Kim Possible Aftermath 15: Hostage Situation
(A/N: So it's been a while since I posted the last KP story, I've hit major writers block for it, but this story at least is done and can now be posted. Working on the second installment of Go Team Go too, but that one's taking a lot longer. Sort of taking from a vacation I took to Canada. Can't guarantee when another story in this series will be up, but here's hoping. Until then…)
World Waterpark
"What is this place?" Monique wondered in awe, looking through the glass windows out over the large indoor waterpark.
"This is the first destination of our Edmonton, Alberta tour, the World Waterpark; largest indoor waterpark on Earth," Justine replied, smiling.
"It's huge!" Ron exclaimed, gawking at the waterpark. "Canada's huge!"
"Ron, we've been to Canada before, remember?" Kim asked, smirking. "You know, Drakken's Drakanada plan."
"Yeah, but not to one of the prairie states!" Ron exclaimed.
"In Canada they're called Provinces, Ron," Ned said, rolling his eyes.
"This isn't a leisure trip, amateurs. Dr. Director sent us here to keep an eye on Jack Hench," Will declared, frowning at the group with him. The team Director had called out happened to consist of Kim, Ron, Felix, Zita, Monique, Fukushima, Hirotaka, Amelia, Ned, Justine, Josh, Tara, Bonnie, and Senor Junior apparently, at Zita's and Bonnie's absolute insistence. Of course they had had to promise to keep him in the dark about the reason they were here as well as take responsibility for his actions. After all, he was still a villain; well, if you could ever really have called him a true villain. Villainy, for Junior, had always been more of a casual pastime to stave off boredom or to try and please his father. He'd never really been deeply interested in it. Heck, he'd never been deeply interested in anything say for Bonnie. Sensei was along as well, with Hana, to supervise the group.
"We are spying on Hench?" Junior asked, suddenly looking uneasy. Will bit his tongue. Dang, that hadn't been supposed to slip out. Especially not to a villain.
"Come on, Du, loosen up a little," Kim teased, nudging him playfully and trying to change the subject so Junior wouldn't decide to get evil. "We're in Canada."
"Not particularly wondrous," Will wryly said, looking around the large mall. "Is Canada a situation new to you, Miss Possible?" Will asked.
"Uh, well, no, but I've never really had a chance to just enjoy it. I mean this is totally just surveillance. Jack isn't dumb enough to do anything wrong in so open an area. Besides, don't you find it weird how Director was able to so easily find a reason to watch him?"
"I'm betting your father's finally found a way to get you to go on vacation," Tara teased, knowing full well that Will Du never ever went on holiday.
"And your mother went right along with it. I'll bet they plotted this excursion from the start," Zita agreed, nodding.
Will started, blinking blankly. "Curse you, mom and dad!" he yelled furiously to the sky, because now that the possibility had been given to him, he realized immediately that it was true.
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"Come on, dude, it'll be fun," Felix assured, patting Will's back.
"I don't do fun," Will stated.
"Ugh, typical. You're, like, even worse than Kim's loser cousin Larry," Bonnie bit, filing her nails.
"Hey, Larry may be a loser, but he…" Kim began. She trailed off. "Never mind." He was her cousin, but a great annoyance he undoubtedly was.
"Wow, Will, you're almost more of a workaholic than me," Ned remarked.
"And it's almost an inconceivable occurrence when Ned stops," Justine said, smirking.
"I'll have you know, I…" Will began.
"Waterslides do unkind things to my hair. I think I will just lounge by the wave pool," Senior Junior stated, cutting him off. Will glared at him and rolled his eyes, letting it slide.
"Ooh, that sounds perfect, sweetie," Bonnie sang, hugging Junior's arm. Many of the guys' bodies were shaking from the effort of restraining their laughter.
"You're coming with me on a slide whether you like it or not," Zita said to Junior, grinning and holding her cousin's other arm. Bonnie frowned, annoyed, but let it go. Zita was his cousin, after all, not a threat.
"But Zita…" he began to whine.
"Nope, you got no choice," Zita interrupted.
"Tough luck," Will said, smirking.
"If I am doomed to suffer, so are you," Junior muttered to Will.
Will started and frowned, saying, "Fine, I'll go, but I won't enjoy it."
"By the time we're through, dude, you'll be having the time of your life. Junior can show you how to party," Josh said, having heard their conversation.
"I will not have fun!" Will insisted.
Yori giggled and said, "Oh Will-san, you and your American style stubbornness. Come, we will all enjoy ourselves."
"This mall must be one of the largest I have ever seen," Fukushima said, leaning over a railing and looking down at the miniature Sea World beneath them.
"It was once one of the largest in the world," Tara said, holding Josh's arm. "Galaxy Land is another stop we'll have to make. The rides are the bomb."
"Come, young ones. We cannot miss the Theatre with the fire breathing dragon either," Sensei said with an affectionate smile as he held Hana. He would not be swimming, of course, but Hana very much liked the water.
"Popcorn!" Rufus cheered, popping up from Ron's pocket. Hana giggled excitedly, waving her arms in the air.
"Scotiabank Theatre, here we come. A booyah," Ron said, smiling and clenching his fist.
