Chapter 14 - Best AU and Crossover
Once Van Halen's song ended, the lights went back up and the two hosts returned to the stage.
"And we are back!" Sarah said in beginning the next segment of the ceremony while eating her gummi bears.
"That song made me want to join the Blue Angels!" Sharper quipped as the audience gave a light laugh. "Anyways, our next award is going to be for Best Alt. Universe Story, so to present the award is the Best AU winner from the 9th Fannies Award for Number 23. Give it up for temporaryinsanity91 aka Daisy alongside with longtime author Sentinel103.
The audience gave a round of applause as Daisy and Sentinel, with the envelope and Golden Rufus statuette in his hands, came on.
Sentinel began to speak, "Alternate Universes are where we can come up with our own ideas such as Kim and Ron transporting back through time..."
"I thought they actually did..." Daisy countered.
"That was a dream sequence!" Sentinel replied before continuing on, "...or Drakken and Shego taking a long vacation across the country."
Daisy added "The ideas of an alternate universe are endless and we have five nominees vying for the award of Best Alt Universe Story. They are..."
The lights dimmed.
When the World Starts Caving In by KDaniel
"Can you believe how close we are to this next chapter in our lives future Mrs. Stoppable?" Ron asks playfully as they snuggle up with their backs against a log they placed around the fire circle.
"It's no big Ron I mean we have saved the world countless times this will be nothing, but I do like the ring to that name," Kim replies lifting her head to get another kiss from her fiancé.
"I mean I know we have done some amazing things together but…" Ron pauses to collect his thoughts then continues, "now everything is going to change, and I'm going to have the most amazing women beside me but what if I cant be measured up the same and be as good as you need me to be…"
"Ron you will always be good enough for me… I mean you do have some… quirks but its those quirks that make you my Ron and not someone else" Kim responds sitting up and looking him deep into his eyes to confirm she means what she says. They just stare into each other's eyes for a while looking into their souls feeling the love they each share.
About this time elsewhere on the mountain someone lurks in the shadows watching the young couple as they carry on with their activities and makes a noise of disgust at the sight of the lovey-dovey nonsense. The mysterious figure then recedes back further into the foliage to regroup and initiate their attack.
Last Bit of Humanity: Darkness Arises by Raischenzo
"What's Tara doing here?" She questioned her wife.
"I asked her to come to change with you. I know you're going through a tough time I thought it'd be best for you to be around friends" Kim replied looking at her.
Shego looked at her before looking back to Tara who was smiling at her. Slowly she looked back to Kim and kissed her softly. "Thank you" she said softly before she climbed out of the car.
Kim climbed out with her and together they moved to the front of the car. She looked on as both Tara and Shego stripped down to nothing. They gave her their clothes and slowly walked into the woods. Kim smiled a bit before moving back to the car. She opened the door but stopped. She heard a soft growling, coming from the backseat of the car.
Her children were struggling to get free from their car seats. As she looked at them she saw it, their eyes had slit pupils and were different colors. She knew right then what was going on, they were transforming. They were turning into wolves. Anne, Ashley, and Jimmy, they were changing like Shego. "Samantha" she screamed loudly as she moved to the backseat of the car.
The Choices We Make by Jiggermole
Hey, Kim. You're not looking so well right now are you?" Ron gave a half hearted laugh interrupted by by an almost contained sob. He got his voice under control. "Sorry. I'm so sorry." He reached out and tenderly settled his hand under hers. "I know there's not a damn thing I could have done. I wish I was with you though." He inhaled shakily and looked up to the ceiling smiling. "So stupid." He squeezed her hand gently. He stood and gently kissed her forehead and let it linger before sitting back down.
Kim gazed out from... somewhere. She knew she wasn't supposed to be aware. "Its definitely not stupid you lovable goof."
"Such caring. You mortals amaze me with your feeble emotions." A dark female shape emerged from the darkness before Kim.
"What are you?" Kim asked.
The female swiped a hand behind her and it turned into an image of Kim in her hospital bed. She saw Ron leaned over her holding her hand. "This is where it gets good. The attempted passing of a soul is very interesting to watch. Just the reaction of the mortals around the action is entertaining. Their feeble attempts to make the soul cling to the body."
"What are you talking about?" Kim felt a wave of fire ripple through her body. The doctors had given her plenty of drugs to mask the physical pain, but this was deeper. This was a fire in her soul. "What the hell?"
