Hello, everyone. Sorry for the long absence. I had some really big issues and i kinda lost the will to write and publish for a while. A long while. Anyway, i'm better no and i hope to finish this work even though i'm not even close to the end. Good to be back, hopefully you guys will still enjoy this.
It had been three days since Kim had been admitted to the middleton general hospital and life had started to settle back into a routine in middle. Or had at least seemed to.
Over time, the town had come to take Kim's existence as something granted, she was Middletown's main attraction and the town boasted to be the home of the world famous teen hero. Even people who weren't close to her or even outright disliked her aknowledged what her sheer existence represented to everyone in Middleton.
But not anymore, no more teenage girl that could answer in heartbeat in order to get a lost pet back, find an rare ancient item from a lost civilisation or arrest the biggest criminal freaks in the world.
No more Kim Possible.
During these three days Ron had stayed in his room, never coming out. His phone always close by in case he recieved some miraculous news. He didn't even leave his room when his parents came to see him.
It was one of the rare moments he had even spoken. His parents tried to confront him about his behavior and Ron had just lashed out at them. He had let out all of his years of accumulated emotions, about the fact they never really cared about him or even bothered to tell him when they were leaving. About how the Possibles had always been more of a family to him that they had and about how he despised them for it. About at some point he had stopped caring about what they thought of him.
At some point Ron had stopped speaking and closed the door, leaving his dumbfounded parents on the doorstep.
Only Shego managed to talk to him. She made sure he ate something and stayed overall healthy but she could see him wither away as the days went by.
Ron had lived his entire life with Kim as it's center and even recently, after everything that had happened between them, deep down she was still the one he trusted the most, the one he would rely on. Even though Shego had been amazing these last few months, the weight of his relationship with Kim was unparalleled. The life and death situations they went through, the trust, the friendship, the years they endured side by side had forged a bond stronger that anything could imagine. Master sensei had told him people only realized how much you care about things when they had lost them. Now, after everything, the last few months seemed insignificant compared to the support, the friendship and the partnership they shared over the years.
The strength of this bond scared Shego sometimes, she wondered if there was even any place in Ron's life next to Kim. She had been touched when Princess had put herself and her future on the line for her. But she knew she had done it for Ron, not for her. She wasn't stupid, she knew the thing that mattered the most to Kim was her relationship with Ron and she would have fought anything that she considered a threat to it. Especially after how she and Drakken had exploited her flaws against her in order to turn her against Ron, which had caused Kim to almost lose her best friend in the process.
Ron was now asleep. Shego stayed next to him, watching him sleep. She cared about the sidekick, more than she would admit it. More than she thought she could care about someone. His breath was finally peaceful as she left the room by the window.
Dr Director was living a nightmare. Having to deal with the loss of America's favourite teen hero was one thing, having to cover up the fact that she was put in a coma by her lifelong friend and partner was harder. And dealing with all the situations which were previously dealt by team possible was a nightmare.
The number of villains was growing at an alarming rate, probably due to Kim being out of the way and she was only starting to understand how much Kim's existence was important. She always viewed Kim and team Possible as a remarkable asset due to their shocking almost 100% success rate in stopping villains which could cause a lot of damage precisely due to their clumsiness but she never realized how much of a deterrent Kim was. Until she was taken off the board.
Also, today she had to deal with another unpleasant issue. Namely, Shego.
The former villain was on probation, mostly due to how much team Possible had vouched for her, however that was due to the fact that the world most famous teen hero which had stopped her numerous time was always close by ready to intervene, without Kim, she was afraid the higher ups would try to change the situation Shego was in. Of course this would be a mistake. After studying the case she had realized two things: First, Shego respected the rules set by Gloibal Justice perfectly and second, the reason of Shego's sudden change wasn't due to Kim but to Ron.
The sidekick had always been an enigma, while people had considered him at best useless if not dangerous for Kim, his solo mission when he dealt with the Little Diablo stitch was nothing but worthy of praise and so was the way he had worked steadily toward Shego's rehabilitation. No matter how hard they tried they couldn't seem to be able to truly grasp the entirety of Ron Stoppable.
She sighed as she followed the higher ups for another excruciating meeting.
In the middle of the night Ron woke up again, screaming. As he tried to calm down he couldn't help but think about that night. If only he had seen it coming, if he had been able to stop Kim then she wouldn't be unconscious in a hospital room right now.
If he had been better. Better, faster, stronger. If he had tried harder.
"No more," he mumbled "I'm not letting this happen ever again. I'm going to do better, to BE better. The best anyone has ever seen."
He sighed and closed his eyes again and fell asleep.
"I won't lose anymore."
