KP All Grown Up v2.0: Future Stoppable for Team Tri Stoppable

AN: Ron's sister is Hana Stoppable from Season 4. Warmonga is a very tall alien Amazon from Season 4.

Chapter 49: New Dreams

(At the Stoppable home)

Cindy was twisting and turning in her bed with Jesse still beside her, watching her and wondering what she is dreaming that is making her squirm so much.

Jesse looks down at Cindy, feeling her grip tighten on him as he thinks, "Cindy… what happened to you that I can't remember to make you act this way? Did I really die as you say? Then why do I feel like there is something more that I can't remember then?"

Jesse felt so hazy, so… disembodied somehow the more tried to remember anything. Feelings of pain and… something more… anger… and protective feelings… but it seemed so far away and so tiny, like he was only marginally there somehow and none of what he remembered made any sense.

Jesse could 'feel' darkness… feel the familiar sense of monkey power as having been around it enough times with Cindy and Mindy.

The weirdest thing that he could get a sense of was the anger and pain as someone, somehow tried to really hurt Cindy but he couldn't remember anything about it as it was short-lived and then there was darkness.

Cindy moans painfully in her sleep, catching Jesse's attention and for the 12th time she moans, "No Jesse… it can't be…"

(In Cindy's Dream)

Cindy is holding onto what is left of Jesse, watching and waiting against hope to see if he'll regenerate but nothing is happening. Not even any kind of visible growth or regeneration.

Tears are streaming down her cheeks as she looks up at the path that the man who had destroyed her Jesse had gone and then back at Jesse's limb.

Cindy takes the other pieces as well and puts them all into her pocket and as soon as she does so, she powers up her monkey power, fully expecting herself to slip into mindless monkey rage levels. Something she would have welcomed as it would have meant that she didn't need to think about… about what happened to Jesse but it didn't happen.

Cindy could feel a strange new glow circle her body, mixing with her monkey powers. She recognized the 'feel' of Jesse surrounding her like a warm blanket and keeping her from going totally berserk like she wanted to. The glow starts to change into a rainbow much like Jesse's time powers and she whispers, "Jesse?" as she dares to hope that he was still with her somehow.

The normally chaotic voices of the monkey ancients were surprisingly calm with a held-back fury as they say, "No… but the power and knowledge on how to use Jesse's power is now flowing into your mind. Use it and escape from here to make… him… pay."

(Outside of Cindy's dream)

Cindy softly whispers, "Jesse's murderer… pay… oh Jesse… why… did you have to leave?"

Jesse's eyes widen in surprise as his jaw drops some as he overhears her.

(Inside of Cindy's dream)

With the full power and support of the ancient monkeys as well as the grief in her heart and soul. She uses the power granted to her by her best friend somehow to stabilize the tunnel before she leaps in…

The dream rapidly shifts to the future, a future where Jesse was still alive somehow and looking much more handsome as an adult.

She could see herself in that future, looking very happy and the sight of her mother and father… her little siblings Connie and Ronnie more grown up now… even Morgan and Logan looked adorable at the age Connie and Ronnie were to her in the present.

Cindy can see herself in college, getting ready to graduate with honors and there, by her side was Jesse. Mindy was there in the audience next to her family since she had chosen a different degree and finished a year earlier. Even Jesse's family from his parents, to his sister and even his grandparents were there.

Cindy can see how happy everyone is… how perfect everything is in her life until some fearful part of her mind changes it all in a moment where the guy comes back and destroys Jesse right in front of her just like he had before all over again… with the sky turning dark and cloudy, lightning flashing and Stone's crazed, evil laughter echoing in her ears.

(Outside Cindy's dream)

Cindy grips Jesse's hand tightly as she moans, "No… No… not again…please no…"

Jesse covers her hand with his as he says tenderly, "It is alright Cindy. I am here and I'm not going anywhere. Trust me CS."

(Inside Cindy's dream)

Somehow Cindy hears Jesse's words, feels his comforting touch and her dream changes to where Jesse reappears whole and alive, with Stone gone and the graduation all calm, peaceful and a beautiful, sunny day.

Cindy reaches out to Jesse and holds his hand, flashing him a smile that he returns and that is when she knows everything will be all right. She did trust him, with all her heart.

It speeds up once again with years flashing by until she can see her siblings Morgan and Logan as teenagers, in high school… both of them dating and from what she could tell they were good matches for the two.

The scene changes to another place where she can see Mindy happily married and taking care of a baby.

She zips over to another scene where she can see Ronnie looking good in his supersuit and saving the world with his partner and the naked mole rat wearing some kind of royal-looking symbol that she didn't recognize.

She then pauses and wonders, "What about Jesse? Where is he?"

The scene changes to where Jesse is at that very moment where he is in a System Justice suit as he was in charge of watching over the evil people in all the space colonies. She almost melts at how handsome he looks in it.

(Outside Cindy's Dream)

Cindy smiles softly and sighs, softly nuzzling her cheek into Jesse's hand.

Jesse is relieved to see Cindy finally coming out of her apparent nightmare and hopes that it stays that way. He reaches out to her face, brushing back some stray strands of hair, wondering what is going on in that head of hers.

Cindy suddenly becomes very still as if she was shocked or stunned by something and starts to say, "Jesse… Jesse… Jesse…"

Jesse leans a little to strain to hear it so he is in an awkward position when Cindy suddenly wakes up and with her hand still holding on tightly to his hand.

Cindy moves quickly and with her hands flailing about, trying to sit up by moving her hands to the mattress and pulling Jesse right along towards her and sending him crashing right into Cindy before she could push herself up!

