Disclaimer: Don´t own KP just playing with the characters
Don´t have a beta reader so you will have to excuse any errors you might find, English is not my first language. Never liked how I wrote but this idea had been in my head for what feels like forever and had to write it down. If anyone is still around this part of the fandom please read and review
Hope everyone enjoys!
Aftermath - Chapter 1
I.
From a very detached point of view one could almost be impressed by the efficiency of the lowardian war tactics, Middleton as a ground zero then the whole world had been incapacitated in a few minutes, thousands of machines had rained towards every city, forcing everyone to seek refuge.
Half the machines had started destroyed large buildings while others seemed to have the task to contain the population. However for an attack of this magnitude the casualties were beyond minimum. It was months later that scientist from various organizations, including several governments, GJ and the infamous Area 51, declared that this was their modus operandi, Lowardia, it seemed, was not a very populated planet, and they needed the slave force, therefore they were a race dedicated to conquer not extermination.
Fortunately after the destruction of the mother ship, and in a very close resemblance with the Diablo incident the year before, every machine have been deactivated, as well the preemptive measures like cutting the power distribution. A small miracle for sure since every weapon they used had proven to be extremely ineffective against lowardian armor. The one exception had been Team Go that had managed to destroy several of them.
All this was lost to the Possible family while facing their house completely destroyed. It wasn't until the end of the graduation ceremony, that even in the middle of the destruction felt as a celebration on being alive,that they´ve ventured to their house and found only rubble. Not even the Tweebs were inmune to the shock. The parents could only see everything they had worked their whole lives for completely destroyed but none took it harder than their daughter, who was feeling all they felt but also an immense sense of guilt. While it could be explained as a random victim of the alien attack, knowing how Warhok and Warmonga wanted revenge on her, she knew that it was all her fault. Her house, her family, the whole world was attacked and almost destroyed because of her. Her parents noticed this and when they hugged her, telling her that it wasn't her fault, that Warmonga came to earth not because of her, that without her they wouldn't even have a chance, Kim Possible, the girl who could do anything, cried for all they had lost.
From a distance Nana Possible and Slim watched without knowing what to do. Wade had already been able to contact Joss (communications were slowly coming up again, and he had tried them all), and while they´ve seen a couples machines near, rural parts of the world (much less populated) hadn't suffered so much from the invasion, at least for the time it lasted. Hadn't the machines stopped, they would probably be in a different situation.
Next to them, and with sensations mirroring the Possible family, Ron Stoppable watched from a distance. He felt the loss of that house as much as they, he had spent most of his days in there, and without counting sleep time, he was more in that house than in his own. But he wouldn't interrupt their grieving, he loved them, he knew that they loved him too, but it was their moment, he would be there for whatever they need but when they seemed fit to it. Maybe he should have gone with his parents to check his own house, he was worried about that too, but when they passed driving the destroyed house he had the need to stay there. His parents understood, sad but proud of him, and they went to check in their house. Rufus was already going though the debris hoping to find at least something from the house, but it seemed everything was lost, it looked like a meteorite had crashed and destroyed everything. Ron´s only true solace was that they were all alright. They have lost so much, but the Possible clan had each other to keep going. Watching Kim crying surrounded by her parents and brothers he wanted nothing more than take away her pain. But nor love nor Mystical Monkey Power could do it. They would grieve, rebuild and work from there.
The noise of a car approaching them made Ron glance towards it, and saw his father toss him an almost sad smile. Their house was OK, and his mother left there preparing it for the Possible family. The house might not be big, and they would be crowed for sure, but as his father explained him, they were family and they would have a roof for as long as they needed it. His family wasn't perfect, even now they took him for granted and didn't consult on any mayor decision, but they were good people, and watching his father talking to both Dr P made him proud of them.
The Tweebs already rummaging through the debris, and her parents hugging Mr Stoppable, Kim felt alone but only for a moment, since soon she felt a presence she was familiar since Pre-K. He didn't talked, only gave her an almost invincible smile and took her hand. She still felt guilty, her parents words meaning almost anything against the harsh truth, but feeling him squeeze her hand made her feel better. It didn't change all she had lost, but with her family and with him she knew they will be better. They were alive, and that had all their lives to create new memories.
