The below is better suited to be addressed in a forum, but I don't really want to make one just for this...
Question and Answer Time
"Is Ron and she going to get together?"
-Guest Review
(By "she", I am going to assume he or she meant Monique because Kim is obviously madly in love with Monique and has clearly stated that she has no interest in Ron.)
Answer: No.
I didn't think I'd have to explain this, but apparently it's confusing people. This is KiMo, Kim and Monique are going to get together. It's in the story title...
The interactions I put between Ron and Monique were to show that he actually is a good catch so when/if I pair him up later they wouldn't need an excuse to like him and I wouldn't have to force it.
I also thought it would be interesting to see how Monique would interact with Ron without Kim around.
Any implications between them were unintended.
Okay, on with the story.
Mandatory Disclaimer: The only character I own is MD. I do not own any name brands/movies that may be mentioned.
Kim watches as Monique laces up her black pair of combat boots, lightly shaking her head. She doesn't know how Monique does it.
The deeply tanned teenager makes those boots along with light grey cargo pants, one of those charcoal grey vests with the million pockets, a black skin-tight quarter sleeve shirt, and equally black fingerless gloves, look tasteful.
Kim can barely pull off her own mission attire.
"I like the new outfit." the hero says complementing her new sidekick. "You look like the real deal."
Monique grins with jesting immodesty "I am the real deal." her smile nearly twists into a smirk "Just wait and see."
Kim definitely wants to see.
The pair step out of the house into a whirlwind. A rope ladder leading up to a Global Justice helicopter flails in the wind scraping up tufts of Monique's lawn.
Far from intimidated, Kim grabs on to a rung and effortlessly hoists herself up despite the chaotic gale. Her sidekick follows suit.
They climb inside the airborne vehicle to find Ron already strapped in and ready to go. Unable to communicate verbally over the noise of both engine and rotors, he gives them a thumbs up with a classic Ron grin.
Kim and Monique take their seats on either side of him and secure themselves for the ride.
...Somewhere Over the Atlantic...
Team Possible hops and skips down the narrow sporadic landmass of Drakken's archipelago. Kim leads the way to the entrance she discovered while exiting the lair from below the islands' many surfaces.
"This is actually a clever hiding spot." Ron observes as Kim opens up the hatch.
She nods. "He really went all out with this one."
"Aren't his plans usually 'out there'?" Monique asks as confirmation "This jellyfish thing he has going on sounds legit. Should we be worried?"
Kim and Ron look at each other for a second. They turn back to Monique and reply in unison "Nah."
The veteran sidekick reassures her "Something will go wrong, and if not, my pal Rufus will take care of it."
The pink naked mole rat pops out of his pocket for a high-five. "We got this." he chatters in his cute little voice.
"Believe me, we do." Kim says with well founded confidence. She holds open the hatch. "Let's get inside before Ron loses his pants."
"Hey! That isn't funny!" He protests.
The girls snicker anyway.
The hero lets her sidekicks go first before entering herself and shutting the camouflaged door behind them.
They stealthily strafe along the wall of the corridor, Kim expertly, Ron with the grace of a three-legged elephant, and Monique somewhere in between.
Kim notices their newest member has been trained in the basics of stealth, probably to compliment certain combat tactics. With Monique's description of the training course, it's a miracle they had time for it.
She can't help but smile with happiness at the sight of her love accompanying her on a mission. With her on the team they'll be able to spend more time with each other, not to mention she'll get to see Monique in action.
The very thought causes the hero's body temperature to rise. It's exciting in more than one sense of the word.
Focus! Kim chastises herself Now isn't the time for those kinds of thoughts.
Kim and Ron nearly got blown up that morning because of her state of distraction. She doesn't want a repeat of events, especially now that Monique is putting her life on the line just to help her.
The team manages to make their way into the heart of the not-so-secret lair without arousing suspicion.
Kim gives Ron a furtive glance. He's quiet, still has his pants, and they've made it all the way to where they needed to go without him giving away their position.
This must be a new record.
As soon as Kim mentally congratulates Ron the freckled sidekick trips over thin air. He cries out in surprise and grabs on to the nearest object in an attempt to regain his footing.
The object he pulls is a lever that triggers the alarm system.
Before he even hits the floor flashing lights bathe the corridor in red and sirens echo down the halls.
Ron starts at the commotion he caused jumping to his feet and running into his companions sending them all crashing through a doorway into a large open room.
Sprawled out in an entanglement of limbs and bodies, Kim looks up to see Drakken with a wicked grin on his face.
He claps twice and the alarm shuts off. "Kim Possible!"
The hero manages to free herself and stand. She lightly brushes herself off before replying with a cheeky smile "The one and only."
The mad scientist looks to Ron, who manages to get to his feet without incident. "You are...?"
The blond sidekick can't believe it. "Ron! My name is Ron! We've only known each other for like, years now!"
Drakken's grin widens "Ah that's right, the buffoon."
