We Can Be Heroes: A KP/Heroes Fusion Fic
In the recent days after Kim Possible's defeat of Dr. Drakken, a seemingly random group of individuals has emerged with what can only be described as "special" abilities. Although unaware of it now, these individuals will not only save the world, but change it forever. This transformation from ordinary to extraordinary will not occur overnight. Every story has a beginning.
Chapter 1: Genesis: Part 1
Where does it come from? This quest? This need to solve life's mysteries, when the simplest of questions can never be answered. Why are we here? What is the soul? Why do we dream? Perhaps we'd be better off not looking at all. Not delving, not yearning. That's not human nature. Not the human heart. That is not why we are here.
Ron Stoppable, boyfriend and sidekick to world renowned teen hero, Kim Possible, stood at the edge of a tall building. It had to be at least one or two stories high. Ron just stood there, not thinking about anything as he started to let go of all his worries in his little world. Then, closing his eyes, he stepped off the edge and simply let himself fall down without any parachute or any helmet at all. After a few seconds, Ron opened his eyes and smiled as he saw what was happening: He was flying!
He then started to fly all over the city, just enjoying the feeling that only Superman aka Clark Kent could feel. Rufus, his naked mole rat, wasn't in his pocket. He flew around town square as he hummed to himself, wishing Kim was here. "This can't be real." Ron said to himself with a smile. But he didn't care. Ron just let it go with the flow until...
"Ron..." He heard his new girlfriend Kim say, waking him up from what appeared to be a dream. Ron rubbed his eyes and smiled as he saw Kim smiling back at him. "You seemed to doze off...Did I ever tell you that you look so cute when you're asleep?"
"No..." Ron said as Kim leaned down and kissed him. He then got up and settled himself on the park bench. It was the afternoon on a Sunday, and the new young couple were enjoying some together time at the park. It's been almost two weeks since Ron confessed his feelings to Kim and they hooked up at the Junior Prom. Pretty soon, they were about to be let out of school for summer vacation. But now, they just sat together on the park bench, both of them madly in love with each other.
Middleton Park
Middleton, Colorado
"So, what were you dreaming about?" Kim asked curiously.
"You'd probably just laugh at me." Ron said with a grin, causing Kim to chuckle and shake her head. "I was standing on the edge of a tall building, and then I took a leap. Before I knew it, I was flying. Just soaring around all over the city, letting go of everything, loving the wind through my hair and..." Kim giggled at that, causing Ron to do a fake frown. "I knew that you would laugh at me." Ron then smiled slyly as he started to tickle Kim, causing her to full out laugh.
Kim was able to catch her breath after Ron stopped. "So, you were like Clark Kent, aka Superman?" Kim asked with a grin. With that, Rufus popped out of Ron's pocket, wearing a cape of his own.
"Superman!" Rufus squeaked happily, making Ron chuckle and Kim giggle.
Ron then sighed. "It felt so freakishly real Kim." Ron said, deep in thought. "I wish you were in there with me though." Kim smiled as a tear rolled down her cheek, loving how sweet her new boyfriend was. But, before she could do anything else, her Kimmunicator rang. She answered it and Wade Load, the kid genius who runs Kim's website and creates all of the gadgets, appeared on the screen.
"How's the happy couple?" Wade asked with a smile.
"All is good, Wade my man." Ron said with a smile, making Kim chuckle at that.
"So, what's the sitch?" Kim asked.
"Professor Monhinder Suresh from Madras, India says he needs your help." Wade explained.
"India. Exotic." Ron said.
"What's the big emergency?" Kim asked, thinking that the Indian professor was in danger.
"He just said he wanted you guys there, and it's seriously urgent." Wade said with a shrug. Kim and Ron looked at each other, knowingly, then Ron nodded.
"OK. Get us a ride and tell the professor we'll be on our way." Kim said with a smile as she looked at Ron lovingly again, both of them ready to face danger and help the world they swore to save, being their duty and all.
Madras, India
Mohinder Suresh stands in front of a world map on the board, his back to the classroom. He's in the middle of a lecture. "Man is a narcissistic species by nature." Monhinder explained as he lectured the class about his father's theory about Evolved Humans. He almost looked exactly like his father, except the beard. He paused sadly for a bit as he remembered just yesterday when he received the horrible news...he breathed, then continued. " We have colonized the four corners of our tiny planet. But we are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created himself in his own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach."