Glancing to her right she could see those brown eyes showering her with concern and love, and she couldn't avoid thinking about what she had seen today. As a daughter of scientists Monkey Fist´s obsession with MMP always felt weird to her. Magic didn't exist, but over the years she had seen things she couldn't explain otherwise. Zorpox´s fighting skills, Sensei´s energy floating bubble and all that had happened today pointed to one possible answer. MMP was real and Ron was indeed the Chosen One.
She had been silent and surprised, and even if she would never tell him (it would crush him if she did), she had also been scared. Ron even when angry, even tired had always been a gentle person, his face always carried a softness that made everything better, his Ronshine was one of the many reasons she loved him and never could keep being angry for a very long time. But today with the unnatural wind moving his hair and the almost maniac look in those blue eyes, she wondered if her boyfriend was still there.
An suddenly everything stopped, he descended slowly, defying gravity while the screams of monkeys, his blue aura and the smell of jungle that surrounded him slowly dissipated. When he opened his eyes they were brown and in them she could see not only the Ron she loved but also a new sense of security, as if a fog of insecurities had simply banished. But above all she saw love and affection directed toward her. It wasn't until later that she asked, but she knew in that moment that all had been for love. Ron had accepted his powers, powers he hated, for her. She knew that no matter what else happened she was safe with him, and that her potential boy had achieved greatness for her. The fear disappeared instantly.
She sighed and faced him "Thank you Ron" with her other hand she cupped his face and gave him a soft peck on the lips, and she hoped that he understood she meant everything with that. Being her friend, her boyfriend, saving her, just being there with her. It made a huge difference, and now more than ever she needed a way to take his fears away. College, she hoped that life would become normal once again, was coming, and with it a lot of new challenges for them. But she needed him, wanted him with her. Anything was possible for a Possible, and she had believed it although with some reservation all her life , but now with him at her side she knew everything was truly possible.
Ron smiled at the kiss, but was already dreading what will be for sure a difficult conversation about what had happened, specially the part where he had killed the invaders. He could blame his new powers, he couldn't explain it but it have been almost as if he wasn't in control Once his aura took shape, and he accepted the full extent of his powers he couldn't remember actually making the decision. He could even say that it was them or the whole world, but nothing would change the blood in his hands (although he was glad that there wasn't any actual blood), nor the fact that he would do it again. His powers might have been a little out of control, but nothing happened that he wouldn't have done He would bear every nightmare, every consequence if it meant that she was safe. He would even accept if she didn't want him ever again. He was ready to gave her up so she could live the best of life, he would be damned if he didn't did the same so she could live.
Despite being extremely grateful the elder Possibles didn't want to impose on the Stoppable family, but after some encouragement from Nana and Slim they relented and accepted his offer. They could find an hotel for sure, but the Stoppables were offering a home, a safe place to see what were the next steps, a place to rest and wait till everything calmed itself a little. Nana knew that all the family, but specially Kim would need all the support they could manage.
While the invitation was extended to Nana and Slim, they ended up saying their goodbyes, they needed to check on Joss too, in the end with a less heavy heart than at the beginning and with a lot of gratitude they went towards Ron´s house.
Before the Tweebs entered the Sloth (that Wade had in his house running diagnostics fortunately) Ron grabbed Kim´s hand taking her attention "I know that might sound weird KP, but for now can we keep what happened between us for now?"
She studied his face and saw the usual ticks he had to show that he was uncomfortable asking but really wanted her to say yes, before she could answer the Tweebs entered the Sloth and she smiled at him to reassure him. They had a lot to talk about, but for now she could keep quiet. All she wanted was a hot shower and some quality time with her boyfriend. They have saved the world today, they could enjoy and let the worries for tomorrow.
She started the car and started driving, but took a last glance at what was left of her home. There was a lot of decisions to make, they had lost everything, they couldn't even recover some clothes. The next days were going to be hard, and with every passing second she felt more and more grateful for her second family. She had always cared for them, and after their Junior prom that love had only grew. A few minutes later she parked in front of his house and was received with a hug from Ron´s mother and Hannah clinging to her leg, the little girl might not understood what was happening but she knew that something bad had happened. With every passing second Kim felt more and more reassured that they were going to make it work, it would take a lot of work, they were alive, they had a chance.
