Three Weddings And A Funeral By Kim's #1 Fan
Hi gang, I'm back, I'm sorry for the wait, but I had to think of some answers for questions I know are coming soon.
A special thanks to my beta reader and my best friend, Data Seeker.
He gave me plenty of help with this story, and also most of my other stories, so God Bless you, my friend.
I do not own Kim and Co, or The Rescue Rangers,
and now...
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Chapter 4: The Funeral
Part 4: The Dirty Rat
"Rat Capone?!" an astonished Gadget exclaimed, her face full of shock.
"Rat Capone?" Kim asked frowning, her green eyes narrowed.
"Who's Rat Capone?" asked Ron curiously.
"Well," Gadget began to say.
"You know the old human gangster Al Capone?"
"Sure." answered Kim evenly.
"Who doesn't?" asked Ron frowning.
"Well, picture him, reincarnated as a rat, and he's what you get." explained Gadget distastefully.
"Oh." said Ron beginning to understand.
Then, Gadget turned back to Lawhinee,
"Now, tell me everything that you can remember before we found you." she told her.
"Well," began Lawhinee,
"I had just arrived in New York City, and was on my way to your tree house in the park."
"Why?" asked Gadget curiously.
"I wanted to apologize to you and the other rangers, for ruining your wedding and for being a royal pain." explained Lawhinee remorsefully.
She lowered her head in shame.
"And to tell you I'd given up my criminal ways."
Gadget, Kim, and Ron threw glances at each other.
"And you came all the way from Hawaii to do all that?" asked Ron, finding this hard to believe.
"Yes." answered Lawhinee, defensively.
"I felt it was something I should do. I couldn't live with myself till I set things right."
"I believe you." Gadget told Lawhinee trustfully.
"So what happened?"
"Well, I reached your headquarters, and that's when I got attacked."
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Lawhinee walked through the park, and saw the tree where the Rescue Rangers Headquarters was.
She took a deep breath.
"O.K." she told herself nervously.
"I'll be lucky if they don't jump me first and ask questions later.
But, I've got to do this."
Suddenly, there was a great sharp pain in her side, along with an explosive sound.
Lawhinee fell to the ground;
The pain in her side was so great, it seemed to be surging through her whole body.
"Well, hello Gadget." a deep accented voice said from a distance.
Lawhinee looked and saw a big rat, dressed in a fancy purple suit and hat, walking toward her.
He seemed elegant and evil at the same time; and he carried a gun in his paw.
Along side him, was a muscular stupid looking mouse, armed with a club, and a lizard, dressed in a red shirt, and brown hat carrying a knife.
"Well well, looks what we've got here boys," chuckled the rat evilly.
"It's my little ex-moll."
"Duh, isn't that the little mouse who turned you down boss?"
The stupid looking mouse asked.
"Aw, shut up!" shouted the rat, punching the big mouse's stomach,
the mouse grunted in pain.
Lawhinee clutched her side, grunting in pain, and got to her knees.
"Who are you, and what do you want?" she asked through clenched teeth.
"You are such a forgetful girl Gadget," he began in a mocking voice.
"I am Rat Capone, and you are going to suffer for refusing to be my moll."
Lawhinee froze; her eyes wide in surprise and shock, as it slowly dawned on her that they thought she was Gadget, and they hated her for some reason.
"Get her, boys!" the rat ordered them ruthlessly.
"Duh yeah, and let's hurt her too."
the moronic mouse reminded his boss as he raised his club.
"Oh just hit her stupid!" the rat yelled impatiently.
The mouse and the lizard charged at Lawhinee with their weapons drawn;
Despite the pain her body was in, her mind was full of fear.
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"They brutalized me, and I guess they decided to let me die," explained Lawhinee, wincing as she remembered the horrible incident vividly.
"I thought I was going to die alone. Then you showed up.
I tought I should say sorry before I died, and managed too.
And the next thing I know, I wake up in this hospital bed, hearing something about sisters, and realizing that I was human." she finished in a matter of fact voice.
