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Disclaimer: As per other chapters/stories I've written, I do not gain anything of a monetary value from writing these, nor do I have a legal connection with any of the KP characters. This story line however does contain an OC (Original character) of my own design by the name of Moriarty. He is in no way related to the Moriarty character in the Sherlock Holmes series.

Chapter 12

Previously on "Possible Manipulation"…

"Now that's peculiar." Will said out loud to no one. He then pulled a small device from one of his tactical vest pockets and began scanning the ground. Immediately the GJ agent could tell there was some sort of entrance built into the earth.

As he continued to scan the area with his head down looking at the small screen, suddenly Will saw a pair of black boots in front of him. He looked up and said in surprise, "You've escaped! Good… let's get…"

Before Will could complete his sentence a small dart struck him in the chest, and he fell to the ground within seconds, completely unconscious.

…x x x x…

And now the continuation…

"How ya doin', Rufus buddy?" Ron whispered into the microphone/headset that was attached to his right ear. Wade had also developed a miniature version of said headset for Rufus to wear, which was attached to the mole rat by a couple of straps since the rodent didn't have external lobes for ears.

After a few muffled squeaks and chirps that included a few irritating words from Team Possible's tiniest member, Ron smiled, as he knew his pink buddy was ok, but not too happy with the situation. Ron had dropped the little guy down a small vent tube that they discovered about a hundred yards from where Will Du tried to enter, but neither Ron nor Rufus knew of this… at least not yet.

From the sounds Rufus made, Ron discovered the tiny animal had finally come to a small room that held an air circulation system, and found that all other air ducts seemed to be small tubes as well. So that meant there wasn't a simple entry for Ron. He was going to have to try and find a different way of entering the underground complex.

"Hnk… one minute…" Ron suddenly heard in his ear, as he leaned against a nearby tree.

Assuming his little buddy was on the trail of something, Ron knelt down and started playing with a stick between his knees to waste some time by knocking a small rock back and forth. It took a little longer than a minute and suddenly Rufus squeaked loudly "Found it!"

The sudden voice in his ear made Ron stand up in surprise, and promptly smack his head on a low branch sticking out from the tree he was next to. "Oww! Stupid branch!"

The blonde teenager promptly swatted at the offending inanimate object, which actually moved sideways as if it were on a hinge, and then snapped back into place. The next thing he heard was what sounded like stone grinding on stone.

Turning around to see what it was, Ron saw not a large boulder with a door as he suspected, but a hollowed out trunk of a tree that was about three foot in diameter looking like the top had been sheared off. The trunk now looked like a large tube sticking out of the ground, and a rod that was acting as a hinge off to one side supported the "lid" that had swung open.

Cautiously he stepped forward, expecting to see something or someone come out, but the only thing that he saw was Rufus sticking his pink head up with an almost perturbed look on his face.

"Sorry buddy… I didn't know you had already found this entrance!" Apparently Ron had inadvertently found the triggering device for the hidden doorway just before Rufus could trigger it himself.

Looking down into the hollow trunk Ron could see a ladder attached to one side of the tube. He climbed down the rungs just as Rufus jumped into one of his owner's pants pocket. The lid must have had a timer controlling it because after Ron and Rufus had descended a few steps the lid closed, sealing them off from the outside world.

…x x x x…

Agent Will Du felt himself coming out of what felt like a drug induced sleep. He smacked his dry lips and blinked at the bright light above him. The next thing he felt was that he was strapped down to a hard table.

"So… Mr. umm… Du? Is it? If I remember correctly, you are supposed to be one of the 'Top' agents of the world-wide police force called… GJ. Am I correct?" Will had never met Moriarty personally before, but he had heard the man's voice on a few recordings. He decided to stay quiet.

"Cat got your tongue… Mr. Du? Or are you just unwilling to speak?" Moriarty stepped closer to the table Will was strapped to. "I have just one question to ask you, and you will answer me. I know why you're here, so there's no point in asking you that. So… Who else is with you?"

Keeping with his haughty exterior (which wasn't all that hard for Will), he gave the only answer he felt comfortable with. "I refuse to answer as that may compromise my mission. So that is one bit of information you are going to have to do without."

