Disclamer: I don't own Kim Possible and any related characters/vehicles/trademarked names to either her or Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. However most of the cast is of my creation.
Chapter 1
Catching Up
As she stepped out of the car that had picked her up from the landing pad at the M.I. base outside of Middleton, the newly minted Lieutenant Sarah Stoppable took a moment to reflect on the months she had just spent training in Officer's Candidacy School. Both at Sanctuary and on board the Allegiance as a junior officer. Her short, bright red hair waved in the wind as she finished unloading her bags from the car. Looking up at the sky with her dark green eyes and looking down at her parents home, she took a second to take in everything around her. Putting her sunglasses on, she stretched and began up the walk.
The front door opened and her mother walked out, wearing sweat pants and a small t-shirt that suggested she was off-duty. Still retaining her youthful looks and spirit, anyone else would have guessed Kim's age at mid thirties, not almost fifty.
"SARAH!" she called. Sarah smiled and put down her bag. As the two embraced, Sarah felt good to see her mother again. Despite all her determination and strength, she still felt a little homesick at times and longed to be back in familiar surroundings.
Kim bent down and picked up one of her daughter's bags and started walking back to the house.
"How was the flight home?" she asked
"It was fine. We had a bit of engine trouble leaving Sanctuary, but otherwise it went smoothly" Sarah answered "Where's dad?"
"Your father is working at his restaurant. He had a large group to cater to tonight so he'll be home later" Kim said
"I'm sorry I couldn't make your graduation" she added "I missed the last transport and there were no cleared pilots available"
"It's alright" Sarah replied "It wasn't the same without you there, but I survived" she smiled
"That's my girl" Kim smiled as she put the bag down on the floor and closed the door into the house
"I did watch the Fed Net stream of it though" Kim added
"That's good" Sarah smiled
"So, Hotshot, glad to be back home?" Kim asked, referring to the nickname Sarah had been given during basic
"Ask me after a nap" Sarah chuckled
"Ha ha fair enough" Kim replied.
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Sarah set her bags down on her bedroom floor and lay back on her bed. Damn, it's good to be home she thought to herself as she stared up at the ceiling, just like she used to do when she was deep in thought. She felt so much more comfortable here, rather than in the squad bunk aboard the Allegiance. For obvious reasons too. Her room was nice and open and painted with bright colours, the squad bunk was not. Military grey was the colour and it had one window that was so small, you could barely see out of it.
"Ah it's good to be home" she said, the familiar comfort was something she longed for. Fluffing her pillow, she heard a knock on the door
"Come in" she said aloud
"Hey kiddo" Kim said, opening the door "Mind if I come in?"
"Hey mom. Yeah, sure, what's up?"
"Just checking in to see how you're settling in" Kim sat down on one of the chairs while Sarah continued to sprawl on the bed
"Missed a comfy bed?" Kim chuckled
"Oh you have no ide..." Sarah realized what she was saying and stopped before she finished
"Oh, I'm pretty sure I do" Kim said with a grin on her face
"Is this going to be another war story about how you had to sleep in trenches with the threat of bug attacks at any time?"
"Ha ha. It might be. But I'll save it for later" Kim stood up "Your father is going to be home in an hour and I need to finish dinner"
"Sounds good" Sarah replied and put her head down on the pillow
"Welcome home" Kim said and walked out.
Ron walked in the door a bit later
"The Ron man is home!" he announced "KP I'm smelling something good"
"Well that's a relief. Welcome home" Kim gave her husband a kiss on the cheek.
"Now wait a second, something is missing here. Something important" Ron said, narrowing his eyes
"DADDY!" Sarah called out as she lunged through the kitchen door and gave her father a hug
"Oooof" Ron reacted, stumbling backwards "There we go. Good to see you too, kiddo" Ron said, brushing Sarah's hair. Kim couldn't help but smile.
"Dinner is in five" Kim said and handed Sarah some plates. Oh yes, I'm home Sarah thought to herself.
"So how was OCS?" Kim asked as she sat down to dinner.
"Not as easy as I thought it would be. But I pushed through. It was a lot of work, a lot of paperwork. Lot of studying" Sarah said between mouthfuls
"And command training?"
"Yup. My grades were fairly high. Some of the command training exercises were confusing at times" Sarah said, taking a mouthful of the food "Though some of the stuff you taught me, mom, it really helped" she admitted
"Well I'm glad we could help" Kim said
"Was a lot more challenging than boot, I'll tell you that much"
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Sarah grunted as she held her arms over her head, blocking Kim's attack. Allowing herself to be pushed down, she balanced on her left leg and swung her right towards her mother's leg.
Kim dodged the attack and swung back with a roundhouse kick aimed at Sarah's head.
Sarah jumped back and dove at the floor where Kim was. Expecting this, she swung her leg around at the last second, catching Kim off guard and tripping her.
Kim hit the floor and rolled to the side, barely avoiding an elbow strike. She quickly got up and put her foot down, tripping Sarah as she tried to attack. As Sarah fell, Kim grabbed the back of her shirt and put a leg over top of her daughter's right thigh.
"Yield" Kim said
"Never" Sarah replied and struggled. Kim let go of her shirt, letting her fall to the matted floor and quickly putting an elbow on back of Sarah's neck.
"Yield" Kim repeated, her other hand locking Sarah's arms in place
"Fine, I yield" Sarah admitted.
Kim stood up and wiped the sweat off her forehead then helped Sarah get back on her feet before walking to the side of the gym to grab her water bottle and taking a drink. Sarah collapsed against the matted wall, panting. Kim plopped down beside her
"You almost had me" Kim said "I'm impressed" Sarah smiled and looked at her
"If you were anyone else, I'd be sulking in defeat" she admitted. Kim laughed loudly and stood up, messing Sarah's hair as she did
"Keep practising. You're bound to beat me eventually" she winked at Sarah as Ron walked in. Kim walked up to him
"She almost had me on that one" she whispered, gave him a kiss and walked out of the gym.
Sarah was back on the mats doing pushups.
"How you doing, Kiddo?" Ron asked. Sarah stopped and jumped up.
"I'm fine, dad" Sarah said "Almost had her"
"She told me as much" Ron said "But shh, you didn't hear that from me" he winked
"Heard what?"
"That's my girl" Ron said with a smile "C'mon, your dad needs some help in the garage"
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Walking into her room after an evening of chatting with her parents in the living room, Sarah changed into her pyjamas and crawled into bed. Turning off the light, she pulled the covers over herself and stared up at the ceiling, her mind drifting.
AN: They're baaaaaaaack!
Yes, the Kim Possible/Starship Troopers Roughnecks crossover is back. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!