"But why did he say, that you refused to be his moll?" asked a very confused Kim.
"You've never met him till today."
"I can answer that." replied Gadget.
"You see, the first time the rangers met him, Rat Capone offered me the golden opportunity to be his moll, but of course, I turned him down."
"So, when he saw me," injected Lawhinee thoughtfully,
"he thought I was you."
"Exactly," Gadget agreed sadly,
a lump rising in her throat.
"I'm so sorry Lawhinee, I never meant..."
"Hey, that's alright, Gadj," Lawhinee assured Gadget nicely.
"If you hadn't turned him down, then I would have."
"Now, to the next mystery," Ron brought up,
"how can you two be sisters?"
"I really don't know Ron," Gadget told him in a serious voice.
"it doesn't make sense. You see, I really don't remember my mother.
All I know about her, is what my father told me, and he always told me, she had strawberry blond hair, like mine."
Lawhinee's eyes went wide with surprise.
"My mother had strawberry blond hair."
"Did you know your father?" asked Kim curiously, wondering if these two were possibly related.
Lawhinee shrugged.
"I never saw my father," she replied evenly.
She always told me my father was a flier."
Now, it was Gadget's turn to be shocked.
"Your father was a flier?" she asked.
"Yes," answered Lawhinee frowning.
"But, does that prove that we're sisters?"
Gadget went into thought for a moment before answering.
"Did your mother ever mention the name GeeGaw Hackwrench?"
Now Lawhinee was more than just shocked.
"How did you know my father's name?" she asked suspiciously.
"Because," Gadget began to say,
"That was my father's name too.
Plus, he was always talking about someday, taking me back to Hawaii."
Surprise crossed Kim's face.
"Back to Hawaii??" exclaimed Ron, finding this hard to believe.
"Yes, but that day never came,"
replied Gadget sadly.
"Because just days before we were supposed to leave, he went out on one last flight and..."
"And you never saw him again." finished Lawhinee.
"That's sort of like what happened to my mom," she said as tears formed in her eyes.
"She told me that we were going to America, to find my father,
she went out that morning to get provisions for the trip..."
"And you never saw her again."
Gadget finished the sentence.
Lawhinee could no longer speak, she was sobbing so hard, so she simply nodded her head.
"Oh, Sister." cried Gadget, getting up from the bed she was in, going over and hugging her new found sister.
The two women hugged each other.
Kim, Ron and were silent, not wanting to interrupt this reunion,
while Dr. Marx silently left the room, to check on his other paitents.
Finally, the two sisters stopped hugging, and Gadget recomposed herself.
"Well, the mystery is solved,"
Gadget began to say slowly.
"Now, we'll find that dirty rat Capone, and make him pay for what he did to my sister! But first, we'll need to be mice again."
"And a chipmunk." added Ron excitedly.
"Yes Ron, and a chipmunk." Gadget replied sweetly.
"And then, our best bet would be to search the sewers of New York.
"EEWW!!" exclaimed Kim distastefully.
"Sorry Kim," Gadget told her sympathetically.
"But that's where we left him, the last time we fought him."
"But you can't leave me!" Lawhinee called out, looking serious.
"It'll be alright, sister dear," Gadget assured her.
"We have to find Capone."
"But I'm scared," she told Gadget, grasping her hand.
"I don't want to be alone in this place."
"It must be a mental thing," Ron commented.
"She's not used to being a human
and being alone."
Lawhinee nodded; though an adult, she looked like a scared child.
"Someone's gonna have to stay with Lawhinee." replied Gadget, still holding her sisters trembling hand.
"I'll do it." volunteered Ron.
"Ron!" exclaimed Kim, staring at her husband in surprise.
"I need you with me."
"Aw, c'mon K.P. ," argued Ron.
"I may have MMP, but I'm still the best choice.
Your a good fighter, and you'll need Gadget to lead you through the sewers.
I assume she is familiar with them."
"He's right Kim," Gadget interjected handing Ron the penlight.
"He is the logical choice."
Kim scowled, not happy with the whole thing, but conceded defeat.
