I do not own Kim Possible or Blue Gender. Don't I wish... 'sigh'
3 Trial
"This is the Far East Region Recovery Team, Gran Seil," Joey said as he looked at a screen. "Headquarters! Do you copy?"
He watched a progress bar. But his only response was static.
"Damn it! This is useless!" he growled. "The noise from those insect bastards is so high it's interfering with our relay equipment. I've tried everything, I can't get a signal through."
"This recent surge in Blue activity has made recovery all over Japan hopeless," Robert said, looking to Shelia. "We're going to take an alternate route. We'll use the vehicles to get us to Shimoneski then procure a cargo ship and cross over to Korea. That's where we'll meet the recovery squad. Think you can keep 'em off us until then?"
Shelia nodded her head before looking out the windshield of the trailer. Her eyes widened in shock when she saw Kim standing next to a bike about twenty feet away.
'Oh, Ron,' Kim thought as she looked at the bike. It looked a lot like the one he use to ride.
"Let's go!" Shelia said from behind her.
Kim turned around and glared at the older woman. Without a word, she walked to the trailer and got in.
A while later, when they were driving down the road, Kim sat in the back with Shelia. Kim watched as the older woman pulled her gun apart and started cleaning it. She then looked straight ahead to stare at the machine sitting in front of her.
As she stared at it, images of the soldiers that were turned into meat dumplings flashed through her mind, followed by the image of the girl she had seen before entering the sleep treatment. Then the image of the rest of the team's deaths came to mind. The images continued flashing until she grabbed her head to try to stop thinking about them.
Shelia caught sight of Kim holding her head and looked at her. That was when the device on her arm beeped.
"Incoming!"
Kim looked over at the older woman.
Shelia rose to her feet and walked to the shelf where the ammunition was kept. She grabbed a clip and loaded it into her gun.
"Guys it's a Blue!"
Robert looked out the windows and into the mirrors to keep an eye out for the Blue. He saw it in the air right behind them.
"Step on it!" he said to Joey.
Joey didn't waste any time and put his foot down on the gas.
With one swipe, the Blue cut a hole in the roof of the trailer.
Kim sat on the floor, her eyes widened in shock, body frozen in fear.
"Stay down!" Shelia said as she stood in front of Kim. "It's too dangerous!"
Shelia then climbed up to the hole so she could get a clear shot at the flying Blue. Gunshots rang through the air as Shelia pulled the trigger. The sound of a grenade blast met Kim's ears.
Kim was shocked. She looked around and saw extra guns.
'Dammit! I can't just sit here! I've got to help them!'
She grabbed one of the guns and ran over to the ammunition rack. With shaking hands, she tried to load a clip.
The shaking of the trailer made Kim loose her balance and fall to the floor, the gun and clip flying away from her hands. When she looked up, she saw Shelia falling. She caught the older woman and noticed was unconscious.
More shaking made Kim look up to see the Blue forcing it's way into the trailer.
Kim was petrified. She couldn't move. The Blue was coming closer with it's mouth wide open.
They made it to a tunnel and Joey swerved to the left.
"It's still hanging on!" he said in frustration. "Get off my back!"
Kim closed her eyes as the creature started coming closer. Gunshots rang and, after a few seconds, they ceased. When she opened her eyes, Shelia was awake and holding her gun up.
The trailer came to a halt and the Blue fell to the ground, a lifeless corpse.
Joey leaned against the steering wheel while Robert leaned back in his seat.
"Thank God!" Joey said.
Shelia picked up her gun and held it at the ready.
"Hey!" Kim said. "Are you okay?"
"I thought I told you to stay down," Shelia said, her back to the redhead.
"I just wanted to help, sorry."
"Are you sure you're prepared to do that?" Shelia looked over her shoulder. "This isn't a game we're playing. There's no room for amateurs here." Shelia put her gun into the gun rack and walked back to the front of the trailer.
Kim gritted her teeth and glared at the far wall.
That evening, Kim got everyone together.
"Training?!" Shelia said, looking at the girl.
"Right now I'm just excess baggage to you! Teach me what I need to know so I can fight too!"
"Do you understand what it is you're asking?" Joey asked.
"I know you think I'm an amateur... But now I'm ready to learn! I hate that I can't do anything... And I definitely don't want to get killed by one of those... things! You have to let me fight! I'm not a baby, I can pull my own weight."
"Now way!"
Kim looked at Shelia.
"But-"
"My duty is to deliver you to the space station and I intend to see you get there alive... I will not let you jeopardize this mission."
Kim glared at the woman before turning her back on her.
Joey looked at Robert before speaking to Shelia.
"Come on... It couldn't hurt to give her a chance, could it? After all, Robert's in bad shape... And without an arm pilot, our Fighter isn't going to do us a whole lot of good if we get into trouble. If I take some time to teach her to dive the mecha-suit and you teach her how shoot... It can only help us."
