Authors Note: Alright. The first chapter of my first fanfiction. In the words of Dr P, "Boy I hope this works."

The essence of the stroy is Kim and Ron never meet in pre-k. Instead Kim became friends with Bonnie while Ron was left on his own. The story will basically cover the fate of Kim and Ron if they had never become friends. And I have a very special twist for the end.

Now this story was born from just two lines that ran through my head watching A Stich in Time. I wondered, 'if Bonnie went with Kim and Ron on this mission what would she say?' The Answer was funny enough to merit a story,

Bonnie: 'If you don't make it can I have your computer?'

Kim: 'If I do make it will you come with me on all my missions?'

I'm not entirely sure how this legal stuff works but

Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible™ or any character, event, location or action figure from that said show. I really would like a Dr Drakken. Or Zorpox.

Chapter One: The First Mission

'Oh come on Bee, we could be a team,' Kim Possible was busy putting the finishing touches on her new babysitting website. Her best friend, Bonnie Rockwaller, talked to her over her personal line and cordless phone.

'No way Kay. I am not taking care of any little brats, not after what your brothers did to my bike.'

'That's different. Not every six year old knows how to ark-weld Bee'

'Why does the picture of you flash?' Bonnie asked, turning the conversation back to the website.

'I have a few bugs to work out yet, okay!'

'Let's me see. kimpossible. com, 'I can do anything'. And you think I've got a big head.'

Kim was well aware of Bonnie's superior attitude. They had been friends since pre-k and knew each other like sisters. Bonnie had to put up with her older sister's Connie and Lonnie at home, and even Kim Possible feared the barb of their wicked tongues. The worse they treated Bonnie, the meaner Bonnie became. But deep down Bonnie was a good person; she never let Kim down. Plenty of sarcastic remakes and mean nicknames but still; never let her down. She was always there to help Kim put together her next big adventure.

'A little confidence doesn't hurt.'

'Yeah well, save it for the tryouts. Are you ready?'

'Always. Thanks for getting me a spot Bee. I really appreciate it. You're the best friend ever.'

'Yeah well, don't let word spread. I'm counting on you Kay. Don't embarrass me.'

'Hey, no big.'

'Right.'

After an hour of taking tryouts for the junior cheer squad, Jessica, Tara and Bonnie were bored out their minds. Why do people who can't jump even bother? Doesn't anyone realise the work that goes into making a good cheer squad?

'Come on Bonnie, that last one wasn't bad. Do we have to sit through another one?' Tara said burying her head in her arms.

'Yes Tara, I saved the best for last,' Bonnie replied with grin.

'If she's that good you would have put her first and spared us this torture,' Jessica shot back.

'Well you both needed to know that I want Kim for her skill, not cause we're tight.'

'Why'd you give her the joke routine then? A ninja couldn't pull that off.'

'She, Umm, well… she found the routine in my notes. Said it was a, 'no big'. Come on, she's not really going to try that routine. She'll just use one of the others I gave her.'

Kim walked out of the locker rooms and onto the mat. Bonnie noted that the uniform she gave Kim the night before looked perfect. It was just a shame about those ugly braces. Bonnie herself had coined the nickname tin teeth, which stuck for a while. But Bonnie had lost the right to use it after a bet involving a trolley load of deodorant, a swing set, umbrella and a trampoline. Well, Kim did say she would get airborne.

'Alright Kim, begin any time you want.'

With that Kim took a deep breath and chart wheeled down the mat.

One minute later Jessica, Tara and Bonnie were speechless. Somehow Kim had managed to cartwheel over the horse, swing round the gymnast bars like a pro, who knows what with the swinging handles and end with backflip split dismount finale.

A few seconds lasted an eternity for Kim as she waited for a reaction. She wasn't disappointed. Jessica and Tara sprang up and gave a standing ovation. Bonnie strode over to Kim too help her up.

'What did I say about the crazy stunts if you want to be in my squad?'

'No more crazy stunts,' Kim quoted, 'But you know Bee….'

'Don't say it'

'It was no big.'

'Ugh'

The gymnasium doors flew open as Ronald Dean Stoppable ran at breakneck speed toward the young cheerleaders.

'Hey Kimberly, you got some urgent hit on your site'

'What're you doing here loser?' Bonnie asked with an icy tone. But Ron's enthusiasm had caught Kim's attention. 'How'd you know that? How'd you know I even have a website?'

Ron's features flushed red as he answered her question.

'Umm. Well… I kinda' took a sick day…, but my Mom needed to work. Soooo, umm… she was checking out different babysitting websites. And on yours was some urgent message.'

He couldn't help cringing as Tara and Jessica giggled. Kim Possible babysitting Ron Stoppable! Ron knew this wouldn't be the last he heard of it. Bonnie just gave him a grin like a shark might give a little sea horse.