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"The prices are outrageous," Fukushima grumbled as he got his stamp and met up with the others after going through the line. "You must pay for towels."
"It's a money-grab, all of it," Will grumbled. "I don't see why this comes as a great surprise to you."
"Of course it is. Luckily I have money to spend," Junior boasted, smirking proudly.
"And me to help you," Bonnie said, teasingly grinning at him.
"Don't rub it in," Will said, unable to help but smile at the young Spaniard.
"I dislike wearing bathing suits," Hirotaka complained, unenthusiastic about the fact he would have to change.
"What do you have to be ashamed of?" Amelia asked, smirking.
"The objectifying gazes of you American women," Hirotaka answered.
"And some men," Fukushima teased. "Remember the time…"
Hirotaka twitched then growled icily through gritted teeth, eyes narrowing and fists clenched tightly, "Tojikomeru." Shut up. Fukushima grinned innocently, shrugging. Honestly he wasn't one to talk. He was not as handsome as Hirotaka, but he certainly wasn't at all unappealing to look at.
"Yori, what is the bathing suit you intend to wear?" Hirotaka asked, looking protectively at his sister. The last thing he needed to worry about was men lewdly watching her, clambering for his sister's affections and undressing her with their eyes.
"I don't believe what she wears should concern you," Justine bit.
"She's a feminist," Ned explained, seeing Hirotaka's confused look.
"A what?" Hirotaka asked doubtfully.
"A feminisuto, Mago (grandson)," Sensei explained, chuckling.
"Ah," Hirotaka said eyes lighting up as he caught on. "What my sister wears, Justine-san, concerns me very much."
"You don't…" Justine began.
"Justine-san, it is not offensive to me. He is only being a concerned brother," Yori defended, bowing. She was slightly annoyed, what little sister wouldn't be, but had long since gotten used to it.
"Aye caramba, and I am being a concerned cousin!" Junior exclaimed in horror on seeing the bikini Zita had brought. Zita burst into laughter, snatching it back.
"So am I," she said to him, pulling out his own chosen suit with a frown. "Tight enough, Junior?" Junior grinned innocently as Will snickered.
"You so totally don't have to worry. I'll protect him from those other women," Bonnie said, giggling teasingly at her boyfriend. He blushed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
Yori pulled out her one piece suit, saying, "This is the suit I plan to wear, Hirotaka."
He frowned at it. It was an alluring one piece, he saw, but it wasn't as bad as some he had seen before. In fact, comparatively it was quite modest to many of the girls and women he had seen swimming in the wave pool from the window above. "Ooh, show him the other option you had," Monique insisted. She didn't know why, but she found overprotective Hirotaka adorable to watch.
Kim began laughing. She couldn't wait to see this. Yori grinned devilishly and fished through her bag as a now suspicious and guarded Hirotaka watched. She pulled out a two piece suit that nearly gave Hirotaka a heart-attack, and Sensei as well. "Yori!" Sensei exclaimed.
"Imouto, what were you thinking?!" Hirotaka demanded.
"It is not mine, oniisan. It is a suit of Bonnie's that she gave to Amelia who gave it to me. It is not meant to be worn in water," Yori replied. "It is a designer one; one I would likely never wear."
"By all means, wear it," Fukushima said, eyes lighting up brilliantly. He yelped as Hirotaka seized the back of his neck tightly.
"Hey!" Monique shot at Fukushima sharply.
"In my defense the comment I would have made had you drawn that suit from your bag would have been much more… personal," Fukushima whimpered, trying to wriggle away from Hirotaka.
"Boy, I don't know whether to slap you silly or blush," Monique replied.
"Do both," Hirotaka said to her.
"There will be no violence, young ones. We are being watched," Sensei firmly said, looking back at the other people standing in line and watching them all. Hirotaka forced Fukushima towards the men's change room, not bothering to let go of the back of his neck. The other boys followed, Sensei handing Hana to Yori. The girls giggled and entered their own change room.
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"Ugh, where are the girls?" Will asked in annoyance, checking his watch.
"They take their time, dude, chill," Felix reassured, smiling in amusement and spinning his chair around to pass the time.
"I am going by the pool," Junior said.
"Hold on a bit, they'll be out soon," Josh replied.
"Look, here they come now," Ned added, pointing.
Hirotaka frowned at his sister's bathing suit, unimpressed, but it was more complete, so to speak, than Bonnie's, Tara's, Zita's, Monique's, and Kim's were. Justine and Amelia were more modest as well. He supposed he might be being too critical; after all if he looked at Yori's suit in the perspective of just another male, he would not be so much unimpressed as interested, but the point remained that he was not just another male. Hana giggled, reaching towards the infant waterpark section, obviously excited.
"Here you go, ojiisan (grandfather)," Yori said as she handed Hana over to Sensei.
"Domo, magomusume," Sensei replied, taking his other granddaughter. "Have fun, young ones." Dignified as ever he shuffled off, toting Hana.
