And we made it to the final chapter of Dead Man Switch and you will find out in this chapter why the tale is named that….okay I'll explain at the end.

Again, this story is derived off Tito-Mosquito's 'For the Pride of Lowardia' and that one really needs to be read first.

Also, I want to thank CajunBear73 for all his work over the years.

I want to thank everyone who has read, faved, followed, alerted and or reviewed this little ditty. Now speaking about reviewers this is where I get to answer some questions or comments. So, here we go: CB73, yay the homestretch; Invader Johnny, everyone has to try their hand out; Jimmy1201, ahhhh the classics, the good ole PDVI….destruction and mayhem in a coffee can.

Tito-Mosquito, yeah Ron couldn't save the girls…..oh well it won't mean much in a short while; Daccu65, Jim Possible has see his own world view wrecked, but his brother went nearly insane and is ready. Oh and the fun is about to begin.

Again, I want to thank everyone who has reviewed and I hope you all like the finish, 'cause here we go,

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Dead Man Switch

Chapter 10

Lowardia:

The blond man stared at the corpse laying at his feet, and in Lowardian to his companions, (I hate braggarts…don't you? I think they all ought to be killed outright.)

Shouting as one of the other blue/green warriors made to grab the much smaller being, (You killed our friend! … I will have your spine!)

(Good, I like a challenge, so I will leave your insides piled on the ground for your comrades to gaze upon.), the stranger laughed lightly as he twirled the glowing sword in his left hand, then removed the appendage reaching for him, (I have waited for this day for a long time.)

The young Lowardian warrior looked in shock as his twitching right hand laid in front of him as the human laughed, (I have to admit that wasn't my best work, let me fix that…)

(Sniff)

X

The blond human looked down at the three dismembered and mutilated bodies, "Well it's a start. I suppose as dense as they are I'll need to reinforce this…maybe somewhere else to get their attention."

And with that Ron Stoppable wiped his blade on the first victim's clothing and walked back to the still cloaked craft he had flown in down to the planet surface.

Minutes later the former sidekick had locked the hatch and fastened himself in.

X

Three Lowardian days later:

'This ought to get their attention.', Ron thought to himself as he strapped into his craft again after having given an object lesson to more members of the 'Master Race'.

The former sidekick, turned avenging angel, mentally tabulated his scorecard so far. 'Sixty-eight monsters so far, to never again to gut an alien civilization…I wonder how far this can go?'

Of course, he had to let the power cells recharge once every twenty-nine hours to be sure the craft was ready. But Ron Stoppable was getting tired, and even though he wasn't monitoring Lowardian frequencies he knew that eventually they would capture him…and that is what he was counting on.

The last two 'episodes' had given our former hero very good information about where to find certain individuals, so as Ron Stoppable plotted his next steps, he mumbled to himself, "This is a good day to die, sidekick."

XXX

Aboard the former Lowardian spaceship in the asteroid belt between Earth and Mars, orbiting a large armored asteroid:

Tim Possible stared at his scanners, "I think that power station is the best place to plant one of the devices."

Drakken asked, "Are we sure that there are no innocents here?"

"Dementor have you seen any evidence of humans being present?", the Possible male inquired.

"N…no, the only lifevorms are Lovardian. I vould zay destroy dem."

"Very well. Drakken set a thirty-megaton device, four kilometers outside the perimeter of the power station, it will be far enough away to escape their notice."

The former villain snorted, "A little overkill don't you think Possible?"

Tim retorted, "Do you want them to rebuild that thing and come after the Earth when they get up and running again?"

"Meh, no."

"Neither do I! Do it. Mark them for death."

"Alright, arming the device. Systems nominal, launch in ten.", Drakken intoned, this being the fourth such 'device' the former Lowardian battlecruiser had launched in the last five days with the purpose of taking out the aliens' outposts. "There it's done. Why are you making sure they don't have a chance?"

Tim sighed, "Have you ever read 'The Declaration of Arbroath'?"

"I don't recall…"

"It's an interesting document written in Thirteen Twenty, and some say the 'Declaration of Independence' was based on it. Basically, what it says is no honest man gives up his freedom if he is any kind of man at all and will fight to his last breath to keep it. We are fighting beings that want to enslave us.", Tim Possible explained, "Things you learn in college, the professor in the class where I learned that disappeared and was later found with his insides outside his body. We are taking out our oppressors."