Mohinder paused as he waited for a laugh or chuckle fit from his class. Some do laugh, most don't. He then continued. "They say that man uses only a tenth of his brain power. Another percent, and we might actually be worthy of God's image. Unless, of course, that day has already arrived. The human genome project has discovered that tiny variations in man's genetic code are taking place at increasingly rapid rates. Teleportation, levitation, tissue regeneration."
He was busy with teaching his students that he didn't notice that Kim and Ron had arrived, standing in the doorway, listening with great intent. "Is he talking about super powers or mutations?" Ron whispered.
Kim would just glare at her boyfriend for asking a dumb question like that, but she was also curious about what the Indian Professor was talking about. "Maybe both? I don't really know..." Kim whispered as they continued listening.
"Is this outside the realm of possibility? Or is man entering a new gateway to evolution? Is he finally standing at the threshold to true human potential? " Mohinder asked with emphasis. He then noticed Kim and Ron lingering in the doorway, with Kim waving at the professor. "Sorry. We're out of time." The students then picked up their books and headed out of the classroom as Kim and Ron headed in. "Namaste Kim Possible. It is such an honor to meet you."
Kim smiled and blushed at that. "No big. You caught us at a good time anyway." Kim said before getting down to business. "So, what's the sitch?"
Mohinder frowned as he started to explain why he has brought them here. "It's about my father. In case you haven't noticed, the lecture was based on his research." He said.
"Yeah. We heard all of that. Can humans really teleport or fly?" Ron asked, his dream of flying like Clark Kent still on his mind. Kim glared at him.
"Do you need us to protect him?" Kim asked, thinking they were being assigned to body guard Mohinder's father.
Mohinder paused before her continued. "There's no need to protect anything. He's dead." Mohinder said, sadly.
"Oh dear goodness. I'm so sorry." Kim said as Mohinder leaned on his desk as he reflected on his father's legacy.
"He moved to America to live the dream. He got a job driving a taxi in New York." Mohinder said. "They said he died in a crash two days ago. I don't believe that for even a second. I spoke to him three days ago. He was convinced someone was following him, trying to steal his research. He died because of his theories." Kim and Ron just looked at each other, not knowing what to make of this.
"You really believe that they're are super heroes among us?" Ron asked, causing Kim to get annoyed.
"Ron! Put away the comic book talk to for five seconds!" Kim said.
"No, no, no." Mohinder said. "Your partner is actually right. Though not entirely. The correct term would be, 'Evolved Humans'. Let's talk more outside. You might wanna grab an umbrella though." Kim and Ron nodded as they followed the professor.
On the streets, Kim and Ron walked with Mohinder as it started raining. Mohinder explained more about his father's research, talking about Evolved Humans and abilities. As Mohinder talked about this, Kim and Ron just listened with great intent. Ron being happy that super powers were no longer the thing that only existed in comic books, while Kim still didn't know what to make of all of it. "So, did your father find any of...'them'?" Kim asked.
"Yes. He was this close to finding the first of 'them' - his patient zero. He tracked him to Queens, New York. That is where I'm heading now. I have to finish what he started!" Mohinder said as they reached his father's place.
"Then what do you need us for?" Ron asked as he felt himself getting cold from the rain. Kim could sense it and put the umbrella under his head, making Ron smile.
"I would like you to go into his apartment and collect as much of his research as you can." Mohinder said as he gave Kim a key. "Clear out whatever you can and then bring it back to America with you. You have to protect it."
Kim was confused as to why Mohinder wanted her and Ron to protect his father's research. "Why can't you bring it to New York with you?" Kim asked.
"That same someone could follow me as well." Mohinder replied.
"Don't you have colleagues that could help?" Kim asked.
"Yes. But they all heard about his work. They thought he was a lunatic. As soon as they get their hands on it, they'll burn it to ashes." Mohinder said, his voice exasperated.
"What about the police? They could hide it for you." Kim said.
"I don't trust anyone else!" Mohinder yelled. He then took a few deep breaths as he calmed down. "Look, I don't expect you to understand because you both are young adults. But I trust you because you both are extraordinary. My thesis is based on my father's research. I need to know why he died. I need to know that it wasn't all for nothing. I have complete faith in you. Please." Kim looked at the key again, then nodded. It was her job to help people, and she wasn't about to say no now. Mohinder smiled before looking at his watch. "I'm late. I gotta catch my flight. I'm sorry, but I'll be in touch. Good luck." Mohinder then left Kim and Ron as they both looked at the key, then at the front door of Monhinder's father's apartment.
