Chapter 7 - Best AU and Best Crossover
Once the song ended, GT returned to the stage.
"And welcome back, everyone! In this segment, we get all crossed over for crossovers! Huh? Huh? Get it?"
The whole theater was silent except for a couple of crickets.
"I do not think that they get the joke, GT." Sharper whispered in her ear.
"My apologies!" GT acknowledged. "Anywho, our next awards presenter is a newcomer to the world of KP fanfiction. To present the award of Best AU, please give a special welcome to Icarus the Foxkidd!"
Foxkidd then came up onto the stage in a blue tuxedo. He also held the Golden Rufus.
But he was looking for something else.
"Uh...where's the envelope for the winner?"
"I got it!" a voice shouted from backstage.
A young girl of 16 years of age came out in a blue evening dress to, machine humming along inside her system. She had a mix of brown and black curly hair that reached her shoulders.
"Hey, everyone! Give a warm welcome to Athena!" Sharper exclaimed, introducing Athena to the crowd. The crowd reacted with a warm applause to her.
"Glad to make it to my first Fannies ceremony ever, Sharper!" Athena replied with excitement. "What award are we on?"
"Best Alternate Universe." Sharper replied.
Foxkidd then explained the concept, "An alternate universe, in fanfiction lingo, is when we come up with whatever weird sitches in our head to put any of the KP characters in if it's futuristic or in a steampunk era."
"Tonight's nominees have what it takes to create a compelling AU." Athena added. "The nominees are..."
Athena: STD 2018 Feels by Jimmy1201
Kim ran to the blast area, dodging fleeing giant cockroaches that had been spooked by the enormous flash of light.
She saw Roachie scurrying over to the last giant cockroach, which kneeling next to a person she assumed was Ron. Stopping in horror, she saw that half of his head was in its mouth. Looking around for a weapon, distracted to the point that she didn't hear Roachie's hisses and clicks, she swore that she would never again be caught unarmed. A .44 Magnum Desert Eagle would be nice right now...
"LENARD! NO! BAD LENARD! BAD! WE DON'T SUCK ON HUMAN FACES! SPIT HIM OUT!" (auto-translated from hisses and clicks)
"BUT ROACHIE! HE'S HURT, I'M JUST KISSING HIS BOO-BOO TO MAKE IT BETTER!"
"SPIT HIM OUT! WE HAVE TO LEAVE NOW! OTHER HUMANS, HUMANS ARE COMING THAT WILL HURT US!"
Finding a section of pipe, Kim turned to attack the giant roach, but both of them turned and scurried away with startling speed. Tossing the pipe away, she ran to her best friend and knelt down beside him. He was unconscious, maybe slipping into shock, but alive. She could see major damage to one side of his head, but the damaged area seemed to be covered in rapidly hardening clear plastic resin.
Feeling his body carefully, looking for bleeding or broken bones, she came across his Kimmunicator. She held down the call button indicating an emergency call. Wade immediately appeared on the screen.
"Ron, wha... Kim! Where's Ron!"
"He's right here and he's hurt bad, Wade. I think that a squad of Roachie's friends showed up to help him and one shorted out a power grid or something. Anyway, there was an explosion," looking around, she continued, "but I don't see any roach body parts..."
"EMT services are already on the way Kim. Cockroaches are tough bugs, Kim, the explosion probably just knocked it over or something."
"Drakken and Shego have probably already left, Wade. Find them."
Foxkidd: S Plus D Equals K by Neo the Saiyan Angel
Kim considered it for a moment. Should she? Should she be selfish and have them here for her, or should she take this on herself?
"...could you please stay?" She didn't want to be alone for this.
"Of course we can, honey," her mom said, motioning towards the bed. The three Possibles sat together, each taking their own time to try and get comfortable.
Sighing, not wanting to put it off any longer, Kim said, "Okay Wade… What did you find?"
"Well, uh, yeah… Good news, I found your parents…" Her heart leapt in her chest. "The bad news is who they are…" Tilting his head, he muttered, "Strangely, your dad - so weird saying that - is listed in the GJ database as personnel…"
"Wade…" Kim said testily. She knew he was trying to avoid the topic. "Tell me!"
