Road Trip II
Disclaimer/Author's Notes: Kim Possible and all the characters of the show are owned by the Disney Corporation. All other characters are the creation of the author and may not be used without his permission.
This is a strictly not-for-profit, just-for-fun work…at this time.
Enjoy! Please read and review.
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A/N Forward:
The first time was big fun; so another surprise for Jocelyn Possible to start the Fannies season, and more fun and Fannie adventures for all...
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Chapter 1 - Welcome back I
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The writer fell back into his chair in shock, grinning like a full-bore idiot.
"She did it," he whispered, looking upward.
"Boy, howdy, did she do it… just like her to never go half-way on anything," he grinned and resumed his chat with her and the gang….
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Dr. Elizabeth Director-Possible was taking a well-deserved day off, the twins were asleep, and she was enjoying some long-anticipated reading in the living room when she heard the front door crash open and slam close.
"Hello, daughter," Betty recognized the sound of the person entering, and Joss turned the corner and grinned.
"Hey, Momma2: slacking off today?" Joss pulled her backpack off of her back.
"True slacker mode, Joss: taking a day off, finally," she smiled.
"In other words: you've only had four conference calls today instead of the usual 10, just one 'lively' conversation with Dr. Adams, and only one Will Du dressing-down discussion, right?" Joss laughed when Betty replied with a knowing smile and a curt nod.
"And, the best part: I left the rest of my conference calls for C. P. to handle," Betty grinned. "He'll be complaining for weeks," she added, and Joss laughed.
"That big ol' KangaKat," Joss laughed as she walked into the living room, sighed and plopped into the recliner, the chair wrapping itself around her like a giant throw. "I'm tired of High School, Momma2."
"How have the last few months gone, Joss?" Betty continued, and Joss let out a deep sigh.
"It is soooooooooooooo boring," Joss leaned forward, and Betty chuckled inside. "If it wasn't for my college classes, I'd run away and join the circus," she added, falling back into the chair, exhausted.
"If you do, make sure you don't sign the standard carnie contract," Betty added with a grin, but Joss just looked confused.
"Oh, Joss?" Betty continued. "A package came for you from Wade. I put it in your room," Betty looked up, but the breeze was all that remained of Joss heading out of the room and up the stairs, two at a time, for her room.
It was the last time Betty would see her for hours….
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Betty was enjoying her David Weber novel when a pair of hands melded into her shoulders with one of his patented rubs. She barely managed to put her bookmark in before the book fell from her hands into her lap as she closed it. She felt the feline part of her rise toward the surface, and her eyes closed while she purred in contentment. "Slim," she smiled, "you should be arrested for having hands like that," and her husband chuckled.
"That's what you always say, Elizabeth, but thank you," he replied, rubbing for a few more minutes before stopping. She whined when he stopped, but he laughed and headed for the kitchen to "warm up some chili for dinner," he announced. "Have you seen Sweet Tea?" he called from the hall, heading for the kitchen.
"She's upstairs. She got a package from Wade, and I haven't seen her since I told her about it after she got home."
"Must be more tech," Slim laughed, and Betty heard the one of the refrigerator doors open and Slim remove the huge pot of leftover chili. Betty smiled, and her stomach did the Flippies. She chuckled and sighed at the same time: Slim's five-alarm chili was sooo wonderful, but when it landed full-force in her stomach and sat for more than 10 minutes…OY!
Dinner was quiet: Slim and Betty talked, but Joss never showed up. As they finished dinner, the doorbell rang. Betty got up and walked to the door, glancing at the monitor: Becky Barlow, and Jennifer Battle, Joss' BFGFs. Betty smiled and opened the door to see two young ladies that were grinning 'like idiots,' Betty thought, through tear-stained faces. The young ladies burst through the door and headed for the stairs and Joss' room, and Betty heard the trap door open and close with a loud 'whoosh'. 'Better than the constant slams,' she thought, closing the front door.
It wasn't until after 9:30, and Betty was in the kitchen, trying to decide if she wanted a snack or an antacid, when she heard multiple sets of footsteps coming down the stairs, accompanied by lots of giggling. She poured a big glass of buttermilk and was closing the refrigerator when she saw the girls come into the room, all three smiling and faces with remnants of tears. "Good evening, ladies," Betty smiled and drank a big gulp.
"Hi, 'Momma2,'" Jennifer giggled.
"Might I inquire as to the reason for the dichotomy of emotions?" Betty asked, and all three girls giggled…'like schoolgirls,' Betty thought, remembering her high school years.
"Men," Joss announced with finality, and Becky giggled.
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Hearing the knock at the door, Bego looked up from her tablet computer. Doing the analysis was simple, but she had decided to do it 'Old School' and use the tablet. Wade had contacted her and asked her if she was available for a discussion with a visitor.
