And back from Alaska, but more tired than I remember. Let's get this underway.
THERE WILL BE DEATHS IN THIS CHAPTER!
First, I want to thank everyone who has read, alerted, followed faved and or reviewed so far. Speaking of reviews let's get into it: Uberscribler, yes Annie can be quite bossy and she is used to getting her way (I wonder if Kim gets it from). Is the next chapter going to have some angst? Count on it; CB73 the wheels on Ron's golf cart are indeed wobbly, BUT the one of the good things is that our hero has friends who are trying to help. As for Annie, who's to say that Anne has Ron's best interest at heart?
Slayer, it's an easy plot device to use so why not; Bobtrumpet, you might need your meds this time, but maybe not; bumbum8857, CONGRATS I think this is a first time review…..a little fun today.
WOW guys a first-time reviewer! But let's get this show on the road. AGAIN, there will be deaths in this chapter.
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The Hunter: Book Two
Chapter 37
The Jarhead Diner:
The former running back grumbled as he tuned on the blinker of his mom's car. 'Sorry I had to put Mrs. P off like that, but she doesn't need to be in my business right now. I just hope she isn't too PO'd at me.', Ron thought to himself as he pulled into the parking lot. After making sure his stash of tea was secure in the trunk of the car, the blond teen opened up the one of the rear doors, unbuckled his sister and lifted her out. Ron then grabbed Hanna's diaper bag, closed and locked the car.
(AN…Anne Possible is more than a little annoyed with our reluctant hero at the moment. How this plays out is anyone's guess 'cept for the author and his betas.)
Having parked in the back part of the lot (for employees) under a light pole the blond teen frowned as he headed in the backdoor of the eatery and called out, "I'm here Mac." Kim Possible's sidekick stopped dead as he stared at the semi-auto nine-millimeter handgun that was pointed at Hanna Stoppable's head. Ron glanced around as the man behind the gun motioned with his head (his face was covered by a bandana) to the teen to put his hand up.
"I really can't do that while holding my sister and the baby bag. She can't fly you know.", Ron growled out as he began to think his way through the situation, "Can I at least put her down, so I don't drop her?"
The thug growled, "Yeah, but one false move and I'm killing you and her."
Ron mumbled to his raven-haired sister as he set her in the chair that Mac kept in the kitchen, "You be good Hanna, big brother has something to do." The teen already had a plan…he just hoped he could pull it off.
As Ron was turning back both he and the thug heard a noise out in the dining room. The thug turned around and yelled, "Chucky is everything okay out there?"
The blond teen picked up a carving knife and a meat cleaver and stepped up to the thug, who has his back to Ron, and shoved the carving knife into said thug's back all the way to the handle and twisted. Then Ron spun the now very injured criminal around and slapped the meat cleaver into the gunman's Adam's Apple, all the way to the spine, almost cutting the crook's head off. Blood sprayed from the Aorta in a fine mist.
The bad guy slumped and released his grip on his handgun and Ron grabbed it before it hit the floor and yelled out, "Hey your pal in here wants you for something."
Ron, who had firearms training at GJ, made sure the safety was off and aimed it at the doorway to the dining room. A very large man entered with his handgun out. Our hero was waiting. Seeing the gun and not recognizing the figure, Ron snapped off five shots in two seconds (putting three in the bad guy's chest, one in his left thigh and one in his right eye ending the threat from that quarter.)
The teen then dove through the doorway as he heard more and louder shots then a recognized voice, "Ron, we got it. Are you alright?"
"Yeah, how many bad guys were there?"
"Three.", Mac called out as the sidekick glanced around, saw the body as well as everyone else but Mac hunkered down with many of them banishing their sidearms.
"I have two dead ones in the kitchen. I gotta check Hanna.", the sidekick called back as he was just starting to breathe again, "I'm putting the piece I stole down on the table in the kitchen."
Ron got up, ejected the round that was in the chamber and safed the handgun, then went back into the kitchen to check his sister (who had climbed out of her chair and was standing over the first dead guy and was kicking him), "Come here Hanna, you wanna stay away from him. The cops are gonna want to see him like he is."