Inside the apartment bedroom, the widow opened up slightly, then a pair of eyes looked around, checking for any signs of people. She then jumped inside. The person was none other than Shego, who just broke out of prison just yesterday with her boss, Dr. Drakken. Drakken had promised a more grand plan than his Lil Diablo failure a few weeks ago, and Shego wanted sweet payback.
"Dr. D, I'm in." Shego said through a headset.
"Excellent Shego." Drakken said through the com link. "Find his work. Search every room in the house." Shego nodded at that. "Oh, and see if he has any chicken curry in his refrigerator. I always wanted to try that stuff."
Shego rolled her eyes in annoyance. "We didn't break out of prison and came all the way to India just to try the food." Shego said.
"Just get the papers! I need to find him!" Drakken yelled. With that, Shego searched the bedroom for Mohinder's father's research.
Kim and Ron then entered quietly through the front door, stepping into the living room. The apartment loft is huge and very dark. On the far wall is a large world map similar to the one in the classroom. "He seems very committed to his work." Kim commented before she noticed a pair of horned-rimmed glasses on top an open book. She holds them for a moment, then puts it back down.
"Kim. Over here." Ron said, pointing to the table. On it is an accordion folder marked GENESIS. "What's this word again?"
"Genesis." Kim said as she looked through the folder, The green tab is labeled: HUMAN FLIGHT POTENTIAL. The yellow tab is marked: RAPID CELLULAR REGENERATION. "This must be where he keeps his research papers."
Shego then exited the bedroom, having found nothing in there. "Couldn't hurt to try in there." Shego said, entering the bathroom.
Kim then picks up a tape cassette marked TELEPORTATION. "Teleportation? Cool." Ron said with a smile. "Just like on Star Trek with Spock."
Kim gives Ron her handbag. "Alright, pack everything you can into this. I'm gonna go take a few pictures of that map and send it to Mohinder." Kim said. As Ron started packing the papers and tapes, Kim took a couple of pictures of the world map, hoping it could help him find answers.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the wall, a man was standing in the darkness and covered with shadows reading something. His phone rings. He puts the reading material down and answers it. "Hello? Yeah." Ron hears the sounds of the man talking. He senses someone is in the apartment with them. "Yeah. I'm at his place now. No, no, no. He left everything behind but his computer." Shego prepares to enter the kitchen, but sees the man and backs away, trying not to be spotted. "Are you sure about them? We could have just brought in a team here and bagged everything. Clean it out." The man then laughs as Ron approaches Kim and Shego goes into another room. "I'm kidding. I trust your judgement. And I trust them as well."
"Kim?" Ron whispered. "There's someone here." Kim's eyes went wide as her body went into alarm mode. She then sneaked around, trying to stay vigilant.
At the same time, Shego slid out of the closet and tip toed around the place. Soon, Kim and Shego were back to back, both of them vigilant and quiet. Kim then turned around and spotted Shego, blowing their cover. "You!" Kim yelled.
"You?!" Shego asked as her hands started glowing and she lunged after Kim, but Kim flipped her and Shego crashed onto the floor.
The man on the other side noticed the sounds. "I gotta go. I'll you back." He said, hanging up the phone.
"Shego?!" Ron asked in shock. The last time they saw her, she was in prison with Dr. Drakken. She smiled a nasty grin as Kim approached her.
"How did you get out?" Kim asked.
"What? Did you really think that a cell was gonna hold me and Dr. D in forever?" Shego shot back as she started to attack again.
"Pretty much." Ron said as he landed a strong punch to the gut.
"But it won't really matter anyway since you're going back!" Kim smirked as she kicked Shego in the face.
Growling, Shego approached them, hands glowing before being blasted away outside by the man in the other side of the wall, who was holding what appeared to be a hand blaster. Kim and Ron were both puzzled as to who helped them.
"Get out of here! Go!" He said. With that, Kim and Ron rushed out of the apartment as Shego laid on the street, dazed from being blasted. He then picked up the horn rimmed glasses. They're his.
Back on the streets, Kim and Ron were running, making sure Shego wasn't following them. They then stopped to catch their breaths. "You got the research?" Kim asked.
"Shoo Shay, I got it!" Ron said with a sly smile, making Kim smile back and give her boyfriend a big wet one on the cheek. "That was nice..."
"I could always count on you, Ronnie..." Kim said sweetly. "Anyway, let's get this back to Middleton so Wade can analyze and hide it."
Rufus then popped out of Ron's pocket and whistled. "Taxi!" He squeaked. A taxi cab then appeared and Kim and Ron hopped in as it drove towards the airport.