"Come in," she called, and the door opened to reveal Dr. Wade Load of Lipsky and Load and a person she had not seen in almost a year.
"Dr. Load…and cpneb," Bego smiled and stood, walking toward the two. "To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"
cpneb smiled: he had not seen or heard Bego since the Fannies, and he was happy to hear that her voice patterns had improved so that she sounded human… 'but, she is real,' he thought.
Wade took her hand, and BeGo looked surprised for a second, then grinned really, really big.
"Wade, what did you do to me? Not that I mind," she grinned, and Wade saw the Joss in her that he had lost and was trying to get back….
"I gave you a temporary patch, BeGo, so we could discuss with you the options of having full access to all of your memories rather than just using 'Electric Sheep,'" Wade replied. "You have grown in this time, and Drew and I and Joss all think you're ready."
"And, cpneb? Why is he here?"
"To ask you if you'd like to come back to the Fannies once again, my dear," he replied with a hint of a smile.
"Why?" BeGo asked with an evil grin. "So you can show off your handiwork, huh, neb?"
"It's not my baby," 'neb immediately replied with exasperation, and Wade looked perplexed.
BeGo laughed. "I just sent an email to Mrs. 'neb," and cpneb blanched. "Her response was, and I quote," and BeGo adopted a Ricardo Romero pose and accent: ''Neb, you got some 'splainin' to do!'" BeGo laughed hard then looked at 'neb once more. "One more question, sir?" she was suddenly polite, and 'neb knew what she was going to ask.
"Yes, Bego, CajunBear73 is coming back," and her smile lit the room.
"Well, D'uh, 'neb," BeGo laughed. She looked at Wade. "Can I take it on a trial run?" she asked, and Wade nodded. She then turned back to cpneb and answered him. "Sure, I'll come," she decided, walked over to 'neb, leaned into him and whispered into his ear, "besides, 'nebbie, he has a really cute tuschie," kissing 'neb's cheek, causing both he and Wade to blush while she laughed at the two men.
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Kwebs grinned as he watched Silvermist stir a gravy mix in the bowl already containing warm water.
Silvermist looked over her shoulder and grinned. "Kwebs, are you staring at me bum?" she asked, doing her best "Amanda Cherry Tartanware" impression.
Kwebs laughed. "Hey, it's goodness," he replied, and Silvermist winked and continued to stir, adding a little action to the process.
This past 12 months had been, in a word, wonderful. He and his wife had discovered a new group of people, all wonderful friends that they hadn't met before, they'd survived the move and the massively-cold winter, and now they were going to their first Fannies.
'And, sitting with a group of friends who all care,' he thought, and a tear almost escaped his eye.
"Thinking about the Fannies, again, Kwebs?" Silvermist called over her shoulder.
"Well, that would be correct, dear, but multiple Fannies had crossed my mind," Kwebs grinned and ducked as the pot holder went, spinning and sailing, over his head.
Silvermist smiled as she stirred. Kwebs had taken to reading stories on the fanfiction site, and he had liked what he read so much that he decided to do a Ron and 'Emulate' the writers, starting to do so himself. The chat had opened up the world of words to voices, and they both had had opportunities to speak with several writers and have some long and fun conversations, as well. She was happy for him, and she especially liked the young women who had appeared on the chat, as well: 'we can talk about these overgrown boys with their toys,' she grinned and spooned the gravy onto the plate.
She changed her chat name to Silvermist_Yummy, giggling as she did. "Here you go, 'neb," she laughed. She kept it up, just because he liked it.
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Mags came in the front door and put her violin down on the table, picking up her purse and pulling out the now-silent cell. She pulled up the caller id and smiled, then punched another button.
"We're going back," she told the person on the other end of the phone, and held her phone away so she wouldn't get deafened by the YAAA-HOOOOOOOO! that came over the speaker. "I'm glad you like the idea, so I'll tell him when I call him back." She clicked off and pulled up the number on caller-id and called it.
It only rang twice before she heard laughter coming from the other end. "Hello, Mags," and she grinned.
"Hey, 'nebmeister. Got a plane ready for us?"
"Of course, my dear. I wasn't sure if you wanted to come back or not," was his reply, and Mags snorted.
"Are you kidding? I've got twice as many people who want to come to Middleton, 'neb. You'd be surprised just how many fans you and the other writers have in the recording industry. One lady cried when she heard that MrDrP was married: she had fantasized about running away with him and having him read KP stories to her," she laughed.
"Yeah, well, his wife might not cotton to that idea," 'neb laughed.
"I have to know one thing, 'neb," Mags had gotten quieter, and 'neb smiled.
"Yes, Mags, he's asked about you. It seems that you're going after the younger men, now."
