And here we are again. CajunBear edited this chapter….just so you know.
There will be a body, but no blood and guts in this chapter so it is what it is.
I again want to thank everyone who has read, faved, alerted, followed and/or reviewed this tale so far. Let's get into those reviews: GjAgent, Kimmie likes the Stoppable child and she feels that Eric has some good points to his argument. She's not real happy that Ron won't take the easy way out; CB73, yeah, Kimmie's all 'we need to get along and be happy. Eric/Hans' big goal is to strain Kim and Ron's relationship or whatever is left of it. Kim doesn't think of Ron verses Eric is an either or, she really does think they can be best buds. If the red head knew that Eric was a villain she and Ron wouldn't be in this boat. As for Mister Zed, Ron knows he has to keep the purple genius under wraps. Ah, the feds, RICCO cases take a while and that 'while' isn't what Ron has; Guest, yes Kim is selling Ron down the river, but she doesn't look at it that way.
Bobtrumpet, great, no meds for this one too; what the hell is Mikey going to do with that scooter? If he sat on it the tires might blow out.
Okay got that out of the way, so let's get this show on the road,
ST-103
The Hunter: Book Two
Chapter 33
Global Justice:
Elizabeth 'Betty' Director leaned forward over her desk, rubbing her temples as she rested her elbows. Pausing, she asked the blond teen in front of her, "So Ronald, you want to continue to keep your past romantic relationship with Miss Possible quiet as though it never happened? Since it was common knowledge in your school don't you think keeping that information secret would be difficult?"
Ron Stoppable leaned back in his chair as he sipped on the very strong cup of 'joe' and nodded.
Doctor Director pointed out, "Why? Someone will speak about your history together eventually."
"As you know, I have a problem with her current boyfriend, and I do not want to cause friction between them. If I did, he may try to retaliate more than he has already. I want to raise my sister in peace and quiet after the school year is finished. I have coerced the thugs and the rest of the school population to keep their yaps shut at least until after Kim goes off to whatever fancy school Eric chooses. My friends on the football team have assured me that although Kim and my relationship is public knowledge, they would lean on people to keep their yaps shut. Giving them the kudos for my season helped me out quite a bit it seems.", Ron enlightened the older woman.
"If she remembers…"
"Ma'am if Kimberly Anne Possible remembers what we shared, which I highly doubt is ever going to happen, I expect that to happen years down the road. At that point I will tell her the truth and hope I can dodge the flurry of punches she's going to toss at me."
"And Yamanouchi?"
"Yamanouchi, as of the last time I spoke with them, has taken Kim off their 'trust' list and do not want any information given to her about me or about them or anything concerning what goes on there.", Ron informed the head to the UN's law enforcement agency.
"I just can't erase our communications with them Ronald, those are notes of official meetings that we have to keep to make sure we are not doing something illegal."
"Are you able to keep some of that information secret Ma'am?", Ron inquired.
Sighing, "We might be able to redact parts of it…"
"Redact? What's that?"
"Blacking out names of individuals and entities, Ronald.", Betty explained.
"So, keeping 'Yamanouchi' secret while keeping what was spoken about in the open?", Ron asked.
"Yes…"
"If that's the best we can do it's the best we can do. I am trying to contain the information that is out there."
"Are you going to notify them?"
"Them, Ma'am?"
"Yamanouchi?", Betts elaborated.
"Yeah, I'll have Wade setup the call in the next couple of days. From what I was told earlier the place is basically deserted with just a few of the staff there.", Ron took another sip. The blond teen had learned to take his caffeine the way Marines did, strong and black, usually strong enough to eat it with a fork.
"Why is that?"
"Remember what I said about it not being a safe place for Sis?"
"Yes."
"Yamanouchi and the other schools are hunting the cause of those problems. From what I gather, the archives have been sealed.", he told the leader of Global Justice.
"Archives?"
"Yeah, been in there a couple of times. Some of those scrolls go back five thousand years...maybe more."
"History of Japan?", Betty asked, "It must be valuable."
"History yeah, but there's some dark, scary shit there that they don't wanna talk about."
Betty raised her eyebrows, "How scary?"