"I see…"

"We weren't sure who was responsible, but it was about the time that a lot of the overt atrocities were taking place and we know who was behind that."

"Very well Possible, I agree, you have made your point.", Drakken said in reply.

"I think we're still going to have a fight on our hands, but I want to thin the ranks of our enemies before the real bad stuff begins."

XXX

Lowardia:

In the semidarkness of dusk, the still cloaked shuttle landed again, this time near a group of buildings that even overshadowed the opulent buildings around them. The former hero smiled to himself as he exited the craft and sealed the hatch. 'It's time I ended this…KP, I'm coming.'

Ron walked about fifty yards and then pushed a button on his belt, arming the one device left on the craft. He pushed another button and turned a very unusual looking key and removed it. There was a soft roaring that became softer until the noise disappeared completely. The first button that our hero pushed sent out a radio signal. When the former sidekick had first approached the alien world he noticed one 'heavy' craft in orbit. The shuttle was programmed to stay cloaked and shadow this capitol ship and to self-destruct in close proximity when a signal was sent to it.

'Well that was the point of no return…there is no way home now except for Lowardian ships and I doubt they'd give me a lift.', Ron thought as he sighed. He was really tired of the life he had been living for years, 'I guess I might want to cause as much mayhem as I can, so I hope Zorpox will be happy with how this turns out.'

With that he turned and began his trek to buildings which seemed more extravagant than the others near them.

'Well even if they aren't the bastards I'm looking for I think they'll be important enough to get everyone else's attention.'

Still unseen, Ron stayed behind massive columns as he watched three heavily armed and armored guards standing in front of what seemed to be a palace. 'I guess I could whack this wasp's nest and see what happens.', he thought as he got closer, unsure if they had any sensors on them which could detect his presence.

(Have you heard of the devil who has been attacking some of the cities, Martangor?), one of the guards asked another.

(They are just rumors. No citizen of the Empire would attempt something like that outside the arena.)

(But my brother saw the corpses, they were hacked to pieces…over a hundred now.)

(I am telling you it is just a rumor…)

(Rumor this asshole!), a disembodied voice announced, as with a hiss, a blue light cut through the first guard.

Without slowing, the 'arc' relieved the second guard of both of his legs. As his torso landed on the pavement the arc appeared again and the head rolled away before any noise came from the body.

The last guard had his energy staff out as the human slowly came into view, (Your turn to die my ugly friend.) The form seemed to shimmer and the sword flashed three times leaving the final guard to 'man' the post as the human turned and slowly walked towards the building.

(Sob)

XXX

Solar system:

Drew Lispsky stared at the flashing icon on his holographic display. "Possible, what does this mean?"

"What are you talking about Lipsky?", the former Tweeb inquired as he rose from his command chair.

"Right here.", the blue toned former villain pointed to a flashing red icon.

"Activate plan? Shit! He's armed it all! All the devices are now waiting for the command signal…they are armed and can't be shut off.", Tim Possible gasped in realization that the plan might actually work.

Tim continued, "But I wonder what happens if the units don't get a command signal?"

"Zey automatically detonate.", Demez informed them, "But I wunder howz only little PVDIs are going to destroy whole star zyztem."

Tim informed him, "My brother and I made some advancements to the original design and there are several extremely large devices of that design supposedly in place if the icon is true."

"How do you know this Possible? … Are you sure?"

"Did the old PVDI work?", Tim asked.

"Yes…"

"Then these will work. I suggest that we take out a couple of the outposts we have been targeting so we don't get caught flatfooted.", Tim told the two former villains as he walked back to his station, "I want a list of who to hit first."

Drakken pulled up a menu, "I'd go after that battlecruiser because he could bring a lot of firepower to bear on us and he should be really mobile. Once he gets wind of anything he'll be hard to destroy."

"Demez?", Tim Possible inquired.

"Ze battlecruiser, Ja. He is most dangerous."

"Yeah, I have to agree, so let's turn this baby around and try to get back before Ron blows the lid off this whole thing."

XXX

Lowardia:

The blond human faded back out of sight and began to jog to what seemed to be the main entrance, 'After what I have done, they won't have a choice in how to deal with me.' He thought as he ran into two more guards hurrying to the scene of his most recent altercation.

