The Monkey's Tail

After a pinched nerve in leg that kept me off computer for 5 days next part is done.


Warning: There is no sex in this part. This is story line. Probably no sex in next 3 parts either.

This chapter is dedicated to Shinzochi's girlfriend
Josephine Angelic Roselion Johnsion but she goes by just Angel,
who has brain cancer. I hope she recovers and that they may get some
enjoyment from this story.

Shego dropped Kim off at the hospital. Wade's girlfriend, Monique had brought the clothes to Kim and Shego. She still had their basic sizes in her computer,but had to do a little guessing for Shego when she found out she was three months pregnant. She was the only one that Wade or Kim would have trusted, given the situation.

When Kim went in, she went up to Ron's new room. A quick check with Wade told her which was the one he had been moved to. Actually it was two rooms. One was for family members to wait or rest. The connecting door led to where Ron was, still hooked up to the various equipment monitoring his condition. There was another door from Ron's room to the hallway for doctors and nurses to check on Ron without disturbing the family and one to a bathroom.

A quick check with the family told her that there had been no change in Ron's condition. Don and Lonnie were trying to explain things to Hana about Ron's condition. All she wanted to do was ask them about some space sci-fi show from before she was born. The tweebs had been combing through the medical records salvaged for the Lowardian crash site. No luck but she loved them for trying. Her father was in with Ron right now. They had been taking turns every hour.

Seeing Sensei off in a corner, Kim approached him. Not wishing to disturb him, she stood and waited for his attention out of respect. "How may an old man help you Kim Possible, other than offering encouraging words than neither of us feels to be true?" asked Sensei.

"I was wondering if you have been able to contact Yori, like you did with Ron when we thought you were the gravy ghost of Middleton High?"

"I have been trying since her disappearance. In order for me to communicate with Yori that way, she must be conscious so I can seek out her mind. Right now I have been unable to make contact with her for some reason. Let me explain. If Rufus-san were standing on that small table, you could see where he is, what he is doing and you could speak to him. If I put a small box over him, you would know that he is somewhere under the box but you would not be able to talk to him. It is like that when I try to communicate with Yoriiiii. AHHHH!." Sensei fell on the floor and holding his head as he screamed. Every one came rushing over to him to see if he was alright.

Seeing the group of people around him, he said to them, "Forgive a foolish old man that must have fallen asleep and had a bad dream. Kim Possible, would you help me back in my chair?"

As everybody but Kim went back to what they were doing, Sensei whispered to Kim as she helped him up, "I had a moment of contact with Yori. She is induring incredible pain and suffering. I was unable to locate where she is but, she is being tortured by Monkey Fist. A tortured that no true man would inflect on another being. I fear for her mind as well as her body."

"What can we do?" asked Kim, ready to jump into battle.

"Nothing at this time but wait till we have more information I am afraid. And that may take to long to save Yori."
he said. As he sat down, for the first time since Kim had known him, he looked like a sad, frail old man.

Her father's time was almost up so she decided to go in and relieve him. "Maybe talking things out with Ron would help, even if he never answered me. "Doesn't answer me," "she corrected herself in her own mind, "doesn't answer me."

Opening the door and glancing in, she saw her father sitting in a chair next to Ron's bed. He was talking to him. Not wanting to interrupt him she came up behind him and listened.

"So you see Ronald, when you asked for Kim's hand in marriage, I knew you were doing the right thing by her and by us, me and Mrs. Possible. I guess I knew it would be you. Ann says she knew it from the beginning. Any way, it's not that I disapproved of you or anything, it's just that I wanted to have a little more time with my Kimmie Cub. She was away for four years going to college and I just wanted some time before she went off to start a family of her own.
Well, I just want you to know. I don't think I could live with myself if you thought that I didn't approve of you.

Kim came up behind him and said, "I think he knew that you approved daddy."

"Oh....ah....hi....er....a.... Kimmie Cub." he said rubbing the back of his head, not looking her in the eye, a little embarrassed that he had been overheard.

Hugging him she said, "Daddy, I want you to remember this, I love you and mom and even the tweebs. My love for Ron was never going to change that. Please remember that I told you that today."

Hugging her back, her father said, "Kimmmie, we all know that. Well, maybe not the twins so much, but your mother and I know it. I don't know why today would be so......" Suddenly Dr Possible held his daughter at arms length and tried to look her in the eyes. This time, she avoided the contact. "You're going after him, aren't you? Knowing that you will probably loose and it may cost you your life, you're going to go after him."

