A/N--Yes, this is the sequel to The Day it Changed. I've read every one of your reviews and I appreciate all of them. A lot of you said this ended too abruptly--I agree but I did it for three reasons.
1. The story was obviously dragging on as I ran out of ideas. It needed to find closure.
2. I believe the ending--though weak--left room for a sequel that could easily take places a few weeks later, or it could make the story a stand-alone work that left an open ending as to who Ron would end up with. That's something I wish Disney had done with So the Drama.
3. If I did decide to write a crossover sequel, it wouldn't have been right to introduce a whole new universe on chapter 27 or something. Thus, I needed The Day it Changed to end before I either leave it as a stand alone work or tack on another piece of work.
On another note, I think I'm going to make this a Justice League/Kim Possible crossover because I've always wanted to do one (and I've started one), but if I do this I'll be, in essence, killing two birds with one stone. I get my most popular story's sequel updated and I get to write about my favorite cartoon.
As to those of you who felt betrayed in a way by the ending, I'm sorry, but by popular demand I am making a sequel that I will continue writing as long as there is interest in it.
There will be angst, but not in chapter 1. Chapter 1 will be one of those cheery introduction chapters before I send the characters into a downward spiral that characterized The Day it Changed, though it may be for different reasons.
To those of you who have never read the original and don't plan to, just keep in mind that Bonnie is currently Ron's g/f after he saved her from suicide. Long story.
Also, this is JLU in canon UNTIL the end of the speech in the episode of Divided We Fall, which is the true season finale anyway. In this version, Green Arrow does not speak up and the JLU truly disbands.
Chapter 1
"Come on, Ron, let's go to Club Banana," Kim said chirpily to the man standing next to her.
"Whatever, Kim. Abercrombie and Fitch has a way better selection," said an irate Bonnie from the other side of the boy.
"No it doesn't," Kim replied coldly. "Even Ron likes Club Banana more."
'Don't bring me into this again,' Ron thought as he mentally slapped himself. Why had he decided to take both of the girls here at once again? Oh, right. Kim wanted to go shopping, and Bonnie sure as hell wasn't going to let them go alone; so now he was stuck here as Kim and Bonnie played their not-too-subtle game of hostility. Under normal circumstances, Ron wouldn't have minded two beautiful girls fighting for him; however, when both of the girls were mortal enemies of each other, well, it just didn't always turn out pretty, and he was usually dragged into it.
"He does not!"
"Whatever, I'm the one who's known him for sixteen years." 'Here we go again,' Ron thought while he shook his head.
"Well, he's my boyfriend." 'I better stop this before they really have a fight.'
"You know where I really want to go?" he asked, and both girls turned to him with pleading smiles on their faces.
"Where?" they both asked sweetly.
"The food court." Both of the girls pouted and, upon making eye contact with other, looked away with a condescending look of contempt on their faces.
'Bonnie: 0. Kim: 0. Ron: -4.' At least they were still tied.
"Well what are waiting for?" Bonnie asked as she gripped his hand and pulled him in the direction of the Chinese restaurant.
"No, Ron wants to eat Italian," Kim said, pulling him in a different direction.
'Make that Ron: -5.'
X.X
"Dr. D, what the hell is that rat doing?" asked a very confused Shego as she stared at a rat convulsing in pain.
"What, Shego? You're not talking about experiment 0081 are you?"
"Do you see any other rats here? Of course I'm talking about 0081!" she snapped angrily at the blue-skinned man. He quickly made his way over and looked through the cage windows. His expression spoke volumes. "Let me guess. We messed up another experiment," she said sardonically
"No, Shego! Not really." She stared at him for a moment longer. "Ok, fine! I messed up. Not good. Take that rat out Shego. I'm going to need to run some tests on it."
X.X
It had been an incredibly long day for Ron. Not only was he stuck carrying the shopping of two beautiful ladies, but he had to constantly jump into their heated arguments that he feared would turn into a battle of fists. It wasn't that he didn't have a preference between the two. He probably did, but he just wasn't sure who it was anymore.
Not that he'd take sides even if he knew. It'd be like asking for a war. Sometimes, one of the girls would aim low and the other would fire back even lower. 'Does that statement apply to girls?' he casually wondered.
He brightened, however, when he found himself approaching his car, ready to drop off everything and take a nice, relaxing break as he cruised around with the two ladies. He should have known better. As he climbed into the driver's seat after dropping off the shopping bags in the trunk, there was a mad scramble to the passenger seat next to him.
"Out of the way, Possible,' Bonnie said as she shoved Kim to make room for herself. Kim shoved back, careful not to hurt Bonnie…too badly anyway.
"You got the front seat in the morning. It's rightfully mine now."
"I got the seat in the morning because Ron likes me more, and that sure as hell hasn't changed after hearing you whine all day."
"Says Miss I-can't-stop-complaining-because-Kim's-so-perfect. The only reason you got the front this morning was because he picked you up first."
"Is not."
"Is too."
"Bitch."
"Slut."
Ron slapped his hand against his forehead. 'Note to self: bring along suicide pills.'
"Okay, I have a perfectly fine solution to all of this. Kim, you take the passenger seat." She instantly smirked in victory. "Bonnie, you're driving." Both girls groaned.
"I have to sit next to her?"
"Stop complaining. You should be honored."
"JUST STOP IT!" The two girls quieted down immediately. "Sorry, it's just been a long day. Can we please just go home?"
