Forget me not!

AN: Kim and Ron go on a mission, only one of them ends up with amnesia! What will the other do? What CAN the other do?

Chapter 20: Fate

(Cyrus's Lab)

Within the lab, Ron was still unconscious from Kim's earlier blow when Cyrus finally connects to his brother on the phone.

Cyrus was more than a bit nervous as every glance at Kim told him just how close Kim was to ripping the cell phone out of his hand and shouting, "Give me back my Ron!" Personally he didn't know how she was holding herself back but he was glad that she was.

Cyrus says, "Hey Aborlis, how are you doing?"

Aborlis grumbles on his side and says, "Hey little bro, what's up? I'm quite busy over here."

Cyrus says, "I won't be long. I've been working on a project and could really use your assistance."

Aborlis sighs audibly over the phone and says, "It isn't another lame thing like the moodulator is it?"

Cyrus shakes his head even though his brother couldn't see it and says, "No! I learned my lesson there. Besides, you still owe me for my help with the mind control chip research!"

A creaking of metal catches Cyrus's attention as he sees that Kim had started to bend the corner of a metal desk he had in the room. He almost gulps at the sight but stops as Aborlis's voice comes over the phone to say, "Very well. Send me all the data that you have and I'll take a look at it."

Cyrus quickly turns away from Kim, not wanting to see a furious Kim anymore and says quickly, "No, no! That simply won't do! I know you too well my brother. You'll simply ignore the data I send you and get around to in a month. I don't want to wait that long. I too have other things that I must get back to doing as well." He adds quickly in his thoughts, "Like keeping a certain redhead from killing me."

There is silence on the other end for a few moments and in that time Cyrus could feel some cold sweat going down the back of his neck until finally Aborlis says, "Ok, if your project means that much to you. You can come to my lab. Do you know where it is?"

Cyrus thinks "No, or I would have told Miss Possible and sent her on her merry way!" He says, "No, I don't. The last time I tried to send you a birthday card it got sent back to me as undeliverable!"

Aborlis's sigh can be heard again before a low mutter of "I knew I was forgetting something when I moved…"

Aborlis says to Cyrus, "Ok, here's the new address. (new address told here) Will you be coming out soon?"

Cyrus doesn't even look back at Kim or anyone else in the room to know how he should answer before he says, "Oh yes, I'll be coming out very soon. The sooner I can finish this, the better."

Aborlis says, "Ok, I'll be watching for you Cy', now I really must go. Bye!" With that the connection ends and he turns to the others, "Well, I've got the address. I suppose you don't need me anymore. So good luck in restoring your friend." He holds out the address he'd written down on a sheet of paper.

Kim says, "You're coming with us." She says it so matter of factly that no one in the room questioned why.

Cyrus says, "Oh very well…" He had hoped to be able to blame it on a voice-duplicating program but could see that option wasn't going to be available any more.

Cyrus leads the way out of the room to the airport outside where he had a jet that he'd already seen to having all prepped and ready to go while they'd been waiting for Ron to show up.

A few minutes later they were all in the air with the ninjas watching over Ron carefully.

Bonnie whispers to Tara, "I wonder how much Kim can take?" with Tara whispering back, "I don't know. I would have broken down into tears by now. She's stronger than she looks." Bonnie whispers again, "I don't know… I always thought Ron was her strength. Maybe the good news is all the hope she has to keep her going at this point?"

John leans in and whispers, "Girls, I think she's starting to get suspicious of your whispering…"

Both Bonnie and Tara stop and look over at Kim, seeing her look at them out of the corner of her eye. After that the rest of the short flight was in total silence.

The plane comes to a nice, slightly bumpy landing has a side effect of starting to stir Ron.

No one says a word but Cyrus is the first to disembark in case his brother Aborlis was there waiting for him. He wasn't there to greet him, in fact only a single henchman was there to greet him but as soon as he saw Kim Possible he ran to sound the alarm but was quickly knocked out by her.

Fortunately the henchman had told Cyrus where they were going before seeing Kim. However without a clear map of the place they didn't know exactly where the room was.

Kim activates her Kimmunicator and says, "Hey Wade, we are in the lair of Aborlis Wright, the inventor of the ray that zapped Ron and we need a map. Can you see if you can scan the place? We need to find lab #2."

Wade looks at Kim and can see a multitude of emotions washing through her. On one hand she was excited and happy that she was nearing the end of her mission while on another hand she was scared and nervous that Aborlis wouldn't have any way to reverse the damage to Ron. He moves his fingers over the keyboard, sending quick commands to a satellite that scans the lair and within a few moments he has his answer.

Wade says, "Just go down the corridor in front of you, take a right, then a left. It should be the room at the end of it."

John says, "Are all villain lairs that simple to navigate?"

