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Disclaimer: As always, I don't own any of the characters involved, be they directly mentioned, or referenced to.

Previously…

After grabbing a few more large chunks, and throwing them to the side, Kim's eyes widened at something she saw, and her response was almost not heard. A shaky "No."

She dropped to her knees, and reached down to touch a…a… hand?

"Drakken…" Shego said, "Let's get out of here… now."

All Kim could see was Ron's hand, and about half way up the forearm. She assumed that the rest of his body was underneath the much larger chunks that were in front of her.

"Ka… Kim?" The red head whirled around and saw…

"Tara?" This time it was just plain ol' blonde Tara King, but she had a ripped shirt on, and was holding up a pair of pants that were also ripped up.

Tara looked down, and thought absently to herself, If that's just his arm, at least it's his left. The reason for her thought? Ron was right-handed.

And now the continuation…

Chapter 7

Ron woke with a throbbing headache, and brought a hand up to his forehead. Immediately he felt something cold, and smooth.

"Now, now… Stoppable." It was a soothing female voice, but yet, somehow, there was a certain level of snark. "We can't have you screwing up Drakken's little… experiment." She adjusted the metal band wrapped around his head.

"You know your words can still hurt, Shego." The response he heard was a half-hearted chuckle.

But Ron was… confused. The last thing he remembered was running through a door to help Kim, and then the world came crashing down around him. He had reached out with a left hand, and felt immense pain before he blacked out.

Then he heard the female voice again. "You're awfully lucky that large cement beam landed the way it did. It protected you from the rest of the ceiling, and also left a small passage to drag you out. Although you didn't escape… in one piece." Ron felt a light touch on his left shoulder. Just as he looked at what should be his left arm, Ron's eyes suddenly rolled back in their sockets, and he passed out from what he saw.

…x x X x…

When the black SUV's started to arrive from GJ, at first Kim didn't notice. She was too busy grabbing at large chunks of cement that weighed about 500 pounds, and tossing them like beach balls.

"Kim… Kim… KIM!" Wade's voice finally broke through the haze that filled her head. "He's not there Kim!"

"He… he's GOT to be! I… there was… I found… THAT!" She pointed towards the severed, no… detached… arm of Ron Stoppable.

"Kim…" This time it was Dr. Director's voice. "Do you know what time it is? You've been at this for the last two hours."

"But it… it's just a few minutes after… after the collapse! 'huff'. I've got to FIND RON!"

A soft hand touched her shoulder from behind. This time it was Wade, whose face was drawn. "Ron's not here, Kim. Most likely someone… took him. If there's anything good about this, is that someone is trying to save him. There's not much blood here at all, so they either tied a tourniquet, or… "

"Cauterized it." Kim said, finishing Wade's sentence, then a horrified look appeared on her face. "So most likely Shego and Drakken pulled Ron out. But where would they take him?"

"Maybe the Time-Share Lairs." Betty Director replied. "We'll go there next to check it out."

…x x X x…

The next thing Ron heard was a loud banging, and before he knew what was going on, he felt himself being swiftly wheeled into another room, in which there was no light, and the door closed, making it very hard to hear. All he could discern was a couple new voices were speaking loudly, and he could tell there was some kind of argument.

It was only a few minutes later and the door opened, causing light spill in, making him blink at the brightness. "And here I thought a Faraday Cage was a stupid thing to keep in a closet." The woman said as she wheeled him back out into the room, where a bright light and a table were wheeled up to his left side.

"Hey… you never know when someone will barge in scanning the room for illegal electronic devices. Now to make the final calibrations." The male voice said, and immediately it felt like the fingers in his left hand were tingling. "There. Can you wiggle your fingers?"

"Huh?" Ron was still a little groggy.

"C'mon Buffoon. Try to wiggle your fingers." What was it about how this guy spoke that made Ron… nervous, yet irritated.

With a little effort, the boy was finally able to move his fingers. "Good. Good." Then there was what felt like a strong jolt of electricity through his left arm. "Now bend your elbow, and look at both of your hands."