"The body giving up. I've been told it is a most exquisite pain." The woman turned from the image. She knelt down next to Kim. "Most call me the Mistress of Death." She held out her hand.
"What is happening to me?" Kim clutched her chest in pain as another wave passed over her.
Memories From an Old Friend by Sol93
Ron turned the page over again and it was a photo of them again sitting on a swingsets. Both of them were smiling, and Kim was holding a stuffed animal.
"That photo was taken on that day we moved away, so that's the last photo of you two." Judith told him.
"So you didn't take more pictures of us in three years?" Ron asked.
"No i'm afraid so, but Kim's parents did. So I assume they still have photos of you two." Judith said and sighed.
"What's with that stuffed animal she's holding?" Ron asked and pointed at the stuffed animal Kim was holding on the photo.
"I think it's called Pandaroo? You gave it to her because you wanted something to remember you on." Judith told him.
"I wonder if she still have it?" Ron wondered.
"I hope so, because it was very expensive." Judith said.
"What did I get from her?" Ron asked.
"She gave you a friendship bracelet with her name on, but unfortunately you lost it." Judith said
"That's too bad." Ron sighed.
and lastly, Prodigal Daughter: Debt by Onyxprincess
Shego stand on at the top of the stairs to wait for her family's arrival, Aphrodite and Zeus comes out to wait with her "will your mother be coming as well, Sanai?"
"No, Liaoshi, I'll explain inside when everyone else have arrived"
Ahprodite sniff the air "Dragon scent, they're here"
Shego look up at the sky, not yet seeing anything the suggest her teacher is speaking the truth, however she doesn't question. After twenty more minutes of waiting they begin to hear the beating of several wings, not the ordinary flutter these are loud flaps, soon the smell of iron and earth invade her nostrils and her nose picks up one scent in particular "this should be good" she whispers
"What was that Sanai?"
"Nothing Aphrodite, is everyone else awake?"
"They should be soon, considering who all are coming for this visit"
Shego just smirk and watch the skies, her wait isn't long as four figures drift down from the sky carrying people either in their arms, on their backs or both "took you guys long enough, you slowing everyone down Tao Le?"
"And the winner of Best AU goes to..."
A dramatic drumroll emitted from the orchestra pit before the cymbals crashed for the annoucement.
"...The Choices We Make by Jiggermole!"
Jiggermole ran excitedly to the stage, winning his first Fannies Award ever. He accepted the award from Sentinel and made a brief acceptance speech.
"Thank you, first and foremost. It's surreal and humbling to win anything for an almost orphan of a story. I hope I can live up to it as I continue to work on it. And again thank you all for the award."
With that, Jiggermole returned to his seat, Golden Rufus in hand.
Legionnaire then reappeared on stage and said, "That was an exciting...and brief...speech. Next up in the ceremony is for Best Crossover. So, give a hand for Sharper, who ironically won the award during the 9th Fannies for Redheaded Cheerleader whom, as of this writing, is in hiatus and will hopefully finish it by Armageddon and the winner of Best Crossover from the 11th Fannies for Hybrid, Eddy13!
Sharper, with both envelope and Golden Rufus in hand, and Eddy made their way onto the stage alongside with audience applause.
"Crossovers have been a part of KP fandom ever since 2002. From my own Redhead Cheerleader Universe, shameless plug there, to Mahler Avatar's Calvin and Hobbes crossover, KP has been filled with interesting crossovers. Though there was one episode in canon with Lilo and Stitch."
Eddy then added, "Tonight features six nominees with a wide variety of other franchises that KP has teamed up with. They are..."
Phineas and Quite Possibly Ferb by Ohfortheloveofpete (crossover with Phineas and Ferb, obviously)
Senor Senior Senior and Señor Senior Junior were waiting for Kim Possible to show up. It would only be a matter of time before she tried to stop them from succeeding in their evil plans.
"Why are we waiting for her and her friends again?" asked Junior. Personally he wished that his father would hurry up already and begin his evil scheme so that they could get it over with.
"We should give her an opportunity to stop us..." explained Senior. She was their adversary after all.
At that very moment, Kim Possible started knocking on her door.
"There she is! Junior, why don't you go and open the door?" inquired the elderly aristocrat. That cheerleader was a guest.