"I, ah…" He sighed, then apparently steeled himself. "Your parents are Shego and Drakken."
"...real funny, Wade." The redhead rolled her eyes. "But seriously, who're my parents?"
"Drakken and Shego are." No trace of humor in his voice. None. "They are your parents."
Drakken… And Shego… Are… Kim felt lightheaded, blood pumping loudly in her ears.
She barely felt the bed cushioning her fall as she passed out.
Athena: The New Fearless Ferrett by Neotyson
Just then, they hear a loud beeping sound like a radio signal that stops them in their tracks. Director Betty checks over her screens and what she witnesses causes the look of fear to form on her face. She witnesses as the Diablos growing into a monster size and now soaring into the air to start their assault.
"Damn it Drakken launch his commander signal, and now the Diablos are making their move for takeover. Sorry, Ron, I have to get my soldiers out there. Get to Drakken's HQ and destroy his command system! Good luck!" Director Betty gives out her last order before logging off.
"Director Betty!" Felix calls out to no response other than Wade appearing back entirely on the screen being attack by the Diablo he got recently.
"Wade you okay?!" Ron asks in a worry yet urgent tone.
"Yeah for now. You need to destroy the local signal before heading towards Drakken, and unfortunately, I'm not in a position to locate it for you." Wade said from underneath his death.
"It has to be at the source of all evil... Bueno Nacho." Ron theorizes since that's the restaurant the toys came from.
"Good point, in that case, we need to equip you with some mission ready gear." Felix states.
"I would let give him the battle suit that I been working on for Kim however it still hasn't been tested and its only been design for Kim to use." Wade points out, regretting not making Ron one right now.
"Of course," Ron mutters sarcastically.
Fortunately, an idea pops into Felix's head, and while it's risky, it might be Ron's only choice. "Well, I might have a similar project that I have been working for if Ron ever decided to go at it alone but I'm sure it's silly."
Unlike earlier, Ron isn't afraid when his friends are in danger. "Felix at this point I can take anything I can get at this now!"
Sensing and seeing the determination in him, Felix smirks and swiftly leads him to his basement where his secret project is hiding. "In that case, don't get overly excited with what you are about to see and while it's still a working progress, it should be enough to help out."
Ron isn't sure what Felix could have hiding that would make him freak out. That is until he watches his friend push a button where a hidden door opens up revealing some gadgets and weapons but what stands out the most is the suit that is staring right into Ron's direction. All Ron can say right then was, "No freaking way."
Foxkidd: KP Gifted by LJ58
"I see that red hair. Since I don't know your name, I'll call you Red. I'm Shego. Where you headed? Or are you just another wannabe looking for big city lights?"
"No, not that," Kim sighed and climbed in as she set her backpack into the floorboard. "I just want to get home," she told the woman.
"Which is….?"
"Middleton," Kim sighed, and looked out the window again, feeling the woman was safe enough. Or so she hoped.
"Headed there myself," Shego told her.
Kim smiled now.
"Really," she asked almost gleefully as she risked a glance her way. "You're serious?"
"Nope, I'm Shego," the woman winked at her. "Hey, want some music," she asked and switched on the CD player.
"What is that," she asked as she shoved a disc into the blinking box on the dash.
"Skynyrd," Shego grinned as Sweet Home Alabama began. "Best Southern Rock band you will ever hear in your life," she grinned.
Kim just stared, but listened, her head nodding faintly to the beat after a moment.
"Told you. Best band ever," Shego grinned. "You've seriously never heard them?"
"Never heard any music," Kim murmured.
"No? Girl, you've been deprived," Shego remarked as focused on driving, and keeping up the banal chatter as she knew it was her best chance of befriending what could be the most dangerous woman on the planet.
Which, she didn't like to admit, really screwed up her own rep.
Athena: Two Tickets for Murder by eoraptor
"What's this? Stoppable looked up from his desk, a slightly better army surplus model than the one Miss Possible kept in the outer room. The contrast was that while hers was neatly organized and made efficient use of its small space; his was a rat's nest of bills, investigatory files, old hoagie wrappers from the deli, and assorted knickknacks.
"A bill, payable to me." Miss Possible rolled her green eyes, "cross country telegram."