"Daddy, we don't even know where he is, yet."

"But when you find out, you're planning to go after him. Am I right?"

"Dad, this isn't the time or the place to be having this discussion." she said indicating Ron, laying in the hospital bed.

"Kimberly." he said using the "father's tone."

"Do you really want me to call Ron's doctor and tell her about how you wanted have this discussion in her patient's room?" she asked. There was a hardness in her voice that she had never used when talking to her father before. "This is the time for me to be here with Ron. If you want to talk about something afterward, we'll do that, but right now I have other things to do." With that, Kim sat down and held Ron's hand.

"Very well "Miss." replied her James." There will be a "discussion," on several things, after your "time" is over."

Kim's head slumped down to her chest as soon as she heard the door close behind him. That was not the parting farewell she wanted to have with her father. He'll talk to her mother and the Stoppables. She will have a group to get past in order to leave. Maybe she should just try and slip out the doctor's door and avoid them altogether.

They didn't understand. She was partly responsible for Monkey Fist coming into being. She was the one that retrieved the fourth jade monkey idol. Without it he would have never gotten the MMP. Ron wouldn't have gotten involved in this monkey mess and he wouldn't be lying here in a coma.


Beep...beep...bee...beep.

Opening her kimunucator, "Wade. please tell me you have found their location or at least tell me you have some good news." Seeing his face, she knew that she was not going to like whatever he had to say.

"Kim, I thought you should know that Monkey Fist has made a move. All of the monkeys at the Middlton zoo escaped. A couple of GJ (Global Justice,) agents were there at the time."

"What did they report?"

"Both of them and two zoo keepers were turned to stone."

Sighing, Kim said. "So Monkey Fist is starting to build up his army. With DNAmy to augment them, they will be unstoppable."

"That's pretty much what I thought. Still no idea where they are. I just can't figure out how they are able to disapear like this."

"Keep on it Wade. You'll figure it out somehow."

Shutting down her kimunicator, Kim realized how tired and hopeless she felt right now. She had a headace that was worse than time she fell asleep watching TV and the tweebs changed the channel to "Ape Island, the annual running of the monkeys." She closed her eyes, just trying to get away from the real world for a few moments. When she opened them again, Hanna was wrapping her arms around her. She had somehow snuck up on Kim without making a sound.

"Hanna, why are you in here now?"

"Kim. Your dad is telling the others what you plan on doing when you leave. They are going to try and talk you out of it. They sound very angry but I know they are just afraid of loosing you." Hanna said hugging Kim very hard.

"Are you afraid Hanna?" asked Kim.

"No. I know you will do what needs to be done. They know it to. They are just to afraid right now. I would help, but Sensei says that I will be "plan B," whatever that is. He also said that he will help you when the time is right. He is trying to talk to your and my parents. Calm them down."

"Well thank you, Hanna. That does make me feel better."

"One thing Kim, before you do anything, please tell Ron."

"Hanna, I think Ron would approve of whatever I do. He trusts me."

"I know, but I mean "tell him." In words. Out loud. Sensei says that sometimes it helps to make clear what and how thing get done if you say the words. It would also help Ron, to know that you still confide in him. I better get back before they miss me. I just came in here to warn you."

Hanna went back out the door without making a sound.

Kim looked at her feet and then turned back to Ron. Forgetting about her headace she took his hand, she leaned in and said. "Ron, I'm sorry if I haven't said much to you lately. I've been kinda busy. Ron, I'm going to have to go after Monkey Fist before he gathers his army."

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"So Tosh," as Ron had started calling his chi-ez companion. "You're saying that if I challenge Monkey Fist to this, duellum de spirtae simiae, he will have to accept, even though it won't really be him and me but you and Yono?" Ron asked as he stood back up from working on the external sensor station.

"Correct. Once we enter that combat arena, I might be able to draw out the small piece of Tosh's chi-ez from Monkey Fist's body. That will give me a better chance of beating Yono."

"Can you do that, Tosh? I mean wouldn't it be cheating to call on another part of you from a different body to battle Yono?" asked Ron.

"No. Spirtae simiae. Plural. The chi-ez qualifies as a spirit. It's a loophole, but it would still be allowed. The hard part will be getting a proper "jar" to put the defeated chi-ez in. For me, it was the jade monkey idols. We will have to find the stone form of Monkey Fist to try and imprison the Yono's chi-ez in after he is defeated." she said.