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"Aw man, I feel so weak," Ron lamented, ruefully looking at Hirotaka and Fukushima, both who were, to say the least, ripped. The two weren't all that muscular like Junior was—in fact Fukushima probably had less muscle than Josh did—but they were well defined. In fact, they were shaming him, Josh, Ned, and Felix all, no doubts about it. Will, surprisingly enough, was actually quite strapping as well. Not quite as much so as Fukushima or Hirotaka, but enough.
"Mmm, mmm, mmm, not bad Fukushima," Monique flirtatiously said, winking at him. He blinked and looked down at his abs. He grinned wickedly at her, bowing.
"Wow, Hirotaka has a great bod," Tara whispered excitedly to Bonnie and Amelia.
"I hate to say it, but Will's isn't half bad either," Bonnie admitted before she could stop herself.
"What are we, chopped liver?" Josh asked Ron, Felix, and Ned.
"Well, you're better defined than Ron, Felix, and me," Ned helplessly offered, shrugging.
Ron caught the cruel look in Fukushima's eyes and groaned, "Oh no, here it comes."
"Here what comes?" Felix asked.
"Yeah, uh, long story short, the school jerk at Yamanouchi was Fukushima; and I mean real hard core jerk," Ron replied, hands self-consciously behind his back.
"Outsider, you call yourself the Ultimate Monkey Master? Look at you," Fukushima acidly bit, poking Ron's stomach harder than necessary. "You are a weakling, no muscle at all."
"Hey, back of. My man Ron might not be toned, but he has muscle," Josh defended, frowning.
"For all the good it does him," Will said to Junior. The two chuckled coldly.
"Perhaps it is best if bullies and victims divide," Yori bit at Fukushima. If he was going to be cruel to Stoppable-San, he could spend his time with Junior, Will, and Bonnie.
"Yeah, I don't think so," Bonnie replied. "Come on, Junior honey, let's go sunbathe."
"Of course, ma paloma," he answered, linking his arm through hers. "Tara, Amelia, are you coming?"
"Um, actually I kind of want to hit the wave pool," Tara replied.
"Come on, you two, have some fun," Zita insisted to Junior and Bonnie.
"Ugh, fine," Bonnie relented. Junior looked as unenthusiastic as Bonnie sounded. Nonetheless, they all headed to the wave pool.
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They raced into the water laughing and giggling, diving through and jumping over the waves. Soon enough even Junior, Will, and Bonnie were loosening up. Yori gave a shriek as Hirotaka came up beneath her, prompting her to perch on his shoulders and go above the waves. She grinned excitedly and leapt from her brother's shoulders, doing a cannonball into the water. As the cycle ended they all made their way back to the shallow end. "What next?" Monique excitedly questioned.
"I can do a lot, but even my advanced wheelchair has its limits," Felix ruefully said, looking over it. Robotics and water didn't mix. He had managed to do the wave pool. His arms were mobile and strong. He could swim without much issue, as long as someone was nearby for if his arms got too tired, but waterslides promised to be much harder than the wave pool, especially given the mountains of stairs in this place.
Zita bent and kissed him softly. "I'll follow you," she declared.
"Oh Zita, you don't have to," Felix said.
"It's no problem," she assured. "The hot tub behind the plants is really nice."
"I'm so totally sunbathing," Bonnie stated.
"As am I," Junior agreed.
"I'm right there with you," Will said. He planned on playing the part of lifeguard, though. In his defense he had to have something to do, and he didn't trust the lifeguards currently on duty to do their jobs properly. Then again he trusted no one he knew to do their jobs properly.
"Hey Josh, let's grab something to eat from the food shacks," Tara insisted.
Josh grinned, saying, "Sure thing, Tara." He took her hand. "Anyone else?"
"Sure, why not?" Ned agreed.
"I might as well. I'm bored of this menial place already," Justine stated, though if she were to be completely honest she had every intention of going down a few waterslides before the morning was done.
"I don't know about anyone else, but I'm totally trying the bungee jump," Kim stated, pointing at it.
"Typical, Kim, but I am so there!" Monique exclaimed excitedly.
"As am I. This bungee jump, as you call it, appears to be exciting," Yori agreed.
"I'll go with Josh, Tara, Ned, and Justine to the food shacks," Amelia said, rolling her eyes affectionately.
"Fukushima and I will go on some of the slides," Hirotaka said, looking relishingly at the ones that were almost straight up and down, the one with the various bumps from which many were, as the Western World said 'catching air,' and the one that had a loop. Fukushima grinned.
"Coolio. Looks like I'm taggin' along with you guys," Ron said.
Fukushima frowned icily. "Outsider, go play in the child's pool where you belong," he stated.
"Fukushima!" Hirotaka sharply said. "Stoppable-kun, of course you are welcome to join us," he assured, bowing low.
Fukushima scoffed disdainfully. "Try and keep up," he challenged.
"Oh you're so on," Ron replied, eyes narrowing as he took up the challenge, folding his arms. Fukushima scowled. Ron started off and suddenly Fukushima tripped him.
"Bah!" Ron cried, falling to the ground. Luckily he was able to catch himself or he'd have a bloody face. Fukushima laughed coldly. His laughter cut off abruptly on seeing Hirotaka's dangerous scowl. Fukushima grinned innocently, shrugging and awkwardly clearing his throat.