4 Months Before Little Diablo (March)
After the incident at the fair, Bonnie had been slowly integrating with the ragtag group of world saving friends. She still spent time with Tara and the other popular teens, but she didn't feel like she fit into their world much anymore. Kim was excited to have the queen bee as a friend again, even if it was sporadic. It kept her occupied from Ron and Monique subtly flirting. It definitely helped during cheer practice when Kim was hobbling around for a few weeks with her injured leg after her fight with Shego.
There had been mild flirtations between Kim and Bonnie. Since the Moodulator had opened up that avenue, Kim wasn't as downtrodden about her break up with Shego. Yes there were nights were she would wake up to any sound that hit her window, thinking the woman would attempt to start up their arrangement again. The talking part, not the relationship. Yet, the love she had for Shego had been buried deep inside. It was the best she could do, distracting herself more with her friends and saving the world. Bonding with Bonnie had been a bit of a breather for Kim in the long run. Then came the bonding agent situation.
A brief run in with Dementor trying to steal a device from a high security tech lab had resulted in Ron getting a small silver orb at one point during the mission. He had assumed Wade had finally decked him out with some gear, but it turned out to something far less cool in his opinion when he dropped it and a green gas released on himself and Kim in the hallway at school. What Ron had deemed uncool, was the simple fact that when he had rounded the corner to go to Math class that day, he was bonded to Barkin. He rushed, dragging his disgruntled teacher with him, to find Kim. Just to see her stuck to Bonnie in the same manner. They were joined at the hip, literally, much like Ron and Barkin.
The day didn't get any better from there. Ron had to explain to his parents why he needed to stay at his teacher's home, which was made more awkward by Barkin doing his best to give the Stoppables his promise that nothing would happen to their son. On Kim's end of things, it was a little bit more difficult.
Kim and Bonnie arrived at the latter's home, having an unfortunate run in with Connie and Lonnie, Bonnie's sisters. They gave Kim a once over, immediately judging the girl, before leaving for another part of the house. It hadn't taken much for Bonnie to convince her parents to let her stay at Kim's for the duration of the bonding agent's hold. They merely dismissed Bonnie with a nod and simple "Make sure to not do anything stupid". It unnerved Kim, but gave her insight to how and why Bonnie acted the way she did. When Connie and Lonnie made their reappearance, it was while Bonnie was in her closet, fetching clothes for the week. Kim had her arms folded as she heard the elder siblings berate the younger one. Yes, she and her brothers were at each others throats, but it was never scathing and meant to hurt. Bonnie just stood there and took it, face going from scowling at not finding the right outfits to wear pack to sad and pained. Once her sisters had left, Bonnie rushed packing the rest of her clothing, ushering Kim out of her home as fast as possible.
The walk to Kim's had been silent. Bonnie trying to ignore the glaring fact that Kim had just witnessed a minuscule portion of her home life. Her mood brightened up when they enter the Possible home. Anne spent most of the time asking the girls about school and cheering during dinner. It helped with the awkward silence that had fallen on the two. Afterwards, they spent the time doing homework, engaging in small talk about the problems they had with the work. It wasn't long before Bonnie was yawning into her textbook, reminding Kim that not everyone had her stamina. They settled into Kim's bed.
The great thing about the bonding agent, was it didn't effect their clothing, making changing from their day clothing into pajamas rather simple. It even allowed them to lay with their backs to the other. Bonnie wasn't used to sharing a bed with someone, so the warmth beside her was foreign. Kim was doing her best to ignore Bonnie next to her. It reminded her of the overbearing heat that she had enjoyed from Shego. Neither teen was willing to bring up their thoughts to the other. Bonnie listening to the soft sniffling of Kim as she drifted off to sleep.
KP+KP+KP
It was a miracle that Bonnie and Kim had the same school schedule. They didn't have to try to figure out how to explain to administrations their unique situation. Cheer practice was an entirely different beast to handle. They had to essentially sit out and coach the rest of the team from the sidelines. It was one of the few times they agreed on how certain moves should be and co-captained properly. It confused their teammates. If they had been honest with themselves, Bonnie and Kim wished Ron had walked into practice with Barkin on his hip.
Things got dangerous to say the least when Kim got a call from Wade about Dementor's position with the device he had stolen. Bonnie grit her teeth, recalling Kim's fight with Shego the previous month. Not that she had much of a choice in witnessing another fight, Bonnie resigned herself to her fate. The trip to Dementor's lair was uneventful, the two going over cheer stuff. They were doing their best to ignore a few topics. That changed when they started climbing up the side of a cliff. Bonnie snapped when she broke a nail, stopping mid-climb, making Kim support both of their weight as the brunette inspected her hand.