Moments later Ron Stoppable picked up Hanna as he could hear the sounds of sirens. Wade Load, at the sound of the confrontation, had already called the police agencies.
Mac entered the kitchen and glanced at the safed handgun that was on the table then he turned his attention to the dead would-be thieves and checked them to see if they even had pulses. "Shit Ron, you did a number on them.", the former Marine grimaced.
Ron explained, "The guy with the cleaver in his throat threatened to kill my sister, there's no coming back from that. I hope he rots in hell with all the other people who torment me and my family."
"Sit down Ron, you're shaking.", Mac ordered in his Marine Sergeant voice that brooked no dissent, "Lemme have the kid, I'll hand her off to my daughter, now get yourself a cup of joe."
Four minutes later five policemen entered the front door of the restaurant and three entered the kitchen door all with their sidearms drawn. Ron was sipping on his coffee and waved to them then pointed to the two thugs who were still laying in the floor uncovered and then to the sidearm which was on the table.
"Clear.", a voice yelled from the front.
The senior policeman told the other two officers, "Check upstairs, I doubt if Gunny would overlook anyone being up there who wasn't supposed to but be sure."
The cop (with three stripes on his sleeves) holstered his sidearm and walked over to the safed gun on the table and quickly checked to see if there was a round in the chamber. He could tell it had been fired. Then he checked out the two perps who were laying in their own blood on the floor. Feeling no pulse, he looked over to our hero who still hadn't moved and was still sitting sipping on the coffee.
"Who are you kid?", the policeman inquired who had not met the teen in question before.
Ron set his coffee down and held up his hands, "Ron Stoppable, the normal evening shift cook. You'll want to see my ID; I have that and a GJ ID too."
The cop said, "Go ahead." But as he did so he stepped back and immediately dropped his hand back on to his sidearm.
Ron reached for his wallet and with two fingers pulled it out of his left hip pocket and removed the IDs and set them on the table then took his coffee and stepped back to give the officer room so that he wouldn't be nervous.
He scanned both sets of credentials and then set them back on the table and told Ron, "Go ahead and sit down. You need to tell me what happened."
Ron walked back to his chair stool and plopped down on it, "Sure, me and Hanna just got back from London, England a couple hours ago and I called in to see if Mac needed me today…"
"What were you doing in London?"
"Oh, we were checking out a theft at one of their museums.", Ron explained, "The Police people knew we were there since I was working with a Japanese woman on this museum robbery case. The GJ ID gives you an idea of what was going on although it wasn't a GJ mission."
"Hanna is the Japanese woman?", the cop asked as he wrote down the names.
"No, the woman's name is Yori, Hanna is my baby sister here. Anyway, that has nothing to do with this. Sooo, I walk in and I'm facing a guy with a handgun pointed at my face. He wants me to raise my hands, but I can't just drop my baby sister ya know."
"I understand, go on."
"Sure, anyway I put Sis in the highchair over there that they keep it here for her and the guy threatens to kill her. Then there was some noise and I took a couple of knives off the table and stuck one in his back and the other in his neck. I'm pretty sure he was dead at that point. Then I called the other guy in and shot him with the first guy's gun. I think I fired five or six shots…they all hit him so I don't think you'll be able to find any expended rounds in the walls or ceiling, just the shell casings."
"We have to wait for the crime scene guys, but I don't think they'll be robbing anyone else.", the Sergeant told Ron with a smirk, "Oh, except for the one in the leg and the eye you had pretty good grouping. Ever thought of a career in law enforcement?"
Ron rolled his eyes at the question at the end, "Guns aren't really my thing Officer, but I had training to go with that ID. See, Kim doesn't really like firearms. It's not her thing, but GJ made us take a complete firearms course when we were sophomores in high school."
"Kim? Like in Kim Possible?"
Ron nodded, "Yeah, I'm the sidekick."
