Chapter 14
Kim and Ron emerged from the staircase and, indeed, they found the plaid dirigible hovering 100 feet above the ground. And standing at the doorway was, indeed, the mad golf villain.
"Duff Killigan!" Kim exclaimed, "The World's Deadliest Golfer!"
"Aye, lassie!" Killigan grinned, "Ye can say it again if ye will! And the young blonde lad...whose name slips me mind."
"Aww...come on, Duff!" Ron groaned, "My name only has three letters!"
"What do you want this time?" Kim asked, demanding him.
"Tis is the insect helmet that I came fer!" Killigan replied, swinging his gol club and setting another one of his exploding golf balls. "Once I take ye out, that is, with me golf skills!"
"You are not going to get your meaty, grubby hands on it!" Kim exclaimed, determining to stop him.
"Nay, lassie. I won't be the one usin' that wee device!" Killigan countered, "I'm only in it for the money!"
"Then you aren't going to get a single penny!" Kim taunted.
Killigan yelled, "FORE!", and swung the exploding golf ball with his club. Kim and Ron both immediately dodged the ball before it exploded.
"And how are you going to take the helmet?" Kim taunted again, "You're only in your dirigible."
"Nay, not true this time, lassie!" Killigan grinned. He snapped his fingers and ten HenchCo henchmen appeared before him. They rapelled their ropes to the ground.
"Half of ye, take care of the lad and lassie. Th' other half of ye, get that helmet!"
Five of the henchmen went down to try and take care of Team Possible. The other five went to the emergency staircase in an attempt to take the IRCH.
Seeing the split, Kim exclaimed to Ron. "Ron, you distract the henchmen! I'll make sure the other henchmen do not get that helmet!"
Kim rushed behind the henchmen to the stairwell heading back to the lab. Ron sighed as he and Rufus did a variety of karate moves before the former began running around and flapping around. Rufus got into one of the henchmen's shirt. The henchman began to laugh as he felt ticklish. Ron ran around in circles and three of the henchmen could not get to him as they keep on running into each other. The fifth henchman tried to get Rufus but got knocked out by the ticklish henchman with a single punch instead.
And the five henchman that tried to get the IRCH instead all ran in terror as they came back empty-handed.
"Retreat! Retreat!" cried the lead hechman in that group as Kim emerged, smirking.
"You gotta do a better job than that, Killigan!" Kim teased.
Killigan got obviously frustrated by the incompetence of the henchmen, "I am gonna give Jack Hench a piece of me mind!"
The henchmen all got up the ropes in cowardice, heading back to the dirigible.
"Tis isn't over, lassie!" Killigan growled. He glared at Team Possible for a moment and then back at his defeated henchmen. "I will get that wee device!"
Killigan drove off his dirigible into the night in defeat as Kim stood proudly.
"Well, that took care of him!" she laughed as the dirigible became nothing more than a speck in the moonlit sky.
"Thank you again, Miss Possible!" Acari exclaimed, emerging from the emergency staircase with the helmet. "Thank you for saving both us and the IRCH!"
"We owe you a debt of gratitude! " Luna added, "You've shown tremendous skill and bravery!"
"It was no big! Killigan should really work on his aim next time!" Kim chuckled a little.
"And I helped as being the distraction!" Ron chimed in.
"Yep! Yep!" Rufus agreed, nodding his head.
Then she heard the familiar beeps of the Kimmunicator.
Kim beeped in it.
"Go, Wade!"
"Hey, Kim!" Wade replied while typing on his keyboard, controlling his array of computers, "I've got good news and I got bad news."
"Okay...give us the good news first." Kim said.
"I hate it when people say that phrase!" Ron complained.
"The good news is that Killigan and his henchmen have been repelled." Wade said.
"So, what's the bad news?" Ron asked.
"The bad news is that before Killigan's strike, his blimp launched at least 50 EMP golf balls to knock out the security system at not just this insectarium but also all other insectariums Professor Acari owns! "
"And that means...?" Ron questioned, seeking clarification.
"Without the security systems at my insectariums, my IRCH is not safe here!" Acari explained, "I need the IRCH for the Robotics Convention in the next couple of weeks in Las Vegas! And I won't be able to win the grand prize without it!"
"How much are we talking about here?" Kim asked.
"If everything works perfectly with the IRCH, it would be worth $3 million. Plus $2 million for the prize money!" Acari explained the nature of the contest.
Ron whistled, "Imagine what you can do with that moo-lah!" He then began to drool over the ideas.
Kim glared at her best friend.
"Ron, we agreed. No more money-drooling fantasies!" she groaned. "Remember? Your parents set aside a great portion of any incoming Naco royalties for college."
"That is, if I get into college, KP." Ron said, "My grades are kinda on the C/D border."
"Don't worry. We'll handle it once we get to that point." Kim said to Ron before turning back to Acari.
The redhead then made a suggestion.
"What about my dad's place of work?" Kim asked, "Since he is a rocket scientist, the facility has a lot of heavy security, especially after what Monkey Fist did when he captured Frederick."
"He's one of only two monkeys I actually like." Ron said.
"The IRCH will be safe there for the time being." Kim said with confidence.
"Thank you, Miss Possible. I will inform the colleagues at my insectarium at Colorado Springs to try and pick up the helmet after the two-week period!" Acari gleefuly said.
"It's no big!" Kim replied. "Just have them call me and beep me if they wanna reach me!"
(Sat. Feb 11, 2006, 9am)
Over at the Middleton Space Center, Kim, Ron and James were walking down a long corridor with a couple of other rocket scientists that worked there, one male and one female. Kim was holding the IRCH in her hands. It weighed around 20 pounds.
"Thanks for letting me use the Space Center's vault to hide this helmet thing!" Kim exclaimed to her dad.
"And thanks for the free food in the break room!" Ron replied, as he and Rufus were snacking on nachos that he got from there.
"Anytime, you two!" James said, "This security system is the strongest one that is west of the Mississippi! It's not exactly Fort Knox, but it's pretty darn close!"
"It has a laser grid, security cameras, guard dogs, guards, and a system of traps!" James said about the system, "No enemy is going to get through it. And did I also mention that the vault door is reinforced with concrete to go along with the fact that the steel is 11 inches thick?"
"That should serve as the perfect hiding place for Acari's helmet." Kim said, giving the helmet to one of the security guards so that he could safely store it in the vault.
Once the vault was locked up, James then asked Kim, "So...now that today is Saturday, what do you wish for the Possible family to do since it is your turn to choose?"
Kim replied, "Since the Tweebs' choice of laser tag almost didn't end well, I think we'll stick on the safe side with bowling over at Doghouse Alley."
"Are we gonna use guardrails this time?" Ron asked, for he was notorious for scoring gutterballs at the alley.
James took out a coin and said. "We'll simply decide on a coin toss, Ronald. Heads, we use the guardrails. Tails, we go the manly way!"
He flipped a coin...and it landed on heads.
"Alright, Ronald..." James sighed, "...the rails win!"
"Boo-yah!" Ron exclaimed his most famous catchphrase, "I'm gonna finally knock down some pins tonight!"
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