Meanwhile, Shego was coming out of her daze after getting blasted. She then reached for her headset. "The research is gone, Dr. D." Shego said, deadpan.
"What?! What happened?!" Drakken asked, enraged.
"Jackie Chan came to save the day." Shego said, sarcastically. "What did you think? Kim Possible was here!"
"Kim Possible?! Shego, those research papers were the key to complete our grand master plan!" Drakken scolded. Shego sighed, knowing that Drakken had told her about a new plan for world domination, but didn't really go into details.
"OK, you been telling me that you had a new grand master plan. Would you mind going into more detail? A lot more?" Shego asked, annoyed.
"Everything will be revealed in time." Drakken said. "Now go get the research! Destroy Kim Possible if you have to!" Shego saw a red car and smiled evilly.
"Oh, I will..." Shego said, her hands glowing as she approached two men standing by the car.
Middleton Hospital
Middleton, Colorado
Inside a operating room, Anne Sarah Possible, certified brain surgeon and mother to Kim Possible, was operating on a tumor. This was be her record 250th brain surgery. "OK. Removing tumor now..." Anne said as she grasped her surgical tools and removed the tumor from the frontal lobe of the brain. "Complete." The surgery team applauded Anne for a record success. "Thank you, thank you. It was nothing, really."
"Anne, that was truly amazing." A young male doctor said as she began to clean up. "Don't lift a finger. We'll take care of the rest."
"Oh Carlos, you don't have to." Anne said with a smile, trying to be modest.
"We insist. You reached a truly breathtaking milestone." Carlos said as Anne's surgical team stepped in for her.
"OK then..." Anne said as she stepped out of the operating room and met with a older looking gentleman in a white tailored coat. "Honestly, they're all thinking I just landed on Mars."
"Well, you might as well have." The man in the white coat said. He and Anne laughed at that. "But seriously Dr. Possible, it's a amazing milestone. 250 surgeries, all without fail."
"Thank you, Dr. Morgan." Anne said as she removed her mask and gloves.
"You're welcome. So, to honor your incredible achievement, I'm gonna send you to the Global Neuroscience Convention in Washington DC next year!" Dr. Morgan said with a smile. Anne just beamed with excitement.
"Thank you so much, Dr. Morgan! I don't know what to say..." Anne said as she walked past a mirror, but then walked back when she realized that there was something different about her reflection. It wasn't smiling like her, and it looked rather hostile. Anne tried moving her hand in front of her face, but the image didn't move. It just stood there with that mean expression. She then hears faint whispers, speaking to her. This is odd, Anne thought to herself. Why is...I probably didn't get enough sleep. "Dr. Morgan, do you mind if I check out early to be with my family?"
"Absolutely Dr. Possible." Dr. Morgan replied. Anne then changed into her white tailored coat as she started to walk out of the hospital, trying to push the hostile mirror image out of her mind. She thought that she was probably imagining things.
Possible Residence
Middleton, Colorado
Anne pulled her car into the driveway and entered her own house. "I'm home!" Anne called out. She was then greeted by James Timothy Possible, rocket scientist and father to Kim Possible, smiling at his wife with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. "Oh James...what are we celebrating?"
"You know...your 250th surgery!" James said, picking up his wife and spinning her around, making her laugh. "I knew you would reach that amazing milestone."
"Honestly James, it's no big deal." Anne said with a smile before taking a look into a mirror and seeing the hostile reflection again. "What do you want?" The image picked up a knife and Anne froze with terror as it seemed to strike James.
"Honey, are you alright?" James asked, concerned that his wife's happy face had vanished.
"Oh, I'm fine James." Anne said, trying to push everything to the back of her head. "Where's Kim?"
"She's off on a mission in India with Ronald." James said with a smile. "And Jim and Tim are upstairs, working on something."
"I think I'll go check out what they're doing." Anne said as she headed upstairs to Jim and Tim's room, Kim's mischievous genius twin brothers. She opened the door slightly, then frowned as she saw Jim and Tim messing with the hard drive of their computer. "Boys, that is the third time you broke that computer of yours. Do you know how much it's gonna take to get it fixed?"
"Mom, we're not breaking it." Jim said.
"We're trying to fix the mother board. It's been busted for weeks." Tim said. Anne smiled at as she leaned down and hugged both boys. Jim and Tim were weirded out by their mother's smothering.
"Mom, why are you hugging us now?" Jim asked.
