Time was running out, the young redheaded heroine didn't have time for her green skinned enemy's games. "Where is he?!" she demanded.
"Like I'd tell you anything." Shego taunted, "What're you going to do Kimmy? Kill me? You don't have it in you.
"You don't know what I'm capable of Shego, you'll never know because you'll never have something like what Ron and I have."
"Is that what this is about? That doo-" She was cut off by Kim's fingers squeezing around her green neck.
"This is about Ron Stoppable, my boyfriend, and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make sure he stays alive." the young cheerleader growled.
"That gun actually worked?" Shego choked out.
"I need to find Drakken... Now, so I ask again... Where is he?!"
Shego laughed, "I'm not telling you a damn thing." she said as her breathing turned shallow.
Kim slapped her with her free hand "Tell me!" she demanded.
Shego, however, just kept laughing until her breathing stopped and she lay dead in Kims hand. Kim Possible had just murdered Shego, and now she would never-
Kim awoke with a start and gasped "It was only a dream Possible." she told herself. It had felt so real, she could almost feel Shego's skin on her hands, could still hear her laughing as she ran out of breath and died by Kim's hand.
It had been three years since she'd tested her limit's to save Ron from the poison dart Drakken had shot him with. She'd been to the edge and back, and it still haunted her. The young heroine sat up and absorbed her surroundings and pulled out her new kimmunicator, an updated version of the one she wore on her wrist, and dialed Ron.
Her blonde haired sidekick turned boyfriend answered and yawned "What's up KP?" he asked.
"I was just wondering if I could come over" she said sheepishly.
Luckily he got the meaning and nodded "You're always welcome here."
Kim had decided to go do Upperton to be closer to Ron, who had been accepted there as well, and quickly changed into a gray tank top and black shorts before jogging across campus to Ron's dorm. She snuck in through the window and nearly crushed him in a hug "I'm sorry I woke you up." she said bashfully.
"No problem KP." Ron said. He looked at her for a moment and she swore her heart fluttered, then his expression turned serious "Another nightmare?"
She nodded, "I've seen what I could become..What some scenarios can push me to be and I don't like it Ron, it's been three years and I still have nightmares about what I almost did... What I wanted to do." She tried to keep the fear out of her voice but she knew she was failing horribly.
"It's okay KP" Ron said, "Sometimes we have to find those limits... We have to push them, only then will we really know our limits."
Kim looked at him in shock "That's awfully... Wise of you." she said.
"Something Sensei told me" he said sheepishly, "It just came to mind."
"Well it's very wise... Thank you Ron." she whispered softly.
"For what?" he asked, obviously confused.
"Just being you" she said softly as she led him back over to his bed and lay down "Can I sleep here tonight? You keep the nightmares away."
"Of course KP." He said softly and lay beside her, letting his arms wrap around her tightly. They quickly fell asleep like that, him holding her tightly.
The next morning Kim turned over, trying to get the Sun out of her eyes, and her eyes snapped open when she realized that Ron wasn't laying beside her anymore. "Ron?" she asked groggily and when she got no answer she sat up He must have had class She thought.
Ron's dorm room was covered in posters and photos, her favorite being the one hanging beside his desk of them at the prom together,. They both looked nervous, but there was a certain look in their eyes that hadn't been there before. Next to it was a picture of them at Graduation, just before the alien invasion, a moment of peace before one of the biggest challenges she'd ever faced.
Her train of thought was interrupted by the familiar beep of the Kimmunicator and Wade appeared on the screen "What's the sitch Wade?" she asked.
"This is an odd one, do you remember Dr. Director's Brother?" he asked.
"Gemini? Yeah, I haven't seen him since the Ron factor Sitch" the red headed girl replied.
"He's back." The genius recluse informed her, "It seems he's gunning for you, Ron, and Dr. Director."
"But why? It makes no sense, Dr. Director is the one who he's mad at." Kim replied.
"He posted on your site, he blames you and the Director for stopping his plans and he wants revenge, it's taken him this long to build up his resources and get new henchmen... Be careful Kim, this guy sounds serious." Wade warned.
"Thanks for the warning, but it's no big... I can handle it." she promised.
The screen went dark and she slipped the kimmunicator back into her pocket "Maybe I'll surprise Ron and walk with him to his next class." the redhead muttered and headed out of the dorm.
She didn't notice the man following her, trying his best to be inconspicuous, his hand was clenched in a fist to hide the small chip in his hand which would slowly and painfully kill whomever it was attached to unless the proper codes were entered in the main computer.
Kim grinned when she saw Ron coming out of his class "I bet you made the best...Whatever you cooked today." she teased and kissed him softly.
He returned the kiss and grinned "Well... I don't like to brag KP." he began, "But I did get an A plus, and I'm the top of my class."
Kim rolled her eyes, "Don't let it go to your head or you may just find yourself alone tonight."
"Alright alright, sorry... It's just this is what I'm really good at, it's hard not to have an ego." the blonde boy said.
"I know I know, trust me... I have to fight to keep my own ego down sometimes." she admitted.
"Yeah but you deserve an ego! You're good at everything, you're a straight A student, you save the world-"
"We save the world." she interrupted, "Not me, us."
"Fine, we save the world, plus you find time to be a badical girlfriend, I'm just saying you're about perfect." He finished.
She felt her face heat up and she was sure her face was as red as her hair, "I'm not perfect!" she admonished, "I'm just... Me."
Before Ron could reply he noticed someone approaching them, "Um, KP... Were you followed here?" he asked.
"Followed?" she asked, "Are you sure it's not just your paranoia again? I mean just last week you thought-"
"Please, if you love me, don't ever mention that again." he said darkly.
She giggled but nodded "O-" she was cut off as Gemini's agent tossed the chip onto her neck, at the base of the skull, and the nanites did their job, moving throughout her body.
"KP!" Ron cried and caught her as she collapsed, he set her down gently, "Sorry KP... But I gotta catch this guy." he whispered. He took off after the retreating man, thankful now that he had so much experience running away, and not missing the irony that for once he was doing the chasing instead of being chased.
Unfortunately for Ron a rather large crowd of people had just gotten out of class and it was all to easy for the man to slip away as Ron was pushed from person to person. "Damn." he cursed as he struggled to get out of the crowd and make it back to Kim, who was barely breathing now, he pulled out the kimmunicator "Wade!" he said, trying to keep his panic in check.
The young recluse appeared on the screen and Ron sighed in relief "Get in touch with Global Justice, tell them Kim's been hurt, she's barely breathing... I don't know what to do."
"Global Justice is on their way." Wade informed the panicking blonde.
"Alright... Alright, I can do this... Come on Kim." he whispered, "I wasn't joking when I said I can't live without you." he gently shook her again, hoping that would wake her up, but she didn't respond and sure enough within minutes Global Justice agents were leading them to a plane headed for Global Justice HQ.
Note: Well here's chapter one of Crossing the Line II: Darkness Rising, I hope you like it and I hope that I can keep the readers interested. I don't own Kim Possible or anything else related, I'm just a fanfic author.