Both nine-foot-tall Lowardians swiftly fell to the human's glowing sword.

XXX

Mars Epsilon Base:

Professor Anders Henning looked over the icon on his screen. He had been both hoping for and against it appearing in front of him. 'Well they are going through with this, time to let everyone know to assemble their weapons and begin to get in position to take out our big friends. I want to kill them all and all the collaborators who made it easy to take Nellie from my family.', he mused as he began to compose a series of messages. The academic had been told that once he received the 'code' he was on his own to get his forces into position and to execute the plan on his own schedule. And one thing Anders knew was that if he waited too long, he and his team may be found out. He had made promises to avenge the niece that had been taken.

Four hours later, twenty space-suited figures mounted ten 'rovers' carrying what looked to be long poles. They didn't all go in the same direction and if anyone noticed they carried extra oxygen for more than a day. Over the preceding months this 'deployment' happened occasionally…no one in authority thought anything of it.

XXX

Lowardia:

The Earthling jogged along the wide walkway still invisible, not even slowing down as the blade suddenly appeared, leaving two more guards falling to the ground, unmoving.

XX

(Your Majesty, just minutes ago some of your guards were murdered.), a young Lowardian warrior rushed in, not bothering to bow.

Before he could utter another word, a glowing blue arc cut him in half as a form seemed to solidify behind the dead halves. "That little lizard sure was fast, is I can say that for him.", the now blond-haired human said in English. "But sometimes even cowards have to stop running. How ya doing your Majesty?"

The greatest warrior of the galaxy stood behind the Empress and her throne, his threats in English, "I will take your spine for this insult puny Earther and mount it on my wall while you watch in agony, begging for your death…"

Ron Stoppable yawned widely, "Better watch what you say Warhok or you might be eating your own genitals, courtesy of me of course. I'll bet you like them raw and fresh."

"You are a puny Earther, I took your famous Hero and removed her head while she cried and begged for mercy…"

"She won't be the only one to beg for mercy before this is over, you fat slob.", Ron taunted.

Warmonga smugly asked as she rose from her throne and walked to her favorite trophy to pat the head of the now dead heroine causing Ron Stoppable's eyes to harden, "What are you really doing here Earther?"

Ron crossed his arms as another Lowardian crept up behind and was quickly dispatched by the blond human, splattering blood and gore all over the royal chamber as Warhok rushed at the blond's back.

(Sob)

The blond human spun in a blur as a blue arc came up from the floor. For the first time in his life the greatest Lowardian warrior lost an appendage and knew agony. Ron smirked as the famous warrior's 'family jewels' splattered on the floor, "Looks like you won't be entertaining human girls, anymore…right capon?"

Warmonga (Empress Warmonga that is) roared as she stepped forward, "My battle mate! … You!"

"He can't cheat on you now or engage in the intermingling of the species, I did ya a service your divine-ship. So, you could give me an Earldom or something before I kill your stupid ass.", Ron snarked as he twirled his sword again and effortlessly removed Warhok's right hand.

Then to the infamous conqueror, "You didn't need that hand anymore since you lost your 'junk'…Anyway so no big…and speaking of 'no big'." Then waggling his eyebrows, "I mean as big as you guys are…I mean I thought…"

(Gasp…snort)

Warmonga reached down and pushed a button on the arm of her chair. Suddenly a golden ray burst from a small tube just over the throne and enveloped the human who was now unable to move. (Relieve him of his weapon, he will be sport for the headsman in three cycles.)

XXX

In the Earth system:

"Hey Possible, do you want me to run these Lowardian reports through the scanner?", Drakken asked as their cloaked spaceship silently crept up on the much larger spaceship.

"Not until we're done here, I want to be sure of where our first shots go.", Tim replied with an edge to his voice, "I want their communications and engines first."

"Vhy engines and their ability to talk?", Demez asked.

Sigh, "So they don't warn anyone else and when we take their engines we also take away power to their weapons' systems.", Tim explained, "My brother and I have been studying the schematics of their ships."

"I have them targeted.", Drew reported.

"Good, Demez take the lasers on full power and knock out the comm center, its location is on your monitor. Lipsky you have the missiles, they are nuclear tipped and will not go off until there is penetration of the hull. Fire when you are ready, Demez fire when blue boy fires his."