"I just love you boys so much." Anne said. "I love all my children, including Kimmie and Ron."
"Ron's not our brother!" Tim protested.
"What if he was?" Jim asked with a smile. "That would make Rufus our nephew!"
"Cool! We'd be uncles!" Tim said with a smile.
"Hicka Bicka Boo!" Both boys said in unison. Anne smiled at that as she withdrew the embrace and went back downstairs, seemingly in content with her world.
Madras, India
Kim and Ron continued riding in a taxi while talking to Wade on the Kimmunicator. They had just gotten done talking about Mohinder's father's theories about evolved humans, and he was feeling nothing short then shocked. "Seriously? That stuff only happens in comics books and superhero movies!" Wade said with a smile.
"That's what I was thinking." Ron said with a smile.
"Mohinder thinks that his father died because someone was after his research. Once we get back home, we're gonna send all this to you so you can help analyze it." Kim said.
"Actually, I can pick it up right now, if you just look outside your window." Wade said. Ron and Kim did just that and saw a drone carrying a cargo net. The driver rolled down the window so Kim could put the research papers and tapes inside the net. The drone then flew off. "It'll be back here before you guys are, and I can't wait to study it."
"Thanks Wade." Kim said with a smile, hanging up the Kimmunicator. She then giggled as Ron put his arm around his shoulder.
"So, once we get back to the good old U S of A, what do you say to Nacos tonight?" Ron asked with a grin.
"I say, perfect." Kim said with a smile. Then suddenly, a red car crashed right into the taxi cab, sending it flying with Kim, Ron and the driver. Glass flew everywhere as the cab flipped right side up, badly beaten. Ron started breathing fast as he checked himself for injuries, shaking off the shock. He then checked his pocket for Rufus, and there he was, still sleeping, unharmed.
"Kim?" Ron asked as he found Kim, seemingly unconscious, bloodied up and with many broken bones. "KP?" He didn't get the chance to react as he was pulled out of the by Shego.
"Alright, I'm gonna ask you one time: Where are the papers?" Shego asked, enraged and hands glowing. Ron cowered with fear as Shego prepared to burn him.
"Leave him alone!" Kim yelled, getting up from her seat, not feeling any pain and her cuts healing quickly. Shego and Ron were in complete shock as Kim twisted her right shoulder, placing the bone back into place. She noticed it too, and just gasped. Kim also noticed her cuts and the blood were completely gone. Kim then did the same thing to her right shoulder, both arms, legs, hands, and her rib cage. "How is this possible?"
"Don't know, don't care." Shego said, still shocked as Ron continued to look with his mouth dropped. "Cause you're gonna get burned!" Shego then lunged at Kim and blasted her stomach, but she gasped as Kim felt no pain and didn't have a burn on her midriff. Kim then used this opportunity to flip Shego and kick her in the stomach. As she stood on her knees, she was in complete disbelief that Kim was basically indestructible. "How did you even..."
"I have absolutely no idea." Kim said. "But, I do know that you're about to feel some serious pain if you don't leave now." Shego, while still puzzled, decided to walk away. Kim then ran straight to Ron. "Ron! Are you OK?"
"I'm fine, but how did you fix yourself Kim?" Ron asked, still in shock. Kim froze for a moment, trying to come up with a reason.
"I...don't know..." Kim simply said, as she was also shocked by her new found ability to heal quickly. She and Ron then checked on the taxi driver as police officers came to the scene. "He's seriously hurt."
"We'll take it from here." The Indian policeman said. Kim nodded as she and Ron started walking, both of them feeling completely awkward about what had happened a few moments ago.
"OK, how weird are we talking about on the weirdness scale?" Ron asked.
"I would probably say, our first 15.0." Kim said, remembering what had happened, and what Mohinder said about evolved humans. Am I one of them? Kim thought to herself. "Come on. The airport should be only a few miles." She and Ron walked on, not saying a word until they reached the airport.
Coming soon with Part 2 of Genesis...
As Kim decided to test her new abilities, including doing an incredibly dangerous act of heroism, Ron continues to wonder if he's meant for more than just a sidekick
In Japan, a young girl in a school for ninjas discovers her special abilities, thanks to the help of her instructor
Anne wonders if she's losing her mind when she has a chance encounter with Drakken and Shego
Mohinder arrives in New York and uncovers a clue of his father's demise
Kim and Ron's best friend fears she's going insane when she learns that she can draw the future
Wade studies what Mohinder'ss father has been working on and learns more than he ever imagined