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AN: This is based on Face Down by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Read previous chappie to learn more about my thoughts on the song and on this FFN.

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Still I'll never understand why you hang around

I see what's going down.

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It isn't much after a wedding takes place that problems starts to surface, but only for Kim. First thing: Kim's parents wish for her to earn a degree, even a doctorate but Kim wishes to retire from the competition of the world. She wants nothing more than to be a house wife. The cannot understand what happened to their Kimmie-cub but they respect her decision. After all, she chose the best person possible for a Possible. Charismatic and charming, Jack is but a model citizen and a wonderful person. He was an exchange student transferred to Kim's school, when they met. He now has a PH.D in Engineering and works for a powerful company; he declined the offer to work with Mr. Possible for the reason that he didn't want to have more advantage than his colleges. Everyone thought him charming. And so did Kim, until she found out the truth about him.

Ron is married to Yori, and they both work for Yamanomouchi and GJ whenever another Psycho tried to get over the world. Kim goes along, just to make sure that neither of them dies. They always make their best effort, yet Ron always needs Kim for one reason or another and Kim is grateful to be out of the house, even if the problem is always that.

Jake hates that Kim defies him, and even when she doesn't, he find the fact that she doesn't deifying. So he beats her up to teach her.

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"Jack, love!" Kim called into the seemingly empty house.

"Where were you, sweetheart?" His tone edged but Kim ignored it as she went to him.

"I was helping Ron and Yori not get ki--" she didn't finish her sentence since Jack hit her.

"And what do I think about that?" Jack asked, seriously.

"You," Kim began, "don't like it..."

"And that means," Jack said, rising his hand for another strike. "That you cannot do it!"

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"Kim," Ron says as they chase Monkey Fist. "Are you ok, K.P.?"

"Yeah Ron," Kim calls, "it's nothing, just memory trapped."

Ron nods and they keep on going. They find Monkey Fist trying pointing some kind of weapon at Ron.

"Now your Monkey Powers will be mine!" He roared and right then, he shot. He shot in the wrong direction and Ron ends with his powers. "Noo!!"

They search for him, looking for traces of him. Nothing comes up as they search, so they decide to suspend it and try another time. They go back to Ron's and Yori's place, Kim and Ron are sitting in the porch, looking at the setting sun while Yori is preparing dinner for them all.

"Kim, look," Ron says, knowing that the subject is one she doesn't like to talk about, "I don't know if you love him enough to let him hurt you, but he does not love you enough if he is hurting you."

"Drop it Ron, okay?" Kim asks, a little forceful. Yori doesn't know due to Kim's request. "I love him and that's all that there is to it."

"But, Kim," and that is all he can say. She leaves without another word and tears in her eyes. Ron sighs, defeated. He goes back to his wife, and tells her, "is no use, she won't listen."

"What are you talking about, Ron, dear?" Yori asks, with some concern, "where is Kim?"

"Don't worry about it, honey," Ron calls back and proceeds to help his wife with the food, "she has to do food for her own hubby, you know?"

Yori giggles as Ron gives her a kiss. Unbeknown to them, Kim is still outside, listening to them. She cries silently as she goes home, not sure if she actually wants to go back. If it was just like it is between Yori and Ron, Kim thinks to herself, I would be forever happy. She silently mourns her lack of judgment and decision. She goes back home, where Jack is waiting for her.

"Of late again," Jack begins, "I assume. Between you and me, I knew that Yori wasn't enough for that, monkey boy."

"You are wrong about them and me, Jack," Kim answers back; her first mistake, "I would never cheat on you and they love each other too much to--"

The first hit, lands right on the cheek.

"I have no use for excuses, sweetheart," he replies sarcastically and proceeds to beat her up. After he is done, he remarks, "still I'll never understand why you hand around."

He keeps on beating Kim until he has no strength left and goes to his bed. It became his after this began. Kim sleeps but where he leaves her until he wakes her up for her to get things going in the house; he needs his breakfast, after all, he reasons. Besides, it always gave him another reason to beat her up before going off to work. Before leaving, they always say goodbye at the door, with a candid smile and kiss.

"I promise you," he tells her, "that I can see what is going down."

He leaves her there and she goes on and about as usual. She always buys enough for at least a month so that she has no need to go out. He is a genius in his area, graduating after only two years of intensive studying. Being twenty and in her best, Kim cannot help but wonder what certain pale woman would say if she was seen in such a state.

I really thank whatever power is out there that Shego and Drakken have been busy for the last two years... Kim musses to herself as she cleans the house. Afterwards, she takes a long bath and then starts with lunch. I hope no other crazy old nemesis comes this week...