The hatches for three missile silos opened to the cold, cold space as both vessels were on low power in the far reaches of the Kuiper Belt.

"Viring.", the former Dementor announced calmly as he pushed two buttons simultaneously causing four beams one foot in diameter to lance out and into the Lowardian Battlecruiser, cutting through the hull as quickly as a hot knife through butter, utterly destroying everything in its path.

As soon as Lipsky saw his former villain touch the buttons he pushed three of those on his console. All three ignited and only traveling some ten miles they were able to almost gain hypersonic velocity by the time they impacted the doomed ship's hull.

Tim had already engaged the faster-than-light drives as soon as the missiles left their firing tubes, and he was all the way through the Kuiper Belt and away from the shockwave and radiation.

"I suppose we won't have to worry about them…"

Drakken finished the thought, "It was murder. But they didn't even know they were dead."

"It wasn't murder Drew, it was retribution. What they did to Shego and my Sister was murder. Now what are the coordinates for the next sortie? We have a mission to accomplish as long as we are able."

(Gasp)

XXX

Lowardia:

The blond sat chained to a wall in his dingy cell. Several times during his confinement he had tested his restraints to no avail.

The glowing blade was secured outside his cell and in his view, with were several fully armed guards standing watch both near the weapon and his person.

A hulking figure appeared at the human's cage and yelled out, "Guard! Why is this 'thing' being treated so well?"

The guard replied to the Head Justice of Lowardia, "He is to be treated as a resistance fighter Warhog…"

"No! He is to be treated as all human scum…A war criminal! He will be executed when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky tomorrow."

Ron knew they were speaking English in the belief that they could intimidate him, not knowing that he had learned their language. So, he decided to enlighten them, (Bite me you animal! I will soon kill all of you, maybe starting with your children!)

The Justice roared, (Open the gate now! I will eliminate this human scum with my bare hands!)

(Come! And meet your end.), Ron taunted in Lowardian as one of the guards quickly opened the cell door. Smugly he called out in English, "Lotus Blade."

The moment Ron finished calling it, the mystical blade suddenly appeared in his right hand. In a blur the shackles on his left shattered. Before the enraged Lowardian was all the way in the cell Ron had switched hands and removed the chains on his right. The blond rolled to his left and swung the blade low only a foot off the floor taking Warhog's legs below the knees. As the nine-foot alien fell to the floor our hero bounced to his feet and removed the head of the Head of Justice as he turned to attack the guards.

One guard held back and pushed a large button locking the whole detention block down (which had never been done before, even in Matergon Wars for which these cells had been designed yarns before), filling the block with a gas that depleted the oxygen.

Ron Stoppable was knocked out, but not before he made a serious impression to the Lowardians about upgrading their high security prisons.

X

'What's the matter with me, I can't think straight.', Ron thought to himself as he woke from what seemed like a fog.

A figure stood at the door to his cage, "Human you have killed many warriors. For this you have earned your death. We cannot let you walk to your doom free, so by proclamation of Empress Warmonga you are to be drugged and restrained until your execution. If you beg, I will kill you quickly…"

Snort "How's your 'things' working out for you alien?", Ron insulted the Empire's greatest warrior.

Warhok in return, hit Ron in the chest and then mouth, "I can make your last moments very painful."

The human snarked back, unable to wipe the blood off his lip, "You hit like a wuss, 'D' Hall bullies were tougher."

Warhok knew that he didn't want to kill Ron Stoppable yet, or at least until it was done publicly. However, that didn't stop him from having some fun beforehand.

XXX

Mars:

Using hand signals the space suited men went through the motions as if they were performing science experiments within visual range of the Lowardian barracks.

The men set up several tripods and mounted long tubes on them.

(What are those humans doing?), Warasper asked one of the warriors under him as he studied the space suited figures.

(Sir, they notified our command weeks ago that they were going to do some scientific experiments near our base and asked permission.)

(Were they told that we would inspect their operation?)

(Of course.)

(Take two and make sure they know that we are in charge.)

X

Several very large figures in their space suits stood in front of the much smaller humans. "Let me see your orders.", one of the Lowardians demanded.

"Here they are sir, sealed as required by Empire Rules.", Professor Henning handed them over.

The large alien was able to read through his face plate and the cover and passed it to one of his colleagues (who nodded approval) then handed them back to the professor. "Very well, but we will maintain watch over your activities."