II.
Dr Director sighed, this hadn't been a good day at all. And that was before a couple of aliens had decided to conquer the world in less time that would take Will Du to complain about Team Possible amateurism. While GJ was dedicated to stop and contain global threats this particular day, and the weeks before, the secret agency was more focused on the fact that certain teen hero team was nearing their graduation. If in their Junior Prom the Dr Drakken had almost managed to take over the world, she wasn't going to get caught unprepared again. Every active member of the agency had been working non stop in order to stay one step ahead to whatever plan any villain planing a vengeance could have.
They had known about Drakken's plan but apparently not sooner than Wade, before they could dispatch units Team Possible was already on the way. They had struggled with the (at the moment) weird markings on some golf courses around the world, but they had been recent and her team were already analyzing them. They never considered that the actual threat would come from the stars.
Their systems caught a rapidly UFO coming at incredible speed, five minutes they had seen how it stopped in orbit above the Middleton area. A minute later several agents that were in the graduation ceremony started telling them and sending video feed as how Kim Possible was simply abducted towards the UFO, she managed to catch how Ron Stoppable had jumped, an incredible height she would later realize, but ultimately failed at rescuing his girlfriend.
Then, chaos.
Before she could muster any order they had lost power, it had only took a few seconds for the emergency generators to kick in, but after that every member in the central hub watched in amazement and horror as in that short window uncountable machines had occupied every city in the world. Red alerts coming from every major city in the world started blazing. In less than it took to order a Pizza humanity had been defeated.
It unsettled her that it had been only one ship.
As the day progressed the situation only worsened, weapons of every kind had not been able to stop one machine. They had good reports coming from Go City and saved that information for later review. Right now they had to save as many people as possible, the fighting back would have to come later.
While most monitors showed info about the state of the world she had ordered one screen to show the alien ship. She hadn't been that much surprised when a rocket launching from the Middleton Space Center went straight towards the UFO.
The investigation on the Ron factor had been a total failure, there wasn't any indication of its existence, but she had known, specially after seeing Possible's abduction, that Stoppable would try to save her. They really need a miracle, and she hoped that Kim could pull one.
Her faith was rewarded when the UFO seemed to lose power and start a low course towards the central area of Middleton. After that she had seen several points flying around, with the exception of one dot going in another direction. Since they didn't have any satellites yet they were almost blind to what was happening, but again her faith had been rewarded, a signal was sent and every invading machine nearby started going towards it. They were moving but at least the had stopped destroying anything on their paths.
What happened later she didn't know, but had some suspicions. Delayed reports had told them that Drakken had been mutated and later kidnapped along with Kim. Around the battle every machine had suddenly stopped and out of nowhere a missile had launched toward the alien ship destroying it. After that every machine in the world suddenly stopped. It was clear that they needed some kind of signal that was coming from the ship, with it destroyed (and very much like the Diablo incident) they were just a lot of metal.
"Ma'am" She had to give it to her number one agent, even in the middle of all this chaos and uncertainty he was the perfect picture of professionalism. "Will I need to know exactly what happened there" Will Du nodded "Of course, we are already hacking into every camera or cellphone, we have a good guess about the exact location so we should get something pretty son"
"I want you to go and take command of the Intelligence Systems Division, anything you find you bring it to me intermediately, nothing is made public to anyone but you and me"
Agent Du had always followed regulations, but under Dr Director and despite what everyone thought of him he had learned that sometimes one could get better results making a blind eye to some. This wasn't the first order of this kind he had received, he remembered a long analysis on Monkey Fist and his disappearance, and he knew that if she was asking him this was for an important reason. He nodded and started walking already dreading the long hours ahead. The world might be recovering but for them the work had just begun.
Again Dr Director sighed, it had been a long day and it was just beginning, but a part of her felt incredibly proud of her team. They hadn't panicked and were already giving their best. The other part was wondering how her brother was doing. She wanted nothing more than throw him in prison, but he was her brother, therefore she let herself be worried about him too.