"I know he's married, but I'm not going after him for that," Mags explained, ignoring 'neb's chuckles. "He intrigues me, 'neb!"
"Riiiiiiiiight. The plane will pick you up on the-"
"21st: we read the forums, 'neb," she laughed and hung up on him before she could slam her fist into the air and yell "YESSSS!"
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"KP, calm down!" Ron was trying, unsuccessfully, to eat his fourth Naco, but Kim was bouncing around his dorm room worse than his baby sister Hana had ever done, even after a triple carbo-loading or the Halloween candy incident. He shuddered to even think about that one, once again.
"Ron, they believe, and they're still writing, even after the show's gone!" she exclaimed, giggling and bouncing off yet another wall.
"Rufus, it's time: card me," Ron announced, and the little guy came out, ran to Kim's purse, and pulled it out.
Kim stopped and stared at the two of them in horror as Rufus ran to Ron's table, hopped up onto it, and handed him the card while, at the same time, Ron brandished a pair of scissors.
"If you don't calm down, KP, you'll never see the card again," Ron stated calmly, holding her first Titanium Club Banana charge card in his left hand and a pair of scissors in the other.
All Ron heard was a low growl. He looked up and saw green, glowing, angry eyes...and then, he heard and felt nothing.
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"Those guys got with Wade and made us early Valentine's Day DVDs, Momma2," Becky said, tears started to stream down her face when she spoke, "and they told us how much they cared."
"What's wrong with that?" Betty asked, intrigued.
"They used an old song to tell us," Jennifer laughed through her tears, and Betty got suspicious.
"What old song?"
"This," and Joss punched the code into the kitchen table panel, and the plasma fired up and begin to play her DVD from the cued spot. The black page morphed to produce a name and title:
Charlie Ivy -True Love Waits:
Then, these spoken words came over the blackened screen.
[Richard:] Yeah, we're rolling.
[Charlie:] OK.
[Richard:] Quiet, boys. Hit it, Benjamino (and a laugh is heard in the background).
Then, the song began, and the screen filled with the four musicians and a backup string orchestra:
[Charlie sings, solo] Just you know why,
Why you and I,
Will by and by,
Know true love waits.
Sometimes we'll cry,
And, then, we'll sigh.
And, we'll know why,
Just you and I,
Know true love waits.
Come will the days,
Our true love waits,
Will bring us joys to share,
With those who really care.
Sometimes we'll cry,
And, then, we'll sigh.
And, we'll know why,
Just you and I,
Know true love waits.
The strings take over and play a chorus with the band accompanying while Charlie plays the harmonica, and then he puts it down and begins to sing at the end of the chorus:
For all our days,
Our true love waits,
Will bring us joys to share,
With those who really care.
Sometimes we'll cry,
And, then, we'll sigh.
And, we'll know why,
Just you and I,
Know true love waits.
The screen went black, and white lettering crawls across the screen and stuck like glue in the center:
I will wait for you…no matter how long it takes.
I love you, Andrea Jocelyn.
…Wade Agamemnon
Betty gave a knowing smile. "Now I know where Slim got his material," she giggled, and the three younger women stared at Betty in amazement before all four women brought out in laughter.
"Momma2, Daddy gave you a DVD?"
"Yes, Joss, he did. I noticed you didn't show me the opening of yours."
"NO WAY!" Joss laughed. "You might turn mah Aggie over to Uncle Jim for a deep space probe refit," and all four women laughed again.
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'This was not in the plans at the beginning of 2008,' Absentialuci smiled as she packed her duffel.
"Are you all right, Luci?" Dylan, her husband of only a few weeks, asked, and she smiled her patented smile.
He, of course, melted into a pile of goo. She had that effect on him, 'and she always will, even after the stars grow cold and dead,' he thought with an inner smile.
"Of course…just a bit nervous," she admitted.
"You? Nervous?" He laughed. "Luci, you've never been nervous in your life!"
"I've never been on a jet piloted by fictional characters that was changing universes before, either," she replied with a snark. "You're certain you're ok with me going?"
"Of course, my love: I trust 'neb, though I have no logical reason to trust someone I've never met; I guess it's because he didn't threaten to kill me when he first met me may have softened me," he replied, and the knock on the door interrupted his comments.
He looked thru the glass and chuckled. "Your ride's here," he grinned and opened the door. "You must be cpneb," he smiled and extended his hand.
"And you, Dylan, must be the second-luckiest man in the universe, me being the first," 'neb grinned and handed him a bottle. "It's not much, but it's a little something for the two of you to use when she gets back," he smiled, and laughed when Dylan looked at the label of the bottle of sparkling grape juice. "Can't hurt the little Mac, now can we?"
"Thanks," he took 'neb's proffered hand and shook it, leading 'neb into the room as Luci came out of the bedroom.