"Gods, demons, fire and brimstone scary. They wouldn't let me look at it, but then it wasn't in Japanese or English so I wouldn't understand it anyway. They have scholars for that. They have their public school, their secret school and then a group where some really weird shit there."
Betty laughed and asked, "Alien weird?"
"Devil type weird Ma'am, which I am staying away from. My life is a big enough piece of shit right now, and I think Area 51 would be a cake walk. Me and Sis don't need any of that now or in the future."
"I understand Ronald…And, uh, I need you to help GJ with something."
"Just me or me and Kim? You know about the allergies…"
"Just you, we will provide child care and puke bags.", Betty offered.
"Puke bags?"
Doctor Director nodded, "You will be going with Agent Du and some others members of our staff to observe a corpse and bring it home if she is one of our agents…If you accept that is…of course you will be paid and we will notify your workplace."
"Kim won't like being left out…but she likes heaving even less."
"She won't know if you don't tell her, Ronald.", Betty stated, "There will be no freak fighting, but since you are concerned about Miss Possible's boyfriend I think it would be wise to leave this out and we don't want you sealed in the suit longer than possible."
Ron rolled his eyes. "Sure, why not, I just won't eat beforehand. I'd hate to be more embarrassed than I ever have been."
Betty stood up and offered her hand, "Thank you Ronald, bring your sister in tomorrow morning at five."
X
Five AM, GJ Nursery:
"Okay munchkin, don't break the sitters here. I don't wanna have to pay their doctors' bills.", Ron instructed his baby sister after he kissed her on the forehead then handed her over to a middle-aged woman.
"Mister Stoppable we will take care of the child.", the woman replied as she held Hanna against her ample chest.
'Top' Agent Du motioned for the teen to follow him, "We have a supersonic VTOL to catch and a staff car in Paris. We have to get going, Stoppable."
"Yeah, yeah Willie, but if I didn't tell the runt, she mighta busted something which I can't afford to pay for.", Ron replied as they got into the hallway.
Will Du retorted, "It's all concrete and steel Stoppable, she would not be able to scratch the walls let alone do any damage. She will be fine. Come."
Ron Stoppable raised an eyebrow, "Suuuurrrrreee…Remember, you said that."
X
The former running back leaned back in his seat, glanced around at the uniformed GJ personnel and wondered, 'Why did they rope me for this?'
Du sat down next to the teen, "Have you ever been to Paris Stoppable?"
"Yeah, a couple times with Kim over the years and once with my 'rents on a vacation, you know, I still don't know why you guys insisted that I come on this body snatch."
"It's not a 'snatch', if this…well if this is our missing agent, she disappeared early last fall and we suspect foul play. She was investigating a group who had been destabilizing governments worldwide and is a threat to world peace. We have a policy of returning our agents to their families if at all possible. You understand that we are not always able to do that considering the missions."
"Swell. And the reason that you have me tagging along?", Ron inquired.
"Since you are basically a Reserve Agent for GJ Stoppable, we felt it would be appropriate to give you a look at how we try to get our people back…It's like a country's vow to bring its soldiers home even if they are fallen.", Du informed the teen.
"Has Kim Possible been on one of these retrieval missions?", Ron inquired.
"She has not, but since she is going off to college, we don't expect her back to work at GJ for a couple of years."
Ron stared at the agent sitting next to him, "Don't size me up for one of your uniforms. I don't wanna waste the agency's money."
"So, you're not joining up? We give a fair compensation package…"
"Du, you might wanna sign up Kim Possible after she gets out of college. After high school I am moving outta town, gonna find some dead-end job if I'm lucky and get Hanna to college in about seventeen years."
"We offer opportunities, Stoppable…"
"If you don't know, technically I'm homeless since Eric Thornbottom sued Mom and Dad's estate and got the house. The Rentons have taken us in till the end of school. Sometime this summer our new place in Lowerton will be done and then we're off to live there, only to come back here once in a while to visit some of the friends I have left."
"What about Possible? … You two had something going…"
"Had is the key word, Du and please note that is a past tense. While I thank Betts for giving me that treatment to take on the higher-level courses Steve Barkin saw fit to cram down my throat, I have no real reason to work for you guys. I was sorta a lab monkey that you tried it out on, if you remember."