Just then, there was a knock on the window.
Kim went to the window and opened it and a light reddish bat flew into the hospital room.
"It's Foxglove." exclaimed Gadget in surprise as the bat hovered in the air.
She turned to face Ron.
"Ron, change us."
Ron clicked the penlight, and watched as a lavender beam enclosed both Kim and Gadget;
Lawhinee stared in amazement as they transformed into mice.
Kim and Gadget looked up and watched Foxglove land on her feet
a distance from them.
"What's going on Foxy?" asked Gadget.
"I need the penlight," Foxglove answered softly.
"the other rangers and I have tracked Professor Nimnull to his secret lab, and we need to be humans to take him down."
"All right," Kim cut in,
"I'll get right on it."
She looked up at Ron.
Since she couldn't speak to him, she signaled with her paws to Ron, to give her the penlight.
Ron eyed his tiny wife, wondering what she was trying to say.
"I think she wants the penlight."
Lawhinee commented in a matter of fact voice.
"Oh right," Ron mentally slapped himself.
Then he handed Kim the penlight.
"Here Foxglove," said Kim handing her her the penlight.
"But promise me you won't hurt him, I have an idea of how Nimnull can serve time for murdering your mother."
"Oh all right," Foxglove replied with a trace of reluctance,
"I promise."
Then she gathered the penlight, and flew out the window.
Ron scratched his head, wondering what exactly had happened.
"Was that supposed to happen?"
asked Ron, looking down at his mouse size wife.
Kim looked up and nodded her head.
Then Gadget and Kim waved goodbye to Ron and Lawhinee, and took off out the door.
"Maybe I should have carried them outside." commented Ron.
"They could get hurt."
"Nonsense," Lawhinee assured the blond haired young man.
"we mice have gone through human infested buildings unnoticed countless times.
They'll be alright."
"Yeah," Ron muttered, still worried for his wife, even though he was sure that Gadget knew what she was doing.
Ron sighed, and took a seat some distance from Lawhinee's bed and started reading a magazine.
Lawhinee looked up at Ron, and hesitated for several minutes.
"Ron," she began to say,
"You don't believe me do you?" she asked softly.
"Don't believe what?" asked Ron,
looking up from his magazine, perplexed by the question.
"That I've given up crime, and wanted to say sorry." Lawhinee told him.
"Well, actually," Ron began uneasily, not wanting to be rude, but refusing to lie either.
"I'd like to believe you Lawhinee, but after all you've done, no."
Lawhinee looked down shamefaced.
"Sorry." she whispered softly.
"Besides," Ron continued.
"How come you didn't know that you had a sister.
I can't see parents keeping that from their kids."
"Well," Lawhinee began to explain.
"My mother told me that my father liked to travel a lot, while she preferred to stay in Hawaii,
and she hardly saw him.
I can assume that Gadget went with my father, shortly before I was born."
"Wait a minute," Ron cut her off,
disbelief in his voice.
"You and Gadget are about the same age, so how can that be possible, unless he took a baby with him?
Personally I can't see parents doing that."
"Mice don't age the same way humans do," Lawhinee replied, slightly annoyed.
"We reach maturity differently from humans."
"Well, that makes sense." Ron conceded.
"So I can only assume that when Gadget and my father left, my mother was carrying me, and didn't know it until after they left." explained Lawhinee.
"The last time my mother saw my father, she said we were preparing to leave, and to meet him in an area, and that there would be a surprise for me.
But, before we could say hi, suddenly, from out of the bushes slithered two snakes," her face looked grim.
"I ran away. Mama later told me that one of the snakes swallowed dad whole.
I was hurt a little, loosing the father I didn't know.
I guess she thought that one of the snakes got Gadget too, and she never told me about her to spare me the added heart ache."
"Oh," replied Ron understandingly.
"Yeah, that kinda makes sense."
"So, do you believe me now?"
Lawhinee asked, half curious, half hopeful.
Ron considered that for a moment.
"Yeah," he answered,
"I'll give you the benefit of a doubt."