"And why is the office supposed to pay for your telegrams?" He eyed his assistant archly, sticking the bill into a random stack.
"Because it's work related. I telegrammed daddy to see what he could tell me about this Mister Lipsky character." She snorted and flicked her pocket book closed.
"And what did he say?"
"Nothing yet… Telegrams aren't some sort of instantaneous communication," Possible sighed and moved back to the desk in the front office.
"Well, maybe that Wade guy down at Bell Labs should work on that? I hear he's done wonders with those film-o-phones." Ron called after her.
"Yeah, who in the world would want to see a person on the phone?" Miss Possible called back as she began typing away at her selectrux, "I mean honestly? Half the mouth breathers I deal with I'd rather never have to see again, I'd hate to think what they'd do if they thought I couldn't slap them via some kind of seeing eye phone."
Foxkidd: Finally, there's A Journey Through Time by DisneyChannelLover
A moment of silence came over them, then Felix scratched the back of his head and chuckled nervously too. "Um, Monique; that wasn't a dream. It was real." Felix explained as he pointed past Monique.
"Hu?" Monique questioned with confusion while she turned to see what Felix was pointing too.
Suddenly; she stopped. There, in front of her, were indeed the future looking Wade, Jim and Tim.
With wide eyes, Monique was about to scream out in surprise only for the Future Jim to rush up to her and cover her mouth with his hand.
"Mam please!" Future Jim stated as he released her mouth and sighed. "We're on official – "Future Jim began only for Monique too cut him off.
"– Future business?" Monique questioned as she put fingures quotes around the words. She smiled for a moment before a thought came to her mind. Then, she eyed the three odd visitors. "You are from the future right?" Monique challenged as she crossed her arms. Glancing at Felix, she could tell he was trying to register this just like she was.
Future Jim nodded, "That's – "Future Jim began until Future Tim took over.
"– Right." Future Tim finished. "– And we are on a mission too – "Future Tim continued only for Future Jim too take over.
"– Help save the future!" Future Jim finished as the two twins smiled.
"Great…." Felix stated as he huffed and crossed his arms. "They still finished each other's sentences." Felix grumbled as he shook his head.
"So many good choices, but only one can come on top!" Foxkidd said.
Athena opened the envelope.
"And the Golden Rufus for Best AU goes to...S Plus D Equals K by Neo the Saiyan Angel!"
Neo grumbled loudly as she got up onto the stage. Shooting Sharper a grumpy look, she walked up to the podium and cleared her throat.
"Thanks for the award, everyone," she said with an edge in her voice as she grabbed the Fannie and waved it around. "It means quite a bit to me that I won an award that my fic wasn't qualified for."
Sharper cried across the stage loudly, "We've been OVER this! It's an AU!"
"S Plus D Equals K is NOT an AU!" Neo protested into the microphone. "I wrote it so it could fit into canon!"
"But it's such a radical departure from canon that it can't be anything BUT an AU!" the other author countered. "Everyone agreed, considering you won the award! It's like how Romeo and Juliet is a love story, no matter how Shakespeare meant it to be."
"Ugh!" The brunette pulled at her neatly put-up hair, pulling some of the intricate bun apart. "Y'all are weird." She shook her head and sighed, looking at the award. Quietly she muttered, "Oh well. It's still pretty nifty that I won, even if I shouldn't have." She turned back to the crowd, big toothy smile on her face and hands giving thumbs-ups. "Again, thanks for voting for me! Glad it was good enough to win something." Murmuring to herself she said as she began making her way back to her seat, "Two Fannies…not too shabby!"
And with that, all the occupants, save for Sharper, left the stage.
"And now, I shall have the opportunity to present the next award, which is Best Crossover. A good KP crossover requires the chemistry of not only the KP characters themselves but also how they interact in the strange new world that stands before them. So here are the nominees."
Possible's Pure Love Road by kmtdiccion (a fusion)
"Yo, Ron. Are you free tonight? I'm going to a mixer with some girls from Lowerton, but we don't have many people." A black haired boy named Gil Moss asked the blonde teen. The blonde boy gave him a smile and replied back "Thanks for the offer, but I don't know what to say at those kinds of events."
