Kim Possible and the Ghostbusters!
AN: Here's another crossover that I thought might be fun. Kim Possible meets the Ghostbusters! This story takes place just shortly before Senior Graduation and thus not part of the Season 4's real ending even though it will use a great majority of Season 4.
Chapter 5: Whoa!
(Middleton)
Ray and Peter were sitting in the front of the store on some chairs left there for the owners while waiting for people to show up and buy their stuff.
Peter looks at Kim Possible and says, "You're telling me she took down the energy ghost all by herself? No way Winston! You're pulling my leg!"
Winston shakes his head and says, "I wish I was Peter. She avoided all the energy blasts as if they were nothing and the activated the ghost trap that it was hovering over, sending it right in!"
Peter looks at Kim again and then Ron who looked mighty proud of Kim before Slimer floats around Egon and says, "Uh-huh! She did!"
Slimer molds his slime body into a poor-man's shape of Kim before jump-floating in place and then making the whoosh sound of the trap and pretending to get sucked into himself.
Peter shakes off the bits of slime that had landed on him before he says, "Ok! Ok! I get the picture!"
Egon says, "Whether you believe it or not Peter, the fact is that Miss Possible did exactly what Winston said. Her agility and speed are above normal, it was quite incredible to watch really."
Ray sighs and says, "And I missed it…"
Egon says, "Don't worry Ray, I think we'll get more chances to see the skills of Miss Possible."
Ray says, "Huh? What do you mean Egon?"
Egon looks at Ray and says, "Quite simply, I think our odds of bringing this to a safe end will be better with their help."
Peter still didn't believe that a teenager could be of much help but he also knew better than to argue with Egon. Especially if he didn't want to spend the next hour or so hearing all of Egon's reasons as to why Egon felt the redhead was going to be helpful.
Ray on the other hand had no such problems and says, "Are you sure about this Egon? I mean they're both so young…"
Ron steps forward and says, "Hey, we've been saving the world since freshman year! I think we've proved that we can more than handle ourselves!"
Ray looks at Ron with a curious expression and says, "What year are you in now?"
Caught off guard at the response he takes a moment to say, "Uh… we're sen… Oh yeah! We are Seniors in High School!"
Rufus sticks his head out of Ron's pocket and nods as he squeaks, "Uh-huh! Yeah! Seniors!"
Ms. Trŷme walks over and says to the Ghostbusters, "Oh, I'm glad you're all ok." She then notices Kim and smiles, "Kim Possible! Oh, this is an honor! What brings you to my little shop?"
Peter's eyebrows shoot up and he says, "You know her?"
Ms. Trŷme smiles as she nods and says, "Oh yes, there is hardly a resident of Middleton who doesn't know her. She has saved this town from so many scary and dangerous things. Why, I remember when she and this other girl zapped a big dinosaur that had been rampaging through town looking for food." She turns to Kim and says, "Although that was almost as scary as that large orange person who kept chasing after a large donut sign. Why is it that everything that becomes so large ends up going after the signs that represent the very food we eat?"
Ron's eyes bulge out for a second and then he blushes a little as he scratches the back of his neck and says, "Ah-heh! I guess when you're big like that, you have a huge appetite… or something like that." He trails off at the end, looking away as he couldn't exactly explain to her that he'd been the large orange person who she'd seen before.
Kim knew how Ron must be feeling and says, "Yeah, I guess Ron's right. The normal sized stuff for us just probably doesn't look as appetizing."
The Ghostbusters wondered about the strange way Kim and Ron were behaving at the mention of the large orange guy. Egon gets a strange feeling in his gut as he gets a hunch and pulls out his PKE device.
As soon as Egon turns on the device, the arms raise up until their horizontal and starts to hum and flash rapidly.
Egon says, "There is still a large amount of spectral energies in the area. Our job isn't done."
Peter says, "It isn't our job to after every ghost Egon! If we did we'd work ourselves out of business!"
Kim says, "Ron and I help people for free."
Ray says, "That's ok for you, you are kids and get whatever you need handed to you for free. Out in the real world things like our photon packs, ghost traps and our containment unit cost a lot of money. Things like our research also puts us into the red quite often."
Ron says, "Maybe you guys need a catchy theme song? It worked for Team Impossible."
Ray says, "We already have one."
Peter frowns as he says, "Yeah, we spent a pretty penny on it too!"
Winston says, "Didn't you just make a client pay us for that song instead of the full fee?"
Kim says, "All right, let's focus here." She turns to Ms. Trŷme and says, "What do you know about all these ghosts? And what was that energy ghost looking around for?"
Ms. Trŷme's smile disappears and she sighs before she says, "Straight to the point." She leans against the counter and says, "Very well, it all started a long time ago when this city was still just a town. 99 years ago in fact."
Ron says, "No way! You don't look a day over 30!" All of the Ghostbusters give Ron a look as they wonder in one thought, "Is he for real?"
Kim shakes her head and knew the answer to their thoughts and thinks, "If they only knew that Ron is just being half-fun, half-serious just like the role of the distraction he usually plays when things get too serious."
Ms. Trŷme laughs and smiles as she says, "Thank you Ron."
Kim and the Ghostbusters all relax as they see her taking it as a joke.
Ms. Trŷme says, "Ok, now to get back to the story. About 99 years ago it was decided that there were too many spirits, otherwise known as ghosts in the world and since this place had the lowest number of spirits, mostly animal ones. It was here that it was chosen to be the base of our ghost storage place."
Egon pushes his glasses up his nose as he looks at her and says, "Fascinating. Just how many ghosts exist here?"
