Previously...


"You sued your orthodontist?" Ron asked.

"For everything he had." Walter elaborated, adjusting his glasses. "My mother's a lawyer. Then a few years ago, my dad got fired from his aeronautical design facility by some rich kid that didn't like what he had to say and bought the place."

"That's harsh, dude." Ron said. "But y'know, those aero-whatever places are heavy on the pushy, you know what I mean? I keep getting these phone calls and letters in the mail bothering me for a reply. They're worse than telemarketers!"

"Really?" Walter asked with the slightest hint of a glare. "So tell me, Ron. What's been happening with you and Kim?"

"Since you've been gone?" Ron's eyes went wide. He had always enjoyed storytelling and his adventures with Kim had given him even more inspirations than Camp Wannaweep. "Let me tell you, we are still saving the world. Y'know, between classes. Things really started getting scary in the ninth grade when we met this evil duo named Dr. Drakken and Shego, and Kim got this high explosive tick attached to her face, but she was stuck in detention and I..."

Walter stopped him by holding up a hand. "I'm well aware of what happened while I was away. I'm sort of Kim's biggest fan. Right, guys?" he asked the two men beside him. They nodded. "I had heard that you two became a couple for prom? How'd that turn out?" he asked, a grin appearing on his lips.

Ron put one elbow on the back of his chair and lounged back. "Oh, we've hooked up." he said with a grin.


"Game's over, Walter!" Dr. Director said, being the first one through the door. "Shut down the rocket!"

Walter spun, holding out a beam weapon in pistol form. The tip of it seemed to be steaming and covered in frost. "I'm surprised, Dr. Director. I had thought that maybe you'd be able to see what I'm trying to do. Face it. Kim Possible has done more for the world than Global Justice has since its inception."

The Director couldn't argue. Even under her predecessor, GJ didn't have as good a track record as Kim did. "You're not saving the world, Walter. You'll be ending it."

"She's right, Walter." Joss assured him. "Whatever your serum did to Kim, she doesn't even care about the world anymore."

"What do you know?" Walter laughed. "Kim Possible is the epitome of all that's good in the world. She's perfect! She's..."

Walter's rant was interrupted by Kate's foot striking his right cheek. Dr. Director leaned to the side as the cryofreeze pistol raked a beam across the wall and window, laying down a strip of glare ice as it did. A number of small, white pieces flew from Walter's mouth as he fell, striking the wall behind him. "Wow, that felt good." Kate announced with a smile.


Ron was struggling to hold Kim back. "I'm not going to hurt you, Kim!" he shouted. Suddenly, the room began to shake and a familiar, brightly colored red, black and yellow form began stepping toward them. The ceiling began to collapse as the Diablo's horns hung up lights and girders on its path toward the hanger's bay door. "Uh oh..." Ron said with a frown, looking up at the foot of the giant robot.

Kim backflipped out of the way and Ron turned and rolled in the opposite direction, watching the massive Diablo foot create an imprint where they had just been standing. The machine stopped outside of the hanger and looked up at the quickly eclipsing sun. Kim and Ron watched as large, shuttle like boosters folded out of the Diablo's back and launched it into the sky.

Ron cheered as Kim spun around to see Joss with the Diablo remote plugged into her communicator. "Looks like you won't be going outside to play today, KP." Ron said with a triumphant smile as he climbed to his feet again. Kim glared at him and bolted toward Joss. Ron's aura flickered blue for a moment, and as he caught up to Kim, he grabbed the tail of her jacket with one hand.

"Back off, Ron!" she shouted, spinning. Ron raised the Lotus Blade against the katana in Kim's hand, transforming it into a three pronged sword breaker and grappling the blade. He twisted his wrist, and snapped the blade off just over the hilt. The move left an opening though, and Kim flashed her fangs.

Ron tried to push away at first as his eyes grew wide at the sudden piercing pain in the side of his neck where Kim bit down. His heart was pounding in his ears and he watched Joss shout out, dropping the remote. Kate reached out, drawing her back and Ron could feel Kim's lips curl into a satisfied smile on his neck.


"How's the world holding up, Wade?" Kim asked her webmaster over the Kimmunicator in her hands. She was curled up beside Ron on the couch off to the side after having a shower. Felix sat in the pilot's position behind the wheel of the houseboat, wearing a novelty Captain's hat with Zita standing behind him; her arms hung over his shoulders. Monique and Anthony were unpacking supplies into the kitchen cupboards and Josh was sitting on the front deck with his legs dangling in the water. The music from the top deck was a tell tale sign of where Tara was.

"It'll survive for a week, Kim." Wade assured her. "Besides, Joss and I should be able to handle anything that pops up. Like this weird series of holes in buildings that stretch out to the coast of Miami." Wade said with a wink. Kim looked up at Ron, who laughed nervously and patted the pocket knife in his shorts pocket.