Henning replied, "Do you wish to stay out here with us?"

"No, no proceed with your experiments."

"Very well.", Henning saluted, "For the pride of Lowardia."

The aliens quickly came to attention knowing that if they didn't it would be considered treason.

X

Hours later:

The humans continued to take measurements until all the space suited figures had positioned themselves around the tubes. Turning almost as one they pointed them in the direction of where the Lowaradian barracks were.

Suddenly each spouted flashes of light.

Three seconds later the sealed barracks weren't sealed anymore and the humans could see the atmosphere escaping. Two warriors were able to don protection but the tubes singled them out and flashed again. Quickly five of the figures took their rail guns from their tripods and went in search of any survivors…they found none.

And all the bodies they could find intact, had jagged holes in them.

(Sob)

XXX

Lowardia:

The human's eyes flashed as they used some sort of ray to move the Lotus Blade and keep it separate from him. Three times in the previous days he had called the Blade, it came to him, and in doing so the mystical blade revealed that it was connected to its master. With it the Monkey Master caused death and destruction. Warhok survived, but in addition to his now inability to produce offspring, he also lost another hand (which they had to replace) an eye and nearly his head. That was the last time the warrior was allowed in the cell alone.

As a result, the security squad was not taking any chances with the Earthling who was doing a terrific job of emulating a Berserker like some Viking warrior of a previous era.

They moved his cage onto a cart pulled by two huge animals the human had never seen before. And slowly all began to move to the arena where the public waited in rapt attention to see this demon who had murdered so many of them. Wondering all the while of what kind of monster had invaded their planet.

As the group entered the coliseum the crowd roared, keeping the cage sealed until it got to the platform in front of the dais. The scene was being transmitted by the Lowardian version of TV cameras so that all the action could be sent to all the corners of the Empire.

The roar of the crowd continued to grow until finally Warmonga rose from her throne. (Bring the murderer from his cell and kneel him before me.), the vindictive female ordered.

'Well I don't think they're going to let me go, besides in about twenty hours this place will be gone.', Ron Stoppable mused as the door was unlocked and the rough hands of the guards grabbed him and his shackles, and pulled him out of the cell to kneel.

"Human! You have killed Lowardians and for this crime there is but one punishment…Death! I will give you one last chance to say something so that everyone knows what a coward you are.", the Empress told him.

Ron raised his head, "Bite me bitch! Lotus Blade go home."

SCREEEEEEECH. POP! And before the astonished eyes of the whole Lowardian assembly, the glowing sword vanished in a flash.

Warhok jumped to his feet, having seen firsthand what it could do, after having lost several parts of his body to it, "Where did the weapon go?"

Kim Possible's sidekick began to laugh as Warmonga yelled, (Strip this cur and turn him over to the headsman.)

It seemed a multitude of strong hands tore the clothing from Ron's body leaving him totally naked.

Laughing to himself, Warhok sat back down to enjoy the festivities.

The blond human male grinned as they pushed him the twenty feet to the block where it was obvious his neck was to go.

(Sob…Ronnie)

Without being forced, Ron Stoppable, former sidekick, sat down on the platform placed before the stone block and yelled, (The Great Blue comes for you Warmonga!…And all of you!) After saying that he laid back staring up at the sky with a smile on his face as the Lowardian Headsman (who was even larger than the rest of the warriors) stood over him while ten warriors held onto the chains that secured his arms for fear that he would break loose again.

XXX

Mars:

The space suited men set up their equipment outside the enemy's detached base. This time they didn't wait for a Lowardian to approach them, they just fired their rail guns until all power and atmosphere was gone. Also, in the wreckage there were a few humans. Dying in space is a very bad way to go as their contorted remains testified to.

XXX

Near Pluto:

The blue former villain frowned as he scanned the wreckage of the small outpost that was inhabited by the enemy, "Someone must have gotten the word out Possible. If we hadn't been cloaked we could have lost our engines and weapons."

"Well we've made a difference, by now most of the bad guys are dead or gone back home.", Tim Possible informed the former villain.

"You know we can't possibly get them all Possible…"

"We never said that we could Lipsky, but now we have a fighting chance."

