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 50: That Magic Moment
(At the Stoppable home)
Kim and Ron enter the room to see a teary-eyed Cindy and a baffled-looking Jesse in the room.
Kim smiles at her daughter and walks up to her, giving her a big, tight hug. "I am glad you're awake! How are you feeling Cindy?"
Ron walks over to Jesse and says, "Hey Jesse, how're you feeling?"
Cindy can sense majorly strange vibes coming from her parents, as if they knew more than they were saying if they were acting like the way they were. She says, "Yes mother, I'm ok… I am just glad that everything… turned out… ok." Her eyes dart to Jesse, confirming yet once more that he was still alive and all there.
Kim notices where Cindy's eyes went and mentally sighs before she says, "Well, I for one am glad that whole sitch is over with. Time traveling stuff gives me a headache."
Ron nods as he says, "I hear you, it was pretty crazy going for a while. I am just glad the time stream survived."
Kim smiles a little as she turns to Cindy and says, "And on that note, your father and I just wish to say that we're both very proud of you for saving all of time."
Cindy blushes a bit as she runs her fingers through her hair, "Um… I was just doing what you two had taught me to do… which is the right thing." She moves her had from her hair and says, "Wait, how did you even know about all that?"
Kim says, "Well I think that the fact we're not trapped in a time bubble of some kind anymore was a big clue to start with. Also, do you remember that we found next to you?"
Cindy's eyes grow a little wide for a second as she remembers shielding a guy from Stone before she nods and says, "Yes…?"
Kim says, "Well, we got some answers out of him about what happened but even he was clueless about how it all ended."
Cindy looks at her parents nervously for a moment as she says, "What did he say exactly?"
Ron says, "Well, for starters that it was you who did the full mystical monkey power thing to stop the guy. When did you ever learn how to do that?"
Cindy looks down at her feet as she says, "I… I don't know really. When I l-lost Jesse… I just wanted to get back at him so badly. I thought I would go into monkey rage and was prepared to fully welcome it…" She looks up at Jesse with pained eyes for a few moments before she says, "But it never came. The power didn't fight me or try to overwhelm me like I expected it would. It worked with me."
Jesse says, "What happened Cindy? What did you do?"
Cindy falls silent for a few moments before she says, "I went after the guy. I wanted justice and I could feel the mystical power was on my side in this." She swallows and brings her hands together before her before she says, "It was a hard battle. I… used your power Jesse. The time one and I don't know how it was possible."
Cindy's eyes start to swell up with tears as she says, "I think on some level, we were connected in our desire to get him, to stop him from hurting anyone else and with our powers combined. It was enough to stop him."
Ron looks over at Kim as something occurs to him, as it had that fateful day when he saw Kim hanging unconsciously from Warhawk's hand as he talked about mounting her next to spine of Warmonga's other trophy.
He then looks over at Cindy as he notices the way she looks directly at Jesse and says, "I couldn't have done it without you Jesse. Your power helped give me the equalizing edge I needed and you… you… saved me in the end to Jesse. You're the real hero."
Ron looks over questioningly at Jesse, as does Kim even as Jesse says, "Don't look at me, according to Cindy I was just a hand at the time. I don't remember anything."
Cindy starts to walk towards Jesse with her heart beating hard in her chest with her whole vision and world narrowing to just Jesse as she says, "Jesse… in the end, I tried to save the guy who had murdered you in cold blood. I knew you wouldn't want me to do the same to him as he had done to you. He refused my help and he…" She stops walking, looking at Jesse in the eyes as she finishes saying, "tried to kill me in the end Jesse for offering him a peaceful way out, a way to surrender."
Both Kim and Ron frown at the news until Cindy says, "S-somehow Jesse… you…" She stops to blink quickly and let her tears flow down her face and says, "You saved my life by grabbing onto his weapon. Y-you took it for me and…" She wipes at her eyes quickly for a moment as she says, "I saw you… the last bit of you that I had to remember you by, destroyed as you and Stone fell into the darkness. I thought you were gone… all of you… forever."
Cindy pauses for the longest time with just tears flowing before she says, "The red monkeys took care of the rest I think… I don't know really. I wasn't in control at that point and when it hit me that you were gone… I… I don't know. I just screamed as loud as I could. I wanted the whole world to know my pain. That is the last thing I remember before seeing you, alive and whole again."
The whole room fell silent for a bit before Ron wraps his arm over Jesse's shoulder and with his infamous goofy grin as he says while gently jabbing Jesse in the shoulder, "Way to go Jesse!"
Kim puts her hands on Cindy's shoulders and says, "Well it looks like your friendship came through in the end. I think it is great to know that your friendship is strong enough to overcome just about anything." She gently shakes Cindy's shoulders as she says, "Come on now, I think you must be starving. The rest of the family is waiting downstairs to eat."
Ron keeps his arm around Jesse's shoulder and says, "I'll be right there, I just want to thank Jesse again for helping to keep Cindy safe."