III
Shego really hated clean up duty, and if she was going to be honest there wasn't much she could do, while her glow had managed to pierce the lowardian armor it didn't make it burn or disappear. Damn Possible and her pout.
To make things worse she had lost track on Drakken and didn't like the sense of loss she was feeling without him near. She had felt it a few hours ago, and because of that she went to find help in her enemy, something that even now made her feel sick. Right now the last thing she wanted was to think about this, or the almost hug they had when they had met in the rescue. She couldn't, wouldn't admit to having felt a little envy towards the princess and her buffoon when not only they hugged but also ended up flying hand in hand.
She had seen how their faces lighted up when their hands made contact, how the buffoon had managed to control the rockets. And she couldn't forget their talk, more like rambling on his part, about big chances and now felt a little curious about what he was talking about. She wasn't an idiot and knew that the whole college situation, she wondered though if next year they would be able to actually go to college, was involved, and not for the first time she pondered how it would be to have that kind of connection with someone, even if it came with all the fears and insecurities attached to it. She ignored the fact that an image of Drakken flashed before her eyes while thinking that.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a loud crash coming from behind her, and she almost sighed in relief when Drakken's cry and curses followed the noise. With her unease fading now that she knew that he was close, and again hating feeling like this, she walked towards the noise.
Drakken was cursing the machine that had almost crushed him, and if his plant hadn't moved it out of the way in the last minute he would have been killed for sure. He really needed some time to learn about his new powers, though mutation was probably more correct, but for now he was busy searching anything that might be saved from this damned machines for his next evil plan "Shegooooo did you manage to contact the henchmen? I really need their help before GJ comes and takes everything away!"
Shego stared at him for a moment before replying "Drakken are you really trying to take over the world by stealing alien tech?"
"Its not stealing! Its making the best of all of this!"
Shego rolled her eyes, she couldn't really believe, maybe she was going soft but trying to take over the word after an alien invasion was for sure in violation of the villain code, not that she cared a lot about it, and to make it even worse Drakken with her assistance had actually saved the world! Their villain cred was destroyed beyond recognition. They really needed time to think and regroup, and besides all that they had far more important things to consider.
Stoppable.
She had heard of course about the crazy ramblings of Monkey fist, though he had been strangely missing the last few months, but but had never actually believed about Mystical Monkey Power, who could? She had respected his fighting skills, and although she never saw herself practicing Monkey Kung Fu, she had to admit that it was a formidable technique. He had seen him beating single targets and entire groups with a dangerous efficiency. They had never sparred , but confident in her own skills she guessed that besides Possible he would be the biggest challenge. Despite that she just saw him as a desperate man really trying to fill his life with folktales. His squads of monkeys were indeed very good too, but she had seen animals trained before, it didn't mean that he was some wizard or that magic was real.
But after today she had to give him some points, while he definitely wasn't the Ultimate Monkey Master he always claimed to be, it was real. It was frightening and for the first time in her life she saw an enemy completely out of her reach. She had lost to the princess several times, but everyone could agree that they were on a similar level, she had even battled Warmonga, with help from Kim, and they had won, but Ron had toyed with the aliens. The difference in not only skill but also raw power between him and the two conquerors had been huge and laughable. The fight hadn't lasted more than a minute, and that was before he transformed into that blue demon, after that the fight was over before she could rationalize it.
She remembered Zorpox, and a shiver went though her spine, not only his cruelty and intelligence but also his fighting skills, and thanked that the princess had changed him back to his goofy side. The aliens had tried to conquer earth, some villains had the same plan, some wanted chaos, but she knew that Zorpox eventually would have destroyed the entire world and maniacally laughing while doing so. And that was another part of why she really didn't want to go back to the world conquering issue.
What if next time the princess was hurt? Or worse? For the life of her she never had understood why they were together, but had a growing feeling that soon she would, but the buffoon loved her, and she knew what losing someone could do to a person, she already knew that inside Stoppable was a very cruel being, seeing the princess hurt or dead might be all it need to go to the Surface.
"Dr D" He wasn't paying attention but kept rummaging through the debris. Of course he wanted to conquer the world, it was all he ever wanted, and thought that she wanted it to, and after the invasion the world was ready for the taking. He could even say that he had saved the world as part of his plan to conquer it after, he didn't thought that Dementor would believe it, but once he was ruler of the world the tiny scientist would kneel before him.
