attention to Ron. "How did you do any of those?"

Ron just shrugs. "It's very simple. . being a descendant of Merlin." He replied.

Kim scoffed. "You! A descendant of Merlin? Don't be ridiculous!"

"You may believe whatever you want to believe. There's something sinister going on it the world. I don't exactly know what it is, but Merlin said we need to work together." Ron said.

"Merlin said that? You're losing your mind, Ron. Besides, I'm not helping you. I can do it on my own." Kim scoffed.

"Eerie." Kim and Ron looked at Hayden. "That's word for word what Morgan Le Fay said to Merlin, when he sought her out."

"How would you know? I have access to Merlin's journal." Ron inquired.

"You may have access to his journal, but I have access to a more detailed version." He examined Kim more closely. "And now that I think about, Kim, you look a lot like Morgan Le Fay."

"I'll take that as a compliment." Kim replied.

"Well, did you know that Morgana studied in the dark arts in order to become powerful. At least Merlin used his power to help people."

"I don't believe you. Besides, Merlin never existed!" Kim shouted, then walked back to the beach.

Hayden just stood there, shaking his head. "We don't have time for her pride to get in the way. Did you get everything?"

"All secured." Ron replied.

"Great, let's get going."

When they got to the beach, Kim was impatiently waiting. "Hurry up and open the portal."

"A little eager to get home now, are we?" Hayden taunted her.

"Not really, but most likely the tweebs have hacked into my Diary. And if they did, they are so busted."

Hayden came within an inch of Kim's face. "They may not be my brothers, but if you harm them in anyway, I'll make you regret!"

Kim took noticed of the glared in Hayden's eyes. They seemed worse then the night she first met him. She turned away.

"What was that all about?" Ron asked.

Hayden remained silent for a few seconds. "Nothing."

Ron started to say something, but decided against it. He believed that he wasn't really going to find out. Ron raised the stone and the portal opened. Kim went through, then Hayden followed. Ron was about to step through, when he stopped. He turned around, and viewed the landscape. He looked from the forest to the monastery, then the ocean. He felt like someone was watching him, but the only thing he heard was the splashing of the waves and the birds chirping. He couldn't pinpoint the location, but he believed someone was there.

"This is way to creepy." Quickly he went through.

Once the portal closed, a figure in a black robe, with a hood went to the monastery and went directly to Merlin's private library. He entered and looked around. Every single book was gone. Not even a scroll remained. But he didn't care. He was there for one thing. He sat at the chair and opened the drawers and went through them. They were all empty. Enraged, he destroyed the desk.

"That insolent fool took my prize. It's time he found out what it's like to deal with a supreme being." With that, the figure vanished.


Someone was watching Ron, but he doesn't know who it is. What was the man looking for? Everything will be explained in my due time. Please leave a review, even if you just say 'Good' or whatever you decide.