Kim smiles as she says, "Ok, come along Cindy…" She gives Cindy a gentle push so she begins walking, with a little apologetic look in her eyes towards Jesse before she leaves the room.
Ron waits until he can no longer hear their footsteps before he turns to Jesse and says, "Jesse, I want to know something. Do you or do you not love my daughter?"
Jesse blinks in surprise as that was the second time he could remember being asked that. He says, "Huh? What?"
Ron chuckles as he says, "It isn't a hard question Jesse. It just became very clear to me while she was explaining about the mystical monkey event that just what triggered the level of power and control for her. So answer the question. Do you love Cindy or not?"
Ron notices that Jesse has the most confused look on his face with a question just burning at his lips. He sighs and says, "What is it?"
Jesse says, "What are you talking about? What became clear when Cindy talked about what happened?"
Ron just stares at Jesse and wondering if it was just him or if all guys were truly as thick as himself when it came to that one great love in their life. He shakes his head and says as he shakes Jesse with his arm around him, "You know about the mystical monkey power and how it works in principal right?"
Jesse just nods his head before Ron goes on to say, "There is only one way Cindy could have tapped into that much power. You see… the mystical monkey power partly depends on the strength and clarity of the emotions of the user." He pokes into Jesse's chest with his finger as he says, "You gave her both the strength and clarity to tap into it."
Jesse says, "I'm not quite sure I follow, how did I do that?"
Ron says, "Listen, I am just going to say this once. That kind of power doesn't come from being sad or angry. Anger alone would have probably pushed her into monkey rage but there was a factor that I think Cindy's missing or won't admit."
Jesse tilts his head a little to the side as he says, "What factor is that?"
Ron grins as he says, "Love. Cindy loved you so much in fact that I think it pushed away the potential for monkey rage and went right to the ultimate power. I know from personal experience that love is the true key to becoming a master. Cindy loves you Jesse."
Jesse says, "We… we're best friends, of course she loves me and I love her back…"
Ron shakes his head, "Uh-uh, I'm talking about more than just the love of friendship. I am talking about the kind of love that comes from what Kim and I have."
Jesse looks at Ron in confusion for a second before his eyes go wide and he says, "Y-you mean that… that Cindy loves me?"
Ron chuckles and nods as he says, "There is no doubt about it in my mind. So the only thing there is left to do is to find out if you love my daughter back or if she is only going to end up with a broken heart."
Jesse panics as he says, "Now… now wait a minute, there could be another explanation. She has the power… maybe she tapped into it early like you did?"
Ron grins confidently at Jesse as he says, "She loves you, that's how I tapped into my power. I loved Kim." He the pats Jesse on the chest as he says, "Now don't you worry… I am not mad and I doubt Kim will be either. So in fact, the only thing is for you to decide whether or not if you love Cindy."
Ron lets go Jesse and says, "Well, I can tell you need some time to think about what I just said Jesse." He jerks his head in the direction of the door and says, "Come on, your family is downstairs too and they're joining us as I serve up what I cooked in the kitchen."
Jesse says in surprise, "You cooked? But…?" He is cut off as Ron says, "It isn't everyday that all of existence is saved and the family came out ok. I don't think anyone's going to be complaining about what I cooked up."
Ron chuckles at his own words and says, "Come on, let's go. I don't want the stuff to grow cold."
Jesse knew that his mother would flambé his ass if he allowed any of Ron's food to grow cold, as she'd said once before that the warmth Ron poured into his food felt so warm, that every bite was a pure joy for her. So he nods and starts to walk while his head just swam in confusion over all that he'd just been told by both Cindy and Ron.
In no time at all, Jesse and Ron reached the dining area and sure enough Jesse saw that the entire Stoppable family and his own was there. He walks over to his usual spot at the table automatically, lost in a fog of his own thoughts and sits down before realizing that he was sitting next to Cindy at the table!
Ron does a small smile as he sees Cindy and Jesse look at each other for a moment and then, in sync they look away, too nervous or shy to say anything to each other.
Kim notices the small smile and wonders what he was smiling about before Sheila says, "Hey Kimmie, that was a wild trip earlier wasn't it?"
Kim nods as she says back to Sheila, "Oh, the wildest. It was a 9.8 on the wild and weird scale."
Jesse looks over at Cindy and she manages to look back at him at the same time, nervous at first before they realize that they had nothing to be nervous about and relax. He says, "Hey CS…"
Cindy smiles softly and says, "Hi Jesse…"
Sheila says, "Hey Cindy, I want to ask you something."
Cindy looks over at her and says, "Yes?"
Sheila says, "I hear that you are the one responsible for saving the world. Again." She smirks teasingly before she says, "How do you do feel?"
Cindy darts her eyes towards Jesse on one side and then over at Mindy on the other side of her before she says, "I feel fine, but it wasn't me by myself. I had help."