"You could end up stagnating and becoming a villain, Stoppable…"
Ron shook his head as he explained, "Already been a villain and while it was a fun distraction it really doesn't pay the bills. I am basically done pulling everybody's cans outta the fire, except as a smoke eater and I just wanna be left alone to take care of my sister till she goes off to college and learns to hate me. If I get a volunteer fireman's gig once Hanna gets in college, I'm gonna be happy. I might even join up under an alias. Hummmm, how's this: William George Du. Does that have enough pizzazz?"
Will smirked, "Lousy name and you'll get kidded about it every day, Stoppable. Anyway, think about it…I wanted you to know that I don't think you're an amateur any more after when I've seen over the summer and fall. Taking out those guys who were beating old people was impressive to say the least….and taking that fall off that tower…we thought you died at first. Any pointers on how to cloak yourself? Does Doctor Load have some gadget?"
Ron admitted, "You know that Kim's suit has that stuff, but I'm just low observable. It will make fading into the background even easier after high school."
Will Du did something he never did, "Stoppable…Ronald, I am sorry about your parents, but you have to move forward. You are graduating soon and well you need to relieve stress. Uh when is your high school prom?"
Ron thought for a moment, "Two weeks, yeah two weeks."
"Who are you going with?"
"I'm working that night just like I do most of the time."
"You need to go, you will be leaving high school and your friends soon…I never went to my senior prom, I was already at GJ and now I regret not going or having the chance to go."
The blond teen shrugged, "I'll get over it Will."
XXX
The Renton home:
"Where did Stoppable go, Wheels?", Liz Sours asked.
Felix was sitting in his roll-around chair, "Ron said something about a mission somewhere and he was going to leave Hanna with some daycare center that he trusts."
Zita Flores walked up behind her boyfriend, "It is so, cheerleader. Stoppable left two hours ago."
"That jerk! We came over to give Stoppable a break before he goes into work and take his sister out shopping.", Justine stated as she tapped her foot on the front porch.
"He has the day off from that diner guys which hardly ever happens, but like Zita said he supposedly had a mission somewhere. We can get hold of Possible's tech guy and see where they headed off to and when they will be back.", the wheelchair-bound teen enlightened them.
Liz's face scrunched up, "I'll call Kim, no, I have to meet with her today to finish the planning for the prom over lunch. She has the morning shift at Club Banana, which screwed up everyone else's afternoon."
The other red head on the cheer squad chimed in, "So, Ron went alone wherever he went."
Justine shook her head for a moment then turned to the cheerleader, "How did you get roped into planning the prom? Isn't that an underclassman chore to give you guys all a break and to teach them leadership skills?"
"The sophomores weren't stepping up, and what they don't realize is that we won't be there next year to do it for them…And Kim…well, she's just involved in everything, but she won't even be in the country next year."
Felix offered, "Why don't you guys come in for a few minutes for a cup of coffee or a soda and fill us in on all the angst?"
The girl genius grinned, "That will allow me to look over Stoppable's homework without him knowing and to make sure you guys keep it 'T' rated around here because the author wants everyone to be able to read this."
(AN…Spews his coffee on the keyboard and asks himself, 'this is what I get for making my characters sentient'. Now as you all know Zita and Felix have been dating since summer and they had and used their time to advance their relationship to the point where it was at least at the same level that Justine and Mike Little's was. Soooo, keep that in context that this tale is rated 'T'. The wheelchair using young man and the Latino girl did not think that they needed to advertise this however.) – [Larry…ya gotta get a new keyboard…this chapter is now dripping coffee…everywhere!] {Teen cooties too CB.}
X
Later at the Possible home:
"And I'd say that just about does it.", Liz laughed in glee as she clapped her hands, "One more meeting and everything for the dance will be solid."
Kim Possible beamed as she picked up her soda and took a sip, "It was tough with the caterers, but I think that we are good. I got Eric to spring for them and Bonnie got the boosters through her Dad to pay for the decorations and then he paid for the band. The money we saved we can donate to charity."
Hope muttered, "How did you do get Eric to do that?"
