Kim Possible: The Extremely Secret Files - Chapter 5

They eventually regrouped with Kim and Ron. Kim: "Good to see you guys again. Did you get the second key?"

Ratchet pulled it out and showed it to her. Ratchet: "Right here, Kimberly." Kim: "Great, we have both of them now." Ron: "The door is this way. Come on."

Ron ran off with Kim, Ratchet and Clank following after him. They eventually stood directly in front of a massive door. It was an orange, crimson color in an arch shape with 2 key holes on the front. Kim: "So this is the infamous door that we were supposed to find."

Ratchet pulled out the key that he won from the biker races. Ratchet: "Let's say we crack this thing open and claim our prize."

Kim pulled out the other key that she won in the arena. Kim: "Of course, I've been dying to get this over with."

And with that, they placed both keys into their keyholes and turned them. They waited a few seconds for any movements from the door. Then, the door began to react to both of the keys, it then opened very slowly, revealing another piece of the space shuttle. Kim reached in and grabbed it. She looked at Ratchet as she smiled, he smiled back at her.

Just then, the Kimmunicator went off. She pulled it out. Kim: "Yeah, Wade?" Wade: "Um…Kim? Your dad wants to speak with you. He seems…well…a bit…teed off…" Kim: "(sigh) Put him on."

Wade then displayed Dr. Possible on the Kimmunicator. Dr. P.: "Kimberly Ann Possible!?" Ron: "Oh, man, he sounds really angry." Dr. P.: "What's this I hear about vicious space arenas, alien biker gangs and a very dangerous giant robot battle on some sort of otherworldly moon!?" Kim: "Dad, calm down. First of all, Ratchet mostly took part in all of that and secondly, believe it or not, all of it was necessary in getting back the pieces of your space shuttle."

Dr. Possible calmed down and then hesitated for a bit. He seemed very despondent about something. Dr. P.: "Oh! Um…OK, I…um…Kimmicub, you didn't…I mean I didn't want you to go through all of this on my behalf." Kim: "Dad, it's no big, really, I put myself in dangerous situations all the time…" Dr. P.: "No, you don't understand! There's…something that I didn't tell you about the project." Kim: "Uh, dad, what do you mean?"

Dr. Possible let out a sigh before he began talking. Dr. P.: "Kimmicub, the ISSF isn't a project that I have been working on by myself much, unlike the space shuttle; it was being worked on and kept a secret by the entire space center." Kim: "What? You mean the entire space center knew about it, not just you?" Dr. P.: "That's right. You see, when I was a very young adult and just starting out on my life, the space station, which started out as a crazy dream, became a full blown project for the entire space center. It all started when I was approached by a few men. They had said something about always being aware of my project for the past few days at the time and, they wanted me to make that crazy dream of mine into a reality. A little after I started working for the space center, those men had us get to work on it. They even paid us a generous amount of money for all of us to work on the project. I was young and ambitious so I accepted their offer without hesitation. They provided us with all the resources needed to build this thing, which helped us out tremendously. I was so thrilled about this, Kimmicub, but over the years, I became suspicious about these men. It felt almost as though they had some sort of shady agenda in mind for wanting me to fulfill my dream. It felt almost as though they needed to use my space station for something, something devious."

He squeezed the bridge of his nose in between his eyes as he paused for a bit. Dr. P.: "My suspicions...were heightened even more just recently when I closely examined some of the resources they provided from us for this project and I have discovered that there was a lot more alien technology involved in this then even Wade had found out." Kim: "And these men that paid you to build this space station, did they know about this?" Dr. P.: "Kimmicub, there was no way that I would have been given alien technology by accident; these men knew exactly what they were doing." Ron: "Wait, hold on a sec, Dr. P., how could you have not known that you were working with technology from some other planets? You were using that stuff to build the space station!" Kim: "Ron does have a point, you could have been able to figure out by then that the kind of material you were using was not anything found or made on Earth. You even used it to build the space shuttle." Dr. P.: "There were some parts of the project that even I was left out of. We were only assigned to the structural parts of the project; everything else was handled by those men. I didn't know why until just now."