Kim shakes her head before she says, "Not all of them but usually they don't want to make it too complicated in case I visit them because Ron and I have a habit of blowing up their labs and complicated lairs just mean more trouble when you're trying to flee from something blowing up."

John says, "Ah, that makes sense."

Kim says, "Lets go. Since we were expected I don't think he'll have turned on the security system but everyone be careful. We will probably run into more henchmen and it only takes one to sound the alarm."

Everyone walks quietly through the lair and manage to avoid most of the henchmen. Yori quickly silences the few henchmen that they do encounter with her stealthy ninja skills.

Eventually they all make it to the last leg of their trip. Kim was in full mission mode and unknown to everyone at the time, Ron had become fully awake during the last henchmen they had knocked out but he was playing possum and biding his time until he knew what was going on and where they were.

Cyrus taps in a code on the door, knowing that his brother liked to use his locker code at the country club they sometimes went to play a round of golf at every so often for his labs.

The door opens with a quiet 'swoosh' that was commonplace in most lairs and the Aborlis had his back to them as Cyrus enters with Kim and the others.

Hearing footsteps Aborlis says, "One moment Cyrus, I'll be right with you." He finishes soldering a connection and turns as he lifts his eyeshield before he gasps loudly and says, "Kim Possible! CYRUS! What is the meaning of this!"

Cyrus says, "Sorry Abs, but one of your inventions did something to her partner and she most insistent that he be restored."

Aborlis growls, "What are you talking about? I wasn't finished with any…?" His voice trails off as he sees Kim and from the talks he'd had with the other villains, she was a cool and powerful fighter but what he saw at that moment was anything but cool. In fact, as she approached him she looked like she was ready to tear his head off and shove it someplace where the sun didn't shine!

Kim stops before Aborlis as he leans against the desk behind him and says, "Ron was hit by your memory eraser that the government took from you. I want you to restore him… NOW" The force of her last word hit Aborlis with such force he felt as if he'd practically been struck by a strong punch.

Bonnie crosses her arms as she says sharply, "I wouldn't waste any time if I were you. She's madder than I've ever seen her and trust me, that's saying a lot."

Aborlis looks at Bonnie, narrowing his eyes at her before looking back at Kim and thinks, "I think if I want to stay healthy, I better go along with this…"

Aborlis says, "Fine! Bring him over here so I can scan him. I need to know the extent of the ray's effects before I can reverse it."

Yori signals and the two ninjas carry Ron over to Aborlis.

Aborlis picks up a device and scans Ron. As he does so he presses a few other buttons when he realizes that Ron was playing possum and does a complete save within the device. He does his best to keep from grinning evilly as he turns and says, "Very well, I've got what I need."

Aborlis walks over to the table he'd been working at and says, "I'm inputting the settings now…"

Kim happily says, "Finally my Ron will be restored!" It was when Aborlis was halfway through when Ron finally stops playing possum and sends his two fists upward so fast into the faces of the ninjas holding him that everyone but Aborlis was surprised.

Ron leaps forward into the air immediately afterwards and says with a evil grin at Kim, "Hey there my arch-nemesis! Did you miss me? Don't you know you can't stop Unstoppable?"

Aborlis thinks, "So this is Unstoppable… He's even better than I'd heard." He continues to type into the raygun and thinks, "note to self, bigger buttons next time."

Kim and Yori both take up fighting stances while John pulls Tara and Bonnie of to one side with Dr. Wright joining them. Cyrus walks over towards his brother and says, "How soon will you be done Abs?"

Aborlis says, "I'll be done a lot sooner if you and the cheerleader over there can keep him busy and don't distract me. It isn't easy to type on this tiny keyboard."

Cyrus says, "You were planning on getting your henchwoman to do all the typing for you again weren't you?"

Aborlis grins evilly and says, "Hey, if you're going to employ evil secretaries then you might as well use them."

Cyrus rolls his eyes and says, "Oh brother…" Aborlis glares at him and says, "Speaking of which… how could you betray your own brother like this?"

Cyrus says, "Says the brother who'd forgotten to send me a card or a gift on my birthday!"

Aborlis growls and shouts, "I was BUSY! That was when the blasted government took my memory eraser technology!"

Cyrus says, "And I suppose they conveniently erased your memory long enough for you to forget my birthday?"

Aborlis grips the raygun tightly and says, "I already apologized for that! I made up for it by sending you two gifts on your next birthday didn't I?"

Tara says, "Um guys, I hate to interrupt but shouldn't you be finishing that instead of arguing?" She gives them the shy, lost puppy dog look and the two Bortels grumble before Cyrus turns away to let Aborlis finish his work.

Bonnie leans over to Tara with a grin and whispers, "I see you've learned a trick or two from me."

Tara whispers back, "I did it for Kim and Ron… besides, um… we're best friends, how could I not learn from you?"