"Any word on Walter?" Kim asked.

"Well, his mother stepped in as usual, but with the Director's testimony, the best she could do is get him into a mental institution in Go City." Wade explained.

"Go Mental?" Kim asked with a smirk.

"They've really got to work on their naming scheme." Ron commented.

"Relax, Cuz!" Joss said from off screen. "Enjoy your vacation!"


"There's just this left, Officer." Kim said, holding up the Pandimensional Vortex Inducer for the red haired policeman to see. "So far as I can tell, Professor Dementor is gone."

"Escaped again, did he?" the police officer asked, the hint of a giggle going unnoticed.

Kim's mind was elsewhere at the moment, settling on the fact that both Dementor and his brother in law were gone. "Not exactly." she admitted. "He and his brother in law were struck by the PVI when they tried to fire it. Both of them and the weapon are gone. There's nothing left." she frowned. While it was true that she had rarely looked back or thought about whether villains had escaped their lairs while they exploded, it had really only been Shego, Bonnie, and now Dementor that she actually saw get injured. Of course, Shego had come out of the Diablo plot nearly unscathed; and Bonnie had miraculously survived her drop into the ocean from a cargo plane, only to come back again. Maybe, she thought with a half hope, that Dementor hadn't been destroyed either.

"Well, I'll make sure this gets home safely." the officer said, taking the PVI from Kim. "Thank you again, Ms. Possible. It looks like you've solved this particular problem despite all the variables." he added, climbing into his police car.


A chorus of 'Awwww's' caused Ron to pause as the pair looked toward the crowd of people collected around them. "Kim Possible's getting proposed to!" someone shouted. "Who is that guy?" asked someone else.

"Ron!" Kim gasped in surprise.

"What?" Ron said, beginning to panic. "I wasn't... I mean, I didn't..." he stammered. Suddenly, Rufus kicked Ron's shin in irritation. "Ow! What I mean is... Uhhhhh..." He was looking up into Kim's face now, and she looked as though she wasn't sure if she should be grinning happily or sobbing.

Taking a breath, Ron continued. "Kim... KP... I feel like I've been wanting to live this moment for forever, but just couldn't find the chance. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I always wanna be your sidekick."

"Just say it already!" someone shouted from the crowd, only to be silenced with a foot stomp from Joss.

"I know we're young, poor, in college, and I know it sounds corny... but I want to be there for you until the very end. I... I want you to marry me." Ron said, his voice straining to push out the words.

Kim was moving her lips, but no sound was coming out. Instead, she frowned and nodded, grabbing him by the shoulders and pulling him into an embrace. Despite the efforts of the police, the Press pushed forward, surrounding the couple and asking questions that were overlapping so much as to be indecipherable.

Neither Kim nor Ron seemed to notice though as they held each other tightly. "Are you sure?" Kim whispered into Ron's ear, her tears pooling between their touching cheeks. Ron nodded. "Then, Ron Stoppable." Kim answered. "Yes. I will."


"Ron... We should really be getting back home." Kim said from the edge of the crater. She didn't want to make light of the sudden appearance of Rufus, but their life was waiting for them.

Ron looked back at her and smiled. "Okay Kim. We're coming." He stood and waved to the multitude of naked mole rats around them, and then turned to join Kim. "Come on, buddy."

"No, Ron."

Ron stopped halfway to where Kim stood and slowly turned to face Rufus. "Wha?" he asked as the tiny naked mole rat stepped forward slightly, now holding Eldora's paw in his.

Rufus shook his head. "My home is here now."

"But..." Ron stammered, unable to decide what was weirder; that Rufus was now talking, or that he didn't want to come home. "We're buds..."

"Ron..." Kim said sadly. "I think Rufus means that he's found a family of his own. Just like you did." she smiled, holding out her hand to him.

Ron looked from Rufus to Kim, and back again, not wanting to have to choose. "But... What about the team?" he asked, knowing what choice he would have to make.

Rufus smiled fondly at Ron, then scurried forward, climbed up through his clothes, and gave his friend's face a tight hug. "I have done my part, my friend. You won't need me anymore."

Ron's lip quivered for a moment before he wiped his eyes and reluctantly lowered Rufus to the ground. "I'll make sure to visit, little buddy." he sniffed.

"We'll dig out a place for you." Rufus replied, stepping back beside Eldora. "Take care of him, Kim!" he shouted as well as he could. Kim nodded and waved awkwardly, clearly still not completely comfortable with Rufus's ability to speak.

"Goodbye, Rufus." Ron said, taking a few more hesitant steps away from the crowd of highly evolved rodents and waving.

"Come on, Ron. Let's go home." Kim said, wrapping an arm around his waist and walking away into the glowing sunset of the Nairobi skyline.