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| "Long live the King." The words echoed through Drakken's head as he lay there, half dead under the scorching desert sun. He remembered the horrible tragedy that happened that day. He had watched Kim Possible fall to her doom in the chasm. He remembered hearing these words before Kim fell, though he wasn't exactly sure who said these words. Then he remembered seeing her fall, and then a sharp, excruciating, electric pain running through his body, just as Kim fell. He was hanging on a rock, jutting out from the wall of the canyon, while Shego and Mr. Possible were trying to reach him. They had almost reached him and were about to pull him up when he heard the words spoken, and when Kim fell, he felt the electric shock run through his body, and he almost fell, but Shego caught him befor he fell. But Kim wasn't so fortunate.
Mr. Possible and Shego helped him down to the bottom of the canyon, where Shego and Drakken went to look for Kim, if she was barely alive, and Mr. Possible went to look for help. Drakken finally found Kim, but it didn't seem like she was alive at all. "Kim? . . . Kim, come on. You gotta get up. We gotta go home. HEEEEELP! Somebody! Anybody . . . help. " Tears ran down his pale-blue, dust-covered face. Just then, Senor Senior Sr. walked up to where Drakken was standing. "Drakken . . .What have you done?" Drakken replied,"There were wildebeests and she tried to save me . . . it was an accident, I. . . I didn't mean for it to happen." "Of course, of course you didn't. No one . . . ever means for these things to happen. . . . But Kim IS dead. And if it weren't for you, she'd still be alive. Oh! What will her father think?" Drakken replied, sadly, "What am I gonna do?" "Run away, Drakken. Run... Run away and never return." Drakken ran off blindly, obviously broken. Then, the Knights of Rodeghan and Monkey Fist appeared behind Senor Senior Sr. "Excuse me, but we checked the status on Ms. Possible." the first knight said. "She's still alive." Senor Senior Sr. replied, "Well, there's just one thing to do-" "May I interject?", Monkey Fist said. "If Drakken finds out that Kim is still alive, he'd kill us!" "That's why I called you", said Senor Senior Sr. "Kill him." The criminals took off after him, leaving Senor Senior Sr. standing motionless. Drakken turned around to see them, and was chased up the entire length of the gully. He reached the lip only to see a sheer drop on the other side. Having no choice he jumped and tumbled down into a patch of briars below. The criminals pursued the entire way. When they were running down towards the briars, Monkey Fist saw them and recoiled. "WHOA!", he yelled.After skidding extensively, Monkey Fist managed to stop just above the brambles. He heaved a sigh of relief. Then the Knights of Rodeghan ran into him, propelling him into the bushes. "Yeow!", he yelled jumping back out of the bushes, amidst the laughter of the knights. Then the first knight saw Drakken emerge from the far side of the briars into the desert. "Hey! There he goes! There he goes!", he shouted. "So go get 'im.", Monkey Fist replied. The knight replied, "There's no way I'm going in there. What, you want me to come out there looking like you? Cactus Butt?" Monkey Fist said, "We gotta finish the job." "Well, he's as good as dead out there anyway.", the first knight replied. "And IF he comes back, we'll kill 'im. " Monkey Fist shouted "Yeah! you hear that? If you ever come back, we'll kill ya!!!" As "Kill ya" echoed through the land, Drakken ran further into the desert and the criminals made their way off the cliffs back to Middleton. That night, Senor Senior Sr. addressed the people by the moon. "Drakken's death was a terrible tragedy; but to nearly lose Kim, who had barely begun to live-" Some of the people comforted Mr. Possible, who bent his head in extreme pain. Shego was being comforted by Kim's mother, crying. "For me it is a deep personal loss. So it is with a heavy heart that I assume the throne. Yet, out of the ashes of this tragedy, we shall rise to greet the dawning of a new era in which citizen and criminal come together, in a great and glorious future!" SSS: It's time you were all introduced to your ruler's executive staff. Perhaps not the kind you've been used to, but certainly game for a laugh. (Citizens turn around to see that supervillains are approaching the area.) Supervillains: We'd like to assure you, no fooling, And lairs are no longer our scene, (Citizens prepare to defend themselves, but back off when they see the odds against them.) And if now and then we're seen drooling, It's only an ancestor's gene. SSS: So prepare for a glorious future. Be prepared for the town's golden age. SSJ: He's like any other, Who'd betray another-(hand silences SSJ) Villains: If we don't stay rulers, He'll beat up and stew us. With friends in high places, We all know he hates this. SSS: So don't try and rattle my cage. Villains: Oh, imagine if anyone dared! (With SSS) Be Prepared! Oh, imagine if anyone dared- SSS: Be prepared . . . Monique sighed, because she knew that Senor Senior Sr. would not rule Middleton wisely. He wasn't even supposed to be ruling at all. But she knew that Drakken was dead. Back at home, after she wiped away her tears, she reached up and rubbed her hand across a painting of him, paint still wet, smearing it. What she didn't know was how alive Drakken really was . . . |
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