Cindy blinks and blushes beet red as she looks up and sees Jesse looking down at her, with them being nose to nose and half of his body on top of hers, his legs dangling over the edge of the bed. She doesn't know what to do until Jesse embarrassedly says, "Uh… CS, could I have my hand back so I can get up?"

It is at that moment that she was holding Jesse's hand and her eyes fly to it to see their fingers interlocked and she lets go of the hand quickly, pushing Jesse up off of her in the next second as she says loudly, "I-I-I am so sorry Jesse!"

Jesse lands butt first onto the floor by the bed, which didn't hurt as much as it could have since she had somewhat thick carpet but it still hurt some.

Jesse says, "It was my fault. I should have expected that you would wake up like that after all that you were doing in your sleep." He gets up and dusts himself off before he notices that Cindy's eyes were getting watery.

Cindy couldn't believe her eyes and as she watches him, remembering the touch of his hand in hers, the closeness… something which she knew she would be dreaming about for years to come. She realizes that seeing Jesse alive wasn't a dream… he really was alive!

Cindy starts to cry as she says happily, "You are really alive… Oh, Jesse… you really are alive… I can't believe it!"

Jesse raises his hands in surrender as he says, "Yes… Yes… I know I'm alive. Your parents have even scanned me and found nothing wrong. I am perfectly healthy and all right."

Cindy sniffles as she tries not to cry, just beyond happy to see him living, breathing, talking again. For a moment, she remembers her still-fresh dream and wonders if it was a real possibility. That Jesse would be around for a long, long time. She certainly prayed that it would be so.

Cindy takes the bed sheets in her hands and balls them up in her hands as she says, "I… I am sorry… it was all my fault."

Jesse looks confused at Cindy as he says, "What was? If you're talking about the way I fell on you…"

Cindy blushes for a moment before she says, "No… it was my fault… that you died…"

Jesse says, "What are you talking about?"

Cindy stops and looks at him as she says, "How… how much do you remember?"

Jesse scratches the back of his head as he says, "To be honest… not too much. I remember you getting kidnapped by that guy and then… it gets hazy after that for me."

Cindy shakes her head and says, "That guy… Stone… he used me to escape the time bubble and… and…" She starts to sniffle before she continues to say, "He destroyed you… All I had left of you was… was your hand." She reaches out and grabs the hand.

Jesse looks down at her holding his hand with both of her hands as he says, "Seriously?"

Cindy can't answer as it was just too painful other than nodding. She takes a deep breath and says, "It was all my fault… I should have done something, something more so you didn't have… didn't have to sacrifice yourself for me."

Jesse looks at Cindy in surprise and a calm expression comes over his face as he says, "Cindy, if I did that then I had no regrets. I would gladly sacrifice it all to make sure you were safe."

If anything, this made Cindy's eyes grow even more watery and grip his hand more tightly. She shakes her head hard side to side, causing tears to fly in both directions as she pleads, "Please… no… don't Jesse. Not again. I am not strong enough… not strong enough to lose you again." She hangs her head as she says, "Please Jesse… I am not worth it…"

Jesse looks at Cindy, feeling utterly speechless. He had always known that he would truly give it his all, even his very life if it meant protecting those who he held dearest to him. However, to make sure that he felt no hesitation in doing so, he had never thought about the consequences… the results of his being gone.

Jesse just watches Cindy with her head hanging low and seeing the occasional tear fall, telling him that she was still quite sad and upset about what had happened. He eventually thinks, "I need to say something… I should say something because it feels wrong to let this just hang between us like this."

Jesse reaches out with his free hand, slowly and gently lifting with the lightness of a balloon upon Cindy's chin until their eyes meet. His eyes gaze into hers and hers back into his with the silence filled between them with the look they share.

Jesse takes a breath and says, "Cindy…look, I want you to understand something that is very important. You… your sister, your whole family are all very important to me. I know that everyone in my family also feels the same way as I do and we would all do anything to keep even one of you safe."

Cindy just gazes into his eyes as she says, "But Jesse… your family would miss you too. Did you ever think of how much pain and sadness they would be in if you were no more? How much even your mother would feel?"

Jesse winces at the thought of his mother's reaction and knew that it would not be a pretty picture. He was pretty certain that if he had ever went at someone's hands, their life would be measured in the shortest amount of time it would take for her to hunt them down and even then it would be a most painful way to go. He had no doubt his mother had it in her to do that. He sincerely prayed that she would hold back in memory and spare the person though he doubted she would hold back on the pain.

Jesse gazes back into Cindy's eyes as he says, "Yes, I know but Cindy. I could never forgive myself if I didn't give it my all trying to help my friends, especially my best friends in the whole universe. You and Mindy both mean everything to me. So if I did… then I had no regrets. I…"

Cindy suddenly cuts him off as she quickly says, "How do you feel about me?" surprising him into stunned silence.

Jesse blinks and says, "You're my best friend…"

Cindy shakes her head and says, "That isn't what I meant Jesse…" She sees the confusion on his face and says, "Do you think you care more for me than 'just a friend' or even more than just a 'best friend'? I… really would like to know Jesse."

Jesse is stunned at the question and just stares at her, wondering where all this was coming from.

However before he can answer, there is a knock at the door and they turn their heads to see Cindy's parents enter.


AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this little emotional rollercoaster of a ride. So what did you think of Cindy's dreams? Do you think they were they just dreams or actual memories of what she saw? Who do you think Ronnie's partner was? What do you think of System Justice? What did you think of the embarrassing way that Cindy woke up? Did you like the way Cindy and Jesse talked? Is it a step in the right direction? What do you think Jesse's answer would have been before the parents walked in?

As usual all reviews, ideas, music videos based on this story, drawings, thoughts, feelings and more are always welcome.