'Take a lot of sick days don't you Stoppable. One might think you didn't like school. Of course it's not like your grades could get any worse.'

'Bonnie! Let him finish.' It wasn't often that Kim snapped at Bonnie. But Kim had a protective streak in her that Bonnie had learned to respect, if only because Kim was the only one who stood up to Connie and Lonnie. She quietened immediately.

Still it was clear to Kim that Bonnie's remake had struck a nerve with Ron. He looked hurt. But Kim needed him to focus.

'Ron, you shouldn't have been able to read my email just by accessing my website'

'So you screwed up your programming, hire an expert. The important thing here is that someone needs your help.'

Ron was telling the truth, Kim could see that. But why would someone need a babysitter urgently in the middle of the day?

'Alright Ron, tell us everything ok.'

'Thanks for the ride Mrs Mahoney,' Kim said exiting the car.

'It was the least I could do after you rescued my cat Tappy from that tree, young Ms Possible.'

'Are you sure this is the place Kay?' Bonnie was looking up at the largest house she had ever seen. It even had towering walls and gate.

Kim had got her first hit on her babysitting website earlier that day. The message asked for help urgently, apparently two men were trapped by their own security system. To Bonnie this whole business seemed a bit fishy. Probably just that dork Ron trying to get attention, and she made that opinion very clear. But Kim couldn't ignore a call for help so once again Bonnie found herself tagging along on one of Kim's crazy adventures. At least this one was to Upperton. Bonnie had always dreamed of buying one of the huge houses up here once she was a world famous ballerina. Unfortunately, Kim had let Stoppable tag along as well.

'I think so. This is the address.'

The mansion the teens found themselves looking at was huge.

'Yes, were going to be heroes!' Ron was really getting into the whole 'hero' business. Bonnie just wished he would keep his excitement on the inside.

'Shouldn't the police handle stuff like this?' Kim asked nervously.

'What happened to, 'I can do anything?',' Bonne reminded Kim of her motto.

'Well, it seems a bit braggish now.' Kim replied sheepishly.

'Wow, look at this place Rufus!' Ron pulled some sort of tiny pink rodent out of his pocket so that it could get a better look. Both girls stepped back with a squeal.

'Ah…! You did not have that… that … whatever in the car with us,' Bonnie yelled at the unfortunate outcast.

'It's not a whatever; it's a Naked Mole Rat.'

'Why do you have something like that in your pocket you weirdo?'

'I'm not a weirdo. And I needed a pet with no fur 'cause my dad's got allergies.'

Kim left them to it, walking over to ring the buzzer. It was no use trying to get Bonnie to play nice, not with a case like Stoppable anyway. Kim did feel sorry for him, and usually did get Bonnie to back off rather than let her torture the poor boy. But he really was pretty weird. In pre-k where Kim and Bonnie had met, Ron had kept to himself. He would wonder around only talking to an invisible friend. As they grew up Ron would always play by himself in the corner of the playground and try to escape the attention of Big Mike, the school bully. These days he tried to avoid going to school altogether. Around Middleton High the phenomenon had become know as the 'Ron Factor' since Ron Regger was always skipping too.

'You and your rat are not riding in the same car with us home!' Kim heard absently as she tried the buzzer for the third time.

'Bonnie, no one's answering.'

'Oh gee, let me think. Maybe it's because the morons trapped themselves in with their own security system! Either that or they saw our little rodent problem here.'

'You can't talk about Rufus that way.'

'I meant you.'

Kim slapped a hand over Ron's mouth before the inevitable response. 'Not helping Bee.'

'Alright then, just use your martial cheer skills and wall climb over. Then you can open the gate for us.'

'Or Rufus could rewire the gate control mechanism from inside that security card access point,' Ron chimed in.

Both girls looked at him like he had just asked either of them out on date or something.

'Umm..., thanks. I'll stick with Bonnie's plan.'

'It's ok Mr Paisley, Team Impossible can handle this.'

'Uh, yeah. That's us. What do you need?' Ron yelled into the vault room.

Quietly Bonnie pulled Ron aside and beamed him over the head. 'What are you doing? We're not Team Impossible; we're not even a team.'

'It's a good name, Kim could use it. And I could write the theme song. Boo-yah.' Bonnie just whacked Ron again.

On the other side of the Vault room two men were trapped by the laser security grid. Any wrong move and they could lose a pinkie, or worse. From what must have been a very uncomfortable pose, one of the men shouted instructions. 'You need to get to the remote but avoid the lasers at all costs!'

Kim quickly scanned the grid, 'Umm… ok.

Just before she leapt Bonnie grabbed her.