Bonnie's grin changes into a soft smile and she hugs Tara before she says, "Thanks Tara."

John says to Bonnie, "Now that's the true you…"

Bonnie softly blushes through a glare that she sends at John but remains silent before she turns her eyes to look at the fighting trio.

Ron had so far been able to hold his own against Yori and Kim since he'd been trained by Shego who was a near match for Kim on a normal day and he somehow still knew the monkey kung fu moves as well. This allowed him to switch back and forth to counter the two different styles of Yori and Kim.

Kim and Yori were slowly working Ron into a corner, as the two ninjas he had knocked out still remained unconscious on the floor.

Taking advantage of a momentarily pause in the fight while the three of them tried to catch their breath, Ron says, "Hey Kimmie, are you and Miss Ninja over there a item? She fights well enough that she seems to know you pretty well."

Kim blushes and says, "No! We're just friends."

Yori nods and says, "That is true."

Ron grins as they hold back on the fighting, his plan working to give him the time he needed to pull off the plan in his mind. He says, "Sure, that's what they all say… Well you two can have each other. I'm too much man for either of you. Only my girlfriend Shego can satisfy my dark hungers."

It quickly became the wrong words to say as anger flashed on both faces and they both joined in for a powerful punch at his face. However he'd been prepared for that and leaps up into the air, landing on their arms as their fists smash into the wall behind him creating little craters with cracks in the wall coming from them.

Ron leaps forward over their heads and runs towards Aborlis as he says, "I don't know what you're doing over there but if I smash that raygun then their whole plan will be ruined!"

Aborlis turns and shouts, "No! Stay away from me!" Even as Kim and Yori move to stop Ron but both knew it'd be too late…

Suddenly Ron is struck in the face, which sends him flying to the floor, and everyone is stunned to see John standing there.

John says, "So I took a little Karate…"

Everyone snaps out of it and Aborlis says, "Goodbye Unstoppable!" and he fires the raygun which a strange beam that seems to flow to and from over Ron.

(Within Ron)

Evil Ron screams, "NOOOOOOO!!!!" as the unconscious Ron bathed in mystical powers wakes up as if he'd been jolted awake from a horrible nightmare!

Inner Ron's eyes take on the appearance of a TV with hundreds upon thousands of images and sounds moving quickly, appearing to overlap each other to any outside observer but in reality his memories were flooding back to him at such an incredible rate!

As the memories come flooding back, the Evil Ron known as Unstoppable fades and starts to become static-like as if he was being drawn away and erased.

Near the end, Ron's eyes become their normal brown eyes and he looks at Evil Ron. He stands up and clenches his fists tightly before he says, "You… you… YOU HURT MY KP!" His eyes fill with tears as Evil Ron grins darkly and says weakly, "Good… she was a bi…" He never finishes his sentence as Ron punches him so hard that he gets sent flying backwards and thanks to Ron having power over his mind once again he creates a stone wall for him to crash hard into.

Evil Ron coughs and says, "From here on… you'll have to live… both of you… with what I've done… I have no regrets since you… will never forget me… you or that woman who I hate so much…" He struggles from the wall; falling to his knees as he grins and says, "Don't think this is the last of me…" With that he disappears from sight.

Ron growls, "Good riddance… I hope I never see you again." He scans his mind quickly and can feel every corner, light and dark back under his command. No signs or memories other than what he'd experienced when he was amnesiac. Only when he was completely certain that the Evil Ron was not lurking anywhere in his mind to strike back at him some later point did he allow his consciousness to surface.

(Outside Ron)

Aborlis steps back out of the way as Kim and Yori rush over to where Ron lays on the floor. He says, "It is done. The other personality should be gone for good now."

Kim breathes heavily in anticipation more than from the battle she'd just had and wonders, "Did he erase the evil one? Or my Ron?"

Kim holds her breath as his eyes begin to flutter and the silence in the room was almost deafening as everyone waited to see who would wake up.

Ron softly moans and opens his eyes to see Kim and Yori with Tara, Bonnie, Cyrus Bortel, and a bunch of others standing behind them. None of that mattered as he could see the tears forming in Kim's eyes.

Ron says a little more hoarsely than he intended to as if he had not used his own voice in quite some time, "KP… I am sorry I couldn't…" His words were cut off by one of the most passionate kisses that he could ever remember receiving from her. He slides his hand up to her cheek after feeling two teardrops land on him.

Ron eventually pushes Kim back gently as his lungs begin to beg for precious air. He looks up dazed at Kim as more tears flow down her face to land on his face. He could tell by the look in her eyes that they weren't sad tears but tears of joy.