Ron smacks himself on the forehead and drags his hand down his face.
Monique stands, a little confused, not quite sure how that happened. She looks over at Drakken who is eyeing her with scrutiny.
The blue villain rubs his chin thoughtfully "Now you...I don't think I've seen you before. ...A new buffoon?"
"Sidekick," she pointedly corrects. "and my name is Monique."
"Don't bother," Kim says "sidekicks really confuse him."
"I can tell..."
Ignoring the conversation at his expense, Drakken shouts in evil triumph "So you have come to witness my latest diabolical plan!" He gestures grandly behind him to a large machine.
It is a gargantuan jar of water filled to the brim with thousands of jellyfish sealed with masses of circuits and wires. Henchman clad in red jumpsuits monitor the machine at various stations.
An assembly line stretches out from the dangerous ensemble of technology and marine life pumping out canisters labeled "PRESSURIZED GAS". Additional henchman under Drakken's employ load the canisters into crates to be transported to other sections of the lair.
The megalomaniac continues his speech. "In my genius, I discovered a way to harvest jellyfish toxin to produce a deadly nerve gas! Anyone who comes into contact with my masterfully designed chemical agent will suffer an excruciatingly painful death!"
Monique looks to Kim."Are you sure we shouldn't be worried?"
Kim points to a nearby wall that is lined with rows of gas masks. "Maybe we should grab a few of those just to be safe."
She uses her best friend telepathy to tell Ron to get the masks. He nods and begins to back away slowly while Drakken is busy rubbing his evil accomplishments in the hero's face.
Ron is edging away successfully until he bumps into something behind him. He turns to see a curvaceous woman epitomising the colors green and black down to the soft verdant hue of her skin.
She shoves him aside with the back of her arm "Watch where you're going, doofus."
Ron's face pales. He runs screaming "Kim! Help! Shego's going to kill me!"
Shego blows a puff of air between her lips "Killing you is a waste of time."
Before Kim can respond Monique leaps toward Shego and punches her square in the face.
The villain finds herself flat on her back with blood gushing from her nostrils.
Kim and Ron can only gawk, jaws almost touching the floor.
Shego sits up, hand over her nose, eyebrows furrowed with a what-just-happened? look on her face. She lifts her hand away from her injury and looks at the blood dripping between the fingers of her black glove.
"You just broke my nose." Shego says in utter bewilderment. Normally she would be absolutely furious, but she was caught completely off guard. She can hardly believe she let that happen.
"You deserve it after what you did to Kim." Monique retorts with a fiercely intense glare.
The villain eyes the teenager who struck her. She looks vaguely familiar...curly hair, dark skin... "You?!" She recognizes her as the girl Kim is in love with. She wasn't expecting to see her anytime soon, or ever for that matter.
"What are you doing Monique?" Kim asks rather apprehensively. She isn't sure what she should do. Monique's actions were shocking enough, now Shego's suspiciously underwhelming reaction is only adding to her feeling of unease.
"Exactly what it looks like." she cracks her knuckles "I've been waiting a long time for this."
Much to the hero's dismay, Monique is dead serious.
Shego stands wiping under her nose with the back of her hand, the bleeding having already stopped. She smirks at Kim, a telling knowing smile. "Did you come to get my blessing?"
"As if." Kim replies. She shoots Shego a look that tells her Monique is unaware of her feelings.
The villain makes an exaggerated pouty face "Aw, is the princess stuck in the closet? Don't worry Pumpkin, I'll help you out."
She leaps past Monique and tackles Kim to the ground. They straddle each other fighting for the upper hand, Shego taking every opportunity available to make a witty suggestive comment.
Monique's face is turning red from a mixture of emotions as she watches them mount each other, Kim get cleverly sexually harassed, the questionable fight proceeding with no end in sight.
She inches closer, her face set in a threatening glower. The next time Shego is on top she rams her knee into her ribcage.
The blow forces a groaning breath out of the villain. She lays on her side clutching her ribs. "She hits a lot harder than you, Kimmie." Shego says through a wheeze, a bit pale, paler, in the face. She coughs once and gets to her feet, wincing. "What are you, on steroids?" she says addressing the darker skinned girl.
Monique doesn't say anything. Her mouth only curls into a snarl. She twists, building up momentum, and swings a heavy boot toward the side of Shego's head.
Kim intervenes blocking the kick with her forearms. The impact sends her stumbling backwards into her nemesis. "What has gotten into you?!" Kim says raising her voice.
Monique looks at Kim like she's crazy. "Me? Why are you protecting her?!"
Meanwhile, Ron and Drakken stand by awkwardly, watching the women fight. Neither of them are stupid enough to get in the middle of it. Whatever is going on, it's making them both uncomfortable.
Men of Ron and Drakken's caliber don't exactly know how to handle tension between women on this level.
"So...Buffoon," Drakken inquires "why don't we go to my private quarters to discuss my next brilliant plan?"