"His 'rents have scads of money, which they give him a nice portion of in the way of an allowance. They have several large tracts of land throughout the world.", the teen heroine revealed as she set her drink down, "They may not be as rich as Senor Senior, Sr, but they do well."
"Good Kim, now that we're done do you know where Ron went on his mission today?", Liz inquired.
The heroine looked gob smacked, "Huh?"
"Yeah, Justine and I went over to the Rentons this morning to give Ron a break and babysit the baby while he went to work later and Felix told us that he had a mission and he left his sister with a daycare he trusted.", Liz explained.
Kim shook her head, "I have no idea, but I can have Wade contact him through his team device."
The world saving heroine then pushed the Connect button on her wrist unit.
Wade's hologram appeared above the 'watch', "Hey Kim, what's up?"
"Please connect me with Ron, please and thank you.", the red head responded.
"Yeah, just a second…uh, the unit is pinging but I'm not getting a response.", Wade declared.
"Wade I have info that Ron's on a mission, did you send him on one?"
"Sure didn't, Kim, lemme check his chip…Okay, he is in the air and between England and France.", the tech guru informed the heroine, "The signature of the aircraft shows to be a GJ VTOL transport. I will send an inquiry to GJ if you give me voice authorization."
Kim Possible rolled her eyes and muttered, "Kimberly Anne Possible, CB0817G dash 63."
"Got it Kim, I'll call back when I have word.", the hologram disappeared.
"What the hell was that?", the other red head on the cheer squad asked.
Kim explained, "We work with a group that demands passwords and such, once in a while. Now I have to change my password again since you guys heard it. The nice thing is Wade will send it to me in a password protected single-use file sometime today. I usually get five minutes to confirm the new password with an iris scan and a thumbprint on my unit. If it doesn't get confirmed at that point, I have to go in to reactivate my account."
Miss Sours asked, "You have to do that every time?"
"No, but this was a question about the location of an agent. This group has lost some agents over the years."
"Lost?", Liz asked for clarification.
Kim lowered her voice and clarified, "Killed or went missing. They want to keep the IDs of their personnel confidential for obvious means and their deep cover agents even more so."
"This stuff is real?"
Kim Possible frowned, "As real and serious as a heart attack, but there are other things they do to ensure the safety of those agents which I can't speak about, again, for security reasons."
"You and Ron have those other things?", Liz inquired.
"I can't say.", the heroine responded.
XXX
The Ranch:
Otto was ready to beat his nephew stupid, "You just had to push everything as far as you could with those teens, you fool."
"Relax Uncle…"
The older German's eyes narrowed, "Relax? What happens when your girlfriend's genius starts looking into you and your real past? He could find it and he is smart enough and has the tools to do so. He puts it all together and calls the police on us before we can complete the contract…"
"We could eliminate the kid.", Hans/Eric suggested.
"Like that wouldn't get Possible's attention or Global Justice's for that matter. Just think, they could bring back their gas chamber just for us."
"I suppose I was rash, uncle…"
Sighing, "Back off from the child, offer assistance, even, but don't say anything more about the baby using some semi-valid excuse or you will turn the whole city against you. We can't watch our backs against everything. Your little stunt with the football player you murdered didn't even help and taking out Stoppable's Mother was just plain stupid although it seems to be effective at the moment. If they narrow this down to us it's all over. Remember, we have lost one operative for the near future and at this point in the operation I don't want to risk bringing someone in to take his place because of operational security, due to the possibility that they could be a government plant…Just like we think that woman was over the summer.", Otto lectured his nephew.
"Okay Uncle, I will call Kimberly and tell her that I dropped the idea of adopting the baby and consider to my best judgement that the buffoon is the best choice to care for her for at least the near future. Are you happy now that you interrupted my fun?"
"Yes, I am, now another point; we were going to get the scientist in here to see what secrets he has locked up in his head. I think we will be able to change his behavior a little so that he is spying on the young genius and report directly to us through a secure account. We have felt that the rocket scientist has hacked Possible's tech support. That way we would know if the police agencies are interested in you and us. That is, if the child is as good as reports say he is.", Otto suggested.
"Okay, do it.", Eric ordered.
"It is the weekend Hans, we will make the attempt during the week when he stops for a drink.", the older German replied.