"You are? I never would have guessed it…"
"I'm a very forgettable kind of guy…If you get a hold of the site, talk to the webmaster, Wade, and he'll verify what I told you…Hold it, I have my unit. I'll connect you.", Ron told the cop as the other two officers returned.
Wade Load's image came on the Kimmunicator and the tubby African American genius started, "Ron, I contacted the police about the attempted robbery, I was getting ready to contact you…Kim is already on the way."
"Already stopped it Wade, you can tell Kim to go back to the hospital. I have someone who wants to speak with you.", the blond teen responded to his friend.
"Sure, Ron hand him the unit.", Wade instructed.
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"Thank you Mister Stoppable…"
"Mister Stoppable is…was my Dad, I'm Ron the easily forgettable one.", the former running back responded as Mac returned to the kitchen.
"Are you about done with my employee, Jeb?", the Marine asked as the policeman's eyes narrowed at what Ron had said.
"Yeah, are they done with you in there?"
"I guess, they are taking statements from our customers right now. Ron the gals are busy can you make more coffee; they are going to be at it for a few hours."
"Yeah, want me to make soup and sandwiches as well? I'll bet we write this off on the insurance.", Ron surmised.
"Yeah, today is a loss. We made clam chowder and chili, but we need something to go with it.", the owner told his cook.
"I'll start the coffee and bake up some bread and check to see what we have ready for the sandwiches. When are the EMTs and the medical examiner people going to get here?", Ron queried as he glanced out of the side of his eye to see the blood stain spreading on the floor.
The cop replied, "EMTs are coming and the medical examiners are right behind them."
Mac said as he scratched his three-day beard, "When they get the corpses outta here we are going to have to have the place super cleaned, but since this is a crime scene, I have a feeling we'll be out of business for a few days."
The policeman nodded, "That's what usually happens Mac, too bad you don't cater…."
The former Marine (if there was ever such a thing) frowned, "Still have to work in the kitchen."
They could hear the sirens and see the flashing lights.
The cop then said, "Well, I guess we have to take care of the rest of this. The detectives are going to have fun, Mac your people especially Mister Stoppable are going to have to stay for a while."
Ron nodded then told his boss, "You can take me off the clock after I get done with the sandwiches."
"I don't do those things like Martin Smarty does Ron."
"Cash flow is gonna suck this week.", the teen responded.
"I have insurance kid; this isn't the first time someone tried to rob this place."
"You had to kill bad guys before?", Ron asked.
"Nah, if it's about money, they can have it. One of these clowns threatened your Sister? He's lucky I didn't shoot him…well (Mac stared at the corpse with two knives in him) I might have taken my time. I do think you sent the right message though."
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In route to the Jar Head Diner:
Beep-beep-de-da-beep
The red head touched a button on the Sloth's steering wheel as the African American genius's hologram appeared off center of Kim's vision, "Go Wade!"
"Kim, you can go back to the hospital, the situation at the restaurant has been resolved and the police are on scene.", the teen genius.
"But that's the place where Ron works are you totally certain that he is fine? As his team leader it is my responsibility to be sure of his welfare.", Kim countered.
"Kim, your sidekick is fine and uninjured, he will be there for a while since he is going to be interrogated by the police for a couple hours at least."
"Why is that Wade, usually the police take statements and then call witnesses in later if the investigators need more information."
"I doubt they'll remove the bodies for a few hours, Kim…"
"Bodies?", Kim shrieked as she almost lost control of the Sloth and the AI had to take over the driving for a moment.
"Yeah, bad guys nil, good guys three. Ron's gonna have to stay for a while…one of them made the mistake of threatening Hanna…that's the last mistake he made."
"Ron killed one of the bad guys?", asked to clarify Wade's statement.
"After Ron killed the first guy with a couple of knives he took the guy's gun and shot one of the other ones…sigh…five times."
"That guy died from blood loss?", the heroine inquired.
"That or the bullet in his head, the medical examiner will make that decision after the autopsy. Kim, Ron done good and he made use of that firearms course you guys took a couple years ago."