Sheila laughs, "I know. I hope Jesse didn't get in the way like a certain blond sidekick at this table I could mention sometimes." She grins as she looks at Ron who just shakes his head and says, "Comments like that say to me, 'I don't want extra helpings of desert' and I don't think you want to go there, do you?"
Cindy says more loudly than she intended to, "Not at all! Jesse was a great help! He saved me and helped to save all of time and existence! So I really couldn't have done it without him!" She then realizes that she was standing up from her seat and says softly, "Sorry…" as she quickly sits down.
Sheila turns to her son and says, "You must have made quite an impact on her to make her just blurt all that out."
Jesse looks over at Cindy with the silent message to her, "Thanks Cindy!" and she gives an apologetic smile in return.
Jesse sighs and says, "Yes, I suppose so though I don't really remember much."
Sheila gets suspicious as she says, "And just why not? Were you knocked out or something?"
Jesse shakes his head and says, "Not exactly, I was a limb for a little while…" He realizes what he'd just said a moment too late and the reaction was just about as immediate at the table.
The room suddenly became noisy with confusing things being shouted from Sheila shouting as she ignites her hands into green flames, "What!?" to Mindy shouting, "What? Why am I just now finding this out?" to Connie shouting, "Cool! I bet it was like… Attack of the living hand!" as she waved a single hand around in a creepy kind of way to which only Cindy knew how accurate that statement was.
Ron just leans over to Kim and says, "Hey Kim… look at them…"
Kim frowns and sternly says, "Look at who Ron?" as she didn't appreciate the chaos at her dinner table.
Ron smiles and says, "Cindy and Jesse… the lovebirds."
Kim's eyebrows jump in surprise and slowly turns her head to look at her daughter who is shrinking away from her twin's words while Jesse does the same with his mother from the opposite end, with their hands touching on top of the table in support without even realizing it. Normally such actions would not have even been noticed but as her eyes were opened by her husband's words, she saw the hand touching in a whole new light.
Kim looks over to Ron with wide, questioning eyes before he just leans over and kisses her on the lips softly, pausing inches away to whisper, "mystical monkey power… that's how I figured it out."
Kim pulls back to look into Ron's eyes even as the shouting kept on going at her table and then something about the way Ron's eyes looked at her that touched her deep within to her very soul. When Ron's eyes become tinged with blue it suddenly dawns on her and she smiles at him as she realizes where she'd seen that look.
Kim asks a silent question with her lips, "Are you sure?" to which Ron nods in answer to with a look of confidence in him, leaving little doubt that he was wrong. She begins to turn her head to look again when Ron reaches out and cups her face, giving her a long, very deep and loving kiss on her lips.
The noise dims down at the table before they break the kiss and Kim finds herself sitting on his lap, arms wrapped around him and breathing just more than a bit heavily for air.
Sheila grins wickedly as she says, "I'd tell you to get a room… but this is your home. You two have probably already done it in every room, including this one." This elicits a round of "Ewwww!" or "TMI!" from all those at the table and making both Kim and Ron blush as they both remember a time when they had done it right on that very table once upon a time.
While everyone's eyes were diverted, Cindy looks at Jesse as she thanks her parents in her thoughts for the diversion and can see in Jesse's eyes that he was glad too as it had pulled away everyone from shouting at the two of them. They break their eye contact before anyone can notice and Jesse thinks about Ron's question.
Things settle down after that and everyone enjoys the rest of dinner and desert before the two families part for their respective homes.
Eventually it is time for bed and Cindy goes to bed, with her thoughts on Jesse and his unanswered question. For all she had found herself thinking about more than anything as she laid to bed was not all the future stuff or even his unanswered question but Jesse in general and how she felt about him.
At the same time as she went to bed, Jesse was changing into his pajamas with his thoughts on Cindy and how he felt about her. It had bugged him all night since his talk with her father about how he felt. He turns on the radio and the song "I swear" by John Michael Montgomery comes on.
Jesse sighs as he finishes getting dressed to the song as he knew it wouldn't help to turn it off and says, "Maybe things will look better tomorrow." He turns off the radio at the end of the song and goes to sleep with him softly whispering too low for anyone but himself to hear, "I hope…"
AN: Well everyone, I hope you enjoyed this most chaotic chapter. What did you think of Kim and Ron as they talked to Cindy and Jesse? What did you think of Ron's sudden burst of insight? Were you surprised by it? Is Ron surprising or what? Do you think Ron sees a bit of himself in either Cindy or Jesse? Did you like Ron and Jesse's little talk? What did you think of the dinner table scene with Sheila and the unwitting admission from Jesse about what had happened to him? Did anyone get the 'Attack of the living hand' joke by Connie? What did you think of Cindy and Jesse in this chapter? Is there any hope for them?
As usual all votes for your fav villain from my stories, suggestions, ideas, hints, bribes, couple songs ideas for Cindy and Jesse that fit what is going on for them, and more are always welcome.