If it means getting the heck out of there, Ron would accept just about any invitation. "Right behind you."
They make a hasty exit leaving the women to resolve the situation themselves.
The smirk hasn't left Shego's face, except for a brief moment when she was kneed in the side. Her insightfully conceived plan is turning out nicely.
She snakes her arms around Kim's torso and pulls her close. "Are you blind? Even Dr. D and Kimmie's useless sidekick left to give us some privacy." She shoos Monique with a free hand "Take a hint."
Kim thinks Shego is just being Shego, sarcastic, insensitive, incessantly insolent, picking on her because she has ammunition, her one-sided love.
It's not any different from the dozens of other times they've fought and bantered, although, she is being a bit more touchy feely than usual.
She doesn't understand why Monique is acting this way. It seems like her friend is half way out of her mind. A bulging vein pulses on her forehead, her face a deep sustained shade of red, muscles tense just itching to tear Shego to pieces.
"She really hates you." Kim says to Shego.
"And you're too stupid to figure out why." The villain replies.
Kim tries to wrestle out of Shego's grip, but she is firmly restrained by the forced embrace.
With Kim directly in front of her nemesis, the only thing Monique can do is stand there, looking like she is about to pop a blood vessel.
With some irritation, the hero realizes she is being used as a human shield. "I didn't think you would need to resort to that, Shego."
Shego responds in a low voice Monique can't hear "I don't have a choice. Your girlfriend is seriously trying to kill me."
"Whose fault is that?" Kim asks in a way that blames her.
"This is all on you, Princess." the villain counters. "I'm keeping you here to keep that crazy minority from breaking more of my body parts. I know I heal and all, but crap still hurts."
"How is it my fault?" Shego doesn't answer. Kim turns her head toward her enraged friend. "Monique please, just tell me what's going on."
The dark-skinned sidekick grinds her teeth together, knowing full well her behavior is unwarranted.
With a substantial amount of effort, Monique calms herself down to the point where Shego feels it is safe to release her young captive.
Kim rushes over to her friend and grips her just beneath the shoulders. "Monique..."
The pleading tone in the red head's voice reduces her inner rage to a dull ache. She looks Kim in the eye, voice low and clipped with barely restrained tears "I'm sorry..."
Kim has never seen her so emotionally volatile. This whole thing is a new experience, an unexpected, startling, confusing, experience.
All she wanted was to see how Monique handled some incompetent henchmen.
She got more than she bargained for and wishes she could take it back.
"It's okay Monique, just tell me what is going on."
She has some difficulty getting the words out of her mouth. "...I'm...I'm jellin', jellin' hard."
Kim squints an eye. Things are making even less sense. "Jelling?"
"Jealous, Kim. I'm jealous."
"Of what?"
"OMG, girl, of you and Shego! You're in love with her!"
Kim is so surprised she can't even deny it right away. "Wha-...what on earth gave you that idea?!"
"Are you serious? You're always all over her each other! She has four, four, pet names for you and you have a picture of her in your dang locker! What am I supposed to think?!"
Kim lowers her voice to try to clear up this insane misunderstanding. "The only reason I touch her at all is because we have to fight. She's the villain and I'm the hero. It's just how it's done. A lot of the time it's either tackle her or get clawed in the face. What do you want me to do?"
Her sidekick is unmoved.
Kim tries again to convince her otherwise. "The pet names don't mean anything. She's just making fun of me. Do you think I like being called pumpkin and cupcake? Not even my mom calls me that."
Monique crosses her arms. "Whatever you say, Kimmie."
Kim has no idea how this all happened. She desperately desires to restore things to how they were before Shego showed up, but every attempt to salvage the situation is thwarted by Monique's stubborn misconception.
"Monique, listen, Shego and I would never happen."
Her brooding sidekick won't even look at her.
The red head's jaw sets and teeth clench. She wants to scream but the words just echo between the walls in her head. What more do you want from me?!
The frustrated hero erupts "I'm in love with you, not her!"
The room falls to a dead silence. Even Drakken's henchmen stop what they're doing to watch the scene.
Kim's heart pounds, quivering in her chest. Oh God, I said it...I really did...holy...
Monique's head whips up, eyes locked on Kim's. "You didn't just..." her voice trails off.
"I did." the hero admits "Monique, I...I love you."
To be continued...
I'm not purposely trying to leave you guys hanging, really. I had to end it there. This chapter would be way too long otherwise.
I don't want anyone to think Monique became overpowered. In a one on one fight, Monique couldn't beat Shego. The first hit was a cheap shot and the second was while Shego was distracted.
For those who didn't catch on, Shego manipulated the situation, exploiting Monique's jealousy, in a way she knew that would lead to Kim's confession. She's not all bad.
Lastly, if a few lines sound familiar, it's because I stole them from a couple of episodes.
All in favor of another chapter? If so, review! (Not that I won't write it if you don't. Sad, but true...)