"Sounds iffy to me, but we will cross that bridge after we spilt milk on it. Right now, I think I've got all stations back up and functioning. Dr. Nilock. What is the current ship's status?" Asked Ron.

"The ship's status is still under a yellow warning Captain. The main computer is still off line so navigation, outbound communication and the warp engines are also off line." replied Dr. Nilock. "The ship seems to be in a null void area of space. Over exposure to this will start to affect the integrity of the ship after a long period of time. I suggest we move out of this area as soon as is possible."

Slowly Ron asked, "So there are no other systems left to be repaired except for the main computer?"

"Correct Captain."

"Thank you Dr. Nilock. Lt Ohara. Let me know if you pick up any communication with Kim Possible. Commander McGregor, go to engineering and be ready to get the engines up and running as soon as I have got the computers back on line. I'm tired of not knowing what's happening."
"Tosh, let's go fix the computer. I have a few more questions about chi-ez's and "jars," to ask on the way. I may have an idea or two." said Ron as they entered the turbo-lift and the doors closed on them.

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After a few stops to hash out a few of the finer points of the plan and a few more questions, the turbo-lift doors opened again if the "C" deck.

"Well," said Tosh, "that at least sounds a plan. I only hope that it will work."

"You know, I still get the feeling that there's something that you're not telling me Tosh. You're saying that all of this started because of Yon's quest for power. There wasn't anything else involed in it?"

"Well, there was. A girl monkey. Her name was Firefox, because her fur on the top of her head was the color of the setting sun. Yon wanted her but she preferred me. She had the prettiest green eyes."

"Okay. A girl I can understand.....................Hey wait a minute! Are you telling me this Firefox looked like Kim when she was almost turned into a monkey?"

"Yes." replied Tosh. "I suspect my other self was able to blur Monkey Fist's vision of that fact, or else he would have sought Kim Possible as a possible mate."

"You didn't try and influence my feeling for Kim because of that did you?"

"No, no. Your feelings for Kim are yours. The only reason my other self would have interfered would have been to protect her."

"I have your word?"

"Yes, you have my word."

"Okay." Ron looked back to the door labeled "Main Computing, Authorized Personel Only."

"Ya know, it just occurred to me. I have no idea what this room looks like. I've seen people come in and out of this room and I've seen them walk by it, but never the inside. I guess they couldn't conceive what the computer room would look like."

Going through the door with a whoosh, they enter a small ante chamber. In that room was a door directly across from the one they just entered and an odd machine on the wall by it. Stopping to look at it Ron said," Hmmm. Looks like an oversized reel to reel tape recorder like my dad has. He explained it once to me. And this," looking at a much smaller machine sitting next to the recorder. "is a tape splicer and viewer. We had one in high school. Yeah. Mr Barkin never threw anything away if it still worked."

Hitting the rewind button on the viewer and then play he watched himself and Tosh enter the room and examine the machine.
"The way it's set up, I could actually edit this tape. I wonder if these are all my memories being recorded into my mind. Hmmm.
Anyway, back to the repairing."

When they went through the second door, Ron's jaw almost hit the floor. The room looked like a tornado hit it, followed by a fire. Half of the machines were laying on their sides, the wiring pulled out and sparks flying. Some looked burned in two. Scorch marks were all over the casings and circuit boards. He backed up to the wall and slid down to sit on his haunches, still staring at the damage. Even the lighting wasn't working right, they kept blinking with the sounds of power arcing to bad connections.

"I can't fix this! Most of it looks like it needs to be replaced. It would take a year just to fix what I could fix. The rest just looks like scrap metal." Ron hung his head down closing his eyes.

"It's hopeless."

"I was just kidding myself."

"How could I think I could reattach my soul to my body?" He said holding his shaking head. He slumped to the floor, sitting on his haunches.

Tosh, didn't know what to say. She knew that he had gone through great disappointments in his life, but this was so total. She just looked at him.

Moments went by when suddenly, from right above Ron's head, the ship's intercomm in the room came to life.

"Captain, I am receiving a message from Kim Possible. Do you want me to transfer it to your location?" asked Lt Ohara.

Reaching up with one hand, Ron pushed the acknowledge button. "Yeah." he sniffed. "Let's hear it. At least I can do that."

