Chapter 20: Homeward bound

"Well if you missed then who the hell made that shot?" Monique demanded. Kim shrugged. She turned back to the mass of chaos behind them. Reiko stumbled over the bodies as he made his way to the door.

"We should leave this place." He said frantically. All eyes were on him. "Now." He commanded pushing the group out into the open and hurrying them away from the house. He shoved them into the snow and covered his own head in time for the explosion. The farm house behind them was gone in an instance. Bits of debris washed over them and their ears rang.

Kim popped her head up and stared at the fiery hole that remained. "What did you do?" She demanded trying to ignore the ringing in her ears. Reiko laughed at his work as he rolled onto his back.

"They burn down my bar, I blow up their headquarters. Is fair trade." He shouted over his own ringing ears with a savage smile on his lips.

Monique had covered Bonnie during the explosion and was now feverishly looking the woman over. Bonnie struggled to free herself. "Monique, I'm fine would you get off so we can check on Ron." Monique looked over at Ron, who despite his many injuries, was standing.

"No need Bonnie, I'm in no worse shape than I was before." He said rubbing snow on his face and to help clean the dried blood from his nose and mouth. Kim glanced around the tree line hopping to catch a sight of the shooter in vain. Ron draped his arm over her shoulders and leaned against her for support.

"If they were good enough to make the shot, they were smart enough to leave soon after KP." He said giving her a quick squeeze. Kim gave him a slight smile, before reaching into her pocket and pulling out a familiar old device. On the screen Wade's face came into view.

"Hey Wade, you think you could get us a lift back home?" She asked suddenly feeling exhaustion catch up with her.

"No problem Kim. I'm guessing you found Ron." Ron peered over at the screen and waved. "And knowing you, you already found Monique and Bonnie too?" Kim glanced over at the pair, rolled her eyes and nodded.

"I've also got one more. I'll explain later." Kim added.

"Okay…" Wade drew the word out while he typed. "I'll have you out of there in a few minutes."

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Kim sat anxiously in her seat. The plane tilted and she stared down at the city below. She was so close to home it made her itch. If it wasn't for the sheer drop she would have leapt out the moment she saw the nearly overpowering tower that was the palace.

Reiko sat across from her; arms folded over his massive chest as he watched her fidget. "I could swear you would be sleeping with the rest." He nodded to their three companions asleep in their seats.

Kim shook her head. "Between you and me, I rarely sleep. I rule the world and attempt to keep Shego from setting someone on fire every day. That along with these resistance fools constantly trying to kill me or take over or just being a general pain in the ass I never have time for sleep."

"If it is so hard why not just give it up? Let the world be free again."

Kim scoffed at the question. "I've thought about that many times. Just giving the world back and going back to the life I had before. But then I remember what the world was like before. War, famine, the constant greed and profiteering; what kind of freedom is that? I'm not trying to take away anyone's freedom. People can do whatever they want, I'm not stopping that. I'm just trying to keep the peace."

Reiko smiled at her determination. "My mother used to have a saying for women like you." Kim raised a brow. "Your tits aren't big enough to nurse the whole world."

Kim tried to stifle her laughter but to no avail. She laughed until her face turned red and she couldn't breathe. When she settled down she smiled up at the man. She hadn't laughed so hard in a long time; she had forgotten what it felt like. "I see your point."

A light came on over head and Kim let out an inward sigh of relief. They were landing. She looked out the window to see the landing strip lighting up against the darkening sky. The plane began it's slow dissent to the ground. Ron stirred in his sleep and suddenly shot up from his seat. Kim visibly tensed. "What's wrong?" She asked.

Ron stared at her with wide eyes. "I don't know." He glanced out the window at the landing strip. "Theirs is just something wrong…about all this."

Reiko raised a brow. He didn't sense anything amiss. Kim seemed to think about this for a moment. She stood slowly and walked to the cockpit of the plane. She found herself struggling with a locked door. She turned back to the others who gave her questioning stares. Kim turned back and gave the door a share kick. The door quickly flew open and crashed against the wall. She found no startled pilots on the other side of the door. She looked around the cabin and saw a note pinned to the Capitan's chair.

'Dear Miss Possible,

We hope you enjoyed your flight. But we think it's in the world's best interest that your plane doesn't makes it scheduled landing. Don't worry about trying to land the plane; you'll be having a technical malfunction at exactly 9:48.

With love,

Resistance'

Kim looked at the clock on the wall. She frowned. Fifteen minutes before the plane dropped out of the sky. She watched the landing strip pass by under her.

"We may have a problem." Kim called back with a weary smile. Kim walked back to the others and held up the note. "Oh come on!" Bonnie shouted. She had had about enough of all the danger she had been put in over the past several weeks.

Kim shrugged. "Well you'll have all the time in the world to be mad about this when we're on the ground. Right now, we need to get off this plane before it drops out of the sky." She walked to the back of the plane, she paused for a moment. "Everyone knows how to use a parachute right?"