Ch.74
Once Shego stopped moving in the seventh floor, everything went silent.
Shego was exhausted. She had spent most of her time either carrying out task after task from Drakken or as a plaything for the men around her. She had quickly learned that falling into a deep sleep was a dangerous as a couple of henchmen woke her up in the middle of raping her.
Shego had been unable to stop them, her orders from Drakken making her powerless but she still wanted to remember their faces so that she could have her revenge.
Revenge, the only thing keeping her going lately.
Drakken's orders had made it impossible for Shego to contact anyone without his permission and she doubted Ron and Yori had asked their nerd for help. She was essentially behind enemy lines and her hope that Ron and Yori save her started to dwindle the more she noticed Drakken's meticulous approach with his plan.
Drakken had been in contact with the villains, criminals and various authorities across the world. Governments had given support to his plans strategically aiding in the placements of Drakken's Little Diablos across the globe. The toys were everywhere, in practically every military base and agency that could pose a threat to Drakken. Add to that the allies that were willing to feed him updates on the countermeasures taken against his robots Drakken's plan was on the high track to success.
Then there was princess. Drakken had figured her personality to such a degree that he'd place the perfect agent in her way. Synthodrone nine o one. Designed to be Kim's perfect boyfriend a major distraction from Drakken's plan. Add the prom that high school girls go crazy over and Kim was effectively out of the picture.
If that wasn't enough, Drakken had given synthodrone nine o one three back up plans in case Kim noticed anything. One, he was to incapacitate Kim if she realized there was something wrong and use her classmates as hostages against her. Two, if Kim tried to defeat him and free the hostages he was to let her know that her family were also hostages and would be terminated if he failed to make a schedule report. And three, nine o one had a built in bomb that would wipe the school of the map if nothing else works.
Simple yet effective plans to put princess out of the game.
Now here was Shego, as a last line of defense for Drakken's plan to succeed. Though it was unexpected that someone is trying to stop Drakken it matters not if they can't get past her and Shego was under orders that, if necessary, she was to kill.
"Shego-san, do not be alarmed." Yori's voice was heard around Shego as Yori became visible standing in front of her.
Yori's hands were up in a clear show of surrender and it must have been registered as such for Shego's body didn't jump in attacking.
"Yo..ri." Shego struggling with her orders to attack the intruder her hands trying to attack. "Ru..n!"
"Shego-san the intruder that you were sent to stop was Male, I am clearly not the intruder." Yori reasoned and even though Shego knew it was faulty logic it was enough to appease her orders.
"Yori you have to stop me, I can't diso... I can't oppo... he has me under..." Shego tried to warn Yori but her order were absolute.
"Shego-san what can I do? I fear that if I try to get close to you I would be burned by your plasma. Now tell me how has Drakken made you so obedient?" Yori asked.
"He... he..." Shego struggled to explain. "I'm not allowed to say."
"Hmmm, is it related to why your hair was cut?" Yori asked.
"Ye... y..." Shego tried to reply but the words couldn't come out, still she managed a stiff nod.
"Seeing as you are naked I presume it was placed inside your body." Yori infered.
Again Shego was unable to speak but that was answer enough to Yori.
"Ron-san is on his way, I'm sure together we can figure out someth... " Yori began to say but before she could finished Shego finally spotted the intruder she was sent to stop.
Shego recognized him instantly. Ron. It was obvious to her since she was the one who gave him the suit he was wearing. Then there were his eyes, those brown orbs that seem to draw her in.
'Yeah, that was Ron and he was the intruder Shego was ordered to kill if necessary.' Shego thought as she almost ran through Yori to attack him.
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"Yori!" Ron screamed when Shego started moving and nearly crashed into Yori.
Luckily the Yori hadn't completely been caught of guard and reacted in time, jumping out of the way. Now that Yori was safe Ron focused on Shego, who was almost upon him.
Taking down the mask he yelled. "It's me Ron!"
Shego did not seemed surprised by that. Also she didn't slow down. Instead she started throwing plasma at him.
Ron for his part dodged the obviously dangerous plasma and tried to reason with Shego. As he saw Yori doing before, Ron put his arms up in showing that he didn't intend to fight and talked. "Shego I don't intend to fight."
That caused Shego to pause and asked. "Do you surrender to Dr. Drakken?"
"Well, no." Ron said without thinking and Shego's attack resumed.
"Ron-san, Shego-san is under some form of mind control by Drakken." Yori's voice was heard in Ron mind.
Ron did look to see if he can spot Yori but she had already entered stealth and although he felt her near him, he couldn't pinpoint where while dodging Shego's attack.
Just as Shego launched the next wave of attacks the intercom went on and Drakken's voice was heard. "People of the world meet your new ruler, Dr. Drakken. Huhhahahaha."
Looking around, Ron saw out the window hundreds of Little Diablos were taking flight in their full robotic mode.
'Rufus!' Ron thought.
"Yori we need to stop Shego, any ideas?" Ron asked telepathically.
"Not many but if we can hit a couple of pressure points, we can stop her Ki from activating her abilities. That would make it easier to incapacitate her." Yori said.
"Okay, get ready to act on my signal." Ron quickly agreed.