A boy wearing glasses that was beside him named Ned murmured in agreement and added "Hmm... I see your point. I feel like you'd be in charge of portioning out the food and saying 'uh-huh' at a mixer." They let out a chuckle imagining Ron interacting with the fairer sex on an event like a mixer. Ron didn't feel that offended, though. Gil then grinned at Ron and said "Laugh all you want, but in reality, guys like you are actually the ones that end up taking home the good ones."
"Well, let us know if you changed your mind." Felix said while wheeling himself back to his desk. Ron nodded in affirmation. The whole class seems to be in a good mood. It looks like everyone is excited for summer. Beside him, Josh leaned towards Ron's desk and said with a bit of mirth "From what I hear, summer in Middleton is the season of love. Looks like summer's still the same for you, Ron."
Ron mock glared and said "You're always so rude, Josh. Right in front of my face, too."
"Why don't you join the mixer, then?"
"Hello, Earth to Josh, I have a meeting later, remember? Why don't you go then?"
Josh let out a smirk and replied without any hesitation "I'm not interested in meaningless affairs." That line made multiple faces stare at the smirking boy. Gil let out a snort and replied with haughtiness evident on his voice "I don't want you to come, too, Josh. I feel like you'd ruin everything like last time. It's almost like you hate girls or whatever."
"What do you mean?" Josh's eyes rose in inquiry. "I like women just as much as anyone in my age does. Though, of course, I have no interest in average women. It would h ave to be a preeminent one. One that would suit me best." His answer resulted into a series of moans coming from the guys. Gil can't even believe this guy anymore. The last time he brought him out, the girl he's talking to isn't even half-bad, but knowing Josh, he'd expect no less of a archangel to be suited as his girlfriend.
"There you go. That's the worst kind of person to have in a mixer." Ned pointed out Josh's fundamental mistake. "Even if they're not your type, at least cooperate with us. I can still remember last time when you actually told one of the girls that they're an idiot and pissed her off."
Sky Blue, Ocean Blue by Purplegirl761 (crossover with Steven Universe)
Peridot's tablet begins to vibrate and buzz – a sound not nearly as urgent as a Wailing Stone's, yet Peridot flies to her tablet as if there truly is someone inside who needs to be saved. You have to take a moment to tell yourself that this is not an enchanted device, but one crafted by human hands, inert without some form of electricity, and one into which beings cannot simply be tucked. It is a reminder that needs repeating once Dr. Drakken's image appears on the screen – though the display shows only his upper body, he does not bear the stooping shoulders of confinement, of separation from the universe's energy, of the formless inability to reach out and take hold of what is just beyond your grasp.
Drakken smiles when he sees Peridot, the way he smiles at the silly cartoon show where the dog helps solve mysteries. Finding you alters the expression on his lips. It is now a smile of coming home.
You gather up both Plastic Lazuli and your book and make your way across the floor to the laptop, using your elbows to claim a space next to Peridot and then resting your weight upon them. "Hi, Drakken," you call over Peridot's babbling welcome.
"Good evening, ladies," Drakken says with a chuckle. "Just checking in – how was your day today?"
Peridot responds before you have a chance to, and in a different fashion than you would have: "Great!" To Peridot, everything is great, save for the fourth season of Camp Pining Hearts. Blue Diamond's specter hangs over you, heavy as the folds in her lush cloak, and you can imagine her frowning with distaste if she learned her Lapis was jealous of Peridot.
"It was good for us," you say cautiously. "Probably pretty strange for Steven, though."
"Steven?" Drakken startles, his long arms flinging upward to grab at the thorns of hair rising from his forehead. "Is Steven – did he – is everyone all right?"
"Everybody's fine," you assure him. "It's just that –"
Peridot interrupts, which is for the best because the next words are a wad of frost on the surface of your tongue. "Steven's 'dad' was taken to the human zoo today."
"Human zoo?" Drakken's eyes widen. "Oooh, there's a story here!"
Peridot's triangular head tilts your direction, and she gives you a poke."It's from before my time. Lapis can tell you."