Junior nodded, though personally he thought that he should set up security measures to keep Kim Possible out instead of inviting her in.
Immediately, he opened the door for Kim Possible.
"Hey, Kim Possible. Are you here to thwart my father's evil scheme?" asked Junior. This wasn't exactly the first time that Kim Possible had shown up at his father's mansion to do that.
"Yes. Yes, I am." answered Kim Possible bluntly.
"Funny, that was what I was going to say..." stated Phineas.
A Blonde Sidekick Among Monsters by kmtdiccion (crossover with Rosario + Vampire)
With a shaky laugh, he meekly agreed "Y-Yeah, you'll help me, right?"
With a beaming smile, much to the bluenette's ire, she nodded with vigor before munching back to her food. "Take that, you lowly succubus! I win."
"This isn't over, you bloodsucker." Determined to not lose to her, Kurumu stared straight to his eyes and gave her best pout "Oh, Ron, I don't feel very well again. I guess I'm still dizzy from what happened earlier." Leaning on his torso, the blue-haired girl draped her arms over his shoulder, groaning, which made the naive boy concerned. The freckled teen put a hand on her forehead and asked.
"Hey, are you really alright? Should I take you to the infirmary?"
"Y-Yes." Moka swore she could see the sinister smile forming on Kurumu's lips. Moka grabbed his should, earning his attention, and warned "Ron, she's trying to fool you! She's not really feeling sick. Don't get near her!"
Kurumu pretended to look hurt and retaliated "How awful. How can you say such things? I'm already weakened and yet here you are, accusing me of something ridiculous." She went back to Ron and continued "Ron, I think I;m feeling worse right now, why don't you help me walk towards the infirmary?" Pressing her generous bosom on his arm, Ron's mind went to a fritz.
Power Rangers Zodiac Force by Eddy13 (crossover with Power Rangers)
"Terrific" Monique moaned as she looked up at the army of war-machines "How are we supposed to fight those things?"
Before Kim could reply that she had no clue, she heard a familiar voice.
"Summon our avatars".
"Huh?" Kim asked in surprise as she pulled her dragon idol out of her vest, the others following suit with their idols.
"You have the capability of summoning manifestations of our powers" the Dragon idol said "Summon them when you are in need of their help".
"Got it" Kim said as she put the idol away. Realizing she instinctively knew the summon command, Kim cried out "Appear, Dragon Zodiac Zord!"
"Appear, Ox Zodiac Zord!" Josh yelled.
"Appear, Horse Zodiac Zord!" Felix called.
"Appear, Snake Zodiac Zord!" Monique hollered.
"Appear, Rabbit Zodiac Zord!" Tara cried.
Instantly, there was a rumbling of earth and a great groaning as the Zords awoken from their ancient slumber.
Unstoppable Flash - Darth Manwe (Crossover with the Flash)
"And neither of us have much money to our name. You rock all the same Wade. Still though, how did you get even this?"
"I do some cyber security consultant jobs remember? I'm not totally penniless Ron. And this is relatively cheap. Reinforced leather woven by polimer threads. Nothing groundbreaking." Wade scanned the suit and took some clean readings without Ron in it. "Although, in future, I'd like to further the design and material, so don't get too attached to it."
Ron took off his clothes and put on the suit. It was not totally form-fitting. Thank God he thought. It was only slightly loose and when he completely pulled the zip, it felt like a nice fit. No moving parts, for instance. The boots provided by Wade also seemed special with outside fitted with same material, and the soles having a sturdy looking black material. He pulled on the attached hoodmask after the boots.
"How will this stay on in superspeed?" Wade pointed two straps on each side which secured the hood mask onto his suits neckline.
"Booting up my system now... Vitals look good. Suit reading is just fine. On board communicator...set."
Ron heard a slight static from his right ear, and when he brought his hand near there, he realized there was a two-way earpiece built-in to the hood mask. "We can speak anytime?"
"Well, only when you are normal speed of course. And within Kimmunicator transmission ranges. This works the same way." He came and touched a hidden button on Ron's neck. "Voice changer activated."
Ron nodded and took up position. "Ready for run test?" Wade gave him a thumbs-up.
To Find Your Way Home by Daccu65 (crossover with RWBY)
She spun around, pulling Crescent Rose from her back, to see Ron standing nearby.
