Forewords: The story will be set some 500 years into the future. Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable have long since passed on from old age. One of the directors of the new Global Justice crime fighting organization will bring them back to life with a type of cloning technology very similar to that used in the Futurama episode "Jurassic Bark." That part will not be an original idea, I do not claim credit for it, neither are any of the characters referenced from the Disney cartoon Kim Possible. The rest comes from my rather twisted imagination. Enjoy the story!
Deep in the wilderness of the Canadian Province of Alberta, 100 miles northeast of Edmonton, sat an underground base and laboratory belonging to Global Justice. Director Gregory Bortel was supervising an experiment in Lab Five, a secret facility in the base that was off limits to almost all persons, save the Director and his team of scientists. Dr. Bortel was an impressive man. 6'4", well built, neatly trimmed dark brown hair, and very handsome for a man of 42 years of age. He was surveying the team as they gathered around two large cylindrical chambers on the far wall. Inside each chamber was a bluish gray solution and a human. They had tubes and monitoring sensors running to various parts of their bodies. He surmised from their appearance that they were approximately 10 years of age at this point, so they probably wouldn't be ready for the final phase of the project until tomorrow. Dr. Bortel left the lab and walked down to his office a few rooms over. He took a seat at his desk and placed his right palm on an electronic sensor pad.
"Identity confirmed, Director Gregory Bortel," A computerized voice stated.
A hidden door in the floor opened up and Dr. Bortel removed two files from the safe inside before closing the door. Opening the first file which was labeled "Possible, Kimberly Ann" he began to read the biographical information on the sheet. By this time he'd already memorized just about all of her file, but he was anxious as he would have to wait many hours before what he had hoped would be his first actual meeting with the girl.
DOB: 7/9/1989
Enlisted on: 10/14/2003
Discharged on: 5/19/2014
Bortel stopped reading at the thought of the last date. It was a date that changed the course of mankind forever. He shook himself from his disturbing thoughts and continued reading down to the final line. "Deceased: 5/22/2075" He flipped to the next pages of the file, they contained the reports of all the missions she had been apart of during her time as a GJ agent, all except the last one. There was only one remaining copy of that transcript, and not even he had direct access to it. He had been briefed on it the second day after he'd been named Director of North American Operations three years ago.
A knock on his door pulled him away from his thoughts. A middle aged blonde haired woman in a white lab coat and dark slacks stood in the doorway. "Dr. Bortel, sorry to disturb you, but I have the latest telemetry and updates on 'The Experiment,'" the woman said.
Setting the file aside, Bortel responded, "Ah, yes, come in Dr. Stevens."
Dr. Elizabeth Stevens, was the head scientist on the project and the second in charge, should Bortel be called away. She handed him the updated reports and sat down opposite him. Bortel quickly scanned the data, then looked up at Dr. Stevens and said, "Excellent, everything seems to be well within normal parameters, how long until you expect them to be ready?"
"Not long, maybe three hours at the most," Dr. Stevens answered.
"Wonderful, years of planning are coming to fruition, soon we will be hailed as heroes and the saviors of Global Justice," Bortel said with glee.
"So you still intend to go through with the plan, it's not to late to change our minds," Stevens said uneasily.
Bortel stood up and went to the door of his office. He gazed out into the hallway then shut and locked his door. He stood before Stevens and addressed her with a long speech.
"I do Dr. Stevens. We are doing the right thing. Times are desperate, we are loosing the battle against evil and if we don't act fast our way of life will soon be destroyed, and I fear humanity won't survive it. The Faction, led by their insidious leader Aires Leopold, have taken control of yet another country, and counting that along with the Forbidden lands he controls, he has nearly half the planet under his rule. Our numbers are waning here at Global Justice, we must use any means necessary to tip the scales in our favor. And I believe bringing these two back will do just that." Dr. Bortel sat back down after he finished his speech.
"But I don't understand, how can they tip the scales for us, weren't they dishonorably discharged?" Stevens asked.
"Yes, in fact, one might say that they are responsible for the post apocalyptic nightmare we find ourselves in." Bortel replied. "What I'm about to tell you, can never be repeated to anyone."
Dr. Bortel revealed the true events of that fateful day in May of 2014. Kim and Ron had been assigned to track down a dangerous terrorist. It had been reported that he had acquired three high yield nuclear bombs. They tracked him to a warehouse in India. In the ensuing fight, Kim had been injured and Ron had to make a choice. Either save his wife, or capture the terrorist. He chose the former, his best friend of nearly 21 years and wife for 2 and a half. While on a GJ plane returning to the US, the world would be changed irrevocably, as the unidentified terrorist set of the explosives in the three most populace cities in India. India, believing that Pakistan had something to do with the attack, it was discovered later that the missiles had been stolen from Pakistan, launched a full scale assault at Pakistan. In the chaos, North Korea decided to take advantage. Since they didn't have the technology to reach the US, they turned to attack Japan. China retaliated against North Korea, but a failed guidance system on one of its missiles caused it to strike the far eastern coast of Russia. Russian missiles were ordered out thinking someone had attacked them, fearing both the US and China, they attacked both. By that time the US had developed a sophisticated missile defense network, but it was not perfect. Several major targets in the US were obliterated, including, Los Angeles, Washington, and New York. European nations were able to call a cease fire, considering many of the missiles had already been used up and the instigating countries were already annihilated, it was still a miracle. But the damage had already been done. The estimated death toll from the missiles alone was 4 billion, and the climate change that followed caused massive world wide famine. If it were not for one Drew Lipski's mutagenic plants, it is quite possible that many if not all of the survivors would have starved to death. Humanity had survived but only 10 percent of the population remained.
The next 200 years were spent rebuilding the world infrastructure, with the exception of the Forbidden Lands, the areas that suffered direct attack from nuclear weapons, as the radiation made them nearly uninhabitable. In order to speed up the reconstruction, many countries adopted new governments that were permanent and authoritarian. Those who were a detriment to society were banished to the Forbidden Lands, and that is what led to our current situation. These deviants, (as Bortel called them), came together to form The Faction, and as revenge for their banishment they have vowed to destroy us all. We've been fighting ever since, but our numbers wane, while they continue to grow stronger. Global Justice has long kept these facts, fearing a backlash against ourselves and our agents, lest the public blame us for this catastrophe.
Bortel finished his account of the facts and gave them a chance to settle in the mind of Dr. Stevens. "So you can see the irony, this started with them, and now maybe it can end with them."
"That is a little harsh, they didn't set off those bombs, and they certainly had nothing to do with the rash responses of irresponsible governments. You cannot blame them." Stevens responded.
"They put their own selves above the safety of their mission, and the safety of the world. If they didn't want that responsibility then they shouldn't have accepted their positions at GJ," Bortel retorted.
The two were interrupted by Director Bortel's phone. It was the private line he set up for "The Experiment" as he called it. "Bortel here, what's our staturs," He said picking up the phone. "Very well, we'll be right down." He hung up the phone and turned to Dr. Stevens. "It's time, they're ready," he said grabbing the files as he left the room with Dr. Stevens.