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Chapter 8: Revelations
It was only a matter of moments for the building to be peppered with four to five inch thick fist shaped indents as Kosch began an unyielding assault on Kim. The young Global Justice agent had to pull every trick out of her cybernetic body just to continue dodging the behemoth monsters lightning quick assaults. Kim estimated by the damage already done that a single blow from Kosch would likely put her in the hospital for a few weeks to have extensive repair done to her body's framework. Yet what frightened Kim even more is the speed and fluidity of the attacks. Normally one would have to sacrifice a good deal of strength to maintain a level of agility to continuously attack and parry any counters, but Kosch was maintaining a solid triple threat: He had the strength to shatter concrete, the agility to parry any attacks, and the speed to never leave open a window.
"The hell is this thing?" Kim muttered as she leapt onto a wall and used her jump jets to throw her into the air over Kosch's head, "He's relentless!"
/A formidable opponent to be sure./
[Well, do YOU have any suggestions?]
/Ignore him./
"WHAT?!" Kim shouted out loud. The suggestions seemed so ludicrous that it actually distracted her for a mere moment that she only barely able to move her head out of the way of Kosch's fist, which planted itself firmly in the wall and cut off a moderate chunk of Kim's hair in the process.
/He's occupying you so they can take that machine. That's the mission. Not Kosch./
Kim's eyes darted to the side to see a team of WEE agents finishing up attaching magnetized hooks to the Ultimate Diablo. DataByte was right. The mission had to come first and she was running out of options. Kosch thrust forward with a trio of punches that Kim dodged by rolling under. The mechanical beast responded with a frightfully quick kick and Kim sprung from her roll into a crouching leap over the leg. She drew her gun and activated the targeting system in her HUD. She hesitated for only a second before she began to pull the trigger.
That second was all Kosch needed as he grabbed her arm and threw her into the former Doctor's work desk. Kim screamed in pain as the electrical circuitry and wooden splinters made their way into her body as her heavy form shattered through the computer parts and hardwood.
/You can't hesitate. He is using every single opening you give him./
[I noticed. I just...]
/Look out!/
Kim's eyes snapped back to right above her. Kosch was charging directly at her prone form, with claws out. Kim planted her hands into the remnants of the desk, with splinters digging deep into her one organic hand, before kicking out with her feet into a hand stand position. She used the momentum to launch herself toward Kosch, triggering a blast from her hand at the last second to propel her toward the hulking mechanical fiend feet first.
Kosch responded with lightning reflexes and reached out to grab her ankles but Kim was ready. As soon as his gauntlets brushed against her, she fired up her jump booster on her back, flipped herself over and landed on the ground beneath Kosch. Kim then launch herself upward, using her mechanical hand to land a powerful uppercut to Kosch's jaw which sent the massive man flying backwards on to his back.
Kim wasted no time. She leapt toward the Ultimate Diablo and began to scrambled to the magnetic hooks. Her hand gripped tightly around the hook and tried with all her strength to rip the thing off of the Diablo, but the magnetic strength outpaced her own.
[Looks like Plan B.]
/Plan B?/
[Taking out the choppers.]
Kim then heard the sound of metallic scraping coming from below her. Kosch was beginning to climb up the side of the Diablo. Kim reached for her gun holster to find it empty. A quick glance to the shattered remains of the desk below revealed that Kim's gun had been knocked aside and was lying on the ground still. "Shit," was all the red-head could muster before starting to hoist herself up the robot.
[How is the big guy doing?]
/Checking sensors. He is gaining./
[Of course he is.]
/Then why did you ask?/
[It's called sarcasm DB. I just want one little break. That's all. Just one thing to go my way tod-]
Suddenly, the Diablo began to shake and shift as it started to lift into the air. Kim gripped onto one of the robot's horns to keep herself steady and took the chance to glance down. Kosch was indeed gaining as the city of Moscow appeared around them. In fact, he was only a few feet behind her. With his razor sharp claws ripping into the Diablo's hide.
Kim paused for a moment. Razor sharp claws. She looked back at the 5" thick high tension steel cables that connected the helicopters with the magnetic hooks.
[I have a plan.]
/I do hope it is superior to the last few./
[Shush. Just make sure my leg is ready to dance.]
Kim took a fighting pose near one of the cables and readied herself for Kosch's arrival. The monster pulled himself up and stood on the head, effortlessly balanced on the moving object.
Kim grinned, letting Kosch see the blood on her teeth, "How's it going Dudley Du Right? That's right, asshole. I know who you are."