The red head sighed, "Ron could go through PTSD, he'll need to talk to someone…"
"Yeah, a professional which you are not, Kim. Betty will be able to hook Ron up with some of her people. That way it can be done on the hush hush. Not everyone needs to know about this, including Monique and your family.", Wade stated.
"Why is that Wade?", Kim inquired as she took control of the steering wheel.
"Just how close are any of you guys to Ron right now?"
"I…Wade, that's not fair…"
"I'm sorry and I know it's not, but realistically you haven't trusted Ron since last fall since you felt his actions got you called in to Club Banana for a lie detector test. Now because of that he doesn't like to tell you things about himself anymore because he thinks you just go and tell your boyfriend."
"Wade…"
The young genius's eyes narrowed, "And what did Eric do with some of that information? He up and told the people at the division of family services that Ron wasn't a good guardian for his sister that's what. Since when is your guy an expert at raising children?", Wade pointed out, "He even sued Ron's parents because he hurt his back when he slipped on some ice, and I have reviewed my tapes now that I've had a chance and I'm going to submit those recordings to Ron's insurance agent and lawyer."
"What are you trying to say Wade?"
"I'm no expert, but it looks like Eric faked his fall. I expect that all of Ron's support during that lawsuit are going to want experts' opinions on this matter and that will. I wouldn't want to be in Eric's shoes if they find out he filed a fraudulent lawsuit since he isn't a citizen, Kim. They could have him extradited back here for prosecution."
"Eric would never do something like that Wade, I think I know him pretty well…"
"And I know how you like to confront things like this too Kim and I should warn you not to disclose anything we have spoken about today.", Wade's tone turned rather cold.
"Wade you are my technical support…"
"And I'm Ron's support too, if you remember, Kim. If, and right now it is a BIG if, that we might have caught Eric doing something illegal, you might get nailed for obstruction of justice if you tell him before legal proceedings commence and allow him to head back to England…oh and I am recording this and it is on file and will go to the lawyer. So, you could be in legal jeopardy. I have to report this and if you warn Eric and he leaves to avoid answering for this you might kiss going to college in England good bye.", Wade cautioned the red-head.
"Okay Wade you convinced me to say nothing to them, but if Eric didn't do anything wrong you are going to owe him an apology.", Kim warned.
"If I'm wrong Kim then I will apologize at that time. Now on my end, I am not going to tell Ron about this at this time either and advise his lawyer and insurance man not to as well. You should not speak with Ron about this and I'll take the heat for it. Before I get his hopes up, I want to be pretty sure about this. I also trust you not to say anything to Ron either and since I don't want you speaking to friends or family about this because of why I told you before I want it to be a complete surprise."
"So, total blackout Wade?"
The teen genius explained, "Yeah, I understand this might put some stress on our team dynamics, but it is what it is. Ron Stoppable has pretty well been crapped on by a lot of people lately and I sure as hell don't want to add to it. I am also aware that you are probably going to take the site down before you go off to college, so IF Eric hasn't done something completely stupid, and there may not be many times we are going to be able to work together after you graduate, so I'm sorry if I put you off, but I'm also looking out for Ron too at this time."
"Okay Wade nothing on telling anyone about this, the only reason you even got the data was for security reasons for the team and I am not certain those reasons will hold up in court. I won't even mention that Ron killed those robbers since it's a police matter at the moment.", Kim conceded, "And I am turning around and heading back to the hospital, Mom just got there as I was leaving. It's going to be good to be able to catch up."
"Good Kim, I hope your dad is going to be alright, but that is where you need to be to be right now…supporting him and the rest of your family. Oh, drive the speed limit, there is a heightened police presence at the moment, probably because of what happened where Ron works.", Wade informed Kim as she pulled into a parking lot of a hardware store and turned around.
Sigh, "I'll be careful Wade, but I want to talk to Ron sometime."
"In person or through your kimmunicator?", Wade asked.
"In person…"
"Okay, I'll remind him to wear his suit."
"Why…oh, my allergies. I forgot. Sorry Wade."