"It's not a good idea to sneak up on a huntress," she told him, managing to both whisper and growl at the same time.
"A bad habit," Ron admitted, holding his hands up in a pacifying gesture. "I spent some time at a ninja school and I like to keep in practice. Still, does he know you're watching him?"
"No," she shook her head.
"So you don't know what to do about this?" Ron asked.
"I'd rather not talk about it," Ruby informed him.
"There's more to this than just training," Ron observed, to Ruby's irritation. "I can hear whoever is talking on the recording. She's doing more than just instructing him, isn't she?"
"I said I don't want to talk," Ruby reminded him, putting a little more grit in her voice.
"It sounds like she wants to make a confession, and it's eating him up," Ron concluded. "I take it she's not with him anymore."
"She's not around anymore," she hissed. "We told you about a battle in Vale and Beacon. She died during that battle." Ruby couldn't keep the quaver out of her voice when she continued, "right in front of me, I was too late getting there."
Ron extended a hand, as if to put in on her shoulder in a comforting manner, but pulled it back. Instead, he asked, "I take it that she and Jaune were more than friends."
and Kidnapped by JustSaiyan123 (crossover with Dragonball Z)
A feeling of desperation began to blossom within Kim, and once it formed she automatically recognized where she last felt it. Back at Global Justice, where it seemed there was no way out of their situation, she found one, but not to her liking. She was only lucky Trunks and Android 16 were present that day, but that didn't change the fact that Cell pushed back the inevitable.
"There.. might be one solution," Kim offered reluctantly, everyone turning her way.
"What kind of answer is there that can save Trunks, KP?" Ron asked, then watching the color on his girlfriend's face go pale; which could only mean one thing. "Kim.. no, we can't, not again. Nope. No way! No friggin' way!"
"What's he going on about?" Dr. Director asked the heroine curiously. "Why is he so opposed to this solution of yours? If it'll save someone's life, then what's the issue?"
Kim crossed her arms and averted her eyes. "We were able to escape L last time because of Cell. So, I was thinking.."
"There's gotta be another way, there's-there's just gotta be!" Ron exclaimed. "We barely made it out last time, KP. He's not gonna let us go just like that!"
"So many good stories, it's tough picking a decision." Eddy said, "But we came up with a winner. The envelope, please, Sharper?"
Sharper gave Eddy the envelope and Eddy opened it.
"And the Golden Rufus for Best Crossover goes to...Unstoppable Flash by Darth Manwe!"
A 6'5 man with dark hair, fair skin, an 80s style mullet, and well built under his tuxedo, Manwe made his way up to the stage and accepted the Golden Rufus from Sharper.
Coming to the mic, he pulled out a 5x7 card containing his acceptance speech.
"Okay, let's be honest, no one voted for me because of my tendency to be pleasant and happy-go-lucky. My apologies to our heroes for constantly putting them in bad situations and hammering them down with the worst of it." Manwe shrugged his shoulders and added, " What can I say guys, I'm a sadistic sociopath at worst, and a hobbyist who barely finds time to write, and when I do, my dark side just goes to the top. So, hope you, uh, 'enjoy'' what I keep doing to you all, heh."
Turning to audience, Manwe flipped to the back of the notecard and continued his speech, "Thanks are in order for all the readers, reviewers and fans. I know my stuff is almost non-existent lately, so it's an honor to be even showcased here. Special thanks to Sentinel103 for valuable input, and a very extra special thanks to CajunBear73, who helped this fanfic find its definitive voice by proofreading very critical formative chapters."
"Everyone else, thanks for accommodating an angry nerd on his effort to basically piss on the fandom that is KP." Although, Disney will probably top me by a mile with that live action, " snicker, with air quotes, "movie, hah. Peace out."
Sharper grabbed his necktie, and was starting to sweat and his eyes bulging out...aka Rodney Dangerfield. He knew the controversy going on within social media about the movie and wished that it would be quieted down for the duration of the ceremony.
The audience gave a mild bit of clapping as Manwe made his way back to his seat.
"And I think that is the perfect time for us to go on another commercial break." Sharper replied, patting down the sweat with a hankerchief, "When we come back, we will present the awards for the longest segment of the entire segment...the Shipping Segment!"
With that, he left the stage, if only for a few minutes as Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" played on the speakers.