Kosch stood silently for a moment before raising his fists.
"You were jealous, so you turned yourself into a monster."
Kosch launched himself at her in a short contained burst, and at the final moment Kim lunged out of the way with the grace of a cheerleader. Kosch's fist slammed through the thick steel cables and became lodged there.
/He was slower. Of course. He can't risk going all out for fear of falling./
Kim smiled as she spun around and landed a series of powerful kicks to Kosch's side while he was stuck. She managed to even dent his exterior shell of armor.
[And we can use him to break the cables for us.]
Kosch let out a fierce roar and ripped his hand out of the cable, shredding it in the process. Kim took the opportunity to position herself in front of the opposite cable and taunted the beast using her best Bonnie Rockwaller impression, "Aw, what's the matter Will? Upset that your still only second best to me?"
/Can I just mention that statistically he has outpaced you at nearly every turn./
This time Kosch swung out with his hand flat and razor fingers exposed while also kicking forward with his massive boot. Kim swung around the cable and launched herself to another intact one just before the claws cut the cable clean across. Now with two cables left, Kim had only minutes before the helicopters got the robotic device out of the city.
Kosch looked down at the cut cables and then back at his clawed gauntlet. Kim bit her lip. Got to keep him angry. Got to keep him focused on her. "I heard Doctor Director say that she loooooves having a cyborg on her team now that I'm around. Have a machine to do her jobs is so much better than boring old Will Du."
/Oh come now. I doubt that Will Du would stumble to fall for such a ploy that his former superior actually-/
Kosch clenched his fist and launched himself toward Kim once again. Kim grinned and looped her foot around the cable in preparation. As soon as Kosch's fist closed in, Kim shot off her jump jet to spin around the cable.
[ See. I told you it would- ]
/KIM!/
Blood flew from Kim's mouth as her abdomen collided with Kosch's massive boot. The behemoth of a villain had anticipated Kim's maneuver. Kim collapsed on her back on top of the Diablo.
/Diverting remaining power to stabilizing internal organs./
Kim gasped for what air she could. She couldn't move. She could barely breathe. Was this it? Her mind scrambled for a plan. She had never planned on taking a direct hit. She got sloppy. She… She could feel his steel fingers wrap around her throat.
Kosch lifted Kim Possible up until she was dangling in the air. A deep throated chuckle emitted from the masked monster, "YoU THOuGHT yOU WeRE IN ConTRol. YoU ALwAyS DiD."
Kim struggled, letting her legs kick against Kosch's reinforced body, but each movement caused the pain in her chest to grow. "Fuck you, Du," she choked out.
Kosch calming strode to the edge of the Diablo and dangled Kim over the ledge. Below her was the outskirts of Moscow sprawling out. They had already reached the edges of the city, "oF COuRSe. KiM PosssssIblE caN NEVeR bE wroNG. hEr ENEmiES cOulD NEVER reSiSt heR aCTinG liKe THaT RoCKWallER BITCH." Kosch tightened the grip around Kim's neck. The cybertronic components built into her body beginning to crack under the pressure - "No ONe ExCepT ME."
Kim's eyes widened. Her vision was starting to grow dark around the edges in her good eye and her HUD was beginning to scramble but she forced herself to look directly at Kosch with a single question: "Who…?"
Kosch reached up with his free hand and pressed a small release valve on the underside of his mask. A cloud of hot stream poured out from the opening and filled Kim's vision but she could hear the clank of metal being removed and dropped to the ground.
As the steam dissipated, she finally got a glimpse of the terror that haunted her dreams. His skin was pale, and somewhat translucent revealing embedded circuitry and mechanical bits hidden below the surface. Even still then the faintest hints of where freckles used to be dotted across his cheeks. His eyes were a soft brown punctuated with a brilliant glowing red emitting from the depths of his pupils. Most of his head was burnt and scarred, the remnants of the machines fusing with his body, but patches of dusty blonde hair could still be seen sticking out from his scalp.
Kim choked, "Oh… Oh god… no. NO." And with that, Kosch the Killer released his grip on Kim Possible's throat and sent the girl she fell, she could see Kosch mutter something and in her last moments of conscious barely lip-read the words:
Die. Kay. Pee.
Die KP.
And then she fell. Kim Possible dove back down toward the world she failed to save. Perhaps it would be better if she died. Perhaps the world didn't need her. Not if she couldn't even save her best friend and the love of her life. She thought in her final moments she could hear DataByte yelling at her. Not that it mattered. Not that any of it did.
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