Turbo, a KP/PR Story from BryceWade1013 (crossover with Power Rangers)
Back at the gymnasium, Tommy, Adam, Kim, and Ron were relaxing. Rocky stood in front of the coach. "Man, those kids were right. You kick major butt. Almost knocked all of us down." Tommy said.
Kim smiled at the odd compliment. "Thanks. But, you guys don't have to try so hard. I know it's a competition, but we need to keep our minds focused as well as our bodies." Kim explained as Monique approached the ring.
"Truly inspirational girl." Monique said.
"Hey, Rocky, Kim's right. Maybe we are trying too hard." Adam said. Tommy and Ron agreed, trying to allow Rocky to relax.
But Rocky was too stubborn to stop. He said fiercely, "Maybe I'm not trying hard enough." He tried another spinning heel kick, but not only did he miss the target, he also fell out of the ring. He landed on his back again, but this time in great pain. The coach, Kim, Ron, and Rocky's friends crawled out of the ring. Oh, my back," Rocky complained.
"Can we get some help," Kim shouted.
"It's going to be all right," said Tommy.
"Just relax," Adam advised.
"Man, I'm so stupid," Rocky insulted himself.
"It's okay, man," Ron said. "Help is on its way." At that moment, the bus arrived at the gymnasium. The children were excited to meet Kim and Ron. By the time the children arrived at the wrestling ring, Rocky was placed on a cot, getting ready to leave by the emergency exit. Justin saw Rocky first, and shouted his name in concern and shock.
"Rocky!" The other children stopped and stared. Justin, however, ran closer to the ring.
He stopped running when he heard Tanya calling, "Justin, wait!" She ran past the children and saw Monique and Wade. "What happened?"
"He was trying to do a spinning heel kick. I think he broke his back." Monique explained.
"He tried to hard," Wade added.
Kat and Tanya went through the crowd of children. Kat arrived before Tanya did, because Tanya told the children and Justin to wait right they were and that Rocky will be okay. A few moments after Tanya arrived, Rocky was headed out through the emergency exit for the hospital.
A CO Naked Mole Rat in the Schnee Mansion by daccu65 (crossover with RWBY)
"I got the message," Weiss assured him. "It's just that..." she took a deep breath. "I'm sure I'm going to get grilled on our relationship."
"We're friends," he assured her. "We stick together."
"Is that all we are?" She asked him. "That night in Mistral; it wasn't just a spur of the moment thing, we had been working towards it." Her eyes dropped to the floor. "Or at least I hoped we were."
"We were," he said. "But maybe it's best that we didn't, it would have been awkward, but we have something to silence all the questions."
She looked at him, confused.
"It turns out, we're not compatible," he told her. "I don't have a receiving pouch."
"What?"
"For your ovipositor," he told her.
"My what?"
"Yang told me," he plunged on, despite his embarrassment. "On Remnant, the woman inserts her ovipositor into the man's receiving pouch but on Earth, the man..."
"Ron!" Weiss snapped at him. She rubbed her forehead, trying to dispel the headache that the shower had so recently dispelled. "You've had several, complete medical exams, done by doctors from three kingdoms. If you don't have something you're supposed to, or have something you're not supposed to, don't you think one of them would have mentioned it?"
"I...didn't think of that," he admitted.
"Yang is having some fun, since she knows that the two of us..."
"Are interested in each other," he said, quietly, when she faltered.
"Yes," she admitted. "I think that we can both agree to that."
Ron nodded.
"You're a male, within the expected parameters," she assured him.
"Wait a minute," Ron looked defensive. "Define expected parameters."
"Okay, that's something that's the same between Earth and Remnant." Weiss quipped, with a roll of her eyes.
KP: A Tale of Promethus by LJ58 (KP/Frankenstein Fusion)
Today, Sheraton," Kimberly smiled as he heard Dr. Lipski open the far door. "We're going to do something a little different. Do you want to go on an adventure," she smiled.
"Shee go ventuur," the woman beamed.
"Wondrous. Come with me," she told her, and rose to take the woman's hand, and led her across the lab. "It's all right. We're going to try to help you. All right," she said, noting Sheraton was starting to frown after she caught sight of Dr. Lipski standing there.
"All rahts, K'mee," Sheraton sighed. "Shee go ventuurs," she nodded and followed her.