"Ron-san, there's still her plasma, the injury..." Yori said trailing off.
"Don't worry Yori, injuries heal." Ron said and moved in on Shego.
Shego wasn't an opponent to be underestimated under any circumstances and currently, it went double for Ron. Shego was attacking his vitals relentlessly and her punch and kicks turned to mid and long range attacks with her plasma shotting everywhere.
Ron had to dodge or redirect her attacks and it was taking a toll on him. His arms that had made contact with Shego's arms or legs to push her attacks aside were burning and on fire. Ron had no time to extinguish the flames as Shego's next attack came right on the heels of the first. Still, Shego didnt disregard her defense even as she essentially had an armor made of plasma. She protected her vitals and pressure points as if she knew their plan.
Ron looked at Shego's face, noticing two things. One, Shego had bruises and two, she was crying. 'She doesn't want to hurt me.'
"It's okay." Ron said and smiled at Shego even as his hand reached into her plasma.
Shego whose eyes widened a bit at Ron's words bit her lips hard enough to draw blood when she saw what he was doing her movements faltering.
Ron didn't let the opportunity slip as he quickly stepped into Shego's defenses and started striking her pressure points. In a second, Shego's plasma stopped and Yori struck, quick and precise. Shego then dropped unconscious into Ron's arms but he quickly pushed her towards Yori since he was still on fire.
Yori watched silently as Ron, without speaking of his discomfort, doused the flames and peeled off the sweater that was sticking to his arms going topless. Before she could say anything Ron spoke. "Yori take Shego and get out of here. On your way out contact Master Sensei and ask him for help. Shego needs to see a doctor fast before she regains consciousness and her powers ignite."
"But the mission." Yori tried to keep going.
"Yori we don't know the kind of orders Shego is under. If she wakes up she can be a danger to herself, so we need to keep her sedated until we undo what Drakken did." Ron said and gently caressed Yori's and Shego's faces with his burned hands. "Trust me and Rufus, we'll complete the mission."
"Okay, I understand." Yori said and grabbed Shego lifting her onto her arms, feeling how thin Shego really became.
"Thanks Yori." Ron said and stood.
Yori went into stealth mode and watched as Ron seemed to stare right at her eyes until she turned and started making her way out, already using the communication device she stole from a henchman to contact Sensei.
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Ron felt relieved that Yori was willing to withdraw with Shego. As he said Shego's orders could make her a danger to herself but that wasn't the only reason. Ron senses were on full alert since Drakken announced he reign, though, even now he gloated through the inter coms and were telling him that the mission scope lost most chances of survival. Thinking of that and Yori not yet having the barrier, Ron couldn't risk her safety in such a scenario.
Taking a deep breath, Ron extended his senses outward, trying to reach Rufus. When Ron felt his presence he quickly communicated over telepathically. "Rufus I'm going to confront Drakken. Yori secured Shego and is on her way out so it's just you and me. Remember strike only when victory is 100% garanteed."
A deep voice that still surprises Ron answered. "Understood, be careful."
"Don't worry Rufus, I can take a hit." Ron assured.
With that done Ron, looked at his wounds and wished he had time to heal but the situation was urgent. Though he was burned and bleeding with an incredible amount of pain, Ron started moving to the next floor.
In seconds, Ron was on the top floor and was not overly surprised that there were no attackers, since he figured Shego was Drakken's last line of defense. Walking to the office at the end of the hall, Ron calmly went inside.
There stood Drakken in front of a camara and making demands of the world. Even now he had yet to notice Ron's presence, though on his defense the henchmen sitting at their terminals didn't either. Ron was about to speak when he noticed that the terminals were recieving reports on the world's defenses. One of the said that all civilian flights had been shot down by the robots.
Imagining the number of innocents that would have died, Ron felt an incredible thirst for vengeance and blood lust burst out and coated the room like and artic freeze.
"Drakken." Ron said softly yet to everyone else in the room to was like he yelled.
"Ahhhhhh!" Drakken yelled turning to face him and looked at Ron deeply for a moment before adding. "Who are you?"
Ron didn't explain, he just ordered while pulling out a kunai. "Put a stop to this now, Drakken!"
"Are you so naive that you think you can stop me?" Drakken asked oblivious to the danger he was in. "By merely saying, Little Diablos, kill a hundred civilians, it shall be done. How do you hope to stop me when I control the world."
One of the henchmen spoke. "Boss, you..r or..der has be..en carried ou...t."
"See! I am absolute!" Drakken yelled and went into a fit of laughter.
The henchmen started shaking as if the temperature kept dropping and they felt as if a mounting amount of pressure was atop them. Still, Drakken seemed oblivious.
"I won't ask again." Ron said just as softly as before and started walking towards Drakken.
"Oh, I remember you now." Drakken said and his words stopped Ron momentarily. "You're the buffoon, Kim Possible's sidekick. Where is she now that I've brought the world to its knees?" Ron didn't answer and continued to walk instead. Drakken saw this and spoke. "This will be your demise and a warning to the world. All who defy me must die. Tear him limb from limb."
Along with Drakken's order, Ron realized he was in danger but it was too late to react and completely avoid.
'This is gonna hurt.' Ron thought.