A/N: So sorry for the later update! This week has been busy what with Christmas and everything. But on to the next chapter! In this chapter, difficult decisions must be made. R/R!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kim Possible. It belongs to Disney and its creators. If it was in the show, I don't own it. I am not doing this for money, only for fun and practice.
Claimer: Krista Ruthie Stoppable is my OC. If you want to use her, please ask.
Chapter 7: Split Decisions
Krista opened her eyes and found she was in a different place. At least, she thought it was different. Instead of the endless black void from before, there were two obvious endpoints, like walls. On one end was a bright, golden light that nearly blinded Krista when she looked at it. On the other end was something different: it wasn't light or dark, but somewhere in the middle she could see blurry images. What the images were of, she wasn't quite sure.
Krista looked from one end to the other, not sure why they were there or what she was supposed to do. Curious, she took a step closer to the light. She felt drawn to it for some reason. She stuck her hand through, and a warm, comforting feeling settled over her skin. Krista walked over to the other end, but quickly jerked her hand out after a few seconds. The feeling she got when she stuck her hand through this void was completely opposite from the light. Her hand felt cold and weakened, nothing at all like the comfort she got from the light. But for some reason, Krista felt more drawn to this end than to the light. She felt connected to it, like it was something she knew before, but she couldn't quite place it.
Something told her she had to make a decision. And something told her it wouldn't be easy.
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Beep beep be beep
Kim pressed a button on her Kimmunicator. "Go, Wade."
"I think I figured out an antidote," Wade said.
Kim sat up straighter in the plastic hospital chair. "You did?"
"Yeah, but…"
"But what?" Kim asked suspiciously.
Wade shifted in his seat uncomfortably. "Well… I did figure out something that could work… but the last thing I need is blood from a relative with the same blood type."
"Well, that's not a big deal. Ron has the same blood type. It should be… oh." Kim stopped when she realized what that meant. "You're sure there's not any other way?"
"This is the only way. I triple checked my findings and formula. It's the only way to save her life."
Kim sighed and bit her lip, thinking. Finally, she turned back to Wade. "I'll talk to Ron and get back to you." Kim turned off the device and went to find her husband.
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"No. No, I can't put Krista through that. I won't."
"Ron, it's the only way to save her life. Would you rather her die?"
"Of course not, Kim! But this… she's only eleven-years-old! She's too young to go through what I had to go through." Ron paced the room, thinking about the summer between his junior and senior years in high school. That was the worst summer of his life, and that was saying a lot, compared to the Wannaweep summer. He couldn't put Krista through that. But it was the only way to save her life.
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "If only I hadn't gotten those powers…"
"Then earth would probably be ruled by Lorwardian aliens right now," Kim finished for him. "Ron, I know it'll be hard to see her go through that, but anything has to be better than this. And I… I can't let her die. I can't lose my only daughter again."
Ron looked at Krista, still unconscious in the hospital bed. This was his little girl. If he used his blood for the antidote, then Krista would get his Mystical Monkey Powers. He was hoping she would never get them. A week after they had gotten her back, they took her to visit Sensei in Japan, to see if she had the powers. Sensei had told them she had the potential for the powers, but it would take a blood transplant for them to set in and show through. If she did get MMP, then she would have to go through the months of intensive and ruthless training to master and control her powers, something that made Ron's life a complete and living hell in high school. To put her through that training at Yamanuchi would be horrible. But maybe they would let him train her. He was the Monkey Master, after all. And she was his daughter. Maybe things would be okay.
"Alright. We'll do it," he finally agreed.
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Krista was awakened by a heated conversation from one of the portals. When had she blacked out? How many times would this be happening? She shook her head clear and made her way towards the voices. She found she couldn't hear much, only bits and pieces of the conversation faded in and out.
"No. No, I can't put Krista through that. I won't."
"Would you rather her die?"
"If only I hadn't gotten those powers…"
"…I can't let her die. I can't lose my only daughter again."
"Alright. We'll do it."
Those voices… she knew those voices from somewhere. But where? The conversation replayed itself in her mind.
My only daughter…
Suddenly everything came flooding back to her. The nightmares, the procedure, the fever, the villains, the fire. The voices belonged to her parents.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Krista ran towards the portal. Half of her body was through when she pulled herself back. What had just happened to her? As soon as her body went through that portal, it ached and hurt like nothing she'd ever felt before. If she went through that portal, would she feel like that for the rest of her life?
Krista went towards the other portal, the light. She went through halfway, feeling the warmth and comfort wash over her. She hesitantly pulled back. This portal felt better, much better than the other. But the other one… the other one had her parents in it. What was she supposed to do?
"Mommy… Daddy… Help me."
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Wade arrived at the hospital a few hours later. He immediately made his way to the ICU, and into Krista's room.
The sight he saw almost made tears come to his eyes. Two of his best friends in the world were sitting side-by-side next to their only daughter's hospital bed. Krista was in worse shape than he had thought. They had her on a ventilator, and various tubes and IVs were hooked up to her arms. Her face was much paler than he thought was humanely possible, making her look even more frail and helpless than she already was. It was no wonder that Kim and Ron had agreed to do anything possible to save their daughter.
He knocked on the side of the doorframe, making Kim and Ron look up. When Ron noticed his friend, he stood up and headed over to him. "Is it done?"
Wade nodded and pulled out a syringe. "Are you ready?"
"Please. Save our daughter."
Wade slowly walked towards the hospital bed, and Kim stood up to give him a little more room. He found the right vein in Krista's arm, quickly wiped it with an alcohol wipe, then carefully stuck the needle into her arm and pushed the plunger. The liquid drained quickly, and five seconds later, he pulled the needle out and turned to his friends.
"Now we wait."
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Krista was on her knees, torn between the two portals, when suddenly she felt a pinch on her arm. Not two seconds later, she felt a force pulling her in the direction of one of the portals. Inches from the image, the force relaxed. She realized it was time to make her choice. She could go through the portal that seemed only to lead to pain, or she could choose the one with warmth and comfort. She was about to make her decision when she heard another voice.
"Please don't go, Baby. We love you."
Her mother sounded like she was crying. Krista looked from portal to portal, and bit her lip. She was scared, but she decided to change her mind.
She took a few steps, then let herself fall through the portal.
A/N: Which portal do you think she chose? Please review! Thanks!
-LP99