Kim stared at the woman.
"Say yes..."
Joey gave an encouraging nod.
Shelia sighed in frustration.
"All right. But you have only three days to get it down."
Kim's face broke into a smile.
"Ha ha! You won't be sorry!"
Joey placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Good," he said.
The next day, Kim stood in front of an old school house and looked at a barrel with her finger pointed like a gun.
"Hey!"
Kim turned her head to see Shelia walking toward her. The older woman held out a gun and Kim took it. Shelia then walked to stand beside the girl.
"Now get ready..."
Kim got into a position.
"That's wrong... you're too far forward..."
Kim took another position.
"No, don't aim with your fingertips..."
Kim took yet another position.
"Not like that!"
Kim glared at the woman.
"Hey, I'm trying, aren't I?!"
Shelia sighed before walking behind the girl and pressing herself against the redhead. She then lifted Kim's arms into the proper position.
"C'mon get in position!"
Kim blushed as Shelia's breasts pushed into her back.
"Feel that? Get yourself accustomed to it!"
Kim swallowed hard.
Shelia then moved away.
"There, that's it! Do you think you can remember that?"
Kim looked down the sight of the gun.
An hour later she was sitting in the Fighter with a new suit on. She moved the collar around to try to get it into a comfortable position.
"Don't worry," Joey said from above her. "The computer will compensate for you on the finer touches. Just concentrate on your aim and your timing for now... Practice makes perfect."
"Right!"
"The most fundamental thing to remember is that no matter what happens, don't close your eyes! You understand?"
"Yeah sure."
"That jungle gym is thirty meters away... Punch it and you'll get a feel for the controls! Let's go!"
Wheels came out of the back of the Fighter's legs and shot them forward.
Kim watched as the jungle gym quickly came at them and at the last moment, closed her eyes. She opened her eyes when she felt the Fighter stop moving, her breath coming in gasps.
"Damn, that's fast..." she gasped out.
"Let's do it again!"
"Uh-huh..."
Not long later, they were all in the trailer, heading down the interstate towards Shimoneski.
Once they got to the docks, Joey insisted on taking Kim out in the Fighter.
Kim stared at the crane hook that was going to be her target.
"Keep your eyes open... Punch through... Let's go!"
The Fighter shot forward. Kim kept her eyes on the hook until it was nearly in her face. At the last second, she moved the arm and slammed the fist into the hook. It fell to the ground and impaled itself into the concrete below.
Kim was surprised.
"We hit it!" she said.
"I think you've got a knack for this!" Joey replied.
"We hit it!"
Static sounded on their radio before a voice came through.
"This is Shelia. Looks like we've found a suitable boat. Assemble at pier ten! And hurry! We don't want the Blue to find us!"
Static sounded the end of the transmission.
"We're on our way!" Joey replied.
They took off.
Not too long later, Kim, Shelia and Joey were around a computer terminal, Joey tapping away on the keys.
"Well, it's quite the antique..." Joey said before turning around to face Robert as he sat on the bench in the room. "Luckily the computer hasn't died just yet... With a little maintenance I should be able to get it up and running."
"So how long will it take?" Robert asked.
Joey thought a moment before answering, "I could have it up by tomorrow night."
"You have until morning. Understood?"
"Yes sir!" Joey said with a salute.
Robert then turned to Kim and Shelia.
"And Shelia the two of you can get back to your duties!"
"Yes sir!" Shelia said before turning to Kim. Shelia led the way out of the room and to the trailer. She got into her Armor Shrike and Kim got onto the knee. When they got to a building, Kim jumped off.
"I'll continue with sentry duty for the time being," Shelia said. "Kim, I want you to start loading the materials we'll need."
Kim gasped.
"What's wrong?" Shelia asked.
"Nothing... That's just the first time you've called me by my name."
"It would be inconvenient not to," Shelia said before moving away.
Kim scowled before walking into the building.
That night, Kim walked down a hallway of the ship, tossing a can of food up and down, when she heard humming. She knew that tune.
She walked to the door and found Joey humming while he was working on the computer.
"Hey. You need something?" Joey asked.
"It's just... That song. How do you know it?"
"It was pretty popular with the guys in my class... I guess I've always liked it!" Joey then started humming again.
Kim walked over to the bench in the room, set the food that she was carrying down, and then sat down herself.
"You're right... I've always liked that song too!"
"Really?" Joey said with a laugh.
"Yeah, I... I remember when it first came out..."
"Oh yeah... I guess it's a pretty old one, huh?"
"It was played all the time... I remember... My mom... My dad... Everybody in my town loved that song. It reminds me of a friend I once had... We promised, no matter how many years had passed, we'd meet again... And so the last thing I'm gonna do is brake my promise y dying... No matter what... I can't go getting killed now, my face full of tears..."