"How do you do this adrenaline junkie stuff?" Bonnie exclaimed as she flexed her fingers.
"Its just something I've gotten used to," Kim shrugged as she looked at Bonnie.
"Even if it means you could lose your life?" Bonnie countered. "We could have taken the road over there instead of scaling the face of a mountain."
"We're supposed to be sneaky. And what do you mean die?" Kim's eyebrows were knitted in confusion. "Can we keep climbing? I can't hold both of us like this for much longer."
With a huff, Bonnie shifted herself up and grabbed the rocky surface. They finished the climb in silence. Kim mulled over it as she cut through the chain link fence. She was used to Bonnie being snippy, but this seemed to come practically out of nowhere. There was normally something to trigger the girl's foul moods.
"I don't think about my missions killing me because its never happened," Kim said softly. "The people I encounter might be bent on world domination, but they haven't killed anyone to my knowledge." She thought about Shego's weird moral code and the other villains that could have easily gotten rid of her. It never crossed her mind that she could die doing what she did.
"Yet, how many times in the last few months have you been injured?" Bonnie asked, her eyes were hard as she stared at Kim, arms crossed.
"I..." Kim opened and closed her mouth a few times before she looked at the ground.
"That's what I thought."
"Its not that bad."
"I beg to differ. That fight you had with Shego a few weeks back?" Bonnie's voice was trembling now.
"Shego… She's complicated territory," Kim deadpanned. This really wasn't the conversation she wanted to have when they were trying to get that damn device from Dementor. She started walking forward, making Bonnie come with her.
"Complicated enough for you two to try killing each other?" Bonnie prodded.
"Our emotions were heightened by those stupid chips," Kim sighed. Bonnie scoffed at that, allowing silence to fall again.
As they got closer to Dementor's facility, they came upon a gift shop. Bonnie lit up at it, blindly forgetting that they were on a mission and that it could possibly be a trap. "I remember when it was about the villainy," Kim mumbled as she was pulled along. When Bonnie reached for a rather large snow globe, Kim reached to stop her. She was too late, as Bonnie's hands touched the glass of the globe, laser bars shot down from the awning of the gift shop.
Rolling up in a snowmobile styled like a limo was Dementor. He exited the vehicle with a smug look on his face. "Ah, I see you have fallen prey to the gift shop I placed here," He gloated. He glanced over at Bonnie, giving her a quizzical look. He was not used to the teen hero being anywhere without her blonde friend.
"One of us did," Kim grumbled, glancing at Bonnie.
"Ugh, fine. Just do your thing where you kick things and escape," the girl said.
Kim grinned, grabbing the aforementioned globe and tearing it from the stand. She used it to reflect one of the lasers, making a man sized space for herself and Bonnie to slide through. She threw the globe at Dementor, causing him to fall to his knees with a grunt.
"You're too late," he coughed out. "My men have already unleashed the dachshunds!"
"You expect us to be scared of wiener dogs?" Bonnie questioned. Her amusement was snapped when two large dachshunds emerged from the limo, tugging a pair of henchmen along behind them. Bonnie's jaw dropped at the sight, making a mental note to remind Kim about the likelihood of her possibly dying at a later date.
KP+KP+KP
"So, Kim Possible," Dementor started, "You thought you could sneak in here undetected?" Kim huffed in annoyance at that. Not being able to handle mutant dogs, she and Bonnie surrendered and were tied up on a piece of rebar in the maintenance room. "Well your arrival will not deter me from my ultimate goal. The world will tremble before the might of Professor Dementor!" The man approached a control panel, moving a lever up to open up the roof of the large room that they had been transported to. "Behold!" Dementor pointed towards one of his henchmen, signaling him to press a button on the device that had been stolen. It sparked and heated up a pot that contained a brown liquid.
"Why is it always cocoa with you guys?" Kim asked. "You stole the Kinetic Modulator just to make cocoa?"
"It is very good cocoa. But I also plan to bend the world to my will with my Counter-Electro Dynamic Concentrator!"
"That's more like it."
"With this, I will absorb the power from all electronic devices. The world will have to pay me to use their cell phones, TVs, and video games. And there is nothing you can do to stop me, Kim Possible!" Dementor finished, laughing manically. "Nothing!"
"Hold up," Bonnie said, stopping the man mid-laugh. "Why are you telling us all this? Why don't you just get on with it?"
"That's how these things go," Kim said with a shrug. The villains had their quirks, and she was just used to them at this point.
"Well, it's dumb."
Dementor looked at Kim, not sure how to respond to Bonnie. "She's new to this," Kim supplied, hoping it was a good enough answer.