"Oh thank you Ron." Lawhinee squealed happily, grabbing him and wrapping her arms around him.
"That means a lot to me."
"Hey," exclaimed Ron,
"Your just lucky Kim didn't see that, or you'd be in that hospital bed for a lot longer."
They both laughed at that joke.
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Meanwhile, Gadget and Kim were making their way through the sewers.
Kim was glad she was wearing shoes, because the ground was so gross.
Kim threw a glance at Gadget, and noticed a rage imprinted on her face.
"Gadget, are you alright?" asked Kim kindly.
"I will be, when I locate Rat Capone!" answered Gadget bitterly,
not looking at Kim.
"He hurt the sister I never even knew I had. He will pay."
Kim hesitated, feeling she should say something.
"Gadget," Kim began kindly,
"your too angry. I want you too take a deep breath and count to ten."
Gadget gave Kim a dirty look.
"Why should I?" she demanded.
"Because, I'm your friend, and I don't want you to do something you'll regret later." answered Kim.
"Remember how Foxglove felt when her mother died? She was angry too."
Gadget scowled. Her anger was natural.
Sure, she didn't know that Lawhinee was her sister till recently, and Lawhinee was a creep; But, in her mind, her anger was still justified.
Yet, deep in her heart, she knew that Kim, was in the right;
Her anger was motivated by passion and fury, not justice.
"Gadget," Kim began softly.
"I'm sure it's hard but,"
"How would you know it's hard?" Gadget snapped; her temper flared.
"Because," replied Kim kindly.
"You don't need to get hit by a brick, to know it will hurt."
"Though you might need to get hit by a brick to know how much it hurts."
Gadget sighed.
"Kim...I...I..." she stuttered, her soul full of turmoil.
"Try counting to ten." Kim told her, gently touching her shoulder .
"It works for some people."
Gadget took a deep breath and began counting.
By the time she reached 10 she was calm.
"Good." said Kim kindly.
"Now, let's discuss something to help you forget your problem.
Why didn't you know you had a sister?
I can't imagine parents keeping their kids apart."
"Well, my father liked to travel a lot, but he said my mother liked to stay in Hawaii." explained Gadget.
"When I was little, I went on a trip with my father.
My best guess is that my mother was pregnant with Lawhinee, and she didn't know till after we left."
"But you two are about the same age, how is that possible?" asked Kim.
"Mice age differently then humans." Gadget replied with a shrug.
"We don't grow to maturity the same way humans do."
"Right." Kim commented.
"And then what happened?"
"Well, we sent letters, and got letters back," Gadget continued.
"I guess he never told me about my sister, because he wanted to surprise me when we got home.
The last thing my father told me about my mother was that we were getting ready to live in America, and that there would be a surprise for me."
Gadget shrugged.
"I guess Lawhinee was the surprise. Anyway, we reached Hawaii to meet her; when all of a sudden, two snakes slithered out of the woods and attacked us.
I ran away."
"Oh no." Kim gasped in horror, imagining a snake big enough to swallow her.
"The last thing he saw, was her fighting one of the snakes to give us time to get away,"
Gadget continued sadly.
"I was heart broken, and I guess he never told me about my sister, to save me the extra heart ache."
"Sorry." Kim whispered, feeling a sympathetic ache in her.
"So, we continued our travels till dad passed away, and then I became an inventor, till finally, I joined the Rescue Rangers." Gadget finished explaining.
Kim was silent, giving Gadget a chance to get over this.
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Several minutes later,
Kim and Gadget walked through a tunnel, and suddenly, two animals came in view.
One was a giant of a mouse, with a bulky body and a stupid expression on his face.
The other was a skinny green lizard dressed in a red shirt and a gray cap.
They both carried guns and they both looked shocked.
"This isn't possible!" the lizard gasped in shock.
"It's her ghost!" the dumb mouse gasped.
His body trembled, and he took a step back.
At first, Kim and Gadget were puzzled by their reaction,
then Gadget figured it out.
"Yes, I am a ghost," Gadget told them with a grin,
"And you're all going to pay for killing me."