Dr. Possible paused and for a brief moment. Kim and the others were very concerned with him. He then let out another sigh before continuing. Dr. P.: "There were times when I wanted to back out of this project because of the sketchy nature of all of it, but we were far too deep in this mess for me to back out. I am so sorry, Kimmicub. All of this is my fault. I should have never accepted their offer to build this project. If anything were to happen to you because of this…I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Kim: "Dad…I understand…and don't worry about me, I'll help you through this…I will get you out of this mess. You can count on that." Dr. P.: "Thank you…Kimmicub, I wouldn't have been surprised if you were angry with me, but it seems that you are much more mature than I was at your age. Had I been like you are now, none of this would have happened in the first place. Ratchet, did you get all of that?" Ratchet: "Loud and clear, sir." Dr. P.: "Please continue to look after my little girl. So far, you're doing great but keep at it, my boy." Ratchet: "Of course. Your daughter is in capable hands, so you don't need to worry about a thing, Dr. Possible." Dr. P.: "Kimmicub, one other thing I need you to do and it's when you return home." Kim: "And what is that, dad?" Dr. P.: "If anyone asks you about the space station and I don't care who, I want you to claim that it was destroyed but then secretly slip it over to me later on. I want to find out what those men were planning on doing with it." Kim: "So do I, dad, so do I."

She hung up the Kimmunicator and stood by, spellbound. Ratchet: "I…I can't believe all of this had been taking place." Kim: "I know. This secret is a lot more intense than I would have thought. I…don't know what to say." Clank: "It seems as though Dr. Possible did not realize the severity of the dangers from this rash and offhand decision that he made during his younger years." Ratchet: "Yeah, until it was too late." Clank: "Even more so than that, I can detect some fear he has of this grim situation." Kim: "Yes, I've noticed that, too. We have to keep going. We need to get that space station back from Drakken and Shego. If they were to uncover any of its hidden secrets, then we're all in serious trouble." Ratchet: "You're not going to handle this without me. I will help you through this, Kimberly. I'm here for you; I always will be…always."

She smiled at him in a much more emotional manner. He smiled back at her. Kim: "It seems that both Earth and the Bogon Galaxy depend on us to complete our missions. Let's keep going."

They eventually pulled themselves together and walked off. Ron: "Man, there's a lot of pressure from so many worlds that we have to save. I could really go for a Naco. Do we at least have time to stop and pick up one?" Kim, Ratchet, Clank: "Ron!" Ron: "Didn't think so…"

They returned to Planet Dobbo. There, Lilo and Stitch waited for them. Lilo: "Oh, hey, you guys. You got back just in time. Stitch here just fixed this transporter. For some reason, he felt that it needed to be repaired." Stitch: "All fixed."

They took a closer look at the transporter. Kim pulled out the Kimmunicator. Kim: "Wade, anything significant about this transporter?" Wade: "Hm…"

He got into finding that out. Wade: "It says here that it transports anyone directly into the main facility." Kim: "Hopefully, we'll be able to find out why that female Lombax wanted us to come here." Ratchet: "Let's go."

They transported themselves into the main facility.

As soon as they entered, they were already ambushed by a few surveillance bots. They brought them down almost immediately. Ron: "OK, I don't like this place already." Kim: "Let's hurry and find that intel. It has to be in here somewhere."

They hurried through the facility as fast as they could. There were many more surveillance bots up ahead but they were able to deal with them. Ron: "Gee, I wonder why it's so dark in here?" Clank: "That is a very good question, Ron." Kim: "This place looks so empty and yet there are all of these robots here. It's almost as though they're guarding over something." Ratchet: "Hm…you may be on to something, Kimberly. Let's continue the search."

They rushed through the dark halls. It was a long trek but they were eventually able to reach a computer terminal. Kim: "Hm…this must be what she wanted us to find." Ratchet: "OK, let's see what we can get from it."

Ratchet pushed one button, but it made a sound as though something was powering down. Kim: "What? What is wrong with this thing?" Clank: "The power appears to be out in this entire area." Ron: "Aw, man! We came all this way and then this happens!"

Rufus popped out again. Rufus: "Oh boy, not good!" Ratchet: "Calm down, guys, I'll just call a maintenance bot."

He pushed another button which summoned a robot to hover in, but seemed to be incapable of doing anything. Ron: "Uh, I don't think this thing knows what to do." Kim: "Yeah, this is so anticlimactic to say the least."

The bot then turned the other way and hovered off. Ratchet: "(groan) Let's just follow him and fix it ourselves."

They followed the bot all the way to the other side of the facility. There, they activated and worked on a mechanism that fixed the power in the entire area. They then returned to the terminal. Kim: "OK, now that we've fixed the power of this entire facility, let's find out what we can about that Experiment."

Ratchet nodded then pushed the button again, but the monitor still wasn't working. Ratchet: "Oh, what now!?"

The monitor then displayed a large number. Clank: "Hm…I think I see the problem." Kim: "What? We have to pay the terminal to make it work!?" Ron: "Aw, man! Even the computers are charging us!? That's first-class cruelty!"