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" I'm sorry if I haven't said much to you lately. I've been kinda busy. Ron, I'm going to have to go after Monkey Fist before he gathers his army." came Kim's voice. "He's already started with the monkeys at the zoo. After DNAmy makes her modifications to them, they'll be hard to stop. Monkey Fist has got that "turn people to stone," thing going for him now. He already got four people. We just haven't been able to figure out where they've set up their headquarters yet.

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Monkey Fist captured Yori when they did this to you. Sensai says he's torturing her. He also says that he is not sure if her mind will survive.

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I'm not telling you this to make you feel worse. I telling you this to explain why I may not be here (pause) when you wake up. I really don't have a good feeling about this, but I have to try, I have to try and stop him. You know it's in my nature.

I'm really sorry. I thought that we had a chance to have a life together. I thought of spending the rest of my life with you, maybe having kids and growing old together. I guess some thing aren't meant to be.

I guess what I really want to tell you is how much I love you and how much I really hate what I am going to do to try. I hate the chance of loosing you forever.

If I do make it back, please get better because I really can't see going on without you. Even if I don't make it back, please get better. At least one of us would be able to go on."

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Ron sat there with his head down listening to the silence that followed for almost a minute. Then his head snapped up with a serious look on his face and he stood up.

"This pity party is over. Time to do this thing and do it in a hurry."

"Ron, what are you planning to do?" asked Tosh.

"Mystical monkey power is the reason Monkey Fist attacked me. It's also going to be the way that I get out of this mess."

"Ron, mystical monkey power can only be used when body and mind are one. If you try and use it in this state, you might well burn up both. You can't be serious."


"Note serious face." he said slowly pointing to his face. "The world needs me. Yori need me. And more important, Kim needs me."

With that, he faced the main computer, closed his eyes and raised his arms. His mind called the power to him.

The room went dark. The blue energy of the mystical monkey power filled Ron and he glowed with it, lifting him up off of the floor as a red whirlwind riped all around the him, whipping all the loose parts and making them fly about the room.

The inter comm sounded again. This time with the voice of Chief Engineer McGregor's voice calling the captain.

Imitating Ron's actions from before, Tosh pressed the acknowledge button and answered. "What is it Mr MacGregor? The captain is kind of busy."

"The warp engines just came on line. They are building up enough power to go to warp ten." he yelled over the sound of the engines.

"That's a good thing, isn't it?" she replied.

"Not if the computers aren't controlling the flow of anti-matter to the reaction chamber. We should be traveling at warp ten and were're just sitting here. All this uncontrolled power is going to have to go somewhere. If not, we'll go up like a haggis dropped in an open fire."

"Mr MacGregor, do you want me to tell the captain to stop what he's doing?"

"Well, nae. But if he doesn't do whatever he's doing right, well,I just thought he should know!" he yelled even louder over the rising sound from the engines.


She looked back to the room. The parts that had been flying around the room, started to go back and fit where they were suppose to be. Wires were reconnecting themselves. Toppled housings seemed to climbed back to their upright positions. It was almost like watching the room repair it's self. Finally it seemed finished. Ron's body lowered till his feet were back on the floor. The lights came back on. All of them.

Moving to the inter comm he called enginering. "Mac, what's the state of the engines?"

"I don't know how to explain it Captain. The engines are powered up and purrin like kittens. The reaction chamber's almost doubled in size. I think we could go to warp twelve without even a strain. I'll have to reconfigure everything."

"Later Mac, I'm going to need warp power in just a few minutes."

Grabbing Tosh's hand hand he said, "Come on. We need to get back up to the bridge as fast as we can." and he started pulling her as they raced back to the turo lift.

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"Well, I need to go and explain it now to our families Ron. Hopefullly they will see my point and not waste to much time arguing about it." Still holding his hand that rested on his chest, she leaned foward and kiss him on his unresponsive lips. A tear fell from her eyes and landed on his cheek.

As she turned to walk to the other room, Ron's hand gently held her hand right where it was. Kim looked down at their hands and realized what was happening.

Looking Ron in the face, she swallowed hard.

"Ron? Ron, are you there? Speak to me." She didn't see any change.

Pulling away from his grasp, she rushed to the door and opened it wide. She scanned the stern faces that had turned to look at her, till she saw her mother's.

"Mom! Come quick. Ron just squeezed my hand."

All thoughts of an impending argument left the room, like they had never been there, as everybody almost ran into Ron's room. Kim's mom went to one side to check Ron and the monitors. Kim went to the other side and knelt down to hold his hand and look into his face. The others formed a semi circle around the bed to see. Hanna was right behind Kim.