Snapping his fingers, Dementor summoned two henchmen to move Kim and Bonnie from where they had been tied to the Concentrator. If Kim hadn't been bonded to Bonnie, she probably would have taken the chance to break away and thwart Dementor's plan. Yet, their situation meant they needed to work in tandem.
"You'll enjoy the show much better from this central operating collector. Think of it as a front row seat. When the machine is activated you will both be vaporized. POOF!"
"Why are you going to such elaborate measures?" Bonnie questioned. She understood the villainy thing, but not to the extent that she was seeing. It seemed to be a lot of talking and not a lot of doing. Although, she now understood why Kim didn't think about the possibility of dying.
"Its how its done," Kim and Dementor said, both sounding rather exasperated. Bonnie frowned when Dementor and his goons walked away.
"I still think its dumb, but I get why you don't seem to worry about dying. Do they always talk so much?"
"Dementor is one of them that doesn't talk as much," Kim said, smiling slightly. "Y'know… and I'm not saying this because I don't think we'll get out of this, but I understand why you are the way you are."
"Sorry you had to see that," Bonnie mumbled.
"Sorry you had to see me get my ass kicked," Kim replied with a shrug.
They smiled at one another before Dementor turned on his machine. The electrical surge caused static build up, shocking Kim and Bonnie. Their hair went up from the current, sticking straight up. Bonnie grumbled at Kim's side, while Kim was searching for the Kimmunicator to get Wade's help in some way. Dementor laughed from his position at the control panel, waving the Kimmunicator around. Kim was about to let out another annoyed sigh when the door to the lab slammed open, snapping off the hinges. Ron and Barkin were standing in the doorway, Ron's mouth agape at the sheer strength Barkin had. Behind them was a troop of Pixie Scouts that seemed to be holding leashes.
"Hang on KP!" Ron shouted. "We're here to help!"
"Release the wiener dogs!" Barkin ordered.
As Dementor sent his henchmen to the newcomers, Ron made a horrible warbling sound. There was the sound of elephants stampeding through the hallway. The Pixie scouts moved to the sides, avoiding the two large dachshunds as they charged into the room, snarling and drooling. Ron pointed past at the henchmen, sending the large beasts after them. As the dogs made chase, the Pixie Scouts release Kim and Bonnie from their predicament. Dementor was waiting for the final minutes of his device to trigger and sap energy from the world.
A strange muffin was tossed by Ron, knocking down the power to the device. It jostled slightly, shutting the entire thing down. Dementor howled in frustration and fear, turning tail and gathering the power cell and his cup of cocoa. Rushing for the main entrance to the lab, he was stopped by Kim and Bonnie cartwheeling in tandem to block his path. He attempted to backpedal, but was stopped by the cheerleaders flipping and kicking him down. They caught the device as it jumped into the air from Dementor's impact. The man gulped as his mutant dogs thundered over to him, knocking around one of the bonding spheres. It triggered, gluing Dementor to the canines.
With a smile on their faces, Bonnie and Kim high fived at the victory.
KP+KP+KP
There was a brief victory get together with the Pixie Scouts a few days later. Kim, Bonnie, Ron, and Barkin had found the agent that would release the bonding on them. Any high tension that had been held between each pair had been worked through during their time forced together. After the small get together, Bonnie and Kim were walking back to Bonnie's, since their rooming situation had been finished. It was a quiet walk, the two enjoying the gentle spring breeze, the silence seemingly putting pressure on unspoken thoughts.
When they arrived at the end of the drive to Bonnie's home, they looked at each other, both blushing slightly. Kim opened her mouth to say something at the same time that Bonnie did. Smiling softly, Kim motioned for Bonnie to go first.
"Thanks..." Bonnie mumbled, twirling a piece of hair between her fingers nervously. "For this week. Its been a while since I've experienced kindness. Make sure to tell your parents I said thank you."
"I think they know," Kim giggled. "You said it about a thousand times before we left my place."
"Still… I'm also thankful I got to understand a bit of your adrenaline junkie side too. It makes sense why you do it and don't have the fear factor. I… uhm… I'm sorry for freaking about it too..." Bonnie blushed as she looked down, digging her toe into a soft patch of grass.
"It's no big," Kim said with a smile. She pulled Bonnie into a hug, thankful that it wouldn't be the last time she would be able to do that. It seemed like the brunette was starting to get used to the ragtag group of friends compared to the popular crowd.
A car door slamming somewhere along the street startled Bonnie out of the hug, stepping back from Kim. She let out a soft sigh when she realized it wasn't her sisters or parents. "I better get inside," she said with a laugh. "See you at school." Kim gave a slight nod as she watched Bonnie enter her home. She waited their for a moment, letting the new warm fuzzy feeling settle in, before heading back home. There was a small bounce in her step, a smile on her face. Kim felt like she was finally getting over the moping hump of her break up.