Rufus emerged again. Rufus: "(cry) No fair!" Ratchet: "My thoughts exactly, guys."

Despite the protests, they conceded to paying the terminal. It displayed on the screen a recording of 2 scientists trying to handle the Experiment but ended up being eaten by it. Kim: "Whoa! That little guy sure is terrifying." Ron: "Suddenly, I'm no longer afraid of toasters blowing up in my face." Clank: "The computer's log indicates that we were the first to view that recording." Ratchet: "So, Mr. Fizzwidget must not know." Kim: "If that's true, then we have to warn him!" Ratchet: "And that we will."

They were eventually able to contact Mr. Fizzwidget via the computer terminal. Mr. Fizzwidget: "Y'ello." Ratchet: "Mr. Fizzwidget! You're safe! Sir, brace yourself. We just saw a video of your Experiment eating its handlers. I repeat, eating it's handlers!" Mr. Fizzwidget: "Ah, yes. Low fat, extra foam, no sprinkles." Ron: "Uh…he doesn't…seem to be paying attention at the moment." Ratchet: "Gee, you really think so, Ron?" Kim: "Mr. Fizzwidget, please listen. The Experiment is extremely dangerous." Ratchet: "She's right. Anyone handling it must exercise the utmost caution." Mr. Fizzwidget: "No, no, decapitated. Hm? What? Oh, yes, yes. Exercise my front-most cushion. Got it." Ron: "Uh, is he serious?" Clank: "Sir, your experts recommend that the Experiment be liquidated." Kim: "Let's meet at the Deep Space Disposal Facility so we can talk about this." Mr. Fizzwidget: "Ah, yes, my Cheap Date Proposal Facsimile." Ron: "OK, is it just me or is this guy sounding more and more disorderly?" Kim: "I'm noticing it, too, Ron." Mr. Fizzwidget: "Last I remembered, it's heavily guarded, so make sure to use the password, which is uh…oh, uh…Qwarktastic! Yes! Toodle-oo."

They severed connections with him. Ron: "I really hope he isn't planning on doing something reckless." Kim: "Knowing how bumbling he's been, I wouldn't be surprised if he does." Ratchet: "Come on, let's hurry to the Disposal Facility."

They left for the ship as fast as they could and departed from the planet.

They eventually arrived at the Disposal Facility. It appeared to be a massive hollow sphere. They flew directly inside it. Ratchet: "Alright, Kimberly, input the password."

She did just that, but then the security system started attacking them. Kim: "What's going on!? I thought I entered the correct password. Did I?" Clank: "Yes, I am certain that you did." Ron: "Then why are the defenses attacking us!?!" Ratchet: "I don't know, but we've got to hold them off until Mr. Fizzwidget gets here. Kimberly, take the second controls!"

And with that, they fought off the defense system. It took them an extensive amount of time doing so. As they fought on, Kim grew more and more suspicious of the situation at hand. Ron, on the other hand, was still freaking out, which greatly annoyed everyone.

They were eventually able to fight off the defenses long enough for Mr. Fizzwidget to call them back. Mr. Fizzwidget: "Oh! Um, hello? Come in! Can you hear me?" Kim: "Mr. Fizzwidget, the password you gave us didn't work." Mr. Fizzwidget: "Implausible! Unless…uh…is this Tuesday or Wednesday? Anyway, sorry to have missed our meeting, you guys. I was called away to film a commercial for our weapons facilitory." Kim: "Mr. Fizzwidget! We really need to talk about the…" Mr. Fizzwidget: "Commercial? I thought you would never ask. Here, take a look at this."

They watched the entire commercial of the Weapons Facility. Mr. Fizzwidget: "So, what do you guys think? Spectraculiary, wasn't it?" Kim: "Uh…yeah…it was…great…Mr. Fizzwidget, we need to…" Mr. Fizzwidget: "Oh, I couldn't agree more. Heh, heh, heh. Fizzwidget out." Ratchet: "Sir, wait!"

It was too late; he already disconnected. Ratchet: "Mr. Fizzwidget! Come in!"

Ratchet tried to contact him again. Kim: "Well, this has been frustratingly inconvenient. Although…something about this seems…a little too inconvenient. Ron, what do you think?" Ron: "That looked like the most dangerous and frightening tour anyone would ever go on." Kim: "Ron, focus!" Ron: "Oh, sorry, KP. I'm just overwhelmed by the sheer terror of everything that looks deadly. I need something to calm my nerves. Can we stop and pick up some Nacos?" Kim, Ratchet, Clank: "Ron!" Ron: "I'll take that as a no…" Clank: "Perhaps we will be able to find him at the weapons facility." Kim: "Yeah, let's head over there now." Ratchet: "My thoughts exactly."