"I suppose I should swallow my pride and grovel at Kim Possible's feet then. I don't suppose I will ever live this down."
"You may not, but maybe those receiving documentation of our operation will see that you will do anything to win therefore giving us a larger revenue trail in the future.", Otto observed.
XXX
Paris, France:
"This way Agent Du.", the staff forensic scientist motioned as Will and five other members of GJ ventured into the thirty-degree temperature morgue (Ron was tasked to tag along, but so was the seventh member of the delegation…AN)
Ron and several members had already donned their masks as the whole crew were in lab coats, latex gloves, hair nets, safety glasses and covers over their shoes.
The group came to a table that had a sheet covered body on it. The French police official who accompanied them informed them, "We have an unidentified female aged approximately twenty-five years of age, blond hair, five feet four inches. We estimate her weight when alive was one hundred and thirty pounds. Her DNA lists her as a Stacey Plasma of the United States who has been missing according to your agency since sometime in August.", Constable Hermes told them then paused.
"There were no stab wounds or gunshot wounds, no broken bones and the toxicology labs showed nothing. She was undressed and buried in a rolled-up rug. Basically, she either died accidentally or was murdered and transported to the field where she was buried."
Will nodded, knowing her dental records had not been put into a file that any police agency could find. The 'Top' Agent then said, "We have ways of identifying our people…Charles, would you please?"
A tall African American man walked over to the sheet and pulled it back revealing a semi-decomposed body with strand of blonde hair over her head. He pulled a small device out of his lab coat pocket and lifted the body's right arm and place the device into her arm pit. He waited until it beeped then glanced and pulled the sheet off to the side after he walked around to the body's left side and place the device next to a large mole. Then glanced and showed it to Du. He then pulled the sheet back over the body.
Ron swallowed the vomit that was rising in his throat.
'Charles' told all assembled, "Agent Blushing Blonde lies before you. The chips confirm it."
Then 'Charles' offered the device to Agent Du who glanced at it and nodded. Du then turned to Constable Hermes, "She is one of ours we would like to take her home to her family so they can have closure."
"Of course, what is left of the body has already been embalmed. We will put her in a suitable airtight container and will provide you escort to your transport, please give us two hours to get her ready. We need to finish filling out the paperwork for the transfer of her remains."
Will then pointed to two other men and they stepped forward as Du explained, "She was killed while on duty Constable Hermes, these men will stay with her until we leave the facility."
Du then looked over at a very pale Ron Stoppable who almost seemed to be hyperventilating behind his mask and motioned for him to follow as Du followed the Constable out of the room and down a hall into an office.
The police official sat behind a large desk and began writing.
While that was going on, Ron asked, "Why did you have me come on this trip? I have nothing to do with this."
Will half smiled then explained, "You just saw what happens when things go wrong for our agents Stoppable; this is not a game like you and Possible have been playing. When you stopped that train last fall this is what could have happened to you although they would have buried you far away in a lead lined casket deep underground to keep everyone safe."
Hermes heard what Du was saying and asked, "What is that?"
"My friend here stopped a nuclear-powered train with a fireman's axe. He should have been killed.", the 'Top' Agent responded.
"With an axe? How did you do it?"
"I cut through the electrical conduit from the reactor. I thought I was gonna die.", Ron replied, "I think I got lit up a couple times."
"Are those high voltage?"
"Yeah, they are. I was lucky, but the train stopped. It was better than running off the tracks in that town and contaminating the whole place for a thousand years."
Hermes put his pen down and shook his head then inquired, "How old are you?"
Ron frowned then shrugged, "Seventeen."
"A hero at seventeen?"
The blond teen chuckled, "I'm no hero, I'm the sidekick. The hero was warning the town to evacuate."
"But…"
"Still. Not. A. Hero. Listen can we drop it?"
"As you wish, but they should give you a parade my friend.", Hermes insisted.
"I don't want a parade; I don't want accolades; I just want to raise my sister in peace."
"Your parents must be proud…"
"Maybe, but they are dead which is why I have to raise my sister."
"No other siblings to help you out?", Hermes inquired.
"Till last fall I was a solo act, so no. I do have some friends though and they help out more than I deserve."