"Well, your mom wants to speak with Ron too, but I think she wants to speak with him with no one around.", Wade enlightened Kim.
"Why would Mom want to talk to Ron?"
"I think it has something to do with him taking Hanna to London yesterday. I tried to assure your mom that there was plenty of security, but I don't think that she was buying it.", Wade told Kim.
"Was Hanna safe on that mission Wade?"
"Kim, I sensed through Ron's chip at least six other sets of heart beats so I'm very sure that the baby was safe.", Wade replied not revealing that one of those present might have been the Asian girl, Yori, who Kim was very jealous of. The genius didn't even want to get into that at this point and hoped the petite Asian girl would just disappear forever so he wouldn't have to deal with his Team Possible boss becoming even more green-eyed than she already was. He also hoped to hell that this wouldn't get back to Monique, who Wade distrusted from keeping her silence as mandated by the former running back.
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Middleton Memorial Hospital:
Doctor Anne Possible walked alongside the wheelchair being pushed by a technician towards Radiology, where the MRI machine was housed. "I would ask how you are doing James, but since you don't recognize me as your spouse I can see where you might be hesitant.", she told him.
"Well, ah, Anne…your face is familiar, but I'm just not sure yet. I DO think I am getting better; I keep thinking of a blond-haired teen…a boy. I keep thinking Ronald, but I am not sure. I first thought that he was one of my children."
Anne inquired, "Does 'Ronald' have freckles?"
"Yes, three large ones on each cheek."
"That would be Ronald, Jimmy."
"He's Kimmie's boyfriend?", James asked trying to put everything together.
"No, she and he are not boyfriend, girlfriend…at least to each other.", Anne didn't want to tell James the truth on the chance he would blurt it out and shock their daughter who still hadn't remembered Ron Stoppable as her boyfriend.
"Oh,", James mused out loud, "they would seem to be a perfect match."
"I agree…Maybe in the future it could happen James, but for the moment Kimmie is dating a boy named Eric and she is very infatuated with him, so it might last. Here we are, I am going inside with you, but I can't stay while the procedure is taking place. The technicians will be able to speak with you by an intercom.", Anne explained.
James scrunched his face then inquired, "How long does this take?"
"An MRI usually goes about an hour."
"It does? Will I be able to use the bathroom first?"
The person wheeling James said, "Yes Doctor Possible, as a matter of fact there is one right here. I will help you since you had some balance issues."
The male technician assisted the rocket scientist to stand, Anne pulled the chair away while James was escorted into the 'occupied'.
Anne chuckled as they exited the loo and held the wheelchair so that the tech could make sure that all his attention was on her husband. Then she announced, "I am going to my old office for a moment and then tour the floor with Doctor Swashplate." She then gave James a kiss on the forehead and left.
James Possible told the tech, "She's nice and she says she's my wife, I hope it's all true."
The technician, Anthony Smores, assured James Possible, "Sir, you have a great family. I have lived here most of my life and everyone knows your daughter and her goofy friend."
"You mean Ronald?"
"Yes, he broke all sorts of football records this year. It will be interesting to see where he ends up going to college."
"Yes, I suppose it will.", James replied with a smile.
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GJ:
"Ma'am?", Will Du piped up.
"Yes Will, please sit.", after he did so Betty asked, "What is it?"
"There was a robbery in the area an hour ago and one of our assets was involved.", the top agent told her.
"Is Miss Possible alright?"
"It wasn't her; it was Stoppable…He, ah killed two of them in about ten seconds and he appears to be able to function at the level we witnessed him at during the fall."
Sigh, "Okay, we had an understanding that he might be lethal. Let's assign one of our people to his case. I want to make sure Stoppable doesn't go off the deep end over this and take it out on innocents.", Doctor Director stated as she set the report she had been reading down as she had been trying to do more things than one.
"How much do you know about this incident Ma'am?"
"Only what we picked up from police and other emergency responders, Will. We had no assets within ten miles.", Betty explained, then paused.