"Then tell 'Miss Perfect' to hurry up,' Bonnie said, already fastened in the driver's seat.
"I'm not the one who took twenty minutes to find the right--" Ron blocked out the rest of the words. He refused to hear more of their bickering on what he thought was going to be a perfectly relaxing Saturday.
'What am I at now? -12?'
X.X
"Dr. D, you've got to be kidding me." She look at the results in surprise. "What's happening to it?"
"I don't know! I've never seen anything like it."
"Well that makes two of us."
X.X
"Have you opened the rift?" asked a stony-faced man that towered over six feet. His face was gray, and his head was covered by a blue hood that cast an ominous shadow over his features. The metal chest plate he wore was merely for show, being nearly invincible from everything and everyone, except a select few. He was standing on the ledge of a stone tower overlooking his fiery planet. There were constantly lit flames from the holes in the ground, where the slaves toiled endlessly for their 'god.' His mere presence resonated fear.
"Lord Darkseid, we're very close now. A few more days should do it at most," an emaciated man shakily said from behind him. He felt his whole body tremble with fear. "We've worked nearly nonstop for weeks--we haven't slept more than three hours a night and our meal times have been--"
"I didn't ask for your excuses." His mere voice caused the man's knees to quiver in fright as he kneeled down.
"Forgive me, master! I beg--" His words were cut off when he looked at Darkseid's crimson eyes glowing with flames. "No, please!" Of all the knowledge he possessed, Darkseid did not understand forgiveness. Nor did he desire to. His eyes shot two yellow beams that obliterated the trembling servant upon contact, leaving a few ashes as evidence that he had existed at all.
"Steppenwolf!" he called out, and from the shadows stepped out a sleek figure with armor plating.
"Yes, master?"
"Appoint a new leader to the project. Tell him he has one day to open the rift."
X.X
Superman stood on a podium in front of thousands of people, mostly reporters and other members of the media that had been invited to telecast the event. He knew that the whole world was watching. The rest of the world's heroes stood in front of the reporters, carefully eyeing the man of steel. 'What's going on?' they all wondered to themselves. As Superman prepared to speak, the place fell silent immediately. Even the wind seemed to stop blowing.
"This is the hardest thing I've ever had to say." It was going to be even harder than trying to explain to the world why he had tried to invade it four years ago because at least then, he knew he was doing the right thing. Now, he wasn't so sure. "I'm guilty." The original members of the league--six plus Superman--watched him with vigilant eyes. They revealed no emotion. "We're guilty. Of the sin of Hubris. We had the best of intentions to be earth's guardians--to keep you safe, but we failed you. We looked down at the world from our tower in the sky and let our power and responsibility separate us from the very people we were supposed to protect."
'You're our guardian angel, Superman,' a tearful child had told him after he was saved from a shooting. It seemed like an eternity ago.
"No one should ever be afraid of us."
'If you--when you ever go rogue again, we have to have something to stop you.' Dr. Hamilton, once a good friend of Superman's, was now working against the man he had once trusted with his life. Despite his words, Hamilton's eyes betrayed a primal fear that shocked Superman. It scared him, too--if Dr. Hamilton was afraid of him now…what hope did the rest of the world have?
"For that reason, we're decommissioning the Watchtower. The energy weapon up there is already gone. We're taking down the station as well." Shocked whispers swept through the crowd.
"We'd like to thank all of you heroes for your courage and loyalty, but in the future we're all going to have to act as independent agents. We're not going to be an army anymore." The crowd was now in total shock. No one even snapped a photo. 'Could he be implying that…'
"As of right now, we are disbanding the Justice League. This is the end." No one moved. Superman slowly left the stage, as the rest of the original members followed him to show support. Everyone wanted to say something, to plead--to beg--Superman to stay. After all, they had just saved the world--maybe even the galaxy--only a day ago. Without the Justice League, where would they be? Whether they liked it or not, their answer would be answered in the future.
X.X
Ron sighed as he took off his shirt and stared in the mirror. Nothing had changed, but he felt different--like he was missing something. Maybe it was sleep, or at least he hoped so. When he had finally let Kim back into his life, the transition was so quick that he barely even noticed it. Within a week, they seemed like best friends again.
When he had finally told Bonnie what had happened, she just went deathly silent before yelling at him. 'How could you let her back in after what she did?' More importantly, when she calmed down a little, she openly asked him, "Don't you find it odd that she decided to come back after she sees your new fighting and other…assets?" Whether it was true or not, it made him wonder and doubt. At the time, he just didn't have the heart to keep her out of his life anymore after she tried to get back in.
She was just…KP. He could never bear hurting her, until she had pushed him to the point where he wasn't even himself anymore. It was only natural that eventually she would win her way back in. She always did. He closed his right fist and saw the veins just bulge out of his arms. His abilities…they were so beyond ordinary bounds now, and people thought Kim was amazing. He had always believed Kim to be amazing, which complicated the whole Bonnie affair even more.
'Bonnie's my girlfriend, but Kim's…Kim.'
He knew where the argument with himself was going already. He also knew that Kim might've been trying to push Bonnie out of the picture to get there herself. Like any other person in his position, he could only wonder 'Why now?'
A/N--This is a "test the waters" chapter. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW for this chapter because it's the first chapter in the sequel, which means I really need to have a good start. Also, thanks to everyone who reviewed the original, and I will be addressing individuals next chapter because my author's notes went so long in this one.