Constable Hermes shook his head again and picked his pen back up and went about filling the rest of the form out then signed it and turned it around for Will Du to do the same.
While Agent Du read through the form and Ron's Kimmunicator began to beep.
An annoyed Du said, "Answer your tech guy Stoppable."
Ron pushed the connect button and Wade's voice came through, "Kim's looking for you Ron, you'd better answer."
The blond teen raised his eyebrows and Du nodded. Ron then said, "Yeah, put her through. We don't have a mission, do we?"
"No mission, she is just worried about you Ron, here she is." The former running back frowned then rolled his eyes upon hearing this.
A seemingly strained Kim Possible's voice came through, "Ron, where are you?"
"On a training mission with some GJ guys, they wanted to give me some background info for when I take my test on some of the ways they do things.", Ron semi-lied.
"What are they gonna test you on?"
"Stuff you already passed when you went with them somewhere a couple years ago Kim. See, they're trying to get me to join…but I'm not sure yet. See, they're even paying me for taking the training."
"Ron, are you doing anything dangerous?"
"Nah Kim, this is easy cheesy. Mostly it's staying awake. Like I said it's just some training that Betts wants me to go through."
"I see, I guess you have to know lots of stuff to be a cook, if that's what you wanna do…"
"Kim, I'm not sure what I am going to do after graduation let alone where I'm going to work."
"Oh, I was worried about you. Oh, I just remembered Monique, Eric and I went through your house today…"
Ron's tone turned a little colder, "Kim, it's not my house. It belongs to your boyfriend now. I gave it up a couple weeks ago to settle that lawsuit against Mom and Dad's estate. Listen, I'm in an office trying to get some things done so we can head back home, I'll talk to you later…"
"Wait Ron…where's Hann…", the connection went dead.
The blond teen glance at the two law enforcement officials, "Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting that call."
XXX
The Possible home:
The eyes narrowed on the red head as she again pushed the connect button on her wrist unit. Wade's hologram appeared again hovering over Kim's wrist, "Wade, I lost my connection to Ron. Would you please reconnect me to him?"
"Just a second Kim…uh, it looks like he shut his unit off."
"Ron's in France?"
"Yeah, at least his chip is."
"How are his bios looking?", the red head asked to see if her friend might be in danger.
"All normal, well normal for Ron.", Wade responded with a chuckle.
Hearing this Kim relaxed, "Okay let me know if anything changes."
"I will, but Ron looks to get in after midnight. They are completing some paperwork at the moment."
"Okay, thanks Wade."
Liz looked at her cheer captain, "What was that all about?"
"It looks like the organization that Ron and I sometimes work for is giving him some training in France. He should be home in the morning."
Liz told Kim, "I know you're a little concerned about Ron, Kim, but he IS trying to do the best he can. I've heard through Zita and Justine that his grades are coming up, maybe the best thing for him was to be out of your classes completely so that he could begin to assert himself."
"I worry about Ron…"
"Yeah, we get that, but he's growing up. He's old enough to make his own decisions since he is the head of his family now."
Kim sighed.
"What?", Hope queried.
"Eric put some pressure on me today."
"What did he do?"
"He said his family will want to adopt Ron's sister, forcefully if they have to, since they don't think Ron is doing a good job of raising her."
Liz Sours hadn't been paying attention earlier, but once she caught this from Kim, she stood up, "WE,", she growled waving a hand around to the group, "his friends, have been helping to take the extra weight off of Ron, Kim. I think he is doing well especially since he really is living at the Renton's for a while. Ron DOES have a plan and it doesn't include your BF being involved. Right now, Hanna has about ten aunts and a couple dozen uncles. Ron doesn't need your boytoy's help to kick him between the legs again."
"I…I know, but you have to admit that living off others good wishes is not the best thing. Hanna Stoppable needs stability…", Kim countered.
Cutting in, "And she will get it soon, Kim. There are a bunch of us helping and in the summer Ron's situation will get better.", Liz replied not knowing if Kim even knew Ron was moving at the end of the school year.
"What do you mean, Liz?"
The 'other' red head on the cheer squad responded, "With some of the insurance money, Ron has bought a place in Lowerton where he is going to move. The place is almost done and he will be leaving before school starts in the fall."