Dr Anne Possible checked Ron's monitors and then bent over to check Ron himself.

Standing back up , she said, "Kim, the instruments show no change and I'm not seeing any difference. It could have just been a muscle spasm you felt."

All faces in the room fell. Tears started to fall from some. All except Hanna. She just looked at Ron and said in a very quiet voice, ""Thrusters on full."" Come on, brother. You can do it."

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As Ron and Tosh rushed onto the bridge, they found themmselves in a flurry of activity. Every one was manning stations that has just come back online. Ron almost threw himself into the captain's chair with Tosh standing to his right. " Mr Nilock, report. Do we have a way out of this null void?"

"All stations report operational captain. Sensors have detected a way out. If we travel at warp three, we should be out in three hours, Sir."

"Mr Solo, plot a course out at warp six."

"Captain." said Mr Nilock. "Warp six is beyond our normal ability and it would be very dangerious to even attempt it."

"Noted. At warp six Mr Solo."

Pressing the communication button, "Mac, I need warp six in one minute. Can we do it?"

"Warp six? Captain we really need to recalibr.................we need to check all th.......................awe hell. Let the pipers play. Warp Six captain? You'll have it. But we really need to recalibrate the engines and the ship as soom as we get clear."

"How long will it take to do that Mr MacGregor?" Ron asked.

"About eight hours Sir."

"You'll get four Mac. Captain out."

"Lt Ohara, as soon as we are out of the void, I want you to transmit the following message." Ron went to her station and typed it into her pannel. "I'll take over after that."

"Aye Captain!" she replied after reading what he had typed in. "It will be a pleasure."

Sitting back down in his chair, he turned to Tosh. "Will I remember all of this, everything we discussed or did it all just happen in happen in my mind and none of it's real?"

She looked at him, smiled and said, "Of course this all happened in your mind, but that doesn't mean it wasn't real. You will remember it. You have to."

Looking foward at the cloudy main view screen, he focused on the tiny black spot that promised his return back to the real world, back to Kim and everyone who loved him and everthing he had to do.

"Warp six Mr Solo. Punch it!"

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Dr Anne Possible waited till she was sure she had her voice under contol. She didn't want to worsen their feelings by breaking down in front of them. They were counting on her to pull a mircle out of her hat. Even though the was no mircle there to be pulled, she couldn't let them know that. She was a doctor.

Just as she was going to tell the sad group to return to the other room, a monitor started to beep. She glanced at it and saw the signal was getting stronger. Frowning, she looked at the other monitors that been quiet since they had been hooked up to Ron. They had started to register responses.

"What the fuck?" she said quietly to herself, but it was still loud enough to be heard by all. She couldn't believe what the monitors were telling her.


"Anne?" asked her husband.

She tore her eyes from the screens and said, "He's coming out of it. He's waking up." She tried calling him.

"Ron? Ronald? Kim, you try."

"Ron? Come on Ron, wake up. Talk to us baby. Ron please! Wake up! For me? For Kimmie?" Kim said as she gently tried shaking him, tears flowing uncontrolably from her eyes.

Ron's head rolled from side to side a little. He started to breathe deeper. And then, he inhaled, opened his mouth and in a quiet voice said, " A booyah."

Opening his eyes, he looked around and saw his family, Sensei, Kim's family and Kim. Still feeling a little weak and groggy, he asked. "Hi guys. Did I miss the funeral? I hope so."

Kim broke. She hugged him and started crying into his shoulder. His mother didn't have room to hug him but she stilll cried.

Rubbing Kim's shoulders he said." It's okay Kim. I'm back. I'm back everyone. Well talk in a bit, but I need to take about a four hour nap, if that's okay Mrs Dr P."

Kim's mom nodded her head. "That will be fine Ron." She said while keeping herself under control. "We can keep a check on you from nurse's station. We will need to run some tests when you wake up though."

Ron nodded. "Oh and please keep it quiet that I'm okay. I'll explain later."

"Come on people. Let's give him a chance to get a normal nap." she said as she started to usher everyone out.

"Kim." Ron helded her. "Would you stay with me while I rest?"

Kim raised her head to show him she noded yes.

"Good. That way I know you'll be here when I wake up. I need that. I need you."

She put her head on his shoulder, her tears coming back under control and kissed his cheek. "I'm not going anywhere without you Ron. We're a team."

Mrs Doctor Possible smiled as she closed the door and turned out the light in the room.

"And I love you." Kim said as he drifted off to sleep.