Ms. Trŷme stops and looks up in thought as she taps her chin for a few moments with her lips moving as she counts before she says, "I am not exactly sure, after about 20,000 ghosts, it was felt the counting was pretty much tiresome so it was stopped."
Ray shouts, "20,000 ghosts? Are you kidding me? Do you know the kind damage that many ghosts could cause?"
Egon says, "How long ago was the counting stopped at?"
Winston says, "Why do you want to know that Egon? Don't we have enough trouble with 20,000?"
Egon says, "Because if they had 20,000 only a few years ago then the number of ghosts since then will be significantly lower but if…"
Rays's eyes go wide as he realizes what Egon is saying, "If there were 20,000 ghosts 80 years ago and they've kept up at the same pace then there could be…"
Peter says, "Whoa! Are you saying there could be thousands more ghosts here?"
Egon says, "Maybe even millions depending on how long ago and the rate at which they've collected more ghosts."
All heads turn to Ms. Trŷme and she sighs, "I'm afraid Egon is right, the counting stopped after ten years into the project. If I had to guess from the size of how things are now I would have to guess we have more closer to a million or so ghosts."
Winston's eyes nearly pop out of their sockets as he says, "A million ghosts?" He turns to the others and says, "Well guys, it has been nice knowing you. I think I'll go ahead and retire now."
Egon calculates the predicted rate and says, "Actually it is…" before Winston says, "Egon if you're about to tell us the real number and it is higher than a million… I so don't want to hear it."
Egon frowns as he adjusts his glasses and says, "Very well then."
Ron waves his arms around in the air as he says, "You're the like… The Ghostbusters! Shouldn't you be able to handle ghosts of any number?"
Kim says, "Ron, I think they're panicking because to them a million ghosts would be like facing a million ninja monkeys."
It takes Ron a moment for the words to sink in before his eyes grow wide and he clutches at his hair as he screams, "AUUUUUGH! NO! MY WORSE NIGHTMARE!!" He then turns to Kim and grabs her by the shoulders, "We've got to do something KP!"
Kim says, "Don't worry Ron, I'm on it." She then turns to the Ghostbusters and says, "There is a plan right?"
The four Ghostbusters look at each other nervously as they all say, "Uhhh…"
Kim frowns and says, "There is no plan is there?"
Ray says, "Well, not yet but we're working on one!"
Peter says, "In the meantime, the redhead brought up a good point. What was that ghost looking for? Why didn't it escape with the other ghosts?"
Ms. Trŷme says, "Well, we do have a few unusual ghost artifacts that could give a ghost untold power." She pauses and says, "Wait, which ghost was it?"
Peter says, "It was some energy ghost."
Ms. Trŷme says, "Well, it could have been looking for its mate I suppose."
Kim and Ron look at each other and then say in stereo, "Mate??"
Kim then turns to Ron and says, "Jinx! You owe me a soda!" Ron says, "Aw man!"
Ms. Trŷme smiles a little at Kim and Ron before her expression saddens and she says, "Yes, sadly enough we've got ghosts that have been separated since they were captured."
Ron says, "Why didn't you put them together then?"
Ms. Trŷme sighs and says, "Well for one thing, we have often had no clue which ghosts belonged to which ones. Plus we couldn't very well free them to ask them without risking them trying to escape and take revenge on the descendants of those who captured them in the first place."
Kim says, "If you had so many ghosts, did you keep a list of the ones you had? Maybe we can figure out which ones have already escaped."
Ms. Trŷme says, "We do have a list but with the state the store's in, I am not sure where to even begin and my partner is the one with the photographic memory."
Ron says, "What DO you know then?" He was still freaking out a little bit about the idea that there could be a million ninja monkeys loose in Middleton.
Ms. Trŷme says, "Well… I know that unless you want Middleton and quite possibly the entire Tri-City area to become populated with ghosts than with people, I think we should do something to stop the ghosts."
Peter and Winston turn to look at Ray and Egon, their 'answer' guys for whenever things go wrong.
Ray shrugs and says, "I don't know, what do you think we should do Egon?"
Egon is silent for a few moments and says, "I think we should work on the source of the problem first. Then later on we can round up any stray ghosts that have already escaped."
Peter says, "Good idea Egon! Now how do you propose that we do that exactly?"
Egon says, "I haven't quite figured that part out Peter."
(Meanwhile in another location within Middleton)
Timmy drives up to a drive through window in his convertible and after ordering through the sign he drives up to the window, missing the way the sign glows an eerie green.
Timmy waits at the window for his food, unsnapping his seat belt so he can reach for his wallet in his back pocket and then the glass window pulls back. He smiles before looking while bringing up his hand with the money he owed for the meal as he says, "Here you go Natsumi…" He freezes as when he sees instead of a beautiful blue-eyed blonde girl, a very scary ghost!
The ghost looks down at Timmy with glowing red-white eyes and quickly grabs at his arm that is still reaching out with the money tightly gripped in his fingers. It quickly pulls him out of the car, screaming loudly with his leg kicking wildly as he goes through the window. The window slides shut and Timmy can still be heard screaming for a short while longer as the windows flash brightly for a few more moments until there is darkness, tinged by a ghostly glow and complete silence.
AN: Well everyone, this may not be the most exciting chapter so far but you've got to admit that the stakes have just gone up quite a bit! What do you think of Kim in this chapter? What do you think of Ron and the 'million ninja monkeys' thing? How do you think the Ghostbusters will handle such a serious threat to Middleton? Anyone want to guess what happened with Timmy or even WHY it happened? What do you think of this story so far?
As usual all thoughts, ideas, feelings, impressions, story suggestions, name of a previous job for Winston before the Ghostbusters, song suggestions for the story and more are welcome. :)