'neb grabbed his chest and grinned. "Well, perhaps I should share the title of luckiest with you, sir. Luci, you are indeed a vision, and you are literally glowing."
She smiled, walked up to 'neb, and kissed his cheek. "I won't kill you until we get home," she purred, and 'neb and Dylan both laughed.
"How'ya doing, Momma?" 'neb laughed.
"I told everyone it's your baby, 'neb," she grinned, and Dylan laughed as 'neb blanched.
"LUCI!"
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Twila Starla answered the door and smiled.
"Are you ready, Miss Starla?" Commander Dr. Charles Percival Nebulon (C. P. ) Adams asked, and Twila grinned and stepped out of the door, carrying her overnight bag, toward the Global Justice business jet. C. P. had picked up her other suitcases and headed for the pressurized storage area, placing them inside.
"Do we still have a plan, Dr. Adams?" Twila asked when he came onboard, and C. P. grinned.
"A gift, from an Angel," C. P. dead-panned, and then he broke into a huge grin. "He's gonna get it good."
Twila smiled as the exterior door closed.
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"Hello, Big Sis," Joss' voice came from the doorway, and Luci smiled as she took the steps into the BlazeIT! jet.
"Jocelyn," Luci smiled and hugged Joss.
"And, so it begins: I get ignored, all over again," 'neb groused as he took the steps slowly, and both Joss and Luci laughed with 'neb as he reached the landing.
"What did you expect, 'neb?" Joss asked, hugging her friend, then pulling back and smiling. "Whoa, there, mister: there's less of you to go around, 'neb."
"The MS diet works wonders, Joss," 'neb laughed as they entered the cabin.
Wade, Will Du, and Lindsey Peterson-Du walked from the cockpit, but Lindsey ran into the two guys, both frozen in place.
"'neb, you weren't kidding," Luci and Lindsey both laughed at the drool spooling from both Will and Wade, whacking the back of both heads to get their attention.
"'neb, you weren't kidding," Wade finally spoke, and Joss giggled.
"'neb, what did you tell them?" Luci asked.
"Nothing other than the fact that you might get their attention, Luci," 'neb dead-panned, and Lindsey and Joss roared with laughter.
"Understate much, 'neb?" Luci snarked, and even Will Du laughed.
"The flight plan is set, 'neb, and we're picking up ja and kt next, then we'll head to Louisiana and get Anabri and CajunBear73, then up a bit to get Star_Eva01, north to get Kwebs and Silvermist, Mike_Industries, then pick up Neo the Saiyan Angel, and then a final eastern swing to Eastern Canada to pick up Thomas Linquist before heading to Middleton," Lindsey smiled, turned, and walked back to the cockpit.
'neb smiled, and Lindsey stopped and looked back over her shoulder. "'neb, are you watching me bum?" she asked, and 'neb grinned while the rest of the occupants laughed as Lindsey headed to the cockpit, followed by a wolf whistle from Will.
"We have other jets picking up the rest of the writers, including Slyrr, and they'll head over and pick up Grimm, Rhonda, and Jade," Wade added, and Joss hit him in the back of his head with her cowgirl hat. "WHAT?" Wade complained.
"I know about you and Jade, Wade," Joss complained, and Wade sputtered before Joss broke into laughter. "Kidding, Aggie," she grinned and kissed his cheek.
"What about Miss Load, Ino, and BeGo?" 'neb asked.
"Surprise," triplet voices came from behind him, three pair of arms appeared around his waist, and he felt three sets of lips touch the sides of his face.
"Hello, ladies," 'neb grinned, and all three laughed when they felt his face get warmer.
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"Ron?"
"Ron, are you awake?"
Ron groaned and realized that his head didn't hurt. He opened his eyes, saw emerald green, and smiled. "Hey, KP."
"You passed out, Ron. What happened?"
Ron sat up and groaned. "I had a strange dream: you were bounding off the walls worse than Hana, and I had your Club Banana card, and you kicked me in the head…I think," Ron rubbed his head.
"RON!" Kim looked shocked. "You passed out after you mumbled something about a story you read by some writer creating a Ron/Monkey Fist pairing," Kim grinned.
Ron groaned once again, and shouted to the heavens, head lifted upward:
"Why does it always have to be monkeys? Where are my crazed supermodels?"
Kim just smiled at him, because she didn't have the heart to tell him what Wade had told her…..
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Author's afterward:
(rumbles sound in the distance)
Just when you thought it was safe to come back to the Fannies...and, the first time was only a warning.
It's started, a new Road Trip, with some new cast members appearing here, as well.
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A pair of personal notes, if I may:
To Luci and Dylan: congratulations. May you live as long as you want, and love as long as you live.
To Rocinante: I, as are several others, am glad you have returned and eagerly look forward to your recreation of the lost story.
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