"He didn't tell me…"
"Does your sidekick have to tell you all his plans Kim? You keep him in the dark about some of the things you do. Ron doesn't want your BF to know what he is doing. Ron doesn't like Eric and neither do a lot of us." Of course, Liz didn't tell Kim that basically, Eric had pushed Kim away from Ron in the late fall and it looked like he had vendetta out on the sidekick.
"Guys, I just wanted Eric to be a friend with my best friend.", Kim put her hand to her head.
Snorting in derision, "Don't count on that happening anytime soon Kim. You had better be patient, and even then, it might take somewhat longer after Eric's last stunt, especially if Ron finds out.", Liz warned.
"I think Ron already knows, he had to meet with Children and Family Services. Eric had already told them Ron wasn't a good guardian for Hanna.", Kim revealed, "I think they told him."
Muttering, "What an ass.", Hope now threw out any idea of 'Eric' being a good guy.
Kim frowned as she glanced at her other cheer bud, "I'm torqued at my boyfriend for taking Ron's house and I told him so. If this keeps up, I'll break it off with Eric. I'm very disappointed in him at the moment."
['Disappointed in' Eric 'at the moment'? Really? Boy goes out of his way to bust Ron's chops and Kim still believes she can get those two to befriend each other. Phhhfffttt…Mid-East Peace is more likely to happen than that…Kim's delusional about her keeping her BF and Ron in her life…ain't she? - CB] {Now now CB, Kimmie wants her cake and to eat it too…she doesn't know how far Ron has been pushed away….AN}
"Maybe that will be enough to get him to change Kim. Now, if you don't have anything else, I have a date with Dave and I'd like to go get ready for it.", Liz informed the heroine. Pausing for a moment, "You might want your BF to crawl on his hands and knees to get back in your good graces.", she advised on her way out.
Kim grinned, "You sound like Monique."
(AN…lil Miss Possible wasn't really considering breaking it off with Eric, BUT she was miffed with him about his little stunt trying to burn Ron Stoppable down and decided to yank his chain.)
XXX
Two hours later:
"Liz you are upset. What is wrong?", Dave Alberts asked his GF as he drove her out to the Cow and Chow.
"I'm mad at Kim's new boyfriend."
"Yeah, I get it, I helped Ron move his stuff.", the high school quarterback responded, "Eric sued the Stoppables' estates and won, they got the house. I think everyone at high school knows."
"That's not all, he wants his family to adopt Ron's sister because he says Ron can't raise her right."
Dave began to swear and pulled into a mostly vacant parking lot to calm down. Putting the white pickup truck in park, he turned to her in his seat, "Say that again."
"Kim told me today she got pissed at Eric because he wanted his family to adopt Hanna. Kim was so upset she said she might break it off with that asshole."
"Mannnn, okay, I didn't think Eric was screwing with Ron like that. If someone took his sister away…it uh, let's just say, it would not be good. That kid's about the only thing holding him together. The sidekick hasn't told you guys cause it's some macho thing, but that could end up breaking him."
"I think Kim is mad enough to break it off with Eric, Dave."
"Yeah, I can see your point…I wonder if this English clown is a robot like the one last year?"
Liz Sours informed her squeeze, "Kim said he's alive and bleeds real blood, so I don't think that's an issue, but like I said if Eric doesn't moderate his tone, he is not going to have a cute red-head on his arm in two weeks."
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Aboard the GJ transport:
Ron sat on the floor next to the sealed coffin that was strapped down to secure it from moving while inflight, "You did your job agent, too bad GJ didn't back you up like they shoulda. At least you get to be buried by your family. Me, I don't think I'll be that lucky, except for my sister my family is already dead." Ron looked around to see most of the agents had reclined their seats back and were sleeping.
"See, here's how I think it's gonna go for me. I've been having these dreams…"
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So, why is Ron talking to a corpse? Said body can't tell anyone.
Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Hanna, Will Du, Liz and all the other 'canon' characters of the show 'Kim Possible' belong to Bob, Mark and the Disney Corporation and not me, CB73 and Jimmy1201. This is just non-paying hobby for us.
We'll see ya down the road,
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