"Uh-huh..."
"Hey, I wouldn't mind hearing that song again... Do ya mind?"
Joey started humming and Kim could tell that it was different from what she remembered.
"No, I think that part there is different..."
Joey stopped humming to look at Kim.
"Which part?"
"It's like this..."
Kim started humming the same song but with different notes. After a moment, Joey joined in.
The next morning came to find Joey reporting to Robert.
"The repairs are complete, sir!"
"Prepare for departure! Shelia, you take the watch!"
Shelia stood right in front of the ship as they finished loading up the trailer. That's when the device on her arm went off again.
"Robert, I have a contact!"
Robert stood in front of the helm of the ship.
"How did they sniff us out so damn fast?!"
Joey was at the computer terminal in the trailer.
"I'm reading three.. No four! There are four of them!"
"Intercept! Shelia, I want you on tactical command! Move it!"
Kim ran to the trailer and got in the Fighter.
"Kim! Joey!" Shelia said over the radio. "It's looks like three of the four are coming at us from the air! I want you to take out the one that's on land that's off to our right flank! Just try to keep it bottled up until I can shoot down the others! Kim, I want you to use extreme caution!"
"All right."
"It's not as easy to kill one of these Blue as you think... Don't go and do anything stupid!"
"Right, we got it!" Kim growled.
"Commencing attack!"
"We're off too!" Joey said. And the Fighter took off down the docks.
Shelia jammed the knee of her Shrike into the ground and got her gun ready. As the Blue shot overhead, she pulled the trigger and knocked one of them out of the sky.
She got up and took off further down the docks.
The Blue still in the air came flying at her, their mouths open.
Joey and Kim returned to the place where Kim had punched the crane hook.
'I can do this... I know I can... I've had enough practice now... If I keep my cool, I know I can beat this thing... Alright, where's that son-of-a-bitch hiding? It's got to be around her somewhere... Where is it? C'mon, come out...'
"Kim..."
'Come out, now!'
"Kim!"
Kim gasped as she looked ahead.
"Don't get anxious," Joey said. "Try to stay calm."
"I am staying calm!"
"Just don't force it, okay?"
"Yeah, I know!"
Rapid beeping drew Kim's attention to the panel in front of her.
"Above us!"
Kim looked up and saw the Blue falling toward them.
Joey backed the Fighter away from the creature as it looked at them. The creature caught up to them and raised an appendage to attack them.
Kim, acting on instinct, blocked the appendage and punched the Blue in the face.
The Blue moved toward Kim and opened the shell on the top of it's head to reveal a mouth.
Kim froze in fear.
"Oh no!" Kim squeaked.
"Kim!"
Joey backed the Fighter away as the Blue's other appendage came at them. They didn't make it as the appendage cut the Fighter's right arm off, causing the Shrike to loose it's balance and fall to the ground, effectively knocking Joey out.
The Blue then came over to the Fighter and started pounding on it's back.
"No, no, no..."
Shelia's voice rang through her head while she was screaming.
"Are you sure that you're prepared to do that?! This isn't a game we're playing. There's no room for amateurs here."
Kim got a determined look in her eye.
"No, I am not going to die! I... will live!"
The Blue continued to pound away at the Shrike's back, causing the displays to shut off.
Kim reached the Fighter's left arm out and grabbed the hook and spun around. The chain wrapped around the Blue's body and then she jammed the hook into the Blue's eye.
This enraged the Blue. It slammed it's right appendage into the Shrike.
Shelia finished off the last of the flying Blue before making her way over to where Joey and Kim were.
The Blue pulled it's appendage out of the Fighter, the left arm completely useless now.
Kim looked on in horror as the Blue raised it's appendage to kill both her and Joey. Just before the blow could land, shot's were fired and killed the Blue.
As soon as the Blue was dead, Kim blacked out.
The next thing Kim sees is the ceiling of the helm's cabin.
"If we keep going at this pace we should arrive at the Korean coast sometime tomorrow," Shelia said.
"Let's hope so," Robert replied.
Shelia then turned to see Kim looking at them.
Kim sat up and looked out the windows.
"What's this?" she asked.
"It's all right..." Robert informed her. "We're meeting the Korean recovery squad."
Kim looked at Robert with concern.
"Is Joey...?"
"Joey's down below making some repairs to the damaged Fighter... You can go join him."
"Okay," Kim said as she got to her feet. She then walked to the door and left the cabin. Kim found Joey on the deck of the hip standing next to a tool box. His hand then went searching for a specific tool. That's when he noticed Kim. She was holding the tool.
Kim walked up and picked up one of the other tools and started working. She then started humming the song, Joey coming in a second later.
My KiGo version of episode three, Trial. I hope you enjoyed it.
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