Part 9
As Stacy returned to her seat, she tried to ignore
Sandi’s glare. “What was that about, Stacy?” the latter asked.
“Um, nothing,” Stacy said.
“It’s not nothing,” Sandi said.
Stacy turned back to her work.
The Doctor approached the source of the interference. It
looked like an ordinary stretch of street, with the usual suburban houses, much
like the rest of Lawndale. There had to be someone using one of the houses as a
base. He whipped out the sonic and walked along the street.
At the same time, Kim and Ron were also approaching the
area. “This is the street,” Kim said.
“It just looks like an ordinary street,” Ron said.
“You should know by now that looks can be deceiving.”
“I know.”
Kim took out the Kimmunicator. “There is definitely
something here.”
“So, we’re just going to walk along and narrow it down?”
Kim nodded.
The Doctor soon found it. “This is the place,” he
murmured to himself, while looking at the two teenagers he had noticed out of
the corner of his eye. There was something familiar about the girl, but he
couldn’t place her.
Kim eyed the man with suspicion. He was certainly weird.
“Do you know something about that house?” she asked.
“No,” he answered. “Something is in there that caused
that flicker earlier.”
“That’s our conclusion,” Kim said, indicating Ron.
“That’s right,” Ron said with a nod.
“Well, you two can help me investigate,” the man said.
“You know more, don’t you?” Kim asked.
“Of course. But I guess that you know of a portal? One to
Middleton perhaps?” the man asked.
“Yes?” Kim asked. “I’m Kim Possible, and this is my
friend Ron Stoppable.”
“You can call me the Doctor.”
“Doctor who?” Ron asked.
“Just the Doctor.”
“Right,” Kim said.
The Doctor used his strange device to open the door. Kim
recorded its sounds for Wade to analyse later. “Ladies first,” he said.
“Sure,” Kim said as she and Ron entered ahead of him.
The lounge room looked like an ordinary lounge room, but
Kim’s experienced eye noticed some things that were off.
“Uncanny,” Ron commented. It was clear that he did too.
The Doctor followed them in. “Nobody is home,” he said as
he waved his device about.
“Good,” Kim said. “We won’t be interrupted.”
“Wait!” Ron said.
“What?” the Doctor asked.
“Any pets or robots?” Kim asked.
“Of course,” the Doctor said. He ran another scan. “Oh!”
“What?” Ron asked. “Don’t tell me it’s monkeys.”
“No, not monkeys,” the Doctor answered. “That would be
ridiculous.”
“Then what is it?” Kim asked as she glanced into the
kitchen.
“Several cats, and two robots, both currently inactive.”
“We have to be careful, KP.”
“Of course,” Kim said. She was sure there was some kind
of secret passageway behind one of the walls…
Ron was sure that there was something wrong with the
house. It was giving him the creeps. More so than the ‘Doctor’ anyway. Rufus
agreed with him. “Hh ha,” his little buddy said. He knew Kim knew it too. She
was looking around with suspicion. She came to a decoration on the wall
opposite the kitchen.
“I think this is it,” she said.
“Wait!”
“I’m prepared for the possibility of traps, Ron,” Kim
admonished.
“Sorry!”
Kim pressed the decoration button in and a portion of the
wall slid aside. She brought the Kimmunicator up. “There is an increase in
magnetic field strength, here.”
“Something that requires a Faraday Cage,” the Doctor
commented. “Not something that an ordinary house would contain.”
“You’re right,” Kim said.
Ron had heard about it in Science. “So, it’s some kind of
magnet?”
“Yes,” the Doctor said. “And it probably draws a lot of
power.”
“So, it would cause that flicker. But that doesn’t
explain what else may have happened,” Kim said. “But what else is new?”
There was a lot about the devices that their villains
used that Ron didn’t understand.
The Doctor’s device gave off a sound. “Uh oh!”
“What?” Kim asked.
”The robots have activated,” the Doctor answered.
“I knew it was a trap!” Ron exclaimed.
The Doctor was annoyed at the boy’s panic, but he knew
the pair’s future reputation. He knew that the portal lead to a point in time
early their high school career.
“Don’t worry, Ron. Quickly!” Kim said.
“Right behind you, KP!” Ron followed her into the
passage.
The Doctor also followed them and turned around at the
entrance, ready to face off against those robots.
Kim looked at the metal walls around her. Whoever lived
there, was probably someone much like any of the people she thwarted on a
regular basis. ‘Great!’ she thought. She couldn’t find a light switch, forcing
her to use the flashlight built into the Kimmunicator. “It’s likely to be in a
basement.”
Ron nodded beside her. “Let’s go.”