'Kim, this is suicide'.

'I can do it, I can do anything. Just like cheer tryouts, remember?'

'Hey, don't start with the, 'I can do anything,' junk. Every time you say that we get in over our heads.'

'And then we get out'

'Kim. Those are lasers! Deadly lasers! And you have to get to the remote on the other side of the room!' There an edge of desperation in Bonnie's voice.

'So?'

Bonnie was silent for a moment as the Kim's cheer tryout run through her head. She was practically bouncing off the walls, walking on air. Even so…

'So, if you die, can I have your computer? And your cuddle buddies?'

'If I live will you come with me on all my adventures?'

'Sure, why not?'

Bonnie knew she should try to talk Kim out of it. In fact she should tie Kim to the stairwell to prevent such a crazy stunt. But Kim did have a knack for doing unbelievable things. Impossible things. Besides, Kim could break out of any knot Bonnie knew. So Bonnie played it cool and tried to look unfazed. And if her friend was about to die might as well profit from it. Bonnie really did want that computer. It had a few special upgrades thanks to the mechanical genius of Dr James Possible. Probably wouldn't be outdated for ten years. Not to mention that cuddle buddies collection. Still…. Silently Bonnie clasped her hands together and did something she had never done before. Bonnie prayed.

Ron Stoppable had kept quite since Bonnie had beamed him. She could hit pretty hard. He too knew he should try to stop Kim, but something inside told him to say quite and watch every movement carefully. He already knew Kim Possible could handle this. Besides, if she failed then it was one less annoying cheerleader. He looked over at Kim, the focus in her eyes. No, that wasn't true. Kim Possible wasn't like everyone else. She never teased him or tripped him in the corridor. She had stood up for him. Even treated him like a friend on occasion when Bonnie wasn't around. Kim Possible was a genuinely good person; something Ron had doubted existed. Perhaps she didn't keep the best company, but here was a girl who was gentle, kind and incorruptible. She would save the life of her worst enemy.

Kim studied the lasers for a few more seconds. For some reason the idea of leaping through deadly laser beams didn't phase her at all. Kim was totally sure she could pull this off. The thought of failure never even entered her mind. These men needed her help. And this was the challenge Kim had been looking for. All her life Kim had tried to fit in with the crowd at school and in public. But some part of her always screamed for a challenge, to take on the impossible. Bonnie usually complained that her antics would alienate them both in the social hierarchy that was high school. Show up the boys at extreme BMX and Ice Hockey enough and she can forget about a BF.

Kim saw it, the way through. She dove in, leapt, dodged and jumped off the side wall, cart wheeled. Her level of concentration was like nothing she had ever experienced before. Nothing escaped her attention. Every movement was precise and planned. Just not quite precise enough as she slammed into a wall, hard. Her shoulder within a hair of one of the beams. Too close. A breath, a few more leaps and rolls and then… 'Yeah'

Her toes pressed down of the remote's big red button as she stood in a perfect dismount pose. She was breathing heavily but the Grin on her face said it all. She had just worked her way through a room of death and enjoyed every second of it.

Ron had often been called slow. Careless, irrational, erratic, and inattentive summed up Ron Stoppable well. But on rare occasions he understood. He had just witnessed something special. Kimberly Ann Possible was taking her first step toward her destiny. She was going to touch the lives of millions; become the worlds shield against injustice and evil. Her very example will unite people everywhere.

'Wow, a Flamingoat! They only ever made ten of these. I never thought I would see one of them. Now my life is complete.' He watched as Kim fawned over Mr Paisley's prized stuffed toy. No, her life wasn't complete. There would be plenty more adventures for Kim Possible.

Ron knew one way or the other his own destiny was intertwined with hers. That should have been a comforting thought. A part of Ron buried very deep down grew excited; the part that knew what the future held for the two of them. The rest of Ron just felt numb.

'Kim that was incredible.'

'No big Bee,' Kim couldn't stop grinning.

'No, I mean it. That was by far the stupidest thing you've ever done!'

'Umm… thanks Bee,' Kim thanked her friend with slightly less of a grin.

Bonnie was attempting to tell Kim off for taking such an insane risk. But really was hard to tell someone off when you're grinning, giggling, crying and hugging all at the same time. Bonnie had been terrified she would lose her best friend. Perhaps her only true friend.

'Just remember, you said you'd come with me on all my adventures from now on.'

'Yes Kim,' further adventures being the last thing on Bonnie's mind for the moment. 'Come on, let's just go home. I'll call my Mom.'

'Thanks Bee.'

'Ronald, stop standing in the corner and come hug Kim would you.'

And for the next few hours, even days, Bonnie Rockwaller was actually nice to Ron Stoppable. She even called the baby Naked Mole Rat cute.