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Disclaimer: The characters involved… Ah heck with it. Just see the previous Disclaimers.
Chapter 4
Previously on "Sympathy for the Devil":
With a grunt as she struggled with her boyfriend, Kim said, "There's… another… way."
After struggling with the knife for only a few seconds, suddenly both teens stood up straight with their eyes wide. One pair of eyes was wet with pain of the physical kind, and the others were wet from witnessing the loss of someone they loved.
Kim stumbled back away from Ron, and looked down at her now blood-drenched shirt. She looked back up at his deep brown eyes with her bright green orbs and mouthed the same words that he had done to her a mere few seconds ago. 'I Love You'.
Devil/Tara and Ron's voices screamed out the same word. "NOOOOOOOOO!"
And now the conclusion:
Ron stood in place holding the bloodstained knife for only a fraction of a second before dropping the blade. He then followed suit immediately after and dropped to Kim's side, tears already flowing down his cheeks. Kim had fallen straight down from where she had been standing, and by the time Ron was at her side she was lying flat on her back, and he could hear her gasping for breath.
"Kim… why… why did you do it?" The blond boy said while trying to sniff back tears and failing miserably.
Rolling her head a bit towards Ron, Kim weakly reached up to his face with the bloody hand that she had touched her stomach with earlier. "It… it was the… only way… Baby." Ron blanched at Kim's words, as he knew whenever Kim used a pet name in a situation like this, that things were serious. Deadly serious.
She continued. "I… I couldn't let you… take your life Ronnie. I could never… live… " She convulsed with a grimace after a wet sounding cough and continued. "…without… yyhheeewwwww…"
The hand against Ron's face went slack and dropped to her side, as Kimberly Anne Possible died at the only place she would have ever felt peace… At Ron's side.
Ron's chin dropped to his chest and his shoulders heaved as he cried for the loss of his best friend, his girlfriend, his Kim.
After what was only a few seconds to everyone else, but it felt like forever for Ron, suddenly his head snapped up. His eyes were glowing in an almost unearthly blue color that had blackness imbued into the coloration was well. His sorrow was replaced with rage, and it was directed at one person, one entity… and she had blonde hair, and red horns.
While Ron slowly stood, a throaty laugh emanated from Devil/Tara, and then she said with a growl, "You think your measly powers can defeat me?"
With a clang the knife near his feet snapped back to its original sword form and leapt into his right hand. He quickly went into a fighting stance, holding the blade crossways in front of him. "Ya know? I'm really not sure. But I'm sure as HELL going to try. So bring it… bitch!"
Devil/Tara stepped back in surprise at Ron's aggressive attitude, and Tara as well was a bit shocked at Ron's choice of words. She had never heard him say anything like that before, and had never thought he could anyway.
The Evil form of Tara extended her right arm to one side of her body, and a long red blade seemed to slide out from her forearm, finishing with the handle firmly in her grasp. "I haven't had a sword fight in a long time. This should be fun, if not quick."
One corner of Ron's mouth ticked up before he said, "What… Not feeling so sure about your effectiveness with a blade? I'm sure you'll last for at least a couple minutes with me." Her only response was fire leaping from her eyes, and then a quick stab at Ron's mid-section.
Ron expertly twisted to one side, letting the red sword of the Devils pass by him harmlessly. He then brought the Lotus blade up and the two swords clashed loudly, creating what looked like a burst of light where they hit.
"Heh… nice try." Ron said, and went into a flurry of attacks, and Devil/Tara deflected each one expertly, but the last swish of his blade caught part of her long blonde hair as it flew about, cutting off about six inches. With a flash of fire at the cut end, the hair was replaced as the fire moved down creating new strands.
"Cool trick." Ron said, "But can you grow back your head!"
The Lotus blade literally sang as it sliced through the air, and before the edge connected with Devil/Tara's skin, she disappeared in a puff of smoke, the sword disturbing the cloud.
"Hey that's not fair!" Tara said from the side, and suddenly Devil/Tara appeared behind her, making her jump.
"Life isn't fair Tara. You should know that. Look at you. You were enamored… maybe even in love with this… this guy," The evil one indicated Ron with a tilt of her head, "and yet he didn't show any interest in you. And that's why you came to me, wasn't it? You wanted Ronnie here so badly, that you made a deal with the Devil… with me. And now he's taken away part of the deal we had made. Doesn't that make you angry? That he would kill your dreams? Your aspirations?"
Tara shook her head vigorously side to side. "No… No… I'm not angry with Ron. And I'm not angry with Kim either. What I'm angry at, is you!" The blonde girl then turned to her evil twin. "You manipulated me, and made me think that all that would happen is that I would have Ron here as my boyfriend! You never said anything about receiving Kim in return! Well, you know what? I'm canceling my part of the deal. I don't want Ron anymore, and I don't want anymore to do with you!"
With a flash of smoke Devil/Tara disappeared from in front of Tara, and appeared right behind Ron, her red sword already at his neck, poised for a killing strike. "Then you won't mind if I end his pitiful life if you don't want him?" Tara could see Ron was trying to keep a brave face, but she knew he was scared. Heck, she was scared, almost terrified at these turn of events.
She was now regretting ever drawing that pentagram in her room that night, lighting those candles, and calling on the Prince of Darkness. It was her own selfish wants that had gotten them to this point. Her own feelings of love… and of lust… that had gotten her friend Kim killed, and now Ron was going to die as well.
It all built up to a boiling point within her, and then Tara tilted her head back and screamed out "I wish I had never made that deal with you! It's over! I do not want Ron Stoppable! I am breaking off the deal!"
A bright white light suddenly filled the room they were all standing in, and everything returned back to the way it was before. Kim and Ron were standing just inside the door of the classroom, Mr. Barkin was looking at them, and Tara was back in her seat. Only this time she had her long blonde locks and she was dressed how she used to before she had made the pact in her room so long ago. Kim and Ron shook their heads as if trying to shake off a feeling of Déjà vu.
"OK class…" Mr. Barkin said in his military-esque manner, "Now that Miss Possible and Mister Stoppable have decided to grace us with their presence, we can get on with today's lesson. That is… after they take their seats." The two heroes quickly sat down in their desks and pulled out their textbooks, ready for whichever lesson Mr. Barkin was going to cover.
"Please turn to page…" Suddenly music wafted into the classroom from outside.
Pleased to meet you…
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah!
But what's puzzling you,
Is the… nature, of my game.
Whooo Hooo
Whooo Hooo
Whooo Hooo
"Damn kids and their punk music." Mr. Barkin mumbled as he stepped over to the open window and shut it, effectively cutting off the music that was blaring out of a blacked-out 4-door sedan as it drove by the school.
"Now please turn to page 69 of your text books 'Music That Has Shaped Our World Today'. Miss Possible, if you would be so kind, please read the first stanza of The Eagles classic, 'Hotel California'…"
The End… (Or is it?)
I SO thought this last chap would be much longer, but I guess not. Oh well… Either way, I hope you liked the latest of my "Devil/Tara" series…