"Drakken!" This time the call was harsher, and while he didn't want to face her anger, he really needed this win. After being abducted, mutated, being saved by his nemesis and saved the world he was feeling lost. And that was without counting the weird thing that was happening between him and Shego. He really needed to come with something and soon or he would lose his mind.
A hand touched his shoulder and Shego spoke behind him with a soft voice he had never heard before "Drew" Not only the voice but he couldn't remember if she had ever called him like that, he stopped but didn't face her, now more than ever he didn't want her to see him weak. It had never bothered him, but from some time he was caring what she thought of him "Look I know that a lot happened today, and you are feeling a little lost, I feel the same way, really. But we need to get out of here, we need to rest a little and figure what we are going to do after, but we have other things to do now more important than this"
"More?" She nodded "Yes, we need to find the princess and figure what we are going to tell everyone about what happened" Now he faced her, why would they want to talk to them? "Look Drew I know that you don't believe me about the sidekick …"
"I do"
"What?"
"I believe you" he clarified to her shocked expression "I believe that the buffoon step it up, I believe that he somehow beat them, but I don't know how, I don't get it, but if you say he did then he did it" She was a little shocked to the conviction in his voice, and her heart and stomach did little jump "But that's even better! They can take the credit and our villain cred will not be ruined! We can have the cake and eat it too!"
"We cant do that. No one can never know that he did it" She sighed at his shocked expression but continued before he could talk "Look take it from someones who knows, he and the world are safer if no one knows about it"
"But Shego! Why?" He couldn't for the life of him understood her. She was a villain, even meaner and more evil than him, so why should it matter if the buffoon, a mayor annoyance although not so much as the cheerleader, and the earth were safe.
A weird look, almost hunted, passed through her eyes when she answered "Look if what happened comes out there will be a lot of people wanting to know how exactly he did that, a lot of secret agencies that really don't care how they get that information. After that there are two paths. One the princess goes and tries to free him, but since she will going against people with guns, she ends up hurt or dead " Drakken shuddered, he hated the teen hero, and had have many opportunities to kill her over the years, but he had never used guns. He wanted her defeated, shooting her had never crossed his mind "Then Stoppable snaps and trust me when I tell you that there is no place in this earth that could contain him" At that he was a little incredulous, but he had never seen Shego walk away from any opponent "Best case scenario Zorpox return and we all ended in chains"
"And worst case scenario?" By her face he was almost scared of asking.
"He does what he did to Warhok and Warmonga and kill all of us. Second case the princess snaps, god knows what she sees in him but she loves him, and suddenly the teen that lets us get away with a few bruises realizes that all the fighting is taking time away from her life, from her grieving, from finding him and we don't walk away with just a few bruises. Last time we played with her emotions she kicked me to a falling electric tower"
He remembered that day, and how thankful he had been for her accelerated healing, he pondered her words before answering her "So you want to let all this technology here so we could find our arch nemesis to protect her boyfriend?"
"Yeah Drew, that's what I want" Neither noticed that she hadn't stopped calling him Drew.
"Ughhh, you are growing soft Shego" He regretted his words the instant her hands started glowing, and secretly hoped that whatever was happening between them hadn't been ruined "But if you really think this is the best thing to do we will do this" He almost said he got her back.
She relaxed and they both went towards their vehicle in silence. She knew he wasn't entirely convinced, but she was talking from personal experience. They had been kids when that meteorite gave herself and her brothers their powers, but that hadn't stopped man in black suits taking them away from the hospital. They had willingly performed every task they wanted, they were kids and didn't know how to control their powers so they didn't want to be in their bad side. Three months later they let them free when they realized exactly how they got their powers and trusted in their intentions to do good, to be heroes. She doubted that Stoppable or Possible would be so cooperative or be that lucky. After yesterday the world was a very different place, she really hoped that they got to them in time.
And here is the first from three chapters (if my calculations are correct), I will probably updated in 3 days. Really hope if anyone reads it that they enjoyed them. Again sorry for any mistake in the story, English isn't my first language.
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