"I'll be with you," Kimberly assured her. "Don't worry. I'll be with you all the way."
Sheraton smiled and gave her a clumsy hug.
"K'mee fren," she smiled.
"Yes, I am, Sheraton. I'll always be your friend. Ready, Dr. Lipski," she asked."
"Ready," he said. "Better suit up. Just in case," he said as Sheraton simply watched as she pulled on the heavy insulating equipment.
"Shee not d'ess," she asked curiously.
"No. You don't need this," Kimberly assured her and hoped this was going to work out as she had theorized. The last thing she wanted was for the woman to end up worse off. Only she had a feeling this was for the best.
And last, but not least, The Grim Adventures of Kim and Ron by shadowwriter329 (crossover with Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
"What's going on here?" Mandy asked as she stepped outside behind the girls. Some of them jumped but Mandy payed them no mind as her eyes locked onto Rufus. "You summoned Rufus…why?"
"We kind of need him to a contest for a live mascot." Kim said as Mandy just raised an eyebrow as Mini was the one that made it clear.
"That foul hearted she monster Cindy is attempting to upset the balance of power amongst us, and we hath summoned our dear companion canine to gain victory in the contest." Mini said as Mandy rolled her eyes, not really surprised at the attempt to grab power. It was certainly something to respect as a demon, but it is also demon etiquette to take a challenge head on and show no mercy.
"You better win." Mandy said she also petted one of Rufus' heads. It was a rare case of her showing any kind of sentiment, but no one would dare point it out, lest they see her bad side.
"Don't worry, Rufus will win, and we have back up plans." Ron got eyebrows from the cheer squad members that didn't really know him as well, even if they were getting to know him better. He noticed the looks. "I don't fail, just choose not to succeed. How do you think with the unreasonable amount of detentions with Mr. Barkin I keep going to the next grade?"
That was a good point which they could agree to. Then Mandy noticed something. "Where's that bag of bones Grim gone to now?"
"Rufus, we ask that the relinquish Grim from thy jaws." Mini said as two of the three heads complied and spat Grim out.
"All of him." Ron said as he, Kim, and Mini glared at the last head, the left one from Rufus' center. Then the other two heads turned to the third and growled, the center head showing the more dominant growl, and the head relinquished the skull as it bounced towards the rest of Grim's bones.
"Ron ya no good rotten son of a b-"
"Ahem!" Mandy interrupted Grim and gave him a glare that showed she would punish the embodiment of death severely if he finished the sentence. "Son of a what?"
"Son of…me bestest best friend?" Grim said after a minute, hoping he would get out of punishment.
"…sounds like something Billy would say," Mandy said in her usual tone, "and just as dumb." She turned towards the house but before she entered she glanced back to her children, "Rufus can stay for now but do keep him under control. I'm not cleaning any mess he makes."
"And the winner for Best Crossover goes to...A Colorado Naked Mole Rat in the Schnee Mansion by Daccu65!" Sharper announced before the relieved crowd.
With the announcement of the winner, the middle-aged man makes his way to the stage and accepts the congratulations and the naked mole rat statue from Sharper. Smiling, he approaches the podium and microphone.
"Wow," he says, looking over the audience. "Another year gone by. I swear it was only a couple of weeks ago that we were all here, celebrating the Kimmunity. Yet, it must have been a year; there's some new faces in the crowd, fewer hairs on my head, and a few more of the hairs that remain have gone gray."
"I'd like to thank the Fannie Committee, as well as everyone who voted for me. Most of all, I'd like to thank Joe Stoppinghem for beta reading this tale. The mouse-eared empire ended the show's run back in 2007, but as long as those of us here keep asking the question, "what if", and as long as we come up with new ways of answering that question, we can keep the dynamic alive. Long live Kim Possible, and long live Fan Fiction. Thank you, everyone."
And with that, Daccu went back to his seat with the Golden Rufus.
"Congrats to both Neo and Daccu for their respective awards." Sharper said. "And we are coming up on another commercial break, but when we come right back, the Best Alt/Other Canon Pair and Best Kigo winners will be announched!"
Sharper then left the stage as the commercial break came back on, sponsored by Pop-Pop Porters. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana played on the speakers.