They were flying a long flight through space. Just then, Wade contacted them on the dashboard monitor. Wade: "Hey, guys, how are things going?" Ratchet: "To put it lightly, Wade, very, very irritating!" Wade: "Oh, that doesn't sound good, but give the circumstances, I'm not really surprised." Kim: "That geezer has been completely absent-minded. He's been a lot less focused than Ron!" Clank: "We have made an attempt to meet with him at the Megacorp Disposal Facility to discuss with him about the Experiment, but our efforts have been, shall I say, for not." Kim: "We were attacked by the facility defenses even though Mr. Fizzwidget gave us a password. Even worse than that, he never showed up to help us out at all." Ron: "He said he was called off from meeting us there to film a commercial of perhaps one of the most terrifying places to have any tours of any kind ever!" Wade: "Hm…well, I really hate to tell you guys this, but Mr. Fizzwidget is not as much of a scatterbrain as you may think; he's actually been avoiding you guys on purpose."

Ratchet immediately became alarmed. Ratchet: "What!?" Ron: "How did you come to that conclusion?" Wade: "I have been hacking in the Megacorp main computer and found some incredibly important data. One of them involved Mr. Fizzwidget's schedule. He lied to you about getting called away to film that commercial. He planned on going over to that weapons facility for that commercial from the start. There were no changes to the schedule and no indications of meeting you at the disposal facility or at all for that matter." Kim: "So, we flew all that way to the disposal facility for no reason?" Wade: "I…wouldn't exactly say that…and it gets worse. I looked into the data banks of that facility and found that its defenses can't be deactivated by a simple password, but by a complex binary code that only Mr. Fizzwidget and all of his employees know." Ratchet: "So he had us sent there to be blown to bits!?" Wade: "I would believe that to be the case." Kim: "And judging by how he reacted when we contacted him, he didn't expect to survive." Wade: "I wouldn't be surprised if that was true."

Ratchet growled angrily. Ron: "Does he even know that he has a vicious monster in his possession?" Wade: "I would think so. You would have to be far too deeply oblivious to not recognize that." Kim: "And you already told us that he's not as unaware of everything he's doing as we thought. Great, now I'm really worried about what he plans to do with the Experiment." Wade: "I tried to look into any intel regarding the Experiment but the main computer's firewall kicked in and I was blocked out. Sorry, guys, I wish I could have done more to help." Ratchet: "That's OK, Wade, even if you a little helpful, you have done a lot more for us than what that geezer ever did!" Wade: "Always happy to help, I'll keep digging for more data regarding Megacorp and the Experiment. By the way, where are you guys heading?" Clank: "We are heading over to the Megacorp Weapons Facility to hopefully find and speak with Mr. Fizzwidget." Ratchet: "More like confront him and demand him to tell us why he tried to have us killed!" Wade: "Uh, well, OK, but don't be too disappointed if he isn't there because he most likely isn't." Ratchet: "That's fine, even if we don't find him there, I wouldn't think our efforts of getting there would be for nothing. Regardless, I'm sure we'll find something vital there." Wade: "Well…OK, I'll contact you guys again as soon as I find out anything important." Ratchet: "Yeah, you keep at it, Wade. At least I know we can count on you."

Wade smiled before he cut off communications with them. Kim: "Yeesh! I had no idea that things were to really get this bad." Ratchet: "Yeah, me neither and it will only get worse from here." Ron: "Geez, between Dr. P's space station and this whole issue with Mr. Fizzwidget, things have really gotten intense. Are you sure we can't stop for some Nacos?"

Kim, Ratchet and Clank looked towards Ron and gave him some very nasty looks. Ron was greatly discouraged by this. Ron: "Never mind…" Ratchet: "Prepare yourselves, everyone, we're almost there."

They eventually arrived at the Weapons Facility on Planet Todano. Immediately after they landed, they noticed a tour bus flying in and dropping off a crowd of robot civilians. Kim: "Oh, look, they really do give tours here just like that commercial said they would." Ron: "And if what we saw on that commercial was any more accurate, then this tour will be very dangerous." Kim: "I sure hope not."

Just then, Clank spotted something that startled him. Clank: "Unfortunately, what Ron has just mentioned was precise. Look."