It took a couple seconds for Ron to comprehend what the voice asked, but with a little more effort, he was able to do so. When Ron raised his hands to look at them, his right hand looked fine, but his left looked… metallic. He could move it as if it was his own, and he twisted his hand at the wrist. It moved, worked… and felt, as if it were his own.

Then he felt an object being placed in his left hand, which was a weird sensation. It was as if he was learning how to feel in his hand all over again. Then that irritatingly odd voice spoke again. "Now squeeze as hard as you can."

Again it took a little effort, but Ron could feel something being crushed in his hand as he squeezed. When he released it, the sound of a solid metal object clunked on the hard table he was laying on.

"Perfect! Outstanding! You just crushed a titanium coffee mug that Duff Killigan gave for my birthday last year! His grip is as strong as I hoped, and the rest of the arm should be just as strong!"

Finally the face associated with the voice came into view, and Ron immediately narrowed his eyes as he new exactly who it was. "DRAKKEN!" He almost growled, and immediately his left hand shot to Dr. Drakken's throat and began to squeeze.

"She… Oh!" Then Ron saw a green hand reach towards his forehead, and everything went black.

…x x X x…

Kim, Wade, and Dr. Director left the Time Share Lair feeling a little dejected, and Kim was the first to speak as the three got into a black SUV. "Wade, you're sure you never picked up any other heat signatures in there, or anomalous energy signatures?"

"I'm positive Kim, but I did see something that looked like… nothing."

Looking a bit perplexed, Kim asked "Now what the heck do you mean by that?"

"Comparing the layout of my scan, and the blueprints that are on file at the city of Middleton's building records, there should be another storage room in there that didn't show up."

"A secret room?" Kim asked with a raised eyebrow.

"No, I call it a… 'Dead-room'. It's not actually a secret since it's on record, but it just doesn't show up on my scan. The missing space is large enough to store a couple long tables and some shelves. They could have hidden Ron in there."

"Then let's go back and…"

"We can't go back right now, Kim" Dr. Director quickly said cutting off the redhead. "To be legal about this, we need a Search Warrant, and that will take about twelve to twenty-four hours."

Kim huffed. "But they could move Ron in that time!"

"Now Kim…" Dr. Director said as she took a left turn to head back to GJ. "We aren't even sure if Ron is there. We didn't see him. Let's try to do this by the book, but we can keep surveillance on the complex and keep an eye out for that exact thing."

"Are there any tunnels they could sneak him through?" Was Kim's next question.

"I was able to do a cursory scan of the grounds while we were there, and there's no evidence of a tunnel system." Wade's eyes narrowed a bit. "You'd think SOME villain would have thought to do some digging, but there was nothing."

Kim huffed again. "Fine."

Just as the SUV pulled up to a back entrance of GJ, Dr. Director made a suggestion. "Kim, we have a few rooms here that are set up like small apartments, if you want to stay here overnight. You look a little tired. Then we can start fresh in the morning."

Kim yawned for the first time during the car ride. "Yeah, I think I will Betty. Thanks."

…x x X x…

Wade didn't go to bed right away, when GJ went into 'Night Mode'. So he set up a special alarm in his office, which had a wall-bed where he could sleep. It was sometime after about two o'clock in the morning when his alarm went off. It was just loud enough to wake just him, and not bother anyone else.

While rubbing his eyes, Wade stumbled to his desk-top computer, and pressed the space bar, turning on the monitor. There he saw on his screen, Kim Possible sneaking out of her room, dressed in her all black stealth-suit. She sprayed one of GJ's hall camera's to block it's video feed but not the one Wade had set up. It was too small for her to notice.

Wade then switched to a view of the garage, and saw Kim grab the handles of a motorcycle that looked just like the one that had gotten destroyed earlier, and quickly rolled it out of the Garage. She pushed the bike about a hundred yards down the street before starting it up.

"Kim, Kim…" Wade said to himself shaking his head. "You need to remember that I have eyes everywhere."

To be continued…

Finally! It took me a while to get back to this. It feels good to be writing again. Just took me a little bit to do so.