XXX

Lowardia:

Ron Stoppable stared at the massive figure looming over him with the huge axe. 'I will not flinch…KP, I'm coming.', Ron promised the shade of his girlfriend.

Crowd rose to its feet and continued to roar as the monstrous weapon began its downward arc.

The finely honed heavy weapon slammed down as it cut through Ron's throat and severed his spinal column from the only cut that it had to make; nicking the stone block in the process.

The mob exploded with glee as the head rolled free of the naked body and landed on the platform.

(Ronnnnie…)

There was now a race for the severed head of the former sidekick.

Unknown to them at this point, as Warhok rolled over to where Warmonga was standing in all her glory, a radio signal transmitted from the torso of the now quite dead Ron Stoppable, while other equipment in his body began to arm as his heart stopped and his blood pressure went to zero.

(Your Majesty here is the head of the traitor to do with as you wish.), a young and brash warrior named Tajmigor offered Warmonga as he held the head above his by the overly large ears.

She slowly walked down the wide steps and took the trophy from the young warrior, then held it above her head as she roared, (Make no mistake! All enemies of the Empire will come to this end if they do not end their foolish attempts to disrupt the Lowardian way of life…)

Suddenly there was a buzzing sound coming from the still warm, but unmoving body as a hologram appeared. (Hello bitch! … I mean Warhok. How does it feel to be dead? You mean you don't know? Well this is from the Great Blue…) Ron's face began to laugh as his torso began to disappear as if it was inside an enlarging tornado. (I have booby-trapped your solar system with devices that create black holes, I hope you like the party. Welcome to hell! ... And the end of your civilization!)

XX

At the spaceports the disguised PVDIs activated and began to 'eat' time and space as the space shuttles began to be sucked into ever growing holes of reality, as another form of gravity began to act on nearby objects.

In orbit the shuttle that Stoppable traveled in exploded as a thirty-megaton nuclear device detonated, taking the battlecruiser and several smaller craft with it.

Around Lowardia's sun, the barge that had been left in orbit began to fade into view, although it seemed like there was an enlarging storm around it. Hydrogen (if one was paying attention and had the correct instruments) could be seen being sucked into this 'storm'.

XX

Warhok stood and painfully walked to Warmonga (who was still holding Ron Stoppable's head) as gravitation began to pull on their bodies. Already the cyclone was growing in size as it was now over thirty feet in diameter and was sucking the guards into its emerging blackness.

XXX

Earth:

"Momma?"

Snort

"Momma, you are crying.", a small hand shook her shoulder, "I'm afraid, you were crying."

"Oh Jenny, I'm sorry. I had a bad dream."

"Can I sleep with you and Daddy?"

"Sure honey, just don't wake him. He had a long day and he's very tired.", Kim extended her arms to lift Jennifer Anne Stoppable into the bed she shared with her husband Ron. After she kissed her daughter Kim Possible-Stoppable asked, "Would you give a note to Missus Lipsky and school tomorrow?"

"The green lady?", Jennifer asked to confirm the request lowly.

Kim whispered back, "Yes honey, and I think we are going to have a cookout and Aunt Monique and Aunt Tara and their families are coming over would you like that?"

"Yeah Mom, maybe I can get Uncle Josh to give me some pointers on my painting."

"I'm sure he would honey, now go to sleep."

XXXXX

There you have it, a dream sequence.

Okay a 'Dead Man Switch' is a device that allows or disallows actions to be done. In short, it's a failsafe. When a device switches states it forces something to happen. Ron was a 'Dead Man Switch'. When his heartbeat stopped that caused two things to occur; first a signal would go out from his body (the antenna) and cause the other devices to activate, second it caused the PDVI that had been surgically installed in his body to go off creating a black hole at Warmonga's feet essentially killing her and her court by sucking them into the black hole. Ron meant to be killed to make the devices work like they were supposed to.

Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Tara, Monique, Brick, Bonnie, the Doctors P, the tweebs and all the other 'canon' characters in the show 'Kim Possible' belong to Bob, Mark and the Disney Corporation and not myself nor CajunBear73. We just enjoy this little hobby just enough to make sure everyone takes their meds.

The Next story up in the que is 'So Not the End…..Maybe', it will be 14 chapters long and is an AU about what it is like for certain members of the 'Kim Possible' cast.

We'll see ya down the road. Come on CB let's make a break for it before they figure out what we did,

ST-103