"When it is possible, I would like to speak with Agent Stoppable. He has had several events where he displayed violence. When he comes in, I want one of our counselors to be in the meeting.", Betty now ordered, "We do not want him terminating perpetrators. The legal eagles would have our hide if he did."
"I understand Ma'am. I will drive out there myself. And it seems like he may be there a while. What is the name of the place?"
Doctor Director informed her 'top' agent, "The Jar Head Diner, it is on a road going from Middleton to Lowerton."
"I…I have eaten breakfast there before Ma'am.", Will responded, "Grandad respected Marines, so much so that he made my dad enlist and he was a member of the 'Corps' until his death a few years ago. I mean he retired, but once a Marine always a Marine is what he said. I decided that I'd try high level law enforcement as a career, so I was driving out in the country on one of my few days off and I encountered the place."
"Was Stoppable working there then?"
Will thought for a moment then responded, "Ma'am, I did not see him, and the place wasn't very busy at the time though I have heard that it is much more popular now since they serve evening meals."
"Go ahead and make sure you show your ID to the police and speak with whoever is in charge. I will want to speak with them via secure connection when they are available."
"Yes Ma'am, but that might…"
"And I want to speak with Stoppable too, make sure you tell him."
"Yes Ma'am.", Will Du rose as he knew he had been dismissed.
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Middleton Memorial Hospital:
"I'm back Mom.", the younger red head greeted the neurosurgeon seated at her desk in her office going over a chart.
"So soon?", Anne inquired then asked another question, "Is the baby alright?"
Kim explained, "Wade called me off. sigh. He told me that the police had it under control. He also told me that Hanna and Ron were safe."
"Good, that boy doesn't need any more problems in his life right now.", Anne put down the chart she had been reading before the heroine entered her office. Looking to her, she instructed, "Please sit."
"Yes Mom, what's this about? Did the tests show something on Dad?"
"No, well not yet. We have to wait for the results honey. It's about Ronald…and Hanna."
"Mom, you're scaring me."
"Kimmie, I don't mean to…it's just I am concerned for Hanna Stoppable's welfare. Going off on missions, much of her day is in some sort of nursery…I don't think that is the way to raise a baby."
"Mom, I have my opinions and from what you've said I agree with you. I have already told Ron and Eric that I think Hanna needs a stable environment to grow up in. When I spoke with Ron about the stitch, he got mad, I know he's doing the best he can, but it might not be enough."
"Honey, as it is, I'm not sure that putting Hanna in an orphanage would be better…"
"Mom, Eric said his family could raise Ron's sister, but I'm afraid that if they took her away from him it might destroy Ron emotionally."
"And that would involve the baby moving to another country to live? Honey, I think there are other options….better options available. She has already moved from Japan to here and has been granted United States Citizenship. I doubt if the government would allow her to be shipped abroad to be adopted. Like I said there are other options on the table, I am sure."
"Mom, Eric already spoke with Children and Family Services. He raised a complaint which they shared with Ron, that was supposed to be confidential…I mean they talked to me too."
"So, you felt that the agency would not let Ronald know about your concerns for his sister?", Anne asked her daughter.
"Yes, I mean no…"
"Kimberly, I will speak with the agency to make my own concerns known. Truthfully, Ronald is trying to take on too much responsibility. He has been to Europe according to you twice in the last month, one of those times on a school night. He cannot be getting a full night's rest every night. He is working almost every day along with school full time and he was cleaning his house until your boyfriend took it away from him…sigh…Right now I am not very happy with him or your current boyfriend, honey. This would be so much easier if you hadn't developed allergies to Ronald or his parents hadn't passed away."
"Or Rufus.", Kim added, "I should have made sure he stayed home with me and Hanna…"
"If that storm hadn't happened or they diverted the flight then all this could have been avoided honey, but it didn't and now we are talking about Ronald's ability, emotionally to raise his sister. That is in your own words, 'so much the drama'.", Anne sighed then continued, "I will speak with Ronald and the authorities about all this tomorrow when I get time."