They looked over and noticed the civilians starting their tour led by a Fizzwidget bot and directly into a path which cuts through a field of monstrous, rabid squirrels. Ron: "Oh, no! KP! Ratchet! Clank! Those mutant squirrels are going for those tourists!" Ratchet: "Not if I have anything to say about it! Come on!"

They rushed out to the field as fast as they could. The squirrels were fast approaching the civilians and they were about to attack, but then Ratchet and the rest of the group came in and fought the squirrels just in time to protect the civilians. As the tour continued on, they were faced with more of the vicious wildlife. Ratchet and the others made certain that not even one civilian was harmed. However, during the fight, the squirrels took an unusual interest in Ron, which he found very terrifying, they then chased after him. He ran away from them while screaming. Kim, Ratchet and Clank stood by and watched all of this take place. Ratchet: "Um…OK? This is weird." Clank: "At least he is luring them away from the tourists." Kim: "We have to do something! Those squirrels will rip him apart." Ratchet: "I agree. Clank, you help Ron out, Kimberly and I will run ahead."

Ratchet ran off with Kim. They continued the fight together. They kept the fight going all the way to the end of the tour. After they were able to fight off all of the squirrels, the civilians rejoiced from being saved. Kim and Ratchet rushed over to them and smiled as they were being cheered at. A little girl approached Kim; she looked down at the little girl as they stood idly for a bit. She then pulled out what looked like another piece of Dr. Possible's space shuttle. Little Girl: "Um…thank you for saving us. I don't know any other way to repay you; I just have this to give you. I hope you would appreciate this." Kim: "Oh! Absolutely! I have been looking for objects a lot like that. Thank you!"

She took the object from the little girl. The civilians waved goodbye as another tour bus arrived. They got on board it and it flew away. Ratchet: "Well, that was a very interesting turn of events." Kim: "Yep, we saved a group of robot citizens from those monstrous, alien squirrels and collected another piece of my dad's space shuttle in the process."

She pulled out the container that was given to her by Wade and placed the shuttle piece into it. She put the container away as Clank rushed back towards her and Ratchet. Clank: "I can see that you have successfully fended off those rodents and saved those tourists from being devoured." Kim: "Sure did. Uh, where's Ron?"

Clank pointed towards another direction. Kim and Ratchet looked over and noticed the squirrels fighting to get Ron's pants off while he was screaming in the process. They managed to rip off almost all of his pants, he ran off, still screaming, while the squirrel fought to rip apart and devour his pants.

Ron managed to rush back towards his friends, wearing nothing but the waist part of his pants plus one pocket with which Rufus was still in. He had a very irritated look on his face from the epidemic. Ratchet: "Uh…way to…take one for the team, Ron."

The Pants Regenerator restored his pants miraculously. Kim: "Good thing those tourists left when they did. I'm sure you would have not wanted them to see you like that."

Ron groaned. Ratchet: "I'm…guessing you'll want that Naco you keep asking for." Ron: "You've got that right!" Ratchet: "OK, this time, we'll concede to that." Kim: "Um…sounds fair…" Clank: "I am not looking forward to this." Ratchet: "Come on, we need to search this facility for any vital intel regarding Mr. Fizzwidget and that Experiment."

They then rushed off.

They eventually arrived at the front of the facility entrance. There, they fought their way into and through the entire weapons facility. They fought against countless robots within the complex, with the robots respawning continuously. Ron: "(groan) What does this facility need all of these robots for?" Kim: "Hm…that's a good question, Ron. I know they're worker bots, but doesn't this seem greatly overdoing it to have so many of them, not to mention having them respawn like this."

They kept fighting through the complex, room after room after room, until they reached a small chamber at the very end which contained a small screen. On the screen was the female Lombax transmitting to them. Lombax: "Angela Cross calling Ratchet on secure band 7-Echo-Foxtrot." Ratchet: "Ratchet here. I read you loud and clear." Kim: "So, Angela is your name, huh? Interesting." Ron: "You know something? Ratchet was calling you by a completely different name." Ratchet: "Ron!" Angela: "Oh, was he now? Anyway, I'm afraid I have some bad news, Thugs-4-Less have completely taken over my flying lab." Kim: "Hold on for a sec. Weren't those boneheads working for you?" Angela: "Not anymore. Apparently someone has made them a better offer." Ron: "Aw, man! We could have had those thug guys on our side!" Kim: "Well, I'm not disappointed by that. I would love to have another rematch with their dimwitted leader." Ratchet: "You said it, Kimberly." Clank: "Hm, it seems as though problems are arising everywhere." Angela: "Tell me about it, between the Thugs and the Protopets, this whole galaxy is heading for…" Kim: "Wait! Protopets?" Angela: "Oh! Yeah! It's what they're calling the "Experiment" now. Here watch this."