Kim sniffles and says, "R-Ron… I thought… I had lost you forever…"

Ron smiles his goofy, yet reassuring smile at Kim which told everyone who knew him that it was the real Ron and not the Evil Ron with whom they'd all been fighting against. He says, "Hey KP, you know you can't get rid of me that easily. I'll always be there for you, no matter what."

Tara leans against Bonnie's shoulder and says, "Isn't that just the most sweetest thing you've ever heard Bonnie?" She wipes at flow of tears that had begun to flow down her cheeks when Kim kissed Ron.

Even Bonnie's eyes were watery as says, "You're right Tara…" She is about to wipe at her eyes when John offers her a tissue. She smiles at John and takes the tissue, wiping at her eyes.

John smiles at the way Kim hugs Ron and sees that the love they share is both unbreakable and undeniable. He thinks, "I'm glad that they are together again. They deserve each other."

Bonnie moves away from Tara and leans into John where he simply wraps a slow, gentle arm around her shoulder.

Yori couldn't help but be tearful at that moment. She was glad that she'd had a part in restoring Ron's memories as she'd hated the thought of the Ron she'd gotten to know being replaced by… by that monster.

Yori begins to move when Ron says, "Hi Yori, thank you for rescuing me and bringing me here."

Yori smiles and bows, "It was my honor Stoppable-san"

Ron says, "Call me Ron-san"

Yori giggles as she says, "Ok, Ron-san it is…" She thinks, "It is so good to have him back."

Kim says, "Thank you for your help Yori, I don't know what I would have done without your help in rescuing him from those other ninjas."

Yori bows to Kim and says, "No need to thank me, I was all too happy to help."

Kim leans towards Ron, tapping his head with the side of hers, letting some of her red hair spill over his face as she says, "I owe you big Yori… Ron means the world to me."

Yori brings her hands together in front of her and says, "Again, you owe me nothing. It was my honor to help him. You two helped defeat Yono, for that the school and I owed you much."

Kim shakes her head and says, "No… I owe you and the school. Just ask and if I can do it, I will do it. This is much more than what we did for the school against him."

Ron smiles a little and says, "I have to agree with Kim. I owe you big too. You helped bring me back to KP."

Aborlis clears his throat and says, "Actually it was my technology that brought you back. I think I should get some thanks too."

Kim's eyes flashed angrily at him and she says, "You! It was your technology that almost made me…" She stops as she feels Ron's gentle hand touch her cheek.

Ron softly says, "Let it go KP, I'm back and that's all that matters." He smiles at her and says, "Now, I don't know about you but I haven't had any nacos in quite a while. So how about we go to Bueno Nacho?"

Kim smiles big at Ron and says, "Sounds super naco-licious to me."

Cyrus says, "Thanks for restoring him back to normal."

Aborlis hmmphs and says, "If I hadn't, I think she would have ripped my head off."

Kim thinks, "You have no idea…" She squeezes Ron to her in a tight hug, not wanting to let go of him just yet in case it was a dream. She says, "Come on Ron, let's go home."

The two ninjas wake up with Yori putting smelling salts under their noses and with that everyone leaves.

Epilogue:

Aborlis stands in the room glaring at some ninjas in front of him and he says, "All you had to do was bring me Unstoppable! What happened!"

The lead ninja says, "We underestimated the ninja skills of the others. It won't happen again."

Aborlis says, "It doesn't matter. Those zeros brought him to me anyway." He pulls out a small remote and says, "However, I can't have any lose ends so…" He then presses the button before any of them can move and floors open up under all but the leading ninja sending them all into the lava that ran under his lair.

The lead ninja frowns under his mask and says, "That was unnecessary. They wouldn't have talked."

Aborlis pulls out a raygun and says, "That's not why I did it… it was so they couldn't help you." He pulls the trigger and blasts the ninja full on, causing him to scream for a few moments before he fell to the ground.

Aborlis steps forward and with his other hand he removes the mask to reveal the blond hair of the leader underneath and looks into the blank eyes of the man. He grins as he evilly says, "Perfect…"

THE END?

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AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this story. There is room for a sequel as you have all guessed. The question is should I make one or see if one of you readers want to write it instead? At least you all know who sent the ninjas to capture Evil Ron in the first place came from. What did you think of the Bortels? Did they seem like brothers to you? What did you think of the way Bonnie and Tara were during this chapter? What did you think of John/Jean in this chapter? What did you think of Yori and Kim's fight with Ron? Was the scene with Kim and Ron at the end too mushy? What do you think of Aborlis? He's a classic evil villain wouldn't you say? Never knowing when to quit while he's ahead. Any guesses as to what Aborlis has in mind for the ninja he just erased? Anyway, I hope that you'll all send me lots of reviews as for now… this was the LAST chapter to this story unless a sequel happens.

As usual, all thoughts on the story, ideas that you may have, suggestions, impressions on any of the characters, thoughts about the anime movie "Paprika", and more are always welcome.