"How long are you going to be in town Mom?", the younger red-head inquired.
"Two or three days, honey."
"So, only a few days?", the teen heroine deflated. Then, "Where are the tweebs?"
"They are in the cafeteria being watched by some of security, I didn't need them getting into things, Kimmie.", Anne then looked at the clock, "James should be back up in his room, and we should have the initial results from his test. I need to see if there are any suspected blockages like last summer."
"Mom, I'm going to call Ron on his phone. Do you want to speak with him too?"
"Only for a moment, I know you are unable to, but I wish to speak with him face to face when he is available tomorrow.", Anne replied, "Now let's go bug your Father and pick up your siblings on the way."
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The Ranch:
"Otto, how are we proceeding with the information we extracted from Doctor Possible?", Hans queried his uncle as he noticed now two of his men and another two men he didn't know listening to the recordings when headphones on and typing.
"Now that we have help, I expect we'll able to get this done by Tuesday. I will send it on to my contacts and wait to see what the value of the information happens to be.", the older German responded.
"Well make a copy of it, they might try to rip us off. I want to make some extra money from this.", Hans directed his uncle.
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Middleton Memorial:
The teenaged red head pushed the connect button on her wrist unit. Wade Load's hologram appeared moments later.
"Yeah Kim, what's up?"
"Can you see if Ron can talk for a few minutes?"
"Lemme check, he was being interviewed again and was busy making food at the diner.", the tech guru replied. About thirty seconds later Wade's voice returned, "Yeah, he has a few minutes and can speak."
"Thanks Wade, you rock.", Kim beamed.
"Hey Kim, how's your dad?", Ron asked.
"They're running tests and Mom is here now.", the heroine informed her friend.
"Good, we've been a little busy here…"
"Wade said you killed a robber."
"Yeah, I didn't want to, but he pointed a gun at Sis and threatened her.", Ron told his lifelong friend.
"You know Team Possible doesn't like to take lives Ron.", Kim admonished him, "And until, now we never have."
"I didn't want to take the chance of him putting a bullet in Hanna's brain, so when he pointed the gun at her, he lost all privileges of breathing.", the blond teen's voice seemed to harden, "I didn't want to do it, but he forced my hand…"
The teenaged heroine almost grit her teeth and muttered aloud as she disliked her friend's response, "First you take Hanna on a mission then you take her to work and someone threatened her life…You have to stop endangering her. Mom's not happy with that, I'm not happy with that either."
"I spoke with your mom when she was driving up from Denver, there was security on the mission Kim. English police officers were on hand. Plenty of them. It was safer than downtown Denver or even Lowerton. It's not like I was walking into a war zone.", Ron countered as he made what he thought was a valid point.
"Ron, killing people is bad, very bad."
"Listen Kim, he forced my hand, he didn't have to point a gun at my sister. I would have reacted the same way if he had pointed a gun at you or any of your family or friends." I do not want to talk about this right now…"
"Ron, I also don't want to sound like I'm giving you the third degree."
"I hate to say it Kim, but that is just what it sounds like. I don't want talk about it, I'm staring at two dead bodies here and I do not need the grief at the moment."
"Two?"
"Yeah, I killed them both. I guess Mac killed the other perp before he could pull the trigger on me."
"You murdered two guys?"
"I don't think I murdered anyone, Kim…."
Sigh, "Alright Ron you've made your point, but I think Mom's gonna want to speak with you about this as well."
"Kim, I will not say I am sorry for protecting my sister or my friends. If I spend twenty years in jail, so be it, if I can keep them safe and alive I will."
"What about Hanna?"
"What do you mean 'what about Hanna' Kim.", Ron asked.
"If you murder someone…"
"I didn't murder anyone, I kept people from being murdered there is a huge difference if you haven't noticed…Listen I have to get back to work, the investigators are gonna be here for a while. I'll talk to you when I can.", Ron told her then disconnected as he noticed one of the uniforms walking up to him with Will Du in tow. The blond teen muttered to himself, "Now what?"
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