They watched a commercial of a little boy being attacked by the Experiment while the commercial announced it as a new, playful friend for the boy. Ratchet: "That thing is going to be a pet?" Ron: "That is just sick and wrong on so many levels." Clank: "Oh, no, Megacorp intends to market a killer. That is simply unconscionable!" Angela: "Which is exactly what I was trying to tell everyone!" Kim: "So, that's what you meant when you told us what Megacorp plans to do with it is a mistake." Angela: "Exactly! There will be disastrous consequences if that monster is distributed." Kim: "No kidding! We would have never handed that thing over to Mr. Fizzwidget if we knew this would happen. I'm afraid to say the worst of it doesn't even end there. From what Wade has told us about that geezer, he has been dodging all of our attempts to reason with him on purpose." Angela: "Uh, who's Wade?" Ratchet: "10 year old super genius who works with Kimberly and Ron on all of there missions." Kim: "And if what he was saying about him was true, then it's almost certain that he knows exactly what he's doing with that thing and what will happen." Clank: "We must find and confront Mr. Fizzwidget at all costs." Angela: "Well, if you feel that you must, then you should try to find him on the Planet Boldan. I'll upload the coordinates to you." Ratchet: "Let's go, you guys. This could be our last chance."

They rushed out as fast as they could. Nearby, a dark figure had been observing them as they were exchanging intel with Angela. Shego: "Dr. D, do you read me? I just listened in on Kimmie and her little pals chit-chatting away. They'll be heading for some planet called Boldan." Drakken: "Good work, Shego. The Thugs and I will be setting a trap for them there. They won't see this coming." Shego: "Gotcha. I'll meet you at that new prison. This is going to be fun."

Ratchet and the rest of the group made their way to and arrived at the Planet Boldan. They landed themselves in a large, silver colored metropolis and jumped out of the ship. Kim: "Let's go find Mr. Fizzwidget."

They rushed off as fast as they could. As they made their way to the entrance to the city, they got themselves involved in a fight with the Thugs-4-Less goons. Kim: "Oh, great! More of those boneheads! What could they want from us, this time?" Ratchet: "I'm guessing whoever bought them off also has an agenda with us." Kim: "Well, then, let's see to it that they don't get anything that they need from us."

As they continued further into the city, they fought through more Thugs-4-Less goons. There seemed to be more and more of them coming as they progressed into the city while searching for Mr. Fizzwidget, with no end in sight of the barrage. Many of the Thugs stood in their way, but they were able to manage them, except for Ron who always ran away screaming at the sight of them. Ratchet: "I'm guessing he'll want a special order of those Nacos he keeps asking for." Kim: "Grande size. Absolutely."

They kept on their way, with the path becoming tougher for each step. They were eventually able to find someone that appeared to be Mr. Fizzwidget. Kim: "Look! There he is." Ratchet: "Let's get him."

However, when they got close enough towards him, they found that it wasn't him, but a robotic duplicate. Ratchet: "What the…? This isn't Mr. Fizzwidget!" Fizzwidget bot: "Would you like a free Protopet sample? Available today only…" Ron: "Aw, man! It's just a cheap, broken-down knock off!" Ratchet: "You can say that again." Thug Leader: "Freeze, knuckleheads!" Clank: "Oh, no!" Kim: "What!? You again!?" Thug Leader: "You've got that right, missy redhead! Yous alls are under arrest for attempting to bump off Mr. Fizzwidget!" Ron: "You're kidding, right? This isn't…" Thug Leader: "Save it, blondie boy! You're not fooling anyone!" Kim: "Brainless as always." Thug Leader: "Good thing a loyal employee of Megacorp informs me of your scheme."

Stepping out from behind the Thug Leader was Dr. Drakken. He had an evil grin displayed on his face very vividly. Drakken: "Oh, quite right, my good man." Ratchet: "Drakken!" Ron: "You bought off these Thugs-4-Less guys from that thief girl?" Drakken: "That's right. Megacorp has given me special ties to their corporation so I have been doing some work on the side for them along with my…other obligations." Kim: "Don't think for a minute that you will succeed, Drakken! We're going to stop you!" Thug Leader: "Oh, I wouldn't count on that, missy redhead. All of yous will be sent to our new prison. Check this out."