A corner of Moriarty's mouth ticked up in what could be considered a smirk. "I would hate to play Poker with you, Mr. Du." He then leaned in close to Will's face. "But something tells me that you don't have any cards to play with."

Moriarty walked over to a console sitting against a wall, and activated a small screen. "I however… like to cheat." After the older style of screen warmed up, a grainy picture of a young blond boy could be seen as he moved through a darkened hallway.

Will's eyes narrowed. "Stoppable…?"

Immediately one of Moriarty's eyebrows shot up. "You sound surprised Mr. Du. Is it…possible… pardon the pun, that the two of you showed up at my doorstep and neither of you new the other was here? That's very… interesting."

The next thing the older English (or was he British?) gentleman did was that he went back to the console, picked up a microphone and flipped a couple of switches. Immediately Moriarty's voice was coming from speakers located throughout the underground complex.

"Ronald… Dean… Stoppable." His voice echoed. "I know you are here. I know why you are here. Your dear Kimberly is under my control, and I also have someone of your acquaintance from Global Justice. So… you can either continue to stumble around my complex, of which you know nothing about its layout, or you can stay where you are and let any of my… personnel… take you into custody. With your arrival, I see that I now need to scrap my original plans… and I hate changing plans." With an irritated swat of his hand, Moriarty disconnected from the PA system.

Sitting down hard in a chair, the older gentleman pondered for a moment, and that was all it took before a smile spread across his face. Moriarty brought a wrist up to his mouth and he spoke into a small communicator that looked like a watch.

"Kimberly… our plans have changed. Here is what I want you to do…"

…x x x x…

After Ron heard the announcement by Moriarty, all that did was bolster his reserve even more. Kim was here, and someone from GJ was here as well, but apparently captured. "So help me, if Will is the one that's captured…" Ron didn't dare finish the thought.

Finding a dark corner, the blonde boy sat down and Rufus crawled up on his shoulder. "Well Buddy… I have no idea where we are, but it appears that our enemy does. So… There's only one thing to do, and that's to let them take me where I want to go.

The look on Rufus' face was one of confusion and fear. "Huh?"

Before the little mole rat could voice his opinion on the matter, Ron stepped out into the middle of the corridor and yelled out "Moriarty! I'm here!"

Almost as soon as Ron announced his location, a hand came across his mouth, and he spun around out of the relatively weak hold, ready to strike. "Ron! It's me, Kim!"

Sure enough, there in front of the young boy was Kim Possible. It only took a fraction of a second for him to envelop his girlfriend in a crushing hug. "Are you OK Kim? I heard Moriarty say you were under his control… I've been so worried about you…"

"Hush Ron… hush. I was able to fight his control, and I'm better now." Kim gently pushed out of Ron's hug. "I'm fine… really, I am."

Ron searched his girlfriend's eyes, and she seemed to be OK, but his instincts were still on high alert. "So what do we do now? Go save Will Du's skinny butt?"

"We could do that…" Kim said, and suddenly gave Ron an almost sultry look. Her eyes were half shut and she gently bit her lower lip before saying "or we could make up for lost time. Right here, right now… in this dark and isolated hallway…"

The red head gently pushed Ron back against a rough-hewn wall with one hand, while the other expertly reached down to her waist. Ron didn't even notice what the other hand at her waist was doing, as the red headed vixen was going in for a kiss that promised to be quite… intense… for the teenaged boy.

Just as Kim's warm lips touched Ron's, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and he couldn't help but exhale. Kim backed away from her boyfriend, who now was leaning against the wall, with his hand over the spot in which he felt the pain. He looked down at what Kim was holding in her hand, and there was a blade about four inches in length, dripping with blood. He looked down at his stomach and immediately realized that it was his blood!

In the low light he could see crimson traces of red running between his fingers as he held them against the wound. He stood a haggard step forward, holding out his bloody hand.

He croaked out a simple question. "Kah… Kim… why?" All Ron heard for an answer before he toppled to the floor was a four-word phrase spoken by Kim into her wrist Kimmunicator. "Ronald Stoppable is dead."

To be continued… (Maybe even concluded) in the next chapter. (Not sure yet)

Well folks, has Moriarty finally done what he has always wanted to do? Is Ron Stoppable really dead this time? Tune in again, same Kim Time… Same Kim Channel.