Kim smiled, realizing what Gadget was doing.
The big mouse dropped his gun, full of terror.
The lizard was scared, but wasn't so gullible.
"Get a grip you idiot, it's a trick,"
he told his partner in a low voice.
"And I'll prove it, ghosts can't be shot."
He pointed his gun at Gadget.
Gadget froze, shocked that her plan wasn't working.
The gun fired, and Gadget fell to the ground,
Kim was on top of her.
Moving fast, Kim did her next move, she acrobatically jumped left and right dodging the bullets from the lizard's gun.
"Help me you," the lizard began to shout, before Kim kicked the gun out of his hand, and then punched him, knocking him down.
Kim turned to the mouse that towered over her.
Slow witted, he tried to catch her.
Kim jumped over his head and kicked him.
She ran and jumped around him, evading his huge paws, and then she delivered more blows.
Kim then jumped on the big mouse's shoulders, and pushed his pressure point, and he fell over unconscious.
Kim looked over at Gadget who was getting to her feet.
"Are you all right Gadget?" Kim asked, in a worried voice.
"Yeah, the bullet missed me, thanks to you," Gadget answered, still shaken by how close she came to death.
"Guess my idea didn't work."
"It was still clever," Kim assured her.
"They had no way of knowing that you and Lawhinee weren't
one and the same."
Gadget scowled, feeling a flash of anger, being reminded of what had happened to her sister.
"Let's go after Rat Capone." she replied in a low voice.
Kim nodded, and took what looked like a tube of lipstick from her pocket.
"Let's secure them first."
she told Gadget as she knelt down beside the lizard and the mouse,
and sprayed some kind of goo from the lipstick tube,
holding them like glue.
"What's that?" asked Gadget skeptically.
"It's sort of like super glue," Kim answered, giving the giant mouse extra binding just in case.
"Compliments of Wade."
"Impressive." commented Gadget, as they walked away.
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A lair in the sewer,
Rat Capone was sitting on a fancy chair in his lair, munching cheese, and drinking fine wine.
Around the room were various things he'd plundered from others.
A few gems, pearls, coins and a few toys.
Though Rat Capone had luxury,
(even if it wasn't as big as he wanted it.)
he had recently felt uneasiness
that he had done away with the strawberry blond traitor.
Although he was dangerous,
this was the first time he had ever taken a life.
It had felt so sweet to torture the traitor, and to have her die slowly.
Even if she survived, (which wasn't likely,) she would surely be crippled for life;
A fate possibly worse then death.
But shortly afterwards, the pleasure that Capone felt, gave way to fear,
and an emotion he wasn't familiar with;
And he began to suspect the rangers, or even some avenging angel coming after him.
There was a whispering sound and Rat Capone stopped and looked around.
He thought he saw a faded gray object move through the room.
He blinked, and then saw nothing.
He rubbed his head.
'Why am I so nervous?' he asked himself,
'I have nothing to fear.'
"Killer!" a voice whispered at his side.
Rat Capone gasped and looked, but saw nothing.
"There are no such things as spirits." he insisted to himself.
"It's just some indigestion from excessive eating, and the possibility
that the rangers might find out and come after me."
He got up and paced back and forth in his hideout,
his uneasiness was in check,
and what he was sure was his imagination wasn't playing tricks on him.
He stopped and looked around. It was too quiet, many things could happen.
"Where are those goons?" he asked himself irritably.
"Those rangers could show up any minute for revenge after what I did to their sweet little Gadget."
Just then, there was a tiny knock on the door to his hideout.
Capone jumped in shock;
Then he took a deep breath and tried to relax.
"Probably just Arnold and Sugar Ray," he tried to assure himself.
"But, just in case."
He drew a revolver from his fancy suit.
He opened the door and to his surprise, found a beautiful female mouse.
She had white fur, big green eyes,
and long red hair that went down to her waist in one long pony tail,
and luscious red lips
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Who is this red headed stranger?
Come back next time and find out.
Till then, thanks to all, for reading and reviewing.
God Bless