He pulled out a monitor. Displayed on it was a preview of the new Thugs-4-Less prison and a few things that it provided. Thug Leader: "(laugh) So, what did you guys think of that?" Ron: "Well, that didn't seem so bad. In fact, it sounded really nice." Drakken: "Did I forget to mention that it's full of rabid monkeys and I will destroy Bueno Nacho if you and your friends try to escape?"

Within a split second, Ron went from calm to screaming and running all over the place. Ratchet: "Uh…well…this is awkward." Thug Leader: "You guys, take the girl over to the blue guy. These other 3 are going separate."

A few of the Thugs grabbed Kim and pulled her over to Drakken. Kim: "Ratchet!" Ratchet: "I'll find you, Kimberly. Just don't worry. I will…"

Shortly afterwards, they were flown to the Thugs-4-Less prison on the Planet Aranos. Ratchet was placed in a cell with Clank. Kim and Ron were nowhere to be found. Ratchet lied down on a mattress, then sat up as Clank made a lot of noises. Ratchet: "Hey, keep it down, will ya…!?" Clank: "Sorry, I did not mean to annoy you." Ratchet: "Uh! No, no, you weren't. I…I'm just worried about Kimberly. Who knows what horrible things Drakken could be doing to her right now?" Clank: "Yes, I understand your plight. Just to let you know, I have analyzed our surroundings and I am afraid that there is absolutely no means of escape."

Just then, a female bot broke right through a nearby air vent. Clank: "Except that."

She shushed them then slipped back out. Ratchet: "Someone's got a girlfriend. (giggle)" Clank: "I will be right back." Ratchet: "Don't, uh, stop for anything along the way."

Clank glanced at him in an annoyed manner then walked out.

He made his way through the secluded interiors of the facility. With the help of a few robot companions of his own, he was able to navigate through the small corridors. There were many obstacles in the way, including several guard bots, but it wasn't anything that he and his robot brigade couldn't handle.

He fought his way through chamber after chamber, corridor after corridor until he was able to find a switch and pressed it. Computer voice: "Power failure on decks 4 through 14." Clank: "Hopefully that should be help us out with our situation."

Meanwhile, back where Ratchet was, his cell was deactivated. Computer voice: "Emergency generators online." Ratchet: "Way to go, Clank! Now to find Kimberly."

He rushed out as fast as he possibly could. As he made his way through the corridors of the facility, he fought against many robot guards; a lot of which went berserk from the power failure caused by Clank. Everywhere he looked, robots came at him without hesitation, but he was able to manage and fight through all of them. He made his way to another deck on the prison ship.

Elsewhere, Clank continued through the small corridors of the ship. He was aided by more robot companions that followed his every command. There were a few tough obstacles that kept getting in his way, but he was able to handle them all, with the help of his robot companions, of course. Thankfully, the trek was brief so it didn't take him long to get through. He was eventually able to make his way towards the hanger bay. Clank: "Alright, now I just need to wait here for Ratchet. Hopefully, he is able to find Miss Possible and Ron."

Meanwhile, Ratchet arrived on another deck of the ship. There, he continued fighting his way through more robots, but this time, none of them were going berserk. Ratchet: "Hm, seems as though these robots haven't been affected by that power failure that Clank caused. Perhaps it's because this is one of the decks that didn't experience the power failure at all. I have to keep searching for Kimberly."

He kept rushing through the corridors. He was able to arrive in an area where he could hear voices. Kim: "You so won't get away with this, Drakken." Drakken: "Oh, but I will this time. With those Thug-4-Less goons at my command, my plans will be a sure-fire win and you will witness my greatest triumph." Kim: "Oh, please, those Thugs-4-Less idiots will not guarantee you anything other than a less than average dependency that is probably much less promising than their bonehead leader's IQ points." Ratchet: "Kimberly."

He rushed over towards where the voices were coming from. Drakken: "Well, regardless, my plans will succeed and the Impossible Space Station of the Future will ensure my victory!"

Ratchet managed to find Drakken and Shego in a small room with Kim, who was hooked up to a restraining machine. Kim: "Yeah, sure, I bet you're not even aware of what is contained within that space station you stole." Shego: "Oh, we already know that the ISSF consists partially of alien technology. I've had my suspicions considering that no ordinary Earth spacecraft could reach another galaxy within 2 hours or even at all, for that matter." Drakken: "There are many more secrets that I have yet to discover, but once I unlock them, everyone back on Earth will tremble before the awesome might of Dr. Drakken!" Kim: "Oh? And how do you suppose you'll be able to do that?"

While Kim was still talking to Drakken and Shego, Ratchet crept around nearby. Drakken: "Like I told you before, I have established a special connection with Megacorp. The CEO of the company is providing me with the resources and know-how to unlock the ISSF's secrets, in exchange for the services that I am willing to provide for him and his company." Ratchet: "So Mr. Fizzwidget is working with Dr. Drakken. Just when I thought that geezer couldn't get any worse." Drakken: "And that cat alien boyfriend of yours was far too clueless and naïve to even realize that Mr. Fizzwidget was merely using him to undo one minor set-back on his own schemes and then planned to dispose of him when he was no longer needed."

Ratchet growled angrily. Kim: "We already know that Mr. Fizzwidget is planning to intentionally set off a terrible disaster, but why would he want to do that?" Drakken: "Eh, I don't know, but I don't really care. What happens in this galaxy is none of my concerns. I only care about taking over the Earth."

At that moment, they heard a blast. They looked over towards the nearby door and noticed Ratchet who was greatly angry. Kim: "Ratchet!" Drakken: "What?! How did you get all the way here?!" Ratchet: "I walked! How else did I get here?" Drakken: "That's not what I meant, what I meant was…!" Shego: "He means to ask you how you got out of your cage, but that doesn't matter because I'm going to throw you back in one way or another." Ratchet: "You don't scare me one bit, Shego!"

Ratchet made an advance towards Kim, but Shego jumped in his way. Still greatly angered, he managed to fight her and tossed her directly into a switch that deactivated the shackles holding Kim, releasing her. Kim: "Ratchet!"

She ran towards him at great speed. Ratchet: "Kimberly!"

They embraced each other and had their moment as they reunited. Kim: "You came!" Ratchet: "I told you I would find you. I'm just hoping you didn't expect me here sooner."

She shook her head. Kim: "Forget that. I'm just glad you came at all."

Ratchet smiled. Soon enough, they both noticed Drakken and Shego rushing out. Ratchet: "They're getting away!" Kim: "Don't worry about them, we'll catch up to them later and we will, considering Drakken stole the container with the shuttle pieces we have managed to collect. For now, we just need to look for Ron." Ratchet: "But where could he be? We'll need to search this entire prison ship to find him." Ron: "AAAHHHH! MONKEYS!" Ratchet: "Or we could just follow the sounds of his screaming." Kim: "Yeah, I think that would be a lot more helpful."

They soon ran off.

They made their way through the long corridor, hurrying towards Ron as fast as they could. Along the way, they ran into Rufus. Kim: "Rufus! If you're here, then that means Ron can't be too far off."

He seemed panicky as he pointed towards another direction. Ratchet: "He seems to want us to follow him." Kim: "Lead the way, Rufus."

They followed Rufus through the corridor some more. They kept going until they stopped in front of something that displeased them a lot. They found Ron locked in a room containing a lot of monkeys, which he was running from while screaming a lot. They both found this to be awkward but Kim didn't seem surprised to see this. Ratchet: "Uh…you did tell me that Ron was afraid of monkeys, but…I had no idea that it was this bad." Kim: "Come on, Ratchet. We have to help him."

Kim ran off. Ratchet hesitated for a bit. Ratchet: "Um…OK…be right there."

He followed after her.

They worked together trying to get the door open, but Ratchet gave up and just blasted it open. Ron immediately ran out with all of the monkeys chasing him. Kim and Ratchet exchanged displeased looks with each other and went after them.

They ran past the monkeys, grabbed Ron and used their grappling items to reach a very high ledge. Rufus had a chance to reunite with Ron. Ron: "Rufus!"

Down below them, the monkeys eventually gave up, turned around and went the other way. Ron, relieved to finally be away from that panic fest, grabbed both Kim and Ratchet and embraced them closely in an emotional manner. Ron: "Oh! KP! Ratchet! Thank goodness you guys came for me! I thought I would never escape from those vicious beasts!"

Ratchet, annoyed, pushed Ron off of himself and Kim. Ratchet: "Will you calm down? They weren't that bad! I mean, geez, I had no idea your fear of those animals were that severe!"

Ron then became sad; Ratchet then grew less tense as he noticed this. Ratchet: "Come on, let's go find Clank."

Ratchet walked off with Kim. Ron stood by, hesitating. Ron: "But…but…Drakken said…he'll destroy Bueno Nacho if we were to…escape…HE'S GONNA DESTROY BUENO NACHO!" Kim: "Ron! Drakken is not going to destroy Bueno Nacho! Don't worry, I'll see to it that he doesn't. Now let's just keep going already."

They walked off with Ron following behind.